bloodnovel Chapter 422
Chapter 422
Chapter 422
The Luzhniki Stadium can accommodate more than 8 fans. Manchester United and Chelsea each get 3 tickets. The remaining 2 tickets are all except sponsors and some UEFA VIPs. All sold out.
Amidst the cheers of more than 8 people, at 22:45 local time, the referee blew his whistle, and the 2007/2008 UEFA Champions League final officially started.
Chelsea took the lead.
Manchester United and Chelsea have played against each other 3 times this season, and Manchester United has won all three games, occupying an absolute advantage.
Although in the past few seasons, Chelsea had a great record against Manchester United, and they were not in a weak state in their hearts, they seemed a little cautious after the start.
Perhaps it has a lot to do with their first appearance on the stage of the Champions League final. They made two mistakes in a row within less than 3 minutes of the opening.
However, Manchester United is not much better here. Although three players in their starting lineup have experience in the Champions League final, but other players are participating in the Champions League final for the first time, and tension is inevitable.
Even their top star Cristiano Ronaldo stumbled under his feet when he broke through, stepped on his left foot and fell down on his right foot, and directly gave the ball to Chelsea.
The start was spent with constant mistakes from both sides, but the Manchester United and Chelsea players were experienced after all. After just a few minutes, they slowly adapted to the atmosphere of the game, and the offense of both sides began to show threats.
Hargreaves received a pass from his teammate on the right side of the front field, and after getting out of the way, he kicked the pass directly.
Apparently, the Chelsea players were not willing to let him complete the cross so easily. At the moment Hargreaves passed the ball, Ashley Cole stretched out his leg to interfere, and the football hit his leg and bounced directly to the goal. .
Wow!
Immediately there was a burst of exclamation in the stadium.
Ashley Cole looked at the football that changed its flight trajectory and flew towards the goal, and felt terrified in his heart.
If the goal is scored, one can imagine how much pressure he will be under, so he immediately prayed silently in his heart: God bless, this goal must not be scored!
Although the brain was severely traumatized, it did not affect Cech's reaction speed.
When the football hit Ashley Cole's leg and created a sideline, Cech made an accurate judgment at the first time, and the rest was simple. A side throw with both hands directly flew towards the goal The incoming football hit the turf.
There was a burst of applause and cheers immediately in the stadium.
Obviously this is to applaud Cech's steady save.
Ashley Cole was relieved to see Petr Cech holding the ball firmly, and then immediately rushed forward along the wing, and Chelsea's counterattack began.
After Abramovich took over, he invited the European champion coach Mourinho, so after Abramovich became the boss, this Chelsea team was branded with Mourinho.
Mourinho built his own grand blueprint here, and Abramovich waved a checkbook all over the world to buy people.
Flying on both wings This is the capital for Mourinho to come to the Premier League to fight the world. Relying on the tough defense in the midfield and the sharp counterattack ability of the two wings, Mourinho won two consecutive Premier League titles when he took over Chelsea.
Although he has left the club now, Grant has not changed the team much, which is the main reason why Chelsea can reach the Champions League final in this turbulent season.
Chelsea's counterattack was fast. Under the dispatch of the two midfielders Lampard and Ballack, the football was quickly passed to the feet of Ashley Cole who rushed to the frontcourt.
Hargreaves immediately stood in front of Ashley Cole.
As England team-mate Ashley Cole is no stranger to Hargreaves.
Hargreaves, who has a strong fighting spirit, is a difficult player. Once he is entangled, it is relatively difficult to complete a breakthrough.
But Ashley Cole has the magic weapon to restrain Hargreaves - speed!
When encountering Hargreaves, Ashley Cole died directly.Knocking the ball forward with the outside instep, he accelerated and rushed past him.However, Ashley Cole ignored the field factor. When he caught up with the football and faced Brown's defense, when he wanted to brake and spike the ball and dodge the gap directly, he failed to completely dodge the angle and kicked the ball directly. Bounced off the touchline on Brown, earning a throw-in.Then the sideline thrower wanted to throw the ball directly over the defender's head, but was pushed out by Ferdinand.
Like in the FA Cup final, Yu Liang seldom directly participated in the offense in this game.
Since the beginning of the game, he has spent most of the time passing the ball in the midfield.
When defending, he is also a barrier in the team's midfield, constantly interfering with Lampard and Ballack.
Seeing Ferdinand push the ball out, Yu Liang, who turned his back to the attacking direction, immediately turned his head to see if there were teammates on the two sides, and then quickly rushed towards the football landing point.
At the same time, Chelsea midfielder Ballack also ran from the front of the penalty area and rushed towards the football.
It is a bit difficult to grab the football before Ballack and complete the turn and pass.
And to form a quick counterattack, there cannot be the slightest delay.
Glancing at Carrick who rushed out behind Barack, Yu Liang immediately pointed to the space beside Barack, and Carrick ran towards the space knowingly.
Barak saw all of Yu Liang's actions.Although he didn't know the situation behind him, he could roughly guess his intentions.
So when I rushed to the football landing point, I immediately moved to the side.Even if you can't block Yu Liang's pass, you can interfere with your body.
But when Ballack moved to the side, Yu Liang grabbed the football first, and headed back without waiting for the football to hit the ground.
When Ballack rushed to the landing point, in addition to Carrick, Hargreaves on the right also rushed over.
Yu Liang signaled Carrick to run in the gap, just to interfere with Barack.
After rubbing back, Yu Liang turned around quickly, and Hargreaves made a straight pass, and the ball returned to Yu Liang's feet.
After completing the wall-hitting coordination, Yu Liang took two steps and encountered the blue iron gate Makelele. He immediately hit him horizontally and signaled Carrick to pass diagonally to the left.
Carrick, who was unguarded, stopped the football and adjusted for two steps. He directly passed a long diagonal pass over Essien's head, and accurately found Ronaldo who was advancing.
However, it is a pity that Carrick's pass was not advanced enough, and Ronaldo had to slow down his speed to stop the ball.
Although Essien was given time to return to defense, Ronaldo also used the time difference between Essien's return to defense and his own stop to form a breakthrough.
After Ronaldo stopped the ball, he paused for a while, and Essien, who accelerated back to the defense, immediately slowed down and stuck the inside line, not forming an inside cut or cross for Ronaldo.
But just when Essien had just completed his defensive position, Ronaldo suddenly started, and the ball was directly thrown away by Essien.
After forming an inside cut, after Ronaldo broke into the penalty area and attracted Terry's defense, he suddenly changed direction and dribbled the ball towards the bottom line, and then pulled it back in another direction. The far end of the goal flew past.Since Terry blocked Cech's sight during the defense, it was too late to make a save when Cech found Ronaldo shooting. He could only watch the football fly into the goal in front of his eyes.
"Goal in, Ronaldo, Ronaldo scored in the 17th minute of the first half to give United the lead."
(End of this chapter)