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Chapter 108 The Premier League Years: Warcraft
Amidst the cheers that could tear the sky at Stamford Bridge, the home team's starting lineup was first displayed on the big screen at the scene——
Chelsea (4-3-2-1):
Goalkeeper: 1- Petr Cech
Defense: 6- Ricardo Carvalho, 26- John Terry, 35- Giuliano Belletti, 3- Ashley Cole
Midfielders: 4. Makelele, 13- Michael Ballack, 8. - Frank Lampard/15- Florent Malouda, 10- Joe Cole,

Forward: .11 - Didier Drogba

"To be honest, I think Grant must have secretly watched a lot of AC Milan game videos. However, this Christmas tree formation is really not very effective for Chelsea." After Lineker got Chelsea's starting lineup, My first impression was that there was nothing new about it. With this lineup that almost everyone in England could guess, why are you still keeping it a secret? ! !

Of course, if there is one thing that is different from the previous game, it is that Essien sat on the bench because of his injury.

"Players from both sides have already entered the field. We have already talked about Chelsea's starting lineup just now. Now let's take a look at Liverpool's starting lineup." Ian Wilson, the commentator of Sky Sports, holding the information in his hand, and The same as his commentator partner, his complexion is also a bit unsightly. The situation he dislikes the most is that the head coaches of both teams, in order to keep confidential, did not announce the starting lineup of the game until the last moment, but obviously, the team's head coach If I knew what the gold medal commentator of Sky TV was thinking, I would give him a middle finger: I have no obligation to meet your request! !
Uh...listen, what an ambiguous spirit, ho ho! !
Liverpool (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: 25. Reina
Defense: 3. Finnan, 23. Carragher, 37. Skrtel, 6. Riise
Midfielders: 19. Babel, 8. Gerrard, 20. Mascherano, 10. Lucas
Forwards: 18. Dirk, 15. Crouch

"Oh my god, Benitez actually chose the combination of Dirk Dirk and Crouch, who can tell me when was the last time our big bamboo pole scored a goal? Torres? Why not Torres?! !Did Benitez think Chelsea was not qualified?!!"

Uh... I have to say that Ian Wilson's words are really not very good. It is estimated that fans of Chelsea and Liverpool will not like this old man. Of course, the despised Crouch must be the most angry that one.

At this time, the staff told Ian Wilson through the headset that there was news from Liverpool that during training this morning, Torres was shoveled by teammate Riise and was not included in the squad...

"Oh, the unlucky Spaniard, but the unlucky Norwegian, I bet if Liverpool lose this game, Benitez will tear Riise to pieces, what do you think, Gary?"

Gary Lineker ignored Ian Wilson's words. He knew that this old guy liked to talk nonsense and talk nonsense when he was commenting. However, some fans like to hear this, "Today , Another focus match of this round is Manchester United's Manchester derby at Old Trafford, it seems that this round is a real 'red and blue battle', Ian, do you think Manchester United will win?"

As soon as he spoke, Lineker knew that he shouldn't ask. Everyone on the earth knows that Ian Wilson is a famous "anti-Manchester United fighter" because he is a native of Leeds United! !

"I prefer to see Manchester United relegated, but it seems a bit difficult." Sure enough, when Ian Wilson spoke, he was extraordinary.

Uh... I have to say, Mr. Wilson's wish is really difficult...

too difficult! !

Lineker quickly shifted the topic to the game——
"Ian, it's time for the game, and Terry finally won the coin toss with Gerrard."

"Really? It seems that Stamford Bridge is lucky today!!" The game had already started, and Ian Wilson finally stopped talking nonsense.

The ears of Chelsea and Liverpool fans can finally be clean for a while.

*******
Dudu Dudu! !

With the whistle of the on-duty referee Peter, the 2007th round of the English Premier League in the 2008-26 season, the match between Chelsea and Liverpool at home began! !
At the beginning of the game, the Liverpool people made the Chelsea fans break out in a cold sweat.

Gerrard was in the frontcourt. After receiving a pass from Mascherano, he swayed Belletti away, and then broke into the penalty area. Facing Makelele who was defending him, Gerrard swung his right foot——
'No, this guy is going to shoot long. Makelele remembered the Liverpool captain's iconic heavy artillery, and hurriedly fell to the ground to block it.

