In the run-up to the Manchester City and Chelsea clash with Chelsea, much of the media was in favour of Chelsea winning.

Not only the Chelsea media, but also the media in all parts of England have almost all expressed their support for Chelsea, and in various reports, they have expressed their desire for Chelsea to win, either directly or implicitly.

This is the atmosphere of public opinion in the outside world.

The reason for this is that Manchester City's performance is too strong, the defending league championship and the season unbeaten, this kind of eye-catching results, it is really gorgeous and a bit excessive, when a team's results are too gorgeous, there will always be many enemies, just like winning in 99 The Treble's Manchester United, which lasted for a few years after that, was very resistant to Manchester United throughout England, except for the media who really supported Manchester United, the other media hoped that Manchester United would lose, and when other fans watched Manchester United's game, they also hoped that Manchester United would be the losing side.

Manchester City are not yet at that level, but their achievements are starting to arouse envy.

So when Manchester City and Chelsea were about to play the FA Cup final, many media outlets were on Chelsea's side.

The outside public is optimistic about Manchester City, they are league champions, they have a full squad, and the injured players, including Downing, have returned to training, but the thinking of the mass media is still hoping for Chelsea to win.

Rarely, the 'ruble legion', which has been ostracized by the English media, has received more support.

Jose Mourinho has received a lot of support and he expressed his confidence before the game: "This is the most important game for us and we will be the winners at the new Wembley Stadium!" ”

Wansheng didn't say much about it.

The whole city has been preparing for the game, Wan Sheng told the players not to care about what the outside world says, and his exact words are this, "They say so. Because they're afraid! They were scared of us, so they wanted someone to stop us, and our goal was to show everyone how strong we are! Make them more scared and make them feel the helplessness of failure. Then, we succeeded! ”

It was in this atmosphere that the match between the two teams began.

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Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in London, England, home to the England national team and the final of various competitions in England.

Wembley Stadium has been rebuilt in previous years due to the ageing of the facilities, and in March this year, all rebuilding work was completed. The stadium also remained open.

In the domestic competitions of England, the League Cup final and the FA Cup final are played here.

The matchup between Manchester City and Chelsea has attracted much attention, with 90,000 tickets sold out more than half a month before the game, and in addition to the fans supporting both teams, more than half are neutral fans.

With the atmosphere on the pitch hot, the game has begun.

Chelsea have done a lot of work in terms of preparation, having lost to Manchester City in their last league game. But that one didn't matter to Chelsea, with the experience of last time. This time they were more prepared.

Perhaps that's what gives Mourinho confidence.

In the media and professionals' comments on various teams, Chelsea's comprehensive strength has always been higher than Manchester City, which is actually very clear to both sides, but the failure to win against Manchester City in two seasons is not just a matter of on-the-spot performance, which seems to indicate that Mourinho's coaching ability is not as good as Wansheng.

The Portuguese were very reluctant in their hearts.

He also knows. This will be his last game in charge of Chelsea, and the game is also about an FA Cup title, so Chelsea have been preparing for the game for half a month.

Tactically, Mourinho used the most reasonable tactic against Manchester City - using tough pressing. Fight with Manchester City for control of the midfield, and constantly run and steal to disrupt Manchester City's attacking rhythm.

In short, it is important not to let the pace of the game be controlled by Manchester City.

In addition, in attack, Mourinho has also made full preparations, and all the main players in the team who can be sent on the field have started the game, and he hopes that such a lineup, coupled with sufficient preparation, can give the team an advantage.

But today's Manchester City style of play is a bit incomprehensible.

Manchester City gives people the impression of controlling attacking football, and the two obvious characteristics are more control and fast attacking speed, but today's Manchester City feels a little different, but how different it is, it is difficult to say clearly.

Just like the two attacks just now, Manchester City hit the Chelsea penalty line.

Then, they had two shots on goal.

Yes, it's not a goal, it's a shot, the first time it was Darren Bent who stepped up and fired an anti-aircraft gun, the second time it was Morris, he seemed to be forced to have no choice, 20 meters away from the goal, he chose to shoot directly, but the distance was too far, and the temporary kick was difficult to play hard, and the football was easily confiscated by Chelsea goalkeeper Cudicini.

With both shots on goal, City were a bit of a bit unintelligible.

