my team is going to attack

Chapter 147 Fighting the City Stadium
After returning from Germany, on September 9th, Manchester City went to Wigan in the fifth round of the Premier League. The players were running back and forth, and only Su Bai had to make a large-scale rotation.

It’s impossible not to change, and then there is the League Cup, the sixth round of the league with Chelsea, and then the Champions League.

In this game against Wigan, Su Bai almost rotated half of the team.

goalkeeper Hart;

On the back line, the young left-back Alaba started the game, Cahill partnered with Richards as the center back, and Zabaleta was the right back;

In midfield, both Cambiasso and Milner have rotated, Rakitic partnered with Fernandinho, and the two wingers are Wright Jr. and Joe Cole;
Double forward Ruud van Nistelrooy and Lewandowski.

Even if the defensive strength is small, Manchester City's offense is still hot. Manchester City is playing against Wigan. In the end, with the goals of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rakitic, Manchester City beat Wigan 2-0 away. The goals are all assisted by Lewandowski. As the team's fortress, Lewandowski's possession and distribution of the ball in the penalty area is very reasonable. With a strong body and excellent header skills, Lewandowski dominates Wigan's penalty area.

The only thing that Su Bai didn't expect was that in the last 10 minutes of the second half, Ruud van Nistelrooy was replaced and Santa Cruz was replaced. He had an accident again, and when he was fighting with the opponent's defender, his knee was injured again.

Su Bai was dumbfounded, did this guy offend Goddess of Luck?An accident happened on the field, so speechless.

At the same time, Chelsea also swept the newly promoted Blackpool 4:0 at home, Wenger was even worse, and was tied 1:1 by the black cats Sunderland away.At Old Trafford, Manchester United received a tenacious sniper attack from Liverpool. The two sides played very hotly. It is true that Liverpool is not Manchester United's opponent in terms of lineup. everything.

Gerrard, the soul of the Red Army, scored twice to silence Old Trafford. If Brother Xiaosha hadn't performed exceptionally today, scoring three goals in a row to secure Manchester United's victory over Liverpool, otherwise Ferguson would not have crossed Liverpool so easily.

After five league rounds, Manchester City and Chelsea remain unbeaten, ranking first and second with 15 points. No.3 is Arsenal with 11 points, which is 4 points away from the top spot.

This distance is not much, but looking at the situation of Manchester City and Chelsea, it seems a bit difficult to lose, but the next round will be their direct confrontation, and there will be a good show.

On the 23rd, there are still three days before the sixth round of the league. Manchester City and Chelsea are both ushering in the League Cup. Manchester City's opponent is West Brom. They are both Premier League teams. West Brom is very persistent in the League Cup. It's the only event they have a chance of winning the title.

Su Bai originally wanted to give up the League Cup. Unexpectedly, a group of bench players took West Brom down. Johnson's goal and Romero's outstanding performance made him advance to the next round 1-0 in the away game.

Ancelotti was not so lucky. He came off the bench and was defeated by Newcastle 3:4 at home. Of course, Ancelotti was also relieved. With Chelsea's player configuration, old arms and old legs, really It is very difficult to play on four fronts, and it is also a good thing to get rid of the League Cup in advance.

The much-anticipated battle for the top spot is about to break out, and tickets are hard to come by at the City Stadium. Fans from both sides entered the stadium early, singing happily and shouting loudly. Manchester City fans are about to completely suppress the voices of Chelsea fans and tell them that this is Manchester. , Manchester City is the home court here.

Su Bai finally explained the precautions for the players, put his palms in the middle, and waited for everyone to come together, and everyone shouted together, "Come on, come on, come on."

Walking out of the locker room, Ancelotti has already come out. As the host, Su Bai greeted him happily, "Carlo, welcome to the city stadium."

Ancelotti and Su Bai warmly embraced and said, "Su, why don't you take it easy today, I, an old guy, can't help but attack you."

"Hey, Carlo, I want you not to coach the youngsters in my team."

Ancelotti is also a wonderful person, and Su Bai can also chat, but today's occasion is not suitable for chatting, so he patted his shoulder and went back to the command area.

For Manchester City's starting lineup, Ancelotti has already made up his mind, it will definitely be that lineup, and Su Bai is not beyond his expectations, the goalkeeper is Joe Hart;

The backcourt is lined up, Baines, Cahill, Kompany, Maicon;
In the midfield, the double defensive midfielders Cambiasso and Milner, Rakitic in the center, and Joe Cole and Bell in the two wingers;

At the top is Ibrahimovic.

