When Scolari found out about City's starting line-up for the game, he felt something was wrong.

Dick did not follow his usual practice of using substitutes in the league before the start of the Champions League, and his starting XI in this game can be said to have fielded almost all of his main players, even Kompany and Yaya Toure, who were hidden in the snow in the first few games, were also put in the main line-up......

Goalkeeper Hart, defenders Alves, Kompany, Samuel, Barnes, midfielders Yaya Toure, Parker, Deco, forwards Ribery, Torres, Benzema, except for Di Natale who was rotated, the other main players all played!

And this season, after the introduction of Benzema, it has become normal for Di Natale to be rotated, after all, he is also 31 years old, and it is imperative to reduce the number of appearances, which is a very normal rotation.

With at least seven or eight of the players in the squad playing the full game in the previous two international matches, Dick still having them all played, and it is clear that City are planning to play Chelsea at home, which means that Scolari has one less thing to rely on.

However, Scolari did not intend to keep this game, and he also sent the whole main line-up, and this season he brought Chelsea back to the old way of four-three-three, in this game, except for Essien, who suffered a knee injury, was replaced by Mikel, the other Chelsea main players also played.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, defenders Bosingwa, Terry, Carvalho and Cole, midfielders Mikel, Lampard, Ballack, forwards Robinho, Drogba, Anelka, and Mourinho's four-three-three, Scolari's three forwards have better individual ability, Robinho and Anelka are both players who can play the wing, but in the wide range of transfers and midfield forward insertion, it will be slightly worse, after all, neither of them is a pure winger.

In this game, Manchester City's pressure in the middle will be greater.

When the players of both sides played, the Manchester City fans in the stands let out a huge cheer, and this game was also watched by many people, after all, in terms of value, the value of players on both sides is very high......

Manchester City's starting lineup, except for Hart, Barnes and Parker are players who are worth less than 10 million pounds, the other players are worth more than 10 million pounds, and most of them are around 20 million pounds, the entire squad is worth 150 million pounds, Chelsea is also not bad, Mikel has spent more than 10 million pounds on Chelsea, although Ballack is free to join, but his value is actually very high, compared with Manchester City, The squad that Chelsea has created is only worth a lot.

With a combined value of more than £300 million, the match has become a confrontation between the gold dollar and oil, Abu Dhabi is the oil tycoon, and the Abu Dhabi Group is basically oil, and the impact of oil, the most important component of modern industry, on the football world is also beginning to become increasingly huge.

It's just that this confrontation between oils, at first it seemed a little unfazed, the two sides were more entangled in the midfield, in terms of body, the midfielders on both sides were very good, although Deco is old, but he himself is also a midfielder who is not afraid of confrontation, the two sides are fighting back and forth in the midfield at the beginning, constantly strangling.

Playing against Chelsea, the strangulation of the midfield is indispensable, and Dick is also prepared for this, the two full-backs enter the midfield more to help the confrontation, and at the same time, the marking of the opposing striker is also quite tight.

It wasn't until the fifth minute that the first shot on goal was taken from the pitch, when Ribery shifted the ball to the other side, and Benzema, who was on his track, received the ball and forced a kick-off shot that went just wide of the far post.

After this shot, the two sides fell into a relatively calm situation, Manchester City's attack was more concentrated on the wing, Ribery's breakthrough led the team's attack, while Chelsea's attack was more concentrated in the middle, Barton did not play, Manchester City's defense in the middle appeared to be weaker, and they also took a fancy to this.

Ballack fed the ball to Anelka, who didn't pass the ball but broke through the middle, his pace and skill were unquestionable, and after breaking through Parker's defence, the substitute Samuel knocked Anelka to the ground and Chelsea won a direct free-kick from the edge of the box, just twenty-one metres from goal.

Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Robinho were all in front of the ball at the same time, Lampard's free-kicks were known for their power, and Drogba's free-kicks were also good, his free-kicks were good at angle, and Robinho's free-kicks were not bad, more dexterous.

Such three people stood in front of the ball, which also brought huge pressure to Hart - after the referee blew the whistle that could be punished, under the cover of Drogba, Robinho kicked a beautiful curling ball, the ball went around the wall, and flew into the gate of Manchester City against the right post, although Hart made a save, but in the face of such a free kick, Hart could not save the ball!

