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The referee whistled and the game began!

Stamford Bridge was packed in this FA Cup quarter-final match.

For Leicester City, this game was not particularly important.

After all, Pearson gave up strategically, so the players were relatively less stressed.

But Chelsea is different.

Mourinho told the players that his goal this season was to win all the championships!

This sentence was very morale-boosting, but it also put a lot of pressure on them.

Especially for Chelsea players, they can't relax in every game.

For Mourinho, he doesn't have an absolute main player.

Even his favorite Drogba will be put on the bench because of his condition.

Killing the chicken to warn the monkey, the other players in the team also strictly abide by the rules, train well, and maintain their condition.

In this game, many substitutes and young players appeared on the field. They attacked one after another and climaxed continuously at the beginning.

"Mickel and William's two-on-one cooperation!"

"Andy King was passed!

"Straight into the penalty area!

"Drogba received the ball and shot!

"The ball slipped out of the goal!"

"It hit the billboard and almost broke it!"

"Drogba's shot was too violent!"

Just five minutes into the game, Chelsea heated up the Stamford Bridge stadium with a blast.

Soon, his cooperation came again.

"This time it was an attack from the left side!

"Filipe sprinted with the ball and used his speed to pass James who was trying to steal the ball!

"Straight forward!

"William knocked the ball across the middle!

"Ramirez passed the ball without stopping the ball!

"Salah quickly moved forward to receive the ball!

"In the corner of the penalty area, he kicked the ball directly!

"Schmeichel blocked the near corner and punched it out with both fists!

"Although the ball didn't go in, this attack was very exciting!"

In less than ten minutes after the start, Chelsea played two wonderful cooperations.

Both times made Leicester City's goal in front of the wind and cry.

But Leicester City just kept carrying it.

Especially the double defensive midfielder combination of Xia Xing and Albrighton in the midfield, which was very stable.

Although Chelsea players' passes were blocked several times, even if they were passed to the striker, the most threatening route was blocked.

Whether it was Drogba's direct shot or Salah's shot at the corner of the penalty area,

there was not much time to adjust.

This is the best that Leicester City's midfield defense can do at present.

Today, all the main players of Leicester City's defense played, and all the players were in good condition.

It was not until the 20th minute of the game that Leicester City made the first shot of the game.

Xia Xing made a long pass to the right, and James sprinted with the ball!

He shook off Mikel who was trying to steal the ball, suddenly accelerated inside and shot a volley!

The ball was punched out by Czech veteran Cech.

Chelsea resolved the danger.

Despite this, Leicester City's cooperation also posed a threat to them.

Although there was no goal, Shakespeare on the sidelines still smiled and applauded.

"Very good, James has improved now. He used to play as a left winger, but he has been training on the right side during this period. Not bad, very good."

Pearson also nodded: "Yes, James's passing and shooting just now are very similar to Mahrez. It seems that this young man did not waste his training time."

James is a good young man. Even if he lost his starting position, he did not become decadent, but continued to work hard.

He played very well on the right today.

And on the left, Andy King also played very stably.

Andy King was placed on the left in this game, and Xia Xing was in the middle.

This was Pearson's arrangement. He wanted to interrupt Chelsea's central attack.

After learning that Hazard would not start, Pearson decisively let Xia Xing guard the middle.

In the current Leicester City midfield defense, Xia Xing is absolutely unique.

Although he is not a butcher-type midfielder, Xia Xing's body is strong enough and he often takes the lead in confrontation.

And he plays very smartly, always able to easily intercept the ball, and rarely commits fouls.

Today, William, Remy and Salah in the midfield had a hard time finding opportunities in front of Xia Xing.

They could only try to pass the ball to Drogba, or simply shoot from a distance.

But in this way, the offensive efficiency was very low.

Chelsea failed to achieve any results after several consecutive attacks.

The game had already reached the 30th minute and had been played for half an hour.

Mourinho frowned on the sidelines.

It seems that the strength of the substitutes is still far behind that of the main players.

Leicester City is not easy to deal with.

Fortunately, they don't have any outstanding offensive players. Mahrez and Vardy are not here, and their offense can't go up.

Give up the offense and defend with all your strength.

Leicester City's goal has been achieved.

Then just waste time with them!

I don't believe we can't beat them!

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0.

In the second half, Mourinho made some substitutions.

He replaced the veteran Drogba with Diego Costa, wanting to use the newcomers to make a breakthrough.

But the lack of goals in the first half was not the problem of the strikers, but the problem of the midfielders.

Diego Costa fell into the same trouble.

He could receive the pass, but he didn't have many good opportunities.

Morgan played very well in this game. Whether it was Drogba or Diego Costa, he kept a close eye on the opponent.

The time came to 66 minutes, and Chelsea had just ended an attack.

The ball was punched out by Schmeichel, and Morgan pushed away Diego Costa with his back to protect the ball.

Knocked horizontally to Konchesky, who passed directly to Xia Xing.

Ramirez quickly gets close to him!

The biggest task Mourinho gave Ramirez in this game was to keep an eye on Xia Xing!

But even so, Xia Xing still easily shook him off.

Xia Xing caught the ball sideways and faced Ramirez's attack. The moment Xia Xing caught the ball, he immediately accelerated!

Sprint towards the left wing!

This change made Ramirez a little confused.

what's the situation?

Xia Xing has been defending in the middle for so long that he has forgotten that Xia Xing is a fast horse on the wing!

Get rid of the space and rush directly to the left!

Keep accelerating!

After passing the middle circle, Xia Xing is no longer interested in fighting!

Two defensive players from the opposing team are pressing forward!

Xia Xing made a long pass to the ground, looking for Ulloa outside the penalty area!

As a forward who often drops back to get the ball, Ulloa runs a long distance!

Now he drops back to catch the ball, but is marked by Gary Cahill and unable to turn around and make any moves.

However, he had no intention of turning around!

Knock decisively to the left side of the body!

At this time James has quickly plugged in!

At the corner of the penalty area, he took a slight lead and volleyed!

The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

Chris Wood's quick movement in the penalty area disrupted the Chelsea penalty area!

The moment James shot, Cech had no time to react!

And this shot is very tricky!

Go straight to the dead end!

The ball hit the net!

1 to 0!

After Leicester City defended for an hour,

Finally broke the deadlock!

Now the balance of victory has tilted towards them!