Honk!

The referee blew the whistle and the game officially began.

The first kick-off was the visitors, Chelsea, with Didier Drogba bringing the ball a little and Frank Lampard returning the ball and the ball rolled to the back.

'The game officially started with Chelsea, who were wearing the white away kit and attacking from the right side of the TV screen. Birmingham, on the other hand, attacked from the left side of the curtain and wore the blue shirt of the home team. Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said immediately.

The scene immediately resounded with enthusiastic cheers, and fans on both sides cheered enthusiastically.

At the beginning of the game, the Chelsea team did not attack ferociously, whether it was Mourinho or Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea team, they were very serious about defending, and they attacked more when they were defending on the counter-attack.

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea counter-attack was very efficient, with a very simple pass up front, and it was a three-to-three into the opposition penalty area and scored.

In fact, Carlo Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho's tactics are still very similar, the only difference is that in terms of defense, the defensive philosophy of the two is different, Ancelotti has played Italian defense and chain defense in Serie A for so many years, and the Chelsea defense during Mourinho's period is obviously not as strong as Ancelotti's current set of defense.

So, now Jose Mourinho has gone to Italy to steal the Italian chain defense and find the most important part to perfect his tactics.

When it comes to counter-attacking, Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti also have different tactics.

Under Jose Mourinho, Chelsea's counter-attacks were almost always on the ground, rarely in the air, and were all quick passes with two or three feet on the ground, tearing apart the opponent's defence and getting opportunities.

Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea counter-attacks are a little bit more in the air, and when he was in the Rossoneri, Carlo Ancelotti practiced this kind of counter-attack perfectly, which is one of the reasons why Carlo Ancelotti had Pirlo drop back to the back line.

At that time, the Rossoneri's counter-attacks were almost all initiated by Pirlo, and a direct long pass was able to create a very good counter-attacking opportunity.

Carlo Ancelotti also transplanted this set to Chelsea, of course, he also retained some of Chelsea's original counter-attacking routines, so the current Chelsea offensive and defensive systems are very complete and comprehensive.

It makes absolutely sense that such a Chelsea team can achieve the results they have now.

Chelsea did not go crazy attacking at first, because before the game, McLeish said that in this game, Birmingham want to play against Chelsea, and they will take advantage of the home advantage to launch the attack first, so that Ancelotti can play his counter-attack with peace of mind.

However, after the start of the game, the Birmingham team did not put on a posture of going to the death with Chelsea, as McLeish said before the game, and the players of the Birmingham team almost hoarded their own half, defending.

Birmingham City also put on a defensive counter-attack today, which was also their tactic, and McLeish put fake news before the game, pouring in to confuse the Chelsea people.

The Chelsea man quickly saw what the Birminghamman was up to, and Carlo Ancelotti spat the sidelines, he didn't expect the Birmingham side to make such a move.

However, Carlo Ancelotti still did not change his tactics, of course, it is impossible for the Chelsea team not to attack, the Chelsea team is advancing layer by layer when attacking, pressing on the whole, when the strikers go forward, the midfielders and defenders are collectively pressed forward, and when they retreat, they are like a machine, a whole.

Ancelotti has high hopes for Mikel in midfield, who he hopes will be a Chelsea Andrea Pirlo and is now trying.

Mikel didn't choose a long pass when he held the football, but passed it directly to Michael Ballack next to him, and then threw it in front of him at a high speed.

Dongfang Chen immediately pounced on Balak, who received the ball, and Balak directly pulled the ball horizontally, dodged Dongfang Chen's pressing, and directly sent the football forward and passed it to Mikel, who was inserted forward.

Sturridge pounced directly, but Mikel did not stop the ball, and before Sturridge was about to pounce, he passed the ball to the wing, and Malouda on the wing caught the ball, and Mikel crossed past Sturridge and ran forward.

Malouda on the wing immediately passed the ball back to Mikel who was moving forward, and Mikel was like this to connect the whole Chelsea team, and the whole Chelsea team was pressed forward.

Mikel had just caught the ball when Birmingham midfielder Kevin Boateng pounced, and Kevin Boateng was physically strong, like a human tank.

Mikel is tall enough, but not strong enough, and it would be absolutely sad for Mikel to meet Kevin Boateng.

Therefore, Mikel did not give Kevin Boateng a chance at all, he pushed the ball to the side before he pounced, and the ball immediately rolled to Malouda on the wing, and he hoped to repeat the old trick, surpass Kevin Boateng, and then pick up Malouda's return football.

Malouda actually thought this way, so the ball rolled to his feet, and he immediately passed the ball to the front of Mikel.

However, Kevin Boateng was so smart that he didn't give Mikel a chance to get rid of him. With his strong body, close to Mikel, Mikel simply couldn't shake off Kevin Boateng.

Malouda, who passed the ball, also saw the situation and regretted it the moment he just sent the ball away.

