Chapter 608: Return to the first game - League Cup semifinals
Yang Fan's first game back at Manchester City will be a heavyweight clash in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, when they travel to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium in London. □ Tomato◇ ''-.- f-q'x-s'-.-c'o'm
In London, they were greeted not by flowers and applause, but by a myriad of flashing lights and ill-intentioned London media.
When the Manchester City bus arrived at the hotel, Kolarov, who was the first to come out, was startled by the flashing lights that suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but cover his eyes and turn his head to the side.
The other players continued to get out of the car, the flashing lights continued to make a big splash, and countless microphones and countless questions were reached in front of the players' mouths. Of course, there are only two people with the most microphones in front of him - Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and captain Yang Fan.
"May I ask Mr. Mancini what you think of the watch? I heard some unkind remarks from Drogba's schedule a while ago, and we would like to hear your response. A reporter maliciously asked this embarrassing question.
Mancini obviously didn't want to talk more about this matter, he directly said that he had no comment, and it was originally true, Mancini was not Mourinho, and he would not go into battle with a player shirtless.
Mancini didn't say anything, however, Yang Fan was not so polite.
When the same question was put in front of Yang Fan, Yang Fan smiled a little arrogantly: "Drogba, is that the defeated general?" He turned his head to look at Zabaleta, does it mean that person?
Zabaleta nodded very tacitly, meaning yes, the one who lost to you in the scorer chart last season. ▽Tomato▽ △ '-'.'f'q'x-
Yang Fan then snorted: "Haha, just kidding, well, Drogba is a very good player, and his goals last season proved it." ”
After saying this, Yang Fan no longer paid attention to the reporter, and the resentment in his heart finally leaked out. And Zabaleta behind him nodded secretly, this is the captain's style...... How can you endure revenge?
Yang Fan's words sound good at first glance, in fact, it is still contempt for Drogba, he said that Drogba's goal data last season was good, this is not a slap in the face, Drogba once led the scorer list last season, this is still due to Yang Fan's injury, but after Yang Fan returned from injury, he staged an absolute counterattack with crazy goals, and finally won the English Golden Boot.
The meaning of Yang Fan's words was heard by everyone. Naturally, the media will add fuel to the pump.
The next day, there was only one headline in the London newspapers: arrogant Yang Fan, arrogant Manchester people!
The media in London have selectively forgotten something. In fact, the cause of this war of words, or the provocation, should be on Chelsea's side.
Manchester City had a terrible run in Yang Fan's absence, and they are now even on the verge of being caught up by Chelsea, who are now only three points behind Manchester City in the standings, knowing that Manchester City once led Chelsea by 12 points!
Chelsea were delighted by the situation, and their striker Didier Drogba's famously loud mouth spoke again, sarcastically saying that Manchester City were still the same unpromising thugs, that Manchester City could not win the title, and that Chelsea would definitely overtake Manchester City...... Anyway, it's a theme idea, sarcastic about Manchester City, showing Chelsea's determination to regain lost ground and trample Manchester City under their feet. △◇ △ Tomato □ ---.'
Of course, you can't say there's anything wrong with Drogba doing this, as a Chelsea player he was right to say that, and that's what Chelsea fans like.
Of course, this angered Manchester City. That's why the position is different.
And Yang Fan, as the captain of Manchester City, is naturally even more angry. And considering the previous decline of the Manchester City team, the Manchester City team must win this game, Yang Fan must lead the team to win the game in the first game of his return, not only to win, but also to show strength, which is why he stood up and directly fought Drogba.
For Yang Fan's undisguised response, Drogba was quite angry and angry. Since he came to the UK, the number of goals scored in each season has been relatively stable, and he can be said to be the most consistent goalscorer in the UK in recent seasons. But, no matter what, you can't deny that Drogba is one of the top scorers in Britain now, and now he is so humiliated by Yang Fan, it's no wonder that he is not angry, although this war of words was provoked by Drogba. □ Tomato◇ ''-.- f-q'x-s'-.-c'o'm
The whole Chelsea team was also furious, vowing to give Manchester City some color.
Ancelotti is the only one in the team who can keep his composure, he is constantly cooling the whole team, this game, Ancelotti knows that Chelsea no longer need to mobilize, he is now worried that the whole team will be affected by excessive emotions.
Ancelotti calmed his players and studied Manchester City's carefully prescribed countermeasures.
To do this, he has studied all of City's games this season. Especially in the previous league games between Manchester City and Chelsea, Carlo Ancelotti has noticed that the biggest change for Manchester City this season is that Manchester City no longer seem to be so conservative, they will sometimes be very bold in attack, and they dare to play against Real Madrid at Real Madrid's home stadium. So Ancelotti decided that this time they would fight against him.
Carlo Ancelotti is not afraid of attacking him, and he wants the opponent to attack. Because Chelsea's defensive tenacity is notoriously strong, Chelsea's counter-attacking efficiency is unrivaled, and when the opponent attacks, it is exactly what Chelsea want.
