The competition has officially begun. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe battle of the spotlight is about to start. The moment the whistle blew at the start of the game, the atmosphere in the stadium reached its climax, and David Winston could feel a wave of heat on his face and ears as he stood on the sidelines, mixed with shouts and immense power.

At the beginning of the game, both sides were full of gunpowder. Southampton's Miguel Arteta was knocked to the ground by Chelsea veteran Claude Makelele as soon as he got the ball, clutching his leg in pain.

Instead of accusing, the fans erupted in applause, mixed with shouts and laughter. David Winston listened to it very harshly, but he couldn't make a wave in his heart. David Winston was used to it. The strong culture of British football fans seems to be a drop in the bucket in these scenes, after all, he is also a man who has experienced stadium wars.

The referee arrived immediately, but did not give Claude Makelle any substantive penalty, only a few stern warnings on his face. Poor Miguel Arteta suffered an unspeakable loss. Southampton players rushed to the referee and complained. David Winston hurriedly shouted for them to calm down, a small physical collision was a normal thing, and when he saw the players pressuring the referee a few words, he asked Roberto Ayala, the captain on the field, to pull the players apart and then let him communicate with the referee. David Winston did this to make the referee think that the Southampton players were not soft persimmons to be bullied, so that he could form a scale in his mind, and he would think about how to blow the penalty when making a penalty in the future.

As the game continued, the Southampton players were highly committed to David Winston's pre-match tactics, giving the ball to the Chelsea team on the pitch and playing their famous counter-attacking tactics with ease. The Blues fans watched their favourite team take the initiative on the pitch and cheered even harder.

Only the manager on the sidelines, Jose Mourinho, and the Chelsea players on the pitch knew in their hearts that the situation was not good, and that the initiative on the pitch was completely out of their own hands. Every attack from the Chelsea players felt like they were hitting cotton, and there was a feeling of not being able to give it up. Southampton's defensive system has been very good after a season of tempering, even if the position of the central defender has changed greatly today, the original defensive system has not changed much, which is commendable. Jose Mourinho watched every move on the pitch with some seriousness.

With almost ten minutes played, Chelsea were firmly in the driver's seat, but little by little the patience of the players was being worn out. The monster Didier Drogba was completely lost in the trap set by Roberto Ayala and Luis Pereira, and became more and more impatient, just now he was very angry to push down Roberto Ayala in the card position, and the referee decisively showed him the first yellow card of the game.

David Winston clearly saw Didier Drogba's big, round eyes completely occupied with an angry look. A sly smile curled into the corners of his mouth, although Chelsea are the defending champions of the Premier League, their psychological state is still not yet fully at the level of a true European football giant, and the good and bad situations must limit their performance in the European arena.

The foul near Southampton's corner ended a wave of Chelsea attack. Southampton goalkeeper Sebastian Frei did not choose to kick the ball forward, because there is no high striker in the forward line this season, so David Winston asked the goalkeeper to choose short passes as much as possible, if the kick-off means to take the initiative to waste an attacking opportunity.

Sebastian Frei played the ball to Nicky Shoree on the left, who saw two Chelsea players approaching in front of him. He had to cross the ball to Roberto Ayala in the middle. Roberto Ayala glanced up at Dirk Kuyt in front of him, and at the same time saw the Chelsea players who were slow to return to the defence, so suddenly a long pass surprised the Chelsea players. Only Dirk Kuyt knows it. The long ball was fast and arcing, but it plunged into the middle ground between William Galla and John Terry as it flew near the Chelsea penalty area.

Dirk Kuyt looked back at the ball and it seemed to be in front of him, but in the end it was John Terry who struggled to push his head back to temporarily solve the defensive crisis. But the ball that was pushed out was still at the feet of the Southampton players. Yaya Toure controls the ball from outside the box. Yaya Toure didn't rush to attack, handing the ball to Miguel Arteta, who came up behind him, and asked him to organise the attack. Miguel Arteta played the ball to Frank Mikyl Smitchell on the right, knowing that manager David Winston had said to focus on the left side of Chelsea, while Frank Ribery on the right was the one who pulled the defence and drew the attention of the Chelsea defence.

Franmikyl-Smitchell is past his prime, his speed and stamina are no longer what they used to be, but his experience and skill are still at the top of Europe's. Frank Mikyl Smitchell and Yaya Toure made eye contact, Yaya Toure instantly understood what it meant, and they usually did some small coordination training. Asir del Horno saw Franmikyl Smitchell coming as if he was coming in the dust, and there was a hint of panic in his heart, and he immediately pounced forward, ready to grab the ball in advance. Franmikyl Smitchell couldn't help but smile when he saw Asir del Horno like this, and when he was about to pull in front of him, he turned on his toes abruptly, gently flicked the ball to Yaya Toure who stepped forward next to him, and then ran forward past Asir del Horno. Yaya Toure didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately picked up the ball and hoisted it to the predetermined position. Franmikyl Smitchell saw an open field in front of him and the ball was comfortably back at his feet.

Chelsea's centre-back William Galla had to step in at left-back, leaving him alone in the middle. Franmikyl Smitchell was equally quick to cross the middle of the box without the slightest hesitation. Dirk Kuyt, Frank Ribery, Las Diarra are all waiting around the box.

The ball was on the turf from John Terry's toe and Dirk Kuyt got his hands on it and shot it back!!