'You got Fooled! ! '

Gerrard pulled the ball along the way, shook Makelele away from the fallen Makelele, poked lightly with his toe, and the ball rolled towards the right side of the penalty area——
Then a tall red figure appeared on the path of the ball, kicking towards the ball...

"Shoot!!! Crouch's shot hit the billboard behind the goal. The Liverpool captain's breakthrough was very successful. Of course, if Crouch's shot was more accurate, it would be even more beautiful."

"It's harder not to score this goal than to score it, but I think if Crouch scores this goal, it will be an accident." Ian Wilson continued his tireless way of destroying Liverpool's high guys. Interesting, God knows, when did Crouch end up with this old guy.

Lineker selectively filtered the words of his commentator partner and ignored them. To be honest, the shot opportunity just now was not an excellent opportunity, and it is not unreasonable to fail to score. Ersen will pick on Gao's shot.

*******
Although they didn't score, Liverpool still played away with this attack, boosting their morale a lot. After Crouch's shot missed, the Liverpool captain hugged Gao Lao tightly, indicating that he shot beautifully.

Makelele was obviously very dissatisfied with his blind shovel just now, which caused the team to almost concede a goal. In the next game, he focused on strengthening the defense against Gerrard.

The effect is obvious. Liverpool's offensive momentum has been curbed to a certain extent. This also relieves Grant, who has been walking on the sidelines. If Liverpool's shot just now scored, this game will be difficult to play. .

Gerrard is Liverpool's offensive hub. Almost most of Liverpool's offenses are initiated from Gerrard. Although Liverpool's two wingers Babel and Mascherano have strong personal abilities, In particular, Babel's speed is very fast, and he can directly choose to break through, and this is the way of Ashley Cole, who has repeatedly tried to step forward and assist.

It can only be said that Liverpool players trust his captain too much, but Liverpool people should not forget that too much trust is dependence! !

Now, Makelele's defense against Gerrard has begun to be effective, and Liverpool's offense is not so sharp! !
Obviously Stamford Bridge will not allow Liverpool people to be rampant here! !
In the 11th minute of the game, Chelsea had the ball.

Lampard received a through ball from Makelele, glanced at Liverpool's penalty area, and advanced along the middle of the penalty area like an Anglo knight. Babel, who was on the attack, had to return to the defense in time. You know, Lampard His long-range shooting skills are also top-notch.

Babel's return to defense was fast, sticking to Lampard's side like a bodyguard.

Uh... From a distance, the two seem to be dancing face to face...
And it's very enchanting...

However, it is obvious that Babel's experience is not sophisticated enough, although this Dutch guy is definitely not a beginner in some respects.

Lampard made a strong penetration, a very domineering breakthrough, squeezed Babel's defense away, and then rubbed the outside of his instep, and the ball flew towards the penalty area along a half-height arc——
shoot? ! !

"Oh my God, it's a pass, it's hard to imagine when Frank learned such a beautiful half-high pass, the second point, that's the Ivorian, Drogba controlled the ball, turned half-turned - shot! !!"

With a roar from Wilson's lungs, the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge reached a small climax——
Then I heard a crisp bang! !
In the ears of Liverpool people who came from afar, this voice is undoubtedly a sound of nature, but in the ears of the Blues fans——
A great sigh was heard from the stands at Stamford Bridge! !

Drogba's shot hit the post and popped out of the baseline! !
Not even a corner kick...

*******
Sitting on the bench, Xiangnan felt sorry for not scoring this beautiful shot. Just now Drogba's shot was wonderful. After receiving a half-high pass from Lampard, he leaned on Riise who was defending him. , got the angle of the shot, and then turned and volleyed with a foot and a half, hitting the post.

What Xiangnan admired was not Drogba's shooting skills, but the strong body of the Ivorian. He was completely in the confrontation with the Norwegian tough guy Riise. It is impossible to have a chance to shoot.

Since the two teams knew each other well, the game was rather stalemate. It was already the 21st minute of the first half. The most threatening shot of the Liverpool team was after their captain Gerrard's beautiful breakthrough. The shot completed by Crouch was a free kick outside the penalty area. After Crouch's header was ferried, Dirk Dirk made a tackle on the ground. The ball stuck to the goal post and missed the baseline.

Although Chelsea continued to attack Liverpool's penalty area as the game progressed and relying on the momentum of the home court, there was still a lot of thunder and little rain. Except for Drogba's shot that concentrated on the right post, only Lampa De's long-range shot was hit by the Liverpool goalkeeper with a single palm.

