Chapter 853 Snow Battle at Stamford Bridge

The snow is still falling, but the red-blue battle between Manchester United and Chelsea still goes on as scheduled. Top novels are updated the fastest

The Stamford Bridge stadium, which can accommodate 41,000 people, did not have any empty seats due to bad weather. Among them were many Gao Xiaodong fans who flew from Asia to London to watch the game. They held bright red Chinese flags and shouted "Gao Xiaodong". name.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and his wife Zhukova, Zhukova’s best friend, world star Emma. Watson also came to the scene, and sitting with them were Manchester United's young clubs Joel and Edouard.

Abu was taciturn and cautious, while Joel was calm and capable. Neither of them spoke, except for Edward who kept talking to Emma. Watson was attentive and chatty.

The snow on the court has been cleared away, but there are still snowflakes falling sparsely from the sky, but they quickly disappear under the trampling of the players on the court.

The game on the field had just lasted five minutes, and at this time the on-site commentator Andy. Gray just began to introduce the starting lineup for this game to the players.

This is Andy too. Gray's characteristic is that he doesn't like to introduce to the fans through the starting list before the game, because the position of the players in the starting list is very different from that in the actual game, especially for a very versatile player like Gao Xiaodong. When he pushes forward, that is The forward, pulled back, is the defender. The specific position and formation can only be determined after the game.

"Manchester United is a 4-5-1: goalkeeper 1-Van der Sar/22-O'Shea, 5-Ferdinand, 15-Vidic, 3-Evra; five midfielders: 18-Scholes, 24 -Fletcher, 16-Carrick, 17-Nani, 10-Gao Xiaodong; lone forward: 7-Rooney..."

"Judging from this formation and the performance in the first five minutes, Manchester United mainly attacks on the left. Gao Xiaodong partners with Evra, and the assisting attacker is Nani on the right, so the right back behind Nani is O'Shea. , rather than Rafael, this should be said to be a cautious move by Ferguson, after all, from 2002 to now, Manchester United has only won one game at Stamford Bridge."

"Fletcher, Carrick and Scholes who started in the middle can also see Ferguson's prudence. Fletcher and Carrick partnered as a midfielder, and Scholes took command in the midfield. In fact, Scholes And forward Rooney also has good defensive abilities."

"Manchester United's starting lineup is quite satisfactory. It's hard to say whether they can win, but I'm afraid it won't be easy for Chelsea to win."

"Let's take a look at Chelsea's starting lineup. This is a 433 formation. The goalkeeper is 1-Cech; the four backs are: 2-Ivanovic, 4-David Luiz, 26-Terry, 3-Ashe. Leigh Cole; three midfielders: 5-Essien, 7-Ramirez, 8-Lampard; three forwards: 15-Malouda, 39-Anelka, 11-Drogba; this There is nothing new in the starting lineup, no bright spots, and no flaws. It fully reflects Ancelotti’s steady and conservative tactical style. Even the fans can guess this starting lineup. Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson will definitely not be worse than us fans, but Ancelotti is fat. With this ability, even if you completely guess his starting lineup or even his tactics, you may not be able to beat him."

"We've finished talking about the starting lineups of both sides. Now let's look at the game. Judging from the first five minutes of the game, both sides saw the opponent's tight defense in the middle. They both looked for the opponent's opening from the side, but now no one can attack the opponent. The penalty area is just a fight in the midfield. Now we are patiently watching to see who can complete the first shot..."

Before Andy Gray finished speaking, Chelsea launched a threatening wing attack.

Essien intercepted Carrick's pass to Scholes in the middle and passed it long to Anelka.

Anelka saw that Gao Xiaodong had no time to defend, so he stopped the ball and singled out his compatriot Evra.

Anelka made two fake moves and rushed forward. Without getting rid of Evra, he dribbled the ball back and suddenly made a cross pass to the front of the penalty area.

Just now, Anelka's two fake moves did not sway Evra, but his teammate Drogba was swayed into the penalty area.

Drogba brought both center backs into the penalty area. Fletcher defended Lampard in front of the top of the penalty area. No one noticed that Malouda suddenly ran horizontally from the wing to the front of the penalty area. When someone is defending, push the arch of your foot to push the ball to the lower right corner of the goal.

Van der Sar has been observing the movements of the opponent's players. He has noticed Malouda's cross. He wanted to call his teammates to mark him, but his teammates did not follow. Van der Sar was worried about giving him a powerful volley at such a close distance. , it is difficult for him to react at his age. Seeing Malouda push the angle, Van der Sar was overjoyed. He jumped and blocked the ball in front of the goal line.

Although he failed to score, Chelsea fans still gave Malouda warm applause and encouragement.

On-site commentator Andy Gray said: "Good shot! Better save! Malouda's running position is top-notch, but such a shot is not enough to break through Van der Sar's ten fingers."

After completing a shot, Chelsea played more proactively. In the 9th minute of the game, Ramirez passed the ball, Essien took two steps, and was immediately double-teamed by Fletcher, Carrick and Vidic. .

Essien didn't pass the ball, he raised his foot and hit a powerful volley.

Vidic stretched his foot to block, and the ball hit his foot, changed its line, and flew directly towards the goal.

Vidic didn't expect it to have this effect, and was shocked. Fortunately, the ball flew straight to goalkeeper Van der Sar, and Van der Sar easily reached out and picked the ball off.

Manchester United did not get a shot for almost ten minutes, and the players also stepped up their running. In the 13th minute of the game, Ramirez was pressed by Carrick and Gao Xiaodong suddenly ran over and stole the ball.

Ramirez was afraid that Gao Xiaodong would fight back, so he fell to the ground and stretched out his foot to knock Gao Xiaodong down.

This is a typical tactical foul. According to the rules, it is a yellow card. However, the referee Atkinson is known as Chelsea's official referee. The Manchester United players are very nervous. They are afraid that Atkinson will not act according to the rules.

However, Atkinson did not favor Chelsea this time, nor did he care about the pressure at home. He directly took out the yellow card to warn Ramirez.

Seeing this, Manchester United's players and fans feel more relieved. As long as the referee's whistle is fair and not black, Manchester United has a chance to win.

Manchester United took a midfield free kick, and Scholes directly passed it to Gao Xiaodong. Evra boldly stepped forward and ran towards the Chelsea half with Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong is extremely fast, driving towards Chelsea defender Ivanovic like lightning.

Gao Xiaodong received and dribbled the ball very quickly. Chelsea winger Anelka was not far away from Gao Xiaodong, but he could not catch up with Gao Xiaodong. He could only catch up and watch Gao Xiaodong challenge Ivanovic.

Gao Xiaodong accelerated all the way to the baseline, finally completely getting rid of Ivanovic, and swept the ball towards the small penalty area with one kick.

Gao Xiaodong was too fast. As a result, Rooney failed to outflank him in place. The ball slipped past the goal and was missed by Manchester United full-back Ashley. Cole grabbed it in front of the sideline.

This is a good transition moment, Ashley. Cole launched a quick counterattack, Drogba scored the ball in the frontcourt, and Anelka penetrated the right rib of Manchester United's penalty area and volleyed from a small angle, but the ball also missed the goal.