Football’s First Defender

"This is an ugly game!" After the game, Guardiola criticized Chelsea's very conservative tactics with dissatisfaction!

"The team in front of us is not like a Premier League team at all. It is like facing the weak teams in the league. It does nothing for the final result!"

"I believe that our Barcelona can easily beat this ‘weak team’ to advance to the final!"

Unlike Pep Guardiola and Barcelona players, who were unhappy about the draw, they were a little bit angry. Hiddink and Chelsea captain Terry at the press conference were full of smiles!

"Doesn't play well? Then you can see our performance a week later!"

"The game is the result! At least we have completed our goal of being unbeaten before the game!"

"Only when Chelsea return to Stamford Bridge will they show all their terrifying strength!"

"World Sports" has become the vanguard of ridicule Chelsea. As Barcelona's quasi-throated media, the newspaper reported that Barcelona was in the game and gained absolute control with its powerful strength. It also mocked Chelsea's insult to the giants in away games. Demeanor, even if the coach is no longer Mourinho, he still continues his defensive tactics, not enterprising! In the end, Yang Feng's several wonderful defenses were called the mysterious power of the East, and luck took away a draw from Barcelona!

When the mainstream media in England only reported on the game, it was the rival "Marca" who first responded to the "World Sports"!

Sure enough, colleagues in the same country are enemies. Unlike the world’s praise of Barcelona, ​​the writer of the Marca newspaper criticized Barcelona’s transmission and control system. When facing a strong team-level defense, he will Get into distress!

After praising Chelsea's iron defense and bringing a different visual enjoyment to the fans, there is a kind of insinuation to Barcelona's play, which will only bully the weak team!

Regarding the disputes in Spain, most of the Chelsea players do not understand Spanish, just as a joke! What they have to do now is not to gain any advantage in public opinion and to win at home. The most important thing is to qualify for the finals!

The first round of the match was indeed not a very exciting knockout match! However, the Chelsea players think they can leave Spain with their heads high. They used the same tenacious defense to complete their basic goals set before the game. Now they are going to return to London and prepare to end the series at their home court. Match!

Facts have proved that their team is the stronger side. They can rely on their strength to beat Barcelona and continue to maintain the team’s record advantage against Barcelona over the years. That is, "When 11 people played against Barcelona, ​​Chelsea never lost. Yes!" This time, not only can you not lose, Chelsea will beat Barcelona directly at home!

However, the first thing Chelsea has to face is the coming weekend of the Premier League. In the league, Hiddink continues to implement his "abandonment" strategy for the league!

Although Chelsea is currently on the standings and the gap with the top Manchester United is not big, and there is still a theoretical possibility of winning the league, Hiddink does not look forward to the negligible probability of winning the league. He continues to use the idea of ​​replacing the league with youth training. Use the league weekend to give the main players enough rest and relaxation time!

However, in the horrible home of Stamford Bridge, it was by virtue of such a man as a "remnant", Chelsea still easily defeated the visiting "farmer" Fulham at home!

Kalu started as a striker in this game and scored twice! Help Chelsea win easily with a score of 3-1!

Of course, Chelsea's victory in this game does not mean that the gap between the Premier League team and the Chelsea bench mixed lineup can easily defeat Fulham, who is ranked 7th in the league!

Rather, Fulham itself is too "satisfied" with his current rankings. The inner thought of their team is that they don't want to rank so high, to "occupy" the Premier League's European war spots and go to the Europa League!

For the Europa League, this kind of tasteless competition, all the teams in the Premier League are surprisingly consistent, that is, they can not go, even if they accidentally get a place in the Europa League, it is also in the qualifying or group. If you are in a bad state forcibly during the match, you will force yourself out of the "performance game"!

After all, today’s Europa League is not a Champions League game. It has expensive appearance fees and broadcast fees. As far as the “mosquito meat” appearance fee given by the Europa League is close, there is no Premier League team to watch. Eye-catching!

