The strongest winger

Chapter 776 Quick counterattack is king

Central defender Vidic added to the position of full-back O'Shea to defend, which means that the defensive hardness in the middle of the penalty area is much weaker, so the left and right sides have to fill in the position of central defender, but the physical fitness of the full-back is completely incomparable with that of the central defender, so Evra is very passive when defending Drogba.

In addition, Manchester United in this game is using a single midfielder, which means that the level of protection in front of the central defender is not enough. Fletcher has a strong defensive awareness, but has a fatal weakness-slow recovery speed.

So...a huge gap appeared between Ferdinand, Evra, and Fletcher who shrank to the front of the door!

And Drogba at the far end seized this opportunity to suddenly stop and turn, obliquely inserted behind Ai Luo, like an epee without a sharp edge, hidden behind Ai Luo, giving Manchester United a fatal blow!
Kalu's rise directly aroused Rio Ferdinand and Evra's defensive attention to Ai Luo, and the most dangerous person in their subconscious mind was Ai Luo!Moreover, Kalu, who is about to cross, is the closest to the bottom line, which means that Aiello, who is leading the way, is not offside. This is a great threat to Manchester United's goal!
Immediately, Kalou adjusted his footsteps, swung his left foot directly and passed an inverted triangle ground ball near the penalty spot.

Nemanja Vidic fell to the ground and blocked half a beat too late, and the football almost rolled towards the middle of the penalty area against his studs.

"Cross!" At the same time, Clive Walker suddenly stood up from his seat and shouted.

At the same time, Rio Ferdinand subconsciously believed that Kalu's cross was for Aiello, so he had a prediction in advance. The moment Kalu passed the pass, he fell to the ground and slid the shovel, using the advantage of height and leg length to make up for the gap in body position, and Evra also instinctively leaned on Aiello to put more pressure.

But... Kalu's cross was not for Aiello.

Instead, pass it to Drogba who is hiding behind Ai Luo's edge!

The football rolled towards Drogba in the desperate eyes of the Manchester United fans. The latter did not hesitate at all. Rio Ferdinand had already fallen to the ground, and Evra's attention was on Aiello. There was no time to defend. He directly volleyed with his left foot.

Simple, rude!

Due to the short distance, plus Drogba's excellent angle and strength, Van der Sar consciously followed up, but his body did not make any saves.

The Chelsea fans in the stands stood up from their seats at the moment when the football hit the net, and the entire sky above the Olympic Stadium in Rome was filled with their cheers. The 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League final also reached the first climax since the opening.

Drogba, who scored the goal, was particularly excited. He ran towards the corner flag area on the right side of the attack and celebrated with a sliding track. Because of his excessive force, he drew two long and deep marks on the green grass.

With Aiello's high-priced joining and subsequent high-profile highlights, coach Mourinho's offensive tactics are consciously biased towards Aiello, which also makes Drogba's chances of shooting sharply reduced, and the number of goals is much lower than in the 2006-2007 season.

But he doesn't care, sacrificing the small self to fulfill the big self is done by a man, and Chelsea won more championships in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons, Drogba who made the sacrifice is also very proud, but... It doesn't mean he doesn't mind.

Many key battles relied on Ai Luo's personal performance to get through the thrilling difficulties, which also caused him to be questioned by countless media, and the goal in this Champions League final, he justified his name!
At the same time, all the Chelsea fans in the stadium were shouting Drogba's name hoarsely, presenting it to the veteran who dedicated his youth to Chelsea.

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"Goooooooooooooooooal——" At the moment of the goal, Chelsea TV commentator Clive Walker raised his arms and shouted: "Didier Drogba scored his fifth goal in the Champions League this season!! Although his goals are not many, they are all crucial goals!! Just like this goal!!!"

"Beautiful! Kalou's cross was very clever. Aiello was caught by Rio Ferdinand and Evra's key defenses at the front point, while Drogba was unmarked at the far end. He passed a precise inverted triangle pass from the bottom line. Drogba's next explosive shot was also very exciting!...Chelsea led Manchester United by one goal at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome!"

He Wei said excitedly.

"Of course, Aiello also made a very important contribution this time. His terrifying scoring rate against Manchester United caused Manchester United players to miss people at critical moments of defense, allowing Drogba to easily find space..."

"In the first 13 minutes of the game, Manchester United had an absolute advantage! During this period of time, the goal ratio was 7:1. No one thought that Chelsea, which was completely at a disadvantage, would hide its sharpest fangs under the defense. Through a classic quick counterattack, Didier Drogba broke the deadlock..."

