Football Legend No. 13

On 21 September, the final highlight of the fifth round of the Premier League officially began.

Chelsea face Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

For the arrival of the defending champions, Chelsea are already gearing up to win this victory to crown them as the new kings!

They are already three points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the table, and as long as this game is unbeaten, this point gap can still be maintained!

When Fabregas was seen playing at the back, Pellegrini gave Moussa Sissoko a gesture telling him that the object of defense after the start of the game had been decided!

As the whistle sounded, Chelsea took the lead in attack.

Cesc Fabregas, who is the brainman of Chelsea's command, looked at Dzeko who stepped forward to press and he passed directly to Eden Hazard.

Chelsea's left flank is currently one of their main attacking positions.

Under Jose Mourinho's pre-match advice, their defensive centre will be Manchester City's midfield, and their attacking core will also be in midfield.

So they also need to defeat City's midfielders – Zheng Lin, Moussa Sissoko and Fernandinho.

Eden Hazard kicked the ball and despite the delay from Musa Sissoko, the forward Willian was already in place.

His excellent movement made Fernandinho a little slower, and it was this point that was enough for him to deliver a straight ball.

Diego Costa has his back to Mangala, he stops the ball with his left foot, takes it with his right foot, adjusts slightly, and hits the goal directly with his right foot!

"Yay!"

This shot was blocked directly by Kompany, who was in place.

Chelsea did not score in their first attack, but they took a corner that was still a threat for City when they had a good cross.

The right-hand corner was headed by Cesc Fabregas, which is not too easy for Manchester City to deal with.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the corner kick, Terry topped the football, but this ball was directly confiscated by Joe Hart.

For Joe Hart, Pellegrini is both love and hate, in addition to the goals caused by long-range shots, his blocking ability is still very strong, but there is no good goalkeeper at present, so if you really want to replace, it also needs chance!

In the 24th minute of the game, it was Zheng Lin's turn to attack, and while he was advancing with the ball, he noticed Ramirez.

Obviously, the reason why Mourinho replaced him was to assist Nemanja Matic at the back to defend Zheng Lin, and Zheng Lin also noticed Terry's position.

[I really value myself!] Zheng

Lin was not without fear, he wanted to kill from the diagonal stab after a smash, but obviously did not expect that Nemanja Matic's defensive position sense was too good.

In the confrontation, Matic stretched out his foot and broke the football at Zheng Lin's feet, this scene obviously surprised Zheng Lin, but the reality is so cruel!

In the first leg, Zheng Lin did not break through Nemanja Matic's defense.

In the 27th minute, Zheng Lin made a comeback, facing Nemanja Matic's defense, Zheng Lin was frustrated again, this time his speed advantage did not dominate, but was stuck by Nemanja Matic in the confrontation, thus losing the ball again.

For Zheng Lin's behavior, Pellegrini couldn't help but shake his head, this is one of the disadvantages of young people, but for Zheng Lin's performance, he believes that Zheng Lin will not be frustrated, and he will use his own methods to break through Matic.

On the one hand, Mourinho also saw that Manchester City's thirteen plan to directly break through Nemanja Matic's defense, otherwise he would not come back again and again.

But this stubborn temper will call him successfully.

In the 37th minute, this is not known the first time to face Matic, for this tall, tenacious back, Zheng Lin after the first few times, he is currently groping for a little way to break through, for his front behavior, Zheng Lin still feels more willful.

When he failed for the third time, he also came to his senses, why was he so persistent in breaking through Matic's defense?

This time when he was advancing with the ball, like Matic about to force a breakthrough, he smashed the ball away from Matic, and then sent it straight away.

"Dzeko, hit the ball first, he shot with his left foot!"

"Hey, Courtois made a contribution, he confiscated this shot from Dzeko!"

'By the end of 38 minutes, both sides had good shots on goal, but they didn't finish the goal, thanks to the excellent play of the team's goalkeeper.

Mourinho was still a little unhappy with such a first half, but he knew that the flash of inspiration of a talented player was difficult to limit, so he just had a serious expression on his face.

He doesn't say much about the execution of the players because they have done well enough.

Pellegrini glanced at Mourinho, and both of them read a trace of solemnity in each other's eyes, but what made Pellegrini a little unhappy was Mourinho's unruly temperament.

But it is precisely this temperament that makes him an idol in the eyes of many players.

"Hey! Diego Costa shoots again! "

The goal also heralded the end of the first half.

However, this is not unacceptable for both sides.

As long as a goal is scored in the second half, it is acceptable for the goalscoring side, but they still need to pay attention to the number of fouls they have.

After all, too many fouls mean that the referee's impression is not good, and it is easy to get a yellow card for another foul.

For Diego Costa, his bad enough behavior and tone were enough to provoke Manchester City's back line to carry a Yellow Card!

But it's a pity that I didn't have a chance to use it in the first half.

There is still time in the second half, and since there is still time, then he can use it.

But this is not a thing for Kompany, because he has experienced enough so that he does not lose his control.

The team that can be called the captain must have enough advantage in some aspect, otherwise they will not be the captain of the team.

Back in the dressing room, Kompany did not hesitate to dispute several of Zheng Lin's first-half actions.

Although Zheng Lin is currently one of the core of the team, his continuous dribbling of Matic is a drag on the team.

For his upbringing, Kompany also offered his own opinion.

He is also very aware that the young players want to express themselves, but it is irrational to show themselves in the face of the team.

For the captain's criticism, Zheng Lin nodded, from the follow-up situation, he also thought clearly about his own problems, sometimes too confident, but this is also one of the places where Kompany recognizes himself, playing football needs to be sane, too much is not good!

And Pellegrini didn't say anything more, he knew very well that Zheng Lin had almost been smooth sailing along the way, and there had been sharpening, but that was only in training.

At most, it is on the court, but with mature guys such as Fernandinho, many times Zheng Lin has not received too many setbacks.

It is precisely in this situation that he is thinking about how to formulate some requirements for Zheng Lin, and sometimes he really plays too freely!

For how to develop a good midfielder, obviously he needs to spend more time, stifling personality this kind of thing, he will not do, but according to some characteristics of Zheng Lin to make a plan.

From his helm at the helm, City's main task is to develop some young players, and the most important of this is Zheng Lin, who they paid a high price for.

Zheng Lin's current performance is good enough, but as a midfielder, he sometimes has some problems with young people, but it has little impact, but this needs to be further "corrected" for him.