In the thirtieth minute, Chelsea centre-back Carvalho broke the ball in the box, rushed forward, instigated a counter-attack on the spot, and quickly played a long ball to the right side of the pitch.

Drogbala picked up the ball on the right flank, drove the ball all the way, and used a sudden acceleration after a stoppage to get rid of Daniel Ague and pass the ball into the box.

Joe Cole grabbed ahead of Arbeloa, calmly scored with his left foot seven meters in front of goal!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！”

With a long goal from the commentator, Joe Cole turned and rushed out of the pitch, while the entire Stamford Bridge crowd rushed out of their seats in a frenzy, shouting and cheering with all their might!

Finally a goal!

'In the 30th minute, Chelsea launched a quick counter-attack, Drogba crossed from the right, Joe Cole calmly seized the opportunity to open the scoring for Chelsea and break the deadlock!

'It's the second time in this game that Didier Drogba has threatened on the right flank on the counter-attack.

'The last time was in the 16th minute, it was also a Chelsea counter-attack, Drogba crossed from the right, also to Joe Cole, but that time it was picked up by Reina and couldn't create a threat.

'But this time, Chelsea finally took their chance and broke through the Liverpool goal!'

"One to zero!"

The whole Stamford Bridge was in a frenzy.

Now it's the Champions League semi-finals!

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When the ball was lost in the front, Liverpool quickly returned to defense, and Yang Yang also chased all the way back.

But in the end, Chelsea scored again!

Mourinho grabbed one of Liverpool's more obvious holes, that is, the hidden danger of Aurelio on the left side after he stepped forward.

This is a weakness that all attacking full-backs have, and Liverpool have made plans for it.

But Mourinho's move this time was a bit strange, as he let Drogbal pull aside and Shevchenko in the middle, but Drogba's pass went to Joe Cole, who was inserted in later, not Shevchenko.

It is often this very subtle detail that plays an important role in the critical moment.

In fact, when Chelsea played like this for the first time just now, Liverpool was already on guard, but unexpectedly, Chelsea seized the opportunity and took the lead in breaking Liverpool's goal.

For this situation, Benitez also made a plan before the game, so Liverpool did not panic.

Throughout the first half hour of the game, the two sides were evenly matched, neither had a good chance to score, and for most of the game, it was Liverpool who had the advantage.

Having killed Barcelona and Roma in succession, Liverpool is now full of morale, even if it is as strong as Chelsea, it has to temporarily avoid the edge and choose a more secure defensive counter-attacking tactic.

But Chelsea seized the only chance to score.

Jose Mourinho is an expert at counter-attacking!

Yang Yang still admires the Portuguese coach very much, but he is also very unconvinced.

Benitez on the sidelines also quickly made adjustments, signaling Liverpool to start pressing again, which is a signal for active attack.

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Chelsea still lined up in a four-three-three formation for this game.

The goalkeeper is Petr Cech, with Ashley Cole, Carvalho, John Terry and Pacos Ferreira at the back, Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele and Mikel in midfield, and Joko Shevchenko and Drogba up front.

But after the opening, Liverpool's left side played hard, and Aurelio and Yang Yang put a lot of pressure on Chelsea's right side on this side, so Mourinho made adjustments, and Makelele moved closer to the right to help defend Ferreira.

Ferreira looks relatively mediocre and doesn't seem to have any merits, but in fact he also has no flaws, he is also conscientious on the court, and he didn't make any big mistakes when facing Yang Yang.

Coupled with the assistance of Claude Makelele, Chelsea's right side of defence was more than capable of keeping Liverpool's attack on the left.

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Benitez's tactics for this game mainly emphasized two points.

One is to maintain tactical integrity, which goes without further ado.

Against a team like Chelsea, it's impossible to win loosely and Liverpool's biggest advantage is the whole.

Yang Yang was able to play well precisely because he showed his advantages on an overall basis.

And the second point, which is also targeted, is to control the second landing point.

Didier Drogba is the backbone of Chelsea's attack, and when defending, it is very difficult for Liverpool to grab the first landing point with him, so Benitez's defensive strategy is to grab the second landing point.

In the same way, Peter Crouch's tactical role in the front court is also very obvious, he can get the ball, grab the ball, so the most important thing in Liverpool's attack is to grab the second landing point.

But what Benitez can think of, Mourinho can think of too.

Therefore, Chelsea have deployed heavy reinforcements around the penalty area, and it is easy not to give Liverpool any chance.

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Both sides were very defensive-minded teams, they knew each other well, and the managers of both teams did their best to put forward their best defensive formations, so the game was intense, but not exciting at all.

