Chapter 41: Blue Flame
"It's a bit of bad luck. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Arthur looked at the Luzhniki Stadium and sighed depressedly.
The traditional jerseys of the "Blue Devils" Blackburn Rovers and the "Blues" Chelsea are dark blue, which also caused the fans of both sides to form a dark blue "ocean" when they watched the game live.
It's just that if the colors of the two teams' jerseys are similar, then one side will inevitably wear an away jersey in another hue.
Who is it?
It is now Arthur who laments the "unlucky" Blackburn.
In this Champions League final, Blackburn will wear a black-on-red away shirt, although this Under Armour's well-crafted team uniform is also very eye-catching, and the global sales are also very good, but in the case of the whole field in Luzhniki Stadium, Blackburn seems to have become a sad away team.
At this time, the live TV screen came to the players' tunnel, and the atmosphere between the players of the two teams gradually became a little solemn, and the players on both sides seemed to be holding back their strength and wanted to fight with their opponents on the field.
The atmosphere in the run-up to the big game made everyone nervous, with both Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea players scrutinizing their gear and whispering to themselves and praying before the game.
The atmosphere at the Luzhniki Stadium today was particularly enthusiastic, with the fans cheering much louder than usual. The stadium commentator was also like a chicken, howling vigorously, luring the fans to go crazy, and the game had not even started, and it had reached a climax.
Duff picked the ball on the edge and immediately felt the watchful gaze of his opponent, with Blues captain John Terry's eyes widening as if he wanted to find something in Duff's eyes.
Duff just smiled, do you need to guess if you want the ball, it was about to use the attack tactic, and then Duff shook hands with the referee and left.
As soon as the referee's whistle blew, Ronaldo rushed forward with the ball, and the Chelsea players did not panic, and immediately implemented a siege tactic against Ronaldo, which was a tactic arranged by Van Gaal early on.
Cristiano Ronaldo walked between the three Chelsea players in a casual stroll to protect the ball, swaying left and right and constantly making feints, the Chelsea players were anxious that they couldn't grab the football at Ronaldo's feet, and finally it was Malouda who committed a tactical foul on Ronaldo.
If Malouda really succeeded, Ronaldo's breakthrough with the ball this time would have become a joke.
Cristiano Ronaldo flicked the ball with his right foot and stabbed the ball to McConn, who followed up on the right flank, and Malouda's feet were a step slower, and the siege failed completely.
McCone broke through quickly after winning the ball, using his speed to constantly try to break through inside.
But Bridges was solid and didn't give McCone too many chances to break through, sealing the inside line and constantly pressuring the Brazilian to break through from the touchline.
"Here!" Suddenly, a voice sounded beside McConn.
Without hesitation, McCone slammed his heel and the ball slipped between Bridge's legs, but Bridge missed the ball in time.
Ballack, who quickly stepped forward, received the ball comfortably, and before Mikel could make a side tackle, Ballack pushed again with his left foot, and McConn, who used his speed to shake off Bridge, successfully received the ball in front of the penalty area.
At this time, Malouda, who had returned to the back line to fill in, hurriedly blocked Benayoun, but saw McCone flick his left foot, and suddenly shot after the ball laterally.
The ball drifted in a noticeable arc in the air towards the left-hand post of Chelsea.
In front of goal, Chelsea Van der Sar made a flying save but couldn't touch the football, which hit the post hard and bounced off the pitch.
"Oh my! Unfortunately, less than 1 minute after the opening kick-off, Blackburn hit the post. It was just not too lucky, and it bounced back into the field to be cleared by Chelsea. In the live broadcast room, Seedorf's high voice stopped abruptly as if someone had suddenly choked his neck.
Blackburn Rovers gave their opponents a blow from the start, leaving the Chelsea players gasping for breath from the start, and McCone's strike stunned them, even after the football was cleared, they were still in a state of reluctance.
"We will also play according to the pre-game deployment, don't be afraid, and give full play to our advantages!" Terry, who wears the captain's armband on his arm, loudly comforts his teammates.
Hearing John Terry's words, the Chelsea players' mood finally calmed down a bit.
Next, it was still Blackburn Rovers who controlled the attack, and the Chelsea players carefully guarded their own half, staring at Blackburn's attack, and following the Blackburn Rovers who were marking their own defense very seriously, once Cristiano Ronaldo and Torres got the ball in the frontcourt, there would always be two or three people coming forward to scramble.
The three Chelsea players around him made small movements behind their backs, either pulling Ronaldo's jersey or pulling his shorts, and one didn't know whose hand it was, and even grabbed a handful of Ronaldo's crotch.
The current Ronaldo is not the "panty Ronaldo" in the future, the hairs on his body stood up, and he quickly passed the ball out, and at the same time turned around and glared at the perpetrator.
Who knew that these three guys were thicker than the other, and they didn't even look at Ronaldo, and turned around to defend other players.
