Chapter 623: A Show for Two
"This Champions League final is the fourth meeting between Manchester United and Chelsea in the 2007-2008 season, and in the first three games Chelsea have the absolute upper hand, with two wins and one draw, but this absolute advantage cannot be carried into the Champions League final, because this is the best competition in Europe, and the players have different input processes, perhaps ...... Will Manchester United be bloodied? ”
BBC commentator Lineker stared at the players on both sides on the big screen and said playfully.
'Yes, Manchester United have been preparing for this Champions League final since the end of the league and they have a much better fit than Chelsea...... By the way, the referee for this match was Michel from Slovakia, and interestingly, the referee has a small relationship with Chelsea......" Commentator Guy Mowbray nodded in agreement with Lineker, but also said the material he had gathered before the game.
"Oh? And a small origin?? ”
Guy Mowbray laughed: "It's not a secret, as long as fans with a better memory know that it was the second leg of the 2004-2005 Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea hosted Liverpool, and the referee on duty, Slovak Michel, scored the ball that Liverpool player Luis Garcia did not fully roll over the goal line in injury time, and Chelsea suffered a stunner at home, hating the semi-final ......"
At this moment, the referee on duty, Michelle, blew the whistle in his mouth.
Beep~~~
Wayne Rooney kicked the ball to team-mate Carlos Tevez, while Chelsea centre-forward Didier Drogba leaned in slowly, before Tevez passed the ball to veteran Paul Scholes......
"CCTV, welcome to the live broadcast of the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League final, Chelsea vs. Manchester United has begun, now the ball is controlled by Manchester United players in red jerseys and white shorts, they attack from the left side of the screen to the right, and the blue jerseys and blue shorts are Chelsea players, they attack from the right side of the screen to the left, this is the third time in the 52-year history of the Champions League that there will be a team in the same league in the final, In the 1999-2000 season Real Madrid and Valencia in La Liga, in 2002-2003 Juventus and AC Milan in Serie A, and in the 2007-2008 season it was two Premier League teams Chelsea and Manchester United competing for the title......
Huang Jianxiang began the standard opening lines of the CCAV-5 station.
Scholes picked up the ball and played it to right-back Brown to avoid a steal from Lampard.
"Attention!"
Brown, who had just picked up the football, was about to look up to see the front court players running, when he suddenly heard Hargreaves alert.
Immediately, the Blues fans in the stands erupted in a burst of chanting.
They just saw that Iroh was still standing on the middle line, but what they didn't expect was that in the blink of an eye, they rushed to Brown who was holding the ball, and if they broke the ball along the way, the result could be imagined with their toes!
So the cheers were huge!
"Is Iroh going to break the ball?" Huang Jianxiang was about to introduce the starting lineups of the two sides, but suddenly heard cheers from the stands, and looked at the big screen fiercely.
In order to avoid conceding the ball in less than ten seconds of the opening period, Brown had to choose to put his foot on the spot, and the ball hit Iello and bounced off the sideline.
Huang Jianxiang sighed and continued to report on the starting line-ups of both sides: "Chelsea's starting goalkeeper is No. 1 Cech, No. 3 Ashley Cole, No. 6 Carvalho, No. 26 captain John Terry and No. 5 Essien, No. 4 veteran Makelele in midfield, No. 13 Ballack, No. 8 Lampard, and the forward line is China's No. 9 Aylo, No. 11 Drogba and No. 15 Malouda......
The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV are particularly excited, as Iello led Valencia to a historic Champions League title at this time last year, and he is still likely to lead Chelsea to a historic Champions League title this season, so they are paying special attention to this Champions League final, staring at the TV or computer in the first seconds of the game.
The same is true for the Chinese reporters sitting in the press area, although this is not the first time they have been on the venue of the Champions League final, they can still feel the excitement in their hearts, the reporters with cameras do not pay attention to the other players at all, they only have Ailo in their eyes! Keep pressing the shutter in your hand!!
Because the two teams are really familiar with each other, they did not test each other, but quickly adjusted the direction of attack, Manchester United on the left side of the forward Rooney consciously approached the left wing-back Cristiano Ronaldo, increasing the number of times they cooperate with each other.
The commentators of various countries are still gushing about the starting lineups of the two sides in their hands, but at this moment, Rooney, who is inserting forward, directly knocks back with his left heel in the face of Scholes's through ball, and suddenly Cristiano Ronaldo, who ran sideways from the left, appeared on the football route, Makelele chose to tackle without hesitation, but he underestimated the starting speed of the former, poked his toes, and jumped with the momentum, avoiding Makelele's side action, and he was already in a very comfortable position after landing.
