I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 166: Dimensional strike! Overtaking on the curve! Desperate Ashley Cole [Subscribe]

On the evening of May 4, Wembley Stadium, London.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Bayswater Chinese will face Chelsea at home.

Before the game, in the locker room.

Yang Cheng got Chelsea's starting lineup list.

Goalkeeper: Cech;
Defence: Ashley Cole, Alex, Terry and Ivanovic;
Midfield: Lampard, Mikel, Ballack and Essien;
Forwards: Malouda and Drogba.

When seeing this starting lineup, everyone, including Brian Kidd, looked at Yang Cheng in surprise.

I really guessed it!
Before the game, Yang Cheng had always believed that Hiddink would adopt a more cautious defensive attitude.

Especially in the first leg.

Now, Hiddink has deployed four defensive midfielders.

Yang Cheng was almost certain that Essien would play on the right side to support Ivanovic.

And everyone else, including the players who were about to play, were inspired by Yang Cheng.

He can even guess the opponent's starting lineup, it's amazing!
This also made them all more confident.

Yang Cheng walked up to the players only after Brian Kidd had written Chelsea's starting lineup on the tactical board.

"This is Chelsea's starting XI."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Essien will play on the right."

"Hiddink's intention is to have Essien support Ivanovic and defend our left attack."

As Yang Cheng has always said, the 433 formation itself is an offensive formation, and the distance between wingers and full-backs is much farther than in a conventional formation.

Generally speaking, the full-back presses forward and controls the distance appropriately.

Therefore, the 433 formation generally uses offensive full-backs.

Like Ashley Cole, for example.

Ivanovic is more of a defender. He has a certain speed, but not much advantage.

Once he is allowed to move forward, the space behind him will become larger, and he will be at a great disadvantage when encountering speed-type wingers like Di Maria and Gareth Bale.

Yang Cheng guessed that this was why Hiddink wanted to use Essien to play on this side.

"Chelsea's right side has basically no intention of attacking, so they will focus their counterattacks on their left side."

"Drogba and Malouda."

Yang Cheng circled these two players on the tactical board in order to attract the players' attention.

But at the same time, he was also reminding his players that when attacking, the focus should be on Chelsea's left side.

Since Hiddink brought on Essien and gave up the attack on the right, the Chinese at Bayswater only needed to suppress their left side, which in theory would allow them to suppress Chelsea's attack.

"Gareth, Edin, your mission is to actively move on this side and suppress Ashley Cole!"

Both players agreed.

"Everyone!"

Yang Cheng clapped his hands vigorously, which not only attracted everyone's attention, but also made them all stand up.

The players all gathered around and surrounded Yang Cheng.

Even Brian Kidd and other coaching staff members and all the staff came over.

This has become a ritual before the start of every game and every half for the Chinese at Bayswater.

In Yang Cheng’s words, this sense of ritual is still very necessary!
"I told you!" Yang Cheng raised his right index finger, "We have to win back everything we lost last season this season!"

"I'm so proud of you guys because we've got a really big lead in the league."

"This gives us more energy to focus on the FA Cup and the Champions League."

"There is no doubt that this season is a very good opportunity for us because we have enough energy and resources to compete on three fronts at the same time!"

When the team is leading the league by a large margin, Bayswater Chinese can invest more in the cup competitions.

"So, we will not give up any game. We will go all out in every game that comes next, whether it is the league or the cup!"

"I want to say that, up to now, I am not only satisfied with winning back the league and FA Cup that we lost last season. I hope we can keep up the good work and continue to impact the Champions League!"

“I know it’s hard!”

"But precisely because it is difficult, and precisely because no team has ever defended the title since the Champions League was reformed, we have to challenge it, conquer it, and do something that no one has ever done before!"

“This is us Bayswater Chinese!”

The emotions of all the players were immediately ignited.

One by one, they all nodded at the same time, and their expressions became excited.

"Chelsea is a big obstacle in our challenge, but I believe in you and you have enough quality to overcome it."

“Then we went on and got our tickets to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome!”

"Come on, brave warriors of the Chinese people in Bayswater!"

Yang Cheng stretched out his hands vigorously.

