Chapter 686 Defense
Chapter 686 Defense
"Oh~~~ Manchester City performed very strongly. In the first 10 minutes, Manchester City almost suppressed Chelsea in the half." In the 9th minute, Manchester City completed the third wave of attack.
It was still on the left, but this time it was a pass. Silva and Li Feng switched positions. The latter broke through and sent a low-altitude ball.
Ashley Cole deserves to be the best left-back in England in the past ten years. Not to mention the various scandals off the field, his performance on the field alone is indeed outstanding.
Li Feng's pass this time almost deceived Chelsea's entire defense line, but it was destroyed by Ashley Cole at the last moment. When Dzeko deliberately missed, Ashley Cole was very alert and jumped in front of Aguero.
Chelsea's first shot took place in the No.12 minute. It came from Mata's shot, but the biggest contributor to this shot was Torres. It took only one year for Torres to go from being a golden boy to a parallel importer.
In addition, Drogba happened to suffer in the Champions League. At the last moment of the game, Drogba collided with Dante because he fought too hard. As a result, both of them were injured. Fortunately, their injuries were not serious. Although they did not start this game, they were already on the bench.
Mata held the ball in the middle and was intercepted by De Jong and returned to the wing. Ashley Cole inserted from the back, but it was not so easy to get past Zabaleta.
The Argentine full-back and Richards are two completely different full-backs. Richards is full of passion and full of defensive aggression, but his ups and downs are a big problem. At the beginning of the season, Richards really blocked people and killed people. His state was so good that it surprised the whole of England. Now, although Richards' state is not a plummet, it is not much better than Zabaleta.
Zabaleta is completely different. From the start of the season to the present, the state of the Argentine has been stable at the same level, or since Zabaleta entered people's field of vision, Zabaleta's influence on people is that he is young and mature. A "stable" is enough to describe the performance of Zabaleta's career so far.
Unable to break through Zabaleta, Ashley Cole sent the ball to the feet of Torres who raised his hand in the middle, and Boateng immediately posted it.
However, Torres had been prepared for a long time. The moment Boateng posted it, he leaned back directly. Perhaps Torres' physical fitness is not as good as Boateng, but the difference between the two is not too big.
Under the action of the reaction force, the two took a step back, but it was this step that gave Torres room to break through. It has to be said that Torres' strength is beyond doubt, but his strange circle of not scoring is always a mystery.
"Beautiful~~~ Torres, this breakthrough makes people see the demeanor of the Spanish golden boy. Perhaps Di Matteo has not brought any changes to Chelsea, but if Torres can be activated, it will be a great contribution to Chelsea. After all, the Spanish striker spent 5000 million pounds."
Directly breaking into the penalty area, Lescott stepped forward decisively to intercept and blocked Torres' shooting angle. Coupled with Boateng's pursuit, Torres had no chance to shoot at all for a while.
But at this time, Mata behind them had already shaken off De Jong's entanglement, and broke into Manchester City's penalty area from the side. Torres made a decisive decision and made a cross pass.
Mata took a decisive shot, Joe Hart reacted quickly and jumped, but Joe Hart never touched the ball. Of course~~~ the ball did not fly into Manchester City's goal, and it directly deviated from the goal and flew out of the baseline. Manchester City made a false alarm.
Chelsea's tactic in this game is to base themselves on defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. In the next game, the ball will return to Manchester City's feet again, but Chelsea's shots are not as many as Manchester City's.
No. 15 minutes, Manchester City completed another shot, this time it was Li Feng's ingenious lob shot, Yaya Toure lobbed a pass from the backcourt, Li Feng flicked off the ball in Chelsea's backcourt, turned around forcibly, and then slapped the ball directly with his instep.
Cech is indeed the best goalkeeper in the Premier League in the past ten years. If it weren't for that heavy blow to the head, maybe he could compete with Buffon.
At the same time that Li Feng finished shooting, Cech had already started to retreat, showing his excellent anticipation ability, and finally arrived when the ball fell into the goal, and held the ball out of the baseline with one hand.
"Feng~~~ An imaginative lob shot. Unfortunately, Cech's excellent lob shot stifled Feng. Although Cech's position was indeed a bit forward at the beginning, when Feng shot the goal, Cech immediately retreated and finally held the ball out in front of the goal."
Then Silva started a corner kick. This time Manchester City chose a corner kick. Silva handed the ball to Li Feng. Li Feng made a pass back.
Chelsea quickly counterattacked, Mikel found the feet of Mata outside the penalty area, the latter kicked straight, Torres ran wildly, Zabaleta desperately entangled him, and finally under Sabaletta's entanglement, Torres not only failed to get a single shot, but was even forced to the side by Zabaleta.
When Chelsea barely sent the ball to the middle, Chelsea had no chance at all, because Manchester City's players had already returned to defense. Mata could only pass back to Meireles, but was intercepted by Li Feng, and the ball returned to Manchester City's feet again.
In this way, although Manchester City's offense was strong in the first half, they were still unable to break through Chelsea's goal. In the next 10 minutes, Manchester City's offense blossomed under Li Feng's organization. Silva, Aguero, Dzeko, Li Feng himself, and even Yaya Toure had shots.
And Chelsea also had a lot of shots. Torres became the most active person in the first half. With the help of Mata, the Spanish golden boy seemed to return to the excellent state he had in Liverpool a year ago in this game.
Perhaps at this time, Van Basten couldn't help feeling rejoicing. Fortunately, Kompany was injured instead of Boateng in this game. Otherwise, with the combination of Kompany and Lescott, the flexibility of the defense would definitely be blown out by Torres and Mata.
In the end, neither side broke the deadlock in the first half. Faced with this situation, although Van Basten was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do. It wasn't that Manchester City's offense was not strong, but that Chelsea's defense was too perfect.
(End of this chapter)