Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

Chapter 677

Manchester City and Chelsea had their first battle of the new season. The gunpowder smell gradually became stronger since the split between the two head coaches.

3:30.

The appearance ceremony was in progress.

"Ah!!" Manchester City players received the biggest booing since the start of the game at Stamford Bridge. More than 40,000 Blues fans did their best to influence the mentality of Manchester City players and put pressure on them at home.

No Blues fan likes Manchester City.

Only resentment.

If Manchester City had not emerged in the 05-06 season, Chelsea would have won the second league championship since the new century and won two consecutive championships.

The story after that might have been different.

"If Chelsea could learn to treat opponents in a friendly way like Bristol."

"What daydreaming? I believe Bristol is definitely not as friendly to their opponents in the English Championship as they are to us."

Cassano couldn't help complaining, and Knight was very sober.

The conversation between the two was heard by Su Fei.

Su Fei was not annoyed by the boos at Stamford Bridge. On the contrary, it ignited his fighting spirit.

Chelsea's Galaxy Battleship has entered the end of Mourinho's coaching period and is on the verge of crashing.

And he doesn't mind giving this Galaxy Battleship another anti-aircraft cannon through today's game.

Accelerate the fall of the "Iron Blood Blue Army"...

On the side of the court.

Guardiola and Mourinho, who were waiting for the game to start on the bench, looked at each other unconsciously.

They frowned and quickly looked away.

"Tsk!"

Guardiola learned about Mourinho's speech at the pre-match press conference through Oliver's communication.

This made him more convinced.

The relationship between the two can no longer return to the past, and the flame of winning is burning in Guardiola's heart.

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"ESPN Sports Satellite TV!"

"ESPN Sports Satellite TV!"

"Welcome to watch the live broadcast of the fifth round of the 2007-08 Premier League!"

"Chelsea vs. Manchester City at home!"

"Hello, fans in front of the TV, I am your old friend Zhan Jun!"

"Hello, I am Wang Tao!"

"Today's game is definitely a super battle!"

"This is a battle for the top spot in the Premier League!"

"If Chelsea beats Manchester City, it will successfully lead by 1 point and surpass Manchester City to top the Premier League."

"This familiar plot... seems to have returned to the battle between Manchester City and Chelsea, the dark horse king of the 2005-06 season."

"The game is about to start!"

"First, let me introduce you to the starting lineups of both sides!"

"The home team, wearing blue, the iron-blooded blue Chelsea!"

"Starting goalkeeper: Petr Cech!"

"Defenders: Ashley Cole, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira!"

"Double defensive midfielders: Michael Essien, Michael Ballack!"

"Attacking midfielder: Frank Lampard!"

"Three forwards: Joe Cole, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou!"

"Chelsea's starting lineup this season has returned to the old 4-3-3. The players who appear in the squad but sit on the bench are Shevchenko, Makelele, Betty, Alex, Malouda..."

"The other side!"

"The away team, wearing the away pink retro jersey, the Blue Moon Manchester City!"

"Goalkeeper: James!"

"Four defenders: Zambrano Rota, Cannavaro, Dunn, Sun Jihai!"

"Double defensive midfielders: Pepe, Martinez!"

"Three forwards: Bale, Modric, Knight!"

"Single striker: Su Fei!"

"Facing the strong opponent Chelsea, Guardiola also put out a more conservative 4231 formation today, with five midfielders!"

"Su Fei returned to the classic single arrow center forward position after several games."

-[I guessed that Guardiola would definitely change the formation today. He would definitely add a defender when playing against Chelsea. After all, Chelsea's center forward is Drogba, and a center back can't handle it.]

-[I feel relieved when I see Guardiola's personnel configuration. I am really worried that he will play Chelsea like he played against Birmingham, with a big team and training. As soon as this starting lineup comes out, I feel very safe.]

-[Today's game must be good. Chelsea this season feels a bit like the 04-05 season, Mourinho's 433. What about the double striker last season?442, and I can't figure it out, so I directly withdrew from the championship race in advance. 】

-【You really don't say, Shevchenko hasn't played this season, right? This is completely pressed on the bench by Mourinho, which is a bit of a pity. After all, he was once the Golden Ball winner. In less than three years, he has no chance to play. 】

-【It can only be said that Shevchenko is not only not suitable for the Premier League, but also not suitable for Mourinho's tactical system. How good it would be to stay in AC Milan, maybe the outcome of last year's Champions League would have changed. I can only say that life choices are very important. 】

ESPN live broadcast room fans are hotly discussing, and today's game also ushered in the largest number of online people in the live broadcast room since the start of the game.

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On the court!

Beep!

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Manchester City has the ball.

As an old rival, there is no extra temptation.

After Su Fei handed the ball to Modric behind him, he immediately led Bell and Knight to launch a no-ball charge.

Chelsea immediately deployed a midfield interception network. In addition to Drogba's pressing on Modric, Joe Cole and Kalou chose to retreat cautiously and cooperate with their teammates to defend the wing. In the middle position. Lampard also followed Su Fei's off-ball movement. At the same time, Essien also rushed towards Su Fei from the front. Double off-ball attack at the beginning! Chelsea's defense today made it clear that Su Fei was the absolute heavy defense target. Modric stopped the ball and faced Drogba's rush. Observing the position of teammates. At the first time, all forward passing routes were blocked by Chelsea players. Turning back, he handed the ball to Martinez behind him. Immediately participated in the offensive interspersed running in the frontcourt. Facing Chelsea's tight midfield interception defense, adding one more player to participate in the running and tearing, Manchester City can have an extra passing route. Martinez received Modric's pass.

Tried a long pass.

Sent the ball to the short gap in front of Bale on the left.

But Chelsea reacted quickly.

Bale chased the ball.

Joe Cole chased Bale.

Chelsea's left-back Ashley Cole also chose to take the initiative, starting from a closer distance and rushing to the ball's landing point at the same time.

"Bang!"

Ashley Cole successfully jumped before Bale to grab the high ball.

Football.

Was pushed to the middle.

There.

Chelsea's central defender Terry, who made a forward run, took possession of the ball steadily.

"Ball possession exchange!!"

"Manchester City's first attack ended very suddenly."

"Terry!!"

"A horizontal pass!!"

"Give the ball to Ballack on the right!"

"Ballack!!"

"Drive the ball to advance Chelsea's counterattack!!"

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