This game is destined to be a collision-filled game.
The two teams knew each other well and had no secrets. The two teams did not even send scouts before the game because they had played against each other in the league and the League Cup before.
Here at Leeds United, George Lee even included Faroe Islands forward Edmondson from the reserve team in the substitute lineup due to the team's extensive injuries.
"There's really no one left."
George Lee turned his head and saw the Faroe Islands youngster sitting on the bench, shaking with excitement. Danny Rose on the other side was telling the young man something to relieve Edmondson's nervousness. mentality.
But several other substitutes sitting on the side couldn't listen anymore, because the joke Rose told was really not funny.
So are the remaining players. Schmeichel Jr., Ross, Sigurdsson, and Edmondson are all young players. They have not even played in the Champions League. Maybe one of them today It must be extremely exciting to be able to play.
Although the other three people, Matteisen, Pedersen and Davis are not as exaggerated as these little brothers, they are not much better.
"du~"
The referee blew the whistle and the game officially started.
As a guest, Chelsea kicked off first. Drogba clicked the ball and Lampard passed it back to Ballack on the center line. The German captain immediately passed the ball back to Terry behind him without daring to pass it. The ball stays under the feet.
Chelsea didn't do much trouble here, but directly chose to launch an attack.
Terry directly made a big kick and chose a long pass to find Drogba at the front of Chelsea.
It seems that Chelsea specially designed this tactic before the game, which is similar to Leeds United's tactic where everyone ran forward after the kick-off, so when Terry passed the ball, Drogba was already leaning on Albuchesson. In front of his body, he kept using his back and shoulders to hit the defender's chest to block his position.
The key position played a very good role. When the ball was about to fly to this position, Leeds United's central defender was already firmly stuck behind Drogba. If the ball was viewed according to its normal flight trajectory, it would definitely Will be controlled by Drogba.
But no matter how powerful and strong Drogba is, he can only block one person. Granqvist, who is on one side, comes from the other side to grab the ball before Drogba can take off.
The ball did not fly far, but flew to Lampard behind Drogba.
"Magic Lamp" stopped the ball with his chest, and then immediately made a pass to Drogba, who had turned and moved forward. Behind Drogba, Albuchesson had already begun to pull on the Ivorian, but the effect was minimal.
The ball was passed into the penalty area. Drogba raised his head and kept observing the direction and flight trajectory of the ball, trying to find the best opportunity to attack.
Just after Drogba finally determined the landing point of the ball, he continued to try to block the position, blocking Albchesson behind him so that he could directly face the goal attack.
The idea was good, but when Drogba was ready, a pair of hands wearing goalkeeper gloves appeared in his sight, and then took the ball away before him.
"Fxxk!"
Drogba was very unhappy after being beaten ahead of him twice in a row, and he cursed angrily.
Then, Drogba took two deep breaths. After all, the two confrontations after the start still consumed a lot of his energy.
Beside him, Albucheson was also panting and looking at him. In the two games between the two, no one touched the ball, but it was not much less laborious than breaking through the ball and attacking, but it was more tiring.
After looking at each other, both of them seemed to see the murderous look in each other's eyes.
After the ball was obtained by Van der Sar, he immediately threw the ball to Charlotte Black on the right. Compared with Kalou on Chelsea's right, Joe Cole on the left plays closer to the center, so the gap on Black's side is larger.
After getting the ball, Blake first pushed the ball a little further, and then followed Chelsea's lead and made a long pass with his big kick.
But the difference is that Blake's pass is not looking for Kuyt, who is at the front of Leeds United. In other words, Kuyt does not press the opponent's center back like Drogba. His position is closer to the midfielder. . What Black found was Leeds United's left winger Arneson, because Chelsea's right back Belletti is quite old and can't keep up with his speed. In addition, the two players on the left side of Leeds United today are both fast. A player, so Belletti stayed back.
Arneson received Blake's long pass like a "cruise missile" and at the same time checked his surroundings and found that no one was defending him for the time being. He began to dribble the ball towards the center, trying to attract the defensive attention of Chelsea's midfielder so that Bell behind him could have a chance to intervene.
Sure enough, after Arneson flicked the ball horizontally, it hadn't started yet. Essien began to react immediately, preparing to interfere with Arneson's breakthrough.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Arnesen thought he could split the ball.
When he looked up, he saw that Bale was on his left side and had already moved forward. However, Belletti at Chelsea was also experienced and stepped forward to block Arnesen's passing route.
The opportunity was fleeting, and Essien was about to defend himself in front of him, and he was about to double-team with Belletti on the side.
"No matter, Gareth can do it." Arneson thought.
Pushing the ball forward with his left foot, he immediately sent a through ball with his right foot and kicked it behind Belletti.
"I......"
This was the first word Bale said after he saw Arnesen passing the ball. He immediately shut up and stopped because he could only try his best to chase the ball.
Now Bell is still some distance behind Belletti, but Bell has two advantages. One is that Bell himself is very fast and is already in a starting state. He can choose to continue to speed up to chase the ball; another point is that the ball at this time comes from behind Belletti, and Belletti has to return it. Chasing could only choose to turn around.
"I......"
This was the first word Bell said after he worked hard to save the ball before it was about to leave the sideline. After saving the ball, he made a slight adjustment and immediately chose to cross.
It's just that compared to Bell's breakthrough and shooting, his passing skills are still a little behind.
This cross was relatively close to the goal. Although Cudicini did not get the ball, Kuyt, who crossed in from behind, did not touch the football.
"I......"
This is a word Kuyt spit out after seeing the ball fly past his eyes.
The ball eventually flew from the right side of the Chelsea goal to the left side and out of the other sideline.
These two offenses of the two teams were extremely threatening offenses and inspired all the fans at the scene. Especially for Smith in the stands, the only difference was that he was not the one pushing forward on the field at that time.
"If I had hit this ball, the score would definitely be ahead now." Smith said to the two little guys beside him, Olson and Wallace. "To be honest, Dirk has finished starting the game and changed to When I go directly to JR to the middle, I will start to push forward."
Olsen nodded in agreement.
Wallace saw the problem and asked Sneijder on the side. He knew that asking Smith would get nothing out of him.
"Why didn't the two teams go through the midfield in both attacks? Obviously the midfield should be the focus of the two teams."
"Yes." Sneijder also looked at Wallace who could see this.
