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Chapter 301 Too Routine, Isn't It? (64100)

April 4, Fulham, London, Stamford Bridge Stadium.

Although the game has not yet started, the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge has already become extremely hot.

As early as a few days ago, all the ticket windows posted "sold out" notices one after another, indicating the popularity of this game.

A few hours before the game, ticket sellers hovering outside the stadium have raised the price of tickets to 2000 euros a piece.

This ticket price is already close to the final ticket price.

But still priceless.

Standing in the stands, looking around, the stands that can accommodate 1000 people are full of fans.

Most of it is Chelsea's dark blue, while the light blue jersey, which symbolizes the away team Manchester City, only occupies one stand.

Camera shots are taken at random before the game starts.

In the box on the stand, people found the figure of Barcelona's assistant coach.

He should have come to inspect his potential opponents.

Barcelona's game against Bayern kicked off at the same time as this game. Although the second round there has not yet started, Barcelona's promotion should not be a big problem.

Obviously, Barcelona is already thinking about their opponents in the semi-finals in advance.

Is it Manchester City?Or Chelsea?
No one knows, and it will take 90 minutes for an answer.

With a burst of warm cheers, the players of the two teams took the hands of the ball boys, and under the leadership of the referee, they walked out of the player channel one after another and entered the court.

Then line up on both sides of the referee group and stand in two rows.

There was an extremely warm applause at the scene.

The fans sitting in front of the rostrum can easily see the players from the two teams standing in a row.

As for the starting lineup, it is obvious.

Manchester City goalkeeper Diego Lopez;
The defense line is Heinze, Joel Luka, Thiago Silva and Lichtsteiner,
The midfield is Pedro, Hargreaves, Yaya Toure and David Silva,
The two strikers are Samaras and Aguero.

Compared with the previous game, Hargreaves replaced Fellaini and Samaras replaced Shevchenko.

On the front line, Samaras and Aguero partnered. At the beginning of the season, the two had a hat-trick-level contest for the main position.

In the end, Samaras made a move and re-established his main position.

After a season of dormancy, Aguero not only did not feel discouraged or gave up on himself, but contributed many wonderful performances in the limited playing time.

Maybe this is the legendary "star halo"?
"Judging from the starting lineup, Duncan doesn't intend to defend this game." Andy Gray said.

Manchester City's lineup is relatively fixed, and Duncan's offense and defense are generally adjusted in the existing lineup, rather than by replacing players.

Because many people in Manchester City's lineup have a wide range of running, Manchester City also has a taste of Dutch "Total Attack and Total Defense Football" to a certain extent.

Well, Hiddink on the opposite side is a Dutchman.

As for Chelsea's starting lineup.

Goalkeeper Cech,

Back line from right to left, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Bosingwa;

Three midfielders, Essien, Ballack, Lampard;

The front three, Anelka, Drogba, Robinho.

Compared with the previous game, Carvalho replaced Alex, and Alex has unshirkable responsibility for Chelsea's third goal.

As for Bosingwa's shift to the left, it was probably to freeze Manchester City's engine, David Silva.

Anelka replaced Kalou in the frontcourt.

Apparently Hiddink had a good impression of the team's performance in the last 10 minutes of the last game, and he sent Anelka to try to reproduce that 10-minute advantage.

Sure enough, at the beginning, Chelsea's focus of attack was on the cooperation of Anelka and Drogba.

Duncan smiled.

Just as he thought.

Hiddink wants to continue that game. In the last 10 minutes, the team's good performance will naturally send players for that game.

But this seemingly optimal way of selection is actually not very smart.

Because this is exactly what Duncan expected.

Duncan has a full six days to study the cracking method.

Such an old routine is okay for the first time, but if it is continued, it will be a bit outdated.

Although Duncan is not a saint, he still wants to say: the same move, it is useless against me twice.

Duncan smiled and glanced at the smug Hiddink: Since you want a routine, don't take my anti-routine and wait for you!

The attention of both sides returned to the field.

The referee blows his whistle and the football is played.

The much-anticipated UEFA Champions League has begun!

Manchester City kicked off first.

Aguero knocks to Samaras, Samaras passes back to David Silva.

The football was passed back layer by layer, and finally passed to the Manchester City defense line.In the beginning, Chelsea's formation was very high. Anelka, Drogba, and Robinho fired three arrows at once, from different angles and at different speeds, to press down on Manchester City's ball-handling players.

Their running and pressing are obviously trained.

It's very systematic and layered.

interesting.

It is even more surprising if you consider that among these players, there is also a player with weak team awareness like Robinho.

Duncan raised his eyebrows. Hiddink is indeed a famous coach, and he has a solid foundation for this arrangement of Robinho.

Robinho is also pressing, forming a dislocation with the positions of the other two, with a very layered sense of distance and nearness.

Robinho's little motorcycle can actually keep Hiddink in shape when he drives it?
Thiago Silva, who held the ball in the defense, hesitated in a rare way. Chelsea's three-man defense seemed to block all his passing routes.

There is no way, Thiago Silva can only pass back to goalkeeper Lopez.

Lopez dare not neglect, because Robinho has rushed towards him.

He fired a half-high ball and kicked the ball to Heinze on the wing.

Robinho seemed to have expected that Lopez would pass the ball, halfway through the sprint, he turned around decisively.

Then, he bumped into a steel-like embrace.

Didier Drogba...

Robinho screamed and fell to the ground.

Obviously, when Robinho was running, he didn't notice his teammates, and the running routes of the two overlapped.

There was a burst of laughter from the stands.

Hiddink raised his forehead: This black boy, can you be a little bit more?

Duncan also couldn't help laughing: Robinho knows how to cooperate with his teammates to press down?

nonexistent!

The layered press just now was probably just a coincidence.

(End of this chapter)