"The ball is in! Nice free kick! Robinho, the star of the season, scored on his first appearance for Chelsea, and it was in such a crucial game! It was a brilliant free-kick and a theoretical blind spot, with Chelsea leading on the road! ”

The young Robinho has a happy smile on his face, after the transfer to Real Madrid, the talent of Sanchez did not play too well, although the results are good, but he has not been able to integrate into the whole team, during which there was a fight with Gravison on the training ground, although it later ended with Gravison being sold back to Everton, but this also made Robinho subject to some controversy, and this summer's transfer can also be called a soap opera, in addition to Chelsea, Tottenham is also pursuing Robinho, Robinho definitely wanted to go to Chelsea, but Tottenham paid more money at the time, and in the end, it was Chelsea owner Abou who made the decision and brought in Robinho for a high price of 32 million pounds, which also made Robinho exceed Alves, who is worth 30 million pounds, and become the transfer king of the Premier League this season.

He joined Chelsea on the last day before the transfer window closed, and it was his first appearance for Chelsea, scoring a goal for Chelsea, which was a good start indeed.

Faced with the situation of falling behind in the opening period, Dick did not show too much emotion, such a game, it is normal to concede the goal first, just a free kick, Chelsea is not so impeccable, in the previous back and forth, Manchester City also began to create some opportunities, and then, just see if you can seize the opportunity.

The period after the opponent scores first, on the contrary, will be the opportunity for his own goal, as long as you take advantage of it, it will be fine.

After the restart, City attacked again under Dick's command, and with Deco's pass, they began to pass back and forth more to create chances, while Chelsea began to hold on to their own half, intending to get through the time of City's heavy attack.

Although in terms of the overall team, Scolari is still a little uncomfortable with the way of the club, which is the biggest reason why he left after a year in charge, but in the command of a single game, he is still very good, after all, he has a wealth of experience in the national team, has dealt with a variety of opponents, and he is quite familiar with Dick's idea of seizing this period of time, resisting this period of attack, and then the game will enter a stalemate, when the leading Chelsea will be able to play more calmly……

Minutes passed quickly, and City were unable to score too many points under Chelsea's solid defence.

Just when Scolari was satisfied, Yaya Toure passed the ball to Ribery, who then forced a break down the left and his cross bounced off the blocking Bosingwa for a corner.

Dick waved his hand off the pitch and then the City players began to pour into the Chelsea penalty area, two centre-forwards, Yaya Toure in midfield, Kompany and Samuel at the back......

Seeing this, Scolari was startled at first, and then relieved - just a corner, Chelsea's high-altitude ball defense ability is also very good, not to mention the two central defenders, Mikel and Ballack also have outstanding height and bounce, Chelsea is not very afraid of corners.

However, on this set-piece, Chelsea conceded the ball - Deco took a corner, Kompany pressed Carvalho's header at the back post, and was blocked by Cole in front of the goal, but the ball fell right in front of Samuel in the box, and the Argentine defender flew up and hit the ball into the Chelsea door at the first time!

One to one! Also relying on a set-piece, City equalised five minutes after conceding the goal!

Dick waved his fist in satisfaction, in such a game, the first half is often easier to form a stalemate, being able to score through set-pieces is already a good choice, now they have conceded the ball, and the defense is definitely not as tight as in the previous game, and at this time, it is the time to really compete for goals!

Scolari, no matter how experienced you are, it's only at the national team level, you have been coaching the national team before the 02 World Cup, the experience of the national team and the club, to a large extent, can not coexist, now I will let you see, the top club coach, what kind of level!

After seeing the goal, Scolari waved his hand in annoyance, he just thought that Chelsea would not be bad at defending high balls, but Manchester City still seized the opportunity, which made Scolari very annoyed.

"Attack! Keep putting pressure on them! Scolari yelled at the pitch that if Manchester City were able to capitalise on a little mistake after Chelsea took the lead and equalised, then his team could also seize the change of mentality after the opponent's goal and score again!

'Start with midfield, tell Leighton and Daniel to watch out for their two wingers and don't let them burst into the box and force them to cut inside and reduce the threat of their midfielders coming forward, understand?'

Dick called Deco on the sidelines, and then said a few words to him in succession, Deco nodded, and quickly conveyed Dick's consciousness to all the players on the field.

Chelsea's squad is actually very good, but there is a problem that neither Robinho nor Nicolas Anelka are the kind of players who can be willing to stay on the wing, which will certainly squeeze the space of Frank Lampard and Ballack up front, and if you can take advantage of that, the defence will naturally look easier - in fact, in Dick's opinion, with Drogba now just recovering from injury, it is better to send Malouda and push Anelka into the middle, which is more tactical......