super football star

Chapter 597 Spear and Shield

Even though Drogba is now 32 years old, in the current world football, he is still the most threatening center forward of this era, and he is still the most troublesome player in the eyes of the head coach.

Speaking of which, there is a big difference between Li Feng and Drogba. Li Feng's statistics are almost impeccable. In the Premier League, no one can compare with Li Feng. Even in the whole of Europe, if compared with Li Feng's statistics, even Ronaldo and Messi are worse than Li Feng.

On the pitch, facing Mata's sling pass, Drogba did not behave like a 32-year-old guy at all. Even in the face of the strong Kompany, Drogba was able to overwhelm the captain of Manchester City and compete for this header.

However, Drogba did not choose to attack the goal, and knocked back to make the ball. Meireles was already waiting in the penalty area, watching the ball fly, and directly bombarded the goal.

This long-range shot was of a high standard, but such a shot did not help Chelsea recover the score. Joe Hart flew up and blocked the ball back with a single fist.

Boateng made a clearance ahead of Sturridge and gave Chelsea a throw-in. Ashley Cole threw the ball into the Manchester City penalty area, trying to find Drogba, but this time Kompany was well prepared and blocked Drogba with his body.

In Chelsea, Drogba is the first point of attack. The entire Premier League knows this, but they know it. There are not many who can really defend Drogba, and Kompany can only be counted as half.

So in this game, Boateng's task is relatively heavy, not only to defend Sturridge, but also to help Kompany defend Drogba to a certain extent.

Counterattack, the ball was pushed out and landed at Li Feng's feet. Manchester City launched a quick counterattack. At this time, speed is everything, and Li Feng naturally knows what is most important in counterattack.

With a diagonal push, the ball was sent to Aguero's feet, but Aguero was quickly intercepted by Ashley Cole, and Balotelli, who was running wildly in the middle, also failed to escape the blocking of Terry and Ivanovic.

Aguero passed back to Li Feng who followed him, Li Feng shifted to the left, Silva immediately broke through the sidewalk after getting the ball, and finally made a pass from the bottom, but the header is obviously not Balotelli's strong point, and in front of Terry, Balotelli will not have much chance.

The offense and defense changed hands again. The ball pushed by Terry fell at the feet of Romeu. However, the Spanish midfielder made a mistake and did not pass the ball immediately after getting the ball. This behavior of sticking the ball was caught by Li Feng.

The Manchester City striker is not a rookie like Romeu, he directly hit the goal, Cech jumped, the ball hit the Chelsea goalkeeper's arm and bounced to the crossbar before lying down in the penalty area.

It's Terry again. The captain of Chelsea deserves to be the best central defender in the Premier League. His reaction speed and judgment are really excellent. When Terry made a clearance, Balotelli hadn't reacted yet.

But this time Terry didn't dare to push the ball out again. Li Feng was outside the penalty area at the moment, and he was really afraid that the ball would fall at Li Feng's feet. At that time, the score might be 2:0, so Terry didn't dare to take this risk. He would rather give Manchester City a corner kick than give Li Feng this opportunity.

Then Manchester City took a corner kick. With the efforts of Chelsea's defenders, the ball was easily picked off by Chelsea, which also proved that Terry's choice was correct.

This game was just as the fans and the media saw before the game. From the first minute of the game, the two sides launched the most direct contest, especially when Manchester City scored a goal at the beginning.

Villas-Boas's team played aggressively, Cech did not kick the kick, but threw it to Ashley Cole, and the Chelsea full-back immediately took the ball and rushed into the Manchester City half.

After being defended by Richards, Ashley Cole had to pass the ball. In this game, Richards did his best. Before the game, the two big mouths often competed in the media. Although the two were teammates in the national team, they were sworn enemies at the club level.

Mata, in just half a season, Spain has become the veritable core of Chelsea, but when Mata holds the ball, De Jong immediately stops in front of him. In this game, De Jong's first priority is to watch Mata die.

Although this is the first time Mata has faced De Jong, Mata is no stranger to his vicious name. Even before the game, Boas specially reminded Mata to be careful of the villains of Manchester City.

Seeing De Jong rushing fiercely, Mata's whole body was tense, but from his firm expression, it can be seen that Mata is not afraid of De Jong. He pulled his right foot, pushed back immediately on the inside of his left foot, and changed direction continuously. At this moment, Mata showed his unparalleled skills and played De Jong for a while.

However, after being hindered by De Jong, Yaya Toure has already chased back. Seeing this situation, Mata dare not stay and the ball stays at his feet. If he is stopped by Yaya Toure, De Jong is turning around. Under the double-teaming of the two, he is likely to lose the ball.

A diagonal push found Sturridge, but the latter had no chance under Boateng's defense, so he chose to transition and sent the ball to Drogba's feet.

The penalty area first went up, and Drogba and Kompany started a contest again. This was a confrontation of muscles, a confrontation of strength. As a teammate Manchester City player, he knew how strong Kompany was.

But even such a strong Kompany could not stop Drogba. Li Feng, who was chasing back, happened to witness the whole process, and saw Kompany being squeezed away by Drogba abruptly, and completed a strong shot.

You know, how old is Kompany now, 25 years old, this is the age with the best physical fitness, how old is Drogba, 32 years old can be said to be in the late stage of his career.

But from this we can also see Drogba’s abnormality. No wonder this guy can challenge the entire defense line at his peak. It’s not about technology, but strength. It’s no wonder that he bullied Senderos into a psychological shadow and changed the career of a Swiss central defender. The cruel point is that Drogba simply ruined Senderos’ career.

Of course, a strong player must not only have a strong body, but also a "strong" mentality. Obviously, this is the biggest difference between Kompany and Senderos.

Although Drogba squeezed Kompany away by relying on strength, Kompany did not lose confidence because of this, and Kompany's defense was not completely useless.

Under Kompany's defense, Drogba's shot didn't hit the goal. Even Joe Hart didn't take off, kicked an anti-aircraft gun, and the ball flew out of the baseline and rushed towards the stands.

(End of this chapter)