Chapter 815 A decisive blow!

On the afternoon of December 10th, Stamford Bridge Stadium, London.

In the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Chelsea away.

In the 78th minute of the game, Lampard stood in front of the penalty kick spot in Manchester City's penalty area. Facing the German goalkeeper Neuer, who was facing a formidable enemy, he quickly took a run-up and calmly fired.

He scored in one fell swoop and equalized the score for Chelsea.

The whole Stamford Bridge is boiling!

One to one!

Manchester City, which had led for more than an hour, was finally brought back to the same starting line.

In front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Gao Shen shook his head helplessly.

Or Jerome Boateng!

This guy is really...

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As soon as the game started, Manchester City launched a crazy attack, and in the seventh minute, David Silva sent a precise through ball. Suarez forced the ball to pass between the two central defenders.

He passed and got past goalkeeper Petr Cech, who opened the scoring for Manchester City.

No matter how you look at it, this is an excellent start!

Subsequently, Chelsea really tightened their defense and allowed Manchester City's offense to come back in vain again and again.

When the Blues are determined to defend, it is difficult for anyone to break their formation.

The game remained stalemate until the second half.

After continuous substitutions and adjustments, neither side got a good chance.

Manchester City controlled the ball, with a ball possession rate of 65.3%. They took twice as many shots as Chelsea, reaching 16, but only four shots were on target.

Gao Shen himself feels that the Manchester City players are still in good condition and have relatively smooth footwork, but this efficiency is mainly caused by Chelsea's defensive pressure.

After all, under high pressure, players' technical movements will inevitably go out of shape, making it difficult to control accuracy.

Otherwise, with the technical ability of the players, the football game can really be compared to the scoring of the volleyball game.

Gao Shen's focus in this game is to attack Ashley Cole.

Chelsea's left back is still in good shape, but he is about to turn 31 and his physical fitness will inevitably decline. In such a high-intensity game, he seems to be somewhat inadequate.

But Manchester City's right winger Luo Ben is almost exhausted.

It's December, and it's another multi-front battle. Although Manchester City's rotation is very thorough, players like Robben are not particularly physically advantageous. It is still very difficult to keep him on the court.

dangerous.

Thinking of this, Gao Shen turned around and made a gesture to Carlo. The latter understood it and stood up and walked to the bench.

Manchester City has made two substitutions, and this will be the third time.

As for Chelsea, all three substitutions have been used up.

Immediately, Sturridge, who was sitting on the bench, got up and ran out to warm up. Not long after, he ran back and stood next to Gao Shen.

"Daniel, when you go up, replace Robben."

Sturridge kept nodding.

This 22-year-old youngster has improved rapidly in the hands of senior players. He even performed very well at one time and is now one of the important rotation players.

He also really admired Gao Shen. After all, it was Gao Shen who promoted him from the youth team.

"Ashley Cole was already very strenuous when facing Robben, and the consumption must be very high. After you go up, try to rush more and try to open a breakthrough from Ashley Cole on this side.

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"Understood." Sturridge nodded in agreement.

"Tell them, don't fight Ivanovic and Terry, let Rakitic press Romeu more and come in from behind. If you create a breakthrough on the wing, we will play from behind and come in."

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Gao Shen noticed that the central defender combination of Terry and Ivanovic performed very well tonight, and Lampard and Drogba also looked like they were playing chicken.

None of this was beyond his expectation.

As he estimated before the game, changing coaches is like changing swords. Once Villas leaves, Chelsea players, especially Lampard, Terry and Drogba, the three veterans who are at odds with Villas, will

All of a sudden they all acted extremely brave.

They need to show their attitude to ensure their position and playing time, and even the chance to stay at Chelsea.

Except for the blitz after the opening game, Suarez was unable to take advantage of Terry and Ivanovic throughout the game.

This is normal, after all, these two are not vegetarians.

Therefore, Gao Shen's strategy is to contain Ivanovic and Terry and play in the back row.

He had previously replaced David Silva with Rakitic, and now the Croatian midfielder has a lot of energy, plus Sturridge.

"If possible, after going up, cut inside first, then look for opportunities and try to go outside." Gao Shen suddenly thought of it and reminded.

Robben plays as a right winger with his left foot, and Sturridge also plays with his left foot as a right winger.

This makes it easy for Ashley Cole, who has adapted to defending Robben, to develop an inertia.

After all, there is a big difference between marking inside and outside.

"Understood." Sturridge agreed solemnly.

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Sturridge quickly replaced Robben.

The performance of this young English player in Manchester City is also obvious to all. He has made great progress and has already entered the England national team.

Moreover, he came up with profound advice, which also made Chelsea fans feel worried.

Di Matteo even walked to the sidelines and called on the players to pay attention to Sturridge.

Chelsea's midfielder must come back a bit, not only Romeu, but also Ramires and Lampard, must actively come back to protect the defense.

A draw with Manchester City at home is not a good result no matter how you look at it, but for the new coach Di Matteo, this result is okay. After all, Manchester City is really strong this season.

But Manchester City's offense is not a vegetarian either.

Gao Shen first used Gareth Bale to attack Bosingwa's right wing. After being unable to attack for a long time in the second half, he replaced Gareth Bale with Hazard. The Belgian winger's dribbling ability will be better used in tough battles.

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After that, Manchester City's tactics became Hazard dribbling the ball on the left to attract the defensive attention and then transfer it out.

The same goes for Sturridge's first touch of the ball after coming on.

Hazard dribbled the ball inside from the left, attracted the defensive attention, and passed it to Rakitic.

The Croatian midfielder was once again assigned to the right wing. Sturridge stopped the ball with the outside of his left foot at the front of the penalty area and turned to the left. He just avoided Ashley Cole. After quickly cutting inside, Sturridge shot directly with his left foot.

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The whole process was completed in one go, without any sloppiness, leaving Ashley Cole unable to react in time.

But the shot hit Ivanovic.

Manchester City players immediately protested and signaled to the referee that Ivanovic had a handball in the penalty area.

Sturridge even chased the referee excitedly, signaling that the Chelsea center back had handballed the ball.

"Judging from the slow-motion replay, Ivanovic did handball, but it is difficult to say whether it was intentional this time. The referee did not think it was a handball, although the ball did hit Ivanovic's hand.

On the ball, he signaled that the Chelsea central defender was not open, so he refused to award a penalty kick."

Manchester City's players seemed a little angry and still refused to give up.

Gao Shen loudly appealed to the players on the sidelines, asking them to pay attention and cheer up and not to block the referee.

"Yes, now, Manchester City players need to stay calm."

"The pressure of the game is very high, but Manchester City has the overall advantage. At this time, we still have to pay attention. You have to get cards by attacking the referee."

The two captains, Kompany and Rakitic, immediately rushed to pull Sturridge and other teammates away, signaling them to calm down. At the same time, they also negotiated with the referee, thinking that it should be a penalty kick.

This is just an episode during the game.

Players on both sides are very competitive and the pressure of the game is very high, so no one is willing to give in even half a step.

After the game restarted, Gao Shen signaled Manchester City to slow down the pace slightly and be steady.

Players are very anxious now. If they continue to attack fiercely, they will easily make mistakes and be hit by counterattacks.

In this regard, Rakitic and Javi Martinez are very experienced.

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Time passes bit by bit.
To be continued...