All the players, employees and staff members stretched out their hands, either placing them on Yang Cheng's hands, shoulders, back, or on the bodies of their colleagues around them, and responded in unison.

"Come on, Bayswater Chinese!"

……

"To all the TV viewers, welcome to Wembley Stadium in London!"

"As the TV broadcast showed, the entire Wembley Stadium was packed."

"A full 9 fans gathered in this dream stadium, the largest and most luxurious in the UK, which cost nearly 8 million pounds!"

"What we are going to bring to you next is the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the 2008-2009 season, where Bayswater Chinese will face Chelsea at home!"

"Now, we see that the players of both teams have entered the court one after another, led by the Danish referee Claus Bo Larsen."

"Today is the home game for the Bayswater Chinese."

“So, the Bayswater Chinese team song rang out very enthusiastically at the scene.”

"Then we saw the starting lineups of both teams."

"Bayswater Chinese still used their best 433 formation tonight."

Goalkeeper: Neuer;

Defense: Leighton Baines, Thiago Silva, Pepe and Maicon;

Midfield: Yaya Toure drops back, Rakitic and Modric in the middle;
Forwards: Di Maria, Dzeko and Gareth Bale.

"Yang Cheng always arranged for Matuidi to start in the previous Champions League games."

"But tonight, his starting midfielder was Rakitic."

"Obviously, this also reveals Bayswater Chinese's tactics tonight, which should be more inclined to control the midfield."

"Chelsea has deployed four midfielders, which means Hiddink's tactics tonight will be as expected by the outside world, which is to adopt a defensive counterattack."

"Now, the most important task for the Bayswater Chinese is whether they can break through Chelsea's defense."

"There was a very warm applause from the audience."

"We saw Bayswater Chinese head coach Yang Cheng walk out of the player tunnel."

"This 29-year-old Chinese head coach has taken Bayswater Chinese from a low-level league team to where they are today in the past few years."

"Today, Bayswater Chinese has become a well-known and powerful team in European football."

"Therefore, Yang Cheng is also deeply loved and supported by the fans of this team."

……

After Yang Cheng walked out of the player tunnel, he went directly to the visiting team's coaching stand and shook hands with Hiddink.

The two of them had a huge age gap and were not familiar with each other, so they did not have much communication.

After shaking hands, Yang Cheng turned around and walked back to the home team's coaching booth.

At this time, on the court, the captains of the two teams, Modric and Terry, were tossing coins.

As a result, Modric lost the serve.

"I found that our captain is not very lucky and always fails to get the serve."

Yang Cheng shook his head speechlessly.

Brian Kidd and others burst out laughing.

You know what, it seems to be really like this.

According to what Yang Cheng learned, every time Modric toyed with a coin, he let the other party guess first, and he lost more than he won.

Sometimes it really is a personality issue!

Of course, the serving right doesn’t matter. If you lose, you lose.

While waiting for the serve, Yang Cheng noticed that Lampard and Drogba were standing in the center circle for Chelsea to serve.

Malouda stood on the left and Essien stood on the right.

"This is to grab a wave at the beginning!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

This is also what many teams do when they meet the Chinese in Bayswater.

After referee Larsson blew the whistle, Lampard kicked the ball to Drogba, and saw that Malouda did not rush forward along the left sideline, but quickly cut into the left rib.

But at this time, Gareth Bale followed back to defense, Maicon immediately rushed forward, and Modric was responsible for pulling to the side.

When Drogba kicked the ball to Malouda, the French winger was poked away by Gareth Bale from the side as soon as he stopped the ball because he stopped too far.

The ball changes hands!

There was a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene.

After Chelsea lost the ball, they did not retreat immediately, but actively launched a counterattack in the frontcourt.

This is also normal.

No team would rush out and then retreat without firing a shot.

As a result, the two teams started to fight actively in Bayswater Chinese's half.

The home team tried to use skillful passing and cutting to avoid Chelsea's pressing as much as possible.

The Blues deployed six players in the midfield to counter-attack.

The ball was almost snatched away several times.

The most dangerous time was when he was passing the ball back to the goalkeeper. Neuer couldn't use his hands directly, so he had to stop with his feet first, and he was almost snatched away by Malouda.

Only one minute had passed, but both teams had already shifted into high gear.

