15th May 2010 was a Saturday and another football feast for England fans, as the 2009/10 FA Cup final was played at Wembley Stadium at 15pm, with Chelsea taking on Blackburn. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Chelsea finished second in the league after a devastating 5-0 thrashing at home to Atletico Wigan last weekend, new Blues boss Manuel Pellegrini immediately turned his attention to this weekend's FA Cup final.

Pellegrini is well aware of Blackburn's strength: "We have to agree with the nickname that Louis van Gaal gave Blackburn, they are really the 'Cosmos' team off Earth, but we don't have a chance in the final of the single round-robin, and in terms of fighting spirit, we will definitely not lose to any opponent. ”

The reason why Pellegrini will show weakness is not only due to his own lack of strength, but also because the team's squad is stretched.

During midweek training, Chelsea captain John Terry was in pain when he was hit by team-mate Sturridge, which drew a lot of media coverage in England and even suggested that the Chelsea captain could miss the World Cup due to injury. Eventually, after a detailed examination, the team doctor found that Terry did not have a fracture, just a normal bruise, and had returned to normal training on Thursday.

On top of that, the main right-back Bosingwa will not be able to recover from a knee injury in time, and Ferreira will be ready to go. Midfielder Mikel has undergone a minor knee operation to match the World Cup and is certain to miss out on the FA Cup final.

However, when the FA Cup final started on the afternoon of the 15th, it was found that Chelsea had their strongest squad -

Chelsea starting XI (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar

Defenders: Paolo Ferreira, Alex, Terry, Bridge

Midfielders: Kalou, Gerrard, Essien, Malouda

Forwards: Anelka, Shevchenko

Carlo Ancelotti responded to the changes with the same and rotated the lineup as usual.

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Vermaelen, Kompany, Darmian

Midfielders: Di Maria, Duff, Cambiasso, David Beckham

Forwards: Didier Drogba, Balotelli

In the run-up to the Champions League final a week later, Carlo Ancelotti excluded all the players who had been diagnosed with injury concerns and fitness deficiencies in the attacking Blackburn laboratory.

Thiago Silva just had a sore ankle and was not a big deal, while Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres and Branislav Ivanovic, who had been largely on the full schedule all season, had no injuries at all, but there were some fitness problems towards the end of the season.

These absolute mainstays were placed in other teams and would have started in this FA Cup final, but according to Arthur's instructions, these giants were all on the bench.

According to Arthur's idea, on the one hand, for the Champions League final in a week, and on the other hand, for the World Cup in South Africa half a month later, the Blue Devils players can have an excellent performance.

The reason why Arthur dared to signal Ancelotti to make such a gamble is because of the thickness of Blackburn's squad, even if they rotate most of the main lineup, the current starting list they send is still more luxurious than Chelsea's.

However, after the opening kick-off, Chelsea, who were more hungry for the FA Cup, showed a wild attitude unlike anything they had ever been.

After kick-off, Blackburn Rovers took the lead, but the ball was snatched back by Essien in a move that bordered on a foul.

Seeing that Gerrard was still fighting with Cambiaso and had no chance, Essien knocked directly, handed the ball to Malouda first, and took the lead on the wing.

After Malouda got the ball, he made a few feints and wanted to pass Damian directly, but unfortunately the Italian teenager did not eat this set, although today's Damian has not reached the height of the single defense of Neymar in the future, but he is still a reliable right wingback.

When Damian saw Malouda pluck the ball again, his body had already made a prejudgment, and he stepped forward and kicked directly, knocked Malouda's body away, and broke the ball from his feet alive.

"It's a foul!" Malouda complained to the referee after conceding the goal, but it is clear that Arthur's side are more likely to be favoured by Premier League referees than Chelsea, who are not liked at home.

In the statistics of Premier League teams in recent years, the team that has been taken care of the most by the referee, the first place is Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, and the next is Blackburn-Arthur's ten years of refereeing off-the-board moves are not in vain.

