super storm

Chapter 734

On the evening of April [-], at nineteen thirty.

Stamford Bridge Stadium in London's West End was brightly lit like daylight.

After more than 8000 fans poured in, the huge stands were packed to the brim.

This world-renowned focus match is about to begin, and the atmosphere in the stadium is becoming more and more tense and frenzied.

The fans of the home team are enthusiastic. They are obviously looking forward to the team being able to beat Liverpool at home, changing the embarrassing record against strong teams this season. Although the number of fans of the visiting team is small, they are not to be outdone. The momentum created is not inferior to that of the home team.

The bad atmosphere at Stamford Bridge is a long-standing problem.

Captain John Terry appeared in the chairman's stand in a suit. Because of the accumulation of yellow cards, he will miss this focus game tonight, but he still came to the stadium and was with the team.

He had just come out of the locker room, and he could tell that his teammates were all high-spirited and determined to win. Coach Guus Hiddink had also made sufficient preparations, so that Liverpool could return without success in this game and avenge their shame.

Although Chelsea is likely to be empty-handed this season, being able to knock out such a powerful Liverpool out of the Champions League can be regarded as a proud deed.

"I hope everything goes well!" Terry looked directly at the court and prayed secretly in his heart.

At this moment, there was a movement near the exit of the chairman's stand.

Terry turned his head and looked, just in time to see club owner Abramovich walking out of the aisle, accompanied by club general manager Peter Kenyon, chairman Barker and assistant Marina Granovskaya, all the way towards the vacant position in the middle, which is the direction of Terry.

This is a position reserved exclusively for him by the club, exclusively for Abramovich.

"Hey, John." When Abramovich saw Terry, he smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Nice to meet you, boss." Terry also responded with a smile.

The Russian seemed to be in a good mood, pointing to his vacant seat, "Come, sit here with me, my captain!"

Of course Terry would not refuse, and immediately agreed politely.

Immediately, many people around also adjusted their positions wisely.

At Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge, Abramovich is a veritable king!
After a group of people found their seats and sat down, the Russian asked about the current situation of the team and the upcoming game with concern. He was obviously more concerned about whether the team could beat Liverpool and advance to the semi-finals, and then the game after the semi-finals.

"I just came out of the locker room, I can feel it, everyone is full of confidence." Terry said with confidence.

"But we just got three goals from Bolton," Abramovich reminded.

Obviously, he has been following Chelsea news.

"It was just an accident, boss, Hiddink is a top manager, he has adjusted, and in the past few days, we have been preparing how to deal with Liverpool's high points." Terry laughed.

Abramovich heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"Yes, I have confidence in Guus Hiddink, he is the best!"

After Scolari got out of class, Abramovich also used his personal relationship, which finally persuaded Hiddink to let him serve as the head coach of the Russian national team and the head coach of Chelsea at the same time.

If he didn't have confidence in Hiddink, he wouldn't bother to do these things.

"Moreover, Hiddink still hid a backhand in this game."

"Oh?" Abramovich became interested, "Anyone else?"

"Anelka won't be there."

"Huh?" Abramovich was a little confused.

Anelka was once a world-renowned talented striker. After becoming famous at Arsenal, he was transferred to Real Madrid at a sky-high price. However, due to his eccentric nature and the mischief of his two brothers, his career development has not been smooth.

After finally playing in Bolton, he was dug to Stamford Bridge by Chelsea, and then joined the giants again.

It stands to reason that this player's performance should be the starting lineup, but Hiddink kept him as a backup, obviously also prepared.

Although Abramovich didn't understand, he felt that he should have guessed something, as if he was waving in front of him when he saw the victory, he suddenly laughed.

"If we can really beat Liverpool and reach the semi-finals, or even beat Manchester United to reach the final, then we will definitely be the favorites to win the championship!"

Everyone knows that Abramovich is obsessed with the Champions League. He even replaced Mourinho because he felt that the Portuguese madman could not bring Chelsea the Champions League.

The team reached the final of the Champions League last season. If they enter the final again this season, it is not impossible to win the championship.

"All of us will fight for this, boss!" Terry's eyes were full of determination.

Although he, the captain, has objections to some of Abramovich's actions, but in any case, as long as it is good for Chelsea, he will do his best to support Abramovich.

Just as he was talking, at the entrance of the player channel, under the leadership of the Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantareo, players from the two teams lined up in two teams and came out one after another.

