The first game of the league is very important for every team.

The media will also focus on the first round, as the performance in the first round is a direct reflection of a team's preparation, and in turn a reflection of the overall performance of the half-way race.

Manchester City were last season's league champions, Chelsea were second in the league, and the two teams played like Mars hitting Earth, and it was already crazy before it even started.

At the very beginning of the game, the cameras of various media frequently pointed at the stars who were getting attention.

Andrei Shepchenko is the one that has attracted the most attention of them all.

It's not just Abramovich who is looking forward to Shepchenko's performance, in fact, almost all the fans including the media are paying attention to Shepchenko, because he is the most valuable and famous star among the 22 players on the pitch at the moment, and he has just arrived at Chelsea and played in the Premier League for the first time, so the media and fans naturally want to see what kind of performance he can have.

After the start of the game, the TV camera kept pointing at Shepchenko, and even if he didn't get the ball, the media wanted to see how he performed, what he did, how he did on the field, and so on.

Shepchenko is now at the peak of his career!

Last year, Shepchenko won the Ballon d'Or, the highest honour for European professional football, and in May this year, he helped AC Milan win the UEFA Champions League and lift the St. Bride Cup (Big Ears Cup) with his own hands, and even though he is about to turn 30, everyone thinks he will continue to be in form for a few more years, and many expect him to lead Chelsea to glory.

So Shepchenko was the one of the most talked-about of all the players in the stadium and everyone wanted to see how well the world's top star would perform at Chelsea.

In fact, many people thought before the game that Shepchenko would be difficult to start in the first game, after all, he had just arrived at Chelsea and it would take some time to get used to it, but what he didn't expect was that. Jose Mourinho still put him in the starting line-up.

"It seems that Sheva is adapting well." Quite a few people think so.

So they looked forward to it even more.

……

Wan Sheng didn't pay much attention to Shepchenko.

It was the first appearance of the new formation and it was very important to see how it would work against a strong team like Chelsea and what the advantages and disadvantages were compared to the old one.

Although the effect of the new formation in the warm-up game is not bad, the strongest opponent in the warm-up game is Charlton, which is much worse than Chelsea, not to mention, this is a game at Stamford Bridge, which will play a little passive. It is even more necessary for the team to do their best to play, and at the same time, what shortcomings and disadvantages the new formation will be reflected as soon as possible.

It's very risky, but there is no 100% way to win away games against Chelsea, even if he has a football trainer system, he is not a god, there is no way to directly decide the outcome of the game, and it is necessary to take risks.

So this game is for Manchester City. It's a tough challenge, but it's also a real test of summer preparation.

However, for the effect of the new formation, Wansheng still has some certainty.

There is no need to talk about theoretical things, and what he pays most attention to is the cooperation of several players in the midfield. As long as the midfielder can play effectively, then he believes that the team's performance will not be bad.

……

Once the game began, Chelsea took advantage of home advantage and launched a fierce attack on the Manchester City goal.

Manchester City narrowed back slightly. Take the initiative to retreat.

It's a strategy.

Manchester City are not afraid of Chelsea, and last season the two teams met with one win and one draw. Chelsea are undoubtedly a strong team, one of the league's biggest rivals, and this is Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home stadium, and Manchester City are about to avoid the limelight.

Chelsea saw that Manchester City took the initiative to avoid, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and the attack was even more fierce.

Chelsea players are holding their breath when they think about last season, especially after the arrival of stars such as Ballack in the summer, they have a layer of confidence, and in the summer, their quality has increased significantly, and Manchester City has hardly changed, so they feel that they can beat Manchester City.

Now it's a home game, with tens of thousands of Chelsea fans in the stands cheering them on, and they're attacking even harder.

Fifteen minutes before the game was entirely Chelsea time.

They kept attacking and pounding, but City's defence was solid and Chelsea didn't find any very good chances and didn't find the back of the net.

Fifteen minutes later, the media also summed up the previous game.

'Chelsea are aggressive, but if they want to score, they need to be mindful of their chances......,' said Sky TV commentator George Woodgate.

He said it a little 'subtlely'.

In fact, there were two good chances for Chelsea that were squandered by the highly anticipated Andrei Shepchenko.

It's not that Shepchenko wasted the opportunity directly, but his running failed to keep up with the attacking tempo, and as a result, he didn't arrive when it was time to get to the position, and his team-mate had already passed the ball, he couldn't catch the ball, and the opportunity was missed.

However, in the eyes of the public, the mistake is not Shepchenko, after all, he is not in position, and it is not the goal he conceded.

On the whole, Shepchenko was a good runner and a good performer, and Chelsea were so strong in their overall pressure that it was difficult for City to even play half time in fifteen minutes, and they simply didn't see the kind of attacking football they had last season.

The London TV commentator summed it up: 'Manchester City are completely on the back foot, they have been blinded by Chelsea's successive attacks, ......

Seeing this kind of game, Abramovich put a smile on his face.

He turned to Waddell and said, "Looks like my team is playing better......

Waddell smiled and didn't say anything.

In fact, he was still a little anxious, although he didn't watch the game with a 100% victory over Chelsea, and he also had full trust in Wansheng, but the game was so passive, which still made him a little worried about the team.

That's what the average Manchester City fan thinks, too.

The only consolation is that Chelsea have been attacking for so long and have not scored a goal, the score is still 0-0, and Manchester City have the upper hand. But the score was not behind.

It was at this time that Manchester City gradually grasped the initiative.

As the old Chinese saying goes, 'one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion', Chelsea attacked for fifteen minutes, the physical and mental consumption is not small, they can't keep attacking like this, they can only gradually slow down the tempo, so the pace of the game slowed down, and Manchester City's possession time gradually increased.