After winning the ball, Darmian moved quickly with the ball, although the Italian youngster was not a defender with a knife like Ivanovic, but he still had the awareness to dribble when he saw a good opportunity.

Darmian was trying to put on a penalty area-to-box show, but unfortunately Essien had already posted it.

Damian wanted to pass the ball to Balotelli in front, but the opponent's Kalou had already appeared between him and Balotelli and had no chance.

Seeking stability, Darmian had no choice but to knock back the ball to Beckham's feet and step back a little bit.

After Beckham won the ball, Gerrard came up to scramble and Essien headed for it.

Beckham protected the ball and made a pass with Cambiaso, who received it, and broke away from Gerrard's entanglement, wanting to distribute the ball to Drogba, but Malouda was already in front of him and still had no chance.

Seeing Duff's position, Beckham handed the ball directly to him, while Drogba was still being pestered by Terry at this time, only running around, but there was still no good opportunity to appear.

In desperation, Lampa could only dribble the ball himself to seek a breakthrough, and the Chelsea defenders were momentarily attracted by the running of Balotelli and Drogba, and there was a moment of negligence in Duff's marking, but it was enough for the Blue Devils captain to play.

Duff quickly took the ball to the front of the penalty area, suddenly took the ball sideways, stopped suddenly, pulled the ball, and then shook his body, causing the already unstable center of gravity to slide instantly, revealing a gap, and suddenly shot angrily.

"Smack!" With a bang, the ball was blocked by Alex again, and he directly launched a counterattack.

This Chelsea team plays a completely different football from the sexy samba that people have remembered in the past – Manuel Pellegrini's side are quicker in transition and more dense in attack, more like a pass-and-possession style of Arsenal than from the hard-blooded Blues.

On the pitch at the moment, Chelsea served on their own side, Kalou held the ball outside the bounds to see what good chances there were, and Malouda subconsciously glanced at Blackburn's backfield at this time, and found that Anelka had run into the space between Beckham and the central defender.

Malouda quickly signaled to Kalou to serve, and Kalou quickly threw the ball to Malouda, who used the power of the ball to fall in the air, lightly picked up, and directly passed the Duff who grabbed it, and then flung his thigh, and slammed it into the lower part of the ball, and the ball drew an arc and flew directly towards Blackburn's big backcourt.

Anelka saw Malouda's movements, and quickly activated, rolling towards Blackburn's rear like a whirlwind.

"Oops!" Beckham exclaimed in frustration that he had just seen Chelsea take a throw-in from his own big back, so he wanted to get up front and make an effective interception, but Malouda took advantage of the space behind him, coupled with Anelka's speed, to form a very dangerous attack.

Vermaelen struggled to get the ball back, trying to keep Anelka from getting it, but his instantaneous explosiveness and speed were not at the same level as Anelka, although there was a distance of position in the previous time, Anelka had already caught up with him.

Anelka and Vermaelen almost touched the ball at the same time, but his body swept through Vermaelen like a whirlwind in the high-speed movement and snatched the ball.

Vermaelen, who was still a little immature, did not have an absolute upper hand in the physical confrontation, watching Anelka pass by his side with the ball, only to eat ashes in the back.

"One knife, one knife!"

Even as Vermaelen and Anelka were battling, Petr Cech had already stumbled out of the door.

Anelka saw Cech coming out and didn't dare to slow down, several defenders behind him had already caught up, and saw Cech open up, tighten the lower gear, no chance to wear it, and the near corner was also blocked, and quickly stabbed it with the outside of his right foot, trying to break the goal from his right side.

But Cech didn't let Anelka succeed, when he saw Anelka form a single knife, he made the most correct choice, let Anelka only have one angle to break the goal, after seeing his right foot outside the instep move, Cech subconsciously stretched his leg in gear, the ball hit his own leg, bounced out. The crisis was successfully resolved.

