Chapter 473 The First Goal of the Final!
It's a pity that Blumer was not able to complete the goal.
The fans in the stands all sighed regretfully, and only Chelsea fans let out a long sigh.
The shot just now was too threatening, but fortunately goalkeeper Cech performed very well and stably saved the ball, followed by Manchester City's corner kick.
Ljungberg proposed a corner kick to find Torres' position. Unfortunately, Terry's defense was very tight, and the football was pushed out of the sideline by Terry.
Manchester City's attack resumed, but in the end, the continuous attack failed to break Cech's conservative gate. They rearranged their formation to meet Chelsea's attack.
Manchester City players did not regret not scoring, the game has just started and they are confident of winning.
That confidence is different from Chelsea.
Chelsea are trying hard to win. In fact, how much confidence they can have to beat Manchester City is not visible on the surface, but the confidence of Manchester City players is revealed.
Against Chelsea, Manchester City has a mental advantage.
Under the influence of Wansheng, every player has the determination and belief to win.
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Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, watching the team's offensive, with a relaxed and expectant smile on his face.
Why do teams use 'OS-F' system tactics to play?
Chelsea are Manchester City's old rivals. They know how to deal with Manchester City's 'OS-F' style of play, but they know that it doesn't necessarily mean they can crack it. Especially, Manchester City is the strongest now.
Many young players have grown up, and there are no main players who can't play.
This is different from the usual league.
In the usual league, some of the main players in the team could not play, either because of injury or because of being suspended, so Wansheng would use 'tricks' in order to give the team a better chance to win. Increase the odds of winning.
Now it is Manchester City with a complete lineup. The team uses the best style of play, and it is definitely one of the most powerful teams on the planet. They don't need to use any 'quirky' style of play, they just use what the team is best at Tactically, Wansheng believes that Chelsea will not be an opponent.
The game has been going on so far, and the whole team has already felt it.
Even if this wave of attacks failed to break the Chelsea goal, Wansheng believes that it is Chelsea who should be worried, because it is only a matter of time before the goal is scored.
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When Chelsea ended a wave of attacks, Manchester City's attack came again.
In the face of Chelsea's pressing blockade of the midfield, Manchester City responded with constant passing and running, leaving Chelsea's defense with nothing to do. They could only run behind the Manchester City players and make some pressing restrictions, but Want to grab the ball from the feet of Manchester City players, but there is no good way.
Perhaps more importantly, Manchester City's offense has no rules at all.
From the standpoint of the audience, Manchester City doesn't even have a formation to speak of. Sometimes a few players push up, sometimes many players run back, but football has always been under Manchester City's control.
It is very difficult for Chelsea to rely on the inherent defensive formation to intercept Manchester City.
BBC broadcast commentator Ryan John said, "Chelsea's situation has become very passive, they have been held back by Manchester City..."
Many people saw this, and a French commentator directly said, "Chelsea's tactics are one dimension different from Manchester City's! The two teams' playing styles are not at the same level at all. We can understand when we see this game. Why are Manchester City winning the Premier League three years in a row?"
There are also Spanish media, who compared Manchester City's style of play with Barcelona, and came to the conclusion that "Manchester City and Barcelona both play control, but Manchester City is faster, the players are more flexible, and the attack is more targeted. sex."
"Seeing this game, we feel that it is normal for Barcelona to lose to such a team. Maybe the current Manchester City is Barcelona's goal next year!"
Of course, there are otherwise.
Pure Barcelona fans will definitely not admit that their strength and playing style are behind a Premier League team, but even such fans have to admit that Manchester City played quite beautifully.
Some Catalan media couldn't help but recall the match between Manchester City and Barcelona, and said in doubt, "Man City can play such smooth football, why don't they fight against Barcelona, but choose to play defensive counterattack?"
reason?
The British media will explain to the Spaniards, "The Wansheng team wants to use whatever tactics are more likely to win."
"Compared to Manchester City, Chelsea's skills and coordination are a bit rough, so Manchester City adopted the 'OS-F' system that they are best at..."
If Wansheng heard this commentator, he would definitely feel that the other party knew him too well!
Soccer game for victory!
Which tactic is most beneficial to use, then it must be the tactic to use!
Even if Manchester City's offensive ability and overall strength are not weaker than Barcelona's, it is very possible to win a head-on game... But it is not as good as a defensive counterattack to win, and regardless of Barcelona's two rounds, there is no suspense to lose. To Manchester City?
Victory is the most important thing.
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Manchester City passed the ball into dangerous positions again and again, making Chelsea's defense stretched. From the coach to the players, from the players to the fans, all worried about Chelsea's goal.
By this time, Grant also found that the team's targeted defense effect was not great.
He was surprised.
Why is it useless to defend such a detail against every player at Manchester City?
Grant's mind was a little dazed for a while.
