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"Coach Ranieri, I hope we can work together to give the fans a wonderful game today." During the handshake before the game, George said to Ranieri with a smile, "To be honest, it's great to be able to get the chance to work with him again." Coach Ranieri, I am really happy to have the opportunity to play against you. I have always believed that among the head coaches of all twenty clubs in the Premier League, your tactical level is definitely the top, even Sir Alex Ferguson and Robson. Sir, I am not as good as you."
"What the hell, Coach Nelson, you are really flattering me when you say that. I'm not as powerful as you said." Hearing George's words, Ranieri showed an extremely happy expression on his face. expression, but in fact, the Tinker didn't really take George's words to heart. In the pragmatic Ranieri's view, although the praise from opponents sounds great, the team's winning is the first priority. If praising the opponent before the game can help the team win easily, Ranieri will never mind praising all Chelsea's opponents to the sky.
The confrontation between George and Ranieri did not last long, because at this time, the players from both sides were already in their respective half-courts, waiting for referee Weber to announce that the game had officially begun. Therefore, as the team's head coaches, George and Ranieri also need to obey relevant regulations and move within the prescribed technical area.
Watching George and Ranieri walk into their respective technical areas, Weber, who was about to go over and remind them, took back his steps, then looked down at his watch, and blew the whistle in his mouth to announce the first match of the Premier League. The highlight of the fifth round has officially begun!
Chelsea, who won the right to kick-off, took the lead in launching an offensive amidst the cheers of the fans on site. The unbeaten record against Tottenham at home for 13 seasons, as well as the huge confidence in their own strength, coupled with Tottenham's difficulty in extricating themselves from the cycle of consecutive draws during this period, made the Blues players eager to win this game from the beginning. The game was full of confidence, thinking that defeating this city rival could not be easier.
In this way, the ball was taken out of the center circle by Crespo, and after the transition between Joe Cole and Lampard, it came along the right sideline and has now advanced to within thirty meters of the Tottenham goal. At the feet of Glen Johnson!
Seeing Heinze in front of him in a prepared posture, Glen Johnson smiled confidently, first dunked the ball to the left, made a fake move of cutting inside with the ball, and then dialed the ball back to himself. On the right side, he suddenly accelerated and relied on his superhuman speed and explosive power to force the ball and rush past Heinze!
What a scumbag... Looking at Heinze who was helpless in his breakthrough and could only eat dirt behind him, Glen Johnson couldn't help but glance at the Argentinian who had been left behind with a contemptuous look, and then turned around Go over your head and start looking for the position of your teammates in front.
Next, just look for an opportunity to pass the ball to the center and let Crespo and Mutu solve the problem... Wait, where is my ball?
Only then did Glen Johnson discover the anomaly - it turned out that just when Glen Johnson thought he had successfully broken through Heinze's defense, the latter had unknowingly let the ball escape Johnson's control. And captured it at his feet!
"Gabriel, great job!" Seeing Heinze's clean kick and no sloppy steal, George excitedly waved his fist on the coaching bench and shouted even to the players on both sides of the field. Clearly, "Fight back now! Fight back!"
"Bridge and Glen Johnson are both full-backs with strong assist ability. During the game, they often go deep into the opponent's half to participate in the attack. This results in Chelsea's attack being blocked, leaving a large space behind them. It will become a place we can take advantage of. So, I ask you, no matter who you are, to take advantage of this as much as possible when counterattacking." After stealing the ball from Glen Johnson's feet, Heinze's mind Then came what George said to them in the locker room before the game. As a result, the Argentine left-back decisively passed the ball to Carrick, who ran to meet him, allowing the latter, who made the long pass more accurately, to launch a counterattack!
Carrick, who received the pass from Heinze, obviously took George's instructions to heart. He raised his right foot and sent a long overhead pass towards Bierovka who was wandering on the left side of the front court!
Although Carrick's role and tactical positioning in Tottenham are very similar to Pirlo in AC Milan, and both are similar to the metronome of the team, Carrick is obviously still better than Pirlo in terms of footwork and overall view. There is a certain gap. Therefore, the long pass he handed to Bierovka was slightly stronger. If the Germans did not take additional measures, the ball would fly directly out of the left sideline!
Fortunately, Bierovka was in good condition today. He just used an unskilled outside instep to stop the ball and steadily removed Carrick's slightly stronger pass from mid-air, and then turned around with a pull. Evading Gremi's pressing, he adjusted his posture and rushed toward the baseline!
