At half-time, Carlo Ancelotti was in the dressing room to mentally build the Chelsea players so they could regain their fighting spirit.

That alone took him about ten minutes, and he had less than five minutes left to make tactical adjustments......

Meanwhile, in City's dressing room, Benitez made some adjustments to what happened in the first half.

Sneijder wasn't very good in the first half, but Benitez didn't intend to replace him or even criticize him.

According to the table xiàn of the first half, the table of his field was inspired, and Benitez intends to leave the task of organizing the attack to glory.

Rongguang did not object to the task given to him by Benitez, and directly nodded and agreed.

Anyway, he didn't do it without a job at Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich.

There were times when he scored a hat-trick of assists in a Champions League group stage.

And to put it bluntly, his position on the field is not a striker, but a striker. Although he scores a lot of goals, he is actually really a striker.

Since it is a forward midfielder, in addition to scoring, it is natural to organize the attack.

Glory also doesn't think about whether he will reduce his goals if he organizes the attack. In his opinion, the two are completely non-conflicting.

No one has a rule that an attacking playmaker can't shoot and score.

In the second half of the game, Rongguang will of course put more energy into attacking in tandem and creating opportunities for his teammates, but it does not mean that if there is a chance to score in front of him, he will easily let it go.

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After a fifteen-minute break, the two sides re-entered the field and fought again.

There were no changes to City's side, with Chelsea making the first substitution.

At half-time, Carlo Ancelotti brought on Branislav Ivanovic for Paulo Ferreira.

The starting right-back was Paulo Ferreira, the Portugal international who was brought to Chelsea from Porto by Jose Mourinho and won the UEFA Champions League with Porto in 2004, where he was also selected in the European Team of the Season at right-back, known as the "best right-back in Europe".

Paolo Ferreira was both offensive and defensive at Porto, but since coming to Chelsea, he has become much more cautious and will not take half a step beyond the thunder pool.

Carlo Ancelotti started him because of his defensive prowess.

He wanted to contain City's attack on the flanks.

On the left is the reassuring Ashley Cole, and on the right is Paolo Ferreira.

However, before the end of the first half, Manchester City scored a goal.

Although the goal conceded did not have much to do with Paolo Ferreira, who had a good first half, Carlo Ancelotti replaced Paolo Ferreira because he made some tactical changes.

He wants to attack and is not willing to relax the requirements of defense, so the full-back must be a person who can go up and down, and at the same time have excellent assist ability, if it is just good defensively, it is useless, and it will hardly contribute to the team's attack.

This is not going to work, how can Chelsea win on their home turf alone?

Paulo Ferreira doesn't dare to attack now, he doesn't dare to press, how can this work?

Ivanovic, on the other hand, is a versatile defender at the back, and he also has a strong attacking ability.

Putting him on the pitch would bolster Chelsea's attack on the flanks.

At the same time, compared to the other players on the field, he played half a game less, and there was no problem with his fitness.

Even if you sprint back and forth, you don't have to worry about your physical strength running out quickly.

That's Carlo Ancelotti's tactic.

Chelsea need a balance between attack and defence, be able to put in a lot of force in attack, and also demand to be able to get back in defence, so that they can form a defence quickly.

This places greater demands on the fitness of the full-backs.

If Chelsea's attack is fierce, the two full-backs have to keep pushing forward and then retreating, and this back and forth sprint of tens to 100 meters is all anaerobic exercise, which is very tiring.

But now do they have any other options than to do so?

Of course, they can just defend solidly without going up and getting involved. However, Chelsea have not invested enough troops in attack to keep City under pressure, and it is really only a matter of luck to score goals in attack.

They can also be involved in attacking frequently, but they don't defend back, but then Chelsea won't even be able to hold on to the current draw, let alone winning.

Ancelotti also knew that if the two full-backs shuttled so frequently, the fitness would not be able to support it in the end. So he was ready before the game.

Of the seven substitutes for the game, Rafael Benitez brought in three defenders, with Belletti at right-back and Branislav Ivanovic playing at either centre-back or right-back.

At left-back, Chelsea started with Ashley Cole. This is a reassuring left-back who can monopolize the left corridor alone, so he doesn't need a substitute here.

Ancelotti was well prepared on the right, and after Ivanovic came on the pitch, because he ran half the court less than others, he was full of energy, and he could sprint on the wing without worrying about the problem of physical support.