It could even be said that neither side created any decent chances.

After Chelsea scored the first goal, Liverpool pressed further but were unable to create a threat.

In the end, the first half was still 0-1 for a while.

At half-time, Rafael Benitez praised his team's performance in the first half.

Except for the goal conceded, Liverpool really didn't give the opponent any other chance, but it was scored by Joe Cole.

'It was luck that Chelsea didn't score a goal two years ago and it was given to Joe Cole tonight, but anyway I'm very happy with the performance in the first half and we have to keep it that way in the second half.

"Believe me, as long as we keep this scoreline and go back to Anfield, we will give the opponent a terrible blow!"

When Yang Yang heard this, he remembered what Benitez once said, he found a loophole in Chelsea that even Mourinho did not find, which should be his killer feature in the second leg.

The manager's confidence was also quickly passed on to the players.

But the away defeat to Chelsea is clearly not within the range of Liverpool players.

At the very least, it's only half-time now, and it's not Liverpool's style to admit defeat and surrender early.

Captain Steven Gerrard, who had red and swollen lips last night, worked hard and diligently in the first half, and at this time he was also encouraging his team-mates in the dressing room to keep up the effort and try to keep the goal in the second half, equalize the score, or even reverse the opponent.

'We've beaten Chelsea two games in a row and hopefully we can continue that win tonight!'

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After the two sides changed sides in the second half, they still couldn't create good chances for each other.

Chelsea are still playing steadily, and Liverpool opened the game with a flurry of attacks, but there were no good chances.

Yang Yang is also a bit dumb on the left side.

Not jokingly, in the face of a stubborn and focused defensive player like Ferreira, and a top midfielder like Makellele, it would be strange if Yang Yang could perform well.

And after Didier Drogba assisted Joe Cole's goal, Aurelio began to feel some pressure on the left side.

In this case, Yang Yang has not had too good performances and opportunities from the beginning of the game to the present.

Mourinho obviously also specially formulated a defensive strategy to restrain Yang Yang, so naturally he will not be given another chance.

The game was so intense and dreary that both sides played with restraint that after 70 minutes, there was not even a single yellow card, but the atmosphere was very tense.

Everyone knows that both sides are tense, and it depends on who makes the mistake first.

Chelsea want to score another goal and lay the edge because a one-goal lead to the away side has no chance of winning.

Liverpool, on the other hand, are looking for an equaliser or even a reversal.

The lagging side were the first to make substitutions, with Benitez replacing Kuyt with Pennant in the 70th minute.

Apparently hoping to create more chances with Pennant's ability to cross from the right, Crouch's advantage in the box is still very clear, and Kuyt doesn't have too many opportunities to play against Ashley Cole.

Chelsea were quick to make a substitution, with Kalou coming on for Andriy Shevchenko.

After the substitution, Didier Drogba returned to the middle, Joe Cole switched to the right and Kalou played on the left.

Chelsea still have to fight back.

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The time is ticking by.

Liverpool, who was able to beat Barcelona in two legs and slaughter Roma, was met with Chelsea's tenacious sniping at Stamford Bridge.

There really wasn't even a decent chance in the whole game, and the Blues trained by Mourinho were really very strong, especially on the defensive end, which can really be said to be leakless.

After a substitution, both sides seemed to have stopped the substitution very tacitly.

The clock went from 70 minutes to 80 minutes, and then to 83 minutes.

Rafa Benitez made a second substitution, with Mohamed Sissoko coming on for Xavi Alonso.

Others don't know, but Liverpool knows it inside, this is to let the team grab the last few minutes, regardless of whether they can score in the last moments, at least to suppress Chelsea's spirit.

Sissoko came on to form a back two with Mascherano in order to free up Aurelio and Gerrard.

Jose Mourinho was clearly aware of Benitez's intentions, so he made a second substitution after Liverpool.

Wright Phillips replaces Joe Cole.

Chelsea's intentions are also very clear, to attack?

Okay, I'll hold it safe, and then I'll wait for the opportunity to fight you back.

If you don't want to die, you can come!

The fighting style of the two world's top coaches can be described as very targeted, both clamping each other's weaknesses, and every substitution is very targeted.

After Sissoko came on the field, Aurelio began to press forward boldly, and Yang Yang further expanded his range of activities, actively interspersed with runs in the middle and in the penalty area, patiently looking for opportunities.

Gerrard pressed on it and put pressure on Mikel.

Chelsea, on the other hand, continued to shrink their defence, waiting for their time and playing counter-attacks.

And whether it is Yang Yang or Gerrard, the goal is also very clear, that is, Peter Crouch grabbed the second landing point.