The referee stood in the arc of the Chelsea half, holding a whistle in his right hand and keeping his eyes fixed on the electronic watch on his left wrist, while the fans at Stamford Bridge lost their voices at this moment, waiting with the players on the pitch for the game to start.

Mourinho still has the same expression that someone owes him five million, pursed his mouth and frowns, sitting in the coach's box of the home team, always holding a small notebook in his left hand.

The national commentators in the Stamford Bridge live studio were also ready to put their final touches on the screen, as the stands quieted as they waited for the referee's whistle to begin the game commentary lines.

Beep~~~

Just then, the referee blew his whistle.

Iello stomped the ball to David Villa next to him and walked slowly to the Chelsea half, while Chelsea's No.12 Mikel followed Aylo to his place.

"With the referee's whistle, the first leg of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League quarter-final between Chelsea and Valencia officially began......

Basically, this is the unanimous opening words of the national commentators in the Stamford Bridge live studio.

After the opening, Valencia took advantage of the kick-off and quickly pressed the attacking line into Chelsea's 40-metre defensive area, except for Moretti and Albiol who stayed near the halfway, the other eight players basically pressed through the half.

"Valencia entered the game very quickly, this time they did not blindly use Ai's point to force Chelsea's defensive right side, but chose to push a little more safely, but from the opening 30 seconds, this choice is still very good......

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray said.

Now, he has become Sky TV's number one choice to cover the Valencia game.

Chelsea's defenders did not panic in the face of Valencia's advances, but went their separate ways, with Makelele, the representative of the archeque midfield, sticking to the middle, and Frank Lampard, who was playing his 300th official game for Chelsea, also retreated to the front of his own box to assist in the defence, leaving only Drogba and Shepchenko roaming in front.

Chelsea are in an all-out defensive posture at home.

Seeing that Chelsea, who was playing at home, actually put on a defensive posture at the first time, the BBC commentator was very unhappy and said, "You must know that this game was played at Stamford Bridge, I really don't understand why this stubborn Jose Mourinho chose to defend at his home stadium, can't you take off your conservative coat and choose to attack?" ”

In fact, the BBC commentator also misunderstood Mourinho, not because he didn't want to make achievements in the attack, but because there are too few attacking personnel in the current Chelsea team.

The Dutch winger Arjen Robben, who was originally optimistic, did not expect to bid farewell to this season directly after the winter break, and Essien, who can attack and defend well, is also recovering from injury, Joe Cole has just returned from injury, and the former Valencia player Aimar, who joined Chelsea last season, has not been able to find his place in the team for a long time, Mourinho can bring this season's troubled Chelsea to the current situation is very difficult.

It's just that sometimes the fans and the media expect too much from him.

***

Judging from the first ten minutes of the game, although Valencia dominated the field, the attack did not make any practical achievements, and they were still testing each other.

This Chelsea team, under the leadership of Jose Mourinho, is not only full of fighting power, but also very bloody, which can be completely seen in the opening ten minutes, because they do not give up an inch.

The defensive hierarchy was also kept perfect, Chelsea were allowed to play the ball in a nonchalant proportion, but they would never allow Valencia's players to calmly possess the ball in key Chelsea defensive positions, which is why Valencia were unable to burn the fire into Chelsea's defensive danger zone during these 10 minutes.

Valencia's two very dangerous wings also lost their ability in the first ten minutes, and Elo on the left was under the defense of Diarra and Mikel, two muscular men, and could not control the ball calmly, let alone break through or something.

Similarly, David Silva on the right also encountered this problem, Ashley Cole is not only very strong in assisting, but also very effective in defense, without the need for teammates to help defend, David Silva is basically completely limited.

In addition, it was drizzling in the sky, which made Valencia's players, who are good at passing and cutting coordination, more careful when passing, because once the ball hits the ground, there will be a forward acceleration, which adds a lot of difficulty to their passing.

For Chelsea's defenders, all they had to do was get the ball out and they were done.

***

After the defenders gradually adapted to Valencia's attacking rhythm, from the 11th minute, Valencia, who were playing away, slowly conceded some possession.

Although the current Chelsea squad is technically more technical than Valencia, the win is more direct in attack.

Leveraging the width of the pitch and the traditional way of playing in England is Chelsea, especially on the left side of the attack, with the attacking combination of Ashley Cole and Kalou on the left flank, which quickly put pressure on Valencia's defensive right.