And if even his fitness is in question, Ancelotti will replace him with Belletti.

Or as long as Ivanovic has any other problems, Ancelotti has a Belletti on the bench.

In this way, on the right, Chelsea's attack and defense are assured.

So after the start of the second half, Chelsea continued to put pressure on City's penalty area as they did at the start of the first half.

For a while, they had the upper hand, both in terms of possession and the sensations Chelsea had in their senses.

The Chelsea fans in the stands saw their team have the upper hand and followed suit, singing and cheering on from the stands.

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But City were unmoved.

Chelsea want to attack, so let them attack and Manchester City shrink defensively.

That's what they're good at.

Shrink the defence, don't concede the ball first, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

That's City's attacking routine.

Everyone knows that Manchester City are good at playing this, but they can't tell Manchester City not to play like that.

At best, they can only complain in the media that Manchester City have so many stars, but they don't dare to let go and play attacking football, what cowards......

But Manchester City didn't care.

They're top of the league right now!

Now in the face of Chelsea's onslaught, Manchester City are very calm, although they are at the bottom.

As long as the football is at their feet and there is a chance to counterattack, they will definitely look for glory directly. But if they didn't, they wouldn't be back and forth in central midfield, which is feeding Chelsea up front...... They will be very crisp and kick the football at the back of the field for Manchester City to get back into attack.

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The game lasted just six minutes and in the 51st minute of the game, Chelsea completed one of their attacks. Drogba's shot went high with Lucio's close interference.

Taking advantage of City's kick-off, the Chelsea players all withdrew to their own half of the pitch and did not stay in front of the pitch – it wasn't just the City players who kept their composure, the Chelsea players were also calm.

They kept in mind the manager's instructions and instructions - once they lost possession, some of them went up front to surround them, while the vast majority of them immediately retreated and returned to their defensive positions.

An opportunity like the opponent's kick-off, then there must be no hesitation, and the whole team will retreat directly!

As a result, Manchester City can't play a quick counter-attack even if they want to.

Besides, this is still Chelsea's home stadium, and even the caddies are helping Chelsea.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart went to the caddie for the ball and he wanted a goal kick.

But the Chelsea caddie struggled to find a football from a long way away and threw it to Joe Hart.

By this time, all of Chelsea's players were back in their own half, especially the two full-backs who had just come up to assist, who were already in their positions.

Manchester City couldn't fight back.

However, City were not trying to play a quick counter-attack at this time.

Now City's attacking playmaker is glorious!

Joe Hart stretched out his hands to the caddie, expressing his frustration, and instead of dwelling with the caddy, he turned around and set the ball up, and he was not in a hurry to kick off.

After observing the situation, he did not directly kick the football forward with his big foot, so that the football went deep into the opponent's hinterland at once.

After observing it, he ran up and pushed the ball to pass the ball to the centre-back Godin.

Godin took the ball and passed it to midfielder Matuidi.

Matuidi didn't rush forward after getting the ball, or rushed forward with the ball himself.

He opted to cross the ball to Gareth Barry.

Since Chelsea don't let Manchester City fight back, then Manchester City are not in a hurry. Just slowly move forward, and look for opportunities in the process of advancing.

When the ball was passed to Sneijder, the Chelsea players continued to play a very pressing defensive role.

Guaranteed to make it impossible for Sneijder to organize any effective offense.

If Sneijder had been an attacking playmaker, Chelsea's defence could have disrupted City's attacking rhythm.

But now, City's attacking playmaker is no longer Sneijder, but ...... Glory!

Sneijder, under the pressure of the opponent, did not stop the ball, but passed the football directly, and he did not pass directly to Glory, but passed it back to Gareth Barry.

Barry didn't stop the ball and kicked forward against the rolling ball.

This time, he passed the football to the feet of his true goal, Glory.

Because Sneijder has just caught the attention of Chelsea's defence, now is the chance to give the ball to glory.

Glory received the ball after retreating, but the pressure was not as great as it was when he was near the penalty area.

If Gareth Barry hadn't just passed the ball to Sneijder and had given it to Glory, it might have been Glory's turn to be surrounded by Chelsea players.

However, because Sneijder had just received the ball, the Chelsea players thought he was an attacking playmaker, so they paid special attention to his defense in this position, which caused less defensive pressure on Glory's side......

How easy is Glory? He can even turn calmly after receiving the ball.

If it's on the edge of the box, he probably won't be able to turn around at all!