Chapter 734

On the evening of April 14, nineteen thirty.

Stamford Bridge in London's West End is brightly lit, as bright as day.

After the influx of more than 38,000 fans, the huge stand was crowded, and it looked like a huge crowd.

This world-renowned focus battle is about to begin, and the atmosphere in the stadium is getting more and more tense and frenetic.

The fans of the home team are very enthusiastic, and they are obviously looking forward to the team to beat Liverpool at home, changing the embarrassing record between the strong teams this season. Although the number of fans of the away team is small, they are not to be outdone. The momentum created is unexpected. Not inferior to the home team, which is somewhat related to the lack of unity among the fans of the home team.

The atmosphere at Stamford Bridge is not good, it's a long-standing problem.

Captain John Terry appeared in the chairman's stand in a straight suit. Because of the accumulation of yellow cards, he will miss this focus game tonight, but he still came to the stadium and stayed with the team.

He just came out of the locker room, and he could see that his teammates were all high-spirited and determined to win, and the head coach Hiddink was also fully prepared to make Liverpool come back without success in this game. shame before.

Although Chelsea is likely to be empty-handed this season, being able to knock such a powerful Liverpool out of the Champions League can be regarded as a proud deed.

"Hope everything goes well!" Terry looked directly at the court and prayed to himself.

At this moment, there was a movement near the exit of the Chairman's Stand.

Terry turned his head to look, just in time to see Abramovich, the owner of the club, walking out of the passage, accompanied by the club's general manager Peter Kenyon, chairman Barker, and assistant Marina Granovskaya. All the way to the vacant position in the middle, which is the direction of Terry.

This is a place reserved for him by the club, exclusively for Abramovich.

"Hey, John." Abramovich smiled and patted Terry on the shoulder when he saw him.

"Nice to meet you, boss." Terry also responded with a smile.

The Russian seemed to be in a pretty good mood, pointing to his empty seat, "Come, sit here with me, my captain!"

Of course Terry would not refuse, and immediately agreed politely.

Immediately, many people around them also adjusted their positions wisely.

At Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge, Abramovich is a veritable king!

After the group found their seats and sat down, the Russian asked with concern about the current situation of the team and the upcoming games. He was obviously more concerned about whether the team could defeat Liverpool and successfully advance to the semi-finals, followed by the semi-finals. the match of.

"I just came out of the locker room and I can feel it, everyone is confident," Terry said with confidence.

"But we just got three goals from Bolton," Abramovich reminded.

Obviously, he has been following the Chelsea news.

"It was just an accident, boss, Hiddink is a top manager, he has adjusted, and in the past few days, we have been preparing how to deal with Liverpool's highs." Terry laughed.

Abramovich was relieved to hear this.

"Yes, I have confidence in Hiddink, he is the best!"

After Scolari was dismissed from get out of class, Abramovich also used personal relationships, which finally persuaded Hiddink to allow him to be both the head coach of the Russian national team and the head coach of Chelsea.

If he didn't have confidence in Hiddink, he wouldn't go to great lengths to do these things.

"Moreover, Hiddink still hid a backhand in this game."

"Oh?" Abramović became interested. "Anyone else?"

"Anelka won't come."

"Huh?" Abramovich didn't quite understand.

Anelka was once a world-famous talented striker. After becoming famous at Arsenal, he moved to Real Madrid at a sky-high price. However, due to his eccentric nature and his two brothers, his career development has been Not all smooth.

After finally playing in Bolton, Chelsea was dug to Stamford Bridge, and this was the time to join the giants again.

It stands to reason that this player's performance should be given a start, but Hiddink kept him as a back-up player, and he was obviously prepared.

Although Abramovich didn't understand, he felt that he should have guessed something, as if he was waving in front of him when he saw the victory, he suddenly laughed.

"If we can beat Liverpool, make it to the semi-finals, or even beat Manchester United to the final, then we will be the favourites to win the title!"

Everyone knows that Abramovich is obsessed with the Champions League, and even he replaced Mourinho because he felt that the Portuguese madman could not bring the Champions League to Chelsea.

The team reached the Champions League final last season, and if it enters the final again this season, it is not impossible to win the championship.

"We're all going to fight for this, boss!" Terry's eyes were full of determination.

Although he, the captain, has objections to some of Abramovich's actions, no matter what, he will do his best to support Abramovich as long as it is good for Chelsea.

