Football King Bale

Ancelotti has not thought of a solution to the predicament before him, but Chelsea's players on the field made a spontaneous decision to put more troops on Manchester United's left wing, which is Chelsea's right wing.

As a result, Chelsea's formation has shown a serious tendency to tilt to the right.

Leaning to the right was a no-no and Chelsea were soon hit again.

As the midfield brain of Manchester United, Carrick hid behind the Korean Park Ji-sung, with Park Sam-fei, who could not run to death, and Bale, who was more mobile, protecting him from the wind and rain. The invisible emperor performed in this game. is particularly outstanding.

When Chelsea players subconsciously concentrated their forces on the right to block Bell's breakthrough and Park Ji-sung's pull, a huge defensive hole inevitably appeared on their left.

Carrick keenly discovered this vulnerability and exploited it.

In the 24th minute, Carrick's midfielder moved in a wide range. Giggs easily passed Ashley Cole and passed back to the middle. Rooney easily pushed the ball without being defended. The ball hit the far post and bounced into the door. 2:0!

This is Rooney's second goal in the Champions League this season.

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Although this goal was scored by Rooney, it was Giggs and Ashley Cole who played key roles in the scoring process.

In this direct dialogue between the two veterans, the 31-year-old English left-back was completely defeated by the 38-year-old Welsh left winger. Giggs, who has become more and more demonic as he gets older, not only showed his technical skills in this dialogue Advantages, even the speed is obviously faster than Ashley Cole.

This is a bit embarrassing!

In fact, since he fractured his left ankle joint at the beginning of last year, Ashley Cole has shown good competitive condition since his return, even better than before the injury.

But it is precisely because of his good form that Ashley Cole has played too many games this season: so far, he has maintained full attendance in 31 rounds of the Premier League, has also not missed a Champions League game, and has played nearly 40 games. .

His good form also led to him being elected as the 2010 English Footballer of the Year on February 9 this year.

At the same time, with so many appearances and basically playing every 90 minutes as the main player, by now in April, Ashley Cole's physical fitness has already been in crisis.

After all, he is now a 31-year-old veteran.

But Giggs is different. Due to Bale's extraordinary performance this season, Nani has also performed very well. Giggs' appearance data at Manchester United has been greatly compressed, and his playing time is not much.

But this also gave Giggs enough rest time. Even now in April, Giggs' physical condition is maintained well.

It is precisely because of this that Giggs won the overall victory in the direct dialogue with Ashley Cole.

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Falling behind by two goals in less than half an hour almost pushed Chelsea into a desperate situation. Because so far, in the two-round knockout rounds in the history of the Champions League, there has never been a team that lost two goals at home in the first round but achieved a comeback in the second round. So far, this situation has occurred 25 times in the history of the Champions League, and without exception, the lagging teams have been eliminated.

Not to mention a team that failed to reverse a two-goal deficit at home in the first round. Even a team that lost 0:2 away from home in the first round had no precedent for a comeback.

However, what is surprising is that there is no precedent for a comeback for a team that fell behind 0:2 in the away game in the first round, but there is a precedent for a comeback for a team that lost more in the away game in the first round.

In the early 20th century, Deportivo was still a strong team in world football instead of the current underdog in La Liga. In the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Deportivo met AC Milan. In the first round at the San Siro Stadium, Kaká’s Messi In the second game, AC Milan defeated Deportivo La Coruna 4:1. With a 3-goal advantage, AC Milan could be said to have entered the semi-finals with one foot, but what was surprising was that Deportivo La Coruna broke out amazingly at home. In such a good state, they led 3:0 at halftime and scored another goal in the second half! In the end, they beat AC Milan 4:0 and eliminated the powerful AC Milan with a total score of 5:4.

Chelsea, who were forced into a desperate situation, had to step up their offense, hoping to get back the score in this game. Otherwise, they would really be out when they get to Old Trafford in the next round.

And the veteran Ferguson naturally did not hesitate to let Manchester United use defensive counterattacks to deal with Chelsea. This is an extremely economical tactic.

As the season comes to an end, Manchester United, which is still fighting on the third front, will have an increasingly intensive schedule. Although Ferguson has been rotating the lineup as much as possible, tactical adjustments are also crucial.

In the current Premier League, Chelsea are undoubtedly the best at defensive counterattacks. Under Mourinho, they relied on the defensive counterattack tactics that they have perfected to suppress Arsene Wenger's Arsenal and Ferguson's Manchester United. Won two Premier League titles.