David Silva, who had previously focused on attack, was also forced to go on the defensive, and Albelda also needed to come over from time to time to make up for it.

Coupled with the ability of Drogba and Shepchenko, two strong forwards, Valencia's defensive pressure is increasing.

After the first ten minutes of probing, Chelsea gradually took the initiative on the pitch and the home fans in the stands sang the anthem louder, especially when the attack was fluid.

'Chelsea's attack is very fluid and direct, should we put our forces on the right and limit the number of crosses they can deliver? Paul asked Flores.

Flores shook his head, "You have to keep enough defenders in the middle, because Frank Lampard's long-range shooting ability and attacking from behind cannot be ignored. ”

Paul nodded understandingly, then looked back at the field.

This time it was still Chelsea's attack, after a few passes from the midfield, the football passed to the left, Kalou took the ball on the left side to face Albelda and Miguel who came to help the defense, and the left-back Ashley Cole was also inserted at high speed against the sideline.

As a result, Miguel had to devote some of his attention to Ashley Cole, who was on a high-speed set, and at that moment, Kalou suddenly moved the ball sideways to the right and picked up a right-footed cross, and both Albelda and Miguel's bodies subconsciously moved to the left, that is, to the right of Kalou's ball.

Kalou used a feint to pick up his right foot, then used the arch of his right foot to stealthily pass the ball towards Albelda and Miguel.

By the time Miguel turned around, it was too late, and Ashley Cole had completely increased his speed after more than ten meters of running, and he still needed a start-up process, and the defense was already clearly behind after turning around.

Ashley Cole faced Kalou's through ball and sent a high-quality cross directly with his left foot, the kind that was flat and fast, the kind that defenders did not dare to touch lightly, while the attacking players scored as soon as they touched.

Suddenly, the cheers of the home fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge rose an octave of the year.

Ashley Cole's back-to-back cross was also one of Chelsea's ways of scoring.

Drogba and Shepchenko jumped high one after the other, which immediately made Albiol and Moretti feel a lot of pressure, although Albiol is not inferior to Drogba in height, but the tonnage of his body is too different, so he chooses to interfere more than fight for the top when defending Drogba.

This time it was the same, at the same time as Ashley Cole's cross, Albiol stuck his body to Drogba to prevent him from jumping lightly, especially at the moment when Drogba was about to top the football, he also secretly pulled a jersey, so that he lost the best time to jump at a critical time.

The ball slipped through the heads of the two men, Moretti scrambled to direct the ball in front of Shepchenko, and Ballack, who returned to the defense, continued to rub the ball back to temporarily defuse the crisis.

But what I didn't expect was that Frank Lampard, who had been waiting at the edge of the penalty area for a long time, saw the landing point of the football and went straight up, Ballack turned around and blocked it half a beat slowly, Lampard's non-stop ball was directly long-range shot was blocked by Ballack, Canizares reacted half a beat slower, and did not make any save.

But the good thing is that the football is grazing the crossbar and flying out of the bottom line.

***

'Chelsea's style of play is more concise and straightforward than Valencia's, and if Valencia doesn't change tactically in the coming period, then Chelsea will likely be the first to open the door at home... If they had scored first at home, it would have been very difficult for Valencia to turn the tide and it would have been even more difficult to equalize......

After watching Chelsea's attack, Huang Jianxiang explained worriedly.

Similarly, after watching this round of Chelsea's attack, the visiting coach Flores couldn't sit still, he rushed to the sidelines, put his hands together with his tail fingers, held them in his mouth, blew an artificial whistle, David Silva on the right turned his head, "David, don't stay in the middle when attacking, let Michael's position drop back a little, you play the position of two strikers, remember to increase the number of times you get the ball, he has put too little pressure on Chelsea's defense in these minutes!" ”

It was only after David Silva nodded that Flores turned back to the dugout, because the weather in London was so bad that the rain was a little heavier than it had been at the beginning, which was a problem for Valencia, who were required to run the football on turf.

The team that has been in the Iberian Peninsula for a long time is very uncomfortable with the rain war.

At the same time, Mourinho, who was in the home team's coach's box more than ten meters away, looked much more relaxed.

Taking advantage of the time when Canizares kicked off the goal, the big screen of the stadium also switched the wonderful face that he had just saved, as one of the most influential figures in the stadium, Mourinho was naturally among them, just now Frank Lampard's long-range shot grazed the crossbar and flew off the bottom line, and his body leaned back while sitting in the coach's box, which attracted a lot of attention.