Was it just a temporary play by the players, or was that what Manchester City's tactics were? Many people watching the game were a little confused.

Normally, Darren Bent was in a good position, he had every chance to get the ball to the left or right and then look for better opportunities, and so was Morris, who, despite Lampard with him, had space to pass and could match up with his team-mates.

They seem to be in a bit of a hurry to shoot?

I don't understand.

Mourinho didn't understand either, he saw Manchester City's attack twice, and then he had a little doubt in his heart, but soon he felt a little too much, after all, these two times Manchester City players did not take the initiative to seize the opportunity, maybe they had a problem with their mentality, in short, it was a good thing for Chelsea.

Taking advantage of the opening time, Chelsea also found a chance, it was Drogba's volley in the penalty area, if it wasn't for goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei's quick reaction, Chelsea would have scored.

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On the pitch, the Chelsea players worked hard according to the tactics that had been laid out before the game.

Manchester City possess the ball.

Frank Lampard immediately got to the feet of Ivan Crewe, while Balaclah was a little behind, ready to support Lampard, while Claude Makelele also had his eye on Morris on the other side.

All three of Chelsea's midfielders were in motion, and that set the pace of the whole Chelsea defence.

Seeing this scene on the field, Mourinho felt very pleased, this is a defensive training specifically for Manchester City, it is necessary to use tough and uninterrupted defense to compete with Manchester City for control of the midfield, so that it is not easy for them to pass the ball to the front, so that Manchester City is not easy to use cooperation to pass the ball into the penalty area unless it is pressed very forward.

As long as they can stop City's attack, they will be successful.

Chelsea's attacking ability is still very strong, but when it comes to attacking, Chelsea is not necessarily worse than Manchester City, not to mention, Manchester City's defense is not solid, after all, they are a team that is good at attacking and does not put much energy on defense.

This season, Manchester City have conceded the fewest goals, but this is not to say that they have the best defense, but their tactics are to play control, and when the possession exceeds a certain limit, the opposition will not have the opportunity to attack at all.

"Attacking is the best defense" is vividly displayed in Manchester City.

When it comes to defence, Manchester City is certainly not as good as Chelsea or Manchester United, and Mourinho is still very confident in this.

Therefore, the key to this game is whether it can limit Manchester City's possession, compete with them for control of the midfield, compete for the number of possession and possession, so that Manchester City's advantage cannot be played, and Chelsea has more chances to win.

Ivan Crewe felt the pressure from Frank Lampard on the pitch, glanced around and eventually got the ball back to Dunn.

Dunn's position was at the back, so Chelsea couldn't go over and press it in the first place, but they didn't care, because they didn't want to press the Manchester City half, and football can't always be at the feet of the centre-backs, and sure enough, Dunn received the ball and immediately transferred the ball to Leto Ziegler on the wing.

Ziegler received the ball and took a few quick steps forward before moving to Maurice, who was defended by Makelele and ran two quick steps to get the ball, but Makelele was already behind him, and he had no choice but to pass the ball back to Copelle Ferreira.

City passed it down a couple of times and the football returned to the back.

Jose Mourinho was even more relieved to see this, and this is what he asked his players to do - not to allow Manchester City to pass the ball easily in midfield, as for the backfield, that position is unlikely to pose a threat to the Chelsea goal, so don't worry too much.

Kopele Ferreira received the pass, Shepchenko pressed it too, Ferreira passed the ball again to Ziegler, who in turn passed to Morris, this time Morris was free, and he transferred the ball laterally to David Silva.

Kalou ran towards Silva, but his defence was a bit slow, giving Silva space, only to have Silva firing the ball on the right, David Beckham.

David Beckham receives the ball and hoists it straight into the box.

Darren Bent sprang over to unload the ball, and in the face of Terry's interception, he slid the ball to the right and hit the goal with his feet!

The long-range shot was very powerful, the ball was very fast, Terry subconsciously tried to block it with his body but did not block it, and the ball went straight to the goal.

Darren Bent shot too far away and goalkeeper Cudicini had plenty of time to react.

He took two steps to the left and knocked the ball off the line with both hands.

"Again! City's third shot, all three from distance, was Darren Bent, but it was so powerful that Cudicini had to knock the ball off the line and City won a corner from the left. (To be continued.) )