The tempo of the game was immediately maxed out.

At 1 minute and 09 seconds, Pepe made a long pass from the backcourt, trying to find Gareth Bale on the right side of the frontcourt.

The Welshman headed the ball near the left halfway line in Chelsea's half.

Although he was not disturbed by Ashley Cole, he was unable to get the ball and it went directly out of bounds.

It became a throw-in for Chelsea.

But after the Blues threw the ball out of bounds, they quickly passed it in the direction of Cech.

In the penalty area, Cech got ahead of Gareth Bale and kicked the ball forward with a big kick.

The ball fell into the hands of the Chinese in Bayswater again.

The whole stadium was filled with cheers from the home team's fans.

After the cheers, it was their singing.

It has been three years since we rented Wembley Stadium in 06.

Over the past three years, Bayswater Chinese have adopted many strategies to create a home atmosphere.

Now, the atmosphere at Wembley Stadium may not be able to compare with Anfield, or such terrifying home stadiums as Dortmund, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, ​​but it is already very good.

Moreover, after three years of hard work, each home stadium of Bayswater Chinese can now accommodate at least 3 people. When there are strong dialogues or Champions League matches, the stadiums are always packed.

It was amid the singing of 9 fans in the stadium that the Bayswater Chinese continued to organize their attack from the backcourt.

Still playing on the right.

That is Chelsea's left wing.

As the starting point of the attack, Maicon stands further forward.

After the Brazilian got the ball, he passed it to Modric, then to Yaya Toure and Pepe, and then back to Maicon.

Gareth Bale, Modric, Pepe, and passed the ball to Maicon.

The Bayswater Chinese moved back and forth on the right side, with all players passing the ball with one foot.

Chelsea had trouble even touching the ball.

At 2 minutes and 34 seconds, when Maicon got the ball on the right side of the center line, he gave up moving forward and instead dribbled the ball diagonally.

After reaching the ribs, he suddenly sent a straight pass.

Gareth Bale turned to the right before Ashley Cole, and stopped the ball with the inside of his left foot towards his right foot, making it impossible for Ashley to get the ball.

The Welshman also turned around and faced the direction of attack.

Dzeko also appeared on the right flank.

The Bosnian center originally wanted to retreat to support Maicon, but after seeing Gareth Bale get the ball, he immediately turned around and ran forward.

Ashley Cole holds his position, marking Gareth Bale.

Without any hesitation, Dzeko immediately pointed to his right front and accelerated to the back of Ashley Cole.

Gareth Bale understood the hint and made a straight pass.

The ball reached the right side of the Chelsea penalty area.

Alex chased Dzeko all the way, and Terry rushed out to intercept him as soon as possible.

Dzeko stopped the ball first, and after a fake move to go to the bottom, he kicked the ball in the opposite direction with the outside of his right foot and turned around.

Terry stayed close to Dzeko, and Ashley Cole also returned to his position in time. The two formed a joint defense and blocked Dzeko outside the penalty area.

Gareth Bale quickly cut into the right side of the penalty area.

Alex immediately stepped back and marked Gareth Bale.

Mikel also followed Modric and retreated into the penalty area.

Ballack was blocking outside the penalty area.

At this time, Di Maria and Ivanovic were both in the middle of the penalty area.

The Serbian defender stood in front of Di Maria, cutting off the Argentine's connection with his teammates on the right.

On the right side of the penalty area, when Dzeko turned around and faced the direction of attack directly, he had more options.

Especially when he saw Maicon running diagonally at high speed and rushing from the right corner of the penalty area, Dzeko pretended to cut inside and look for Maicon.

Ashley Cole followed Maicon immediately, while Terry followed Dzeko closely.

This route cannot be reached!
Dzeko suddenly changed direction, dribbled the ball towards the bottom line with his left foot, turned around and accelerated to catch up, and before Terry arrived, he gently rubbed the ball with his right foot.

The ball went over the heads of Terry and Alex.

In the right corner of the small penalty area, Gareth Bale took a step back, jumped up, and headed the ball to the far corner.

Cech was very focused, and Gareth Bale's header was not very tricky, so he lifted the ball out with one hand.

