145. Cannon fire at Stamford Bridge
"Hello everyone, this is Sky Sports! I'm Tim 61 Laurson! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laursen began his opening remarks: "Today we at Sky Sports are bringing you a match from the first leg of this season's European Champions quarter-finals against teams from the Premier League, Chelsea and Liverpool. ”
"Hi everyone, I'm Gary 61 Lineker." At this time, Gary 61 Lineker also joined in, "This is the second meeting between the two sides in the Champions League after last season's European semi-finals." ”
'Now I'm going to give you a bit of a look at the situation between the two sides, Chelsea are still in the Premier League and they're third in the Premier League. However, they are so far away from the Premier League title that they only have a theoretical hope of winning the title. In fact, no one believes that they still have any hope of winning the championship. Sky Sports' Tim 61 Laurson said.
'So, the Champions League is now Chelsea's only pursuit. They will do their best to challenge for the Champions League title. So, it's not an easy opponent for Liverpool. Sky Sports' Gary 61 Lineker said.
As for Chelsea's opponents, Liverpool are currently top of the Premier League table and have been on a strong momentum lately, just overtaking Manchester United to regain the top spot. Their morale is very high and it is bound to cause some problems for Chelsea. Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker analyzed.
'Both sides have their strengths in this game and it should be a close game. It is difficult to say who will win on either side. Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said.
"Okay, now that the players from both sides are out of the game, the game is about to start." Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said.
Fans from both sides were ready and they were all waiting for the referee to blow the whistle for the start of the game.
Honk! With a whistle, Chelsea's Champions League quarter-final hosts Liverpool officially begins.
The first kick-off was the home side Chelsea, who fielded a four-three-three formation today, with Peter, 61 Cech in goal.
In a back four, Ashley 61 Cole, Carvalho, John Terry and Paul 61 Ferreira. In midfield three are Essien, Deco and Frank Lampard, while in the front three are Malouda, Didier Drogba and Marc Kalou.
Chelsea's formation today was a surprise because the position of the three in midfield was so shocking. The likes of Essien, Deco and Frank Lampard were like a back three in front of Chelsea's back line, with the trio in close proximity to each other and seemingly centred in the middle, giving way to the two wings.
In this way, Chelsea's defense in the middle will be very tight, but the defense of the opposite two wings will be relatively weak.
However, in Benitez's eyes, he doesn't think so, because in Benitez's view, Scolari is very defensive-oriented today, and his formation has changed a lot.
When defending, his formation is definitely not four, three, three, but four-five-one, and when the two wing-forwards are defending, they must return to the midfield to strengthen the defense on the side, so that Chelsea's defenders can lose up to nine people, and this defense is definitely quite dense.
And when attacking, this formation should still change, he can be four, three, three, and can also be changed into two, three, two, three. Because when attacking, the two full-backs must press heavily and support the attack, otherwise, Scolari will not leave these two wings empty.
Of course, this is a high demand for the two full-backs, but the Chelsea team happens to be able to adapt to this style of play, and they are good defensively but also very attacking and very strong, especially Ashley 61 Cole on the left.
Therefore, in Benitez's view, Scolari's arrangement cannot be taken lightly at all, and must be dealt with seriously, otherwise it will be their Liverpool team that suffers.
The formation of the Liverpool team today has not changed much, it is still 4231, this is Liverpool's most familiar and skilled and attacking formation, and Liverpool is of course not willing to change anything.
The goalkeeper is Reina, while the back four are Aveloa, Skrtel, Daniel 61 and Joel Luka. Gerrard and Xavi 61 Alonso in the back two, Kuyt, Juze and Arshavin in the front three, and Torres up front.
Although Liverpool has not changed, Scolari does not dare to underestimate the Liverpool team at all.
After the start of the game, Chelsea did not attack like crazy, and today Chelsea were mainly defensive. Of course, that's not to say that the Chelsea aren't incapable of attacking. They were just cautious when attacking.
Chelsea reversed the ball in central midfield and the two full-backs took turns moving forward and back, looking for a sense and confusing the Liverpool players on the pitch.
And at this time, Deco in the middle suddenly found Ashley 61 Cole who was inserted abruptly forward on the side, and then directly made a long pass over the top to send the football to the side, and Ashley 61 Cole stepped forward on the line, and the Chelsea fans on the scene immediately broke out into a scorching cheer.
Ashley 61 Cole cut forward quickly, he was well timed, and Deco's pass was timely, and the ball fell right in front of him. Ashley 61 Cole immediately rushed forward and caught the ball with ease.
Liverpool's full-back Kuyt immediately rushed up, and Ashley 61 Cole saw that he immediately crossed the ball in the middle, and then accelerated past Kuyt. Drogba, who retreated in the middle to get the ball, did not stop the ball, and directly handed the football to Ashley 61 Cole, who broke through.
