West London is the heart of London's financial district, and Chelsea Football Club is located in a bustling area of celebrities.

Chelsea is not just an ordinary club here, in the era before Abou, the ambitious Bates built Chelsea Village here, but unfortunately Chelsea's record did not drive their popularity growth, and the associated income is not optimistic, Chelsea Village, which has a huge commercial chain, is not until Abu takes over Stamford Bridge to slowly develop and use the legacy of the previous era, so that Chelsea Village is revitalized.

On the top floor of the largest commercial hotel in Chelsea Village, it has been converted into a parking lot.

On the evening of 7 April, Abu's private jet landed here, and the Chelsea owner, surrounded by bodyguards and entourage, calmly headed to Stamford Bridge.

Ajax's buses have entered the borders of West London, and the bustle here does not touch the hearts of the players, they are not hillbillies, Amsterdam is also full of flowers, and Amsterdam has pleasant weather, London? The overcast sky and humid air don't make them feel too much about it.

Chelsea's position in England may not have completely improved, but on this day, Chelsea received more attention in England than any other big club on home!

The reason is simple, on Champions League match days, the only team in the Premier League that represents Europe is Chelsea!

Newcastle United were unlucky to qualify, United lost to Porto at Old Trafford and Arsenal were sent back to the league by Ajax, the only remaining Premier League side. It's only Chelsea!

It is for this reason. Chelsea, who returned to London to fight, received a lot of attention from Fleet Street.

The pressure on Ranieri's shoulders is enormous. He has always been disliked by Abou, when the league has been unable to compete with Arsenal for the title, only the Champions League is left as a lifeline, he knows that if the Champions League is eliminated, then his fate at the end of the season will not be reversed.

The mentality of the Ajax generals is relatively stable.

They have a chance to set the team's best record in the Champions League in the last eight years, which means the substantial achievement of the strongest Ajax of the new generation since the dismemberment of the previous generation of Ajax kings.

Last year's fall in the quarterfinals was already stunning and eye-catching in European football, and this year it has gone one step further. Only 90 minutes of play remained.

The moment Qin Xiong walked into Stamford Bridge, he thought he had understood the atmosphere of the English game, but he was wrong.

Perhaps due to the difference in the composition of the fan base, Arsenal fans are a little quieter in Highbury than the noise that Chelsea fans make in the stands.

In the tiny stadium of Stamford Bridge, the frenzied Blues fans cheered on their team hoarsely, and when they stepped out of the players' tunnel, they could feel the provocation, irritation and even humiliation from the sides of the fans who could be seen poking out of the stands within a few metres of their bodies.

The Blues' flag fluttered in the stands. There is only a small percentage of Ajax fans who come to Stamford Bridge, and it's not that they don't want to follow the team. Instead, there are so few tickets distributed to away fans, like at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium, there are hardly many Chelsea fans, and there will be a strong contrast between the "people" and the "human" advantage of home and away.

As the players lined up in the stadium for the opening ceremony, the camera swept in front of the players from both sides, and every player had a stern expression, even Ajax, who had come to Stamford Bridge with the lead and the aura of winning the league.

Before the game, Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic kept reiterating that the team needs to be more focused.

They don't want a repeat of last year's events.

Don't let your guard down!