Just as he was speaking, at the entrance of the player passage, under the leadership of the Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantareo, the players of the two teams lined up in two teams and walked out one after another.

For a time, the audience burst into applause and cheers.

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"Because of the 20th anniversary of tomorrow's Hillsborough tragedy, tonight at Stamford Bridge, all Liverpool players wore black armbands on their right arms, and everyone's face was full of solemnity."

"It feels a bit underwhelming, and it also reflects Liverpool's determination to fight back hard."

"Let's take a look at Chelsea's starting line-up tonight."

"The goalkeeper is Cech, the back line is Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Alex and Ivanovic, the midfield is Lampard, Ballack and Essien, and the front three are the horses. Luda, Drogba and Kalou."

"We noticed that Anelka, Chelsea's top scorer who has performed well this season, was put on the bench by Hiddink tonight, which is really surprising because Anelka has been Chelsea's best performer this season. Good scorer."

"Perhaps, Hiddink wanted to focus on defense at the start, after all, they had a three-to-one lead."

"Everyone feels that Liverpool want to reverse this score away, unless another miracle is staged."

"Let's look at Liverpool again."

"The goalkeeper is Reina, the back line is Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Abeloa, the midfield is Mascherano and Xavi Alonso forming a double midfield, Gerrard Going forward, and the front three are Yang Yang, Kuyt and Benayoun."

"England's high-ranking man Crouch, who many people were looking forward to before the game, also did not appear in the starting lineup. This shows that the two world's top coaches were tit-for-tat before the game. trick."

"Looking at the score in the first round, Liverpool are now one to three behind, and they must score more than three goals in the second round away to have a chance to advance. This will be a great test for the Red Army's offensive ability, because Chelsea's The defensive ability from Ranieri's time to the present is obvious to all."

"It may be said that in the Champions League in the past few years, which team has scored more than three goals for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which is why everyone is not optimistic about Liverpool before the game."

"Also, Liverpool must pay attention to the high points that Chelsea performed very well in the first leg, Ivanovic, Drogba, Ballack, Alex... This game is still a starter. Defending against Liverpool, especially the lob will be a huge test."

"There is also Reina, the Spanish goalkeeper is a big hidden danger for Liverpool this season. There are often some mistakes in the game that should not be made, and from time to time Liverpool is forced into a difficult position. This is obviously a problem."

"Okay, the game is about to start."

"It was Liverpool in the red shirt, they attacked from left to right, Chelsea attacked from right to left."

"Yang Yang and Kuyt stood in the middle circle, ready to serve."

"The game is about to start!"

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Yang Yang stood in the middle circle, jumped twice on the spot, and took a deep breath.

His body was already active when he was warming up just now, and he felt that he was in good shape now.

At Blackburn, he only played half-time, then adjusted for three days and now is at his best.

Luckily, the weather and temperature are pretty good tonight.

"Ready." Kuyt reminded.

Yang Yang smiled and nodded heavily.

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With the referee's whistle, Kuyt quickly kicked the ball to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang kept the ball and kicked it directly back to Gerrard, while he rushed forward quickly.

Gerrard returned to the back line. After Skrtel stopped the ball, he made a long pass, but instead of going directly to the middle, he moved to the right. Kuyt was here to compete with Ashley Cole. Grab the spot.

But Kuyt failed to get a point this time, the ball flew out of bounds, Chelsea's throw-in.

"From the opening, we could clearly see that Liverpool's formation was somewhat surprising."

"Originally, we all thought that Kuyt would appear in the middle, but we didn't expect that Yang Yang would appear in this position, while Kuyt appeared on the left, and Benayoun was active on Yang Yang's left. Location."

"Judging from the long pass just now, Benitez's strategy is also very clear, avoiding Alex and Ballack in the middle, hitting the low point of Ashley Cole on Chelsea's left, and play Take advantage of Kuyt's golf fight for the top."

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Liverpool showed their fangs at the beginning of the game, and Chelsea were obviously unwilling to kill.

Hiddink did not adopt an overly conservative strategy, but chose to confront him directly.

Therefore, after the opening, Liverpool pressed heavily and adopted a high-level defense. Chelsea also deployed heavy troops from the 30-meter area to the center line.

The start of the two teams seemed risky, but they were both relatively safe and did not give each other a chance.

Until the thirteenth minute...