The first game of the league is very important to every team.

The media will also pay attention to the first round, because the performance in the first round can directly reflect a team's preparations and reflect the overall performance of the half-time event in the near future.

Manchester City was the league champion last season, and Chelsea ranked second in the league. The two teams were like Mars hitting the earth, and they were already crazy before the start. Needless to say, the pre-game heat was hot, but now the Stamford Bridge game has officially begun.

At the beginning of the game, cameras from various media frequently point to the stars who are attracting attention.

Andre Shepchenko is the most popular among them.

Not only Abramovich is looking forward to Shepchenko's performance, but in fact, almost all media fans are paying attention to Shepchenko because he is the most valuable and famous star among the 22 players on the court. He has just arrived at Chelsea and is playing in the Premier League for the first time. The media and fans naturally want to see what kind of performance he can perform.

After the game started, the TV broadcast camera kept pointing at Shepchenko. Even if he didn't get the ball, the media wanted to see his performance, movements, and how he did it on the court, etc.

Shepchenko is now at the peak of her career!

Last year, Shepchenko won the Golden Ball Award, which represents the highest honor for European professional players. In May this year, he helped AC Milan win the UEFA Champions League and personally won the St. Berede Cup (Big Ear Cup). Even if he is about to be 30 years old, everyone thinks he will remain in shape for a few years. Many people expect him to lead Chelsea to glory.

So Shepchenko is the most popular player among all the players in the game. Everyone wants to see how good this world-class star will perform at Chelsea.

In fact, many people thought it was difficult for Shepchenko to play in the first game before the game. After all, he had just arrived at Chelsea and it would take some time to adapt. But unexpectedly, Mourinho arranged him in the lineup.

"It seems that Sheva has adapted well." Many people think so.

So they looked forward even more.

...

Wan Sheng didn't pay much attention to Shepchenko.

This game is the first time the team's new formation is unveiled, and it is still very important. He wants to see what effect the new formation will play in a strong team like Chelsea, and what advantages and disadvantages will it have compared to the old formation.

Although the new formation has a good effect in the warm-up match, the strongest opponent in the warm-up match is Charlton. He is much worse than Chelsea. What's more, this is a game at Stamford Bridge Stadium, and he will play a little passively, so the team needs to do his best to play. At the same time, the shortcomings and disadvantages of the new formation will be reflected as soon as possible.

This is very risky, but there is no way to win 100% away games against Chelsea. Even if he has a football training master system, he is not a god. He cannot directly decide the outcome of the game, and adventure is also a must.

So this game is a difficult challenge for Manchester City, and it is also a real test of summer preparation.

However, Wan Sheng is still somewhat sure about the effect of the new formation.

There is no need to talk about the theoretical things. What he pays most attention to is the cooperation of several midfielders. As long as the midfield can play, he believes that the team's performance will definitely not be bad.

...

After the game started, Chelsea took advantage of its home court to launch a fierce offensive against Manchester City's goal.

Manchester City slightly contracted its formation and took the initiative to retreat.

This is a strategy.

Manchester City is not afraid of Chelsea. Last season, the two teams met, Manchester City won 1 and draws 1, with an absolute advantage in record performance. But Chelsea is undoubtedly a strong team and one of the biggest competitors in the league. This is Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea's home court. Manchester City is about to avoid the limelight.

When Chelsea saw Manchester City take the initiative to avoid it, they immediately became astonishing as they attacked even harder.

Thinking of the situation last season, Chelsea players were holding their breath, especially after Barack and other stars came to the team in the summer, they had a greater layer of confidence. In the summer, their strength has increased significantly, and Manchester City has almost no changes, so they feel that they can beat Manchester City.

Now it is a home game, with tens of thousands of Chelsea fans cheering for them in the stands, so they are even more excited.

Fifteen minutes before the game, it was completely Chelsea's time.

They have been attacking hard and then attacking hard, but Manchester City's defense is very stable. Chelsea did not find a very good opportunity and did not score.

Fifteen minutes later, the media also summarized the previous game.

"Chelsea's offensive is very strong, but if they want to score, they need to pay attention to the opportunity..." Sky TV commentator George Woodgate analyzed carefully.

What he said was a bit ‘subtle’.

In fact, Chelsea had two good opportunities, but they were wasted. The one who wasted opportunities was Andre Shepchenko, who was highly anticipated.

It was not that Schepchenko wasted the opportunity directly, but that his running failed to keep up with the offensive rhythm. As a result, he did not arrive when it was time to get to the position, and his teammates had already passed the ball, but he failed to catch up with the ball, so he missed the opportunity.

However, in the eyes of the public, the mistake was not Shepchenko. After all, he was not in the position, and it was not the goal he lost.

Anyway, overall, Shepchenko ran positively and performed well. Chelsea's overall suppression of Manchester City was also very strong. Within fifteen minutes, Manchester City even struggled to play halftime, and they couldn't see their pleasing offensive football like last season.

The London TV commentator made a summary, "Manchester City is completely at a disadvantage, they were stunned by Chelsea's continuous offensive..."

Seeing this kind of game, Abramovich smiled on his face.

He turned to Wadell and said, "It seems that my team is performing better..."

Wadell smiled and said nothing.

In fact, he was still a little anxious. Although he did not watch the game with the heart of defeating Chelsea 100% and had full trust in Wan Sheng, but the game was so passive that he still worried about the team.

This is also the idea of ​​ordinary Manchester City fans.

The only thing that is gratifying is that Chelsea has been attacking for so long and has not scored, and the score is still 0:0. Manchester City has a disadvantage in the situation, but the score is not behind.

