Chapter 1,194 Marseille Slalom and Crotch-Piercing Pass
Chelsea were very excited today. In the third minute of the game, Sturridge, a descendant of Jamaican descent who plays as a right winger, let himself go. He teased Nani with a Marseille spin move in the frontcourt and passed it to Lampard.
Performing such a gorgeous move on the court is very exciting and boosts morale. The Chelsea fans who came to watch the game all applauded.
It was a humiliation for the opponent to perform such a relaxed performance at their home court. All Manchester United fans were filled with indignation and hoped that their players could give Chelsea a beautiful counterattack.
However, Manchester United has no time to fight back now, Chelsea is launching an attack into their penalty area.
After Lampard received the pass from Sturridge, he immediately moved to the left and handed it to the left back Ashley Cole who inserted from the wing.
Ashley Cole at his peak was the world's number one left back. Although Ashley Cole is older now, his offensive power cannot be underestimated.
Manchester United right back Phil Jones obviously didn't pay enough attention to Ashley Cole. He overwhelmed the frontcourt and failed to come back, and was inserted behind Ashley Cole.
Ashley Cole is very experienced. Instead of taking the ball and walking toward the baseline as usual, he passed the ball directly to the penalty area from the edge of the penalty area.
When Ashley Cole passed the ball, Manchester United's two midfielders Anderson and Fletcher were quickly recovering to protect the center, but Meireres intervened at high speed to steal the front point.
Meireres broke into the penalty area, fell to the ground and shot, and the ball went straight to the near corner of the goal.
The distance of Meirerez's shot was only 12 yards, and it was difficult for the goalkeeper to react from such a close distance.
But today De Gea showed his potential as a superstar. At such a close distance, he subconsciously stretched his foot to block the ball and blocked it from the baseline.
The ball was blocked, and the Manchester United fans were all frightened, completely forgetting their anger at being played by Sturridge just now.
Today, Gao Xiaodong, who was playing as a right winger, came back a little late and was easily passed by Ashley Cole. He came over guiltily and patted De Gea on the shoulder, "Well done, River Duck!"
River Duck is the nickname given to De Gea by Gao Xiaodong, and De Gea is happy to accept it, "Hey! Basic operations, basic operations!"
De Gea was very happy to be praised by the captain and couldn't help but hold his head high and show off his pride.
Chelsea takes a corner kick.
Newcomer Mata took the penalty,
Terry, Torres, Ivanovic, and Bosingwa came to the center to grab points, while Lampard, Ramirez and others were waiting for long shots in the center.
Manchester United and Chelsea know the basics of their tactics and are extremely familiar with their tactics. They defend players in the middle and do not give Lampard and others a chance to take long shots from the front of the penalty area. After the ball is set by Smalling, Fletcher kicks the ball open. Toward Chelsea's backcourt.
Manchester United's Rooney and Hernandez in the frontcourt moved forward with all their strength and competed with the Chelsea players at the back for a header. Chelsea's center backs all went to fight for the header. The players at the back did not dare to be careless and directly headed the ball out of the sideline.
Manchester United had the upper hand at Chelsea in the opening game, and the players were a little angry. After the ball went out of the sideline, Hernandez quickly ran to the sideline to serve a throw-in.
The Chelsea players returned to defend very well. The ball was thrown to Rooney, and two Chelsea players came to defend.
One person resisted Rooney to prevent him from turning around, and another person went to steal it.
Rooney had no choice but to pass the ball to Hernandez.
Hernandez was severely squeezed by Ashley Cole and was unable to dribble the ball forward, so he could only pass it back to Gao Xiaodong behind him.
Hernandez had many choices, but he had a good relationship with Gao Xiaodong and cooperated tacitly, so he chose to pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong.
However, Chelsea attaches great importance to Gao Xiaodong's defense. Although there are people following Gao Xiaodong, there are still people who pay attention to blocking the pass to Gao Xiaodong. Hernandez's pass was intercepted by Ramirez in the middle.
