The most low-key superstar

Chapter 338 Equal Opportunity
Today, perhaps everyone understands the key to this game. The Blues fans made Stamford Bridge enthusiastic and wild. In addition, countless Red Devils fans are also trying their best to squeeze into this stadium to cheer for their team. !

"If the red-blue duel every season will be like this, I think the name of the national derby should be changed to another team. Although Liverpool beat Manchester United in the last game, that game definitely insulted the national derby. An exciting name."

It should be said that the current Manchester United is actually the weakest time, as can be seen from the starting list.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar, defenders, Neville, Evans, Vidic, Fabio, midfielders, Nani, Valencia, Nicole, Anderson, Tosic, striker Rooney.

"This starting lineup fully exposed the embarrassing situation of Manchester United. Compared with them, Chelsea is much better. At least Ancelotti has more cards than Ferguson."

"Let's take a look at the starting lineup for the Blues, goalkeeper, Petr Cech, defenders, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, forwards, Essien, Mikel, Lampard, Ma Luda, striker, Anelka, Drogba. Then there are enviable Turnbull, Ivanovic, Ballack, Kalou, Deco, Sturridge, Ha Chissen."

Amidst the cheers of the fans on both sides, the referee of the game, Alan Wiley, blew the whistle to start the game.

Chelsea took the lead in kicking off, and without any temptation, they went straight into the attack, trying to swallow their opponents at home in one fell swoop.

However, Manchester United's midfield defense was impenetrable, and their midfield organizer Lampard encountered Nickel's tenacious interception immediately.

Lampard and Nicole are confronting each other, but Ashley Cole inserts from behind at high speed, Lampard kicks the ball back, Essien responds and pushes.

Ashley Cole received the ball on the wing and forced a breakthrough along the wing. The old Neville suffered from speed and was forced to pass by Ashley.

"It's absolute speed! Ashley Cole, he broke through."

Ashley, who completed the breakthrough, made a slight adjustment and directly crossed the ball.

"Nice pass!"

In the middle, Drogba and Anelka have both been in place. Among them, Drogba leaned against Evans, jumped high, and used his most comfortable posture to shake his head like a lion.

"Header!"

"Whoa! Nice save! Nice shot!"

"Oh—" the Blues fans sighed regretfully!Spinning and rewarding the wonderful performance of the players of the team with neat applause.

Drogba's header is very powerful, although the angle is not tricky, but the ball is very fast. At this moment, Van der Sar showed his qualities as a world-class goalkeeper. He jumped into the air and flicked the ball with his fingertips. The football hit the crossbar and bounced off the baseline.

"Once the game started, Chelsea gave the visiting team a hard time with a powerful header."

"Louis! Pay attention to protect it." Nicole yelled at Valencia. He was dissatisfied with Valencia's attitude of ignoring defense. Valencia only defended symbolically on the right side, and did not fulfill its full responsibility at all. , only thinking about showing himself in the offense, which made Nickel a little dissatisfied.

Valencia knew that he was really lazy just now, and the captain's reminder was already very polite. He raised his hand apologetically, saying that he knew.

Neville was so angry that seeing that Nicole had already spoken, he didn't say anything more. The players of Manchester United were still very united, especially after Nicole became the captain, he was slowly changing them in some small ways. Although the relationship between them is not absent, most of them are benign.

The game gradually became anxious, and anyone who wanted to take a step forward had to pay a very high price. The referee Willy also controlled the situation very well. The yellow card he gave to Essien shocked the players on both sides.

Essien saw that Nickel dribbled the ball past Lampard, and faced Nickel from the side with a flying shovel, but before his shovel reached Nicole, Nickel had picked the ball to Rooney who came back to respond .

Like felling a log, Nicole fell over.

Willie took out a yellow card without hesitation!

Although Essien didn't seem to care about it, his movements were much smaller afterwards. Although the ensuing match was fierce, both sides could still control themselves very well, basically going towards the ball.

Although the competition was intense, it went smoothly.

Ferguson sat on the coach's bench and looked at Nickel's command with a smile. He became more and more satisfied with Nicole. Under Nickel's control, the Manchester United team was proud that they had not fallen behind. However, he still has some psychological problems now. Other thoughts, that is, have fully felt a serious problem in the United team, which has been expected since before the season started, but, because the strength of the midfield, especially Nickel, has masked this problem, but, a But facing a top team like Chelsea, this weakness is infinitely magnified.

One of the reasons for Manchester United's change to 451 is to limit Chelsea's diamond-shaped midfield. It should be said that Ferguson's arrangement was very successful. The Blues had no chance in the open game, except for Drogba's header at the beginning. , he was isolated.

Manchester United's defense in the midfield is very good, as evidenced by the fact that several of Chelsea's key players have been restricted so far.

The problem is still in the offense, or in the creation and termination of the 'last kick'. Manchester United can often hit the edge of the penalty area and have some good opportunities, but the Red Devils lack a bit of sharpness in the most critical opportunity to seize opportunities.

Except for the active Rooney, the offensive threats of others are relatively weak. When the Englishman is restricted by the focus, Manchester United lacks another 'strong point' that can stand up and score. Fighting is relevant, because now Nicole has become the most efficient offensive Red Devils.

In the past, this point was Ronaldo, but now it has withdrawn this firepower point of 42 goals in a single season, and has not been able to effectively supplement it. Manchester United's offensive shortcomings are revealed when facing strong teams.

The change of 451 also exposed the unpredictable prospect of another deal of Manchester United in the summer, that is, the introduction of Irving.However, judging from the overall configuration of the lineup, the introduction of Irving did not fill the vacancy left by Tevez. The Argentine is a qualified main-level player and can form an effective rotation with Berbatov, but Irving can only play as a substitute at present. Beba was absent in this game due to a knee injury, and Ferguson's change to 451 was somewhat helpless, because he did not have another fully trusted striker to partner with Rooney. Imagine that if Berba was not injured, Manchester United would probably meet with a 442 double forward formation. The enemy, and when the Bulgarian fell, Ferguson would rather remove a striker and add a midfielder. This shows in his heart that Owen is still unable to provoke the mainstay for the time being.

It's all that damn poor American.

The game has been going on for about half an hour, and the game seems very dull.

"Manchester United lacked a finalist."

After half an hour of the game, the players on both sides had already established a solid foundation for each other. They unanimously simplified the attacking process, passed the midfield as quickly as possible, and didn't want to get entangled with their opponents in the midfield.

The young and energetic Nani passed two opponents in a row on the left, broke into the opponent's penalty area, and then transferred the ball into the opponent's penalty area at a small angle. Under the defense of the player, the ball was transferred to the right, and Valencia shot the ball.

"Oh! The Manchester United team did everything well before the shot, and the last shot was too far away. Fortunately, there is no airport nearby."

Valencia looked at the sky in pain, and he couldn't figure out how his shot came to this result.You know, he is almost directly facing Cech in front of him.

Ferguson was looking forward to it. He thought the goal was a sure thing, but the result was...

In the first half, both sides had opportunities, but they failed to grasp them.

(End of this chapter)