Didier Drogba, one meter eight or nine tall.

David Luiz, 1.89 meters tall.

Gary Cahill, 1.93 meters tall.

John Obi Mikel, 1.88 meters tall.

Frank Lampard is 1.84m tall.

It was the tallest five players in the Chelsea squad, and when they all made their way into the Real Madrid penalty area, they immediately had a clear aerial advantage, as Real Madrid's defenders did not have a matching high point.

Ramos is 1.84 meters tall and Pepe is 1.87 meters tall, which are the two tallest players in Real Madrid's midfield.

Although the team has Ibrahimovic, a man who is nearly two meters tall, the Swedish center forward is an attacking player, even when taking a corner kick, it is difficult to return to the penalty area, and more often acts as a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt.

The advantage in the air is obvious, Chelsea's corner kicks are not difficult to guess, and Real Madrid is like a big enemy in and out.

Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane both kept shouting at their players from the sidelines, reminding them to be careful and stay focused.

Juan Mata runs over to take a corner.

The Spain international, who came through Real Madrid's academy, was clearly unrelenting and quickly curled a ball at the referee's whistle, but it landed at the front post.

Ivory Coast elephant king Drogba was originally in the middle of the goal, but when Juan Mata took a penalty, he quickly rushed forward, shook off Pepe, who was with him, and fought for the landing point first, and flicked the header.

The ball crossed almost in a straight line, between Casillas' hands, and into the Real Madrid goal.

In an instant, the entire Allianz Arena once again ushered in extremely enthusiastic cheers.

All the Chelsea fans in the stadium rushed out of their seats in a frenzy, all of them getting carried away and chanting Drogba's name.

At the critical moment, Drogba seized the opportunity of Chelsea's first corner kick of the game and broke through Real Madrid's goal with a header to open the scoring for Chelsea, 1-0!

Corners, headers, or set-pieces!

This is the biggest weakness of Real Madrid before the game, and the team is also prepared for set-piece defense, but the result is still unguardable.

Set-piece high balls, this is not only the weakness of Real Madrid, but also the weakness of Barcelona, especially in the Champions League.

Whether it is the Premier League, Bundesliga or Serie A, the average height is slightly better than that of La Liga teams, especially against technical teams such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, the height advantage and strength confrontation are even more obvious, which is very disadvantageous in set-piece defense.

But no one thought that after attacking the opponent for more than 30 minutes, he was hit by the opponent's first shot and broke through his own goal.

McConn's face was ugly, because the quick counter-attack that created the corner came precisely from Bertrand.

He had noticed it at the time, and quickly returned to the defense as soon as possible, but he still couldn't catch up with Bertrand after all.

He tried his best, but in the professional league, people tend to just look at the result and not at whether you try your best.

If he was more or less lucky before, then this goal obviously reveals a cruel truth, that is, McCone is not the McCone of a year ago.

A year ago, he would have been able to catch up with Bertrande, but now he ......

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Ancelotti turned around and slapped his hands on the roof of the dugout angrily after Drogba's header, his hands hurt, but he didn't feel the slightest feeling, because he was now full of unwillingness.

"I already knew, I already knew!" Ancelotti kept repeating these words.

Bertrand, the player who was relied on by Di Matteo and started, was definitely not accidental, but deliberate.

Ancelotti guessed this before the game, that is, to use Bertrand's speed and impact to hit McConn's back, and when defending, he would even retreat deep with McConn, which made Real Madrid's right side of the half-court barely play too much threat, and more relied on Robben's individual ability.

Yes, McCone is indeed going downhill, but that doesn't mean he's not strong.

Even now, McCone is still one of the best right-backs in Europe, but the problem is that he is getting older and starting to expose his shortcomings and be exploited by opponents.

'Damn, Chelsea defended too tightly.' Zidane was also very angry.

Against Chelsea's impregnable wall, Real Madrid seem to have the upper hand and get a lot of chances, but in reality there are not many definite chances that are really threatening, because the opposition defends very tightly.

Now that we've conceded a goal and we're down, Chelsea's morale will be high and it's harder for Real Madrid to score.

Carlo Ancelotti has been in charge of Chelsea for two years, and he doesn't know that Chelsea has been one of the most defensively capable teams in the Premier League and even Europe in recent years, and even if you want to count the defensive stability in recent years, Chelsea is definitely ranked first, and it is difficult for any team to compare with it.

How much effort has it taken European coaches to build?

Carlo Ancelotti is a headache now because he doesn't know how to break through Chelsea's defence.

Especially with the Blues one goal ahead, they will be more determined.

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The rest of the game went as Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane expected, with Chelsea becoming more conservative.

