Football King Bale

After Manchester United defeated Fulham 2-0, won the 27th league victory of the season, and extended the team's unbeaten record in the Premier League to 37 games in 72 hours, Manchester United ushered in Chelsea in the Theater of Dreams challenge.

Although they beat Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg and almost secured the Champions League semi-finals this season, Manchester United still dare not be careless in this game. Sir Alex does not want his team to become the first in the history of the Champions League A team that won 2-0 away in the first leg but was eliminated.

This campaign is the 53rd game played by Manchester United this season, and it is also a dialogue between the two teams with the fewest goals in the quarterfinals. 6 days ago, Manchester United relied on the goals of Bale and Rooney to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge for the first time in nine years, making the Red Devils unbeaten in the past 7 times against the same country in the European arena. This campaign is the 77th dialogue between the two clubs at Old Trafford. Prior to this, Manchester United dominated with 33 wins, 25 draws and 18 losses. It is particularly worth mentioning that the Red Devils only lost 8 of their previous 110 Champions League home games.

Compared with the first round, Manchester United made one adjustment to the starting lineup. O'Shea replaced Raphael; Chelsea had three positions to change, Alex, Aneka and Malouda. Entering the starting lineup, Torres is still trusted to start the game, and Drogba sits on the bench at the beginning of the game.

In this campaign, Ryan Giggs and Edwin van der Sar ushered in 140 club European games together, and the two hand in hand surpassed Carragher and Henry and tied for seventh.

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Because they fell behind Manchester United by two goals in the first round, Chelsea had to take the initiative to attack at Old Trafford, and Manchester United played very steadily in this game because they had the advantage of two goals, using defensive and counterattack tactics to deal with the Blues .

However, in the first 15 minutes of the game, neither side could score. On Chelsea's side, because Manchester United's defense was too stable, although they got a few shots, they did not threaten the goal guarded by Van der Sar at all; There are not many counterattack opportunities, the most threatening is a sudden long shot from 35 meters away from the goal.

Statistics show that in the first 15 minutes, the anti-customer-oriented Blues had a ball possession rate as high as 60%, and their shots also led the home team Manchester United by 4:1.

After overcoming Chelsea's opening three tricks, Manchester United did not take advantage of the situation to counterattack, but strangled Chelsea in the midfield. Just like in the opening fifteen minutes, it is not a good thing to indulge Chelsea's attack on Manchester United's penalty area, especially since there are many long-range shooters in Chelsea's team. If they play too conservatively, they may suffer the consequences.

This kind of midfield strangulation is the most intense, and fouls and injuries are inevitable. Manchester United's O'Shea received his first yellow card for his tackle on Malouda; in addition, Park Ji-sung also had blood on his jersey because of a cracked brow bone that was hit during a fight with his opponent.

In the fierce fighting between the two sides, even the referee suffered a disaster. In order to avoid the ball from both sides, Benquilenka from Portugal slipped on his feet under tension and fell to the ground, looking very embarrassed.

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In this almost bayonet situation, the home team Manchester United, which is still slightly dominant, took the lead in breaking the deadlock.

In the 26th minute of the game, Bell suddenly changed positions with Giggs, forced Ivanovic on the right, and sent a precise cross from the bottom. Hernandez inserted into the edge of the small penalty area with a header The ball topped the net and scored the 18th goal of the season.

This goal really pushed Chelsea to a desperate situation, which means that they must score 3 goals in the next game, and at the same time they have to prevent Manchester United from continuing to score.

This is almost an impossible task!

Under the tremendous pressure, the Chelsea players lost control of their emotions and moved more and more. Among them, Bale and Pea Hernandez, who directed the goal just now, became the main targets of Chelsea players' violations.

In the 32nd minute, Bell, who returned to the left wing, was kicked down by Ramirez when he broke through with the ball, and the Brazilian midfielder received a yellow card for this. Five minutes later, Malouda received another yellow card for a malicious foul when Hernandez had the ball. In the 41st minute, Terry also received a yellow card for elbowing Hernandez.

In just 10 minutes, Chelsea players received three yellow cards for malicious fouls. It can be seen that during this period of time, their players did not focus on playing football well.

But this approach will only make them play worse, the situation on the court is more dangerous, and even continue to lose the ball.

In the 43rd minute, Bell broke through with the ball on the left. After attracting Chelsea's defensive attention, he suddenly shifted in a wide range. The ball flew across almost the entire pitch and found Ryan Giggs on the right.

After receiving the pass from Bell, Giggs knocked back directly to O'Shea. O'Shea passed the ball behind him. Giggs reversed offside and then made a low pass from the right wing. Rooney outflanked the goal and scored with his right foot from close range. Manchester United's second goal of the game.

