Football’s First Defender

The opening game of the Premier League in the 09/10 season was last season's Champions League champion Chelsea, facing the visiting Hull City team at Stamford Bridge!

The Premier League season, after nearly 3 months of silence, renewed the war!

In the face of the much-anticipated Premier League opener, Ancelotti chose to be on the safe side and still sent Chelsea to win the Champions League. The starting roster has not changed from the previous game with Manchester United!

This lineup was the most used lineup late last season. Although the offensive power against top strong teams needs to be discovered, for some weak teams, its offensive and defensive capabilities are enough to ensure that Chelsea is in an absolute advantage!

The visiting opponent Hull City, purely speaking, is a team that can only set off Chelsea in the opener!

In the Premier League game last season, Hull City didn't have much dazzling performance. In the final stage of the league, it thrilled to be relegated to the 17th place!

In the summer window of the new season, Hull City does not have too many commendable trades. The main lineup of the team has flowed seriously. Fortunately, the boss is not greedy for money, but reinvests the transfer income into buyers. In the interim, Hull City’s starting roster for this game almost changed half of the teams compared to the previous season!

The media's analysis of this opening match before the game was also fully biased towards the Chelsea team. There is a huge gap in combat power!

And from the beginning of the game, it has entered Chelsea's abuse mode!

In a strong matchup, Chelsea’s high ball possession rate is not a good thing. In some tough battles, Chelsea still likes to rely on the defensive counterattack tactics, based on the low ball possession rate, to give the opponent a fatal blow. !

However, in the abusive game in the league, Chelsea will use their own strength to do their best to control the ball possession. On the basis of enriching the ball, whether it is from the wing to find Drogba, or The opportunity to give a midfielder a long shot is a good opportunity for Chelsea to break the deadlock!

This is also in the past, Chelsea’s core players, although the number of goals per season is not too high, but Chelsea’s league results are not too bad!

In the case of a good defense, Chelsea’s overall offense is not as smooth and beautiful as other giants, but in the battle against ordinary opponents, the number of shots of 20 or 30 feet per game has accumulated. Below, Chelsea’s midfielder’s long shot and Drogba’s ability to grab points can always be played in the game, helping the team suddenly open the door to victory in the long 90-minute game!

Facing the bronze and iron walls of Chelsea’s defense, there are very few teams that can score goals with a limited number of offensive rounds and a small number of shots!

At the beginning of each season, Chelsea’s starting goalkeeper, Cech, will always be the most likely winner of the Premier League Golden Gloves recognized by most people because Chelsea’s overall defense is really strong! Definitely the best in the Premier League!

"Lampard hits the goal with a long shot!"

"Barack's super long-range blast!"

"Drogba nodded in the penalty area and hit the goal!"

At the beginning, Hull City’s defense was busy for a while. Chelsea, who are sitting at home, don't want to drag the game forever. They also want to use victory to get a good start for the new season of the Premier League!

It's just that, although Chelsea players have created a lot of offensive opportunities today, there are not too many dangerous offensive opportunities under the iron barrel of Hull City!

Especially in the penalty area, facing the retreat of several players from Hull City, Drogba and Anelka were really hard to beat with four hands. Drogba was able to grab a spot and complete the fight. The door is already a manifestation of his own strength. On the other side, Anelka, under the support of the two men, does not have too many opportunities!

Chelsea face the opponent's iron barrel formation, of course, as always, display the players' ability to shoot from long distances, or how Lampard's goals at Chelsea are used, it is not in the team to attack the iron barrel. In the formation, one is to rely on long shots, and the other is to create opportunities for positioning the ball!

As for long-range shots, Frank Lampard, a powerful long-range shooter, naturally has plenty of opportunities to hit goals! Have unlimited firepower!

It’s just that the Hull City team with a traditional British style has countless people in the penalty area. It can not only rely on a strong body, but also on its height advantage, and strangle Drogba and Anelka within the penalty area. , And because of the width of the body's cross-sectional area, the city of Hull, which retired from defense, obviously built a wall in front of the penalty area, which is wider than other teams!

Lampard and Ballack's several long-range shot opportunities were all directly blocked by the opponent's player without threatening the goalkeeper of Hull City!

Without too many opportunities, Chelsea can only organize attacks patiently, continue to shoot long shots, and take advantage of corner kicks and free kicks to find opportunities to get shots!

