His eyes were firm and he was aiming at the goal with all his concentration, as if he wanted to put all his strength into this kick.
His body leaned forward as he moved, like a leopard about to pounce.
The arches of his feet were tightly curled, like an archer preparing to fire an arrow.
Suddenly, the arch of Mikel's foot suddenly released, and the football flew toward the goal at an alarming speed like a bullet.
However, the football did not drill into the goal as expected, but flew too high and flew out of the goal.
Green in front of the goal still jumped up symbolically, raised his right arm high, and made a defensive move.
In the 25th minute, Anelka and Drogba made a run in front of the penalty area, but they were seen through by former Chelsea defender Ben Haim. In order to prevent their breakthrough, Ben Haim chose a tactical foul and sent Give his old club a well-positioned free kick in the frontcourt.
Referee Foy also gave Ben Haim a verbal warning but did not play a card.
The location of this free kick is on the left penalty area line, with Drogba and Xiao Yu standing in front of the ball.
Facing the 5-man wall sent by his opponent, Xiao Yu took the lead in starting.
Xiao Yu took a running start and swung his right leg towards the football. West Ham United's wall also jumped up.
However, the expected violent shot did not appear. Xiao Yu chose to step over the ball at the last moment when his right foot came into contact with the football, and then knocked the football towards the center with his left heel.
By the time the West Ham United defenders realized it, "Warcraft" Drogba had already picked up the rolling football.
The football roared towards the goal with a strong wind. Green in front of the goal took a deep breath and jumped to the right side of the goal.
Although he knew that the ball was extremely powerful, as the team's last line of defense, he chose not to look back.
However, Green did not touch the football. When he fell on the lawn, he felt lucky in his heart. The cheers from the audience, louder than the sighs, told him that the goal was not scored.
"Oops! What a pity. Xiao Yu and Drogba's free kick cooperation was very consistent. Drogba's shot was also powerful and heavy, but it was a pity that it missed."
"Drogba also pursued the angle too much to avoid Green's defense. This goal is really a pity."
In the 27th minute, this threat came from West Ham United. After some conduction, the football came to the feet of Carlton Cole. On the right rib of Chelsea's penalty area, Carlton Cole shook off Terry and completed a kick. Cross.
Obinna once again surpassed Ivanovic and volleyed with his left foot 11 yards in front of the goal.
However, Ivanovic still interfered with Obinna's handling. The football flew high over Chelsea's crossbar and flew out of the bottom line. Chelsea escaped again.
"Chelsea's two central defenders have some problems today."
"Terry should still be injured, otherwise Carlton Cole wouldn't be able to shake him off so easily."
"Ivanovic was not very active today. He has not been able to mark people tightly on many occasions. Several of Obinna's shots were completed from his side."
"This is a hidden danger for Chelsea. Based on this performance, the clean sheet record in the first three rounds is likely to end."
West Ham United's offensive attacks came one after another.
In the 31st minute, Ben Haim stole the ball near the center circle, took two steps and then made a long pass to find Obinna at the front on the left. Obinna dribbled the ball past Ferreira, cut into the penalty area, and grabbed the ball. Before Ivanovic came up, he shot a powerful shot from 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area. The football flew to the far corner of the goal. Cech had stretched his arms as much as possible, but he still couldn't reach the ball.
When everyone thought that Cech's clean sheet record would be broken, the football turned even more outward and eventually flew outside the goal and away from the goal frame.
All the fans in the audience couldn't help but sigh.
In the 33rd minute, it was Chelsea's turn to attack. Xiao Yu received a through ball from Toni Kroos and shot into the far corner. Upson blocked it again. The ball refracted and flew out of the baseline. Chelsea got a corner kick opportunity. .
Drogba took a corner kick, and Ivanovic headed back in the penalty area. Mikel immediately followed up and completed a powerful shot from 20 yards.
Unfortunately, the football he shot hit the upper right corner of the goal frame and bounced out.
Chelsea almost scored again, but West Ham United coach Grant rushed to the sidelines and roared at the players.
In the 40th minute, West Ham United midfielder Behrami wanted to eat Ashley Cole alive to complete the bottom line.
I saw his flexible dribbling, found the gap at Ashley Cole's feet, and pushed through Ashley Cole's wicket.
Being passed over by such an extremely insulting move, how could Ashley Cole, the Premier League's number one left back, endure it? He directly chose a tactical foul to pass the ball but leave the man behind.
Behrami was knocked down on the sideline by Ashley Cole.
Referee Foy blew the whistle immediately and showed Ashley Cole a yellow card.
However, West Ham's next tactical free kick was directly destroyed by Ashley Cole. A big kick made the ball fly towards the opponent's goal.
Fortunately, Green was focused in front of the goal and won the ball steadily.
In the 44th minute, after receiving a pass from Toni Kroos, Anelka chose to break through from the right wing.
However, Parker intercepted Anelka with a flying tackle.
Anelka also fell heavily and turned several somersaults, groaning in pain on the grass.
Referee Foy also blew the whistle immediately and also showed Parker a yellow card as a warning.
"Both sides are a bit more aggressive now."
"This Parker was also a former Chelsea player, but he was never teammates with Anelka."
"The referee also used two yellow cards within five minutes to control the emotions on the court. He needs to make the game flow more smoothly."
"Both teams' players need to stay calm. More fouls will not make the game go in a better direction. Relying on more cooperation and better tactics is the foundation of the game."
There were 2 minutes of injury time in the first half. Neither side completed a threatening attack at this time. The referee Foy was constantly looking at his watch and put the whistle in his mouth.
But at this last moment, Mikel made a mistake.
The ball he wanted to cross to Toni Kroos was a little weak, but was intercepted by the rushing Ben Haim and passed to the frontcourt.
Carlton Cole started up instantly like a cheetah, and instantly surpassed Terry by five or six positions.
Then he stopped the ball with his toes and continued to dribble the ball into the penalty area at high speed.
Facing the attacking Cech alone, he pushed the ball into the far corner. The football drew a beautiful arc on the turf and penetrated into the net.
However, when Carlton Cole started to celebrate excitedly, he found that the linesman had raised the flag to indicate that he was offside.
