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Chapter 291 Group of 4 (54100)

Chapter 291 Group of Four (54100)

"Friends from the audience, welcome to the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City vs. Chelsea. In this round, Manchester City will first play at home against Chelsea!"

"The two sides of the game have lined up in the player channel and are ready to enter the field at any time."

"Now we have got the rosters for both sides!"

"Let's look first at the home team Manchester City. Diego Lopez in goal, Ashley Young, Thiago Silva, Joel Luka, Lichtsteiner in defense. Peder in midfield. Ronaldo, Fellaini, David Silva and Yaya Toure, with Shevchenko and Aguero up front."

"Compared to the last game against Chelsea, Manchester City rotated right-back Trabelsi, goalkeeper Joe Hart, forward Samaras."

"Looking at Chelsea's starting lineup again, Hiddink still has a four-three-three formation. The goalkeeper is Petr Cech, and the defense is Ashley Cole, Terry, Alex and Ivanovic. The field is Ballack, Lampard and Essien. The front field is Kalou, Drogba and Malouda.

"As for Anelka and Robinho, Hiddink left them on the bench."

"This game is basically a continuation of the previous game, when Chelsea beat Manchester City, the only change is the position of right back. Ivanovic, who has only started twice this season for Chelsea, unexpectedly started. Is this player the secret weapon?"

"It can be said that the two teams have sent their strongest lineup to play, which can be described as the sharp point of the wheat. Let's take a look at this game now and see who will win!"

After shaking hands with each other, players from both sides lined up on both sides of the referee team.

The two captains, Shevchenko and Petr Cech, guessed.

Duncan looked at Chelsea's lineup and kept thinking about it in his mind.

Although before the game, Duncan thought that Hiddink would adopt a defensive tactical strategy, but the specific tactical arrangement will continue to be observed during the game.

In this game, Hiddink hid Anelka and Robinho, and started two speedy wingers Kalou and Malouda.

Then Hiddink's intention can be imagined, which is to let the two fast wingers seize the opportunity to counterattack while stabilizing the defense, hitting behind Manchester City.

And Drogba's header and strong individual combat ability are very important weapons.

Everything was ready, the referee checked the watch with the home screen and the fourth official, and then blew the whistle to start the game.

At the beginning of the game, the Manchester City team tried to control the game according to Duncan's pre-match arrangement, but Chelsea's frontcourt players did not withdraw, but actively pressed forward to force Manchester City's players with the ball.

Not only the frontcourt players, their midfield and backcourt are also pressed very high, squeezing the space for Manchester City players to dribble.

Lampard and Ballack up front, running relentlessly, squeezing space and defending aggressively.

Their opening was very open and the press was very active, which caught Manchester City a little off guard.

Lampard broke the football and then distributed it to Malouda.

Malouda resolutely went to the bottom and then made a cross. Drogba's header was shot by Diego Lopez with both hands.

Joel Luka took the ball to make a clearance, but under the interference of Kalou, the clearance was not far away.

Lampard rushed up and took a long shot directly.

Thiago Silva turned and jumped to meet the ball. The football hit his back, drew a big arc, and flew out of the baseline.

corner kick!

Lampard corner, John Terry and Didier Drogba attract City's defensive attention, before Ivanovic's threatening header from the post is topped by Ashley Young at the back post Out of line.

Another free kick was taken, and Ivanovic still hit the ball, but the football flew high.

No threat was posed.

"At the beginning, Hiddink didn't seem as conservative as people said before the game." Martin Taylor said: "Perhaps Chelsea's strategy for this game is actually to use offense to contain Manchester City's offense?"

But it's the opposite of what Martin Taylor said.

After this wave of offense ended, the Chelsea team decisively chose to retreat, leaving only Drogba in the frontcourt.

Everyone else retreated deeply, leaving most of the midfield to Manchester City.

"It seems that Chelsea only have three tricks at the beginning!" Andy Gray teased.

"Uh, okay. It turned out to be an opening game..." Martin Taylor said, rolling his eyes.

Hiddink on the bench didn't have any special expression.This strategy of grabbing the start, it’s okay if you score a goal, and it’s okay if you don’t score, it’s all in Hiddink’s expectation.

What Hiddink wants is just a shocking effect, so that Manchester City will not be too unscrupulous in their offense.

Chelsea chose to retreat, and Manchester City quickly took advantage of the field.

After 3 minutes, David Silva took the ball in the middle and then passed it diagonally to the right. Aguero retreated to the midfield to get the ball. After using his speed to forcefully pass Ballack, he wanted to break through again along the right. Ashley Cole, but was knocked to the ground by Ashley Cole, the ball was also broken, and the referee did not whistle for a foul.

Aguero got up from the ground and spread his hands.

After more than half a season of gaining weight, Aguero's body is no longer as thin as when he first joined, so this time, he thought it was a foul by the opponent.

Manchester City's offense continued. In the 11th minute, Yaya Toure advanced with the ball in the middle, observed the running position of his teammates, and when he advanced 30 meters away from the goal, he suddenly took a long shot.

The football was thrown out by Petr Cech.

Manchester City is playing at home, so the natural momentum is like a rainbow.

Football has always been under the control of Manchester City. Under the dual-core scheduling of the midfielder, they frequently attack Chelsea's penalty area.

Duncan stood on the sidelines, observing the situation on the field.

After the opening three tricks, Chelsea went into the penalty area again.

As a team that started out defensively, as a team that has been taught by Mourinho for many years, Chelsea's defense is very good.

Especially after Hiddink injected his own elements, this Chelsea team went more solidly on the way of defensive counterattack.

If that's the case, then it's exactly what I thought.

So Duncan turned on the formation system, and in the lineup for this game, he chose the four-element formation.

Duncan glanced at the experience progress bar by the way. Now the character level has been upgraded to level 8, and the experience bar has gone more than half. If the results are good, he may be able to rise to level 9 at the end of the season. A formation can be unlocked!

Duncan walked to the sidelines, put his hands to his mouth, inserted two index fingers into his mouth, and whistled, attracting the attention of Manchester City players, and then Duncan made a gesture.

Make more cooperation and tear apart the opponent's defense with continuous passing!

And this time, the players covered by Manchester City's four-element formation are Shevchenko, Aguero, Silva and Yaya Toure.

This is why Duncan chose to start Aguero. In terms of foot skills, Aguero not only dribbles well, but also can pass some good shots.

After more than half a season, Aguero himself has suffered from poor teamwork awareness, so naturally he has made great progress in this regard.

Chelsea suddenly discovered that the penetration of Manchester City's offense suddenly increased!

(End of this chapter)