Football’s First Defender

Chelsea, who won the Premier League title in advance, can focus all their attention on the subsequent FA Cup.

In the next FA Cup semi-final, Chelsea's opponent was Villa, who had just been bloodbathed by themselves in the league.

Under Chelsea's concentrated response, Villa also had no resistance this time, and was kicked 3-0 cleanly by Chelsea. There is a serious restraint relationship between Chelsea and Villa's team style, so even if Villa is a good team this season, they will never be able to look up when facing Chelsea.

In the case of a serious lack of full-backs on both sides, Ancelotti has been experimenting with the three-back style of play, and handed over the team's main wing attack methods to the two full-backs.

Fortunately, Villa, the opponent in the semi-finals, is not too much of a threat after all, and Chelsea's broken formation can still win easily.

Originally, Chelsea's expected opponent in the final will be Tottenham Hotspur, who has a high probability of qualifying for the Champions League this season. However, in order to maintain their lead in the league, Tottenham did not play with all their main players. Instead, they were held to a 0-0 draw by the bottom one Portsmouth.

In the end, Portsmouth eliminated Tottenham after dragging the game into a penalty shootout.

This season's FA Cup final will be Premier League leader Chelsea against vice squad Portsmouth, the first and last battle in the Premier League.

Since the FA Cup final is held a week after the end of the Premier League, Chelsea, which won the championship early, and Portsmouth, which was relegated early, have plenty of time to prepare.

However, Chelsea's side is obviously the team with more momentum.

Chelsea, who played at home ahead of schedule and completed the league championship celebration, can't wait to win the second championship trophy this season.

On May 15, the first weekend after the end of the Premier League, at Wembley Stadium, Chelsea and Portsmouth launched the final FA Cup final competition.

Chelsea's three full-backs still haven't recovered from their injuries. Ancelotti directly played a 352 lineup. The left and right full-backs used Malouda and Joe Cole to play respectively.

Double striker is still Drogba partner Anelka's strongest attack combination.

The midfield position is the trio of Mikel, Lampard and Ballack.

Three defenders Terry, Yang Feng and Belletti.

The goalkeeper is still Petr Cech.

This lineup actually has obvious flaws, that is, Joe Cole may not be able to complete the wing defense tasks in his area, but Chelsea, which has an absolute advantage in strength, does not need to care about these details.

Joe Cole has Mikel's defense next to him, and Belletti and Yang Feng's supplementary defense behind him. In fact, in this game, he only needs to show his strength on the offensive end. Chelsea's defensive system, Can support the defense on this side.

Portsmouth's tactics in this game are very simple, that is, defending, sticking to the penalty area, not even coming out to fight back, defending until overtime, defending until the penalty shootout, and then leaving everything to fate is the final victory .

Chelsea's offense is indeed difficult to pose an effective offensive threat when the wing is obviously unable to form an offensive system.

As for the advancement in the middle, there is not much to do in the face of Portsmouth's sufficient defensive numbers in the middle.

Chelsea's ball possession rate has almost reached 80%, but the chances to hit the goal, except for some long-range super long shots, did not create too many opportunities in the penalty area.

Drogba and Anelka in the penalty area, surrounded by Portsmouth players, did not have many opportunities to receive passes. Chelsea was constantly trying various offensive methods. Fortunately, Portsmouth Apart from doing a good job of defending, Si really has no strength to invest in counterattacks. Therefore, on the offensive end, Chelsea can boldly try various offensive methods without worrying about too many problems in the back line.

Throughout the first half, Chelsea didn't have much to do with Portsmouth's iron barrel formation.

Although Portsmouth completely failed to avoid relegation in March due to penalty points and its own weak offensive ability. In the case of the team's bankruptcy, the players did not have much fighting spirit and worked hard in the league.

But since they have reached the final of the FA Cup, even if it is to let him transfer and leave in the summer, he can sign a better contract with the new team. On such a big final stage, Portsmouth The team members still performed extremely hard.

Without technical advantages and personal abilities, the Portsmouth players rely on their tireless running and dense defensive numbers to limit Chelsea's offense.

However, sometimes defense requires luck. If you are lucky, the iron barrel formation will be indestructible and no one can break it. If you are unlucky, no matter how strong the defense is, it may be broken by an accident.

In the second half, Chelsea's continuous siege finally paid off at 67 minutes into the game.

Ballack blasted the goal with a heavy kick from outside the penalty area, hitting Portsmouth defender George and completing the change of direction. The Portsmouth goalkeeper couldn't react in time, so he could only watch the kick refract and fly into the net.

Chelsea took the lead in breaking the deadlock and took the lead in the score.

Wembley Stadium instantly became a blue ocean.

Even if the team's road to defending the Champions League ends early, for these diehard Blues fans, as long as it is the championship, it is enough for them to cheer and celebrate.

Not to mention, a few weeks ago, they had just celebrated this year's Premier League championship with the team at Stamford Bridge.

Weeks later, on their doorstep, seeing Chelsea win the FA Cup once again, the double, has satisfied the Blues fans.

The fans can celebrate unscrupulously, but the players on the field still need to maintain the score advantage at this time.

Although Portsmouth's offensive firepower is the weakest in the Premier League this season, it is still a Premier League team after all, and the minimum team strength still exists.

After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the Chelsea generals still have to be careful about their last desperate fight.

Ancelotti's substitution adjustment was very timely. Alex replaced Joe Cole, let Alex play the position of three central defenders, and moved Belletti to the position of right back to strengthen the team's strength. defense.

After that, Portsmouth tried several attacks, but almost none of them formed a substantial threat.

In the face of Chelsea's well-arranged defense, Portsmouth's offensive tactics really don't have much other options except crossing from the wing.

But because Chelsea's defensive players are extremely strong, and they have deployed enough defensive forces in the penalty area in the middle, Portsmouth's striker has no chance to complete the attack at all.

Chelsea counterattacked with great vigor, but Ballack's long-range shot seemed to have used up the team's luck. Although in the final stage, Drogba and Anelka each had an excellent counterattack opportunity, But after hitting the goal, they all missed the goal, and the score was still not opened.

In stoppage time, Portsmouth's goalkeepers were all involved in the attack, but Chelsea's solid defense still did not make any mistakes.

As Yang Feng passed the opponent from the right side and pushed it out of the penalty area, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Chelsea once again won the FA Cup championship trophy. After the end of the season, Chelsea won the Premier League and FA Cup double crown achievement!