Neighbours living at Stamford Bridge are coming in a rage, and Craven Farm is on the lookout.In midweek, manager Coleman led his side to a 2-1 defeat in the first round of the League Cup by League Two side Wycombe Rovers after hiding a number of key players.Of course, the Carabao Cup is not a big deal, and it is not uncommon for Premier League teams to overturn and you can't afford to lose to teams in the fourth tier, it's a shame.So Coleman has endured a lot of scolding, but it is understood that what really matters to the west London club is not the win or defeat against the bottom of the league, but the difference with their neighbours.If you can win, it's best to win, and if you can't win, you have to play with momentum, otherwise the fans won't be able to stay, and the two clubs are too close.Therefore, when Jose was interviewed by reporters a day earlier, he complained: "Now other teams are playing with us as hard as the World Cup final." ”When the match day came, Fulham announced the starting list, and the reporters saw that it was the case, starting 11 people, putting out 8 defensive players, not counting the goalkeeper!
It's like fighting Chelsea, who are good at defending and counter-attacking: it doesn't matter if you don't score, it's important that you don't score.But in this way, Fulham is also beating a drum in his heart, and it can be seen from the more vigorous boos than in previous years when Chelsea entered the field, Fulham faced Drogba, Shevchenko, Lampard, Wang Ai, Robben and other attacking systems, 8 people seem to be not enough......
At 10 p.m.
Beijing time and 3 p.m.
British time, the game officially kicked off.Fulham conceded central midfield and stuck to the back, and the dense lineup made people look numb, and Chelsea had to press the situation after controlling the central midfield.In the sixth minute of the game, Arjen Robben created a direct free-kick from 30 meters from the goal in the left front, and captain Frank Lampard took the penalty, and the football was slightly higher than the goalpost, causing Fulham fans to exclaim.One minute later, Fulham hit a sharp counter-attack, Rosselio sent in a precise cross, but Collins was one step away from outflanking.2 minutes later, Wang Ai crossed from the bottom, Drogba outflanked in front of the goal to complete the shot, but unfortunately it was slightly off.Two minutes later, Routledge's low cross was blocked by Ferreira, Routledge followed up with a shot that was blocked by Carvalho, and another Fulham player, Kudru, made a follow-up effort that was saved by Cech.The derby is like that, both sides are working hard, and it starts with a white heat.In recent years, Fulham have shown more and more hostility against a rising Chelsea, both to show that they are out of step with Chelsea to keep their fundamentals, and to take advantage of the broadcast of the game on multiple TV stations to expand their influence, so the game is particularly enthusiastic.However, this is not to intimidate Chelsea, and Jose has expected Fulham's attitude, and of course there are ways to deal with it.Chelham counter-attacked immediately after Fulham threatened the Chelsea goal three times in a row.In the 14th minute of the game, Robben took the ball and tried to cut inside the goal, but unfortunately the old man's footwork is not good at present, and after the attempt was fruitless, it was handed to the left side, and Ashley Cole, who inserted the assist, swung a few times and then pulled the shooting corner, and shot like a pass to the goal.Fulham defender Pierce bowed his head, knocked the football out, and met Wang Ai who was cruising in the corner of the penalty area.didn't wait for the ball to land, Wang Ai shot, shot with the instep of his right foot, Pierce wanted to stretch out his head to block but didn't touch it, of course, it could also be that he realized that it was more dangerous to block the shot with his head head, so he hesitated.So the ball flew past his head, and the goalkeeper thought that the landing point was in the middle at first glance, so he squatted down, and when the ball flew halfway and began to change direction and hit the near corner, it was too late for him to make a move.Craven's farm was as silent as a wheat field in the morning, only a few pesky sparrows were chirping, and Wang Ai didn't go to his own fans after the goal, too few, his eyes were full of stiff expressions, so he went to celebrate with his teammates.In the 14th minute, Chelsea led 1-0.Fulham serves, the football passes to the right front, Michael Brown completely ignores the Chelsea No. 13 in front of him, and goes to see Routledge not far behind him, but unexpectedly loses Jingzhou, Wang Ai can't defend, rarely defends, it doesn't mean he can't defend!
Therefore, when Michael Brown was doing a feint in front of Wang Ai to show off his skills, Wang Ai kicked blindly regardless of it, and actually stabbed the ball away, and Ashley Cole, who was standing near the sideline, grabbed the football before Diop and rushed forward along the sideline.At this time, Wang Ai, who was knocked to the ground by Michael Brown, got up and ran forward with his legs spread out.It was the tempo that Fulham expected to attack at the start of the tee-off, so most of them were in front of the halfway line, and the blazingly fast Ashley Cole took a few steps to cross the halfway line.Wang Ai greeted while running, and after attracting many people to approach, Wang Ai stopped squeaking and began to run violently to see who ran faster!
There are a few defenders who can outrun the forwards, so that by the time Wang Ai reaches the front of the penalty area, there is only one goalkeeper in front of him.it!
It's too fast, how do you let Ashley Cole pass the ball, no wonder he looks bitter.While Ashley Cole was still entangled with his opponent in the corner flag area, Wang Ai hurriedly ran back, and just when Zaclet stepped on Wang Ai's offside line, Ashley Cole's ball was sent.Wang Ai stopped and turned back again, pressed Zaclet next to him, and hit his head before goalkeeper Niemi was in place, and the football grazed the near post and went into the net.Jose, who was sitting on the sidelines, laughed next to his assistant Clark, Wang Ai's rush-back-rush, and the turnaround run showed his physical advantage to the fullest, which was really the winger he dreamed of!
Fulham's players gathered around referee Halsey and complained that it was offside.Halsey looked at the linesman, the linesman shook his head to signal that the goal was valid, and Halsey chose to trust his assistant, 2:0!
In the high-fives with Ashley Cole, Wang Ai also heard his teammates teasing: "You run slowly next time, I almost can't pass it." ”The game restarted after a minute, this time with no one to show off in front of Wang Ai, and instead Fulham's left-back never made it past half-time.But with this lack of attacking manpower, Chelsea have become more composed.In the face of Wang Ai's huge threat, Fulham couldn't defend it, attacked but didn't dare to attack, and lost its ground.However, Fulham's defense of Wang Ai was still effective, and Wang Ai "disappeared" for more than 20 minutes, until the end of the first half, in order to get rid of the opponent's dogskin plaster-like defense, Wang Ai ran to the left side to find Robben, and they ran, Fulham's overall defense line was exposed in the left backfield, and had to be divided to plug the leak, which made the middle weak.Then, a diagonal cross from behind by Geremi allowed Frank Lampard to seize the opportunity and fired a long-range shot from beyond the penalty spot to make it 3-0.()