Italian football is known for its defense, so it always gives the world a sense of conformism, and Italian coaches have been stereotyped, but this is only an illusion, at least, Ancelotti is not stereotyped.

Whether at AC Milan or now Chelsea, Carlo Ancelotti has shown great adaptability, in other words, he always finds a way to get the most out of his cards, and the big four tens in the Milan era are the most talked about by Ancelotti, and this season's Chelsea have also benefited from Ancelotti's ability. It's not like anyone can compete with the likes of Alex Ferguson Wenger as soon as they arrive in the Premier League, even if he is coaching a giant.

But even so, Ancelotti is not arrogant.

So......

When Ancelotti discovered that his opponent was not Ferguson, Wenger or Benitez, but a Chinese named Lin Sen, he admitted that he was indeed a little surprised. Before coming to England, he never imagined that he would one day have to fight a coach under the age of 30 for the top spot, and that it would be after a dozen rounds.

However, although it is unexpected, it does not mean that Ancelotti is to despise Linson and his Manchester City.

Carlo Ancelotti's impression of Linson is not very good, but at least it is not bad, as is the relationship between Chelsea and Manchester City.

To put it absolutely, the enemies of both clubs are the old pattern of the Premier League, although Chelsea has now become one of the new patterns of the Premier League, but for Manchester United, Liverpool and other old powerhouses, Chelsea has never been an ally, therefore, the two clubs that have no entanglement in history, plus the similarity of the way of rising, compared to other clubs, the relationship is by no means bad.

Of course. Relationships are confined to the off-field. And on the field, both sides still need to show their true spirit under their feet.

Ancelotti has only lost two games this season, but neither is a strong team, one is Wigan and one is Aston Villa, both of which can be regarded as upsets, and in the confrontation with strong teams, Ancelotti's record has so far won all, whether it is Ferguson, Wenger, or Benitez, Redknapp. I didn't take advantage of him. Lin Sen will be the last opponent of Ancelotti to complete the "kill" against all strong teams in the first leg of the league.

So, in the face of Manchester City, who are unbeaten so far this season, how can Ancelotti take it lightly?

As for Linsen, who has just returned from Madeira, Portugal for just two days, he has prepared for Chelsea for much more than two days, and although he has not yet secured a start, the majority of Chelsea's starting XI in this game is actually not difficult to predict.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Carvalho and Branislav Ivanovic lined up at the back, with the midfield being the most enviable big four of Essien, Ballack, Frank Lampard and Deco. Up front, Anelka and Drogba are partnered. Four-four-two, balanced offense and defense, offense and defense have ...... It was Carlo Ancelotti's starting line-up for Chelsea after a brief run-in, whether it was a win over Manchester United or a win over Liverpool. Carlo Ancelotti started the set.

In the last round against Arsenal, although Ancelotti made two adjustments to this set of starters, that is, Mikel and Joe Cole replaced Ballack and Deco, who were more balanced in attack and defense, and also won a big victory. However, Linson doesn't think he will continue those two changes in today's game, for the simple reason that City don't have Cesc Fabregas. And Carlo Ancelotti's purpose in making that adjustment to Arsenal. It is to restrict Fabregas, just as Linson used Vidal to restrict Fabregas before.

Therefore, Linson still firmly believes that Ancelotti will change the starting lineup back to the previous lineup today.

That's the way it is.

On December 6th, Manchester City Stadium, slanting wind and drizzle, a good day to live and die.

Linson got the exact same Chelsea starting XI as he expected, while Carlo Ancelotti got the Manchester City starting XI with two changes that he didn't expect.

One was the backline, with captain Dunn taken down and David Luiz starting. The second is the forward line, with Adriano starting in place of Suarez.

For these two accidents, Ancelotti was quickly relieved, obviously, Dunn was replaced, because the opponent is afraid of Drogba, the "monster" has been in excellent form recently, and the brace against Arsenal in the last round has lifted him to the top of the Premier League scorer list. In front of the monster, Manchester City's captain Dunn, who is over 30 years old, has almost no advantage in other aspects except experience, and David Luiz, who is gradually adapting to the Premier League, has gradually revealed his talent, although he does not seem to be more dominant than Dunn in terms of size, but the Brazilian's spirit of never admitting defeat is what Linson values. Because it has long been proven that size is far from the primary factor in dealing with Warcraft, otherwise, Arsenal's Swiss defender Senderos would not have been bullied by Drogba.

As for Adriano's start, I'm afraid Linson is still out of scruples about Chelsea's midfield, Suarez may be better at running, but Adriano, who is more physical, can ensure that Manchester City have a fixed passing point in front.