As for Chelsea, Ancelotti deployed a 4-3-3 attacking formation, goalkeeper Petr Cech;
Backline Ivanovic, Alex and Terry, Ashley Cole;

Midfielder Mikel, Essien and rookie Ramirez;

The three strikers are Anelka, Drogba and Malouda.

Ancelotti's 4-3-3 formation was beyond Su Bai's expectation. At first, he thought Chelsea would play a defensive counterattack in the away game, but he didn't expect to use three forwards. Although Mikel and Essien His defensive ability is also good, but how can Ramirez start to make up for Lampard's absence.

The center is definitely Chelsea's weakness. Su Bai has already reminded the players to play a frontal attack first, and see if they can't open the situation from the center. Center back Alex, his offensive ability is not weak, but his defense is much weaker than Terry. Well, maybe that's a notch too.

Today's referee is Atkinson. Well, neither Su Bai nor Ancelotti will be satisfied with this referee. It's too easy to make mistakes, let alone such an important game.

Atkinson's whistle blew, the focus of the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester City's home game against Chelsea officially started.

Ibrahimovic is very active today. Chelsea is the first real strong enemy he has encountered in the Premier League. He can finally meet the defense led by Terry again.

Only in the second minute of the opening, Ibrahimovic, who was holding the ball at the front of the penalty area, took Terry half-turned and shot a long shot. There was only time to pursue speed and strength. Ibrahimovic had no time to adjust the angle and the ball went into the stands.

It can be regarded as his disqualification. Ibrahimovic wants to use this shot to prove that he is the best striker in the Premier League. Why do he do this?On the opposite side, Drogba has dominated the Premier League striker for many years, and since the first few rounds of the league this season, Drogba has occupied the first place in the scorer list, and Ibrahimovic, who did not play a round, only scored 6. goals, and Drogba has already scored 7 goals, one more than himself.

In today's game, Ibrahimovic is going to suppress his opponent.

Therefore, Ibrahimovic's counterattack was very active. 10 minutes before the opening, facing the full-court pressing initiated by Ibrahimovic, Chelsea's midfield was a little bit out of touch. This is because Lampard did not have the relationship in the midfield. Neither Ramirez nor Mikel is a well-organized midfielder.

Instead, in the first 10 minutes, Chelsea were oppressed in their own half, and Drogba and the others had to come back to participate in the defense. In the 5th minute, Bell dribbled the ball down and then passed back. Alex took the lead in the middle. In the penalty area, Milner's long shot from outside the penalty area tested Cech again.

Then, Ashley Cole, under the pressure of former teammate Joe Cole, made a bad pass. Cambiasso made a successful interception and went straight behind Setteri. Rakitic rushed out to receive the ball. Here, he dared to shovel in the penalty area, but Rakitic still lacked experience. The ball was shoveled by Terry first before he shoveled him.

Falling in the penalty area and complaining to Atkinson, Ancelotti was so scared that he ran to the fourth official and said anxiously, "John kicked the ball first. This is not a foul."

Ancelotti has to be scared. Atkinson has the ability to enforce the law, but he always makes some misjudgments, especially when facing Manchester United, Ancelotti can't rest assured.

"The referee has awarded a corner kick," the fourth official said patiently to Ancelotti.

The first corner kick of this game was Manchester City at home. Joe Cole has good footwork, and now Manchester City takes most of the corner kicks. Cahill, Kompany and other tall and strong defenders have already squeezed in. The penalty area came, and Terry nervously commanded his team-mate's defensive position, carrying Cahill himself. This is the player who scored the most goals from Manchester City's corner kicks, although he is a defender.

Joe Cole made a bad kick, the ball didn't start, and Ivanovic pushed out of the penalty area, and Baines pushed the ball back into the penalty area. Bell and Alex were entangled, and the ball Out of the corner line, the two pointed at each other at the same time, "It was he who pushed it out," "It was him."

Atkinson actually didn't see it clearly, but it doesn't mean he won't judge, pointing to the small penalty area line, indicating that this is a goal kick, that is to say, it was Bell who pushed it out. Of course Bell was very unhappy, and turned towards Atkinson Mumbling a few words, I can't hear clearly, it must not be a good word.

Still the same problem, Cambiasso and Milner pressed up, Manchester City's line moved forward, and the defensive action started from Chelsea's penalty area. For a while, it was difficult for Mikel and Essien to take the ball from the center.

Ivan frowned, but the team couldn't get out of the middle, the ball reached his feet, saw Ibrahimovic pounced, directly dunked the opponent, and rushed along the side.

