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The game at Stamford Bridge has finally begun.

After Liverpool's two rounds of invincibility, this game can be regarded as the main force.Reina, Riise, Hyypia, Carragher, Maicon, Sissoko, Alonso, Zhao Yaning, Gerrard, Figo, Milito-these eleven are Liverpool's absolute main lineup up.

And Chelsea also came up with the strongest lineup, but at this time, the strongest lineup they brought out has already suffered losses.

Petr Cech, Gallas, Terry, Carvalho, Del Horno, Makelele, Essien, Lampard, Joe Cole, Robben, the front line is against Crespo.

The biggest change in Chelsea's lineup this season is that Del Horno replaced Ferreira as the starter last season: it's not that Ferreira's performance is not good, but that he is injured. [

And Joe Cole has performed very well this season. When Duff suffered consecutive injuries and performed poorly, he has replaced Duff as Chelsea's starter.

As for the forward line, Drogba, who was originally the main force, has now returned to Africa to play in the Africa Cup of Nations, so the position is naturally given up.And this season, Crespo's scoring efficiency has reached an average of 05 goals per game, which is better than Gudjohnsen. Therefore, he is also regarded as Chelsea's starter.

But although he can be used as a starter, and his scoring efficiency is not bad, but when it comes to tactical effects, compared with Drogba, he is really not at the same level.

With the whistle, after the start of the game, the two sides immediately began to compete in the midfield.

"I have to say that Chelsea's offensive power has dropped a lot after Drogba is missing." Watching the game, Martin Taylor couldn't help but speak, "When he was here, we all cursed him for not scoring goals. , Calling him a parallel importer, saying that he is useless, it is better to replace it with a striker who can score goals. But once he leaves, the current Chelsea is playing really badly."

"It's like a toothless lion, it can't bite people to death at all." In this regard, people's views are unanimous.

"Not only are there no teeth, but the claws also seem to be broken."

Chelsea without Didier Drogba a toothless lion?No, obviously not like this.Without Drogba, Chelsea, the lion, not only lost its teeth, but also degenerated its claws.

Robben Drogba Lampard, who was originally a very good attacking line at Chelsea, now lacks the most important middle link.Robben can still make a long pass, but now his long pass is looking for Crespo, and Crespo has no time to return the ball. For a killer, scoring is instinctive.

All of a sudden, it is tantamount to making most of Lampard's role disappear-without Lampard who is a threat behind him, it is difficult to play his full role in the game.

And Robben didn't like passing the ball to Crespo, because it was too troublesome.Drogba's position is always very simple. He is in the frontcourt, but there is never anything to dodge. Wherever the ball is passed, where he runs to compete for the top. Challenging.Crespo is different. He relies on his running position, always relying on continuous running to distract opponents and create opportunities for himself, but this also has a great impact on Robben who passes the ball: It is common knowledge that a target is much more difficult to hit than a fixed target.Passing the ball to Drogba and driving into the penalty area may create opportunities, but passing the ball to Crespo has to seize the opportunity and feed him the ball.

Robben doesn't like this style of play, so in order to make up for this problem, Robben's approach is to constantly cut inside and shoot by himself.

This is also a good way to make up for Drogba's departure. His shooting ability is still quite good.However, this style of play is tantamount to further squeezing Lampard's space, making Lampard's running also a problem.

And again, a big problem is that there are more ways to deal with Crespo and Liverpool than with Drogba.

As a striker, Drogba's sense of smell and running position can only be regarded as mediocre. When he plays football, his style of play has always been simple and rough: he relies on head-to-head confrontation with defenders to win.He is very aware of his flaws and his strengths, which is his biggest advantage in playing football.

However, what Crespo likes is not relying on physical strength. He prefers to wander around the back line and rely on his anti-offside ability to get opportunities.But this also made Liverpool's defense line dare to move forward-although Chelsea is very strong, this kind of anti-offside running method cannot be played in Chelsea.For a long time, Chelsea's midfield has relied on Lampard to do routine work, while Robben and Duff disrupt the opponent's defense. After the introduction of Essien this year, Essien can also complete some surprise work , However, in the Chelsea team, there is no very good organization master, and Crespo, as a striker, is not as willing to confront as Drogba, and is willing to fight for half of the ball. Therefore, in this system, he also It really can't play much effect.

On the contrary, after improving Liverpool's defense a lot, Chelsea's midfielder was pushed back, which further squeezed Lampard's space and made his performance even worse.

In this game, Lampard's role on the offensive end has been completely wiped out.A Drogba's impact on Chelsea is obviously not a quantitative change, but a qualitative change.Lampard's bad performance is also the key to Chelsea's difficulty in winning these few games.