Carlo Ancelotti was pondering City's starting XI when Linson was temporarily drawn to another matter.

At that time, the players of the two teams were lining up in the players' tunnel waiting to play, and when Linsen, who arrived late, walked through the players' tunnel, he happened to see Bridges talking intimately with his former teammates, especially with Chelsea's captain John Terry, the two not only talked, but even patted each other on the shoulders intimately, this scene really made Linsen's mood both weird and weird.

Many things, after knowing the ending, it is inevitable that some of the previous behaviors will have a new definition.

I remember that after Bridges was sold to Manchester City by Chelsea in January this year, Terry even blamed Chelsea's senior management for this, and in the current Bridge's view, Terry is naturally a good brother of righteousness, but ...... A few months later, a qiē was completely different. Thinking of the relationship between the two teams when they met next time, Lin Sen shook his head in his heart.

This is really an injustice, a injustice.

Perhaps because of the rain, at the beginning of the game, both sides did not seem to have much patience to slowly test it, and from the first minute, the two sides launched a real offensive and defensive battle. Just three minutes into the game, City were the first to have a chance when Ballack and Branislav Ivanovic brought down Robben on the edge of the box, and Robben converted a high-quality free-kick, but the ball eventually hit the top edge of the crossbar in a wave of fan regret. Three minutes later, this time it was Chelsea back and forth, with Frank Lampard playing the ball in midfield and Deco's brilliant miss leaking the ball to Drogba, who pulled out the box, and Drogba's volley from the edge of the box was tricky and barely saved thanks to Given's correct positioning.

One person, fair and reasonable. Unfortunately, football was never a turn-by-turn game.

Less than a minute after Given's save from Drogba's shot, Given's second test came in.

Or Deco, the Portuguese passed the ball over the top, Drogba saw that he had no chance to control the ball under the supervision of David Luiz, and directly chose to point the ball to the front of the penalty area, at this time Kompany was contained by Arnell, and the two midfielders Vidal and De Jong were paying close attention to the opposing Ballack and Lampard, no one noticed that at this time Ivanovic would suddenly insert from the back row.

The City defenders in the box could only watch as Branislav Ivanovic fired without interference, and Given's reflexes were once again brilliant enough to save Ivanovic's shot, but the ball landed at Anelka's feet.

Kompany simply didn't have time to make defensive moves, and Anelka had already laughed at the gift.

One to zero. Chelsea were the first to break the deadlock.

Looking at the cheers from the Chelsea fans in the east stand, Linsen's face on the sidelines was calm, and he lost the ball in the seventh minute, which was a little early, but Manchester City still had enough time to equalize or even exceed the score, disappointment was inevitable, but nervousness and impatience were unnecessary, not to mention, the problem with the goal just now was not Manchester City's defense, it could only be said that Ivanovic was too thief.

Originally, Bale had already suppressed Ivanovic, but now it seems that this rain has really affected the Welsh.

Lin Sen called Robben, who was closest to him, and whispered a few words to him, explaining that it was not only for Robben, but also for Bale, Lin Sen let Robben and Bale cross and attack from time to time, and further put pressure on Ivanovic, always not let the opponent a fullback always shoot from the front of the goal so unscrupulously.

The game restarted, and Manchester City, who had conceded a goal, were more resolute in attacking amid the shouts of the home fans. In the eleventh minute, the nineteenth minute, the twenty-eighth minute, and the thirty-seventh minute, Manchester City forced the opposing goalkeeper Cech to make a wonderful save.

What made Ancelotti dignified was not Manchester City's attack, but Chelsea's lack of a proper response to Manchester City's attack. The midfielder, who was supposed to be dominant, couldn't organize a decent attack after that goal, under the opponent's crazy counter-attack, which is not what Ancelotti wants to see.

Sure enough, just as Ancelotti was thinking about how to change, the shape suddenly changed.

Manchester City launched a counterattack, and Ivanovic, who rushed forward again to participate in the attack, could not keep up with Bale's pace this time, and after Bale passed the ball to David Silva, Essien, who realized that it was not good, decisively prepared a tactical foul, but his foul did not prevent David Silva from passing to Adriano, and the referee continued to attack according to the principle of attacking favorably.

Adriano, who pulled to the left, drew Carvalho out of the box and passed the ball in front of the box, where Robben, who was cut in the back, shot ahead of Terry, and there was nothing Cech could do in the face of the shot that hung straight to the far post.

One-to-one. Before the end of the first half, Manchester City equalised. (To be continued......)