Chapter 291 The arrogant Blue Army!
Chapter 291 The arrogant "Blue Army"!
At the pre-match press conference, Solskjaer pressed until the last moment before announcing Manchester United's roster. Then Conte smiled, and even returned to the away team's locker room at Old Trafford Stadium, he still had a smile on his face.
"Hey, boys, there is good news. I believe you will be very happy after hearing this!"
As soon as he entered the door, Conte, who had always been serious, couldn't help but joke with his players... He was in such a good mood!
Since knowing that the most dangerous Chinese boy in Manchester United has not been on the 18-man roster, Conte has known that everyone, Chelsea, and even the "Blue Army" fans have always hoped for... Chinese Yang left Manchester and returned to China!
"Blue Army" captain Azpilicueta reacted immediately: "Hahaha... Boss, it must be that Chinese Yang has left, right?"
Conte didn't say anything, just laughed and nodded repeatedly, but everyone could find the truth from his happy smile...
"real?"
"China Yang Zhen is gone? Hahaha... God helps me!"
"Chinese Yang is gone? Then we will definitely win!"
"Great! Without Chinese Yang, we can definitely beat Manchester United!"
"Guys, we left-backs finally don't have to face China Yang anymore. You don't know how painful it is!"
"God! Do you describe it as pain? No, no...that's ten thousand times more painful! That boy is the nightmare for all our defenders!"
In the visiting team's locker room, the happiest thing after learning the news was Chelsea's defenders. These defenders have long hated Manchester United's No. 7. The "Blue Army"'s defense line is the most stable and powerful in the Premier League, but even if they face Manchester United's "God Yang", they only feel powerless.
Can't keep an eye on it!
Can't defend it!
Moreover, this kid from China Yang is terrible and can score goals. He may find an opportunity to score the ball in any negligence. This guy really makes Chelsea defenders suffer!
Even after every match with Manchester United, Chelsea's midfielders not only have to endure the pain of the loss, but also have to endure the rebellion of head coach Conte...more practice and improve the defense system!
It is precisely because Conte completely imprinted Italy's "chain defense" on the "Blues" that this season's Chelsea has the best defense team. Now Chelsea has only conceded 8 goals after more than a dozen rounds of the league!
Chelsea's number of goals conceded is the least in the Premier League. Even Manchester United and Manchester City's two teams that rank higher have already conceded 10!
It can be seen from this that the defense of the "Blue Army" has been strengthened to a point this season by Conte!
In addition, Chelsea is actually not weak on the offensive end, especially after selling Hazard this season and introducing Lukaku, the team's offensive direction was immediately clear. Although the offensive tactics are indeed a bit rough during the game, the efficiency is also good. Especially for the "Blue Army" who are good at defense, they often score a goal on the offensive end, and the game is a terrible win!
Chelsea and Manchester United are completely two extreme teams, one is to win by offense and the other is to win by defense. Now that I heard that China Yang is not here, Manchester United loses their greatest advantage. So... Why do the "Red Devils" want to win in this game?
Just because this is Old Trafford?
Stop funny!
Chelsea, who is full of confidence, are arrogant when walking out of the locker room, and even stand in the player passage, all of which are looking at Manchester United's players with their heads raised.
Although Manchester United players are still very calm on the surface, they are really frustrated in their hearts... That is, Yang is not here, otherwise you would have scared you to death? What awesome thing about us now? When will it be your turn to Chelsea crazy in front of us Manchester United?
But no matter how unhappy the Manchester United players are, they still have to speak with their hard strength when they arrive on the field. Today's "Blue Army" faces a "Red Devil" without Yang Xiaozhuang, they really have crazy capital!
At the beginning of the game, Chelsea contracted their formation back. After successful defense, they did not rush to counterattack, but slowly advanced, because Conte had expected early in the morning that Manchester United would never give them a chance to counterattack easily. After having the "Little Warcraft", although Chelsea's counterattack power has decreased, its success rate in positional battles is very high.
Conte's highly targeted tactical arrangement also allowed the "Blue Army" who played away to gain some advantages at the beginning of the game, and took advantage of the impetuous weakness of Manchester United players' emotional strength and gradually took the initiative in the game.
When the game reached 13 minutes, Artur, who was bought by Chelsea from Gremio for £25 million this season, gave Lukaku a short pass to the right in the middle.
The next moment, Lukaku, who ran out of the penalty area, turned his back to the goal, actually used his left foot to push the ball behind him, and let the ball roll into Manchester United's right penalty area almost without stopping.
Just as Lukaku passed the ball, Pedro rushed up from the diagonal line in the middle, catching up with the ball and shooting...
Bang!
Pedro shot directly in the lower right corner of Manchester United goal. De Gea faced his national teammates and originally wanted to guard the far end, because Pedro is a technical striker and rarely chooses to shoot vigorously, but he didn't expect... this time he made a mistake in his judgment!
When De Gea found out that he had made a mistake in his judgment and wanted to make up for it, it was too late. The ball flew into his goal in a flash from his left foot... 0:1, Manchester United, who played at home, fell behind in the 13 minutes of the game!
Manchester United fans at Old Trafford Stadium all looked solemn. The team was not originally there, but the game was just beginning... they actually lost the ball!
How else can I play in this game?
Some pessimistic fans have already begun to feel desperate at this time. Who doesn’t know how tight the "Blue Army"’s defense is? Now they are ahead. What should Manchester United do to catch up with the score?
Obviously, the Chinese culture that the British do not understand... There is no way out!
After taking the lead, Chelsea was overwhelmed with confidence. After the game started again, they also shrank again in their own half-court to compress the space, but they did not take the initiative to compete with Manchester United for the ball.
In the 15th minute, Manchester United first launched an attack from the right, and Rashford sent a cross, but was pushed out of the penalty area by Christensen in the middle.
At the top of the arc, Mark Tominayi relied on his height to stop the ball with his chest and then directly entered the Chelsea penalty area on the left. After dribbling the ball to the baseline, he kicked the ball horizontally into the Chelsea small penalty area.
Originally, this ball was not threatening, but... Christensen stretched out his feet!
Chapter completed!