It’s just that, on the pitch, the most indispensable thing is accidents. The charm of football is that you never know what will happen during the game. Weak teams and the games that overturn the giants will happen every season. !

In the first half, Hull City was indeed in a passive state of being beaten, and even being beaten did not even have a decent chance to counterattack!

Hull City managed to complete the defense several times, but Yang Feng, who wanted to push back the long pass but was left behind by Chelsea, saw through the pass in advance and successfully intercepted it. On the contrary, Hull City was because Several players tried to participate in the counterattack but were unable to return in time, almost causing Chelsea to score a chance!

But the lack of offensive opportunities does not mean that the team will not be able to score a good opportunity!

In other words, it is a team that can complete the relegation of the Premier League. Hull City itself is also a team with distinctive characteristics!

After several counter-attack long passes were successfully resolved by Yang Feng the first time, the players in Hull City began to consciously avoid the area where Yang Feng was standing when they counter-attacked!

Even if there is no time, more often start to choose the faster ball through the ground, instead of making long passes with no return!

In the 27th minute of the game, Chelsea's offense once again failed to achieve results!

Ballack’s long shot successfully crossed the Hull city’s defenses this time and hit the door frame, but because the distance was too far, the goalkeeper was left with enough time to prepare. Hull City's Welsh goalkeeper Mai Hill is directly in his arms!

Without any delay, Mchill threw the ball directly with one hand, allowing Hull City to directly fight back with the fastest speed!

Although Chelsea's defensive retreat was also very fast, Chelsea's Bosingwa on the right side of the attack was still too large, leaving Hull City enough space to push back!

This time, the Hull City players did not choose to pass directly to the dangerous area near the penalty area. Those previous passes to the dangerous area were successfully cleared by Yang Feng. This time, Hull City began to patiently Hit the empty space on the left!

In the new season, the winger Bernand Mendy, who Hull City spent millions of euros to buy, quickly cut in on the left!

The physical fitness and speed of the black winger are very good. Mendy jumped directly on the left side. Bosingwa, who was barely in place on Chelsea’s back defense, rushed forward for the first time. Great effect!

But Mendy was on this side. After receiving the pass from his teammate, facing Bosingwa’s defense, his ability to dribble and break through was not so strong. Although the speed and confrontation ability were good, the skills at his feet were not so strong. Obviously he hasn't practiced home yet, and he took the ball all the way. Under Bosingwa's defense, he stumbled a bit. Yang Feng was ready to come to help defend at the beginning, but in the end, he was safe to defend in his own area!

Although Mendy's dribbling was not so smooth, he used his body to reluctantly bring the ball near the bottom line. Finally, he wanted to take a step, leaning on Bosingwa and forcibly completing the pass, but was taken by Bosing. Wa directly saw through, using Mendy’s space for action, Bosingwa took a step directly and stretched his leg to complete the destruction of the ball. Although Bosingwa’s first choice was of course to complete the interception directly, but Mendy’s reaction was fairly fast. , Under the influence of Mendy, Bosingwa had to force the ball to the bottom line, Hull City's corner kick!

Yang Feng stood in the small penalty area and stared closely at his opponent's traditional English high school defender Michael. Watching the crowds of tall and magnificent players in Hull City squeeze into the penalty area, they maintained a high level of attention for the positioning of this game!

In today’s football where the general direction of world football has begun to lean towards the flow of technology, many of Chelsea’s masters are already very cumbersome in the strong matchup, but like Hull City, they insist on the traditional British "rough" Compared with the style of the team, the Chelsea players are obviously "small" in the intuitive comparison!

"Hull City midfielder Dean takes this corner!"

When the corner kick is taken, Chelsea's penalty area is more intense, no matter whether the ball can be driven to its own position, it is absolutely not wrong to grab a favorable position first.

As for Yang Feng, after the scientific weight gain plan for the entire season before Chelsea, the physical confrontation has been significantly enhanced. Although he could not complete the physical confrontation of the opponent's high midfielder, he still had his ability to judge where he fell. Yang Feng, who can take the lead in grabbing a good position, is definitely far higher than Michael, who is defending himself, in the overall success rate of the fight!

However, with this kick, Yang Feng is destined to only shift the defensive attention to preventing the other players in Hull City from hitting the second landing point. The corner kick taken by Dean flew to the back point. The area is not within Yang Feng's defense!