At this moment, all the fans at Wembley Stadium who were holding their breath let out a sigh of regret.

This was followed by a burst of warm applause.

"It's 2 minutes and 46 seconds now, and the Bayswater Chinese have taken the first shot of the game."

"Header from Gareth Bale!"

"Cech calmly lifted the ball and now the Bayswater Chinese have a corner kick."

"We see that Gianni Vio is on the sidelines again."

"Bayswater Chinese fans cheering for Gianni Vio."

"Look at this corner kick."

"Rakitic's penalty fell to the middle, Pepe!"

"There's a chance!"

"Header!"

"Cech tipped the ball over the bar again."

"It's still a corner kick."

“The atmosphere was very tense.”

"This West London derby turned into a bloody hand-to-hand fight from the first minute."

"This time it was Modric who took the penalty."

"Look at where it lands this time."

"No penalty was taken into the penalty area, just a tactical corner kick."

"Give it to Di Maria and pass it back."

"Modric was not offside and passed the ball into the penalty area."

"Pepe headed the ball to Yaya Toure who headed it into the goal from the back post!"

"Cech has done a great job!"

"The Czech goalkeeper saved the ball!"

"Yaya Toure's header was very threatening and was deliberately aimed at the bottom right corner."

“I can only say that it’s a pity that he faces Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech tonight!”

"It's still a corner kick from the Bayswater Chinese!"

"This is the third corner kick since the start of the game."

"The competition is now completely intense."

"It can be seen that both sides are making arrangements against their opponents and both attach great importance to the start."

"The Chinese wanted to score first, but Chelsea defended very well."

"Look, this time, Rakitic takes the penalty again."

"Finding the front post, Dzeko headed the ball, but it was a little too high!"

"This wave of continuous attack by the Bayswater Chinese was very fierce and threatening."

“The applause was very enthusiastic.”

"The fans were on edge from the start."

“It’s so tense and exciting!”

……

Chelsea took a goal kick.

Cech kicked the ball directly to the front court.

Drogba grabbed the first spot.

But the second point was controlled by the home team.

The ball fell to the feet of the Chinese in Bayswater again.

The team quickly launched an attack.

Yaya Toure passed the ball diagonally to the empty space on the left.

This is also the team's offensive strategy.

After the opening, the attack has been on the right side, Chelsea was well prepared.

This time he passed the ball to the open left wing.

When Di Maria stopped the ball, he started to move away from Ivanovic.

As a result, the Serbian defender kicked decisively, but missed the ball, but hit Di Maria's foot and knocked the Argentine down.

foul.

Free kick from the left frontcourt.

But this location is too far and too remote.

Chelsea didn't even plan to set up a human wall.

Gareth Bale shook his head at Leighton Baines, indicating that he would not take the penalty.

Leighton Baines ran up and without waiting for others to react, he kicked the ball directly to the middle.

As soon as Yaya Toure stopped the ball, Lampard rushed to his vicinity.

But the Ivorian midfielder made another lateral pass and transferred the ball to the unguarded right side.

The reason why Chelsea's defensive organization is so strong is that they move and react very quickly.

When the ball was at Maicon's feet, Malouda and Ashley Cole had already run over.

Maicon could only pass the ball to Modric, who passed it back to Pepe.

When Pepe stopped the ball, he was already standing on the right side of the center circle in his own half.

As a central defender of Brazilian origin, Pepe is confident in his ability with his feet.

He kicked the ball into Chelsea's half, wanting to see if anyone would come up to snatch it from him.

But except for Drogba on the front line, all other Chelsea players retreated to form two defensive lines.

Thiago Silva shouted, signaling Pepe not to move forward anymore.

Pepe's number one task is Drogba.

If he pressed too far forward and the ball was intercepted and a counterattack was launched, Thiago Silva alone would not be able to stop Drogba.

However, Yaya Toure ran back immediately and retreated to his own half.

This is also what Yang Cheng said.

Pepe looked ahead, especially when he saw Dzeko raising his hand, he immediately sent a long pass.

The ball fell to the outside of the arc area. Dzeko and Terry competed for the header at the same time.

The powerful center forward and the powerful center back collided violently.

Both men touched the ball, but neither was able to steal it.