Chelsea are unaware of the dangers and are thinking of waiting for the team to attack again. It's still going to be fierce, it's still going to be completely overwhelming, just like just now, Manchester City have no power to fight back, but when Manchester City start to keep the ball, Chelsea find it very difficult to completely suppress the opponent.

Fifteen minutes was enough for the City players to find their groove in the game.

It was the first league game and it was Chelsea again. It's away again, there are a lot of players who haven't been in the groove at the beginning, and the team has been passive, so it's hard to find the attacking feeling. Now they are gradually getting back into form and Manchester City are working together as a whole.

Wan Sheng had been standing on the sidelines, his hands clenched tightly all the time, nervous for the previous game.

Now he exhaled a long breath as well.

He wants to see how the team's new formation performs. But I didn't expect Chelsea's attack to be so fierce at the beginning, the team couldn't organize the attack at all, and I was lucky just now. Chelsea were unable to take advantage of a succession of attacking runs to score, so now that the team has eased up, the situation is much easier.

The way the team plays against Chelsea now is actually no different from last season, with the most important change being that the midfield has become more important.

When the team recovers, the game will be in control again.

At this time, Morris's play, as the offensive and defensive core, becomes very important.

But whether it is the media, Chelsea or the fans of both teams, they don't care too much about Morris, they know that Morris is a very important player, but Morris is not like Lampard and Gerrard, and his performance in the game is often not so impressive.

He's a playmaker, but he's not a standout star on the field.

Chelsea still attaches great importance to the defense of Morris, which can effectively limit Manchester City's attack, but the importance is only to that extent, one is that Morris's position is too far back to defend, and the other is directly threatening the goal, or Anelka in front, so they have the tightest defense against Anelka, followed by David Silva, one season, enough for many people to realize David Silva's threat, in addition, his position is also higher than Morris, often more threatening in attack.

Manchester City's first wave of threatening attacks was created by David Silva.

Silva received a pass on the left side of the penalty area, deflected away from Lampard to squeeze space for himself, and then sent a through ball into the middle, where Joey Barton followed up and fired wide, the ball flying off the post.

Although there was no goal, it still scared Chelsea into a cold sweat.

This ball is too threatening!

Joey Barton's shot was good, but the focus was on David Silva's pass, and the young Silva was calm in the face of Lampard's defence, making the best choice quite calmly, which was very impressive, so Chelsea defended Silva more tightly.

……

This time, Morris got the ball near the halfway line.

Drogba rushed up, with Ballack behind him, and the two tried to force Morris to pass the ball one after the other.

Morris is a dangerous man, his technique is quite good, but as long as the ball is not at his feet, he is not too dangerous and it is enough for Chelsea to force Morris to pass the ball, which is quite effective under normal circumstances, with Morris always passing the ball to his team-mates.

But this time was different.

Morris made a gesture to pass to the left, the center of gravity of the whole body was tilted to the left, Drogba pounced on that side to block, but Morris suddenly gave way, and then the tilted body twisted to the right side, and at the same time kicked the ball forward, started and chased the ball again.

It was only then that Drogba found himself thrown off.

But Mr. Warcraft didn't care too much, because he still had Ballack behind him, and the German captain was still trustworthy, but when he turned his head to look again, he was a little panicked, Ballack didn't pay much attention to Morris at all, maybe he also thought that Morris would pass the ball, so he ran over to defend Joey Barton, but both of them could only watch Morris walk away with the ball, and there was no time to stop it.

"Maurice! He's rushing forward! "The situation on the scene suddenly became tense.

At this point, Frank Lampard was able to strike from the left and he was very active and when he saw that his team-mates failed to contain Morris, he ran to defend as soon as possible.

Frank Lampard still has a high regard for Morris and is a step ahead of his other Chelsea team-mates.

He and Morris are rivals of the England team, and in the past World Cup, many media attributed the responsibility for England's loss to not letting Morris play, and other England players may not think much about it, but Lampard knows that Morris will definitely take his place, in other words, the media thinks this guy is better than himself?

He didn't believe it!

Frank Lampard was upset, but he couldn't tell anyone else that the two were facing each other on the pitch and he wanted to see how Morris was doing.

It's a pity that Morris didn't give him a 1v1 chance.

It was City's attacking chance in the official game, and being tangled up by Frank Lampard would be almost a wasted opportunity, and the sane Morris would never do that, so he passed the ball to David Silva who was following on the side.

Frank Lampard was slightly disappointed.

But before he could think about anything, he noticed that Morris rushed past him!

"What is he going to do?"

David Silva's approach speaks for itself, the Spaniard didn't make any extra moves, he pushed the ball straight over, and Morris shook off Lampard to get the ball again!

"Good chance!"

All Chelsea people are getting very nervous and anyone knows City's chance has come.

Sure enough, the next moment Morris passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, where Downing, who was making his first appearance for Manchester City, followed up with a volley, the ball flew past Terry's side, only to be punched out by goalkeeper Petr Cech and then cleared by Terry's big foot.

Chelsea breathed a sigh of relief.

The ball didn't go in.

But just now Manchester City's attack also gave Lampard a glimpse of Morris' performance, he is at the heart of Manchester City's attack, and his performance just now is perfect. He didn't go 1v1 with himself, but he let Manchester City's attack directly threaten the Chelsea goal!

It's an excellent playmaking ability, and it's something I'm missing.

Frank Lampard admits it.

Every player has something they are good at, and something that doesn't compare to it is nothing. He may not be as good as Morris, but he believes that his individual ability is much better than Morris! (To be continued.) )