Lineker said excitedly.

At the moment of the goal, the commentators supporting Chelsea praised Chelsea's quick counterattack to varying degrees.

The expressions on the faces of Mourinho and Ferguson standing off the court are completely different. The excitement of the former is beyond words, while Ferguson is extremely angry!
But he didn't let it out because... that's football!

Manchester United played against Chelsea in the first 13 minutes of the game, and all statistics were comprehensive, but what's the use of this?Chelsea just broke the deadlock with a quick counterattack... It seems that the direction of their tactics before the game was wrong...

Ferguson on the sidelines shook his head again and again.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney standing in the middle circle looked at each other. They never thought that Chelsea would break the deadlock with only a simple quick counterattack, and they suppressed Chelsea for more than ten minutes, but nothing came out...

The game restarted, even though Manchester United had the right to kick off, but the momentum was not as strong as the previous few minutes.

Clearly hit by Chelsea's quick counter-attack goal...

At this time, the experience of the veteran Scholes played a crucial role. He took the initiative to increase the number of times he took the ball to organize the offense. At the same time, he kept pointing his index finger to his temple to remind the players to concentrate.

"After more than [-] minutes of mad attack, Chelsea failed to score a goal. Instead, a mature and quick counterattack by Chelsea broke the deadlock. It was a serious blow to the Manchester United players who were aggressive at the beginning. Fortunately, veteran Scholes has a clear mind and used his rich game experience to infect his teammates and let them get out of the shadow of conceding the ball. It's like a family like a treasure!" He Wei said in the commentary booth.

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As veteran Scholes and head coach Ferguson kept reminding the players on the field, they had slowly accepted the first conceded goal and became normal.

During this period, Manchester United also paid a "heavy" price. Carrick and O'Shea defended the breakthroughs of Modric and Aiello respectively because their reaction was too slow, so they could only make up for their defensive mistakes with fouls, thus getting yellow cards from the referee Busacca.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the first half had passed. Manchester United had more or less good opportunities to attack, but they did not score goals under Chelsea's solid defense system.

In the 27th minute, Chelsea attacked from the left. As soon as Aiello got the ball, O'Shea and Fletcher surrounded him eagerly. They had no choice but to pass the ball back to Ashley Cole, who was on the attack.

At this time, Fletcher turned around and rushed to Lampard who was holding the ball, and Carrick also followed from the middle. Together with Park Ji-sung who was actively returning to defense, a total of three people pinched Lampard!

I don't know if it was too easy in these few minutes, so that he stopped the ball too much under the pressure of the three. Carrick reacted quickly, and got stuck between Lampard and the football with a cross body.

Immediately, Carrick played a time lag against Lampard, passed the ball to Fletcher with his right foot, and Fletcher passed the ball to Scholes, the frontcourt playmaker without stopping the ball.

Mikel took the initiative to grab the ball, never expecting that Fletcher would pass the ball so quickly, so after Scholes got the ball, he looked up very calmly to find someone. Rooney, who led the central defender away for him, ran along the center, while Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly accelerated from the center circle and ran towards Chelsea's defensive left, which was the space left by Ashley Cole!
Scholes has a very wide vision and sees the passable route at a glance.

Terry didn't dare to step forward to clear the siege easily. Scholes' long pass was very thief, with an arc of outward rotation, and Cristiano Ronaldo's speed is placed here. If he chooses to go forward blindly, in all likelihood, Cristiano Ronaldo will kick the ball behind him first!
As the last tube card in front of the goalkeeper, you must be careful.

Cristiano Ronaldo stretched out his foot to stop the ball firmly under his feet during the running process, and did not provide Terry with a mistake in the grab, so Terry could only step back in small steps.

As soon as the two advanced and retreated, they reached an area about 30 meters away from the goal in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Cristiano Ronaldo's right heel made a sudden stop and knocked the ball to the left rear of his body. Terry instinctively shifted his body's center of gravity to the right, but Cristiano Ronaldo then used his left foot to buckle the ball to Terry's left rear space, which is his right front.

It was too late for Terry to shift his center of gravity back.

Cristiano Ronaldo's body combined with the ball was very fast, and Terry had no choice but to use his body to block the foul.

There is no doubt that this foul also gave him Chelsea's first yellow card of the game.

Ferguson, who was standing off the court, saw this, and the unreasonable problem in his mind was suddenly solved.

It turns out... a strong attack on Chelsea is not the best choice, a quick counterattack is the kingly way!
(End of this chapter)