Facing the Champions League final, there is pressure on Manchester City, and the pressure on Chelsea will not be less.

Many of them have a lot of experience and have been through a lot of big battles, but it was also the first time in Chelsea's 100-year history that they reached the Champions League final, and winning this title also made history as a club.

In this respect, Chelsea and Manchester City are no different.

In addition, the Chelsea and Manchester City games will be stressful in itself.

Chelsea have not won against Manchester City in three seasons.

Leagues, cups, home and away, no wins, now in the Champions League, the two teams are meeting for the first time in Europe, but against Manchester City, the whole Chelsea team will definitely be under a lot of pressure.

It's like the media asking, "Will the Champions League be any different?" ”

But it must be admitted that Grant's Chelsea play very openly, which may be the difference between Grant's and Mourinho's.

If this Chelsea team is led by Jose Mourinho, Wan Sheng will not be very worried about the opening, the two teams will definitely have to test for a while, Mourinho's team is very conservative, especially against strong teams, they do not concede goals is more important than goals.

Now the Chelsea coach is Grant, even if many people think that Grant 'did nothing' at Chelsea, the tactics are still the same tactics, and the style of play is still those ways of playing, but this Chelsea team is playing more openly when it comes to the game.

No sooner had the game started than Chelsea launched two attacks on Manchester City.

Neither attack threatened, but it was clear that Chelsea, from the manager to the players, didn't care.

The game has just begun, and the attack is their test.

As soon as the Manchester City starting lineup was announced, Chelsea knew that Manchester City's style of play was conservative, otherwise Darren Bent and Mesut Ozil would definitely play, and everyone had a judgment in their hearts, so Chelsea attacked very openly.

But are Manchester City really conservative?

When Ljungberg received a pass on the wing, he couldn't help but think of the manager's words, "We play control, it's tempo, remember to control the tempo, be fast when it's fast, slow when it's slow, control the tempo in our hands, don't let the opponent hold back, then we win the game." ”

Ljungberg took a step forward, then glanced to the left and immediately passed the ball.

Morris received the pass, followed by a Chelsea player - Ballack.

Near midfield, Chelsea's main target is Morris.

When he saw Ljungberg passing, Ballack immediately rushed towards Morris in order to put enough pressure on Morris to prevent him from calmly directing the attack.

But what Ballack didn't expect was that Morris's pass was so decisive that he didn't stop the ball at all, but pushed the ball directly to the diagonal side of Silva.

At this time, every Chelsea defender was already in place, and they formed two solid lines of defense in midfield and at the back, and it was obvious from the spectator that the Chelsea players were standing in two four-man horizontal lines.

This scene made Wan Sheng can't help but look at Grant next door.

Chelsea's defence is still very solid, from Manchester City's attack to now, they have retreated to defend well in such a short period of time.

They were using tight defending to gain the initiative.

With Chelsea's attacking ability, no team dares to say that they have the ability to keep the goal from conceding, so as long as they can hold on and can send over to fight for the initiative, then Manchester City is actually still very dangerous.

I have to say that Chelsea have played very well.

Their defence is aimed at Manchester City and their tactics are also on the open side.

However, this style of play, Manchester City has encountered too many times, and every team that knows Manchester City knows that playing with Manchester City in this way is the greatest opportunity.

But Manchester City are first in the league!

Manchester City are unbeaten in 64 league games and have won the league trophy a few rounds ahead of schedule!

It is not easy to use this style of play to take the initiative and take the lead in the game against Manchester City.

If the Israelis think that they can beat Manchester City in this way, then Wan Sheng doesn't mind letting him see what kind of power the 'OS-F' system football that Manchester City relies on will really play!

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Chelsea played quite steadily.

A lot of teams will struggle when it comes to City's controlled style of play, as they struggle to get the ball from City's feet quickly.

Chelsea are not in a hurry, they first stabilize the defense, all the players retreat, forming two obvious defensive lines, the first two strikers Drogba and Anelka, the two central defenders of Manchester City, forced Manchester City's two central defenders, so that Manchester City did not dare to easily return the ball, only in the midfield across or forward, it is easy to lose the ball.

It's a very targeted defence, and when the ball passes past the halfway line, it's hard to get it back, and City have to deal with Chelsea's solid defence head-on.

Chelsea's midfield line, with Claude Makelele, Ballack, and Frank Lampard, all three are the world's top midfielders, it is not easy to get football through their defense, and then Chelsea also have a stable back four at the back, the combination of Terry and Carvalho is undoubtedly very tough, and they will make the door of the Cech handle stronger.

