The goal kick was snatched by Chelsea without any suspense, and Branislav Ivanovic headed it over to Ramirez.

Ramires played the ball to Frank Lampard under pressure from Wayne Rooney, who was forced by Gao Xiaodong and had to pass the ball back to his defender Branislav Ivanovic.

Branislav Ivanovic is tall enough to play as a central defender, but his pace is at the level of a full-back, and when he saw that the midfielder was forced to do so without a connecting point, Ivanovic rushed forward with the ball.

Manchester United adopted a point-to-point defense in the midfield, Hernandez didn't catch up at the first time, Ivanovic took the ball and plugged in for a while and no one defended it, even if he did, he would vacate the position, and there was not much difference between not defending.

After Branislav Ivanovic dribbled through half-time, United's defensive players increased, and Valencia contracted to help prevent Ivanovic's way.

In this position, Ivanovic did not dare to break through, he is a central defender, not a full-back, and it is very fatal to make a mistake and be counterattacked.

Seeing right-back Bosingwa coming up, Ivanovic passed the ball to Bosingwa, stepped back to defend himself, and ceded the attacking area to his teammate Ramirez, who was following him.

Torres and Bosingwa played a delicate one-two on the right, Nani and Patrice made defensive mistakes, and Bosingwa crossed the ball into the box.

Vidic was brilliant on a cross and header as he got on the edge to keep the ball out of the line, but Torres intercepted the ball on the touchline and headed it into the box.

Torres' cross arced a little high, and no one in the middle touched the ball, and the ball flew straight off the touchline on the other side.

Manchester United full-back Rafael cleared the ball, Ferdinand and Drogba fought for the spot, Ferdinand elbowed Drogba to the nose, Drogba suffered a long nosebleed, covered his face and lay on the ground.

Referee Marenco showed no mercy to Ferdinand, and he directly pulled out a yellow card to warn Ferdinand.

The team doctor came on the field to give Drogba a simple treatment, and Drogba blocked his nostrils with two cotton balls and continued to devote himself to the game.

The Blues fans were so encouraged that they gave the Blues a round of applause to the decorated veteran.

Commentator Andy Gray said: "Didier Drogba is really good, at 33 years old, his fighting spirit is still so tenacious, in fact, the Blues now owe him a Champions League title. ”

Andy Gray's partner Souness said: "In that case, Liverpool also owe Steven Gerrard a league title. ”

The game went on when Chelsea sent a free-kick and Frank Lampard curled the ball into the box, the ball was headed out by Rio Ferdinand, and Essien grabbed the spot in the middle and volleyed it straight away, but the ball missed the spot and flew high into the stands.

A little over ten minutes into the game, Chelsea had the absolute upper hand, with most of the ball in United's half, and there were not many attacking chances for the Reds.

But this situation does not make Chelsea fans satisfied, because Chelsea did not shoot much, and there was not much threat, and Manchester United today on several fast frontcourt players, the purpose is obvious, is to play Chelsea's counterattack, Chelsea in order to fight with Manchester United in the midfield, grab the ball, their defense is higher than usual, once Manchester United seize the opportunity to counterattack, the consequences are unimaginable.

Ferguson was still satisfied with the performance of the Manchester United players in the first ten minutes, it is normal to fall into the wind, it is no accident that Manchester United has not won at Stamford Bridge for nine years, Chelsea's performance at this venue is far better than usual, Manchester United's strength is similar to Chelsea, Manchester United wants to beat Chelsea who play extraordinarily is of course very difficult.

However, Ferguson was not very satisfied with Vidic's performance, Vidic is only 30 years old, at the peak of central defenders, facing Torres, who has only been overhauled for almost ten games without scoring goals, it is really sorry for his reputation and strength.

It's a demon!

But only Vidic himself could overcome it.

Ferguson now puts all his hopes for victory on Gao Xiaodong.

Compared to the last Stamford Bridge game, Gao Xiaodong's shooting skills have improved a lot, and Ferguson believes Gao Xiaodong has the ability to break through the door of Chelsea.

Now the Champions League semi-finals, not the league, as long as Manchester United scores, Chelsea will definitely attack later, so that the fast horses arranged by Ferguson can play a role.

withstood Chelsea's attack for more than ten minutes, and the mentality of the Manchester United players gradually calmed down, Van der Sar served the goal kick, he was about to kick the ball big, but Gao Xiaodong returned to the back position and reached out to Van der Sar to ask for the ball, not letting him kick wide.

Van der Sar passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, and Torres quickly came over to press it. Oppress Gao Xiaodong.

Drogba also severed the link between Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher, forcing Gao Xiaodong to pass the ball back to the defender.

Gao Xiaodong was about to pass the ball back to Vidic, and suddenly a Cruyff turned around and shook off Torres, who wanted to force Vidic.

After turning around, Gao Xiaodong's vision was wider, and he passed to the retreating Rooney, who didn't wait for the opponent to come up and passed back to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong passed the ball to Nani again, Nani tried to break through, Zhirkov, instantly recruited the bag, Nani was also kicked in the heel, fortunately the fullback Evra was experienced, and when Nani tried to pass the man, he followed up to make up for the defense and steal the ball again.