After Ancelotti took over as Chelsea's coach, he did not abandon this tactic, because this tactic has been deeply rooted in Chelsea's bones.

However, this season's Manchester United is no worse than Chelsea in terms of defensive counterattack tactics. Manchester United, which has the three top wing players in the Premier League in Bale, Nani and Giggs, is really worried when it comes to defensive counterattacks.

It can even be said that the best players in today's European football who use defensive counterattack tactics are Mourinho's Real Madrid, Ferguson's Manchester United and Ancelotti's Chelsea.

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Ancelotti's Chelsea have not given up their special skills of defensive counterattack, and they also have good offensive ability. After all, they have Drogba, the strongest center in the Premier League, who is extremely dominant in the penalty area.

It is a pity that Torres, who was transferred in the winter window for 50 million pounds, did not perform in ideal form. Otherwise, the combination of him and Drogba would really be a headache.

However, the current Chelsea team is very strong. Even though they are now 27 points behind Manchester United in the Premier League standings, they look like two teams with completely unequal strengths. This does not mean that their strength is not equal. There's really a big difference.

Therefore, when Chelsea spared no effort to attack, even Manchester United, which was at its peak this season, was suppressed by Chelsea on the scene.

In the rest of the first half, Chelsea had many shooting opportunities. Unfortunately, Manchester United's defense was also good, especially with Vidic and Ferdinand, the two pillars of the back line, on the court at the same time. This made Chelsea's Continuous attacks failed.

In the 31st minute, Zhirkov made a diagonal pass from the left to the middle of the penalty area. Torres stopped the ball on his chest and volleyed, but failed to hit the right spot and the ball went wide.

In the 33rd minute, Chelsea entered the Manchester United penalty area. Drogba and Torres attracted too much defensive attention from Manchester United, which in turn gave Essien a chance to shoot in the penalty area, but his diagonal shot from a small angle missed the goal.

Chelsea's best chance of the first half came at the last moment. Drogba suddenly pulled the ball outside the penalty area and then passed the ball. Torres outflanked the ball in front of the goal and missed the ball. The ball passed Van der Sar and hit the far post. Lampa Germany followed up with a supplementary shot, and the ball was cleared by Evra on the goal line.

Chelsea's attack scared everyone at Manchester United into a cold sweat. If Chelsea were to pull back at the last minute of the first half, the game would be difficult to play in the second half.

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Chelsea temporarily trailed Manchester United 0:2 at home.

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The game restarted in the second half.

Surprisingly, neither side made adjustments. Ancelotti still adopted the tactics of the first half, but strengthened the defense on the left side of Bosingwa's position. The focus was to restrict Bell.

Because Chelsea were two goals behind, they had to bite the bullet and continue to attack because they could not be willing to accept the fate of being eliminated.

Manchester United still responded with defensive counterattack tactics. With a two-goal lead, they had enough capital to implement such tactics.

The game was more than intense but not exciting enough. Chelsea's offense looked powerful, but it did not pose a real fatal threat against Manchester United's iron wall.

But it is in this calm that some changes will suddenly come.

In the 51st minute, Manchester United right back Rafael collided with Drogba who was pulled to the right. With the Brazilian teenager's fragile body, he could not be Drogba's opponent, so Rafael was injured. , and the injury was serious, Ferguson had to passively make the first personnel adjustment of the game, and Valencia came on as a substitute.

Although Rafael's injury was not intentional by Drogba, Manchester United players were still stimulated and their defensive actions became a little bigger. The Chelsea players were even more impatient because they were two goals behind. Naturally, they responded unceremoniously to the fouls committed by the Manchester United players.

As a result, the scene became heated, and the players on both sides paid a heavy price.

On Chelsea's side, Ramirez deliberately tackled Evra in midfield and was given a yellow card by the referee. Essien was again shown a yellow card by the referee for a tactical foul in midfield. On Manchester United's side, Vidic was shown a yellow card by the referee for a blocking foul in midfield.

The referee's continuous playing cards did suppress the anger of both sides, but when the game came to an end and Chelsea still failed to narrow the score gap, sparks broke out again.

In stoppage time, Ramirez fell in the penalty area and the referee did not make a penalty. Chelsea fans were very dissatisfied with the referee's decision and booed loudly at Stamford Bridge.

In 3 minutes of stoppage time, Torres collided with Valencia and fell in the penalty area. The referee whistled for Torres for diving and showed him a yellow card. Ferdinand was dissatisfied with Torres' diving and rushed forward to yell at the golden boy. A conflict broke out between the two sides, which almost broke out into a full-scale fight.

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