Before halftime was over, Manchester United took a two-goal lead at home, and at the same time rewritten the total score to 4:0!

It was almost a game-killing goal and dealt a huge blow to the Blues players. Neither of them recovered for the remaining minutes of the first half. Fortunately, there was not much time left in the first half, otherwise they might continue to lose goals.

In the end, Manchester United entered the intermission with a score of 2:0.

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Although already behind by a big score of 0:4, Ancelotti and the Blues did not surrender. As soon as the second half started, Ancelotti made two substitutions. The two forwards Anelka and Torres who played in the first half were all replaced, and Drogba and Kalou came off the bench.

Such a substitution by An Pang undoubtedly completely negated his pre-match arrangements, and also slapped himself.

In fact, it is a gamble for the Italians to continue to arrange the sluggish Spanish golden boy to start this game. This kind of mentality is also understandable. If Chelsea's previous striker can satisfy Ancelotti, why spend 50 million to buy Torres in winter?

Now that life and death are hanging by a thread, who can Anshuai count on if he doesn't bet on Torres? And if Drogba gets mad, doesn't that mean Ancelotti slaps himself? Even if you want to slap yourself, you can't slap yourself, right?

However, Torres' performance was like pouring cold water on Ancelotti's head. Throughout the first half, 8 passes were successful 5 times, 3 headers were 1 successful, 1 dribble failed, 2 non-stick shots, and nothing else. Such statistics are undoubtedly like sleepwalking!

Ancelotti, who couldn't stand it any longer, immediately replaced Drogba at halftime. Although he was embarrassed, victory was obviously the first priority at this time.

This is also the first time Torres has been replaced in the second half since he started, which probably means that Ancelotti's trust is no longer there.

After Drogba came on the field, Chelsea's offensive suddenly strengthened, and Vidic, Evra and others were also at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Drogba, allowing Drogba to get two good shooting opportunities. In order to stop Drogba, Evra also received a yellow card.

However, when Chelsea gradually gained momentum and reversed the situation on the field, the Chelsea people themselves were stupid.

In the 70th minute of the game, Manchester United intercepted Chelsea's attack in the backcourt and launched a quick counterattack. Bale received a long ball from Carrick on the left wing and passed Ramires with a coquettish pendulum. Throughout the process, the Brazilian was like a stake, without even having time to react.

This kind of encounter made Ramirez feel that his dignity was humiliated. In a rage, he turned around and chased Bell. After running for nearly 30 meters, he found that Bell, who was still unable to stop the dribbling attack, became angry and shoveled from behind. Bell.

Although this foul stopped Manchester United's offense, it also allowed the Brazilian to get the second yellow card of the game. Chelsea had to play one less player in the next 20 minutes.

Manchester United was afraid that Chelsea players would continue to foul Bell, so they immediately made personnel adjustments and replaced Bell with Nani.

The meaning of the old man is obvious. When the overall situation is settled, if Bell is injured, it will not be worth the loss.

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Bell's departure has greatly affected Manchester United's deterrence on the field, and Chelsea, who want to score a face-saving goal, even if they play one less player, they will attack aggressively, and they have also achieved their goal. .

In the 77th minute, Essien made a long pass from the midfielder, and Drogba successfully unloaded the ball from his chest and broke into the penalty area. After breaking into the penalty area, he scored a low shot from 9 meters, which helped Chelsea pull a fig leaf and ended his 5-game drought in the Champions League. Record.

But Manchester United didn't want to give Chelsea too much face. In less than a minute, Manchester United poured ice water on Chelsea's head: Rooney passed the ball, Giggs quickly passed the ball in the penalty area, and there was no defense After stopping the ball in the chest, Park Ji-sung volleyed with his left foot from 8 yards from the left rib and scored from the far corner. Manchester United led again 3:1.

This goal also completely broke Chelsea, allowing the game to enter garbage time.

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Afterwards, both sides died down. For Chelsea, it is impossible for them to score 4 goals in the remaining ten minutes, and there is no need to continue to fight hard. As for Manchester United, they have already led the Blues by a big score of 5:1. When the opponent has already disarmed, there is no need to chase and fight hard, and they will not give the opponent face at all.

In the end, the score of 3:1 was maintained until the end of the game, thus eliminating the Blues with a score of 5:1 in two rounds.

For Abramovich in the stands, this is a tragic moment, even if it is not as good as the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League final from great joy to great sorrow, even though the home defeat in the first leg has made everyone psychologically prepared for Chelsea's elimination, but Still can't let Abu let go.

In the summer of 2003, he entered the football circle strongly and made a decision within 20 minutes. Since buying Chelsea for 140 million, Abramovich has directly invested 675 million pounds in buying players in 8 seasons, that is to say, 800 million pounds. sterling, but can not bring a Champions League trophy.

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