Chapter 117: Chaos

Guus Hiddink is excited, and the current form couldn't be better for Chelsea. First they equalized and then they were sent off!!

If before the start of this game, Hiddink could actually accept a draw in his heart, after all, Manchester United's performance this season and recent form have far surpassed Chelsea, as evidenced by the standings of the table, in fact, so far, Manchester United have not conceded a few goals, especially against strong teams, Manchester United have been even stronger. But now that the opponent has been sent off, and Chelsea is eleven to ten, he has more ideas!

He sees hope of victory for Chelsea at home!!

If both sides are evenly matched, it would be nice for Chelsea to get a point at home.

But now, just fifteen minutes into the game, United have one less player early, and Chelsea have just equalised, and Hiddink's mind is alive.

Carlo Ancelotti is a little helpless, the disadvantage of playing one less person on the football field, especially against a high-level opponent like Chelsea, playing one less often means all-round passivity, because if the side wants to maintain the balance of power on the field, they have to invest more energy, and the players have to pay more runs, and use active runs to make up for the numerical disadvantage. But if you do that, the players' physical depletion will be very fast, after all, Manchester United's players are not ironmen........ When Manchester United's fitness drops, it will be troublesome to block the opposition's attack.

So now instead of pursuing the advantage of the opposition at both ends of the pitch as before, Ancelotti must cut back on the offensive end to make up for the holes in the defence. At the same time, it may also be necessary to hand over the initiative on the pitch, and Manchester United will recycle it to play a counter-attack.

Smalling has warmed up and is standing on the sidelines, the position of centre-back is special after all, and Carlo Ancelotti must keep the defence intact.

Manchester United's side has also been entangled with the opponent's theory, and it has not returned to the center circle for a long time to kick off, in fact, it is also to buy a little time for Smalling to warm up.

Eventually, Smalling ran into the pitch with the referee's permission, replacing Juan Mata.

Now Manchester United has only two players left in the frontcourt, Li Qingshan and Di Maria, and this combination of high and fast may make Manchester United's offensive tactics as simple as possible.

Manchester United, with one man less, have little to do with some of the more complex tactics.

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When the game resumed, United's first attack was not long in coming.

Li Qingshan ran forward with his head covered after teeing off in the center circle. Sure enough, as he ran to the edge of the Chelsea penalty area, United's long ball from the back followed.

Li Qingshan resisted Nemanja Matic and sent the ball to Di Maria's feet with a header.

Di Maria did not say that he would wait for his teammates to come up to support after taking the ball, he knew that at this stage, Manchester United did not have many players involved in attack, and if he stopped and waited, it is estimated that the goal would be lost.

He adjusted a little and then fired a long-range shot straight from outside the penalty line.

Di Maria's shot was of decent quality, but Courtois's concentration was quite focused, and he flew sideways to save the ball off the line!!

Corner kick!!

United, who had one man less, were the first to threaten.

For the outnumbered side, set-piece opportunities should be put to good use.

After Juan Mata was off, Di Maria was in charge of taking the corner.

Manchester United still have five big men in the Chelsea penalty area, which makes the Chelsea players nervous.

Di Maria's corner!!

It is still Li Qingshan who grabbed the first point!!

He flicked his head at the ball down the middle, but it was over the bar with interference from John Terry and Nemanja Matic.

After realizing the absolute disadvantage in physical confrontation and bounce height, Matic and the others no longer pursued Li Qingshan. However, they have a lot of experience defending, and sometimes they don't threaten the goal by grabbing a point.

United's attack was simple and straightforward. Chelsea, on the other hand, are a bit more complicated.

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They tried to take advantage of the opportunity to play with an extra man, pushing through layers of passes, and then forcing the United players to make more runs with the pass in order to drain the fitness of the United players.

However, at this time, the Manchester United players were all angered by Diego Costa, where would Chelsea have the opportunity to pass the ball in a good way.

As soon as Matic got the ball in the backfield, Li Qingshan collided directly.

However, when Li Qingshan knocked Matic to the ground, and then hooked the ball over and prepared to dribble the ball forward, the referee's mournful whistle also sounded.

Fouled!!

Li Qingshan pushed the ball to the sideline intentionally or unintentionally, extinguishing Chelsea's intention to serve quickly, and then turned around and left.

But Oliver didn't let him go, and called him over and warned him.

Li Qingshan was naturally innocent, indicating that he didn't kick the ball out on purpose, and the force of the kick was not great, and Oliver didn't give Li Qingshan a card or anything after a warning.

You must know that giving Phil Jones a red card before gave Oliver Alexander, especially after he saw the replay on the big screen on the field, he knew that it was due to his own series of mistakes that caused the game to slowly get out of control.

And if he gives Li Qingshan, who already has a yellow card, a yellow card now.......... It's hard for him to imagine what the media will be like after the game.

Oliver was born in 1985 and is a very young referee, younger than some of the players on the pitch. Despite only being 25 years old, Oliver is still one of the best referees in the Premier League, often tasked with officiating important matches, and is now widely believed to be involved in officiating at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

However, the young referee is not flawless, and he was once criticized for favoring Manchester United when he was in charge of Manchester United in the process of law enforcement.

Oliver himself certainly scoffed at this, but that didn't stop the media from discussing it after the game.

And Manchester United's players also seem to have repeatedly challenged Oliver's bottom line.

Chelsea basically don't want to pass slowly.

United players fouled frequently, while Chelsea players fell to the ground again and again, and Oliver blew his whistle again and again.

However, United were not carried away by the rage, with their fouls concentrated in central midfield and even if Chelsea were given a set-piece chance, it would be difficult to pose any immediate threat to United's goal.

And Chelsea seem to be starting to fight each other, with the number of fouls committed by both sides in the first half alone, adding up to more than 20!

The first half of the game once again fell into a mixed wheel out of control.