"Audience friends, audience friends, welcome to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff"

"We're now streaming the 04UU5 Premier League Cup final against Chelsea from London and Liverpool from the north, both of which have been some of the biggest names in the Premier League and Europe this season, and their clash has attracted countless fans to Cardiff."

'They've played a Premier League game and a Champions League last-16 knockout leg in the last seven days, so this game for them is not only a test of the strength of the squad, but also a test of the depth of the squad, and from the intelligence we've got, Chelsea have the edge in that regard.'

'However, there were also media outlets who were dishopeful about Chelsea before the game, because in Cardiff tradition, the southern teams use the south dressing room, while the northern teams use the north dressing room, and Chelsea are placed in the south dressing room full of spells.

'But in our pre-match press conference, we spoke to Chelsea manager Ye Qiu, who was dismissive of the so-called dressing room curse, saying that Chelsea have broken a lot of records and traditions this season and that he and his team will break the dressing room curse for the next Carabao Cup final.

At this point, Sky TV commentator Andy Gray, who was in charge of introducing the live broadcast, obviously got the starting lineup list for the two sides, "We saw that Liverpool did not make much changes to their starting lineup, and Benitez did not have many cards to change in his hand, and he still played with the main lineup. ”

Liverpool's starting line-up was played on the screen, with Edudek in goal, Traore, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan at the back, Xavi Alonso and Hamann in midfield, Reese, Luis Garcia and Gerrard up front, and Pongele as the lone striker.

'Pongele has done well against Chelsea in the league before, and the Frenchman is fast and technical, and he has been trusted by Benitez this season, so having him start in such crucial games is clearly hoping that he can make a difference up front.

There have been some changes to Chelsea's starting line-up, with Edwin van der Sar in goal, Heinze, Gallas, John Terry and McCone at the back, Deco and Makelele at the back, Ronaldinho, Frank Lampard and Franck Ribery up front, and Didier Drogba up front.

"Chelsea's bench is very thick, so Ye Qiu has enough conditions to rotate some of his players, but it is clear that key players such as John Terry, Frank Lampard, Ckelle Makelele and Ronaldinho have all started, so it is not difficult to see how seriously Ye Qiu takes this game."

"But we all know that Liverpool has become the most difficult team in the Premier League this season under Benitez's tutelage, and they have caused a lot of trouble to the Blues in the past against Chelsea, and Ye Qiu has spoken highly of Liverpool more than once, thinking that this team is very combative."

"The team led by Benitez and Ye Qiu is also regarded as the most tactical team in the Premier League this season, compared to Manchester United in the transformation and adjustment, Arsenal is in a predicament, Liverpool and Chelsea's tactical style is very obvious, and many people even see this game as a contest between two tactical masters."

"Ye Qiu is undoubtedly the most successful and high-profile manager in the Premier League in the past two years, and in the first year of coming to the Premier League, he led the team to win the double of the Premier League and the Champions League, which amazed the whole world, and this season his ambitious comeback, only losing one game in the current Premier League, leading the second-placed Arsenal and Manchester United by as many as 14 points."

"Compared to Ye Qiu's debut season in the Premier League, Benitez's first season in the Premier League has obviously shown a period of adaptation, coupled with Liverpool's inability to provide Benitez with the kind of financial support that Chelsea gave Ye Qiu, making Benitez's team not as impressive as Chelsea."

'But Benitez was equally confident in his pre-match appeal to the fans and players to prove Liverpool's quality by beating Chelsea in this final'

"And we also have reason to believe that two teams with a rich tactical style will bring us a top feast of football tactical duels, whether Ye Qiu's Chelsea is better, or Benitez's Liverpool is better, I believe it will give us an answer in the course of the game."

"They say there's a spell in this dressing room"

In the South locker room, Ye Qiu greeted his players with a relaxed smile, without any nervousness before the competition.

"I've never believed in these superstitious things, and I think that if there is a magic spell, it must be a poor excuse used by the weak to hide their failures, and I have always believed that we don't need such a clumsy excuse, because I have no doubt that we will beat Liverpool outright."

The starting players in the locker room all looked at Ye Qiu solemnly and listened to him.

"Our success has always been accompanied by controversy and suspicion, in the summer of '03, everyone said we were nouveau riche and thought we couldn't succeed, but a year later, we won the Premier League, completely breaking the monopoly of Manchester United and Arsenal on the Premier League title, and we also won the Champions League, becoming the first team in the history of London football to win the Champions League."

"Our success is not a fluke, not an accident, not a casual walk on the field, falling from the sky, it is accumulated by all our players, with our sweat, with our efforts, with our running, bit by bit."

