Football King Bale

At 19:45 GMT on April 6, the quarter-finals of the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League continued. The highlight of the Premier League civil war between Chelsea and Manchester United was staged at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London.

This was the second match day of the first leg of this season's Champions League quarter-finals. On the first match day one day ago, two games were also played, and the results of these two games were somewhat appalling.

Real Madrid, sitting at the Bernabeu, defeated Tottenham 4-0 and won the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, almost locking in a place in the semi-finals.

In eliminating AC Milan, Crouch's goal in the first round played an important role. However, Tottenham, which is eye-catching this season, suffered a 4-goal defeat in the first round of the quarter-finals, and their elimination seems to be certain. The biggest culprit was naturally Crouch, who was sent off for 2 yellows in 15 minutes. His two incredible tackles earned him two yellow cards. The first time was an unnecessary foul on Ramos. The second time, Marcelo was tackled from behind. This time the foul was more serious than the previous one. Although Marcelo had already started to fall to the ground before Crouch tackled him, Crouch did not stop his feet. It became the basis for the referee's decision.

Of course, compared to Tottenham being swept by Real Madrid with four goals while playing almost one player less, what happened in another game looked even more incredible.

When the situation of the Champions League quarter-finals was revealed last month, Inter Milan fans celebrated, thinking that this time Inter Milan had "stabilized" the soft persimmon Schalke 04. But on the football field, anything can happen. In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals that ended yesterday morning, the defending champion suffered a humiliating defeat at home to Schalke 04 2:5, and their hopes of advancement were almost nil.

Inter Milan's start was perfect. In just 25 seconds, Cambiaso made a long pass behind the defense. Neuer headed the ball to clear the ball. Stankovic near the midfield did not wait for the ball to land and directly volleyed with his right foot. The ball passed by. A wonderful arc was hoisted into the net. This goal 50 meters away from the goal was also the fifth fastest goal in the history of the Champions League. It was even more exciting than Beckham's famous kick back then.

However, Matip tied the score for Schalke in the 17th minute. In the 30th minute, Stankovic came off the field due to injury and was unable to continue the game. After that, Inter Milan's offense fell into chaos. Although Milito helped Inter Milan take the lead again in the 34th minute, the subsequent game almost became a shooting performance for Schalke 04. Edu, Raul and Jurado scored successively, among which Edu scored twice. Inter Milan lost again and again. The main center back Chivu was sent off for a total of 2 yellow cards. This was also the second consecutive game for him to receive a red card. In the end, Inter Milan lost 2:5 at home to Schalke 04.

After the game, the score fixed on the big screen at Meazza was particularly dazzling, because the score of 2:5 was enough to declare that Inter Milan's second leg in Germany was in vain.

In the 56-year history of the Champions League, the home team lost a total of 12 times to the away team by 3 goals, including 0:3 five times and 1:4 seven times. However, these 12 teams all died in the second round.

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After a first matchday match that almost decided the two-legged series, it was the turn of the remaining four teams.

Compared with the disparity in strength between the Cosmos team Barcelona and the miners from the countryside of Eastern Ukraine, the matchup between Manchester United and Chelsea, a pair of evenly matched giants, is undoubtedly more eye-catching.

In the Premier League era,

Manchester United is the undoubted overlord, but overlords also have their owners, and Chelsea, the blue team, is their owner. Especially Stamford Bridge, where this game is played, has been a nightmare for the Red Devils in recent years. Chelsea have faced Manchester United 10 times at Stamford Bridge in the past 10 years, with 5 wins and 5 draws remaining unbeaten. Manchester United's last away win was nine years ago in April 2002.

This game is also the second meeting between Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League. The two teams had only met once before. In the 2007-2008 Champions League final, Chelsea and Manchester United, coached by Grant at the time, met on a narrow road. At the Luzhniki Stadium, the two sides drew 1:1 within 120 minutes. The game entered a brutal penalty shootout. Blues captain Terry missed a penalty kick, and Manchester United finally won the third Champions League trophy in the club's history.

This game is Chelsea's sixth Champions League semi-final in the past eight seasons. If Manchester United can advance, it will be the fourth time in the past five seasons that the Red Devils have reached the top four of the Champions League. Chelsea's previous record in the Champions League quarter-finals was 5 wins and 1 loss, while Manchester United's record was 11 wins and 5 losses.

In the Champions League, Manchester United's ability to play away games in the past few seasons has been amazing, with 10 wins in 11 away games. This season, Manchester United has won 4 games in 4 games without conceding a goal. Blues Chelsea have 3 wins and 1 draw at home in the Champions League. Blues coach Ancelotti has faced Manchester United three times in the Champions League before. Ancelotti's 2 wins and 1 loss are slightly better than Sir Alex Ferguson.

