In the first half of the season, City played a thrilling game at Stamford Bridge, finishing the game in the last minute after being sent off, and that game was voted 2011 Man of the Year. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Fast forward to 2012 and neither side has had much luck lately, with Manchester City losing to Swansea City in the league and the top spot in the league is in jeopardy.

Chelsea are even worse, with a change of manager halfway through, the Champions Cup stopped in the round of 16, the league still hasn't changed, and they are no longer visible in the top four.

The new coach is now in jeopardy, and even many media believe that the Russian oligarch has made a wrong decision, at least Boas has proven himself in Porto, but Di Matteo's previous coaching experience is not at all.

Prior to taking charge of Chelsea, Di Matteo had only two spells in charge, the first of which was Milton Keynes Dons, a team from League One, which is currently only in the third tier.

The second team is now West Bromwich Albion, Di Matteo joined as a firefighting coach and eventually led West Bromwich Albion to the Premier League, but was sacked after not leading the team well in the Premier League, and finally accepted Chelsea's invitation last summer to return to Chelsea as an assistant coach to help Villas-Boas.

Becoming the head coach of a giant club is almost the plot of the novel, but in the world of football, it really happens, but unlike the protagonist of the novel, Di Matteo did not soar into the sky.

If it weren't for the fact that the Russian oligarchs really couldn't find someone to replace Di Matteo at this moment, it is estimated that at this moment, the Chelsea hero would have been swept away.

Di Matteo is also well aware of his current situation, so he knows that he still has another chance to prove that as long as he can keep Chelsea's top four position at the end of the season, then he will be considered a success this season, even if he is sacked by Chelsea this season, but he will take this resume completely with this resume to coach a strong team in the middle and upper reaches.

At 8 p.m. on March 21, the Etihad Stadium was already full, and nearly 20,000 Manchester City fans gathered in the square outside the stadium without tickets for the game.

In the home team's locker room, the players who have finished the warm-up have already returned, and Van Basten is also making the final arrangements, in fact, the league is so long in a season, many tactics are already known, as for the opponent, it should be understood for a long time, after all, everyone is so familiar, who doesn't know whom.

Time passed imperceptibly, and the arrival of the staff heralded the imminent start of the game, and in the players' tunnel, the two sides met but did not know each other.

They both know very well the importance of this game for both sides, although there are many people in the line-up of the two teams who know each other, but at the moment, they are the enemy, and for the enemy, there is nothing good to say.

Manchester City lineup: 433

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Defenders: Clichy, Lescott, Boateng, Zabaleta

Midfielders: De Jong, Yaya Toure, Li Feng

Forwards: Silva, Dzeko, Sergio Aguero

Richards is injured again, the black guy is very strong, which Manchester City knows from top to bottom, there are only a few people who surpass Richards in terms of physical fitness, but he is the kind of physique that is prone to injury, as the season progresses, the number of injuries increases, and Richards' state has also been greatly affected, so Zabaleta replaced the injured Richards in this game.

Along with Richards, captain Vincent Kompany was injured, and it has to be said that compared to Richards, there is no doubt that Kompany's injury has a greater impact on Manchester City.

Other positions were unchanged, Dzeko returned to the starting line-up, Balotelli was on the bench, and on the bench, there were still a few regulars, Savic, Kolo Toure, Kolarov, Minaar, Adam Johnson, Pantilimon.

Chelsea line-up:

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Luiz, Cahill, Ivanovic

Midfielders: Mata, Ramirez, Lampard, Mikel, Meireles

Forward: Fernando Torres

John Terry was injured in the Champions League and was replaced by Gary Cahill in this game, and in the middle, Di Matteo deployed five men directly, with Juan Mata up front, linking the striker and midfield, Ramires and Mikel dragging back to defend Li Feng, Frank Lampard in the middle, and Meleres in charge.

The kick-off of this game belonged to Manchester City, who were playing at home, and the first wave of Manchester City's attack came from the right flank, but in order to confuse the opponent, Manchester City moved almost exclusively on the left side for the first two minutes.

In the third minute, Manchester City's wave of rapid transfers, when Silva broke through and was intercepted by Ivanovic, he immediately passed back to Li Feng in the middle, and Li Feng sent a kick to the feet of Aguero on the right.

Sergio Aguero's cut-in was blocked by Ashlico, but it wasn't Aguero's real killer, his cut-in was just a back-heel pass to get Ashleycole's attention.

Zabaleta, Manchester City's right-back inserted from the back at high speed, Mata's threat to Zabaleta is quite limited, and now Chelsea, Mata is the initiator of the attack in the front, not so much Mata's position, but just under the guise of playing the wing.

This tactic is not uncommon, as was the case with Werder Bremen in the past, Schaff arranged it this way when Ozil was still around, and even under Bayer Leverkusen, Heynckes arranged Kroos as well.

Cross, in the box, Dzeko fought hard under the bag of Luis and Cahill, although he finally fought for the ball, but unfortunately there was not enough strength and angle, and Cech flew out.

The ensuing corner didn't create much of a good chance either, as Silva found Lescott, who also headed the ball in, but the header flew straight off the line.

Three minutes later, City were back on the left, but this time it was on the left, with Silva slotting past Branislav Ivanovic across the box.

Luiz immediately pulled out the defense, Silva pushed horizontally, and Li Feng was outside the line of the big penalty area, but at this moment there were two defenders standing next to Li Feng, so Li Feng did not shoot.

Passing the ball, Li Feng did not stop the ball at all and sent the ball directly into the feet of Dzeko in the penalty area, and after Silva attracted Luiz away, Dzeko undoubtedly faced much less defensive pressure.

Although Cahill's strength is good, Dzeko is not a vegetarian, leaning towards Cahill, and then controlling the ball with his left foot and pulling it back, Dzeko shows what it means to be a flexible big man.

Cahill reacted immediately and was tricked by his opponent, but even if he knew, it was too late because Dzeko wouldn't give him time to react.

"Lateral ~~~Shoot hard~~~No~~~ Cech, Cech saved the Chelsea goal, Dzeko was very, very good, he completely deceived Cahill, but Cech told you that behind Cahill, standing is him, Peter Cech, the best goalkeeper in the Premier League." (To be continued.) )