The ball fell into the penalty area.

Alex ran over from the side and headed the ball directly, which landed on the right side outside the penalty area.

Modric ran back and kicked the ball away before Mikel.

The Croatian's superb footwork was fully demonstrated in this stop of the ball.

The ball landed very obediently, and Modric pretended to turn towards the middle, but suddenly stopped and sent a horizontal pass with the outside of his left foot, passing the ball to the right corner of the penalty area.

The next moment, everyone noticed that a red figure was moving forward at an extremely fast speed, leaving Malouda behind and catching up with Modric's pass.

If time were to freeze at this moment, one would find that Chelsea's entire defense line was inside the penalty area.

But the moment Maicon caught up with Modric's pass, they almost instinctively retreated towards the small penalty area.

Once Maicon breaks through and passes a low ball in front of the goal near the baseline, it will be very, very dangerous.

Known as Chelsea's Mascherano, Mikel has the best sense of position among midfielders.

But as a double defensive midfielder, he had already chased Modric and had no time to come back.

Ballack stood near the top of the arc.

This is indeed his defense zone.

But when the back line retreated collectively, Ballack did not immediately follow suit and keep his distance, resulting in Chelsea's defense line standing in a row near the small penalty area line.

Ballack stood at the top of the arc.

There was not a single defensive player between the two lines of defense, and a huge vacuum appeared.

It was in this vacuum that three red jerseys appeared.

Di Maria on the left, and further in the middle is Gareth Bale.

There is also Dzeko near the penalty spot.

In this situation, no matter how Mcconnell passes the ball, he can find a receiving point.

The Brazilian right-back obviously saw Chelsea's defense line retreating, so when he caught up with the ball, he did not choose to move forward, but directly sent a horizontal pass with his right foot.

To be honest, the pass was a bit hasty and the quality was not high.

But at least the direction is right.

Dzeko was standing near the penalty spot, facing Maicon's cross, he planted his left foot, turned around, and volleyed the ball with his right foot.

The ball passed between Alex and Terry and went into the lower right corner of Chelsea's goal at an extremely fast speed.

Cech reacted quickly enough.

But the speed of getting down to the ground was still a little slow.

The ball went straight into Chelsea's goal.

"The ball went in!!!"

"In the 8th minute of the first half, the Chinese from Bayswater broke through Chelsea's goal!"

"From the cross from right back Maicon, Dzeko made a wonderful turn and shot into the Chelsea goal!"

"1 to 0!"

The entire Wembley Stadium erupted in thunderous cheers in an instant.

9 fans were cheering and shouting at the top of their lungs!

Everyone was shouting Dzeko's name.

Finally broke the door!
We attacked for 8 minutes at the beginning, a full 8 minutes!
Yang Cheng was so excited that he jumped up on the spot.

The assistants behind him also rushed out of the coaching seats.

Everyone seemed extremely excited.

This is one of their carefully planned tricks!
If Chelsea's defense doesn't retreat, Maicon will go to the bottom line.

But even if he is going down the flank, Maicon still has many different passing routes.

The front point was Dzeko and the high ball was Gareth Bale.

You can also make a reverse triangle pass to find Di Maria.

All in all, the Chinese in Bayswater spent two weeks researching this opening!

At this moment, they finally scored a precious goal!

Yang Cheng clenched his fists and let out a cry of catharsis.

Then he kept waving his hands, signaling all the fans to be more passionate.

The fans at the scene shouted even louder!
“Another iconic opening attack from the Bayswater Chinese!”

"I have to say that Yang Cheng's opening attack was indeed very sharp."

"A lot of people are saying that Chelsea will play a defensive game."

"So, whoever scores first will completely change the course of the game."

……

In the visiting team's coaching booth, Hiddink, wearing a black down jacket, sat next to Roy Wilkins.

"I still failed to hold it after all!" Wilkins looked a little disappointed.

Chelsea has also prepared for this game for a long time.

Especially for the opening attack against the Chinese in Bayswater, the Blues were fully prepared.

But unexpectedly, I couldn't hold it in the end.

"Our starting tactics must have been guessed by Yang Cheng." Hiddink said calmly.

Having coached for decades, he has experienced all kinds of storms.