But no matter how surprised the Israelis are, they can't affect the game. Manchester City is still in control of the football, and they are still trying to pass the ball to the dangerous area.
In the face of this kind of defense, Chelsea players can only keep running, trying to disrupt Manchester City's defense and find opportunities to grab the ball.
Since the start of the game, Chelsea have succeeded once or twice, but most of the time, their movements have not had much effect. Manchester City should pass the ball or pass the ball, and should look for an opportunity or an opportunity.
Seeing that his goal was constantly in danger, Grant couldn't sit still.
He stood up and stared at the game with a frown.
The situation is not good.
But Manchester City's oppression has only just begun. When Chelsea players found that their targeted defense had little effect, they panicked for a while.
They were completely unprepared.
You know, Manchester City has an FA Cup final to play before the Champions League final, so they have more preparation time than Manchester City.
They prepared for the Champions League final for more than ten days. The coaching staff worked with them to study Manchester City's playing style over and over again, analyze the ability of every Manchester City player, and then make corresponding defensive strategies.
Are these preparations useless?
It felt like trying for a long time and getting nothing, more panicking than losing a ball.
Fortunately, the starting Chelsea players have many experienced and stable old players, such as Ballack, Makelele, Lampard, Terry, Drogba, etc. They have experienced many competitions, and their rich experience is also When they face setbacks again, they can try to maintain a calm heart, so after their defense was chaotic for a while, they quickly became calm under the command.
Next, they also played a wave of good offensive.
Makelele's direct pass allowed Drogba to find an opportunity, Mr. "Warcraft" gave Anelka the head, and the Frenchman directly completed the shot.
This shot did not create much threat, but it gave Chelsea a lot of morale.
But a single attack can't change the situation on the field, not to mention, the attack has not caused much threat.
At the 25th minute of the game, almost everyone who followed the game found that the initiative was firmly in the hands of Manchester City. Manchester City continued to attack. All Chelsea could do was passively defend and occasionally counterattack.
Chelsea's tactic of taking the initiative to fight, but it has turned into a defensive counterattack.
Seeing the situation on the field, Wan Sheng laughed softly.
He believes that as the game progresses, the team's advantage will become larger and larger. As long as the situation is under control, even if it fails to usher in a goal, the team will be victorious and unbeaten, because the opponent has only occasional counterattacks. , it is impossible to threaten in the normal advance!
"Offense is the best defense!"
Manchester City on the field perfectly interprets this.
Fans all over the world have seen Manchester City's performance, and the Russian fans at the scene have also seen the gap between their national football and the world's top teams.
In fact, when Russian fans come to see the Champions League, they are looking for a good opportunity to 'have a good time'. Of course, many of them support Chelsea, because Chelsea is Abramovich's team, and Abramovich is a pure Russian. people.
But as the game went on, as Manchester City's performance got better and better, some Russian fans turned to support Manchester City, because Manchester City played more beautiful football and played more excitingly. In comparison, Chelsea was much worse. .
The same is true on the field.
Chelsea are getting more and more impatient, the score is still 0-0, but they know that they must not let Manchester City control the game, otherwise they will have little chance.
They want to complete the rebuttal, but they fail again and again, making the players a little uncertain - can we really beat this powerful Manchester City?
At this time, Wan Sheng also sat on the coach's seat.
He sat in the position, crossed Erlang's legs, his expression and movements were very relaxed.
This scene was captured by the camera, and BBC Sports TV commentator Ryan John couldn't help but say, "Manchester City's game, many times Wansheng will stand on the sidelines, but looking at the way he looks now, it seems that he has no worries about the game..."
Just like what Ryan John said, Wansheng really doesn't have to worry about anything, and now the final battle has begun to be announced!
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Chelsea are playing more and more without rules.
The situation is disappointing for Chelsea fans, who are hopeful that the team can pick themselves up and come back to Manchester City with a strong attack.
But the offense can't be seen for a long time, but his own goal is frequently in crisis.
Beside the podium, Abramovich watched the game, his performance became more and more cold, in fact, he was most looking forward to winning.
This time the Champions League final was held in Moscow. It can be said that Abramovich is equivalent to 'homecoming', as many Russian media reported.
Abramovich's political position in Russia is actually very embarrassing. The Russian government has been weakening the influence of the 'oligarch', and Abramovich is one of the 'oligarchs'. Many Russian people are very opposed to him. Once Abramovich hoped to use the victory in the Champions League final to reshape the image of Russia in order to win the support of more people.
Although he has no intention of entering politics anymore, Abramovich still hopes that his image in Russia can be better.
But until now, victory seems to be very far away.
Chelsea didn't look like they could win at all, even if Manchester City didn't actually score, but this kind of game is too ugly to play, right?
Abramovich stared at the game on the field, his eyes flickering and becoming annoyed, and he turned to look at the Israeli on the Chelsea bench.