Gao Xiaodong quickly went over to press, and Ramirez took a risk and passed the ball directly to Torres on the striker.
This is a very dangerous pass.
Torres received the ball and directly faced center back Evans.
The Spanish golden boy was very confident in his ability to break through. Without any intention of asking for help from his teammates, he dribbled the ball straight towards Evans and pounced on him.
Chelsea's attack was a counterattack after stealing the ball. It was very sudden and directly formed a situation where the forward faced the defender.
Evans had no choice but to retreat sideways and wait for Torres to make a move.
Manchester United's central defender and midfielder were rushing over, and Torres didn't dare to lead more. He took two steps, made a change of direction, and immediately shot.
Evans was able to be favored by Sir Alex, but he was not incompetent. He was not deceived by Torres. When Torres started to kick, he quickly stretched out his foot to block Torres' shot.
Chelsea's offense is much stronger than Benfica's. Each of his attacks is not isolated. When Torres broke through and shot, several players were already following him. After the ball was blocked by Evans, it happened to be passed by Sturridge. Grab it.
Sturridge, who had been very active before, was now more confident. After grabbing the ball, he shot directly from 30 yards away from the goal.
Sturridge's shot is definitely a cold shot. After he kicked the ball, goalkeeper De Gea did not react. De Gea did not make a save until the ball reached the penalty area.
Obviously, it was too late to save at this time, and the ball flew past De Gea.
At this moment, all the Manchester United people felt cold and felt that it was dangerous!
But Sturridge had ordinary luck today. The ball passed goalkeeper De Gea's fingers, but hit the post and bounced out.
Ferguson on the sidelines wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and yelled at the court with lingering fear, "Pay attention! Don't give that kid a chance!"
The on-site commentator He Hui said worriedly: "Manchester United is a little slow to enter the state today! If we continue to play like this, Manchester United is likely to concede the goal first! Xiaodong's state is also average. Ferguson put him on the wing in the hope of suppressing Ashliko. Well, at the same time, he broke through Chelsea's wing defense. Chelsea's defensive midfielders are very powerful, and the center backs are also top-notch in the world. It's okay to avoid Chelsea's central defense and play on the wing, but it seems that Xiaodong and Phil Jones don't cooperate well enough. ah."
Manchester United's on-site commentator believed that Manchester United did not know enough about Chelsea's two newcomers Mata and Sturridge. Previously, Chelsea's offensive driver was Lampard and the two wingers, but now it has become Mata and Sturridge. Richie, Manchester United obviously don't know what to do.
As the saying goes, bystanders can tell, and both Ferguson and the commentators saw the problem. However, at this moment, the Manchester United players did not yet understand the problem of their passive opening. They were still playing according to the tactics formulated before the game.
According to the trend six minutes before the first half, Chelsea is very likely to score first.
But football games are the most difficult to predict. In the eighth minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong took the ball from the wing and made a fake move to break through to the baseline, and then cut across to the center.
Boas was too familiar with Gao Xiaodong, and he was well prepared for Gao Xiaodong's cross-cutting. Three defensive midfielders and two central defenders followed closely, without giving Gao Xiaodong a chance to kick. Gao Xiaodong was not given a chance to break into the penalty area.
Gao Xiaodong crossed the entire penalty area without finding a chance. Chelsea players were a little relaxed, but at this moment, Gao Xiaodong suddenly spiked the ball from the left to the baseline.
At this time, Chelsea right back Bosingwa was in the defensive area. He did not expect Gao Xiaodong to cross half-court and bully him.
Bosingwa quickly came to intercept.
Gao Xiaodong feinted with his upper body and pedaled three bicycles, which made Bosingwa feel dizzy. Unconsciously, his crotch opened a large gap.
Gao Xiaodong had quick eyes and quick feet. He pushed the ball and passed through Bosingwa's crotch. He also quickly broke through Bosingwa from one side.
Manchester United fans were very happy when they saw Gao Xiaodong wearing his crotch and crossing Bosingwa. They all stood up and clapped and cheered, "Well dressed! Wear another one!"