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"Now the game has progressed to No. 20 minutes, the score between the two sides is still 0-0, but..." The commentator explained while observing the situation on the court: "Chelsea's situation seems to be not very good, Ferdinand and Vidi Odd's timely interference made it difficult for Chelsea's shots to be converted into goals, and Ashley Cole, who was responsible for marking C-Ronaldo on the right, seemed to be struggling a lot, and almost let him pass several times."

indeed.

After more than ten minutes of testing in the opening game, Manchester United has gradually gained the upper hand. The complementary tactics of two forwards and tridents have allowed Manchester United to continue to fire in the frontcourt. The defense line composed of Ferdinand and Vidic in the backcourt is no better than Chelsea Terry + Essien was inferior, and caused Chelsea a lot of trouble for a while.

The balance of the score was broken in the No.206 minute of the game.

Previously, Lampard's long-range shot was confiscated by Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar, followed by a hand-throwed ball to launch an attack, which was thrown in the direction of the midfielder.

Scholes did not make any adjustments after receiving the ball. After the attack failed, Chelsea returned to the defense in an orderly and fast manner, while paying attention to Manchester United's offense. Seeing the ball roll to Scholes' feet, the position was too high As a result, Drogba, who was unable to return to defense, simply turned around and ran to compete with Scholes for the ball.

The Manchester United midfielder did not give Drogba a chance to approach, he passed a diagonal pass to Carrick a few meters away.

Carrick is not easy at the moment. As Manchester United's playmaker, many passes pass through him, so naturally he has become Chelsea's key opponent. Facing the rapidly approaching Ballack, he made a move to the left. The fake move intended to pass the ball took advantage of the situation to protect the football, and in the next second he half turned around and dropped the opponent.

As he continued to dribble forward, he looked at his teammates who could cooperate with him.

The result of this observation made him hesitate a little.

From the point of view of the situation, Manchester United clearly has the upper hand at this time. Although Chelsea's defense is still some distance from the heyday of the year, it has roughly maintained the overall awareness. The Chelsea players who quickly launched their defense also immediately put all their energy on defense. Almost every Manchester United player has one or two Chelsea players sticking to them.

And this kind of "stickiness" is not a simple "sticky" of one staring at one, just like the cooperation between offensive players in positioning and running. Sometimes, it seems that there is only one person defending, but in fact In addition, there is no less than one player who can respond at any time.

At this time, Manchester United encountered such a dilemma.

Looking quickly across the pitch, Carrick finally set his sights on Cristiano.

In this season, Cristiano has proved his destructiveness on the wing with a terrible number of goals.There are defenders who can guard against him, but it is difficult to guard him all over the court, and once you dare to give him a chance, he can turn this chance into a goal for you to see.

As soon as this idea sounded in his mind, the situation in the front field made his eyes shine again!

Essien made a mistake!

As the defensive midfielder who replaced Makelele and guarded Chelsea's defense, Essien was hard-working and ruthless enough to defend aggressively. However, it is undeniable that he is actually worse than Makelele in terms of defensive positioning and consciousness. Some.

Not long after the start of the game, Chelsea did not establish enough advantages. Perhaps because of this consideration, Essien did not go forward to join the team's overall offense. Instead, his position was relatively low. At a critical moment, this should be a good thing.But in the process of Chelsea's rapid return to defense, his position selection and his teammates were misaligned, resulting in a small gap in that area.

And the closest Manchester United player to Essien is... Cristiano!

Carrick didn't hesitate anymore, and sent the ball to Cristiano's feet with a long pass!

Cristiano raised his head after receiving the ball. He didn't need Carrick to remind him. Essien's mistake also appeared in his eyes. This is Manchester United's best chance!In terms of defensive strength, Essien is a little worse than Ashley Cole, but the defensive moves are more aggressive, and it must be a disadvantage for him to go head-to-head, so as long as he doesn't give him a chance to get close.

Cristiano dribbled the ball along the sidewalk. Originally, his speed was not fast, but at this moment he suddenly burst into speed, and plunged into the gap exposed by Essien's mistake!

The space opened up was not too big, but it was enough for him to adjust the angle and shoot with his foot!

Almost at the same time he passed by Essien's right shoulder, he adjusted the angle, and at this time he swung his right foot and volleyed vigorously!

"The goal is scored! The goal is scored!! Cristiano-Ronaldo!! Cristiano-Ronaldo!! This is his No.40 goal this season! No.206 minutes of the game, Manchester United scored the first goal! Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Manchester United - I have to say, there are defenders who can guard C-Ronaldo, but trying to keep him in check for 90 minutes makes him do nothing... It's not easy things."

"This goal came from Carrick's observation, and also from C-Ronaldo's speed. Essien's mistake was a bit low-level, and Cech didn't react at all. This is really..."