In the middle of the first half of the game, Liverpool made a sudden effort.

The game lasted to 28 minutes.

"Duit!! Shot!! Cech!!! The Czech is Chelsea's Spider-Man, his miraculous save saved Stamford Bridge, but this is not the way to go, Chelsea's offense seems to have encountered problems, Delo Ba struggled up front and Malouda and Joe Cole couldn't support the Ivorians enough in the game!!"

Liverpool corner! !
Gerrard took the ball, it was a tactical corner kick, the ball passed to Babel's feet, the Dutchman swayed a few times at the front of the penalty area and tried to break through Terry, the Chelsea captain faced Babel's constantly changing footwork, Unmoved by it at all, Terry stared at Babel's eyes, as if he didn't pay attention to the dazzling footwork of the Dutchman. Under Terry's fierce gaze, Babel began to panic up.

'Dry! ! '

Finally, Babel couldn't stand the pressure from Terry anymore. The Dutch lad was still a little too tender. Babel changed direction and pulled his right foot. At this moment——
Terry stepped forward, hooked the ball with his right foot, and hooked the ball away from Babel's feet. Then, without the slightest hesitation, he drove the ball towards the frontcourt with a big foot! !

Fight back! !
Under the influence of Babel's attack, Liverpool's players stayed in Chelsea's half. Now, Liverpool's defense line only has two defenders, Carragher and Finnan. Xiu Yixiu made his powerful long shot and got out of position.

Just when Terry's big foot kicked the ball out, Drogba and Malouda flew towards Liverpool's penalty area on both wings -
"Counterattack!! Terry's beautiful counterattack after stealing the ball!!"

Malouda stopped the ball, took advantage of the situation, flicked the ball, pulled it and dunked it, swayed Finnan, who was defending, and then accelerated along the left. Near the baseline, he made an emergency stop and passed a half-high ball. ——
The speed of the ball is very fast, and the arc is very tricky, and it spins towards the back corner of the goal——
Reina was yelling at first, asking Carragher to pay attention to Drogba in the penalty area. You must know that the impact of 'Warcraft' in the penalty area is obvious to all.

"Carragher, watch out, Ivorian—"

At this time, Reina suddenly discovered that the ball was hanging towards the back corner of the goal along a strange arc! ! !
During Reina's subconscious sideways save, the ball hit the right post of the goal, and bounced out with a crisp sound of 'bang'——
Just before the great sigh at Stamford Bridge—
Immediately afterwards, the Liverpool goalkeeper only felt a huge black shadow pressing towards him——
"goooooaal, DIDIER-DRO——GBA, beautiful supplementary shot, the Ivorian appeared in the position where he should appear most, haha, let's see, when Chelsea's World of Warcraft shot just now, Reina's expression—"Wei Ersen's roar instantly resounded throughout Stamford Bridge, and he was greeted with huge cheers.

After scoring the goal, Drogba ran to the stands of Stamford Bridge, patted his chest frantically, he wanted to prove that he is the king striker of Chelsea, and that he is still the all-powerful 'Warcraft' back then! ! !
Chelsea coach Grant jumped up happily when he saw the goal, smiled and applauded, but then Grant's face changed when he saw Drogba's excessive celebration.

Uh... I have to say that the on-site director showed the expression of the Chelsea coach to the audience very professionally. Under the camera of Drogba's crazy celebratory roar, the Chelsea coach clapped jerky...

Uh...God testify, this will be the happiest besides the Chelsea fans, and the brothers of Fleet Street. We have every reason to believe that after the game, whether Chelsea wins or not, the elites of Fleet Street, some Topic! ! !

The big screen at Stamford Bridge also played back and forth the goal just now from multiple perspectives:
Just when Malouda's ball was passed, Drogba leaned against Carragher, in the middle of the penalty area, and then with a crisp sound, the ball hit the goal post, and after the ball bounced out, the Liverpool goalkeeper The distance between Reina's hands was less than half a meter. At this moment, Chelsea's Warcraft suddenly activated, facing the ball, it was a tackle shot to the ground. Carragher, who was defending him, did not react at all, while the Liverpool goalkeeper seemed to be Frightened by the huge body of the Ivorian, he even shrank back in horror, seeing the ball bounced into the net by Drogba's right foot! ! !
"That goalkeeper acted like a bitch about to be raped!!" Essien, who was sitting next to Xiang Nan, jumped up suddenly and shouted.