This was the area where he had scored from distance, and John Terry rushed forward to defend, but Cristiano Ronaldo opted to shoot straight from distance to try his foot.
The shot came so suddenly that goalkeeper Petr Cech was still directing Carvalho to keep an eye on Tevez, but fortunately, he was tall and quick-witted, and a side pounce saved the ball off the line.
"Oh-!!" There was also an exclamation from the stands because of the sudden shot.
Cristiano Ronaldo saw the football that was saved from the bottom line, and instead of habitually pulling his hair and spitting in remorse, he clenched his fists and cheered himself up, he knew ...... The foot wind of this game is very smooth!!
Many commentators were still reporting on the starting players of both sides at this time, but they didn't expect Cristiano Ronaldo to have completed a threatening shot, and it wasn't until the slow-motion replay that they commented: "Oh my God, Cristiano Ronaldo is in great shape!" ”
"This shot is beautiful, and the save is beautiful!"
"Less than two minutes into the game, Manchester United have already organized a threatening attack, it seems that this Champions League final has a lot to watch!"
As Iroh ran back to participate in the team's corner kick defense, he glanced at the confident Cristiano Ronaldo, secretly clenched his fists, and secretly vowed in his heart: "I must not let him shine on the pitch alone!" I'm the one who will decide the winner!! ”
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Two minutes later, Chelsea set up a dangerous attack, and on the way back, Drogba beat Rio Ferdinand before deflecting Frank Lampard's long ball header to the receiving Elo, who burst out of the net from 35 yards out and fired a non-stop shot.
Iello's non-stop shot came very suddenly, so that Carrick, as a midfielder, didn't have time to go up, plus Iro's shot was very sufficient, and his right foot hit the middle and lower part of the football with the instep of his right foot, and the football flew to the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball.
"-Ai's non-stop long-range shot!!"
BBC commentator Lineker shouted violently.
The ball appeared in the penalty area from 35 meters away from the goal between the lightning and flint, and goalkeeper Van der Sar didn't even have time to react, but just subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the goal.
Bang dang - !!
However, the football smashed the outside of the goal and popped up the bottom line in the exclamation of the fans.
“oh-my-god! The soccer ball hits the outside of the goal post on the right!! Too unlucky......"
"Two minutes ago, Cristiano Ronaldo took advantage of a long-range shot to sound the alarm bells, but Ai returned the favor two minutes later with a more difficult and long-range shot, but unfortunately the sky is not beautiful!"
"As long as the football is deflected to the left, even ten centimeters can cause a goal, Ai's luck is not good!"
The football hit the goal post and flew out of the bottom line, and Ilo felt quite sorry, punched hard in the void, and then looked up to the sky and sighed, obviously very dissatisfied with the goal and not scoring a goal!
In this moment, there was the same dissatisfaction with the Chelsea players on the pitch and Jose Mourinho standing on the sidelines, and it would have been a fantastic start to the game if he had scored in less than five minutes, but ...... No luck!
"Michael and Owen need to pay attention to the protection in front of the central defenders!!" While Mourinho arrived to be extremely regretful, Ferguson rushed to the sidelines to express his displeasure loudly.
Of course, at the same time, I also feel extremely fortunate in my heart, if I conceded the first goal less than five minutes into the game, it would be a serious blow to the team's confidence, but ...... Thankfully, fortunately!
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Cristiano Ronaldo thought that his condition was the best, but what he didn't expect was that Iro's form was better, and the quality of his first long-range shot since the opening was so good, if it weren't for luck, the team would have conceded the goal!
So he turned his head to look at Rooney, and the two looked at each other sternly, then nodded.
According to the tactical intentions of the managers of both sides, this final was to play steadily and take advantage of the opponent's mistakes to counterattack, otherwise Mourinho would not have allowed Malouda to return to the right midfielder position to maintain the balance of attack and defense.
didn't expect that under the excellent state of the sharp knife characters on both sides, it turned into an extremely exciting offensive battle with an incomparably exciting offensive conversion.
At the same time, this result was also unexpected by the commentators in the stands.
The rest of the game was reduced to showtime for Iello and Cristiano Ronaldo, with the former using his speed and technique to play on the left flank, before Cristiano Ronaldo played his skills on the right side of Chelsea's defence a minute later, causing both defenders to complain.
However, this time was a happy time for the commentators in the stands, because the wonderful cooperation and breakthroughs on the field were very exciting, so that they had enough commentary materials, and there was a situation that they couldn't stop at all.