The Chinese national team took an early lead in the away game, which indirectly made the Uzbek players playing at home nervous.
Because a week ago, they lost 0:3 away to North Korea in the first round of World Cup qualifying.
If they lose to the Chinese team at home again, they will most likely lose their hope of entering the World Cup in South Africa.
Therefore, they took the initiative to increase the number of people invested in the offense without the request of the head coach.
But what they didn't expect was that pressing the offense was exactly in line with the Chinese team's current style of play, relying on Gao Lin's fulcrum in the frontcourt to launch quick counterattacks.
Five minutes later, the Chinese team seized on a mistake in Uzbekistan's frontcourt cooperation.
Aiello created an opportunity on the left.
After attracting the attention of two Uzbekistan players on the left rib, he suddenly passed the ball across the arc of the penalty area.
In no man's land, Chen Tao, who came in from behind, volleyed the ball without stopping, and the football hit the blind spot, 2:0 Seeing this score, the fans who supported the Chinese team breathed a sigh of relief.
Subsequently, Uzbekistan realized that a strong attack could not break the Chinese team's goal, and slowly changed back to the game strategy at the beginning, choosing to defend the back firmly and then look for opportunities to move forward.
Uzbekistan began to shrink its defense, and with the help of rough turf, until the end of the first half, it was still 0:2, with the Chinese team leading.
In the second half, the Uzbekistan head coach began to make adjustments to the team's starting lineup, but he was helpless with the Chinese team's solid defense in the away game.
Before the end of the game, Gao Lin received Ai Luo's cross from the left and scored another victory.
In the end, the Chinese national team defeated the home team Uzbekistan 3:0 in the away game.
However, due to one less game, they lost with three points.
Ranked second in the group, ranked first is the Japanese team that has won both games.
After Aiello finished the World Cup qualifiers on the national team match day, he did not go to Beijing with the team.
Instead, he flew directly from Tashkent to Dubai, and then transferred to London.
It was already the afternoon of the 12th when we arrived in London, and on the evening of the next day Chelsea would challenge Manchester City away in the league.
Four days later, Chelsea had another Champions League group match at home.
Mourinho weighed in and, in order to ensure that the team exerted its strongest combat effectiveness, Aiello was not included in the 18-man roster in the away league.
He stayed at the Cobham training base to reserve his fitness.
Ai Luo also knows that his current physical condition is not good.
He played in a World Cup qualifying match three days ago, and then flew non-stop for almost a day.
He had to play in a league game the next day.
It was impossible to stay at the training base.
The most correct choice.
The protagonist of the fourth round of the Premier League in the 2008-2009 season was not Chelsea's away game against Manchester City, but Liverpool's home game against Manchester United.
Because the double red club every season will attract the attention of the whole of Europe.
Liverpool is the English team with the best record in Europe, while Manchester United is the team that has won the most league championships since the establishment of the Premier League.
Therefore, the two teams often They all dislike each other, especially the fans on both sides.
Manchester City, which plays at home, can be said to be very ambitious.
On the international match day in early September, the UAE consortium Abu Dhabi spent huge sums of money to buy the ownership of the Manchester City club from former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and then held high the banner of buying superstars.
However, due to the summer transfer The time left in the meeting window was not forgiving, and they were not happy with what they bought.
They only bought Robinho, who played for Real Madrid star.
It is undeniable that Manchester City's entry into the UAE consortium has the shadow of Abramovich's entry into Chelsea.
In addition, Aiello did not appear in Chelsea's 18-man roster in this league, which made Manchester City head coach Mark Hughes confident in his team before the game.
In the subsequent interview, he said: "There is no Aiello.
Chelsea is just a toothless tiger, nothing to fear.”
Brazilian international Robinho, who just transferred to Manchester City as the Premier League's summer champion, also attended the pre-match press conference and said: "Manchester City will definitely become a top club in the future, and I am the top club.
The pioneers of Chelsea will be destined to be the soul at our feet.”
The domineering remarks immediately attracted the echo of countless reporters.
But facts have proven that Chelsea without Ai is still sharp.
The muscular combination of Lampard, Essien and Mikel makes Manchester City's midfield run extremely unsmoothly, especially before the game, they claimed to put their feet on Chelsea Robinho did nothing under Mikel's marking.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mourinho is still debugging Chelsea, who is accustomed to the 4-3-3 formation, into a 4-4-2 formation with a balanced offense and defense.
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Ninety minutes later, Mourinho knew that the experiment was half successful.
It is worth mentioning that at the end of the game, the on-site director meaningfully showed the cameras to Chelsea owner Abramovich and Manchester City chairman Fahim.