This area is guarded by Essien and others. There shouldn't be much problem!

but……

"Hunter! Hull City's midfielder Hunter made a header after one shot!"

"Strong against Essien and successfully shook his head to attack the door!"

"With this ball, Cech jumped high and finished his side flutter!"

"GOAL!!!"

"The goal is scored! The goal is scored! Although Cech touched the football with his palm, Hunter's header was so powerful that it flew into the goal! The first Premier League goal this season, it turned out to be Yu He Ercheng takes the lead in creating!"

"In the 29th minute of the game, Hunter suddenly jumped in from outside the penalty area in a corner kick and took off to complete the header. Hull City took the lead and created the Premier League's first goal of the season!"

No one thought that Hull City’s first corner kick, the first shot, and it took the lead!

Chelsea hit the goal 11 times before, without gaining anything, but was hit by Hull City!

Faced with the backward situation, Ancelotti did not panic on the sidelines. After all, the game time is still long enough. Chelsea is still sitting at home. Ancelotti believes in the strength of his team, and Stamford Bridge fans are also there. The team gave the team very enough support for the first time, and the neat cheering on the scene sounded, which can be regarded as a cohesion and cheering for the team!

There is no time to regret, and there is no need to deliberately complain. The Chelsea team immediately returned to the offensive state. Chelsea is now no better than before. In order to win, they must score at least two goals. The sense of oppression of the Chelsea players It started to increase, and the attacking rhythm became faster and faster!

Hull City’s defense is still so many, but the players’ physical exertion is also huge. After all, dragging such a heavy body and participating in the defense, the players themselves are not flexible enough. As time goes by, Hull The movement of the city defense line started to become slower and slower!

Chelsea seized the opportunity and began to pass the ball frequently in the frontcourt, making timely advances, passing through, and beginning to use it!

In the 39th minute of the game, Lampard was in front of the penalty area, after a series of passes of the Chelsea team, after receiving the ball, suddenly picked a pass into the penalty area!

Drogba's running without the ball happened to be in the area where the pass was picked. Using his explosive power, Drogba succeeded in occupying a favorable running position to catch the ball and using his body to keep following his Hull city defender. Michael blocked directly behind him. In order to prevent other nearby Hull City players from coming over in time, Drogba didn't stop the ball and tried a volley with his left foot!

"GOAL!!!"

"Drogba, volleyed with his left foot, equalized for Chelsea!"

The first half of the game was not over yet, Chelsea had successfully equalized the score and regained the absolute initiative on the court!

In the second half, the physical stamina of the Hull City players experienced a significant decline, and they could no longer support the defensive strength of the back line closely enough!

On Chelsea’s side, Ancelotti replaced the defensive-focused Essien with Deco, and Zhirkov replaced Malouda, who was mediocre on the left, and the striker In terms of position, Kalu replaced Anelka with more flexibility.

Chelsea's offense became more aggressive after 60 minutes of the game, and the offensive changes began to increase, which put great pressure on Hull City!

And Hull City's counterattack, in the second half, because of the clearly improved defensive attention of the Chelsea players, there were few opportunities, and there was no longer a chance to threaten the Chelsea penalty area!

In the 76th minute of the game, Deco's long pass transferred the ball, and the return pass from the left was directly and quickly transferred to Bosingwa where the weak side was inserted on the right!

And Bosingwa's 45-degree cross, directly looking for the front point in the penalty area, Drogba rushed to the position in time, hit the goal with a head shake, and directly pushed the ball into the net!

"Chelsea, in the 76th minute of the game, completed the lead over the score!"

"It's Drogba again. This time he grabbed the spot and headed the ball directly and scored twice..."

The city of Hull, which is behind, really wanted to try to fight to the death in the subsequent games, but apart from the long shots that were not too threatening with two feet, it did not pose too much threat to Chelsea's strong defense line!

In several forced passes from the wing, Yang Feng and Terry were also directly released from the penalty area, without giving Hull City a chance to dispute!

On the contrary, Chelsea’s counterattack was very impressive, and Drogba almost had a hat-trick chance, but the goalkeeper at the last moment was thrown out bravely by the goalkeeper!

In the end, Chelsea relied on 70% of the ball, 37 shots on goal, 9 shots on goal, and excellent data of two goals. With a score of 2-1, Chelsea successfully reaped the start of the new season of the Premier League!