On the evening of December 12, Stamford Bridge Stadium, London.
The referee Mark Clattenberg was making guesses for the two captains of Manchester City and Chelsea. In front of the home team's coaching bench, Chelsea coach Villas-Boas looked a little nervous. He looked around and then turned to look at the chairman's stand behind him.
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Tonight, Chelsea's owner Abramovich, accompanied by the club's management, was sitting in the stands.
This battle is a big test for Villas-Boas.
Chelsea spent 15 million euros on his termination fee, which set a record for the highest termination fee for a head coach in the history of world football. But now, Chelsea's results are really unsatisfactory, and Villas-Boas himself is also worried.
I feel like I can't see it.
No matter what, you have to win tonight!
In terms of lineup, Villas-Boas still continued the lineup from the Champions League match against Valencia.
Goalkeeper Cech, the defense is Ashley Cole, Terry, Ivanovic and Bosingwa, the midfield three is Meireles, Romeu and Ramirez, and the frontcourt trident is Hu
Ann Mata, Didier Drogba and Sturridge.
The entire lineup is exactly the same as in the Champions League in midweek.
This is Villas-Boas's intention. He hopes that the team can continue the tactics and state of the Champions League match against Valencia in midweek.
In that game, the team's defense was very good and the offense was also very sharp. It was one of the best games played by Chelsea this season. Villas-Boas hopes to see that Chelsea team again tonight.
Terry and Drogba were one behind the other. They were one of the best players in that game and the most indispensable pillar of the team, so Villas-Boas did not dare to move, but in the midfield he had been continuously
Lampard was dropped from many games.
For him, this is a kind of persistence to his idea at the beginning of the season, and it can be regarded as his last fig leaf to maintain the authority of the head coach. If even Lampard is involved, then he can really be said to have completely lost this competition.
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By then, his prestige in the locker room will be completely destroyed.
Villas-Boas turned around and looked towards the pitch, towards the Manchester City lineup.
Blue Moon also adopts a four-three-three formation tonight. The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta. The midfielder is Busquets and David Shee.
Silva, Toni Kroos in the center, Hazard, Sudong and Sanchez in the frontcourt.
As the season progresses, both Manchester City and Guardiola have gradually figured out the rules for the cooperation between Hazard and Marcelo, and the two players have gradually found a feeling for the cooperation on the left wing.
The main reason is that Manchester City plays ball control, so although both players need the ball, under Manchester City's ball control system, there will be no conflict. On the contrary, Manchester City's ball control ability in the frontcourt is further improved.
Guardiola also adopts different lineup configurations based on different situations and different opponents.
Boas felt a little unwilling.
Originally, Hazard was the player that both he and Chelsea favored, but it turned out that Manchester City took the lead.
The Belgian winger also proved his quality and performed very well for Manchester City this season.
Although Chelsea also has Juan Mata, if they can add Hazard, Villas-Boas will have more players, and the formation will be more routine.
But it was Su Dong who worried Boas the most.
He is too familiar with this player. Whether it was when he was an assistant coach before or when he coached Porto last season and met in the Europa League final, Su Dong was the superstar who impressed him most.
His only hope is that Terry and Ivanovic can defend Sudong tonight.
Although he knew it was very, very difficult.
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Following referee Clattenburg's whistle, Manchester City took the lead and kicked the ball from Sudong to Sanchez.
The Chilean winger quickly passed the ball back and kicked it directly to Busquets.
Since Chelsea is playing at home and wears blue jerseys, Manchester City is wearing red and black away jerseys tonight, which makes the players of the two teams on the court look extremely distinct.
As soon as Busquets stopped the ball, Chelsea's Drogba was already pressing forward.
The Spanish midfielder was forced to pass the ball back to the defence.
After several consecutive passes, the ball was passed to the feet of Marcelo on the left.
The Brazilian left back stopped the ball and moved forward. He saw the right moment and passed the ball directly to Hazard, who had already broken into Chelsea's half.
When the Belgian winger stopped the ball, he was intercepted by Bosingwa and was forced to cut inside. However, Juan Mata in the frontcourt actively returned to defend and attacked Bosingwa back and forth, while Meireles in the center was also surrounding him.
To block Hazard, the three of them formed a triangle to trap Hazard.
Hazard is not tall, his steps when dribbling the ball are very thin, his center of gravity is low, and he is very skilled in changing speed and direction. The ball seems to be stuck to his feet. He just sent it horizontally when three defensive players double-teamed him.
A pass was passed behind Meireles.
David Silva quickly followed up, kept the ball, met Hazard's cross, and sent a through ball.