Even if the owner of a Premier League club is that kind of petty guy who is greedy for the bonus, but when he thinks of participating in the European war, the league results may not be guaranteed. Considering that the risk of relegation in the two-line battle may be greater, he retreats!

After all, there is the example of Everton first. Even with the exception of the giants, Everton, who sits firmly on the top of the second echelon, has a good lineup every season, but the league results are good for a year and bad for a year because of the European war. Dragged down!

The increase in games and the exhaustion of the flying journey have increased the risk of injury for the players. All team managers are shrewd. For them, the Europa League is where they love to go!

Fulham, who successfully completed the relegation goal, has now entered the summer vacation mode a few rounds ahead of schedule. For them, they are now ranked seventh. They have to start from the qualifying rounds to participate in the Europa League. They are anxious to lose the final game. , Let your ranking drop all the way down, the qualification for the Europa League can allow other teams to go, or let other teams go, otherwise, starting from the qualifying rounds, the team will have to prepare for the new season. In advance, it also delays the players' holidays!

Therefore, in this game, Fulham's players obviously seem to be a little unable to work hard, and it was turned upside down by Kalu in front! Fulham also "as hoped" defeated 1 to 3

Soon after the end of the Chelsea match, Chelsea's next opponent, Barcelona, ​​also played at Real Madrid's Bernabéu Stadium, and their arch rivals Real Madrid launched a decisive direct duel to the La Liga champions this season!

But also contrary to everyone’s expectations, Barcelona, ​​a two-line battle, broke out in this game, defeating their rivals Real Madrid 6-2, not only completed the season double play against Real Madrid this season, but also completely killed this season. The suspense of La Liga champions!

Barcelona's offensive players vented their unsatisfactory offensive end in the Champions League game in midweek and their grievances against Chelsea's conservative tactics on Real Madrid's weak defense!

Real Madrid, which is no longer the Galaxy battleship of previous years, tasted a humiliating defeat at its home court. Angry Bernabéu fans also started booing their players during the game! The defeats on all fronts this season have strengthened the management team and rebuilt this team!

However, what makes the Chelsea players a little relieved is that even though Real Madrid fell 1-3 in the first half of the game, they have been playing crazy against Barcelona, ​​which is considered to consume more Barcelona players. Got it!

Although it belongs to the Spanish club team, Real Madrid also exited early in the Champions League, but in the spirit of the enemy's enemy is a friend, Real Madrid is very willing to help Chelsea to stop Barcelona! Even if Real Madrid can not win the championship, they will never let Barcelona have a better life in the Champions League. What they can do for Chelsea, they have done it, and then it depends on the performance of the Chelsea players themselves!

The good news for Chelsea is that Barcelona’s main central defender, captain Puyol, was injured again after a fight against Real Madrid. According to reports after the game, Puyol will be on a truce for a few weeks. Will miss the second round with Chelsea!

This also means that Barcelona's defense will lack the most stable central defender. No matter who will make up for Puyol's open space, he will not be Drogba's opponent and will leave Chelsea with enough open space!

And the Barcelona team did not have a big support, because after Real Madrid's game, they came to London from the nearest partner in Madrid, and started to familiarize themselves with the environment in London a few days in advance!

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Stamford Bridge, the day that began the second round of the Champions League semi-final, once again sat without any absence! Countless Chelsea fans came to the stadium, or in the square outside the stadium, or in the bar, to cheer for their favorite Chelsea!

The Barcelona fans who came with the team to Stamford Bridge, their cheering voices were dissipated by the crazy Chelsea fans with their shouts. The voices on the scene, full of human ears, are all cheering for Chelsea!

"Before the game, I got the starting list of the two teams from UEFA!"

"For the crucial game in the second round of this game, the coaches Guardiola and Hiddink of the two teams have made their own targeted adjustments to the team!"