In comparison, Chelsea's defense on the flanks is a bit weaker.

This is still targeted.

In fact, Manchester City's strongest is still in the middle, whether it is Martin Petrov, Glen Johnson or Ivan Crewe, the side is not such a strong player, Manchester City does not have Robben, C-Ronaldo and other very tough attacking full-backs, not to mention, the two full-backs of Manchester City in this game are Ljungberg and Ivan Crewe, and even Martin Petrov is sitting on the bench, so it is not too dangerous to let go of the side appropriately.

To sum up, Chelsea's defense is to appropriately open up the wings, focus on defending the middle, and defend three consecutive layers from the front line to the back, which is completely aimed at Manchester City's style of play and lineup.

That's how Chelsea set up defensively against Manchester City.

Chelsea boss Grant pondered before the game, analysed every position of Manchester City with other assistant coaches, and then made changes and changes to the defensive play and personnel based on Chelsea's existing defensive tactics, so that the defensive tactics that are now so targeted.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the core of Chelsea's overall defense is still very simple, which is to make the defense stable and constantly create pressure on Manchester City.

Manchester City's control style of play definitely requires constant possession of the ball, they keep the ball for a long time, the danger of conceding the ball is not small, as long as they can stabilize the defense and constantly create pressure on Manchester City, then their threat of conceding the ball will continue to expand.

In such a situation, the Manchester City players are likely to make mistakes on the pitch, and if there is, it will be an opportunity for Chelsea.

Of course, this kind of defence has to keep up with the rhythm of Manchester City first.

Everyone knows that Manchester City has the most runs in the Premier League, and if you want to keep up with the rhythm of Manchester City, you must grit your teeth and persevere, and the team must pay a lot of physical energy in defense.

In this regard, Grant can only hope that the players will grit their teeth and persevere.

It's impossible to defend well without giving something, and football doesn't have such perfect tactics.

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From 10 yards into the box, Silva received a pass from Morris and Lampard immediately posted it, while Ballack defended Morris and Makelele kept an eye on Ivan Crewe.

Chelsea defended closely against every player City could possibly threaten.

Head coach Grant sat in the dugout and was relieved to see the defensive scene.

Chelsea had been preparing for the game before the game, and now it has finally worked, with several Manchester City dangerous players being defended close to each other, and it will be difficult for other players to pose any threat against the team's back line.

During his season in charge of Chelsea, Grant has been suffering from dressing room problems, and has no intention of changing his tactics, and his ambition to take over the team has long been forgotten.

Shepchenko, Anelka and the big names in the team are really a headache, some players don't perform well, but they have to be played, some players are doing well, but because of the 'seniority' problem, it's better to stay on the bench.

There are also players who are always obsessed with their former manager Jose Mourinho, such as striker Didier Drogba, who has even publicly stated that he wants to follow Mourinho.

In short, there are many contradictions in the team.

In such a situation, the team can reach the Champions League final, Grant himself feels like a miracle, but this game, he doesn't have to care about anything.

The tactics are arranged by him, the starting lineup, and he only considers the state and ability of the players, and it has nothing to do with the big names or the big names.

Just like the media said, if Chelsea loses this game, they will not be able to keep their position, and since they will not be able to coach Chelsea in the future, it is better to simply fight!

It's not so important to adjust the contradictions in the locker room, as long as there is a European champion to support him, then he can use tough means to suppress all the opposing voices, aren't you all kinds of big names, all kinds of dissatisfaction?

Good!

Who is not satisfied, leave directly in the summer!

No one is necessary for Chelsea, except me...... Grant!

Thinking of this, the Israeli grinned, he couldn't help but turn his head to look to the side, his target was actually the young Chinese, the other party in Manchester City, is the most indispensable Manchester City, and he also hopes that one day, he can have that status.

But we have to win the game now!

As long as you win the Champions League, you can think about anything, and if you can't win the game, everything becomes a fantasy.

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Manchester City are feeling the pressure from Chelsea's defence as a whole.

When Silva received the pass, he glanced left and right and saw that his team-mate was being targeted, and he could almost only pass the ball back to Brummer.

Seeing the pass, Drogba immediately retreated, putting pressure on Brummer.

The pre-match analysis of Manchester City told them that Bloomer is a defender who does not show much in attack, so Bloomer is far less dangerous than other midfielders, and it is enough to have a striker to create defensive pressure.

