Chapter 1,112: Attack Well, Defend Well

After the warm-up, the Community Shield match officially kicked off.

The game between Manchester United and Chelsea never required mobilization. As soon as referee Atkinson blew his whistle, Chelsea, who kicked off first, launched a fierce attack on Manchester United.

Chelsea has a 433 formation: 1-Cech/17-Bosingwa, 26-Terry, 33-Alex, 3-Ashley Cole/8-Lampard, 12-Mick Er, 7-Ramirez/21-Kalu, 9-Torres, 15-Malouda, this lineup seems to have two defensive midfielders Mikel and Ramirez, but in the actual game, La Mires moved forward very actively, and only Mikel defended in the midfield.

For a wealthy team like Manchester United, the Community Shield is useless. When meeting old opponents in such a competition, Manchester United not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully. Faced with Chelsea's fierce attack, Manchester United did not hesitate to go up. .

Chelsea made several shots in the center and on the wing. As Manchester United pressed harder and faster, Kalou had no way to pass the ball, so he had to force a breakthrough forward.

Rafael, who was blocking, quickly extended his foot to intercept and blocked the ball from the sideline.

When Chelsea took a corner kick, Manchester United came over to fight for more players. Basically every Chelsea player was defended by a Manchester United player.

Ashley. Cole held the ball up for a while but failed to send it out. He saw midfielder Mikel running over to take over Ashley. Cole quickly threw the ball over.

Ashley. Cole thought the pass was very stable, but Gao Xiaodong had already seen Mikel's movement behind him through his super glasses. He moved in time, grabbed the ball in front of Mikel, and stole it. Come down.

Boas had been paying attention to Gao Xiaodong's movements. When he saw Gao Xiaodong steal the ball, Boas immediately tensed up. He knew very well how terrifying Gao Xiaodong was. If this kid counterattacked with the ball, the consequences would be serious.

"Stop him! Tactical foul!"

Villas-Boas shouted towards the court, but before he could finish his words, Gao Xiaodong had already quickly distributed the ball to the other side of the court.

Just now, players from both sides were competing for Chelsea's throw-in ball. The other side was left open. Gao Xiaodong passed the ball over and Manchester United full-back Valencia immediately gained a lot of space to attack.

Valencia is a speedy player. With space, his power was maximized. Neither Chelsea player was able to stop him. Valencia drove to the baseline and passed the ball to the penalty area.

When Valencia attacked, Manchester United's five offensive players quickly divided into two groups.

He inserted into the penalty area from three directions to grab points.

This is Manchester United's counterattack! fast! Fierce! The momentum is compelling!

Chelsea's players are not idle, and after the training of Mourinho and Ancelotti, they are better at defending than Manchester United. When Manchester United counterattacks in place, they have five or six players back to their own. inside and outside the penalty area, and quickly competed with Manchester United players for the most advantageous position.

After Gao Xiaodong passed the ball, he moved forward into the penalty area, but after Mikel was intercepted by him, he followed him closely, and the two rushed into the penalty area, pulling each other all the way.

After being promoted to a star player, Gao Xiaodong's sense of grabbing points and skills have also been greatly improved, but Mikel's defense is not bad, the black man's strength is not weaker than Gao Xiaodong, and he has an advantage in height.

Gao Xiaodong did not use brute force to fight Mikel. He rushed into the penalty area, stopped suddenly, pushed Mikel forward, and then retreated out of the penalty area.

Manchester United had five players competing for points, but Valencia was still looking for Gao Xiaodong. When he saw Gao Xiaodong retreating, he immediately passed the ball in front of Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong was wearing super glasses, as if he had eyes behind him. He retreated to a line with no teammates or defensive players.

After Valencia passed the ball, Gao Xiaodong immediately got an unguarded opportunity to attack the goal.

However, what made Gao Xiaodong angry was that Valencia's ball was passed too close to him, and he had to lean back to hit the ball.

In desperation, Gao Xiaodong leaned back and headed the ball towards the upper right corner of the goal.

Originally, if the pass was good, he could hit it hard, but now Gao Xiaodong can only make a lob shot.

Gao Xiaodong's shot was wonderful, and the ball went straight to the blind spot.

Fortunately, Gao Xiaodong has been upgraded to the ball star level. Before the upgrade, Gao Xiaodong would not have been able to handle the ball so well.

However, Chelsea’s goalkeeper is Petr Cech, one of the top three goalkeepers in the world, and Petr Petr is tall and long-armed, and is good at hitting high balls. Faced with Gao Xiaodong’s lob, Petr jumped up bravely and hit the ball over the line with one hand. .

Chelsea fans had their hearts in their throats when Gao Xiaodong shot, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well done!"

"Long live Cech!"

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Chelsea fans couldn't help but applaud Cech's brilliant save.

Rooney here came over and touched Gao Xiaodong's head: "What a beautiful shot! It's a pity that Cech saved it."

Gao Xiaodong smiled, "You can't say it was a beautiful shot after you threw it out!"

Rooney said: "Paranoid! But there is still a chance for a corner kick! You pass it to me and it's up to me!"

"It's just your head. I'm afraid you won't be able to get it if I give it to you."

Gao Xiaodong said and walked towards the corner flag area.

At the corner kick, both Ferdinand and Vidic came to the penalty area to fight for the top. Manchester United did not have a high forward. They were the main weapons for fighting for set kicks. However, facing Chelsea, Manchester United's high-altitude ball was still a disadvantage.

Manchester United has many set-piece tactics, but the game has just begun. Gao Xiaodong used the most common one. He drove the low ball towards the penalty area with a fast and spinning kick.

Gao Xiaodong's purpose is to prevent the forward players from hitting the ball and create chaos in the middle of the penalty area.

With such a fast and spinning ball, as long as it cannot be touched by the front point, it will be dangerous if it is hit by either side of the middle.

Sure enough, the player in front tried to grab this point but failed, and the ball quickly flew to the middle of the penalty area.

At this moment, the situation is very dangerous for Chelsea. If the opponent catches the ball, it is almost certain to score. However, it is easy to make an own goal when clearing the ball, and there is a fear of being blocked.

At this time, it was Blues captain Terry who stood up. He headed the ball ahead of Vidic and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

The Blues fans in the stands burst into applause again. Anyone who knows football understands how dangerous this clearance is. If you don't have the courage to take responsibility, you won't dare to make it.

Manchester United's set-piece attack was very sophisticated. After the ball was cleared, it was grabbed by Evra who was behind. He passed the ball diagonally and gave it to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong connected with the ball and changed direction, making the intention of hitting the bottom again. When the players on both sides of the offense and defense rushed back to the penalty area again, Gao Xiaodong suddenly dribbled the ball laterally into the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong's change of direction was very unexpected. Almost all the offensive and defensive players just ran towards the penalty area. Some people intercepted Gao Xiaodong to prevent him from dribbling the ball and cutting inside. However, no one stopped Gao Xiaodong from crossing to the front of the penalty area.

"Quick! Stop him!"

Villas-Boas was anxious again. He knew the power of Gao Xiaodong's long-range shot. If Gao Xiaodong aimed hard enough, it would be almost like a penalty kick.