Such a record gave both sides the confidence and confidence to defeat their opponents. Manchester United's confidence comes from their excellent away record, and their confidence comes from winning the league 7 games ahead of schedule this season. As for Chelsea, it's even simpler, that is, they have a solid advantage against Manchester United in recent years.

Just this season, when Manchester United was unstoppable on all fronts and achieved a crazy 18-game winning streak in the league and 28 consecutive wins on all fronts, it was Chelsea who took over and ended Manchester United's 18-game winning streak in the five major leagues. 28 consecutive victories on all fronts.

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In terms of the starting lineup, golden boy Torres returned to the starting lineup after being on the bench in the league, and Zhirkov replaced Malouda. As for the defenders, since Louis was not eligible for the Champions League, Terry and Ivan continued to partner and recovered from injuries before the game. Alex, who returned to the team, did not appear in the starting lineup.

On the Manchester United side, defense general Ferdinand returned from injury and joined hands with Vidic to build a barrier. Edwin van der Sar also returned to the goal line to guard the goal. In the midfield, Nani was still on the bench. Bell and Giggs were the pair of Welsh players. The old and young teamed up with the Red Devils' devilish wings, while Rooney led the striker teaming up with Little Pea.

Amid the noise at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea launched an attack from the beginning and gained a clear advantage.

In the 6th minute, Drogba retreated to the midfield to get the ball. He suddenly took a long shot 30 meters away from the gate and the ball flew towards the stands. A minute later, Torres stole the ball and broke through into the penalty area along the right wing. He shot low from a small angle, but the angle was blocked by Van der Sar.

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When defending a set piece, Bell was left in the frontcourt to prepare for a counterattack. Although Bell's defensive ability is not bad, as Manchester United's offensive ace, he staying in the frontcourt is obviously more helpful to the team.

But Bell also clearly realized that it would not work to continue like this. Although he did not have specific data, he felt that Manchester United's possession rate in the first fifteen minutes of the game was frighteningly low. Maybe not even a quarter, because the whole process was a passive beating situation.

"We must launch a threatening counterattack!" Bell thought to himself.

At this time, the head coach Ferguson on the sidelines was also shouting to the players, indicating that the team could not retreat all the time and must attack, especially from the wing.

Soon, Manchester United organized an attack.

Carrick moved to the left, handing it to Bale to face Bosingwa one-on-one.

Bell had absolute confidence in his speed and explosive power, so he slowly approached Bosingwa with the ball.

Bosingwa, on the other hand, acted as if he were facing a formidable enemy and did not dare to be careless at all. He kept retreating, guessing Bell's thoughts: Is this kid going to do it? Or a cross? The damn Welshman is so good with both left and right feet, I really can’t tell.

Just when Bosingwa was struggling to scratch his head, Bell suddenly started. Bosingwa only felt the figure in front of him flicker. When Bell looked like he was about to dribble the ball from the inside, he was immediately taken aback and immediately made a blocking action. Unexpectedly, Bell suddenly made a dunk, changing from the original inside cut to a straight bottom.

Almost as soon as the two sides came into contact, Bosingwa was thrown away by Bell.

Bell is very fast, but Chelsea's defense is not bad, especially their other defensive players, who are always paying attention to Bell's attacks. Ramirez saw Bell break through Bosingwa, immediately made up for it, blocked Bell's passing route from the inside, and finally blocked Bell's cross from the baseline.

Manchester United won the first corner kick of the first half, and Bosingwa breathed a sigh of relief. Bell's breakthrough did not cause Chelsea to concede a goal.

But just when Bosingwa was still frightened and thankful that Manchester United failed to score, Bell took the corner kick and found Park Ji-sung in front of the penalty area. The Korean took a long shot unceremoniously, and the ball hit Drogba and bounced out of the baseline.

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If in the first fifteen minutes, the home team Chelsea had a clear advantage on the field, then after fifteen minutes, it was the visiting team Manchester United's turn to show off.

After two consecutive corner kicks threatened Chelsea's goal, when the game reached the 19th minute, the Red Devils organized another offensive.

Manchester United intercepted Chelsea's attack in the backcourt and the ball was passed to Carrick's feet. Carrick immediately distributed the ball to Bell's feet, and Bell once again received the ball in the left rib and faced Bosingwa one-on-one.

But this time Bell didn't delay any more and started quickly after stopping the ball, not giving the Portuguese defender any time to react.

Zhirkov quickly rushed over to help defend, but Bell didn't wait for him to get close and shot furiously. The ball blasted towards Chelsea's goal like a cannonball. Cech flew forward and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.

After the Czech goalkeeper stood up, he shouted vigorously at his teammates in front of him, obviously very afraid of the sudden long shot.

Bell, on the other hand, was holding his head with both hands, feeling a little depressed.

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