Chapter 418 The Biggest Mystery

After the start of the second half, Chelsea launched a frantic attack in the Manchester City half.

Near the midline, they fought very fiercely. In the frontcourt, they kept kicking up and sending various high-altitude balls to threaten Manchester City's goal.

They make the most of Anelka and Pizarro's points.

This is the explanation of the head coach Grant.

In the face of Manchester City's steady defense, it was difficult for Chelsea to break through just by virtue of their cooperation, so they began to use straight high-altitude balls to find opportunities. Anelka and Pizarro are also good at fighting for the top in the penalty area, which can bring enough to Manchester City's goal. threat.

But when Chelsea launched the constant onslaught, they saw the other side of Manchester City - extremely stable and tough defense.

Manchester City's football feels like an attack.

But Manchester City's defense is definitely not bad. The least number of goals conceded in the Premier League last season can explain everything. This season, Manchester City has conceded more goals, but so far in the 19 rounds of the league, Manchester City has only conceded 13 goals. The average conceded goal of 0.68 is only 0.56 more than Manchester United's, ranking second in the Premier League. That is to say, Manchester City's defense is quite good, but compared to Manchester City's goals, winning streak, championships, etc., The defensive stats go unnoticed.

In addition, Manchester City has conceded more goals this season. One of the important reasons is that Manchester City has put more energy on offense.

This can be seen from Manchester City's league goals.

In the 19 rounds of the league, Manchester City scored 48 goals, ranking first in the Premier League with an average of more than 2.5 goals per game, while Manchester United, which ranked second, only scored 36 goals, 12 fewer than Manchester City.

Such a large gap in the number of goals is enough to prove how strong Manchester City's scoring ability is!

When Manchester City didn't focus on defense, they could concede second in the league. When they defended seriously and made targeted defense preparations, the defensive ability they showed can be imagined.

Chelsea are working hard to attack, but their core Ballack is limited, and their offensive ability is already a little worse. In the face of such a solid defense of Manchester City, it is almost impossible to break the goal in a short period of time.

After a period of time, the stadium broadcaster Berbat was relieved and said, "Chelsea wants to score, maybe it needs God's help..." It doesn't mean that Chelsea can't score, but it's not easy to score, it needs to rely on A bit of luck.

But obviously Chelsea's luck was not good. Anelka had a poor header performance and missed the best scoring opportunity at the beginning of the game. After that, Chelsea's continuous attack did not pose a threat to Manchester City's goal.

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In the face of a team that is playing defensive counterattacks, if they are pressed across the board and cannot score in a short period of time, they are likely to face a terrible thing, that is, the opponent's counterattack.

Chelsea was slow to score, so they quickly saw the means of Manchester City - the Premier League, and even the smoothest offensive in Europe!

Needless to say Manchester City's football skills, Silva, Ozil, Ivan Kru and others are all players with top skills at their feet. They cooperate to make the team's offense extremely smooth.

Whether it's training or games, Silva and Ozil often cooperate together, plus Ivan Crewe and Robert Carlos on the wing, whenever Manchester City attack from the middle, they can play Very smooth.

From the perspective of pure technical cooperation, some pure Spanish teams cannot compare with Manchester City. Manchester City's technical football is definitely the top in world football.

When Chelsea launched a massive attack, their defense in the backcourt was a lot looser, leaving enough room for Manchester City to pass the counterattack.

So when the game went into the 74th minute, it was not so surprising when Manchester City passed the ball from the back to the front and sent the ball cleanly into the Chelsea gate.

This time Manchester City's counterattack is extremely fast!

After Koppelle Ferreira in the backcourt finished stealing the ball, he kicked the ball to Elano Blumer in front. Blumer played a connecting role and he quickly pushed Ozil horizontally.

Ozil received the ball, took only one step, and passed the ball diagonally to Martin Petrov, who then transferred it to David Silva, who was inserted in the middle.

David Silva caught the ball and swayed Alex and passed it to Darren Bent.

It was also the last pass.

When Darren Bent received the ball, he was already in front of the penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Hilario, he decisively chose to shoot directly.

The football flew directly into the goal from the left of Hilario.

"Darren Bent—!"

"2:0!"

"Manchester City used a quick counterattack to score another goal and widen the score gap! This time Manchester City's attack speed was very fast. From Ferreira's stealing to the football flying into the goal, the whole process did not exceed fifteen seconds! Such a short time In this game, they completed the passing, passing and shooting from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

"It's incredibly smooth!"