In fact, in his heart, he would not be surprised even if he lost the game 0-1.

That's what football games are like.

Especially in the Champions League knockout stage, when you scheme against others, others are also scheming against you.

"No way? The coaching staff and the locker room are all our own people, there won't be any leaks." Wilkins was a little worried.

Hiddink shook his head. "It's not a leak, it's just that it was really guessed."

After a pause, the Dutchman pointed to the field and resumed the game.

The Chinese from Bayswater still avoided Chelsea's right and attacked the left where Ashley Cole was.

Yang Cheng kept waving his hands on the sidelines, signaling the players to continue pressing forward and attacking.

It was obvious that they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of scoring a goal at the beginning of the game to establish an advantage in one go.

"He doesn't play on the left at all now, and only attacks on the right, just to avoid our right side."

"Moreover, this must have been specially rehearsed before, so the players are not unfamiliar with it."

A head coach with rich coaching experience can easily tell whether the opponent's coordination is unfamiliar.

If you use it directly on the court without rehearsal, it usually takes some time to get used to it.

But the Bayswater Chinese didn't need that opening tactic.

Up to now, 10 minutes have passed and Chelsea has not had a single shot, no, not even a single chance to enter the Bayswater Chinese team's penalty area.

They were directly suppressed and beaten.

You can imagine how passive the situation was.

Still one goal behind.

Hiddink turned his head and looked at the young man who was always standing on the sidelines directing the game in front of the home team's coaching booth.

He always wears a suit and has short hair, and looks very energetic.

In the position of head coach, 40 years old is considered young and is called young marshal.

Someone like Yang Cheng, who is only 29 years old, doesn’t even know what to call him.

But his record is so brilliant!
If Yang Cheng really guessed Hiddink's starting tactics, then the Dutch would be really speechless.

He originally thought that letting Essien play on the right would be a good move.

Unexpectedly, they abandoned their own attack on the right, and the Chinese from Bayswater attacked the left, causing Chelsea's attack to completely collapse and they couldn't make any progress at all.

Is the young man who developed such a tactic really only 29 years old?
"What do we do next?" Wilkins asked with concern.

He also looked up at the stands.

Although we don't know exactly where it is, owner Abramovich said before the game that he would go to Wembley Stadium to supervise the game.

If we lose this game to Bayswater Chinese again, the boss will probably be furious again.

Hiddink is fine, as he has a close personal relationship with Abramovich.

But others, including the players, are sure to suffer.

"Just hang in there!" Hiddink was also helpless.

From the start of the game, the Chinese players from Bayswater did not give Chelsea any chance to breathe.

The offensive came wave after wave.

The Blues could only defend themselves and didn't even have the strength to fight back.

In this case, you can only endure.

Get through this wave of attacks, hold on until the Chinese in Bayswater catch their breath, and then turn the situation around.

But while the two were talking, Chelsea intercepted the ball and tried to launch an attack.

The Bayswater Chinese retreated quickly.

……

When Chelsea passed the ball near the center line, the Chinese players in Bayswater had already retreated to their own half.

The Blues midfielder passed the ball back and forth near the center line, but could not find a route to pass forward.

Passed from the left to the right.

After Essien retreated to receive the ball, he passed it back to Ivanovic under the interference of Leighton Baines.

Di Maria ran through and forced the Serbian to pass to Alex.

Dzeko ran towards the gap between Alex and Terry, creating some pressure on the central defender.

After Terry got the ball, he immediately passed it to Ashley Cole on the left.

Ashley Cole was passing the ball along the left sideline, a little far away from Terry.

Terry's pass was slightly weaker.

Gareth Bale suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Ashley Cole at an extremely fast speed.

England's left-back was startled and immediately chased after Terry's pass.

Terry immediately ran to the left, but Dzeko followed nearby.

Mikel ran over to meet the ball, but Modric was right next to him.

Ashley Cole couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to directly and was far away from the goalkeeper.

Therefore, the English left-back immediately transferred the ball from his left foot to his right foot, intending to protect the ball first.

But at this moment, Gareth Bale rushed over.

The Welshman was like a mad bull, approaching aggressively and sticking his right shoulder directly on top.

How tall is Ashley Cole?
1 meters 76.