Although they were prepared for Tottenham to use the space left by Johnson and Bridge to counterattack, the Chelsea players obviously did not expect that Tottenham's counterattack would be so fast. In less than ten seconds, The ball came from Tottenham's half to the vicinity of Chelsea's penalty area. Therefore, when Bielovka broke through Gremi's defense with the ball, the Chelsea players had not yet returned to defend.
Seeing Bielovka's action, Makelele hesitated, but just adjusted his position and did not go over to fill in for Gremi who failed to defend. Because the French noticed Carrick and Kompany who were cutting in at high speed from the center circle of the stadium, if Makelele dared to defend Bierovka at this time, the Germans would Pass the ball to the top of the penalty area that has lost the protection of the Frenchman, creating opportunities for Carrick and Kompany to take long shots!
Seeing that Makelele did not come over to cover up the defense, but used a seemingly simple position to block the passing route for Carrick and the others, leaving some room for dribbling and cutting inside, Bierovka felt in his heart. I can't help but raise the alertness factor of this French midfielder to a higher level. He realized that although this unattractive French midfielder kept a low profile, he was definitely an extremely difficult opponent!
However, Bierovka is still wary of Makelele. However, with the constraints of Carrick and Kompany, this is all Makelele can do now, and no further action can be taken against Bielovka. Therefore, apart from some restrictions on breakthrough space and offensive options, Bierovka's actions were not affected much.
So, after observing the movement of his teammates, Bierovka made an emergency stop and changed direction, dribbling the ball directly into Chelsea's penalty area. After attracting the defense of Gremi and Desailly, he passed the ball to the opponent just now. Drogba was let go by Desailly and was temporarily unmarked!
"Don't even think about it!" Terry's judgment was very accurate. As soon as Bierovka passed the ball, he decisively let go of his defense on Robbie Keane and appeared in time to catch the ball with his back. Behind Drogba, interfere with the Ivorian's next move!
Although shorting Robbie Keane is also a very dangerous thing, Terry can no longer control so much at this time. After all, if Drogba receives the pass and turns around smoothly, then the opponent can go directly to one-on-one with Cudicini, and it will be useless no matter how well Terry defends Keane. And if Terry can delay Drogba for a period of time, preventing the latter from turning around and attacking or passing the ball to his teammates in time, then Chelsea may still have a chance to prevent Tottenham's attack.
For this task, Terry believes that it is still possible to achieve. In his opinion, Drogba, who even stumbles a bit when catching the ball in the penalty area, is obviously not a qualified forward. With his ability, isn't it easy to deal with such a rough guy with well-developed limbs but extremely clumsy skills?
It stands to reason that although Drogba is stronger and more flexible than most power centers, with Terry's physical condition and defensive skills, it is still difficult to suppress the not yet fully mature Drogba in one-on-one defense. Not a big problem. However, the problem is that Terry, who did not know enough about Drogba's ability, underestimated the opponent after seeing Drogba's poor footwork and did not use his full strength in this defense. When it came to the immature version of Cote d'Ivoire's Warcraft, it naturally suffered a big loss!
How could this big black man be so powerful! So, after a physical confrontation with Drogba, Terry, who was ill-prepared, was surprised to find that he was pushed back several steps by Drogba!
Just like that, Drogba used his body to push away Terry, who was ill-prepared, and used the space created to complete his turn, and then rushed in the direction of Cudicini, single-handedly!
However, what happened next made the frightened Chelsea fans put their minds at ease again - Drogba accidentally took the ball too far when adjusting his shooting posture, while Cudicini, who has quick eyes and quick hands, He fell to the ground to make a save and held the ball under him!
Seeing that the scoring opportunity they finally created was wasted by Drogba, Tottenham fans felt regretful and at the same time complained a little about George, who put Drogba into the starting lineup - if the situation was better Yes, Toni, who has better shooting skills, comes on, so maybe they can celebrate the goal now.
However, just when Tottenham fans were lamenting that their team missed the goal, the nearly 40,000 Chelsea fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge broke out even louder than when Cudicini successfully saved the goal. Loud cheers - it turned out that the ball kicked out by Cudicini fell exactly at the feet of Joe Cole, who immediately sent a through ball and passed the ball to Mutu, who successfully countered offside. In the end, the Romanian dribbled the ball past the attacking Cech and scored an empty goal! One to zero!
