The crowd at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium has been filled with fans.

There were almost 10,000 Chelsea fans in attendance today, compared to the Derby County crowd of just over 3,000, and the remaining 30,000 or so fans were neutral fans, most of whom were Welsh locals or fans who came to watch the game for sightseeing.

At this point, the players of both sides are already standing in the tunnel of the players.

The on-site commentator has introduced the list of appearances of the two teams, and every time the commentator reads the name of a player, there will be cheers from the stands, and I think that the cheers of the Chelsea players are much louder, because their players are more famous, such as Lampard, Robben, Drogba and other players are very famous in the world, in comparison, Derby County is much worse, the most famous team is Frank Ribery, but he can only be with Chelsea's top stars There is still a big gap.

Perhaps this is also because there are more Chelsea fans who come to the scene, and their cheers are louder, and for neutral fans, they will naturally only cheer for players who know the fame, and the players in Derby County are a bit too unknown - even Ribery has not been able to enter the French national team, even if the league table is good, but without the national team, the fame is difficult to compare with the players who have entered the national team.

It's not the first time that a Derby County player has been at the Millennium Stadium.

In August, the whole team came here to play the Community Shield match against Arsenal, so the Derby County players present are all familiar with the Millennium Stadium, in contrast, many Chelsea players are coming to this stadium for the first time, they are now very good and famous, but it is true that there is still a lack of championships, so the Millennium Stadium is still a little unfamiliar to the current Chelsea players, which has also flattened the gap in the number of fans between the two sides.

In the players' tunnel, there is a fence between the two teams.

This was specially set up to prevent any conflict between the two sides, and whenever an English club played at the stadium, the fence was erected. This was set up by the stadium management to prevent accidents in order to prevent mishaps between clubs in England.

The Derby County player is standing inside the tunnel.

The deafening cheers rang out in their ears and they couldn't hear them on the stadium radio, but the shouts of the fans were still occasionally heard clearly, and they knew that most of the fans were shouting the names of the Chelsea players, which reminded the Derby players of what their coach had said before the game.

"We can't come here empty-handed! Even if the situation is not in our favor, the most important thing is to win, as long as we can win, it is equivalent to getting a qiē! ”

Everyone understands this sentence. But it's only now that many of them understand what they really mean.

It's not just the media reports that the situation is not good, but the reports, such as about the club being bought or something, some players do have their own ideas, but they know that the team is Wansheng's final say, at least for now, and they have great trust in Wansheng, as long as Wansheng is still in the team. They don't have to worry about anything.

Some players have other ideas, but now that the league is only in February, the media thinks that the transfer of the club will have an impact on the mentality of the players, but the winter transfer in February has just passed. What if they have an idea?

At least wait for summer to come!!

So, in fact, the news of the acquisition of the Derby County club has little impact on the team. After all, it's rare for players to see the president of the club, and they don't think it affects them who the chairman is.

Now they are taking this game more seriously.

Although it is only the League Cup, it is clear to every player. They are going to fight for the championship, and in the League Cup, they have overcome all the obstacles and finally made it to the final, they know that the coach wants to fight for the championship, otherwise they would not take the League Cup so seriously, and at the same time, they also want to fight for the championship, as a professional player, who would refuse a few more titles?

When they retire, they can take out these championship medals, recall the past battles, and tell their grown sons and daughters about their majesty on the football field, which is an honor anyway, right?

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As soon as the Derby players came out of the tunnel, they felt the atmosphere of the tournament again.

It's not the first time they've been here.

There were a lot of players, like Franck Franck Ribery and others, who came here in May last year to play Manchester United, and a lot of people supported Manchester United at that time, and the clamor for Manchester United was completely obscured - even though many fans were behind them to win, Derby didn't have any players who knew about it, and they had no reason to cheer for Derby.

It's a very unpleasant atmosphere where the whole stadium is cheering for the opponents, after all, it is a neutral stadium, not an away stadium, and that situation is even worse than away.

Because of this, when they feel that most of the fans are shouting the names of Chelsea players, they don't think it's a big deal, because last year's game against Manchester United was the case of Manchester United players being called by their names all over the stadium, compared to this kind of scene now, at least a lot of fans are still calling their names.

The Derby County players were not at all affected by the shouts of the fans in the stand.

This may be the so-called tournament experience.

But the Derby players all know what to do next, which is to play hard, try to win the league cup and win the Carabao Cup.

Like the coach said, they won't come here empty-handed!

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At full-time, Chelsea attacked first.

When Didier Drogba kicked the ball out, there was a huge uproar from the Chelsea fans in the stands, and in the midst of a chorus, Drogba passed the ball to Frank Lampard, who drove forward and then to Robben on the wing, who rushed forward to launch the first wave of Chelsea's attack.