Weighs only 64 kg.

What about Gareth Bale?

He is 1 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms.

Relying on his height, sturdy build and the fact that he was in a dominant position, Gareth Bale put his right shoulder close to Ashley Cole and exerted force, causing him to lose his balance.

He stumbled and lost control of the ball. Ashley Cole felt the pressure eased and cried out in his heart, it's over!
As a result, England's left-back immediately fell to the ground.

The whole process happens in the blink of an eye.

To anyone who looked at it, it looked like Ashley Cole had been knocked straight over by Gareth Bale.

But the linesman was nearby.

The referee was not very far away.

If even this kind of thing is to be blew, then there is basically no need to play the Premier League games.

Just as Hiddink and Wilkins rushed out of the field in a hurry, shouting fouls, Gareth Bale took the lead to catch up with the ball that was out of Ashley Cole's control, and dribbled the ball diagonally towards the penalty area.

While Terry stayed outside the penalty area, Gareth Bale made a diagonal pass with his left foot, accurately passing it to Dzeko at the top of the arc.

The Bosnian center forward stopped the ball with his left foot, dribbled into Chelsea's penalty area, and then chased up and shot with his right foot.

Cech was standing outside the small penalty area and couldn't save the ball in time.

The ball goes into the net again!
At this time, the game was only 11 minutes in.

When Yang Cheng raised his hands excitedly on the sidelines, he clearly saw Hiddink looking at the field with a blank face in front of the visiting team's coaching booth.

If Chelsea had lost a goal just now, they would still have a chance.

Now, after losing the second goal, the blow to the Blues is not just doubled, but several times!
……

After taking a 2-goal lead, Bayswater Chinese appropriately slowed down their attack.

But Chelsea's morale was severely hit after they lost two goals in a row.

More importantly, the Blues had no way of threatening the Bayswater Chinese goal.

From the 15th minute, the Blues wanted to launch an offensive.

And I did get some opportunities.

For example, in the 18th minute, Drogba once again quickly advanced into the penalty area. When he chested the ball and was about to shoot, the linesman blew the whistle, indicating that Drogba was offside.

In the 22nd minute, Drogba also made a straight pass, but Malouda was marked by Maicon and his shot was barely effective, but it turned out to be an anti-aircraft cannon.

Instead, the Chinese from Bayswater once again made a steal in the frontcourt.

Gareth Bale's lob shot from the left 20 meters away hit the crossbar.

The most threatening attack by the Chinese in Bayswater in the first half came in the 39th minute.

Di Maria made a diagonal pass from the left to the front of the arc to find Dzeko.

Alex, Terry and Dzeko got into a fight for the ball, and ended up falling to the ground at the same time.

Terry took the lead and kicked the ball to Ashley Cole on the left before falling to the ground.

But when England's left-back stopped the ball, Gareth Bale took the lead, overtook on the curve, intercepted the ball, and made his way into the right side of Chelsea's penalty area.

Facing the attacking Cech, Gareth Bale made a flexible feint, created a shooting angle, and then pushed the ball into the far corner with his left foot.

However, the shot lacked power and speed, and was cleared by Alex who returned to defense in time in front of the goal line.

"Yang Cheng's tactics of suppressing Chelsea's left flank were very successful!"

"The Blues didn't have many chances in the first half and their defence was repeatedly unstable."

"But the most important thing was the attack at the start, which put Chelsea two goals behind."

"In this situation, Hiddink's team can no longer defend steadily."

"Yang Cheng's opening attack helped Bayswater Chinese gain a strategic lead!"

……

After the second half, Yang Cheng led his team to launch another offensive when he saw that Chelsea had not made any substitutions.

But this time it only lasted about 10 minutes.

Seeing that they failed to break Chelsea's goal, the Chinese in Bayswater decided to call it a day.

Chelsea's left side was always suppressed by the Chinese from Bayswater.

Especially Gareth Bale, his advantage over Ashley Cole is still very obvious.

In the 60th minute, Yang Cheng replaced Rakitic with Matuidi to strengthen the interception and hardness of the midfield.

Chelsea made its first substitution in the 65th minute.

Anelka replaced Mikel.