"I always thought that Barcelona or AC Milan could only see such a smooth attack. Manchester City is a Premier League team, but they are not worse than those Italian or Spanish teams who are known for their skills. I dare to say that this attack, there is no The team can play as well!"

"2:0! Maybe the game is over!"

"It's not just the score, we can see that Chelsea have nothing to do with Manchester City's goal at all. They attacked for more than 20 minutes and did not pose much threat to Manchester City's goal."

"If the game goes on like this, it's too difficult for them to score two goals at the end. I think the Chelsea players on the field probably know the result. From the second half to now, they are almost all attacking by chance, passing the ball again and again. Entering the penalty area, I was kicked out again and again. There may still be a chance to play this way against small balls, because Anelka, Pizarro and other players are top-notch in general strikers, but they can face Manchester City's backcourt. Koppelle Ferreira, Lescott, Elano Blumer, Chelsea's frontcourt doesn't have the upper hand, it's hard for them to get a chance in the box..."

Berbatt carefully analyzed the defensive and offensive performances of the two teams in the past 20-odd minutes of the game. In the middle of the game, he did not forget to satirize Chelsea players and praise Manchester City players.

Anelka was a Manchester City player last season, and was the top scorer in the Premier League. He has indelibly contributed to Manchester City's two consecutive league championships. However, in the eyes of most Manchester City players, the team's biggest contributor is undoubtedly Wan Wan. Sheng himself, as long as there are Wan Sheng, the team will not be short of players who can score goals.

In addition, Anelka's long-standing bad reputation and his move to Chelsea in the summer have also made Manchester City fans label him a "traitor".

It would be fine if Anelka chose to move to Real Madrid, then to Manchester City's rival Chelsea... What is not a traitor?

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With Darren Bent's goal, Manchester Stadium is in a frenzy again.

Chelsea, from the coach to the players, to the fans who entered the stadium with the team, were all disappointed.

This goal hit a bit big!

2:0!

With less than 20 minutes left in the game, the score was enough to decide the outcome, and it was enough to wipe out their hopes of a tie.

Football is not afraid of falling behind, but afraid of losing hope.

If you are only one goal behind, even if you can't tie the game for a long time, there will always be some hope, and even if you score a goal by luck, you can tie the game.

But two goals, one was scored by luck, and one was still behind.

In the face of Manchester City's tight defense, how to chase? Even if no one said it, everyone already felt that there was not much hope for the game.

They came to Manchester with the mentality of defeating Manchester City, ending their losing streak, and fulfilling what the media called the 'curse of reincarnation', but they were beaten in the head and lost hope. Many people thought, "Maybe It was the Chinese who said that Premier League teams are not affected by the 'curse of reincarnation'... Arsenal is an example? Now it's Manchester City's turn and it won't be affected, what's strange?"

Under this kind of thinking, their fighting spirit is even lower.

Next, Chelsea still couldn't find a way to attack. Ballack was blocked, and there was no hope of scoring goals. Coupled with the influence of fighting spirit, some Chelsea players in the backcourt simply didn't get involved. Pay attention to Manchester City's counterattack, or the physical fitness is reduced and can't run. All kinds of excuses actually hope that the game will end soon.

Under such circumstances, Chelsea's defense is much more stable...

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, seeing this Chelsea team in a passive state, suddenly felt that winning was actually meaningless.

Compared with Chelsea when Mourinho led the team, this Chelsea team is not bad at all.

But in terms of fighting spirit and enthusiasm for the game, they are completely two teams.

Chelsea when Mourinho led the team, even if they were two or three goals behind, they would definitely stick to the end of the game. The more they got to the end, the better they played.

It's not easy to beat that Chelsea team, because even if they are ahead, they need to pay attention at all times, they never give up the game, and they will be scored if they are not careful.

Now this Chelsea team is different.

Manchester City are only two goals ahead, and they have obviously lost their fighting spirit. Just look at the offensive after the game restarts. Two goals behind, what are you waiting for if you don't launch a big attack?

procrastinating?

Yes, they are just dragging time and hoping the game will be over soon.

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In Wan Sheng's sigh, time passed quickly.

In the last ten minutes, neither Manchester City nor Chelsea scored.

The game was frozen at 2:0, and the picture finally stopped at Wan Sheng, who turned to look at the arena with a disappointed expression on his face.

"What is he disappointed in?"

"Is he still dissatisfied with the two-goal victory over Chelsea?" This has also become a mystery that the media talked about and fans kept discussing after the game. (To be continued ~^~)