"It is your every pass, every breakthrough, every tackle, every shot, every run, accumulated and converged on the football field, whoever doubts us and challenges us is a humiliation to you, and we must give the strongest and most powerful resistance and completely destroy them"

'Nobody can question what we've achieved today and we're going to defend that with our better performances on the pitch, can we do that?'

"Can" The players all stood up one by one, gathered around Ye Qiu, and replied in unison.

Ye Qiu swept over the players one by one and nodded incessantly, "Very good, your shouts made me hear your fighting spirit, I hope you don't just talk about it, I hope your performance on the court can prove your commitment to me now"

"On the court, you don't need to doubt, you don't need to think too much, just attack me"

Ye Qiu has been practicing the targeted tactics of playing Liverpool in the past three days, and now Chelsea's defensive lineup is very neat, especially the midfielder Makelele is injury-free and painless, so that Ye Qiu dares to give it a go.

"Frank" Ye Qiu turned to Ribery, "Do you know what this game is for you?" ”

Ribery nodded, "Blow them up on the left side"

"We always say you're the best person on our team, but I don't think you should be just like that, I always have high hopes for you, and I firmly believe that you can be the best professional player, like your teammates, the best professional player in this world, in your position."

"Now, you go on the pitch and show me that all of us in the team will do everything we can to support and cooperate with you, give me Traore, I want him to disappear"

"Understood," Ribery nodded in agreement.

"The key to this game is who will score first" After Ye Qiu finished explaining to Ribery, he turned to the other players, "Just like I said when we played Liverpool before, they will definitely arrange the tightest defense in the middle, we must take the initiative to attack and resolutely go to the side, Traore has not been in good form recently, we will launch waves of attacks from the right side, directly suppress Liverpool, remember, what we are best at is to attack, not to give the opponent any respite to attack"

"Lampard wants to suppress Xavi Alonso, I don't want the Spaniard to see you around him when he catches the ball" Ye Qiu looked at Lampard again and explained.

The vice-captain of Chelsea also nodded solemnly, not speaking, but with a serious expression.

"Guys, trust me, play Liverpool, the start is important"

After a pause, Ye Qiu smiled, "When I first came to the Premier League, someone told me that the Premier League is very special, the fans here like to take the initiative to attack, they will not allow you to play poker for 30 minutes first, drink a few cups of coffee, and grind with each other slowly, just like Benitez's Liverpool"

Ye Qiu's ridicule made the players present laugh loudly, greatly easing the atmosphere.

'I'm not Benitez, we're not Liverpool, I think we should tell our opponents well, at least teach them how to adapt to the Premier League tradition, and the best way to do that is to get rid of them from the start'

"Drogba breaks through with the ball, Hyypia intercepts, the ball goes to the right, Traore fouls"

'Chelsea's free-kick opportunity on the right, it was an indirect free-kick'

'Deco stepped up and took the free-kick, drove into the box, Terry, headed it in'

'Oops, John Terry's header goes just over the crossbar, it's a shame'

'Chelsea played very aggressively from the start of the game, especially on the right, and Franck was very active and created chances on the right flank, and the French scarface had a very strong desire to play.

When Andy Gray was explaining, he saw Dudek receive a goal kick, set the ball, took a few steps back, and was ready to serve, but Chelsea still had no idea of retreating, and the defense line was pressed out of the 30-meter area, ready to compete for Liverpool's goal kick, and this also showed Chelsea's attacking determination.

'Ye Qiu's team always likes to be in control, but we also have to note that Liverpool defended very well, especially against strong teams, and when they played Chelsea, they almost hit the counter-attack.

'Dudek takes a goal kick, Terry cuts in quickly, heads back, Drogba stops the ball and passes it to Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho cut quickly from the left to the left rib, won the ball and played a long diagonal pass, the ball quickly crossed the entire Liverpool defence and fell to the right side of the Liverpool penalty area.

'Ribery was very fast, the Frenchman was explosive and surprising, Traore was left behind by him, and Hyypia leaned in to defend on the right side of the box.

Stop, pause, feint, change of direction, sudden start, bottom cross.

Ribery made a series of moves on the right side in one breath, successfully broke through Hyypia, and passed a low cross before the ball went out of the line, and the ball quickly fell to the Liverpool goal.