"As for the visiting team, Barcelona, ​​this game is away at Stamford Bridge. They did not continue to stick to their 433 pass and control offensive tactics. Instead, they switched to 442. One more midfield defender was sent to strengthen their defense first!"

"Barça’s starting goalkeeper is still Valdes! As for the central defender, although Puyol was injured in the weekend's league, Guardiola still did not choose to continue to trust Max, who made a huge mistake in the first round, and instead moved Yayato. Lei's position continued to be adjusted from the midfielder to the rear. In this game, he acted as Puyol's stand-in and played as a central defender!"

"Yaya Touré partnered with Pique, left back was Abidal, right back Alves!"

"As for the midfielders, Iniesta and Xavi are still the main players in the team, the two engines of Barcelona on the offensive end! It's just that behind them, Guardiola replaced Keita in this game. Two Busquets, come to strengthen the team's defensive attributes!"

"At the top of the double front, Barcelona chose Eto'o and Messi who are more suitable for counterattack tactics in this game. Henry did not get a chance to start this game and can only stand by on the bench!"

Barcelona reduced their stature to a very low level in the away game this time. They also understand that the home advantage for a strong team can increase the strength of the team. So at the beginning of the game, Guardiola intends to directly let the team do the defense first, and then can use the defensive counterattack tactics to find the opportunity to fight Chelsea counterattack appropriately!

If you want to win away games, you must pass the excitement of Chelsea's opening stage! Instead of being away, blindly and directly confront Chelsea!

"On Chelsea's side, Hiddink has also made tactical changes! Chelsea, who are playing at home, no longer hide themselves on the offensive end in this game, and directly come up with their most familiar attack formation. Hiddink thinks the most suitable for the current game line-up!"

"The official Chelsea position is 433 formation! The specific formation needs to be observed during the game!"

"The four guards are definitely right! In this game, Ashley Cole released his ban and returned to serve as the left back. Bosingwa, who had both offense and defense, replaced Ivanovic and returned to his right back position. Yang Feng and Terry are still partners. Zhongwei!"

"The goalkeeper is still the Cech who found the game in a short period of time!" "The three midfielders, Lampard, Ballack, and Essien, can be considered as both offensive and defensive! Although they cannot be played like the first round, Essien Simultaneously with Mikel to complete the maximum blockade of Inesta and Xavi, but with Barcelona missing a striker, Chelsea’s central defense should not be under too much pressure!"

"As for this game~www.readwn.com~ Hiddink did not start the two defensive iron gates of Essien and Mikel at the same time. It can be seen that Chelsea is determined to use offense to take the initiative in their home court. Control the rhythm of the game!"

"The official three striker position map, Malouda and Anelka are separated on the left and right, the top of the offensive end is still Warcraft Drogba!"

"Although the officially announced formation is 433, it still feels that the largest Chelsea formation may be 451 or 442! The specific factor that determines Chelsea's formation is still Anelka's position! He played this game as a right winger. Space, or enter the penalty area, help Drogba, and hand the assist space on the right to Malouda who is inserted to pass the ball. It is worth the audience's expectation!"

"Looking at the starting situation, there is a high probability that the two sides of this game may switch offense and defense compared to the first round. If there are no accidents at home, Chelsea should be really as Hiddink said before the game. It depends on being looked down upon by Barcelona. 'The offense, come home to knock out Barcelona at home!"

Before the game started, the fans of the two teams had already entered the game state. The Chelsea fans who were suppressed at the Nou Camp almost could not speak up. This time they returned to their Stamford Bridge stadium and naturally returned to the Barcelona fans as they were. !

The fans of the Blues, in the process of warming up the Barcelona players, have "presented" them with a warm boo to declare their right to speak at this home court!

As the game time approached, the players returned to the dressing room to prepare. Under the leadership of the referee, surrounded by the sound of the UEFA Champions League theme song, Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​two teams walked out of the stadium channel separately!

In the 08/09 season, the Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea vs. Barcelona, ​​the second round, is about to start!