It's the coach's problem that the team plays like this!
The obvious contrast is the opponent, the head coach of Manchester City. After the young Chinese coached Manchester City, Manchester City's performance has been rising all the way, winning championships and honors one after another, and now it is in the Champions League final, completely suppressing Chelsea.
What about Chelsea?
Over the past few seasons, he has invested a lot of money, so that Europeans think that the Chelsea club is a 'taken advantage', and the same players will be sold to Chelsea more expensive.
But the result?
Chelsea have always been second and third in the league and have not made a breakthrough in the Champions League.
It's not the coach's problem, what else could it be?
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When Abramovich was still annoyed by Chelsea's passivity, Manchester City launched another wave of attack on the field, using the constant rapid passing, they smoothly passed the ball to the edge of the penalty area.
A lot of players are in this position and they can shoot, so it's very dangerous here.
Chelsea fans are starting to worry.
In fact, at the beginning, even if the football appeared near the penalty area, Chelsea fans were not too worried, but as time passed, the number of times Manchester City threatened the goal changed, they became more and more worried.
This time City's attack was stronger than usual.
When the football passed to Silva's feet, several players in the front court rushed to the penalty area. It seemed that in an instant, they broke through Chelsea's defense line by relying on the number of people.
Silva's defense is still Lampard.
There are no other teammates around Lampard. In the face of Manchester City's sudden burst of offensive, Chelsea's defense is a bit stretched, and there is no way to distinguish between two people to defend Silva.
Silva stopped the ball in front of him, facing Lampard.
Lampard swayed left and right, trying to force Silva to pass the ball. At this moment, Silva suddenly kicked the ball and passed the ball backwards, and the football rolled to the feet of Blumer, who was welcoming him.
Blumer didn't stop the ball, but pushed the ball forward.
The football rolls forward past Lampard.
Just when many people thought that Blumer made a mistake in passing, they saw that Silva had already chased after Lampard.
"Silva! Silva!"
"He rushed into the restricted area!"
Lampard hurriedly chased back, and Terry also gave up his defense against Torres and came over, but one of the two was on the left and the other wanted to block Silva, but Silva was chasing the ball at the moment , but chose to kick the ball horizontally.
The football flew past Terry.
"Torres Torres—"
At the moment when Silva completely passed the ball, the voice of the audience had already sounded.
This is a great opportunity for Manchester City!
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When seeing Torres successfully unloading the ball in front of him, everyone realized that Manchester City had a great opportunity.
Wan Sheng originally watched the game with Erlang's legs crossed.
But when he saw this scene, he immediately put his legs on the ground, stood up with a 'bass', and stared at the Spanish golden boy who was adjusting his movements on the court with wide eyes!
If this goal can be scored, it will open the door to victory for the team!
Many Manchester City fans have held their breath.
They were afraid that their breath would interfere with Torres' shot on the field!
Some media reporters did the same.
Maybe they don't support Manchester City, but at this moment, everyone subconsciously stopped breathing and waited for that moment to come!
Chelsea's goalkeeper Cech, standing in place very cautiously, he did not rush out, because time did not allow, just now Silva's pass was too sudden, the next moment the opponent is about to shoot, the only thing he can do is prepare to save.
But Torres did not give Cech a chance to adjust. After unloading the ball in front of him, he directly waved his right leg and kicked the ball heavily.
Big shot!
The football rushed up from the grass and crossed a distance of nearly ten meters in almost an instant. It appeared in front of Cech. He subconsciously waved his arm to block it, but when his right arm was thrown into position, the football was already in place. One step ahead...the goal!
The Luzhniki Stadium broke out immediately!
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“Goooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!”
"Torres! Torres! Torres!"
"Clean shot! In the 37th minute of the game, Torres helped Manchester City take the lead! 1-0, Manchester City led Chelsea in the Champions League final!"
The TV commentator made the loudest noise, roaring and reporting Manchester City's goal.
The same goes for those who watched the Champions League final on TV, with many Manchester City fans giving a huge shout when Torres scored.
Their voices even completely drowned out the voice of the narrator.
At this moment, the energy of the Manchester City fans is no less than a volcanic eruption, as if the whole world is resounding with their voices.
The same is true on site.
The Luzhniki Stadium was completely filled with the shouts of Manchester City fans. Many local Russian fans were also infected by the atmosphere and shouted along with the sound.
on the field.
Torres turned and ran frantically towards the corner flagpole after finishing the goal.
After that, he knelt directly on the grass and slid forward along the grass for more than a meter, not even tearing his jersey, he looked very excited!
The other Manchester City players quickly caught up from behind, pulled him to the ground, and then players kept going up and 'ravaged'.
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, excited to hug the others.
Looking at the '1:0' displayed on the scoreboard of the game, he could not help clenching his fists, the team took the lead, and the hope of victory was even greater! (To be continued ~^~)