When the two commentators were gossiping in the live commentary room, the players from both sides had already walked onto the court.

Away Crystal Palace started 4231 today

Goalkeeper: Speroni

Defenders: Maggio, Benatia, McCarthy, Larsson

Defenders: Stroman, N'Golo Kante

Attacking midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne, Mertens, Mkhitaryan

Forward: Jamie Vardy

Melo and Shears are still injured, Wen Sheng has sent the strongest squad in his mind to the field, and some players have been rotated several games in a row, but now there is no way, it's not the time to say bitter.

On Chelsea's side, Villas-Boas was 433.

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic, David Luiz, John Terry, Ashley Cole

Midfielders: Ramirez, Meireles, Romeu

Forwards: Mata, Sturridge, Drogba

Boas's formation is actually similar to Wensheng's formation.

Juan Mata is a winger, but he has a similar function as Kevin De Bruyne as a winger, a wing-midfielder.

If you start this set, many people already think that Crystal Palace is not bad for Chelsea, Crystal Palace even occupies a certain advantage in the midfield, Crystal Palace's midfield has technology, strong interception ability, and outstanding control, Chelsea should not take advantage in front of them.

After Boas took charge of Chelsea, he continued to start the road of reform at Chelsea, and this season Chelsea has brought in players such as Mata, Romeu, and Meireles, all of whom have an obvious label on them, Iberian Peninsula players, and their foot skills are relatively good.

It stands to reason that Chelsea spend a lot of money, but in fact it is far from what Villas-Boas wants, Chelsea's problem is aging, many players in the squad are left over from the Jose Mourinho era, it has been many years ago, Drogba, Lampard, Malouda, Ashley. Cole, Essien, and the others are all getting old.

What is enough for 75 million pounds to exchange blood?!

Chelsea are struggling a bit at the moment, and I have to say that it has a lot to do with the fact that the money is not well spent.

Of course, Chelsea's recent embarrassment has a lot to do with Villas-Boas's hiring of personnel.

At the beginning of his tenure, Boas carried out drastic reforms, gradually downplaying the main positions of Lampard, Drogba and others, and vigorously supporting new people to come to power.

However, Torres, who he strongly supports, is not angry, or the Torres who can't score, no, the Champions League and this game Boas can't bear to let Drogba as the starter.

If Wen Sheng is changed, there may be a stalemate for a few games, after all, Torres is not six consecutive games without scoring, a little better than Vardy's original state.

In this way, the veteran will be up and down for a while, and the main force in Boas's mind will also be up and down for a while, and there will definitely be dissatisfaction in the team, and there is no need to investigate, you can guess it.

Wen Sheng got Derry out of the starting lineup, and the two of them were good brothers in the summer, didn't the two of them also have an awkward quarrel in the previous stage? !

With Wensheng's prestige and control, let alone the newcomer Boas.

Don't forget, Chelsea's appointment of Wensheng as the team's head coach was later known by many media, and Villas-Boas was, to put it bluntly, just a spare tire.

The news put Boas under a lot of pressure both inside and out.

"Dear fans and friends! Let's jump right into the game! Didier. Drogba kicks off! ...... "With Anthony. Taylor's whistle blew and the game officially began. Taylor and Ian Wright began today's commentary.

"Juan Mata take the ball, start! Maggio is out of the way! Decisive interception! ”

"Oh, Mata, it's still Mata, deft shaking, decisive passing! ...... cross, Drogba headed in goal, he was interfered with by McCarthy, the goal did not pose a threat to Speroni! What a pity! ”

Chelsea had their first shot of the game in the second minute, and Mata team-mates combined on the flanks before sending in a low cross that Drogba had a poor chance.

Mata was very active after the opening, the player who spent Chelsea 35 million is very good, good technique, can shoot when there is a breakthrough, and the ability to pass the key is relatively good, and his performance after coming to Chelsea is worthy of his own value, and has always been the main force under Boas.

'Chelsea are attacking like crazy!' Ten minutes later, Martin Taylor concluded.

'Yes, it's their home stadium after all, Chelsea are more proactive!' Ian. "But it also has a lot to do with Crystal Palace's tactical strategy! Daniel didn't adopt a high-post defense strategy in this game, and it seems that he cares more about the balance between offense and defense! ”

Chelsea came close to opening the scoring in the sixth minute, when Sturridge, an unobtrusive youngster, flicked off Larsson and fired into the corner of the box when he flicked off the left, but Speroni was a step slower thanks to the post.

"Woo!" The Chelsea fans grunted with their heads in their hands, followed by a loud round of applause from Sturridge.

Sturridge became famous early, debuted in Manchester City's youth system, was fast, and later switched to Chelsea after his contract with Manchester City expired, but he was not very used at Chelsea, and his goal scoring efficiency was not high, and the arrival of Torres seriously squeezed his living space, and he was loaned to Bolton Wanderers last season.

At the start of the new season, Villas-Boas pushed the team to rejuvenate the team, and Sturridge began to be used, but he is not doing well at the moment.

In the summer of 10, Zahavi had a very good relationship with Chelsea, and recommended to Wensheng that he could buy Sturridge, Sturridge was still very immature at that time, but Wensheng knew that this kid later shined in Liverpool and scored quite efficiently, of course he also knew that Sturridge later became a glass physique, always injured, and gradually his talent was worn out, the same as Villarreal's Rossi.

So that summer, Wen Sheng thought about it, weighed the pros and cons and did not agree to Zahavi's recommendation, and did not promote Sturridge's transfer, of course, the current Sturridge does not know that there was such a man who hesitated for him.

It's a shame to say!

Seeing Sturridge's annoyance on the pitch because of the lack of the ball, Wen Sheng imagined what happened to this guy later, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Wen Sheng is not too worried about the situation on the court, Martin... Taylor is right, Chelsea are a bit aggressive, but this is also the result of Wensheng's connivance, compared to last season, Chelsea have changed a lot in terms of personnel and tactics, and Crystal Palace opened the game to slow down the tempo, and it was right to slowly figure it out.

In the Ancelotti era, his attack was more three-dimensional, wide open and close, and the impact was sufficient, but then the players were older, a little unbearable this tactic, and it was difficult to keep up with the physical mobility, but the striker Torres, who had high hopes, could not find the feeling for a long time, and the decline in Chelsea's record last season was not accidental.

Chelsea have changed their style over the years, and Carlo Ancelotti's reforms have been fruitful in the first year, but the inaction of the Chelsea hierarchy has prevented Ancelotti's reforms from proceeding due to the age of the players, and he has been disgraced.

After Villas-Boas came to power, he actually had to continue to promote Chelsea's reforms, so he couldn't follow Mourinho's old path, he could only continue to walk on Ancelotti's shoulders, Ancelotti's biggest feature of Chelsea was full of attacking power, and he led Chelsea's first season to set a single-season goal record in the Premier League, what else can Villas-Boas do?!

Keep going on the offensive!

The reform of Villas-Boas in the new season is mainly reflected in the offensive means, I have to say that Villas-Boas is talented, and also has his own thoughts, as Drogba ages, Torres has become the hope of the striker, and the fulcrum role of Chelsea's forward line has weakened, so Boas intends to take the Latin school of ground attack, this choice is not wrong at all.

How could Torres really hurt him?

For Torres, Mata, Romeu, Meireles, Ramirez and other skilled midfielders were on the top, but Torres still did not score, and Villas-Boas had no choice but to sometimes have to go back to his old ways.