Patrice Evra passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong again, Gao Xiaodong controlled the ball, and then passed it to Valencia.

Although Gao Xiaodong did not speak, he was the core of the midfield, and his teammates immediately understood what he meant, this is to control the ball in the midfield, so Valencia did not sprint forward and passed the ball back to Rafael.

Manchester United's non-stop passing in the midfield centered on Gao Xiaodong forced Chel to put his forces into the front court to press, disrupt Manchester United's possession, and see if there was any chance to break the ball in the front court and counterattack.

Manchester United's possession of the ball was not the goal, but it was to change the rhythm of the game, seeing Chelsea pressing in front, Gao Xiaodong took the ball and suddenly accelerated to shake off Lampard and cut forward, and smashed through the halfway line with lightning speed, straight into the Chelsea penalty area.

Although Gao Xiaodong is still far from Chelsea's penalty area, this momentum is very strong, Chelsea's defender Ramires did not dare to grab, worried that Gao Xiaodong would break through and face the back line, he began to retreat, close to the back line, reducing Gao Xiaodong's offensive space.

Esin and Zhirkov tacitly retracted inward, and the three of them formed a convergence trend against Gao Xiaodong, who was advancing.

Don't look at Gao Xiaodong's space to dribble the ball, but Ramirez is close to the defender, and he can't break through Chelsea's two-layer defense and will fall into a circle of four or five people.

Gao Xiaodong doesn't look young, but he is by no means a reckless man, his vision and overall view are much better than they seem, he compressed the Chelsea defense and immediately passed to Nani on the side, allowing Nani to use his skills on the wing.

Nani dribbled the ball with two consecutive feints to break through Essien's defense, but Essien's speed was so fast that before Nani could take two steps, Essien chased after him from behind, and Nani shook the ball back past Essien again, but when he wanted to turn and take forward, he was pasted up by Essien.

As soon as the body collided, Nani couldn't stand up, couldn't make a good move, and was broken off the touchline by Essien's kick.

Gao Xiaodong compressed the space in the middle, waiting for Nani to break through on the side and thin the middle defense, and then as long as Nani passed it again, Gao Xiaodong had a chance to shoot directly from a distance, but he didn't expect Nani to be so sticky to the ball that it was destroyed by Essien.

Gao Xiaodong was so angry that he scolded the baked cakes, and hurriedly ran to the side to meet Nani's throw-in.

Nani threw the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who looked unhappy, and hurriedly ran to the vacant position, trying to cooperate with Gao Xiaodong, but after Gao Xiaodong made a chest stop posture, when the ball flew to his chest, Gao Xiaodong suddenly turned around and let the ball go.

Gao Xiaodong's feint shook Essien, who was defending him closely, very embarrassed, he lost his defensive position, and quickly reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong.

The jersey was in his hands, but Essien felt his palm slip, like catching a catfish, and it slipped directly out of his hand.

Gao Xiaodong got rid of Essien and dribbled the ball sideways to the middle of the court.

Ramirez and Frank Lampard ran desperately to block one after the other, preventing Gao Xiaodong from getting the ball up.

Gao Xiaodong took more than ten meters horizontally, suddenly stopped, and looked like he was about to shoot, but as soon as the opponent stopped, Gao Xiaodong suddenly passed the ball to Valencia, who was unguarded on the right side, and turned at a right angle and inserted it into the Chelsea penalty area.

Just now, Gao Xiaodong's lateral frenzy attracted Chelsea's defense to the left side of the middle, Valencia had almost no obstacles to the bottom, and when left-back Ashley Cole made up for it, Valencia saw Gao Xiaodong diagonally inserted into the ribs of the penalty area, Rooney and Hernandez also outflanked the penalty area, and he did not hesitate to pass the ball back to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong adjusted his pace during the run, and his right foot met the ball with a burst shot.

The shot was decisive and fast, and the ball went straight to the right side of the goal, giving the goalkeeper no time to save.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech was ready to save when Valencia passed the ball, but by the time he could react and make a half-move, the ball had flown over.

The hearts of Chelsea fans were cold when Gao Xiaodong shot the goal, the action was too fast and too fierce, they didn't dare to imagine that Cech could save, but to the excitement of the Blues fans, goalkeeper Cech became an ornament, Gao Xiaodong's shot did not pass the post, and the ball hit the post with a bang and bounced out.

The goal trembled! The Stamford Bridge stadium was silent for a moment, and only Gao Xiaodong let out a regretful roar.

This non-stop ball shot almost concentrated all the essence of Gao Xiaodong's archery, and Gao Xiaodong felt that he had it after the ball left his foot, he didn't expect that this shot was blocked by the goalpost.

After the ball flew out, the commentator He Hui burst out with a "grasp the grass": "It's a pity! This ball is shot so beautifully! It's a world wave when it enters! Petr Cech is almost too late to react! Today's Xiaodong is unlucky! The Stamford Bridge curse is not so easy to break!"