In the end, Chelsea defeated Manchester City, which has great ambitions for the new season, 2:0 away from home.
At the same time, in the double red meeting at Anfield Stadium, although Cristiano Ronaldo showed good competitive form, Liverpool, who had no choice but to play at home, showed super combat effectiveness.
They were defeated 2:2 away from home.
Liverpool drew, thus ending their three-game winning streak in the new season.
The next day, the mainstream media in England were all focused on the exciting battle between the two clubs and Chelsea's away challenge to Manchester City.
Manchester United and Chelsea are still the favorites to win the Premier League title in the new season, so it is always inevitable for the major media to compare the two teams in the league.
Originally, in the pre-match predictions of the local media in Manchester, Manchester United was supposed to beat Liverpool away from home, and then Manchester City at home defeated Chelsea without Ai, but after the game, the result turned out to be Chelsea winning, while Manchester United was tied.
This script was completely wrong. .
In addition, the media that supported Manchester United made nonsense before the game, so at the regular press conference after the game, they were collectively slapped in the face.
However, they quickly shifted their attention.
A week later, Manchester United will challenge Chelsea in an away game.
They firmly believe that Manchester United will definitely give Chelsea a little show in the away game at that time, letting them know that Manchester United is still better in the Premier League. most dominant As a result, the media supporting Chelsea and the media supporting Manchester United started to fight, and the entire post-match press conference was very lively.
The protagonist Mourinho could only sit there and stare.
Chelsea's performance in this league was very convincing.
They still won Manchester City in the away game without Aiello, and they also performed very well on both offense and defense.
However, in the stage of switching from defense to attack, the advancement speed was not as fast as Aiello.
When Luo was there.
The headline of the sports section of The Times that day said this: "Chelsea easily defeated Manchester City, which has great ambitions for the new season, in the away game without Ai, but Manchester United's lineup with the double Asian champions last season was actually missing Gerald in the away game.
The draw with Torres’ Liverpool still has a long way to go before they can challenge Chelsea’s dominance in the new season.”
"Three days later, both teams will start the new season's Champions League group stage at their respective home stadiums.
Chelsea will face last season's Ligue 1 runner-up Bordeaux at home.
The gap between the two sides is obvious, while Manchester United's opponent is the Champions League champion in the 2006-2007 season.
Valencia will put different energy into the game in the future.
I believe that Chelsea, who will play at home in the next round of the league, will have a certain advantage.
Coupled with Ai's starting lineup, Chelsea will be completely separated from Chelsea at home by then.
Manchester United’s points gap.”
The headline of the Manchester Evening News was tit for tat: "The whole season is long, and it is normal not to adjust well at the beginning of the season.
As long as the league progresses, Manchester United's state will definitely get better and better, coupled with Cristia's stable scoring.
With the high-profile joining of Noronaldo and Bulgarian international Berbatov, Manchester United is highly competitive whether in the league or the Champions League, so we have every reason to believe that Manchester United will win the next Champions League group stage and league games."
In the same round of the league, the competitors won but they lost.
All the players of Manchester United were under tremendous pressure, especially the team's number one star Cristiano Ronaldo, who said in his acceptance speech at the Champions League awards ceremony that he wanted to win.
The best forward and best player in the Champions League in the new season, but his current performance is a bit unworthy of his original heroic feats.
Next under pressure is the Bulgarian international Berbatov, who is worth 30 million pounds.
The just-concluded league was because he missed an excellent opportunity, otherwise Manchester United would not have been tied by Liverpool in the away game.
Similarly, head coach Ferguson is also under pressure.
Last season, the Manchester United he coached was severely suppressed by Chelsea, coached by Mourinho.
Before the start of the new season, he expressed sufficient confidence on various occasions.
Chelsea was kicked off the altar, but what people didn't expect was that Chelsea continued to advance rapidly, but Manchester United stopped their winning streak.
In this case, the 2008-2009 Champions League group stage kicked off.
Chelsea and Manchester United, who faced Bordeaux and Valencia respectively at home, became the focus of major British media.
Because both teams represent the Premier League, last season's meeting between Manchester United and Chelsea in the Champions League final severely embarrassed the Premier League.
The British media hopes that they will continue to work hard, continue to perform well in their respective Champions League journeys, and meet again in the Champions League final. .
Before the game, Chelsea's Aiello and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo were interviewed separately.
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The two of them coincidentally said very confidently in interviews with the media: "I am determined to win the Champions League."
When this news came out, everyone was surprised by the tacit understanding between the two and their champion's heart: