Chapter 1199: Impatient Chelsea

After Gao Xiaodong scored, Chelsea was very impatient and they could not accept the result of losing.

Chelsea accelerated the offensive pace. Under the command of coach Villas-Boas, Chelsea increased the number of shots taken by midfielders.

Lampard, the Chelsea midfielder with the strongest long-range shooting ability, first shot a shot from about 30 meters, and the ball was saved by goalkeeper De Gea.

Manchester United then increased their focus on Lampard, denying Lampard a chance to easily kick off the ball.

Then Chelsea's Mata, Ramirez, and Meireles all began to look for opportunities to shoot instead of giving the ball to the striker.

Ferguson saw Villas-Boas's intention, and the coach did not delay. He immediately pushed the back line forward and the forward line retracted, denying Chelsea players a chance to shoot from the front of the penalty area.

The forward pressure of the defense can certainly weaken the threat of Chelsea players' long-range shots, but the space behind the defense is large, making it less difficult for the opponent to penetrate.

It's just that Chelsea's midfielder keeps shooting from long range, and even full-backs Ivanovic and Ashley Cole are looking for opportunities to shoot. Manchester United has to press out, and it will be troublesome if the opponent gets one.

Manchester United changed its defensive mode, but the impatient Chelsea people did not notice it, or they did not even think about changing their tactics accordingly. They still had to "jet off" outside Manchester United's penalty area.

Anderson and Fletcher are both very capable defensive midfielders. Gao Xiaodong covers a larger area. Only Nani is worse defensively in the midfield. He has also become the main direction of Chelsea's attack.

First, Ivanovic relied on his physical advantage to press Nani to cut to the corner of the penalty area and volley vigorously. Then, after Mata and Sturridge cooperated, Sturridge completed a kick that hit the side net. shot.

Manchester United left back Evra is an experienced veteran. He saw Nani struggling to defend and immediately came over to help defend.

Anderson and Fletcher also tilted their positions towards Nani to support Nani and prevent Nani from being attacked by his opponents alone.

Manchester United's defense continued to adjust with Chelsea's offense. Chelsea missed a shot and then had no chance.

Manchester United's tight defense gave Chelsea a headache, but what gave them even more headaches was Manchester United's efficient counterattack.

Chelsea often failed to shoot two threatening shots, and then suffered high-quality counterattacks from Manchester United.

Since Chelsea invested a lot of troops in attack,

Although Manchester United does not have many counterattacks, it is usually just Nani and Rooney, and sometimes Gao Xiaodong and Anderson, but Chelsea does not have many players who can counterattack. Manchester United has a lot of space to attack and can always get good results. shooting opportunities.

In the 40th minute of the game, after receiving the ball from Gao Xiaodong, Rooney almost broke through Chelsea's goal again with a shot from Cech.

Under this blow, Chelsea's frantic brains finally calmed down, and they realized that if they continued to play like this, they might continue to concede goals before the first half was over.

As far as the starting players on the field are concerned, Chelsea are older and more experienced than Manchester United. After calming down, Chelsea reduced this inefficient long-range shooting tactic and began to make short passes and penetrations at the front of Manchester United's penalty area.

Chelsea, like Manchester United, is good at the hard bridge and hard horse style of play, and does not like the short pass penetration style. This is why Chelsea did not think of taking advantage of the space after Manchester United gave it to Chelsea.

However, Chelsea is not without players with exquisite skills. Mata is a relatively different one in Chelsea's lineup, but now he is not the core of Chelsea. The core of Chelsea's offense is Lampard. Without Lampard's support, Mata is in control. Can't understand Chelsea's style of play.

Now Chelsea is starting to penetrate with short passes, and Mata's role is immediately apparent.

After continuous patient cooperation, Mata made a pass from the left. Lampard and Sturridge attracted Manchester United's defensive attention. Ramirez received the ball from the edge of the penalty area and then volleyed with his left foot.

However, Ramirez's footwork is still not as good as that of a forward. This powerful and heavy shot went over the crossbar and did not pose much threat to goalkeeper De Gea.

After De Gea took a goal kick, the ball was grabbed by Terry and the ball returned to Chelsea's feet again.

Terry passed the ball to Lampard, who trusted Mata and passed the ball to him to create a shooting opportunity.

Mata dribbled the ball along the wing and broke through. After attracting Anderson's defense, he immediately passed the ball across to Lampard. Lampard took a step forward and made a shooting posture, and then passed the ball across the wing to insert. Ashley Cole.

At this moment, Gao Xiaodong was also attracted to the center. After Ashley Cole came up, full-back Phil Jones was inexperienced. He felt that Gao Xiaodong was in the center, and he only guarded Ashley Cole. Unexpectedly, Ashley Cole Quickly cut across and hit the back corner of the goal from the corner of the penalty area.

This was a beautiful shot with good timing. Gao Xiaodong tried his best to come back to intercept but was unable to touch the ball.

Ashley Cole's footwork is very good. This kick is not very powerful, but the angle is very tricky. It hits the left angle between the post and the crossbar.

As Chelsea's attack turned to Manchester United's right side, De Gea also moved to the right side. When Ashley Cole shot again, and it hit such a tricky position, De Gea would never go back.

De Gea could only stare blankly at the trajectory of the ball and pray desperately: God bless God bless! Don't go in, don't go in!

Perhaps De Gea's prayers came to light, or perhaps Old Trafford was guarding the Red Devils. Ashley Cole's inevitable goal hit the angle between the post and the crossbar again.

Bang!

The ball bounced out.

This small muffled sound was like a sledgehammer hitting the hearts of Blues fans. The hearts of Blues fans were shattered like glass.

After Manchester United's on-site commentator exclaimed, he was very embarrassed and said: "Chelsea's luck is too bad, otherwise, the score should not be 2:0, it should be 2:2. It seems that the Old Trafford Stadium is indeed not Chelsea is a blessed place for people. As a new coach, it is too difficult to win here. After all, Mourinho is not the real Mourinho."

And He Hui's comments were a bit heartbreaking. Poet He said: "Chelsea finally found the direction of attack. In fact, they should have done this a long time ago. After stretching Manchester United's defense, they should penetrate, impact and penetrate. The combination may create a greater threat, but it is not a good sign to hit the goalpost frequently now, because if you hit the goalpost and fail to score, it is very likely that the opponent will score a goal. This is called a gift from heaven, and there will be disaster."

Poet He did not lie, because after the ball hit the goal post and bounced out, it landed not far away from Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong and Ramirez were trying to grab the landing spot together, but Gao Xiaodong was faster, and in the Despite the pull of the two, Gao Xiaodong still shook off Ramirez and got the ball first.