The dreary atmosphere of the whole stadium was suddenly brought up by Cech's world-class save, and once again burst into applause.

"Yo, that's kind of interesting." Arthur watched the game with great interest from the stands at Wembley - Arthur, who has basically not gone to watch away games this season, appeared at Wembley, and the most important reason was that the winner of this FA Cup award was Prince Charles, and Arthur had to sell the British royal family a face.

"Didier, is there any rust after a month of rest from injury? Don't let these guys take us lightly. Caught off guard, Duff jogged to the front court and said this to Drogba.

Drogba, who got the signal, smiled and nodded to Duff. His movements are not big, but they contain a kind of determination, a determination to try to change something in this game, and create something.

The sun on this day is particularly dazzling, and it seems to be pregnant with some special power to respond to something.

Drogba is a player that Arthur has repeatedly stated that he will never sell. In this life, no one knows what kind of strength this Ivorian monster has, but he has been silently dedicating, successively becoming the green leaf of Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo and now Torres.

"Blackburn Rovers are obviously going to step up their attack, the Blue Devils are very strong in attack, and the 'black wind and double evil' forward combination of Balotelli and Drogba will put Chelsea to the test like never before!" Wembley's on-field commentator was excited, apparently a Blackburn Rovers fan.

The ball flew quickly to the midfield, and Cambiaso, who was driven back, got it and launched an attack.

The Argentine midfielder took advantage of Chelsea's brief defensive misposition and quickly launched his own attack, dribbling the ball to Advance, and after Kalou stepped forward, handed the ball to Di Maria on the left.

After Cambiasso handed the ball to Di Maria, Paolo Ferreira was already clinging to him, and although the two had not played each other in previous games, Di Maria knew that this was a difficult guy to play against after less than 30 minutes of observation and personal experience.

At the moment when Di Maria was worried, he just caught a glimpse of Duff coming up to answer, Di Maria didn't take the ball too much and knocked it directly to him, and reflexively wanted to have a one-two cooperation with Duff, who knew that Duff had been blocked by Kalaw and there were two Chelsea players between them, and there was no way to pass the ball.

Di Maria quickly stepped up a few steps to meet the action, which led to the entire Chelsea defence moving forward. Just when most people thought that there was going to be a synergy between the two Germans, Duff did the opposite and handed the ball to Cambiaso, who was more out of the way.

Cambiaso received the ball on the run, did not stop the ball, let the tackle Malouda miss, and watched himself continue to cut in the middle.

Duff and Cambiaso understood the running position, and when they saw Cambiaso's pace non-stop, they went straight to the middle, and they quickly detoured to the left and pulled Paolo Ferreira away.

By this time, Drogba had fallen into his favourite centre, Duff had pulled out of position and taken defenders with him, Paolo Ferreira was watching Di Maria and John Terry was a few feet away from him.

Cambiaso apparently saw Drogba's movement and smashed through the entire Chelsea defence, with Drogba leaping out and into the box from the left.

Alex saw Cambiasso's pass and hurried to the penalty spot to block Drogba, and Bridge also hurried to the penalty area, and the entire defense line was pulled to the left by Drogba.

Drogba did not slow down, constantly making passing movements, inserting towards the sideline, and soon Alex lost his position, and Drogba was already deep into the penalty area.

Van der Sar, who announced his retirement at the end of the season, had already saved the ball and went straight to Drogba's feet, although Alex lost his position, he was still close to Drogba's body, not giving Drogba a chance to get up calmly.

The eyes of the whole stadium fell on Drogba, only to see Drogba's right foot arch stretched out at an unimaginable angle, the ball passed directly between Van der Sar and Alex, and quickly headed to the right, but there was also a bridge in front of the goal, he was already facing the ball.

At this moment, a white figure sped past Bridge, and it was Duff who had fallen to his central position.

Will Drogba be able to see Duff in the box? (To be continued.) )