Chapter 990: Battle of Stamford Bridge (3)

The goal kick was grabbed by Chelsea without any suspense, and Ivanovic tipped the ball to Ramirez.

Ramirez passed the ball to Lampard under Rooney's hard pressing. Lampard was pressed by Gao Xiaodong and had to pass the ball back to his defender Ivanovic.

Ivanovic's height can perfectly serve as a central defender, but his speed is at the level of a full-back. Seeing that the midfielder is being pressed and there is no contact point, Ivanovic rushes forward with the ball.

Manchester United adopted a point-to-point defense in the midfield. Hernandez did not catch up at the first time. Ivanovic dribbled the ball and no one was there to defend for a while. Even if he did, the position would be free. There is not much difference from not guarding.

After Ivanovic dribbled the ball past half-time, Manchester United's defensive players increased, and Valencia shrank to help block Ivanovic's path.

At this position, Ivanovic no longer dares to break through. He is a central defender, not a full-back. Mistakes and counterattacks are fatal.

Seeing the right back Bosingwa coming up, Ivanovic passed the ball to Bosingwa, retreated to defend, and gave up the attacking area to his teammate Ramirez who followed.

Torres and Bosingwa made an exquisite one-two on the right. Nani and Evra made defensive mistakes. Bosingwa reached the bottom line and passed the ball across the penalty area.

Vidic performed well in preventing crosses and heading the ball. He grabbed the front point and blocked the ball to the sideline, but Torres intercepted the ball on the sideline and passed it to the penalty area again.

The arc of Torres' cross was a bit high. No one in the middle touched the ball, and the ball flew directly out of the other sideline.

Manchester United full-back Rafael fired a clearance ball. Ferdinand and Drogba competed for the landing spot. Ferdinand's elbow hit Drogba's nose. Drogba's nosebleed profusely and he lay on the ground covering his face.

The referee Malenko showed no mercy to Ferdinand. He directly took out a yellow card to warn Ferdinand.

The team doctor came on stage to give Drogba simple treatment. Drogba blocked his nostrils with two cotton balls and continued to participate in the game.

The Blues fans were deeply inspired, and they gave warm applause to the Blues’ meritorious veteran.

On-site commentator Andy Gray said: "Drogba is really good. He is 33 years old and his fighting spirit is still so tenacious. In fact, the Blues now owe him a Champions League championship."

Andy Gray's partner Souness said: "In this way, Liverpool also owes Gerrard a league title."

The game continues,

Chelsea took a free kick, and Lampard passed the ball into the penalty area. The ball was pushed out by Ferdinand. Essien grabbed the spot in the middle and volleyed directly, but the ball missed the target and flew high into the stands.

In the first ten minutes or so, Chelsea had the absolute upper hand. Most of the ball was in Manchester United's half, and Manchester United did not have many offensive opportunities.

But this situation does not satisfy Chelsea fans, because Chelsea does not have many shots and does not pose much of a threat. Manchester United played several fast frontcourt players today with the obvious purpose of beating Chelsea. In order to fight back with Manchester United in the midfield and seize the ball, Chelsea raised their defense higher than usual. Once Manchester United seizes the opportunity to counterattack, the consequences will be disastrous.

Ferguson was satisfied with the performance of Manchester United players in the first ten minutes. It is normal for Manchester United to fall behind. It is not an accident that Manchester United has not won at Stamford Bridge for 9 years. Chelsea's performance at this venue is far better than usual. Manchester United's strength is similar to Chelsea. It is of course very difficult for Manchester United to defeat Chelsea who are performing exceptionally well.

However, Ferguson was not satisfied with Vidic's performance. Vidic was only 30 years old and at his peak as a central defender. Facing Torres, who had just gone through an overhaul and had not scored in nearly ten games, such a performance was really a pity for him. reputation and strength.

This is inner demon!

But only Vidic could overcome it.

Ferguson now puts all his hopes for victory on Gao Xiaodong.

Compared with the last battle at Stamford Bridge, Gao Xiaodong's shooting skills have improved a lot. Ferguson believes that Gao Xiaodong has the ability to break through Chelsea's gate.

Now in the Champions League semi-finals, not the league, as long as Manchester United scores, Chelsea will definitely attack later, so that the fast horses arranged by Ferguson can play their role.

After withstanding Chelsea's attack for more than ten minutes, the mentality of the Manchester United players gradually calmed down. Van der Sar took a goal kick. He was about to kick the ball, but Gao Xiaodong returned to the midfielder position and reached out to Van der Sar for the ball. Unexpectedly, Let him go big.

Van der Sar passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, and Torres quickly came over to press for it. Pressure Gao Xiaodong.

Drogba also cut off the connection between Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher, forcing Gao Xiaodong to pass the ball back to the defender.

Gao Xiaodong tried to pass the ball back to Vidic, but suddenly Cruyff turned around and passed Torres who wanted to press Vidic.

After turning around, Gao Xiaodong's field of vision became wider. He passed a kick to Rooney who was retreating. Rooney passed the ball back to Gao Xiaodong without waiting for his opponent to come up.

Gao Xiaodong passed the ball to Nani. Nani tried to break through. Zhirkov was instantly double-teamed. Nani was also kicked in the back. Fortunately, full-back Evra was experienced and was able to pass when Nani tried to pass. When the time came, he followed up to cover up the defense and stole the ball again.