All of a sudden, the audience burst into applause and cheers.

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"To commemorate the [-]th anniversary of tomorrow's Hillsborough tragedy, so tonight at Stamford Bridge, all Liverpool players wore black armbands on their right arms, and everyone's face was full of dignity."

"This is a bit of a feeling of mourning, and it also reflects Liverpool's determination to fight back."

"Let's take a look at Chelsea's starting XI tonight."

"The goalkeeper is Cech, the defense is Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Alex and Ivanovic, the midfield is Lampard, Ballack and Essien, and the front three is Malouda, Drogba and Kalou."

"We noticed that Anelka, Chelsea's top scorer who performed well this season, was put on the bench by Hiddink tonight. This is indeed a surprise, because Anelka is Chelsea's best scorer this season."

"Perhaps, Hiddink wants to focus on defense at the beginning, after all, they have already led [-]-[-]."

"Everyone feels that Liverpool want to reverse this score away, unless there is another miracle."

"Let's look at Liverpool again."

"The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher and Arbeloa, the midfielder is Javier Mascherano and Xavi Alonso forming a double midfielder, Gerrard is forward, and the front trident is Yang Yang, Dirk Dirk and Benayoun."

"Crouch, who many people were looking forward to before the game, also did not appear in the starting lineup. This shows that the two top coaches in the world faced each other before the game. They both hid their backs and waited for their opponents to make moves."

"Judging from the score of the first round, Liverpool is now one to three behind. In the second round of the away game, they must score more than three goals to have a chance to advance. This will be a great test for the Red Army's offensive ability, because Chelsea's defensive ability is obvious to all from Ranieri's time to now."

"Perhaps it can be said that in the Champions League in the past few years, which team can score more than three goals for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which is why everyone is not optimistic about Liverpool before the game."

"Moreover, what Liverpool must pay attention to is that Chelsea's high points who performed very well in the first round, Ivanovic, Drogba, Ballack, Alex... This game is still starting. This will be a huge test for Liverpool's defense, especially the defense against high balls."

"There is also Reina. This Spanish goalkeeper is a major hidden danger for Liverpool this season. He often makes some mistakes that should not be made in the game. From time to time, he pushes Liverpool into a difficult situation. This is obviously also a problem."

"Okay, the game is about to start."

"Liverpool with the red jersey, they attack from left to right, Chelsea from right to left."

"Yang Yang and Kevin Dirk stood in the middle circle, ready to serve."

"The game is about to start!"

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Yang Yang stood in the middle circle, jumped twice on the spot, and took a deep breath.

His body has been active during the warm-up just now, and he feels that he is in a good state now.

He only played half of the game against Blackburn, then adjusted for three days, and now he is at his best.

With good luck, the weather and temperature are quite good tonight.

"Ready." Dido reminded him.

Yang Yang smiled and nodded emphatically.

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With the referee's whistle, Dirk Quickly kicked the ball to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang didn't stop the ball and directly kicked it back to Gerrard, while he rushed forward quickly.

Gerrard made a pass back to the defense, Skrtel stopped the ball and made a long pass, but instead of going directly to the center, he moved to the right, where Dirk was competing with Ashley Cole for a spot.

But Dirk Didier failed to win the point this time, the ball flew directly out of bounds, Chelsea's throw-in.

"From the beginning, we can clearly see that Liverpool's formation is a bit surprising."

"Originally we all thought that Dirk Dirk would appear in the middle, but unexpectedly, it was Yang Yang who appeared in this position, while Dirk Dirk appeared on the left, and Benayoun was active on the left of Yang Yang."

"Judging from the long pass just now, Benitez's strategy is also very clear. He avoids Alex and Ballack in the middle, and hits the low point of Ashley Cole on the left of Chelsea. He takes advantage of Dirk's high ball to compete for the top."

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Liverpool showed their fangs at the beginning of the game, and Chelsea was obviously not willing to take the lead.

Hiddink did not adopt an overly conservative strategy, but chose to head-on and go straight up.

So after the opening, Liverpool pushed forward aggressively and adopted a high defense. Chelsea also deployed heavy troops from the 30-meter area to the center line.

The start of the two teams seemed to be risky, but they were relatively safe, and they did not give each other a chance.

Until No.13 minutes...

(End of this chapter)