In addition, although Drogba's remarks are suspected of provoking trouble, it is not a good thing if it can really provoke the anger of Manchester City and make them lose their minds to attack...... Ancelotti thought.
Chelsea's main stadium is called Stamford Bridge, and for Chelsea, Stamford Bridge is a testament to the club's rich history. The Tomato □ Net ---.- F'Q'X-S''.com Stamford Bridge was officially opened on 28 April 1877. For the first 28 years, it was used almost exclusively by London Sports Clubs, as a venue for the Games rather than as a football stadium. In 19o4 the stadium changed hands,。。 Mills got the ownership, after they also got a lot of land in a big market near the stadium, which is planned to be in the 12th. Build a soccer team on 5 acres of land. The stadium was originally intended to be available to Fulham FC, but they turned down the opportunity. As a result, a new football club, Chelsea Football Club, was born in 19o5 and became the owner of Stamford Bridge.
The name Stamford Bridge is a significant monument in the history of England, where King Harold famously fought against the Vikings at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire in 1o66. However, the name of the Chelsea stadium should have less to do with this history and more to do with local landmarks. 18th-century maps show that the area between Fulham Road and King's Road includes the area where the current course is located, and there is a Stamford River that flows into the River Thames in the direction of the railway behind the east stand of the current course. The map has a "Little Chelsea Bridge" label on the place where the creek crosses Fulham Road, which was originally called "Sanford Bridge", and where the creek crosses King's Road is called "Stan's Bridge". It now seems that the name of the river and the two bridges made up the name of the place 'Stamford Bridge', which later became the name of the Stamford Bridge stadium. The current Stamford Bridge stadium has a capacity of 42,55 people, and the area of the pitch has changed from a huge oval to a quadrilateral shape very close to turf. The course has not changed much in the past 1o years, with only the "old canopy wall" still being left over from the original course. And the ball court occupies 12. On the 5 acres of ground, there are also two four-star hotels, five restaurants, conference facilities, nightclubs, underground parking, a health centre and a business centre. The current Stamford Bridge stadium is a far cry from the original Stamford Bridge stadium in 1876
At this time, although there is still more than half an hour before the kick-off of the game, Stamford Bridge is already full, and the noise in the stands of the stadium can be heard on the distant road.
The rise of Manchester City is what Chelsea does not want to see, as a rise trajectory and two similar teams, Chelsea is not used to Manchester City, the only giant in Jinyuan football is enough for me, where do you come from Manchester City.
Once the game began, it was the home team Chelsea who took advantage of the right time and place to attack Manchester City's goal. Chelsea fans are quite proud of this.
Drogba received a pass from Ramirez and he was about to break through and shoot.
Zabaleta leaned in as he got the ball, so Drogba couldn't add any more because he seemed to be carrying a heavy burden on his body, and he couldn't shake it off. The consequence of barely breaking through was that Zabaleta was interfered with by Zabaleta's lower foot and then shot away.
City then had a chance to attack, as Yang Fan fired a header over the crossbar from Dzeko and the stands were immediately booed.
Because of Yang Fan's previous unceremonious sarcastic remarks about Drogba, he became the most unpopular player at Stamford Bridge, and now as soon as he gets the ball, then Stamford Bridge will inevitably be an earth-shattering boo, unless he leaves football, the boos will be endless.
Chelsea fans love Didier Drogba. This is also the reason why Manchester City fans are dissatisfied with Yang Fan.
In just five minutes, Chelsea had four shots on goal, and we have to admire Chelsea's strong attacking ability. At home to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are not only good defensively, but also attacking. The whole Chelsea squad today can be said to be a three-man team.
Malouda's breakthrough was cut off by Manchester City's Yaya Toure and Kompany, who had just broken the ball, and Yaya Toure, who had just broken the ball, was still lying on the ground and swept the football directly to Zabaleta who was next to him, and then Zabaleta made a slight adjustment and looked up at the long pass directly in front of the backfield to send the football out.
Dzeko battles Luiz for a header up front. This time, Luis hit the football, he tried to push the football back, but then the football was obtained by Manchester City, and after Silva **** stopped the ball, he picked the football to Yang Fan who was inserted from the side.
Chelsea captain John Terry was ordered to keep an eye on Manchester City captain Yang Fan, and when he saw Yang Fan receiving the ball and running, he immediately ran with Yang Fan, and his wishful thinking was to break the football when Yang Fan stopped the ball.
However, Yang Fan did not give the Chelsea captain the slightest chance, and in the high run, Yang Fan used his head to move the football forward, and then threw the Blue Captain aside with a swing of his right hand, and added another one, rushing out like a cheetah.
Terry hurriedly turned around to chase after him, but he had just run two steps, but he stumbled under his feet, although he barely stabilized his center of gravity and did not fall down, but at this time, it was impossible to catch up with Yang Fan again.
"Yang Fan! He's fast, and Terry can't keep up with him. Mortensen shouted, "This is City's chance to fight back!