From the head coach's perspective, the first goal conceded actually had little to do with Mikel.

There are two defensive midfielders, one goes forward and the other stays behind, which is a matter of division of labor and cooperation.

But Ballack is not a traditional defensive midfielder, nor is he the kind of barrier that can provide solid protection in front of the defense.

The German midfielder is best at running in from behind.

Arranging him to play as a double defensive midfielder is not stable enough after all.

But no matter what, the two defensive midfielders will definitely be blamed for losing the ball.

After replacing Mikel, Anelka played as right winger and Essien came back to play as single defensive midfielder.

Chelsea switched to a 433 formation again.

After this substitution, before Chelsea could show any effect, the Chinese in Bayswater took the lead in launching a very threatening attack.

Di Maria got a one-on-one opportunity with Ivanovic on the left.

The Argentine held the ball and swung it in front of Ivanovic like a noodle, creating an angle for him and sending a straight pass with his left foot.

Dzeko cut diagonally into the left side of the penalty area, caught up with Di Maria's through pass, and shot directly with his left foot without stopping the ball.

Cech saved the ball steadily!

"Chelsea's best player tonight must be their goalkeeper Cech."

"If Cech hadn't saved the goal several times, it would have been a one-sided massacre tonight."

"But Cech made many saves at crucial moments, leaving a spark of hope for Chelsea in the second leg."

In the 75th minute, Yang Cheng made his second substitution, Walcott replaced Gareth Bale.

Ashley Cole must be very devastated.

Because just one minute after the substitution, a desperate Ashley Cole uncontrollably tackled Walcott and was shown a yellow card.

Even though he was suppressed and even ravaged by Gareth Bale throughout the game, he still managed to hold on.

When Gareth Bale's physical condition finally began to decline and his performance was not so good, Yang Cheng actually replaced him with the energetic Walcott.

This is simply life-threatening!
If Gareth Bale is like a straightforward dragon-slaying sword, then Walcott is like a sharp sword.

The two of them are not of the same kind at all.

But in terms of threat on the court, there is really not much difference.

Hiddink probably also saw the collapse of Ashley Cole. Although he did not make any substitutions, in the last ten minutes or so, Chelsea tightened their defense and did not leave any space for the Bayswater Chinese to attack.

Chelsea did not make any more substitutions.

The game finally ended 2-0.

Dzeko scored twice to help Bayswater Chinese beat Chelsea and win the first leg!

……

When the Danish referee Larsen blew the whistle to end the game, the entire Wembley Stadium was filled with cheers.

All the Bayswater Chinese fans stood up from their seats and cheered for the fans on the scene.

Yang Cheng also raised his hands high above his head and applauded the players.

Then he came to the visiting team's coaching bench.

According to convention, as the head coach, he should come and meet with Hiddink.

"What a wonderful game!" Yang Cheng praised with a smile.

It's just a polite statement.

But when Hiddink shook hands with Yang Cheng, he suddenly asked, "Did you guess that I would let Essien play on the right?"

Yang Cheng was stunned at first, then he smiled and nodded.

"We guessed it, but it's just one of our guesses."

"What do you mean?"

"We have studied dozens of offensive tactics against Chelsea during the opening attack. At the same time, we have also deduced many different starting lineups and our countermeasures."

Yang Cheng's words left Hiddink stunned.

He felt that he and Yang Cheng were not competing on the same dimension at all.

He arrived at Stamford Bridge alone.

Chelsea arranged for Wilkins to help him.

But what about Yang Cheng?

Bayswater Chinese is the whole team.

Just like what Yang Cheng said just now, there are dozens of targeted offensive tactics.

Even if Hiddink racked his brains, he couldn't come up with so many ideas.

Not to mention the need to deduce the starting lineup and various countermeasures.

It’s devastating just to think about it.

"I've heard that you Chinese in Bayswater are at the forefront of world football in many aspects. It seems that your reputation is well-deserved!"

Hiddink suddenly felt that his loss was not unfair.

"I hope I'll have the opportunity to visit your Brent training center in the future," Hiddink said.

Yang Cheng nodded, "Of course, we are always welcome."

He also left a phone number for Hiddink.

Things like this are so common in European football that they are no longer a secret.

(End of this chapter)