Football’s First Defender

Non-stop flying back to Chelsea in London, with only one full day of rest, they will return to the Premier League competition.

On the 21st, the separate Premier League postponed game, Chelsea challenged West Ham United away!

The Chelsea players who just flew back to the UK obviously haven't recovered from the exhaustion of the journey and the exhaustion of the last Club World Cup final. Even for professional players, one day's rest time is really too little.

In fact, Chelsea had already applied for the postponement of the game before the game. After all, it was too inhumane to start the game immediately after flying back to the UK from Asia the next day, but the FA rejected the postponement request. Don't go to the away game, and fight tiredly.

Chelsea, which was obviously in poor form, was beaten by West Ham United on the field. West Ham United, playing at home, took advantage of the lack of physical fitness of the Chelsea players and were not in their best form, so they stormed against Chelsea.

Although Chelsea's defense had made its best efforts, it still fell before halftime.

In the West Ham United team, the Italian forward Diamanti (the Diamanti who later went to Evergrande), in the 42nd minute, made a wonderful long shot. The ball turned into a wonderful arc in the air, circling Passed Cech's ten fingers and scored a goal.

Chelsea, behind on the road!

Chelsea put more effort into attacking in the second half, and the players recovered from a lackluster first-half performance.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of a free kick, Drogba stepped in behind, received a pass from Lampard, shook his head and hit the goal directly, equalizing the score for Chelsea.

And then, in the last 20 minutes, the Chelsea players, who were obviously unable to run, managed to hold the ball patiently and defend tightly, finally defending the 1-1 draw.

After the game, Ancelotti, Terry and other Chelsea players bombarded the FA at the press conference. Terry even said that some insiders of the FA were obviously more inclined to the "Red Devils" Manchester United.

When Chelsea was earning honors for England in the international arena, there were indeed some people who dismantled Chelsea in England.

In any case, after a "high-level" Club World Cup final, regardless of the travel time of Chelsea's transcontinental flight, just giving one day's rest to play the Premier League will definitely have a huge impact on Chelsea's record.

Of course, in the "Spring Festival" of Westerners, despite Chelsea's recent poor record in the league, they still need to have a holiday on Christmas. The Chelsea players got two days to rest.

It's just that a group of wealthy players obviously had a lot of fun with their families during the holidays.

The game state of the Chelsea players has not improved significantly after the Christmas holiday.

In the 19th round of the Premier League on the 26th, Chelsea challenged Birmingham away.

Now ranked seventh in the standings, Birmingham, which occupies the place in the European war, also caused huge troubles for the poorly-formed Chelsea.

Under the strict defense of Birmingham's 5 defenders, Chelsea's offensive performance in this game is really limited.

Long shots from the middle, because of the dense defensive crowd in front of the opponent's penalty area, it is difficult to have a chance to threaten the goalkeeper.

Ashley Cole, after experiencing continuous battles, even after Christmas, his state still has not adjusted. His attack on the left flank was in extremely poor state, and he was unable to pass a threatening pass at all.

And Ivan, on the right, also didn't have an overly impressive passing performance.

The collective misfiring of the two wingers and the two fullbacks made Malouda's four-midfield system absent. After missing the ball from the two wingers, the attack from the center was delayed.

Throughout the first half, Chelsea's offense seemed to be mired in a quagmire. When the ball could not be picked up from the wing, Chelsea could not play interspersed cooperation at all, and the running route in the middle could not be opened. become very few.

In the first half, Chelsea and Birmingham drew 0-0.

At the beginning of the second half, Ancelotti made two substitution adjustments at the same time. Belletti replaced Ivanovic to try to open the attack on the right, and Malouda replaced Deco to play the left midfielder. Location.

After the two wings were replaced by substitute players at the same time, Chelsea's wing attack finally improved in the second half. However, after a successful defense in the first half, Birmingham became more and more comfortable on the defensive end in the second half. Successful interceptions again and again made the confidence of the Birmingham players stronger and stronger.

Although Chelsea's offensive situation has improved and they have created several good chances to hit the goal, they are still unable to score goals.

The increasingly anxious Chelsea players began to show a little impatience on the field, and some paid too much attention to offense, but there were also many loopholes on the defensive end.

Ashley Cole's performance in this game was really bad. He was always slow to attack and take the ball, and sometimes he couldn't come back when he went up.

Birmingham's defensive counterattack began to chase after Ashley Cole's side. Although Yang Feng has a huge coverage area, it is impossible to count on Yang Feng to be able to take care of such a large half.

After Yang Feng successfully grabbed a header to clear the siege in the first three times, Birmingham finally counterattacked for the fourth time in the second half and scored.

The pass in the backcourt landed extremely deep and was close to the side. Because Chelsea was pressing and playing before, Yang Feng's position was mentioned to be close to the center circle.

Faced with this back chase that required a very long running distance, Yang Feng estimated his own speed and felt that he could not complete the back chase, so he could only give up fighting for the landing point and put the target back into the penalty area. Be prepared to deal with the opponent's attack when he has the ball.

Birmingham's black winger Jerome is extremely fast. In this counterattack, he quickly advanced and went straight to the landing point. After passing the ball this time, after landing, he controlled the football before it bounced off the sideline.

After that, he directly inserted diagonally into Chelsea's penalty area.

Yang Feng had to face Jerome's offense, and Terry was to defend against other Birmingham follow-up players.

Yang Feng's choice of position was pretty good, but Jerome's dribbling didn't have so many extravagant moves, and he just relied on his own speed and physical strength to go straight to Yang Feng.

Before facing Yang Feng, Jerome made a pendulum-like feint similar to Ronaldo, and then suddenly chose to dial the ball to the left to speed up.

Yang Feng made a mistake in his judgment. After all, even with such a tight schedule, Yang Feng still made some preparations before the game. Jerome is a right-footed player. Such a basic fact, Yang Feng still kept it in his mind. middle.

Generally, in this kind of two-choice breakthrough direction, after the offensive player makes a fake move, there is a high probability that they are still willing to choose the direction of their own sharp feet, but this time, Yang Feng guessed wrong, and Jerome chose to have the right foot. A breakthrough to the left with a greater shooting angle.

Although Yang Feng lost the first opportunity to defend, seeing that he was out of position, Yang Feng's second reaction was also extremely quick. He turned around on the spot, ran in the direction of Jerome's breakthrough, and stepped forward to lay on his side. From the rear, use physical confrontation to interfere with him.

Jerome was still a little weak at the critical moment. He really wanted to seize this opportunity and complete a good kick, so the adjustment time was a bit too long. In fact, it was the first time Yang Feng misjudged the direction of his breakthrough. , when there is a shooting angle and space, Jerome should hit the goal, and took two steps forward, but gave Yang Feng time to chase back and interfere with him.

Although the angle of Jerome's last shot was not bad, under the interference of Yang Feng, Jerome's power was affected, resulting in insufficient power of this shot.

Petr Cech's save barely reached the football and knocked the ball straight over the baseline.

After this opponent's thrilling counterattack, Chelsea had to pay more attention to their defensive protection when attacking.

Birmingham, on the other hand, continued their all-man defensive tactics and played a counterattack appropriately. At other times, 11 people were in the half to defend Chelsea's offense.

Birmingham held on for 90 minutes, and finally waited for the final whistle to sound. The 0-0 score remained until the end. Chelsea lost points in the league again...

Chelsea, who have been victorious in four rounds of the league, entered December, except for the championship trophy of the Club World Cup, everything else has indeed gone wrong!