"Gary, Jamie! Fifteen minutes have passed. Who do you think Chelsea or Manchester City performs better?!" Fifteen minutes have passed, and the first stage of the entire game has also passed. Sones took the opportunity to ask the two guests what they thought.

"Manchester City and Chelsea should be the two teams with the strongest lineup in the league, and their strength is relatively close! The previous fifteen minutes reflected this very well. After the test of the opening, the two teams have offensive and defensive in the past few minutes! I think their condition should come out, and the next game will be better!" Neville smiled.

"Oh, no! Gary! I don't think the next game will be very open! From the first fifteen minutes, Chelsea, who plays at home, prefers defense. Mourinho's tactics are defensive counterattacks. On Wen, they rarely adopt such control flow tactics this season. They try to control more ball rights. They perform more steadily in offense. The tactics of the next two coaches will not change, so the next game may not be as open as we imagined!" Carragher did not think Neville's idea was correct. He felt that the head coaches of both teams actually tended to be conservative in this game.

Sones nodded all the time, and he was more inclined to Carragher's opinion.

Abramovich sat in the stands with expressionless expression, and his eyes were turned around and he watched the game. The game might not be so good for others, but Abramovich was different. He hoped that Chelsea would win. Whenever Hazard dribbled the ball, there was still a strong turmoil in his heart.

Hazard made another successful breakthrough in exchange for a Chelsea shot. Although he didn't score, Abu, like other fans at Stamford Bridge, stood up and applauded the team's wonderful performance.

"What a pity!" Abramovich was a little regretful. Manchester City took the initiative next time. Chelsea was not leaking in defense, but it seemed like they were fooled by their opponents, which made Abramovich a little unhappy again.

He doesn't know what kind of Mourinho's style? He clearly invited him, but now he is still the one who has a grudge against Chelsea's tactics. He doesn't like Chelsea always looking passive when playing against a strong team.

Mourinho doesn't care what Abramovich thinks on the rostrum, he is still quite satisfied with the current game situation. Not conceding the ball is Mourinho's bottom line.

Time soon reached midfield time, and no one of the two teams could do anything to each other in the first half.

Carragher said, "There are highlights in the game, but both sides are still lucky to score! Manchester City did a good job in the frontcourt cooperation. They still made some very exciting cooperation in the positional battle against Chelsea's tight defense. On Chelsea's side, William has not yet played out, Hazard's several breakthroughs were very sharp. Remy seemed to be lost in the opponent's tight defense once today! He doesn't seem to have enough tacit understanding with Hazard and others!"

"Yes! If he continues to perform like this, I think Mourinho may let Drogba come on the field in the second half!" Neville held the same view.

Of course, Drogba hopes that he can play, but Mourinho knows that Drogba is no longer as good as before. He is completely a gamble on luck when he plays. Whether it can be done depends on his fate. Manchester City's partner Van Dijk and Kompany have been teammates for a season and they know each other well. Mourinho doesn't think that Drogba can take advantage of the current confrontation with Manchester City's central defender, and Drogba's movement ability has declined, so he cannot attract the opponent's defensive attention for Hazard.

Drogba happened to meet Wen Sheng in the midfield. Before the game, the two had no chance to say hello, and they walked in the passage and talked.

"How are you doing recently?! Man!" Wen Sheng asked Drogba with a smile, his expression very relaxed.

"It's not bad! In short, it's training, go home to take care of the children, and compete!" Drogba shrugged.

"Haha! Life is quite boring!"

"I have always been like this!"

"Some days we haven't met. When will we take time to get together together? How about?!"

"No problem!" Drogba replied readily.

After Wensheng returned to the locker room, the players also came back one after another, and everyone was discussing the game.

De Bruyne and Silva and others communicated on offense in the first half, and Wensheng and the coaching staff members discussed how to deal with the second half.

"Dzeko can be put on the field at the right time in the second half!" Hawking suggested.

Brian used a pen to draw on the tactical board while saying, "It can make Dzeko and Suarez a pair of double strikers, we can just make it a little bit straight! Change the formation 442. I personally think that the 442 tactic against Middlesbrough last weekend can be used in this game!"

"Do you think Casemiro and Fernandinho's movement ability is OK?!" Wen Sheng touched his chin. If it was time to play 442, this was not a problem, but the two midfielders Casemiro and Fernandinho need more forward pressure, and they also need to have excellent ball-taking ability, otherwise it will be difficult to suppress Chelsea.

"It doesn't have to be pressed frequently by Casemiro and Fernandinho. I think De Bruyne and Silva can pull in the wings!" Brian drew on the tactical board again, "When we attack, we become 2242, which can move Walker and Milner forward!"

"Wouldn't such a play be too radical?!" Before Wensheng could express his opinion, Joey had already started shouting.

Before the game, the coaching staff's tactical design is actually the first priority of not losing the ball. As Carragher interpreted, Manchester City has always tried to keep the ball under its feet, which is actually a disguised defense method. Judging from the first half, Manchester City's defense was successful. Although Hazard is very brave, the number of times he creates threats is still very limited.

"It's time and time! I think our defense is in good shape! And their forwards don't have a tacit understanding!" Hawking said that Chelsea's overall defense is very good, but the overall offense is really poor. How can it be bad? There are two players who like to dribble the ball very much, and a Remy who has been out of the battle for a long time, it's too difficult for each other to spark.

Hazard rarely passes two or one with his teammates while holding the ball. He doesn't like to pass the ball out when he brings the ball. Sometimes he takes the ball in the backcourt to face the attack from Manchester City players, and still has to make a breakthrough. His actions often scare Mourinho on the sidelines.

But Mourinho has no choice. Hazard is really good at playing with fire like this. It is difficult for ordinary people to grab the ball from his feet, either foul or double-team. This season, Costa is a hero, but Hazard is also powerful, and can score goals and assist. Mourinho cannot impose too many restrictions on Hazard.
Chapter completed!