"The second leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Stamford Bridge is about to begin, Ajax leads Chelsea 3-1 on aggregate, which is a gap that cannot be ignored, and Chelsea need to score at least two goals if they want to turn the tables at home! Ranieri's position will depend on the outcome of this game, although there have been rumours that the Chelsea owners will find a new manager to replace Ranieri, but the Chelsea hierarchy stopped Abbi, they advised Abu to wait and see, rashly sacked a manager who led the team to the knockout stage of the Champions League, and reached the Champions League quarterfinals, will cause an immeasurable blow to the team, the resulting turmoil is the price the team can not afford, and now, Ranieri's fate has reached the moment of decision. It is not unreasonable for the media to unanimously favor Ajax to advance to the semi-finals, Ajax's Eredivisie title is a foregone conclusion, they can concentrate on the Champions League, and furthermore, following their performance in the Champions League, no one can question this team with their youth, they reached the quarter-finals last season, this season they faced Arsenal in the knockout rounds with one win and one draw, and convincingly destroyed Chelsea at home, will they lose to Chelsea on the road? Not many people would think that Chelsea can do this, Chelsea look strong, yes, but in terms of overall strength, Sneijder, Qin Xiong, Galasek, who are not as famous as Lampard, Crespo, Hasselbaink, etc., have formed a powerful Ajax beyond people's imagination!

Compared to the previous matchup, Chelsea made a personnel change, Glenn Johnson, who has the ability to assist, replaced Melchiot, Ranieri needs to attack, and everyone on Earth knows that Chelsea need to score, so he needs the team to have a stronger attacking quality.

Chelsea started 442.

Goalkeeper: Cudicini.

Defenders: Johnson, Terry, Gallas, Bridge.

Midfielders: Glen Shial, Lampard, Makelele, Duff.

Forwards: Hasselbaink, Crespo.

Ajax started 433.

Goalkeeper: Lobonte.

Defenders: Grigra, Heitinga, Escude, Maxwell.

Midfielders: De Jong, Galasek, Qin Xiong.

Forwards: Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic, Sneijder.

Well, the game is about to start, with Ajax taking the lead. ”

Although Ajax's starting line-up and line-up have not changed from the previous game.

But there has been a change in tactics, they will not launch an offensive aggressively, after the opening to be safe, playing away, can not be led by the opponent's nose, slow down the pace first, and the overall formation is delayed.

In fact, Koeman asked the team to come to Stamford Bridge today to focus on the midfield and the rapid counter-attack.

Since Chelsea are going to score at least two goals, the opponent will definitely attack, even attack!

Then Ajax should focus on taking advantage of the opportunity after the switch between attack and defense to play a fast, accurate and deadly counterattack.

Qin Xiong coordinated with his teammates in the midfield step by step, striving for a unified rhythm of the whole team and quickly entering the game.

Chelsea are all mobilised, including the forwards, pressing like crazy, they need the ball, they need to race against the clock to attack, to attack more, to create more chances to score.

At the beginning, Crespo grabbed Qin Xiong back, although Lampard was positive, but he did not dare to rush and hit, once Qin Xiong broke through in the midfield, then not to mention what the attack would be, the defense line would be precarious first.

Crespo's rebound could not threaten Qin Xiong, and he protected the ball 180 degrees on the spot, turned 180 degrees and easily dodged Crespo's press, and then passed the ball to Galasek, who had the most space to respond.

Ajax controlled the ball with their skillful foot skills and group coordination.

When Johnson rushed forward to press Sneijder, Ajax launched their first threatening attack of the game.

Sneijder passed the ball back to Maxwell, who then passed the ball to Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong kicked the ball straight to Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic passed the ball diagonally to the left side of the penalty area, Sneijder got rid of Johnson in an offside position, and shot without hesitation.

Perhaps the injury was not yet healed, and Sneijder's shot was a bit outrageous and flew straight into the stands.

'Sneijder's shot was unflattering, but we have to admit that the talent of the Ajax team as a whole to create chances was clearly stronger than Chelsea's! Sneijder has an injury, we can understand, this will affect his technical play, but it will not affect his thinking, look at his running awareness, the timing of the penalty area, this is the embodiment of the player's excellent football awareness, the reason why the outside world is not optimistic about Chelsea, because Chelsea's situation is too difficult, they must attack, then it will definitely give Ajax a wider attacking space, under the impact of the huge force of the Ajax team's passing and cutting, I don't think Sneijder's face to goalkeeper Cudicini like this will be accidental, but it will happen more often in this game! (To be continued......) R1292