At this moment, Manchester City gradually took the initiative.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes well. 'When you work hard, you will lose again, and you will lose three times.' Chelsea attacked for fifteen minutes, and their physical and mental consumption was not small. They could not continue to attack like this. They could only gradually slow down the pace, so the pace of the game slowed down, and Manchester City's ball possession time gradually increased.

Chelsea did not realize the danger. They thought that when the team launched another offensive, it would still be very fierce. They would still completely suppress Manchester City. Just like before, Manchester City had no power to fight back at all, but when Manchester City began to control the ball, Chelsea found that it became very difficult to completely suppress the opponent.

Fifteen minutes are enough for Manchester City players to find the feeling of the game.

This is the first game of the league, Chelsea and away games again. At the beginning, many players have not yet entered the state. In addition, the team has been passive, so it is difficult to find the feeling of offense. Now they are gradually regaining their form, and Manchester City's overall cooperation has also started.

Wan Sheng was standing on the sidelines, his hands were tightly clutching, nervous about the previous game.

Now he also breathed a long sigh.

He wanted to see what the team's new formation performed, but he didn't expect that Chelsea's offensive started so strong that the team could not organize the offensive. He had good luck just now, and Chelsea failed to score in the continuous offensive. So now the team has slowed down and the situation is much easier.

The team's playing style facing Chelsea now is actually no different from last season. The most important change is that the midfield and the middle are becoming more important.

When the team recovers, the game will be regained.

At this time, as an offense, Morris, the core of the defense, becomes very important to play.

But whether it is the media, Chelsea and the fans of the two teams, they don’t care much about Morris. They know that Morris is a very important player, but Morris is not like Lampard and Gerrard, and he often does not perform so well in the game.

He is an attacker in the organization, but he is not a star on the court with outstanding performance.

Chelsea still attaches great importance to the defense of Morris, which can effectively limit Manchester City's offense, but it only pays attention to that level. First, Morris' position is too far behind and difficult to defend, and second, it is Anelka in the front, so their defense against Anelka is the most stringent, followed by David Silva. One season is enough to make many people realize the threat of David Silva. In addition, his position is also higher than Morris, and is often more threatening in offense.

Manchester City's first threatening offensive was created by David Silva.

Silva received a pass from the left side of the front end of the penalty area, changed direction and shook Lampard away, squeezed out space for himself, and then passed the ball directly to the middle. Joey Patton followed up and shot, and the football deviated from the post and flew out of bounds.

Although there was no goal, Chelsea still scared him into a cold sweat.

This ball is too threatening!

Joey Patton's shot was good, but the focus was on David Silva's pass. The young Silva was calm in the defense against Lampard and made the best choice quite calmly. This performance was very amazing, so Chelsea's defense against Silva became more stringent.

...

This time, Morris got the ball near the center line.

Drogba rushed up, with Barack behind him, and the two of them wanted to force Morris to pass the ball one after another.

Morris is very threatening and his skills are pretty good, but as long as the football is not under his feet, there will be no big threat. For Chelsea, forcing Morris to pass the ball is enough. In normal circumstances, this approach is also quite effective. Morris will always pass the ball to his teammates.

But this time it's different.

Morris made a move to pass the ball to the left, and the center of gravity of his entire body tilted to the left. Drogba rushed to that side to stop it. Unexpectedly, Morris suddenly gave in, and then twisted his tilted body to the right side, and at the same time kicked the ball forward, started and chased the ball.

It was not until then that Drogba realized that he was thrown away.

But Mr. Warcraft didn't care too much, because he was still Barack behind him, and the German captain was still trustworthy, but when he turned around and looked again, he was a little panicked. Barack didn't pay much attention to Morris at all. Perhaps he also thought that Morris would pass the ball, so he ran over to defend Joey Barton. As a result, both of them could only watch Morris dribble the ball away, and there was no time to stop it.

"Morris! He is rushing forward!" The situation suddenly became tense.

At this time, Lampard came from the left and his running was very active. Seeing that his teammates could not limit Morris, he ran over to defend immediately.

Lampard still attaches great importance to Morris, which is better than other Chelsea teammates.

He and Morris are competitors of England. In the just-passed World Cup, many media attributed the responsibility of England's loss to not letting Morris play. Other English players may not think much, but Lampard knew that Morris would definitely replace him when he appeared. In other words, the media thought that this guy was better than him?

He doesn't believe it!

Lampard felt very angry, but he couldn't tell others about this feeling. Now the two are fighting directly on the court, and he also wants to see how Morris is!

Unfortunately, Morris did not give him a chance to 1v1.

Now is Manchester City's offensive opportunity in the official game. Being entangled by Lampard is almost a waste of opportunity. The sensible Morris would never do so, so he passed the ball to David Silva who followed one side.

Lampard was slightly disappointed.

But before he could think about anything, he found Morris rushed over!

"What is he going to do?"

David Silva's approach gave the answer. The Spanish boy did not have any extra moves and pushed the ball over directly. Morris threw away Lampard and got the ball again!

"Good opportunity!"

All Chelsea people are getting very nervous, and anyone knows that Manchester City's opportunity is coming.

Sure enough, the next moment Morris passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Downing, who played for Manchester City for the first time, followed with a volley. The football flew past Terry, but unfortunately it was hit by goalkeeper Cech and then cleared by Terry's big feet.

Chelsea breathed a sigh of relief.

The ball did not go in.

But Manchester City's attack just now also allowed Lampard to see Morris' performance. He is at the core of Manchester City's attack, and his performance just now is perfect. He did not 1v1 with himself, but it made Manchester City's offense directly threaten Chelsea's goal!

This is excellent organizational offensive ability and an aspect that you lack.

Lampard admitted this in his heart.

Every player has his own expertise, and it doesn't matter if he is not as good as Morris. He may not be as good as Morris in organizational offense, but he believes that his personal abilities are much better than Morris! (~^~)
Chapter completed!