Bell, who made up for it, allowed Ivan to pass the ball, but this kick was a little far away. Cambiasso slid over and kicked the ball out of the sideline.Ivan immediately went to kick off and threw it to Drogba. After the latter stopped the ball in his chest, he gave the ball to Ivan in front. Yes, Ivan did not retreat, but played as a wing forward.

Facing the defending Maicon, Ivan rushed to the outside line to suppress Maicon with his speed. Maicon really couldn't catch up, but it didn't matter, just follow behind, because the central defender Cahill had already come.

The two attacked together, and Ivan used both hands and feet. He didn't lose the ball for a while, but he couldn't pass it. At this time, Malouda came up from behind. Luda's pass was too close to the goalkeeper, Hart struck out and picked it up, and Ivan made an empty jump.

This is Chelsea's first attack to reach Manchester City's penalty area. The game has gone on for 12 minutes, but Ivan's attack also reminded Su Bai that even if the opposite center cannot be opened, their two full-backs, Ivan And Ashley Cole's offensive ability is not weak.Especially Ivan, who only joined in the middle of last season, has no worse offensive firepower than Malouda and the others.

In the future, Ivan has a nickname called "Ivan the Horror". As the saying goes, there are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames, and Chelsea is an expert at driving backwards.

Su Bai stood up and signaled the players to be careful of the opponent's counterattack. What he was most afraid of was that the attack was too fierce. Too many times, the defensive players would forget their responsibilities for a while. Too many counterattacks came like this.

It was still Ibrahimovic. In the 15th minute, he dribbled the ball on the side and made an emergency stop. When Essien was about to turn around, Ibrahimovic took advantage of his half-turned body and started again. Essien Immediately wanted to turn around, but the time was too fast, the body couldn't keep up with the thinking, and twisted and fell to the upper right corner of the penalty area in embarrassment, while Ibrahimovic broke into the penalty area from the right.

Fortunately, Terry filled the position quickly enough, and Ibrahimovic's reluctant shot was easily hugged by Cech.

Terry may have problems with his life. "Friendly wife" is his biggest blemish, but as a central defender, his strength can still be ranked first in the world. Ibrahimovic's one-on-one challenge to Terry is not very dominant. .

Essien was miserable. Seeing that he couldn't get up, Atkinson asked Chelsea's team doctor to come in. Fortunately, there was only a slight sprain, which did not affect the game. Ancelotti was not as lucky as the team doctor. .

There are hidden dangers. If Ibrahimovic or other Manchester City players come again, Essien is likely to be injured again. It is not a simple sprain. I glanced at the bench. , are attacking midfielders.

In the 23rd minute, Manchester City made another comeback. Bell rushed down from the right with the ball, and after leading the defensive player over, he suddenly made a long pass to find Joe Cole on the left. With such a large-scale transfer, Mikel and the others appeared There was a loophole, Joe Cole received the ball and there was no defensive player in front of him, he stopped the ball and went straight down without wasting a second.

As soon as he entered the penalty area, he had already sensed that someone was coming. Joe Cole hit the middle of the ball with his right foot, bringing up a piece of turf in the city stadium.

The ball flew towards the goal with a strong rotation, but Cech had already been prepared for it. He clenched his fists and hit the bottom of the ball accurately. The force brought by the ball was so strong that Cech's gloves were deformed.

The ball flew over Cech's head and over the bar.

"call!!!"

There was a lot of cheers at the scene, and they were almost able to take the lead, and the applause also rang out. It was Joe Cole who was shot beautifully, and Petr Cech who was shot beautifully. The strength should not be underestimated.

Another attack was fruitless, and now Chelsea came up.

Essien dribbled the ball in the middle, and Milner came up to defend. Just after he got off his foot, Essien also picked the ball to Drogba in the frontcourt. At this time, he was still far away from the goal, and he was still four or five meters away from the penalty area line. There was a gap in the distance. When Drogba got the ball, the defensive players were not around, and Cahill and Cambiasso came to defend one by one. Normally, Drogba can only pass the ball. up.

But he only adjusted one step. After picking up the ball, he bent his right foot and set the arrow, and his whole body charged forward. The ball shot towards the goal like an iron arrow off the string.

Hart had an accident again. His shot was slow, and the ball flew through his raised palms and went in along the lower edge of the crossbar.

Not to mention the goal, Didier Drogba drew a few slashes on the grass, and a sentence appeared before Su Bai's eyes.

If there is love in the sky, the sky is also old. When I met Hartmont, I kicked.

(End of this chapter)