Restricted Superstar

Chapter 988: Battle of Stamford Bridge (1)

On April 27, the semi-finals of the Champions League that attracted worldwide attention finally kicked off.

The first to go to war are Barcelona and Real Madrid, which have the highest voices to win the championship.

Real Madrid is the most successful team in the Champions League, and Barcelona is the head of offensive football, known as the European Dream Team.

The two teams gathered the world's top stars, and were coached by superstar coaches, so this game was praised by fans and the media as the battle of Mars hitting the earth.

Real Madrid and Barcelona will break the ground even if they play a friendly match, not to mention such a crucial match.

The game was very tragic. Real Madrid centre-back Pepe stepped on Alves and was sent off with a red card. Coach Mourinho was also sent off with a red card. Barcelona's substitute goalkeeper Pinto was also sent off for hitting a red card.

Due to one less man, the steel defense line built by Mourinho finally collapsed after the 70th minute. In the 77th minute, Messi scored a goal. Ten minutes later, Messi singled out Real Madrid's midfielder and the entire defense line to complete. Goal, Barcelona finally defeated Real Madrid 2-0 away and reached the final with one foot.

The match between Real Madrid and Barcelona touched Chelsea a lot, because Chelsea is a team dominated by iron and blood defense. Such a team is greatly influenced by referees. The referee standard is loose, and they will play very well. The referee With strict standards, they will not be able to display their own characteristics.

It is the Spanish Marenco who enforces the Manchester United and Chelsea battle. This is not a good thing for Chelsea, because Spanish football is more delicate, and the referee may be more stringent in law enforcement.

At the press conference before the match, Ancelotti talked about the referee's enforcement standards about the Barcelona and Real Madrid game in advance. He said that although Pepe should be sent off, Alves also has some performance elements. Football matches It is a very intense sport. The referee's penalty scale has a great impact on the smoothness of the game. Players can neither be physically injured nor can the game be a basketball game. The referee should master this scale.

Ferguson is also an old football player. He understood Ancelotti's intentions as soon as he heard it, but he did not refute it because Manchester United is not a technically streamlined team. The penalty scale is loose and it is uncertain who will make the money.

The first leg of the semi-final was held at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea. For the Blues fans, this was a remarkable event.

Although Manchester United has not taken advantage of Chelsea since Abramovich took over Chelsea, Chelsea have robbed several league titles, but what made the Blues worry about is the 08 Champions League final. Chelsea lost to Manchester United on a penalty kick and missed. The first European champion in club history.

Although Chelsea’s executives and coaches avoided talking about revenge and worried that it would affect the players’ mentality, the shadow of the Champions League final penalty loss to Manchester United already exists in the minds of Chelsea players. It does not exist without talking about it. Some time ago the goalkeeper Cech said publicly: "Although the record says Manchester United is the winner, they didn't really win the 2008 final. They just had better luck than us in the penalty shootout."

For the Blues fans, there is no scruples. Long ago, the Blues fans clamored to avenge Manchester United at Stamford Bridge and regain their own Champions League championship.

The game started at 8:45 in the evening, but the Blues fans from all over the world waited around Stamford Bridge in the afternoon, cheering the team in various ways and deterring the Manchester United players in the away game.

At 6:30 in the evening, the Stamford Bridge Stadium was opened to allow fans to enter the stadium early. The Blues fans who had surrounded the stadium immediately lined up at various exits and flooded into the stadium.

At about eight o'clock, there were almost no empty seats in the stands at Stamford Bridge. The Blues fans wearing blue jerseys, holding scarves and team flags, looked from a distance, like a blue ocean.

Monkey, Xiao Le, Zhang Qi and Chen Qiang also brought a group of Chinese fans to the scene.

This is a game related to Gao Xiaodong's success or failure this season. The opponent is Manchester United's rival Chelsea. Both Zhang Qi and Chen Qiang chose to come to the scene to support Gao Xiaodong.

Before the start of the game, the Chelsea game clips were shown on the big screen of the stadium for fans to watch.

Today's Chelsea's publicity work is done very well, and the big screens are all shots of Chelsea breaking Manchester United's goal.

The Chelsea fans who were waiting for their revenge almost watched the video, and cheered from time to time, as if the game had already begun, making Manchester United fans very speechless.

Half an hour before the start of the game, Chelsea players came out to warm up, which again caused a wave of cheers from the Blues fans on the scene.

At this moment, the on-site commentators have already got the starting list of both sides. When the players warmed up, they also began to introduce and analyze the lineup of the two sides to the fans.

In this game, Chelsea has a 442 formation. Torres and Drogba are teaming up at the forward, and the midfielder is a combination of Lampard, Essien, Ramirez and Russian international Zhirkov. Big names like Luda and Anelka are sitting on the bench; Ivanovic returns to the central defender in the defensive line to partner with Terry, Bosingwa and Ashley Cole sit on the wings, and the goalkeeper is Che He.

Manchester United also has a 442 formation. The goalkeeper Van der Sar, the defender Ferdinand and Vidic partner the central defender, with Raphael and Evra on both sides; the midfield combination is Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher, Nani and Wa In Lencia, Rooney and Hernandez are partnered by the striker, and Berbatov is sitting on the bench.

Sky Sports' live commentator Andy Gray analyzed: Although both teams are in the 442 formation, Chelsea's main focus is hardness and strength, while Manchester United's main focus is speed and strength; who is the last laugh, this It's hard to guess that the Red Devils and the Blues won't win or lose very much, and it's likely that the details will depend on the final.

CCTV’s commentator He Hui analyzed that Ancelotti’s arrangement actually had a lot of ideas. With so many muscular sticks in the midfield, it is estimated that Scholes will start and he wants to strangle Scholes; Gao Xiaodong, locked Manchester United's offense, guaranteed not to lose the ball at home, and then thought of scoring one.

As for Manchester United, He Hui is more familiar with Manchester United. He did not start from veterans such as Scholes and Giggs. Judging that Manchester United’s first half of this game is estimated to use strength to consume opponents and use speed to counterattack. Opportunity, the second half is estimated to be the main offense.

When the players warmed up and returned to the locker room, Abramovich walked into his luxurious box at Stamford Bridge. Behind him were Zhukova and Emma. Watson.

Sitting on the seat, Zhu Kewa smiled and said to Emma: "Emma, ​​as a Blues fan, you still need me to invite you to watch the football game. This is too shameless, do you think your opponent is yours? My sweetheart, I don’t know who to support, so I simply ignore it."

When Zhukova said that Chelsea's opponent was Emma's sweetheart, Abu raised her eyebrows, but did not speak, just stared at the stadium as much as she thought.

Emma frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Sister Zhu Kewa, they are not my sweetheart."

Zhu Kewa asked in surprise: "What's wrong, didn't the news a while ago speculate about you and Gao Xiaodong every day?"

Emma said: "It's nothing, there isn't a thing."

Zhu Kewa gave a sigh and said, "It looks like that kid made you angry."

Emma frowned and said, "Sister Zhukova, let's not talk about it, okay?"

At this time Abu spoke, "The game has started, let's watch the game."

Zhukova smiled and took Emma's hand, and whispered: "If that kid really offends you, I'll trouble him."

Emma said: "No, it's okay, let's watch the game."

Zhukova saw Emma's eyes fixed on Gao Xiaodong who was on the stage, and she thought, "It's okay, there must be something, but I don't know what happened. I will take the time to try this girl."