Wan Sheng changed his posture and watched the game seriously.

Mourinho's right leg pressed against his left, cocked his leg, chewed gum in his mouth, and stared at the game motionless.

The fans watched the game carefully.

At the same time, I don't know how many fans in front of the TV are focused on the game.

The competition has officially begun.

Chelsea took advantage of the first chance to play the ball in front of the penalty area, but Derby County defended very tightly, and the sandwich of Morris and Osman made Lampard a little flustered, and the football reached the feet of Morris and the Chelsea attack came to an end.

Chelsea failed to pose any threat to Derby County this time.

But judging by the expressions on the faces of the Chelsea players, they simply don't care. Even Frank Lampard, who was cut off the ball, had 90 minutes left in the game and plenty of time for them to find another chance.

The ball was quickly handed to the feet of Frank Ribery on the left.

When he saw Ribery get the ball, Robben, who was opposite him, was a lot nervous, and in this game, Robben started as a right striker.

Robben's schedule for the first half of the match was quite good, and Mourinho praised Robben's table more than once, but in fact, after Christmas. Robben didn't have much to show for him, because he had been injured twice in a row and had been recuperating, and this time he was very lucky to play, and he recovered before the big game, which also gave Mourinho an extra good card in his hand.

Robben knew Ribery.

Both of them are offensive players on the wing, and they are both players with fast speed and gorgeous skills, perhaps it is this similarity in position and technique that makes the two feel a little sympathetic. Even if they don't know each other in private, the two are already 'familiar' with each other, and when Chelsea meet Derby County, Robben is paying attention to Ribery. Conversely, Ribery will also pay attention to Robben.

Robben knew that Ribery was good at breaking through quickly and his own defensive ability was average, so when Ribery got the ball. He retreated cautiously to prevent a direct breakthrough.

Kribery did not do so.

He thought of the "steady dìng" that Wan Sheng had been emphasizing before the game, which was a tactical strategy. It is also a style of play, steady dìng refers to when there is no opportunity, to ensure all kinds of stable dìng, do not take risks to attack, Wan Sheng said, "We don't need to take risks", the meaning is very clear, that is, when there is no opportunity, use the ball to find opportunities.

So Ribery took two steps forward and just when Robben thought he was going to accelerate, Ribery played the ball back to Layton Bynes.

Layton Bynes received the pass, but Robben also rushed straight for him.

Robben and Ribery are facing each other, but in fact, it is Leyton Baines who is really opposed, because Robben is the right forward in Chelsea's 433 formation, when he saw Ribery's pass, Robben ran straight forward a few steps and came over to press Layton Bynes.

At the same time, Vidic was slowly moving forward.

Vidic has been back from injury for two weeks and this is his first start since recovering from injury, and he is slowly moving forward, and his movement is facing the formation of the whole team, which means that the team is moving forward, although slowly, but in fact it is still moving forward.

Layton Bynes crosses the ball and deflects it.

At this time, the middle Ludroba suddenly ran towards Vidic, which was obviously to create pressure on Vidic.

Seeing this scene, Wan Sheng glanced at the Chelsea coach's box.

He saw that Chelsea's pressing was a lot more urgent, otherwise with two passes in a row, Vidic, as a centre-back, should not have rushed over to grab the ball so quickly.

This is certainly Mourinho's countermeasure.

He believes that Derby County should not be allowed to let go of the attack, so it is necessary to carry out a certain amount of pressing and forcing Derby County to pass the ball more, and if there are more passes, it is naturally easy to make mistakes, and then it will be Chelsea's chance.

Using this full-court pressing method to force Derby County to pass the ball more is naturally the best way.

With just one mistake, with the quality of the Chelsea players, it is likely that they will seize the opportunity and turn the mistake into a fatal blow for them.

It has to be said that Mourinho's strategy is very targeted.

He knows that Derby County is good at playing suppressive attacks, and he also suppresses Derby County with full-court pressing, so that the two sides have to fight head-on, he has confidence in Chelsea's ability, and if he fights head-on, Chelsea is really not afraid of Derby County, especially when Derby County does not have the team's top scorer Van der Vaart in the frontcourt, if it is a head-on collision, it will be difficult for Derby County to play an advantage.

However, Wan Sheng is not unprepared for the game!

He doesn't know how Mourinho will respond, but he has his own preparations, which is to play in a steady way to control the tempo, but as long as the team finds an opportunity, the steady dìng will turn into a quick attack.

The sudden change in the pace of the game is the biggest killer feature of Derbyshire!

If Chelsea press too hard, the defense will definitely make mistakes, and then Wan Sheng will not mind letting Chelsea see what a real fast attack is! (To be continued......)