But there is no regret medicine to sell in this world, and the football was directly passed back by Kevin Boateng, who was close to Mikel, and the football rolled directly to the feet of central defender Ridgewell.

Chelsea's centre-forward Didier Drogba immediately rushed up like a human tank, intercepting Ridgewell and pressing for it.

Seeing that Ridgewell had a tendency to clear the ball with a big foot, Drogba immediately jumped up and turned sideways to block the ball with his back. Who knows, Ridgewell rounded his thighs, but unfortunately he didn't pump the ball hard. With a slight squeeze, he slid past Drogba, who was jumping, and then Ridgewell passed the ball forward, and the ball rolled to the feet of midfielder Ji Chengyong.

The Birmingham team's tactics are very characteristic, that is, to fly on both wings.

So after Ji Chengyong received the ball, he immediately passed the football to the side, and the football immediately rolled to the feet of Li Qinglong on the side.

Li Qinglong's front was smooth, and he immediately moved forward at high speed with the ball.

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack immediately pounced on the flanks to intercept Lee.

The Birmingham fans at the scene immediately gave Li Qinglong a hot applause, Li Qinglong saw that Ballack was not stunned at all, and directly took the football forward, and then ran an arc directly from outside the sideline to bypass Ballack and chase the football.

The fans of the Birmingham team at the scene immediately gave Li Qinglong a hot applause, this guy is too good, too powerful.

In fact, it is just that Barak is old, if it is placed when Barak is young, Li Qinglong's behavior is completely looking for the rhythm of death.

To the roaring applause of the Birmingham fans, Li Qinglong passed Ballack and led the ball to the Chelsea penalty area, where Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole immediately pounced and came up to intercept Li Qinglong.

Seeing Ashley Cole coming up, Li Qinglong pretended to go down, and then suddenly passed the football horizontally, and the football rolled along the line of the big penalty area to Dongfang Chen, who came to meet him in the middle of the road.

Chelsea's centre-back John Terry immediately rushed up to intercept Dongchen.

Before the game, Terry said that he would definitely follow Dongfang Chen every step of the way in this game, which was also the request of head coach Carlo Ancelotti. Now that Dongfang Chen went up to answer it, Terry immediately rushed up and intercepted it.

Terry's reaction was quick, and when the football rolled in front of Dongfang Chen, Terry had already posted it.

However, Terry did not reach out to break the ball at this time, but stuck the position. John Terry is very strong defensively and not weak physically. As long as he gets stuck in position, there are very few strikers who can make a difference.

Dongfang Chen naturally felt the pressure, and he also knew Terry Dongfang Chen very well.

Dongfang Chen knew that if he stopped the football, it would be difficult for him to enter the Chelsea team's penalty area, and he had to pass the football back and then develop. But in that case, there was little threat to the Chelsea goal.

Therefore, when Dongfang Chen saw the football rolling over, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

Watching the football roll over, Dongfang Chen leaned on Terry with his body, so that Terry had no chance to touch the football. Then he suddenly used the inside of his right foot to swoop the ball from behind him into the Chelsea penalty area, and the ball quickly rolled behind Dongfang Chen and into the Chelsea box.

"Beautiful! A stroke of genius! Dongfang Chen's back pass came too amazingly. Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray immediately ranted.

"Sturridge!" Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor also shouted loudly.

Dongfang Chen's wonderful pass rolled directly to the feet of Birmingham striker Sturridge, who was inserted into the Chelsea penalty area, and all the Chelsea fans on the scene were very nervous.

The defenders in the Chelsea penalty area actually didn't react too much, because Dongfang Chen's pass was so secret, no one thought that by the time they reacted, the football had already rolled in front of Sturley.

There was no one to defend within half a metre of Sturridge's side, and Sturridge certainly did not miss the opportunity to play and did not stop the ball, and looked at the football and volleyed directly.

"Sturridge, shoot!" Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray suddenly roared loudly.

With a thud, Sturridge struck the ball and it immediately flew into the forward Chelsea goal, the ball was so fast that the Chelsea fans were already desperate.

Syllable!

In front of the Chelsea goal, Peter Cech burst out of the goal, raised his palms and slammed a double shot straight at the goal, blocking Sturridge's shot.

"Beautiful! Pretty! Nice save! Peter Cech, the Czech is still the world's number one goalkeeper, he reacts too fast, beautiful! Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray shouted excitedly.

'This time Birmingham attacked beautifully, Chelsea defended well and Petero Cech was amazing. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor also said.

The Chelsea fans immediately cheered excitedly, shouting the name of Petero Cech, who was the god of their minds at this time.

The fans of the Birmingham team are collectively sorry, this opportunity is very good, especially Dongfang Chen's pass is wonderful, which can be called a stroke of genius, but it is a pity that Sturridge himself did not grasp it and missed this great opportunity to exceed the score.