Xiang Nan also jumped up all of a sudden. Although he didn't score the goal, the important thing is that the team took the lead. At this time, the competition for positions between players has long been forgotten.

But it is obvious that the lung capacity of the big buffalo is not guaranteed. Benitez and most of the players on the Liverpool bench heard his roar just now. Benitez's face became ugly and he pushed his glasses. , pretending not to hear, after all, as the head coach, there is no need to care about an opposing team, and there is——
Reina's performance just now is really too embarrassing! !
Benitez can pretend to be fine, but the players on the Liverpool bench are not so easy to talk to. Pennant immediately jumped up and shook his fist in the direction of Chelsea's bench, meaning, 'Go Lookin'! !

Essien looked at the guy who jumped out and ignored it, which meant, 'You're not good enough to make me angry! ! '

Ugh... Poor Pennant, completely ignored! !

Pennant, however, would soon be satisfied—
The fans in the stands at Stamford Bridge didn't know what happened on the benches of the two teams, but the black boy on Liverpool's number 16 jumped up and waved his fist at the Chelsea bench, he could see clearly It's clear, it's not bad, this is Stamford Bridge, and it's Chelsea's territory, boy, are you not fainting? ! !

There was deafening boos and abuse from the stands at Stamford Bridge:

'Boy of Nottingham, go back! ! '

"Arsenal outcast, come show me your little ass!!" (Note: Pennant used to play for Arsenal)

'Hey, little guy, go home and sell drugs! ! '

Uh... I have to say, this is Pennant's father again. The old Pennant caused trouble for his son. On January 2008, 1, "News of the World" photographed Pennant's father - Gary Pennant sells cocaine and heroin to addicts and prostitutes.

While Pennant Jr. was languishing on the Liverpool bench, his dad Gary was making money selling drugs from his living room in the heart of Nottingham's crime district.

The "News of the World" reporter entered the old Pennant's two-story home and saw that Pennant's father had sold three small packets of crack and a packet of heroin, and was still bragging: "It's all high-end goods, you guys See for yourself. Let me know when you want it again. You're safe."

Uh... I have to say, old Pennant is really kind...

It's no wonder that Pennant dared to provoke Chelsea's bench, not to mention anything else, this courage is nothing to say, heredity! !

Pennant obviously also heard the abuse from the Chelsea fans, and his face became ugly. This is not the first time that the old Pennant has caused trouble to Pennant.

Uh...God testify, Pennant is a good boy. Although he goes to nightclubs by chance, he never touches marijuana! ! !

In the 31st minute of the game, the Chelsea team rewritten the score to 1:0 with Drogba's tackle and supplementary shot. The Chelsea team at home took the lead.

After conceding the goal, the Liverpool team did not panic at all. Instead, they took advantage of Chelsea's lack of concentration after scoring a goal and launched a new round of offensive frenzy in Chelsea's penalty area! !
As a Liverpool team, whether you hate him or are his fans, you have to admit one thing, that is, there is a tenacity in Liverpool's bones, a tenacity when it is behind, and this is the reason for any team. What the team fears.

Seeing that the leading team was suppressed by Liverpool in the half, Grant couldn't sit still. The Israeli kept yelling on the sidelines, indicating that the team should keep the pressure on Liverpool. Only offense can relieve the backline. tense situation.

"Chelsea's Christmas tree formation is not performing well. Grant should consider replacing one of Joe Cole or Malouda with a striker. There is Drogba's compatriot Kalu on the bench..."

"There is also Andre, who was transferred from the Turin team during the winter break. Today is very likely to be his debut at Chelsea..." Lineker echoed.

At this time, an accident appeared:
In the 37th minute of the game, Gerrard's long-range shot from outside the penalty area was firmly embraced by Cech, and then Chelsea quickly launched a counterattack.

After Makelele received the pass from Ashley Cole, he took two steps and handed it over to Joe Cole who went forward. After Joe Cole got the ball, he galloped all the way along the left. The Stamford Bridge fans saw this scene Started to cheer too——
"Crack, John –Cole"

"GO, GO, John Cole"

As the most skilled England international in the Chelsea team, Joe Cole has a different preference from Stamford Bridge fans than Terry and Lampard.

At this moment, in the path of Joe Cole, a leg shoveling from the side appeared...

(End of this chapter)