Evra passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong again. Gao Xiaodong controlled the ball and then passed it to Valencia.

Although Gao Xiaodong didn't speak, he was the core of the midfield. He passed the ball several times in a row. His teammates immediately understood what he meant. He wanted to control the ball in the midfield and backcourt, so Valencia did not move forward. Sprinted and passed the ball back to Rafael.

Manchester United kept passing the ball in the midfield and backcourt with Gao Xiaodong as the center, forcing Chel to devote his forces to the frontcourt to press, destroying Manchester United's ball control, and see if there was any chance to steal the ball in the frontcourt and counterattack.

Manchester United's possession of the ball is not their goal, but it is just to change the rhythm of the game. Seeing Chelsea pressing hard in the frontcourt, Gao Xiaodong took the ball and suddenly accelerated to throw Lampard away and went forward, passing the midline with lightning speed. Straight into Chelsea's penalty area.

Although Gao Xiaodong was still far away from Chelsea's penalty area, his momentum was very strong. Chelsea's midfielder Ramirez did not dare to attack, fearing that Gao Xiaodong would break through and face the back line. He began to retreat and get closer to the back line, reducing the Gao Xiaodong's offensive space.

Essien and Zhirkov moved inward in a tacit understanding, and the three of them formed an encirclement against the advancing Gao Xiaodong.

Even though Gao Xiaodong still had room to dribble, Ramirez was close to the defender. If he couldn't break through Chelsea's two-layer defense, he would be surrounded by four or five people.

Although Gao Xiaodong is young, he is by no means a fool. His vision and overall view are much better than he looks. After he compressed Chelsea's defense, he immediately split the ball and passed it to Nani, allowing Nani to use his skills on the wing.

Nani dribbled the ball and broke through Essien's defense with two consecutive fake moves, but Essien was so fast that before Nani could even take two steps, Essien caught up with him from behind. Nani spiked the ball back and passed Essien again. , but when he wanted to turn around and lead forward, Essien caught him.

As soon as the body collided, Nani couldn't stand, his movements were not in place, and Essien destroyed the ball with a kick and it fell out of the sideline.

Gao Xiaodong compressed the space in the middle, waiting for Nani to break through from the wing and thin the defense in the middle. Then as long as Nani passed the ball over again, Gao Xiaodong would have a chance to shoot directly from a long distance, but he did not expect that Nani was so sticky with the ball that he was Essien destroyed the ball.

Gao Xiaodong was so angry that he cursed Shaobing and quickly ran to the wing to receive Nani's throw-in.

Nani threw the ball to Gao Xiaodong who looked unhappy, and quickly ran to the open space, trying to cooperate with Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong made a chest gesture to stop the ball, and when the ball flew to his chest, Gao Xiaodong suddenly turned around and let the ball pass.

Gao Xiaodong's fake move made Essien, who was closely guarding him, very embarrassed. He lost his defensive position and quickly reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong.

When Essien took possession of the jersey, he felt a slip in his hand, as if he had caught a catfish, and it slipped directly out of his hand.

Gao Xiaodong got rid of Essien and dribbled the ball horizontally towards the center of the court.

Ramirez and Lampard ran over desperately to block the ball, preventing Gao Xiaodong from picking up the ball.

Gao Xiaodong carried the ball horizontally for more than ten meters and suddenly stopped. It looked like he was about to shoot. However, as soon as his opponent stopped, Gao Xiaodong suddenly passed the ball to Valencia, who was unguarded on the right, and turned at a right angle to insert into Chelsea's penalty area. .

Gao Xiaodong's wild lateral movement just now attracted Chelsea's defense to the left of the center. There was almost no obstacle for Valencia to get down. When left back Ashley Cole came over, Valencia saw Gao Xiaodong diagonally inserting into the penalty area. In the ribs, Rooney and Hernandez also surrounded the penalty area, and he passed the ball back to Gao Xiaodong without hesitation.

Gao Xiaodong adjusted his footing while running, and then hit the ball with his right foot and fired.

This shot was decisive, sharp, fast and ruthless. The ball went straight to the right side of the goal, giving the goalkeeper no time to save it.

When Valencia passed the ball, goalkeeper Cech was ready to save, but by the time he reacted and made half a move, the ball had already flown past.

Chelsea fans' hearts went cold when Gao Xiaodong shot. The action was too fast and fierce. They didn't dare to imagine that Cech could pounce on it. But what excited the Blues fans was that goalkeeper Cech became a decoration. Gao Xiaodong's The shot failed to pass the goal post, and the ball hit the goal post with a bang and bounced out.

The goal trembles! The Stamford Bridge stadium was silent for a moment, only Gao Xiaodong let out a regretful roar.

This non-stop shot concentrated almost all the essence of Gao Xiaodong's shooting skills. As soon as the ball left his feet, Gao Xiaodong felt that it was coming. He did not expect that this sure shot was blocked by the goal post.

After the ball flew out, the commentator He Hui burst out with a "hold the grass", "What a pity! This shot was so beautiful! It was a world wave when it went in! Cech almost had no time to react! Xiaodong was so lucky today! The Stamford Bridge Devils The curse is not that easy to break!"