In the last few minutes, Real Madrid almost one-sided put pressure on Chelsea and frequently created chances, but Chelsea was from the penalty area to the 30-meter area, and the black pressure was full of people, and the line was airtight, leaving no chance for Real Madrid.

In the end, he dragged the 1-0 lead into the halftime break.

Real Madrid were far ahead in terms of shooting, corners and possession, gaining a crushing advantage, but they were behind Chelsea in terms of scoring, which also disappointed the Real Madrid fans in the field.

But as the Real Madrid players walked off the pitch, the fans gave the team a round of applause as encouragement.

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After Yang Yang returned to the locker room, he directly took off his wet shirt, threw it in the bucket casually, walked to his place, sat down, and took a deep breath.

He's been happy with his performance in the first half and he has no problem with his form, but Chelsea defence is tight, often with two or even three players defending him on his flank, which makes it difficult for him to do so.

The performance on the right side has been a bit sluggish, which obviously has little to do with McConn's penetration.

What's worse is that when McCone actively stepped forward to assist, Real Madrid's right side was penetrated by Chelsea's counterattack.

It was definitely a premeditated counterattack.

Yang Yang sat on the chair, his back against the wardrobe, the back of his head resting on the cabinet door, and thought with his eyes closed.

Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane walked into the dressing room, the former came directly to the middle of the players, while the latter signaled the staff to come and clean up the scene, which were all jerseys and sundries thrown by the players on the ground.

"We have a five-minute break, and then we'll talk about how we're going to play in the second half." Ancelotti said.

Then, he and Zidane turned around and walked to the coach's rest area next door, obviously the coaching staff also had to discuss and study the style of play in the second half, and the most important thing was to chase back the one-goal deficit first.

Five minutes later, Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane were back in the middle of the players.

"If you have any ideas, you can speak freely." Ancelotti said.

Ramos looked left and right, looked at his teammates, and shouted: "Don't worry, don't be discouraged, we're going to win!" ”

"That's right, we're going to win!"

"It's going to win!"

"Sure to win!"

Many of the players started shouting along, apparently cheering themselves on.

Casillas was a bit silent at this time, because he was not a captain who was good at mobilizing the atmosphere in the dressing room, and he looked more low-key and reserved, much like Raul.

After Ramos finished speaking, the locker room fell silent again.

Yang Yang looked around and made sure that no one was talking, so he stood up.

"I think we have too many people up front." Yang Yang said.

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at him.

Is there a lot of people in the front court?

Not much, only four people, and they are all the world's top superstars, how can there be more?

'The opposition was very tightly defended, so I think we should play more freely, we have an advantage individually, so we should play that bit to pull the opposition defence and look for chances.'

Ancelotti and Zidane looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"Yang, you go on." Ancelotti said.

'Chelsea's midfield is not very strong, which makes it difficult for them to play consistently, and the attack from the left was more like a kill move that they had hidden so deeply, and it could only be used once before it caught our attention and it didn't work.

Everyone nodded in unison.

'After taking the lead, Chelsea retreated a little further and played more conservatively, obviously they were a little surprised by the goals themselves, and even some didn't know how to play after taking the lead, to stick to it or to keep the same way they played.

Yang Yang's question is poignant and certainly the one that everyone in the Chelsea dressing room is at the forefront of mind at this moment.

Stubbornly defending may not be able to hold on, but it is also unreliable to continue to play in the first half, how to keep this leading goal?

A score of 1-0 is the most unstable, and this is not empty words, but has been confirmed by countless games.

"We are very dangerous on both wings and on both flanks, the advantage is obvious, I think we should further strengthen it and give more freedom up front, for example, Robben and I can actively intersperse on the flanks and ribs, and even appear on the same side at the same time, while Kaka's position can be appropriately retracted to play to his advantage in the back and hit the opponent's soft underbelly."

Yang Yang's proposal made Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane both nod in agreement, which went deeper than their previous thoughts, after all, Yang Yang fought Chelsea on the pitch, and he has a first-hand experience of Chelsea's defense.

He is confident that he can play through Chelsea's wings and ribs with Arjen Robben, so there will be no problem.

"Also, I think we should try to equalise at the start of the second half, we must not have any illusions of a draw, we have to win in 90 minutes, we have to win!"

Chelsea were thinking of a draw, so they also rehearsed penalties, but Real Madrid preferred to end the game within 90 minutes, because the longer it dragged on, it might not be in Real Madrid's favor.

Even if Chelsea's fitness is likely to be problematic because of the schedule, no one dares to underestimate the willpower of the Premier League team.

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