I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Drogba did not appear because Torres had just transferred to Chelsea.

Torres's worth is much higher than Drogba's, and Torres is also much more handsome than Drogba. Especially the female fans of the Blues prefer to see Torres instead of Drogba.

In addition, Torres' movement and footwork are also the kind that Ancelotti likes.

Drogba basically uses one move on the front line, running rampant, picking up the ball with his back, turning around and shooting.

Torres will have many wonderful moves on the forward line.

Therefore, as soon as Torres came, Drogba frowned and sat on the bench.

Ancelotti comforted Drogba privately, saying that playing with a small team of Southampton's level does not require Drogba to play at all.

Drogba didn't quite believe what Ancelotti said, but Drogba couldn't refute it.

This is different from planting the flag with Anelka. Planting the flag with Anelka is a head-to-head contest between players, and now Torres is obviously protected by the entire club's senior management.

Drogba now expects Torres to perform poorly.

It would be best not to score a single goal...

The reason why Sturridge did not play and did not have a substitute was that Sturridge had just been loaned to Bolton Wanderers for half a season. Therefore, Sturridge, England's great star and England youth, The FA Cup champion missed the opportunity to compete one-on-one with Gu Ran.

Of course, even if Sturridge is still at Chelsea at this time, Sturridge will not be able to appear.

Even Drogba has to be a substitute, why can Sturridge start?

Chelsea during this period was a typical taxi. There were so many talents in the team that even the British star could be loaned out.

Sturridge's real rise was not at Chelsea, but at Liverpool.

Sturridge is also a top-level player. He takes two hours to charge and five minutes to talk on the phone. He also has a famous nickname called Daxian because he is very superstitious. Whether it is training or a game, he is always in trouble. Walk into the venue.

Moreover, the volume for watching TV and playing games must be 18. Some teammates asked him why, and Sturridge said because it sounded auspicious.

Sturridge is also a relatively well-known glass man. Except for his penis, almost every part of his body has been injured.

As for the European young Rozhirkov, he injured his knee and needed to rest for half a month, so he was not included in the game squad.

Overall, Chelsea still attaches great importance to this game.

Ancelotti fielded almost all the main lineup. On the one hand, it is related to his cautious coaching style. On the other hand, it is probably also to please the big boss Abramovich who is watching the game in the box.

At this time, the referee finally blew his whistle.

In the first leg of the EFL Cup quarter-finals, Southampton's away game against the previous Premier League champion Chelsea has officially begun!

First it was Chelsea kicking off.

Torres knocked the ball back to Lampard steadily, and then quickly penetrated into Southampton's half.

Southampton's formation immediately began to tighten the double-teaming. As the defensive midfielder, Lambert took the initiative to mark Torres, while as the attacking midfielder, Gu Ran did not return to defend, but pressed towards Lampard who was holding the ball.

Today, Southampton's tactics are also very clear. The whole team defends with all their strength and focuses on Lampard.

Seeing Gu Ran coming up, Lampard didn't panic at all and continued to observe while dribbling the ball to the side.

"Blue Kenyan" Ramirez is right next to Lampard, ready to devote himself to Lampard as a sapper.

Essien, the big African buffalo, was also following Lampard eagerly, ready to rush forward and sweep away at any time. It can be said that Chelsea showed strong midfield control and pressure from the very beginning.

Lampard didn't seem to be in a hurry to pass the ball, but wanted to draw Gu Ran out of touch and expose the space behind him.

Gu Ran didn't hesitate at all and rushed towards Lampard directly.

Ramirez immediately came over to block Gu Ran's blocking position!

Gu Ran had long expected that Ramirez would step forward to block him, so he immediately made an emergency stop to catch Cruyff and turned around, avoiding Ramirez's interception in an instant without contact!

Ramirez was immediately stunned!

He has never met an opponent so fast, so flexible, and so flexible!

Ramirez wanted to stop, turn around and intercept again, but his center of gravity could not be pulled back in such a short period of time, and he was almost knocked to the ground.

You know, this is still at the beginning of the game!

Ramirez was almost embarrassed!

Before Ramirez could adjust, Gu Ran got behind Ramirez and made a diagonal stab at Lampard, who was advancing with the ball.

Lampard immediately accelerated to get rid of it.

Lampard is extremely fast, but Gu Ran is even faster!

Gu Ran pressed his body against Lampard in the first second when Lampard started at high speed. While running to protect the ball, Lampard used his elbow to hit Gu Ran's ribs, trying to pass through the extremely aggressive ball. Physical confrontation to get rid of Gu Ran.

However, Gu Ran stuck to Lampard, forcing Lampard to slow down in order to protect the ball!

All the fans present couldn't help but shouted excitedly.

No one expected that the game would start with such an exciting head-on confrontation!

The top number 8 in English League One is absolutely worthy of being the top number 8 in the world!

Lampard was also horrified. He had seen Gu Ran play football with his own eyes, but at that time, Gu Ran was at a semi-professional level at best, and his playing style was also very grassroots. But he didn't expect that in just a short time In half a year, Gu Ran has grown so much.

Lampard couldn't help complaining in his mind: Why haven't the club's senior leaders lured Gu Ran to Chelsea after half a year?

If we had dug it out earlier, wouldn't this be a problem?

Lampard was forced to stop in place by Gu Ran, and all the forward breakthrough paths and passing routes were blocked by Gu Ran.

In desperation, Lampard could only pass the ball back to the big Ivan and Ivanovic who responded.

After Big Ivan got the ball, he immediately dribbled the ball across the center line.

Opposing right back Ivan is left midfielder Chamberlain.

Chamberlain rushed toward Big Ivan in a menacing manner. Big Ivan didn't even look at Chamberlain and just used his body to eat him.

Chamberlain was immediately pushed out, and Southampton's left wing was instantly in danger.

Fortunately, Hammond filled in the position in time, and midfielder Lambert also responded in time.

As for center back Walton, he stepped in very experiencedly and temporarily acted as half of the defensive midfielder.

The entire Southampton team's defense was also shrinking and gathering quickly, not giving Chelsea a chance.

Big Ivan broke into the 35-meter range and directly cut through Southampton's high-altitude defense with a scalpel-level diagonal pass and sent the ball into Southampton's penalty area!

Torres...(End of this chapter)