At this moment, the Luzhniki Stadium seemed to be Manchester United's home court, and the red waving in the wind unscrupulously invaded everyone's vision. Powell frowned deeply, feeling very uncomfortable.

Until he saw the stadium at this moment-the Chelsea players didn't seem to be affected by the goal, they just paused, and then continued to take their positions and concentrate on the game.

The attitude of the players also invisibly infected the Chelsea fans in the stands, and they gradually let go of their worries, and once again went to the Manchester United fans to compete for the "territorial rights" of the stadium.

Chelsea, who fell behind in the game, quickly launched a fierce counterattack against Manchester United's goal!

Taking advantage of Ballack's long-range shot being blocked by Tevez, and then quickly falling back to the midfield, Essien counter-robbed and successfully sent it to Cyril's feet. At this moment, most of the Chelsea and Manchester United players are still blocked in the penalty area. In the gap before him, Cyril simply lifted his foot and hoisted the ball directly into the crowd in the Manchester United penalty area.

This unexpected move made the players on both sides a little bit explosive. The Chelsea players were worried that the ball would be kicked out with a big foot, and another offensive opportunity was wasted.The Manchester United defenders struggled with the fact that the area was too small to defend, and it was easy for their own family to push the ball into their own net by accident-the entire Manchester United penalty area was suddenly in chaos.

In the midst of this chaos, the football bounced back and forth a few times and hit Ferdinand's thigh after active stretching and passive collisions, and bounced towards Manchester United's own goal.

The Manchester United fans were terrified watching it, but the Chelsea fans raised their hands and were ready to jump up and cheer, but the situation on the field disappointed them-Van der Sar fell to the ground in a thrilling leap, and held the own goal tightly. In my arms.

"Oh! Ferdinand made an own goal. Fortunately, Van der Sar saved it in time, otherwise Manchester United's hard-won lead would be equalized in a ridiculous way..."

Powell put down his raised hand regretfully, and sat back on the chair regretfully.

This shot is just a microcosm of the first half of the game.

Chelsea, who fell behind in the score, launched a strong counterattack against Manchester United and created several pretty good opportunities. Unfortunately, due to some luck, they failed to convert the shot into a goal.

This situation continued until the 44th minute of the first half.

There is only 1 minute left in the first half of the game.

It's hard to say whether United took Chelsea lightly because of the end of the first half, but Chelsea did seize the fleeting opportunity anyway -

Essien, who went forward, tried a long shot from outside Manchester United's penalty area. Because he was guarded relatively close, the kick was rushed, and Ferdinand blocked it with his body in time, but the Manchester United players have not been able to because of this. The attack that came to an abrupt end was relieved, and Cyril shot out from outside the penalty area and aimed another long-range shot at the oncoming football!

However, at this moment, the Manchester United players who were still caught up in the point of being turned over by Essien in the last second, did not react at all!

One second before, they were still maintaining the action of forcibly blocking the ball, and the next second, the ball that had just been blocked by the flying body flew back again!

Van der Sar could not react in time!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Cyril Slade! Beautiful follow-up shot! Also a light-hearted follow-up shot! Manchester United are a bit careless, they think the game is over, but in fact this is the most dangerous moment on the pitch ! They even gave Slade enough time to adjust his movements, and then kicked the goal easily!"

"This is the end of the first half of the game. In the last minute of the comparison, Chelsea finally scored an equalizer goal. Now the score is 1-1, and the top stands on the same starting line again."

With the same score, the two sides returned to their respective locker rooms.

After a 15-minute break, the game continued.

Grant's worries didn't happen-he had emphasized to the Chelsea players in the locker room what to do if Manchester United once again took the advantage on the field, but the fact was that Chelsea had to deal with the situation in the last minute of the first half. The goal was greatly encouraged, and as soon as the second half started, they played extraordinarily hard.

With the support of such high morale, Chelsea reversed the disadvantages in the first half and instead regained the dominance from Manchester United.

Cyril was a little worried.

Chelsea did occupy the advantage on the field and created a lot of good shooting opportunities, but they never managed to score any goals.In this case of being unable to score goals for a long time, Chelsea's morale will gradually decline.

Most importantly - they wasted too many great opportunities!

Not only Cyril, but also the Chelsea fans in the stands subconsciously felt uneasy. As the saying goes, wasting opportunities is bad retribution... And at this moment, on the pitch, because of the delay in scoring goals, the Chelsea players also began to feel uneasy. A little impatient.

It was at this moment that something strange happened on the field!

Tevez threw the throw-in that should have been thrown to Chelsea towards the corner flag. This action angered the irritable Ballack. The German midfielder rushed up and hit the Argentine hard. Drogba, who was irritable and happened to be involved in it, even raised his hand and slapped Vidic hard!

The Ruzhniki Stadium was in an uproar!