Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

The opening whistle blew, and 80,000 Blues fans gave a deafening roar at Stamford Bridge, marking the official start of the London derby.

Walker and Adebayor of Tottenham stood in the center circle ready to kick off, and all Chelsea players retreated to their own half and took a defensive stance.

However, unexpectedly, Adebayor dribbled the ball and cut in quickly, with Sigurdsson and Sandro following up to provide support.

Tottenham chose to adopt an offensive tactic at the start! It was obvious that they wanted to give the home team a head start at Chelsea's home ground.

Chelsea's players were startled by this sudden move and retreated urgently to defend.

Li Lei and his teammates had to retreat quickly to deal with Tottenham's attack.

After the start of the game, the two sides quickly launched a fierce fight for the ball and confrontation near the center circle, and the cheers of the audience in the stands around the stadium also rose.

Facing Tottenham's sudden attack, Chelsea's defenders had already been ready.

When the Tottenham midfielder cut into the Blues' flank area with the ball, Ramirez and Lampard, the Blues' double defensive midfielder combination, quickly followed up and made a steal.

At this moment, Tottenham's forwards were completely restrained by Terry and others, and they could not get any shooting opportunities at all.

Facing Chelsea's airtight defense, Walker could only choose to pass back to the back line, which resolved Tottenham's first wave of attack.

Tottenham's retreat gave Li Lei and others an opportunity, and the Blues' frontcourt players immediately pressed the Tottenham defenders frantically. The

Tottenham defense led by Dawson kept retreating and was forced to shrink in their own half. Chelsea's midfielders and backcourt players took the opportunity to advance and began to occupy the midfield.

Facing Chelsea's crazy pressure and aggressive pressing, Tottenham's defenders gradually fell into despair.

As they retreated, they were getting closer and closer to their own goal, and the result of this was that Tottenham players had fewer and fewer options..

At this time, the ball just came to Vertonghen's feet, but Li Lei had already approached like a cheetah, and before Vertonghen could react, Li Lei had already arrived in front of him.

Out of desperation, Vertonghen could only hastily kick the ball to the front court to relieve the current pressure.

With Ramirez's header, the ball was transferred to Chelsea's feet.

Through back-kicks, the ball quickly came to Lampard's feet, and with his precise long pass, Chelsea officially began to counterattack.

Keane:"The game was as we expected after the opening. The two sides played very fiercely. Tottenham chose to attack at the beginning, but they were soon relieved of the threat by Chelsea's defense."

Jones:"Then the situation reversed. Chelsea began to press frantically and moved the battlefield to Tottenham's half. Mourinho's team completely controlled the situation."

Keane:"Yes, Chelsea's players cooperated well. Tottenham's defense was repeatedly forced back and passive everywhere, but Chelsea has not yet scored the first goal."

"Oh! Nabil Bentaleb is going to get a card!"

Just as Hazard was breaking through the Tottenham defense line on the left, the opponent's defender Bentaleb made a flying tackle and knocked him to the ground maliciously.

This rough defensive move immediately attracted the attention of the referee. Just 9 minutes into the game, Bentaleb received the first yellow card of the game.

Hazard fell to the grass in pain, and the team doctor and teammates came to check his injury immediately.

Fortunately, this malicious flying tackle did not cause obvious damage, and Hazard stood up quickly.

Faced with Bentaleb's malicious foul, the home Blues fans exclaimed, followed by a booing of the Tottenham players.

This brought great pressure to the Tottenham players who were playing away.

Li Lei took a free kick and found Eto'o. This was a tactical set-piece, but Eto'o kicked the ball into the stands.

At this time, Mourinho kept waving on the sidelines, signaling them to return to defense quickly. Now is not the time to regret.

"The derby was really intense! Li Lei ran so fast that I saw the Tottenham defender getting a little panicked.

Gao Yi was watching the game in his live studio while interacting with fans.

"Li Lei's form has improved by leaps and bounds this season. He is simply a dark horse in the Blues."

"He has great speed and stamina, and is a great threat to defensive players."

"Tottenham's head coach said that he was an Asian player with limited physical fitness. I think this is completely nonsense! Li Lei is not at a disadvantage in the fast pace of the Premier League. He will only become more and more courageous."

"I hope he can do something in this derby and give the head coach a warning."

"Come on! Use your goals to leave Tottenham speechless!"

"Li Lei really ran very fast, and the Tottenham defender was left several meters behind.!"

"Our Blues' Xiao Li is the strongest, let Tottenham see the physical strength of Asian players!""I hope Li Lei can give Spurs a warning in this derby and prove everything with the ball.!"

"Come on, Xiao Li! I hope you can score a goal!""We must shut up the Tottenham manager and make him regret insulting our Blues!"

"Li Lei is the pride of the Blues and will surely shine tonight!""Let Tottenham see our Xiao Li's strength and make them silent!"

Barrages of comments flew across the screen.

As the game went on, the physical confrontation between the two sides became more and more intense, but it was still within the acceptable range of the referee.

Physical collisions between players were inevitable, but they still avoided overly malicious actions.

The referee also deliberately turned a blind eye to many boundary frictions, and the game could still be carried out in a high-intensity and fair environment.

Li Lei and the opponent's defender competed shoulder to shoulder for a high ball. The two refused to give in and were ready to grab the ball.

Sandro and La Mires was physically fighting in the center circle, both trying to control the ball.

Adebayor and Terry were entangled at the edge of the penalty area, but neither of them made any stomping or malicious movements.

Both sides were trying hard to fight for the ball, but they were all within the acceptable range of the referee.

Seeing that the first half of the game was about to end, an accident still occurred.

In the 40th minute, Lampard made a mistake in passing the ball and was intercepted by Tottenham player Walker. Tottenham got the ball in Chelsea's half and quickly launched a counterattack.

Seeing that Walker was about to dribble into the penalty area, Lampard was quick-witted outside the penalty area and pulled down the opponent's player. This���Tottenham's offensive was interrupted.

This was an obvious tactical foul. Faced with this situation, Lampard did not argue, but raised his hands to indicate that he accepted the penalty.

The referee showed him a yellow card without hesitation to give him a warning, and awarded Tottenham a free kick in a good position.

However, Tottenham's free kick did not pose any threat and was quickly caught by Cech.

The head coach Mourinho on the sidelines was quick-witted and took this opportunity to arrange a substitution.

Since Lampard had already received a yellow card, in order to avoid him getting a second yellow card in the second half and causing a suspension, the coach decided to replace him immediately and let Oscar play.

This was a cautious substitution choice. Mourinho did not want a key player to miss a more important game because of a mistake.

Shortly after this substitution, the first half of the game officially ended. Neither side scored a goal, and the score was still 0:0.