"Drogba followed up and hit the door directly"

"Oh my God, Drogba, Drogba, you knocked him crooked at such a close distance"

Andy Gray exclaimed, but it wasn't because of Ribery's breakthrough and cross, but because of Drogba's stabbing shot in front of the goal, which was so close that it was crooked

The live TV camera also showed Drogba, seeing that the Ivorian lost his balance after barely getting up, causing the man to fall to the ground after completing the shot, and now he is constantly hammering the turf of the Millennium Stadium with a look of chagrin, venting his frustration and anger, why didn't the goal go in?

Ye Qiu also spread his arms on the sidelines to show his frustration and incomprehension about the goal not scored.

"We all know that professional players are very flexible and usually do not fall to the ground, and generally falling to the ground is basically related to their rhythm and pace being disrupted.

"Because of the problem with the pace, when he catches up with the goal and kicks, he looks very awkward, he can't play hard, he can't grasp the angle, and he also loses his balance because he barely gets up with his feet, which is indeed a very serious problem for Drogba, as a main center who is trusted by Ye Qiu, his scoring ability has always been criticized."

The TV cameras were also slowing down, showing Ribery's outstanding performance in breaking through Hyypia after he shook off Traore.

"Ribery's height is only l meters and he faces Traore and Hyypia, the former is l 9 meters and the latter is l 96 meters, compared to Ribery's height, both of them are dinosaurs, but height will also bring disadvantages, that is, turning and speed, Ye Qiu's start of this game is obviously to use this to hit Liverpool."

"This is also in line with Ye Qiu's consistent approach, grasping the opponent's weakness, desperate to fight to the death, suppressing the opponent through this almost barbaric and unreasonable crazy attack, forcing the opponent to only parry, and no power to fight back, tired of coping, and then Chelsea can effectively control the rhythm and situation, and even have the opportunity to score"

'Rafa Benitez seems to have been to this point, making adjustments on the sidelines, as if to get Reese to be actively involved in the defense on the left and Gerrard to drop back to help the midfield, after all, Chelsea can't be allowed to play on the left side like this, otherwise Traore and Hyypia will have problems sooner or later.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, he also noticed Benitez's adjustment, and he himself quickly responded, letting McCone follow and press, Drogba also began to lean more on the right side of the field, receiving Ribery, plus Deco and Lampard in the midfield support, Chelsea's attitude is to seize this side and play to the death.

In fact, even though Liverpool strengthened their defense on the left side, Chelsea still played a storm of attacking on the right side in the first 10 minutes, especially Ribery and McCann, both players almost all pressed Liverpool's left side to play, and Traore also received a yellow card for a subconscious pull foul when defending Ribery.

'Traore received his first yellow card of the game, which is definitely not a good thing for the Liverpool left-back, who has been under a lot of attacking pressure in this game, because after he received the yellow card, it is clear that Chelsea will continue to strengthen their attack on his side and he will face more attacking pressure than he did after the opening.

This is also the strategy that Ye Qiu has always used from Ajax to Chelsea, seizing the weak side to chase and play hard, and make you shrink back after winning the card, even if you can't score, you have to occupy an overwhelming advantage on this side.

Of course, a very important reason why Ye Qiu dared to be so big was that he had enough confidence in his midfield and defense.

The role of Xavi Alonso and Gerrard in the counterattack is not blown, coupled with a fast Pongler in front, Liverpool's counterattack should definitely not be underestimated, but the reason why Ye Qiu dares to attack so overwhelmingly is that he has confidence in his midfield, and the combination of Makelele and Terry, Gallas, and Heinze has enough strength to freeze Liverpool's counterattack.

Especially Makelele.

The French midfielder is definitely playing a bigger role in defence than the outside world thinks, and Chelsea can't do without him, at least for now.

With that confidence, there is a lot of investment in attack, and Chelsea almost pressed Liverpool into the half for the first 10 minutes, creating a number of good chances to score, but always for one reason or another.

Ye Qiu looked very calm on the sidelines, but in fact, he was a little unstable in his heart, because Benitez brought him a lot of pressure, to some extent, he would rather meet Ferguson and Wenger than Benitez, because at least Manchester United and Arsenal have obvious weaknesses to exploit.

But against Liverpool, when the opponent shrinks the defence, you don't know where to start.

However, Ye Qiu also quickly spotted a problem, walked to the sidelines, shouted at Lampard and Ronaldinho, and made a series of gestures towards them.

After the team's attack shifted to the right, Frank Lampard and Ronaldinho also correspondingly leaned closer to the right and the middle, which led to a large gap on the left side of the team, so Ye Qiu asked Lampard and Ronaldinho to make proper use of this gap.

At the same time, he also asked Ribery to pass the ball not always to Drogba, who did not have a shot on target today, and to cross the back post appropriately.

But at this moment, Liverpool suddenly played a quick counterattack