After that, Blackburn's ball went to Ronaldo's feet, and it would never stay for more than 5 seconds, and if he could shake off the defense of Terry and others, he would get rid of it, and if he couldn't shake it off, he would immediately pass the ball out, and he would not give this obscene guy any chance to surround himself at all.
"Yo? I can't imagine that Terry is interested in his teammate's wife, and he is also interested in his opponent! Arthur is not worried about Ronaldo being locked up by Terry, because on the one hand, Ronaldo is definitely not Terry alone, and on the other hand, there is more than one Ronaldo in Blake.
However, during this period, Chelsea's attack did play well, and the connection up front was very smooth, and Van Gaal's team has reached Van Gaal's ideal point after three seasons of running-in, after winning the Premier League title last season.
Van Gaal nodded with great satisfaction after seeing his performance for a period of time, standing in front of the bench, Van Gaal, who has always been elegant, was still in the mood to walk back and forth.
Against Blackburn Rovers in recent years, Chelsea have always been on the back foot, and although the defence is impenetrable and the counter-attacks are sharp, they just can't wait for a win. The players were always held down by their opponents when they played against Blackburn, both physically and mentally.
Being able to stifle Blackburn's attack today, while still keeping Ballack and Alonso scrambling, Van Gaal already felt that this game was the best game of the season.
With about 25 minutes into the game, Blackburn Rovers began to slowly change their attacking focus, and began to gradually add two wings under Lippi's shouting, whether it was McCone on the right or Ashley Kerr on the left, the attack was more decisive.
Van Gaal didn't make the first adjustment after seeing the changes at Blackburn. Although sometimes the head coach's on-the-spot tactical fine-tuning can have a great effect, but blindly changing according to the changes of the opponent can only remain passive.
Terry's task in this game is very simple, that is, to defend Ronaldo tightly, even if Ronaldo does not take the ball, Terry knows that his ability to score inside and outside the box is amazing, so once Ronaldo enters the first ten meters of the Blues penalty area, Terry sticks up.
Alex and John Terry have similar tasks, with John Terry defending Cristiano Ronaldo and his goal being to keep an eye on Torres. He was cautious about defending Torres, and once Torres was on the edge of the box, Alex waited for the opportunity to make a move, like a dogskin plaster that Torres couldn't shake off.
However, Van Gaal knows that they can't put all their defensive attention on Cristiano Ronaldo and Torres, and it is absolutely impossible to expect to beat Blackburn Rovers by killing Ronaldo and Torres.
Blackburn Rovers also have Ballon d'Or winner Frank Lampard, German national team captain Michael Ballack, Premier League back-the-line Marcos Alonso and Blue Devils captain Duff, as well as McCone and Ashley Cole on either flank, all of whom they have to deal with carefully.
Seeing that Lippi's adjustment was good, Arthur was a little relieved.
With 60 minutes left in the game, Arthur silently counted the time in his mind, his eyes motionless to observe Ronaldo's performance. Without Ronaldo's wonderful performance, he always felt that he was not so down-to-earth.
That's the impact that an ace brings to the table.
Just when Arthur felt that the game was going a little flat, Chelsea suddenly launched a quick counter-attack.
Essien, with the help of Mikel, managed to steal the ball at Frank Lampard's feet, and then he handed the ball to the nearby Malouda, who did not wait for Ballack to press and immediately distributed the ball to Gerrard in the middle.
Frank Lampard turned back to defend but he had just taken a step when Steven Gerrard made a beautiful diagonal pass down the middle and the ball instantly penetrated Alonso's zone and flew straight behind Ashley Cole.
Ashley Cole jumped back and jumped hard to get to the top.
But the disadvantage of height is natural, and Ashley Cole was still calculated by Chelsea.
Shevchenko stepped forward quickly and landed the ball firmly at his feet, and before Ashley Cole could hit the ground, Shevchenko didn't hesitate to take the ball into the box.
"Watch out for the fill-in!" Carvalho threw himself at Shevchenko with a loud roar.
Because the nuclear warhead in this life was reused by Van Gaal, his performance at Chelsea was not bad, not a great value, but at least it was worth every transfer fee that Abou spent for him.
Already close to the goal, Shevchenko began to slow down and swayed from side to side, trying to get past Carvalho.
Carvalho saw the convergence of Shevchenko's two movements and did not hesitate to break the ball with his feet. Shevchenko originally thought that she would have to deal with Carvalho for two or three rounds, but she didn't expect Carvalho to be in such a hurry, and she went straight down as soon as she came up.
Shevchenko hurriedly dialed the ball to the bottom line, and now he can only hope to be able to wipe it into the penalty area along the bottom line, otherwise he can only force a cross.
But at this moment, Shevchenko suddenly felt Carvalho touch his calf, and after a little hesitation, the Ukrainian decisively chose to fall to the ground.
And where Shevchenko fell, it was a small step in the Blackburn penalty area. (To be continued.) )