Two over one! The pair easily got past Kuyt, with Ashley 61 Kerr scurrying past the ball and Didier Drogba scurrying towards Liverpool's box.
At this time, Liverpool's full-back Joel Luka is defending Chelsea full-forward Malouda. At this time, full-back Ashley 61 Cole rushed up with the ball again, which made Joel Luka a little embarrassed, and he didn't know who to go to.
And at this time, Malouda suddenly turned around and rushed towards Liverpool's penalty area, which made Joel Luca startled, and he subconsciously wanted to follow Malouda into the penalty area. However, it suddenly occurred to him what to do with Ashley 61 Cole on the side? He couldn't help but feel a slap at his feet.
At this moment, Ashley 61 Cole on the wing seized the opportunity and immediately swiped the ball to the baseline, and then chased the ball at a high speed and broke through Joel Luka.
"It's over! Ashley 61 Kerr passes Joel Luka! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson immediately shouted excitedly.
The Chelsea fans in the stadium were also very excited, and they immediately shouted excitedly from the stands: "Kill the arrogant Liverpudlians!" Kick their balls! them, Ashley! ”
The Chelsea fans were so excited that they were pouring their anger out on Liverpool. They wanted to jump off the pitch and kick Liverpool in the ass so hard that they never got up.
The Liverpool fans at the scene changed their faces slightly, and they couldn't help but get nervous.
Boom! Ashley 61 Cole, who broke through Joel Luka, did not stick to the ball and caught up with the football, and he kicked the ball into the Liverpool penalty area.
The ball spun in a strong arc in the air and then flew sharply into the Liverpool penalty area, much to the surprise of the defenders in the Liverpool box.
"Header!" Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker suddenly opened his voice and roared wildly.
In the middle of the penalty area, Chelsea's centre-forward Didier Drogba rushed in like a bull and smashed his head into the flying ball, which immediately slammed into the Liverpool door like lightning.
During this period, Liverpool's defenders had no chance at all, and the football seemed to open its eyes, flying around them, flying directly into the air, and Drogba was seized by the rushing in.
Suddenly, all the Chelsea fans in the stadium jumped up, because the ball was so fast, they didn't believe it would be saved, they had already started to celebrate, and they were shouting wildly: "Chelsea is the best!" Chelsea at the best! ”
And the faces of Liverpool fans suddenly became extremely defeated, and in their hearts, they did not think that Reina could save the ball.
It's dangerous!
Reina's eyes widened suddenly, and his hands jerked up, but he still didn't touch the lightning-fast football. Suddenly, Reina's heart fell to the bottom.
Clang! There was a steel bang and everyone in the audience was shocked, and then all the Chelsea people cradled their heads in frenzy and watched in amazement.
"Even-bought Karma! The ball hit the crossbar hard! The ball didn't go in! Liverpudlian's luck is nothing short of a bunker! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson roared with excitement.
The bell slammed into the post of the Liverpool goal, causing the whole goal to tremble.
The faces of all the Chelsea fans changed suddenly, their mouths widened, their eyes widened in disbelief.
The football bounced back quickly and fell to the feet of Qiu Ze, who was chasing back quickly.
Qiu Ze was not stunned, and his years of playing football made his head stay clear at all times. At this time, Qiu Ze understood very well what an opportunity for Haode to fight back. He can't afford to waste it!
Qiu Ze immediately turned around after receiving the ball, and sure enough, as he imagined, there was a smooth road in front of him, and there was no one to mark at all.
Unceremoniously, Qiu Ze drove straight to the Chelsea half with the ball.
At this time, the position of the three backs in front of the Chelsea back line is very loose, their positions have been messed up, and the protection of each other is simply not enough, this is the best time for Qiu Ze to break through.
At the same time as Qiu Ze got the ball, Liverpool's frontcourt attacking players also reacted and immediately rushed forward frantically in the direction of the Chelsea goal, which was a God-given counterattack.
Liverpool's attacking players are very confident that Qiu Ze can get the ball to their feet with precision, and they just have to run like crazy out of position.
In the hearts of Liverpool's players, Qiu Ze is like this, this guy is simply an extremely accurate passing machine. You don't have to be surprised if he passes a good ball from Yang, because it's a normal thing, they've seen it a lot.
Although the players of the Chelsea team are not as familiar with Qiu Ze as the players of Liverpool, they all know that Qiu Ze is powerful after so many encounters and countless game videos of Qiu Ze, especially the three big brothers who defend in the middle.
Frank Lampard was the first to rush forward, he couldn't give Qiu Ze a chance to pass the ball, he definitely couldn't let Qiu Ze pass the ball.