As for Chelsea's current attack line, Crespo is useless and Lampard is useless, but Mourinho still believes in Crespo. In fact, he also placed his bet on Joe Cole...[

Since this season, he has played the best performance of his career, and even replaced Duff as Chelsea's main left winger.Although the English media have been questioning Mourinho's practice of destroying talents, thinking that he put Joe Cole in the position of winger, which killed Joe Cole's aura and made him no progress. But what I have to admit is that the so-called Joe Cole is better as a front midfielder. After all, it is just an idea, and in the position of left winger, he really succeeded.

Since this season, Duff has gradually faded out of the main force - although Duff and Robben are equally famous, he has been considered an indispensable person for Chelsea last season, but in fact he is inferior to Robben after all, and in 1979 He was born in 27, and now he is [-] years old. He is a speed player and has been seriously injured more than once. At this age, it is not surprising that he has faded out of the main force.

Joe Cole, on the other hand, made up for this position.Although he has no speed advantage, he does have very good skills, and his aura is rare among English players. He can often pass some good balls. Sometimes, he can indeed activate Crespo. Record of Ascension of Hundred Refinements.

However, the biggest problem for such a player who relies on aura for food is that a thing like aura cannot be played recklessly in every game.In fact, among so many players who are rated as spiritual, except for one Ronaldinho who had a terrible flash of inspiration in almost every game during his peak period, it is difficult for other players to display their spirituality throughout.Unstable performance is a problem that plagues every Aura player.

It's just that in this game, Chelsea's conventional tactics can no longer be played anyway, so you might as well try this point.However, in the confrontation with Maicon, Joe Cole was extremely restrained by Maicon. Up to now, he has not found any chance.

Chelsea's attack can be said to be abolished by itself, but now, relying on their excellent defense in the backcourt with Makelele and Essien, and Terry in the backcourt is also very good at defending against Milito. Liverpool's offensive There is also no way to make a contribution in a hurry, and the two sides are in the midfield, caught in a constant entanglement.

However, in the current entanglement, Liverpool does have the advantage.This also gave the commentators a weird feeling.

"In the previous game, Liverpool completely suppressed Manchester United on the scene at Old Trafford, but in the end, due to unexpected reasons, they failed to win." Martin Taylor said, "This game will not Is it repeating the old trick?"

"Probably not. How can there be two focus games where players are sent off one after another?"

The commentator didn't know, but the players on both sides knew the importance of this game.This is the battle that will determine the championship this season. Winning this game is equivalent to winning the initiative to win the championship.Both parties understand that at this time, they must not lose again.

"However, looking at Chelsea's current offense, it is completely out of order. Coach Mourinho should consider a tactic of how to win without Drogba, instead of pinning his hopes on Robben and Joe Cole. "

When he said this, Robben relied on a quick break through Riise's inward cut, kicked the goal, and was saved by Reina.This is not the first time he has done this in this game. In fact, Reina defended his long-range shots very well, but he has been trying so non-stop.

"The role of Drogba is too great for Chelsea. If there is really a way to get rid of Drogba and win the opponent steadily, why would Chelsea need a striker who doesn't score?"

There was no way to solve this problem.The team's tactical system is too complete, the whole team is like a precision instrument, and the team's performance will naturally be greatly affected. Now Chelsea, even the way of attack is almost messed up .

At this time, Chelsea had already taken a corner kick, Lampard passed the ball to the front point, and at the front point, Terry jumped up. Although Hyypia behind him made him have no room to turn around, he still A head ball, head the ball to the back point!

Carragher, who was at the back point, was the first to hit the ball, but the ball did not fall far. Just inside the penalty area, Gallas got the ball. He didn't adjust, and kicked the ball towards the goal!

The shot was close at hand and rushed towards the goal, but at this time Reina immediately made an emergency save. He jumped up extremely awkwardly, but successfully took the football into his arms!

Mourinho was already ready to celebrate on the sidelines, but when he saw this, he covered his head in embarrassment.

This was something he had planned for a long time. Chelsea's attack had become so sloppy in these two games. He naturally understood that he needed to make adjustments.But a clever woman is hard to cook without rice. Chelsea only have these people, and he can't create any outstanding offensive system.

But fortunately, there are also set balls.Relying on Liverpool's and even the entire Premier League's contempt for Chelsea's offensive power, Mourinho wants to bet once that Chelsea's set-pieces can open up the situation.A lion is a beast without teeth and should not be underestimated.It's just a pity that they encountered Reina's super performance, and the save of this ball boosted Liverpool's morale!

This lion has no teeth, and we have cracked even the traps they set up. Now, what we need to do is to kill them!