Even in terms of Drogba's pressing, he almost let Bloomer pass the ball, because the other 'threatening' Manchester City players are all being single-handedly marked.

But at this time, as if he didn't see a threat from Chelsea, Brummer passed the ball directly to Morris.

Ballack immediately pounced on Morris.

Morris turned his back to Ballack and pushed the ball back, not to Brummer, but to the wing Ljungberg.

By this time, Ljungberg had run to the corner of the penalty area.

After passing the ball to Ljungberg, Morris ran quickly, but instead of picking up Ljungberg, he ran out of an angle to make Ballack difficult to defend and easy for himself to receive the pass.

When Morris started running, it was like a signal to let go of the whole Manchester City running.

Just now, Chelsea have been one-on-one against Manchester City's 'dangerous players', and they have done a good job of defending, but when Manchester City is running, it is not easy for Chelsea to keep an eye on people.

They can barely passively follow.

There is a good saying, defense is passive, from the perspective of the audience, the eleven players on the field of Manchester City, except for goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei, everyone else is running, it is like flowing water, but there is no fixed direction, some people forward, some people want to left and right, and players retreat, everyone in the front court is trying their best to run out of position, and the back court also follows up appropriately.

It's such a spectacular spectacle that even Chelsea fans have a thumbs up in their hearts.

Manchester City's running is a little too flashy!

But Manchester City's tactics are not only gorgeous, but also very useful, just now Chelsea's strict one-on-one marking, is to limit Manchester City's several 'threatening' players, but now Manchester City as a whole, Chelsea wants to defend, must passively keep up.

For a moment, Chelsea were pinched in their tempo, and in a sense, their targeted defence lost its meaning in an instant.

Chelsea are mindful of their formation, defending on three fronts with a tight positioning; On the contrary, Manchester City does not pay attention to the formation, the 'OS-F' system itself does not have a fixed formation, whether it is 442, 451, in fact, it is almost the same, the striker is not necessarily in the front, and the defender is not necessarily in the back, it all depends on the situation and the movement of each player.

So when Manchester City started to run like a stream, Chelsea were a little uncomfortable.

The only thing they can do is run along.

Some players who were thrown off couldn't find a defender for a while, so they could only keep retreating.

Chelsea's defence was a bit of a mess, and City took the opportunity to launch a fluid attack.

The ball was at Silva's feet again, and he handed the ball to Morris, who faced Ballack's defence and quickly handed the ball back to Ljungberg.

Chelsea's flanks were empty, with Essien having to step up to defend Ljungberg, with the Ghanaian playing at left wing-back.

Seeing Essien rushing over, Ljungberg handed the ball to Silva, who received it and passed to Morris, who was out of position.

Morris, Silva, Ljungberg, the three kept passing the ball to each other, forming a triangle on the right side of Manchester City, and Ballack, Lampard, and Essien were unable to steal the ball from successive pressing.

When Silva received the pass again, Frank Lampard had been pulled down more than two meters, and Carvalho had to step forward to answer it, so that Morris and the other three attracted the defense of four Chelsea players, and suddenly the Chelsea penalty area was a little empty.

Silva knew it was a good opportunity and he didn't hesitate to pass the ball to Torres in front!

Torres was a little slower to react and couldn't get past John Terry in the first place to find a shot on goal, only to have to kick the ball out of the box again.

The sudden return pass made Terry a little stunned, and he thought Torres was going to shoot.

The other Chelsea players felt the same way, so when Brummer stepped forward to receive the pass, they couldn't stop it in the first place, almost watching Broomer wave his right foot at the ball!

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, the ball sprinted straight towards the Chelsea goal.

"Brummer's shot—"

It was a powerful shot that was too strong for Cech to make the first save and get the ball off the crossbar with both hands.

"It's a pity ......"

Commentator Ryan John let out a sigh as Bloomer's volley from outside the box was so powerful and a little bit of a tight angle that Cech was a little slower to react and could have scored.

A number of Chelsea players were shocked by the shot.

City were passing the ball down the right flank, with Silva suddenly passing forward and Torres returning until Brummer's powerful volley...... That kind of smooth coordination is really frightening, and they suddenly feel that it is definitely not easy to defend Manchester City.

If City keep attacking like this, their goal will be too dangerous.

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PS: It's been a bit of a card lately, so forgive me for the slow update.

But there is at least one more today, depending on the situation to update 2-3 chapters, please rest assured! (To be continued.) )