"Well, yes, let me continue to talk about Chelsea's lineup. Today Ancelotti is still in an unshakable 4-3-3 formation.
Goalkeeper No. 1 Petr Cech;
The four defenders are No. 2 Ivanovic, No. 6 Van Dijk, No. 26 Terry and No. 3 Ashley Cole;
No. 5 Essien in the defensive midfield position,
The two central midfielders are No. 8 Lampard and No. 16 Ramirez;
The forward trident is No. 39 Anelka, No. 11 Drogba, and No. 7 Xiao Yu. "
"Ashley Cole, Essien, Drogba and Xiao Yu rotate into the starting lineup. It seems that Anshuai also wants to win this game easily."
"The referee for today's game is Atkinson. He has been in the British game for a long time and is known as the 'Condemned One'. His penalty standards are the most controversial in the entire Premier League. He turns a blind eye to almost all conflicts and rough actions. , as if everything was within his limits. Really, what's the foul?"
"Hey, that doesn't exist."
"You said he took out the cards?"
"Oops, I forgot, let's talk about it next time!"
"I don't know if this referee is also a secret weapon in Keane's hands. It's just that today, Xiao Yu needs to be extra careful to avoid falling into constant violations."
"Really, it's not a good thing to be violated all the time."
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Perhaps Xiao Yu also saw Atkinson's appearance. In this game, he carefully equipped the Golden Shield shin guards.
As for the damage-reflective shin guards, Xiao Yu believes that as long as the opponent is not one of those notorious defensive players, he does not want to hurt others.
However, he must admit that he only has one chance to use the golden shield shin guard in his hand.
Next, he needs to accumulate more points.
The whistle sounded and Chelsea kicked off first.
In the 2nd minute, Chelsea launched an attack that almost scored a goal, making the entire Stamford Bridge stadium nervous.
Drogba took a corner kick, and Ramirez grabbed the ball from behind Hoilett. The Brazilian tried to volley with the outside of his instep from 12 yards, but the ball hit the crossbar and then popped out.
In the 7th minute, Dunne penetrated Chelsea's defense with a through ball. Kalinic took advantage of the situation and succeeded in countering offside. Van Dijk chased for more than ten meters and knocked Kalinic to the ground. He was knocked to the ground by the referee Art. Jinson received a yellow card warning.
Blackburn's iron barrel formation was very tight, with the two defensive midfielders and two central defenders almost never leaving the penalty area.
The two central midfielders and the two full-backs are also constantly supporting the defense.
This also resulted in the fact that although Chelsea had a ball possession rate of 70% in the first 15 minutes, it was difficult to create opportunities in front of the goal.
Xiao Yu's offensive idea of relying on speed to counter offside no longer worked at this moment.
In the 18th minute, Lampard took a corner kick and Essien missed the goal with a header from 12 yards.
In the 23rd minute, Ivanovic passed the ball and Drogba shot 25 yards from the right and missed the near corner.
Blackburn then made a substitution. Dunn was accidentally injured in defense and was replaced by Lowe.
In the 26th minute, Xiao Yu received a cross from Anelka and shot high from outside the penalty area.
It was difficult for Chelsea to break the opponent's iron barrel formation and could only look for opportunities on the periphery.
In the 30th minute, Essien passed the ball and Ivanovic missed the long shot from the right.
In the 33rd minute, Xiao Yu made a fake run from the left to get rid of Salgado, and then suddenly completed a through pass. Drogba, who succeeded in countering offside, broke into the right side of the penalty area, but was saved by Givent's sliding tackle.
However, the referee did not make any indication. There was no penalty kick and no red or yellow cards. He just signaled Drogba to stand up quickly.
One minute later, Hoilett intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and broke into the arc of the penalty area with a powerful shot that was barely blocked by Cech. Lowe's follow-up shot from 12 yards was blocked by Terry.
In the 35th minute, Xiao Yu passed the ball diagonally from the left, and Anelka's curved shot from 25 yards missed the left post.
In the 37th minute, Ivanovic made a pass from the right, and Lampard's header from the edge of the penalty area was slightly higher.
One minute later, Ivanovic's cross from the right side of the penalty area was blocked, and Ramirez's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked.
In the 39th minute, Lampard received a clever pass from Xiao Yu, but his shot was not powerful and was easily caught by the goalkeeper.
In the 41st minute, Xiao Yu received a diagonal pass from Ivanovic and shot in front of the penalty area. The shot was blocked by Pedelson.
Chelsea almost scored again in the 42nd minute. Drogba's corner kick was cleared. Drogba continued to pass from the right, and Anelka hit the crossbar with a shot from 5 yards in front.
The Blues had a clear advantage at halftime, but unfortunately failed to score.
The two sides entered the halftime break. Because they failed to score in the first half, Ancelotti did not ask Xiao Yu to leave the game.
Xiao Yu was depressed in the locker room. He tried many times in the first half, but Blackburn's iron barrel formation was really tight and his attacks were resolved one by one.
Even the speed advantage he was most proud of was severely restricted by the opponent. Except for the kick he passed to Drogba, Chelsea did not have a second anti-offside kick in the half.
After all, Blackburn is only a mid-table team, and Xiao Yu doesn't want to use the must-goal card to score goals. He still wants to rely more on his own ability. It seems that he will work harder in the second half.
The most depressing person should actually be Ancelotti. He thought about asking the players to pass more passes to pull out Blackburn's line, but he simply didn't want to accept Chelsea's tactics. No matter how hard Chelsea pressed them, they couldn't survive. "Home", all Chelsea can do is shoot a few more long-range shots from outside the penalty area.
Thinking of this, Ancelotti also knocked on the table, asked the players to look at him, and then arranged: "Continue to press them in the second half. Xiao, Frank, you take more long-range shots, Didier and Anel Please pay attention to grab the second point."
"good!"
Several people answered in unison.
In fact, in the face of a tight defense, the best way is to shoot from long range. They all understand this. It’s not that they didn’t take long shots in the first half, but most of the shots failed to break through the defender’s defense, let alone Said there was a goalkeeper behind.
Chelsea's players are also worried. Is this home game really going to end in a draw?
No!
They are not willing to give in.
The Stamford Bridge Blues never give up because of difficulties.
Before playing in the second half, captain Terry also encouraged his teammates to play well in the second half.
"Fuck him!" Drogba said in poor Chinese.
Other players also shouted: "Fuck him!"
Xiao Yu was also quite helpless. Although he was the one who took the lead in saying this, he never thought that this somewhat unelegant Chinese sentence would endear him to his teammates.
After changing sides in the second half, Blackburn made another substitution, replacing Kalinic with Paraguayan striker Santa Cruz, who was on loan from Manchester City.
In the 47th minute, Ramirez passed the ball and Anelka's diagonal shot from the right side of the penalty area missed the far corner.
In the 50th minute, Ramirez was given a yellow card for a two-legged tackle on Mame Diouf.