The ball went straight from Ivanovic into the penalty area.
Su Dong, who was already cruising near Terry and Ivanovic, suddenly started and sprinted forward at the fastest speed.
Terry was thrown away almost as soon as Su Dong started. Ivanovic chased for a while, but was quickly squeezed behind by Su Dong. Goalkeeper Cech abandoned the goal and attacked, trying to take the lead.
Hold the ball.
But Sudong just got ahead of Cech and took a stab at David Silva's pass, allowing the ball to avoid Cech's attack.
After everyone got out of the way of Cech, Su Dong's speed did not slow down. After catching up with the football on the left side of the small penalty area, he easily pushed the ball with his left foot.
The ball went straight into the bottom of the goal net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"The game lasted less than a minute. Strictly speaking, it was only twenty-six seconds. My God, it only took Manchester City twenty-six seconds to score Chelsea's goal."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Su Dong made a late pass, successfully countered offside, passed the attacking goalkeeper Petr Cech, and succeeded in pushing the shot into the empty net, opening the scoring for Manchester City.
One to zero!”
"Before the game, Guardiola repeatedly emphasized that when facing Chelsea, it is crucial to score first. Unexpectedly, Manchester City broke through Chelsea's goal just 26 seconds into the game. There is nothing better than this.
Start?"
After Su Dong scored, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly and ran all the way to the corner stand where the Manchester City fans were. He thanked the fans who had followed the team on their expedition south, and at the same time kissed the ring on his left hand.
Now that the whole world knows that he is getting married at the end of this season, it is only natural that he kiss the engagement ring.
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In the stands at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich looked with a livid face as he watched Manchester City players surround Sudong in the stadium, celebrating the opening goal.
"He almost became our player." Abramovich said solemnly.
At that time, Mourinho wanted to introduce Su Dong several times, and even applied to Abramovich in person many times. He repeatedly emphasized that Su Dong would become the top scorer in the world.
But at that time, Abramovich only thought about Shevchenko, and even later, between the Soviet Union and Shevchenko, Abramovich did not hesitate to choose Ukrainian nuclear warheads.
As a result, the whole world knew that Shevchenko failed to perform at the expected level at Chelsea, let alone lead Chelsea to the top of the Champions League, which made Abramovich the laughing stock of countless people.
Even now, there are still many people secretly laughing at Abramovich's stupidity behind his back.
At this moment, watching Su Dong score his own goal in just 26 seconds of the opening, it was impossible for Abramovich to say that he had no regrets. After all, if he had Su Dong, he might
I have already won the coveted Champions League.
Where is the need for things like now?
After Peter Kenyon left the club in 2009, his right-hand man Ron Gurley replaced the bald man as the team's chief executive.
At this moment, when he heard Abramovich's sudden and even somewhat inexplicable words, he blurted out and wanted to say that the team should still introduce a powerful center to replace Drogba, preferably someone like Su Dong.
Such a center forward.
But when the words came to his lips, and when he saw that the chairman Bruce Buck and the boss's assistant Marina Granovsky were calm and calm, he swallowed the words again.
In the past few years at Chelsea, especially during the time when he was working next to Peter Kenyon, Gurley saw clearly that Chelsea was simply Abramovich's hall of reference, and that everyone here was of only one use.
One, that is to make the boss happy.
As long as the boss is happy, anything can be done.
Just like Boas.
At the beginning, the boss had high expectations for him and even wanted to lure him over at a termination fee of 15 million euros.
That's 15 million euros, which can already buy a first-class star.
The results of it?
The season is not yet halfway through, and Villas-Boas has completely lost Abramovich's trust and is basically on the verge of dismissal. If he loses this game, he will be dismissed tonight, and no one will be surprised.
Gurley even had a feeling that Abramovich came here to supervise the war, maybe because he wanted to fire Villas-Boas on the spot.
The manager is like that, the CEO is like that, everyone at the club is like that.
If anyone is irreplaceable, it's Abramovich.
Thinking of this, Gurley didn't want to say anything more.
Because he knew that no matter what he said, it was of no use at all.
In many cases, it is not something he can change at all. Chelsea's genes and operating rules have been doomed from the day Abramovich purchased the team.
In contrast, Manchester City's Abu Dhabi consortium gives the management a lot of room to play, and they basically don't care much about things. Even Chairman Mubarak is like a mascot, while Soriano and Begiristain are
He is the director of progress and has made Manchester City prosperous. The head coach Guardiola is also as stable as a rock and has signs of long-term coaching.
Perhaps, the Premier League is ushering in, or in other words, has already ushered in the Manchester City dynasty.
