The goal in the 27th minute was blown away and had a great impact on the young Hernandez. Later, when Hernandez was running, he was a little suspicious, always worried that he would offside, but he started late and lost his chance.

In fact, it has an impact not only on Hernandez, but also on passers like Gao Xiaodong and Carrick. After a successful cooperation, the midfielder's choice of passing timing became more cautious.

However, attack is not the most important thing for Manchester United now. They lead the overall score. Even if the score is 0:0 until the end, they can advance to the final. Therefore, even if Manchester United cannot make a sharp offensive, Manchester United fans will not care.

Manchester United's ineffective goal allowed Chelsea to escape, but Chelsea cannot stop the offense and must increase the intensity of the offense, because they have less and less time left. They cannot score a goal in the first half, and their goal task will only be heavier in the second half.

In order to prevent Manchester United from playing behind him, Chelsea's offense is more about attacking with long passes and diagonal long passes. When Drogba and Torres in front take the ball, they then press on the attack.

This offensive efficiency is not high, but it is relatively safe and can reduce the chance of Manchester United playing behind him.

However, Manchester United put a lot of effort into the defense of Drogba and Torres. Ferdinand and Vidic are both guarding, while Fletcher and Carrick are both guarding each other. Under such a defense, even if Drogba and Torres have super strong personal abilities, it is difficult to hold the ball safely or pass it to their teammates who are inserted.

Thirty-five minutes after the first half, Chelsea could not continue to adopt such inefficient offensive measures. They finally began to take risks, pressing forward with three lines together, pushing the battlefield to Manchester United's half, and putting the defense near the center circle.

It's an adventure, but Chelsea has no other path to choose from.

With the increase in offensive forces, Chelsea's offensive threat has also become larger. This is mainly because when Drogba and Manchester United defenders competed for the top, Chelsea had more opportunities to get the ball. They launched attacks directly in the frontcourt and had more opportunities to shoot.

In the 37th minute of the game, Ferdinand pushed the ball to Chelsea midfielder Lampard while competing for the high ball. Lampard raised his foot and hit it. Gao Xiaodong stretched out his foot to intercept it. The ball hit Gao Xiaodong's leg and flew towards the goal.

Fortunately, the ball changed direction not much, and Van der Sar barely hit the ball out of the bottom line with one hand.

Chelsea gets a corner kick opportunity.

Gao Xiaodong came over and patted Van der Sar and apologized to him. If Van der Sar could not save this ball, Gao Xiaodong would certainly take half of the blame, and Van der Sar's unconfisted ball bonus would be gone.

Van der Sar didn't care. He pushed Gao Xiaodong and said, "It's nothing, go and defend."

Gao Xiaodong's corner kick defense is mainly to stand at the front of the penalty area to guard Essin, who is preparing for a long shot, and also to take into account the task of grabbing the landing point and counterattacking.

Chelsea's first few corner kicks went directly to the penalty area to find Drogba and Torres, but because Manchester United strictly guarded Drogba, Chelsea's corner kick did not create too much threat.

This time Lampard hit the front of the penalty area and asked Essin to shoot a long time.

Chelsea had practiced corner kicking tactics. As soon as Lampard kicked the ball, Essin immediately understood that this was looking for him, so he rushed to the landing point as soon as possible.

Gao Xiaodong is the defensive side, and his defense is always passively behind. He slowed down and wanted to go to La Essin, but was afraid that he would not be able to hold on. Essin was as strong as a cow, and he was afraid of getting a yellow card. Today he was not a pure offensive player, but also had defensive tasks. After taking a yellow card, he had concerns, which was not good for the subsequent games.

Gao Xiaodongdo was cunning. He did not directly adopt the foul tactic, but accelerated to follow. When Essin was about to take a shot, he reached out and pushed Essin behind Essin, and then smashed his body into Essin.

Essin was almost hitting the ball, but was first pushed by Gao Xiaodong, then hit him again, and staggered to the ground.

Beep!

The referee Ben Quillenka's whistle sounded, and Gao Xiaodong was given a foul, giving Chelsea a free kick with a good position, but Ben Quillenka felt that Gao Xiaodong had no control over the center of gravity and knocked down Essin, so he did not give Gao Xiaodong a yellow card.

Gao Xiaodong was very happy. He was not afraid of fouls. In that case, it was impossible to stop Essin from shooting without fouls. He would be lucky if he didn't get the cards.

Free kicks in front of the penalty area are usually taken by Lampard and Drogba.

Drogba felt that this free kick was very suitable for him. He discussed with Lampard and stood in front of the ball.

Drogba's free kick is powerful and fast. Once the sight is adjusted correctly, it poses a great threat to the goal.

There is not much time left to end the first half, and Van der Sar is on guard and must not let Drogba score.

When Drogba assisted and prepared to shoot, Gao Xiaodong was different from others. He was also on guard. He knew that Drogba was tough and was afraid that Van der Sar would lose his hand and be shot by others. He had to prepare for the clearance.

Bang!

Drogba volleyed vigorously!

Almost at the same time, Gao Xiaodong rushed towards the goal, and he ran to the right side of the goal. Gao Xiaodong felt that Van der Sar would pounce in this direction.

Not only did Gao Xiaodong have this consciousness, but when Drogba shot, Torres also rushed to the goal immediately, and he also ran in the same direction as Gao Xiaodong.

Sure enough, Van der Sar threw the ball to the right side of the goal. He wanted to throw the ball to the sideline, but because Drogba's free kick was extremely powerful, Van der Sar bounced out without having time to give the ball.

Gao Xiaodong was faster than Torres, and he kicked the ball out of the bottom line with one kick.

Manchester United fans in the stands were worried. After Van der Sar saved the ball, his heart was about to let go when he saw Torres pounce, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat. It was not until Gao Xiaodong kicked the ball out that Manchester United fans felt relieved and applauded Gao Xiaodong, who was dedicated to the key rescue.

The situation at Manchester United is still very tense, and Chelsea still has to continue to serve corner kicks.

This time Manchester United returned to defense at all levels, withdrew Rooney and Hernandez back, and refused to let Chelsea score in the first half.

Lampard made a little change in the corner kick this time. He and Ashley Cole made a tactical corner kick, disrupting the order in the penalty area, and Ashley Cole passed the ball to the penalty area.

This tactical corner kick is very effective. The defenders in the penalty area can no longer find the target to be guarded and can only defend near the distance. As a result, it was Fletcher who defended Drogba.

Fletcher was undoubtedly brave, but it was a joke to compete for the header with Drogba. Seeing Drogba ready to jump, Fletcher desperately grabbed Drogba's jersey and pulled it down.

"Thorn!" Drogba's jersey was torn, but Fletcher still couldn't hold Drogba, and Drogba jumped up and grabbed the landing point.

However, Fletcher's pulling still worked. Drogba didn't jump that high, and the position was a little worse. The ball flew out against the crossbar.

When Drogba saw that the ball was not over the goal net, he immediately grabbed his jersey and went to the referee, saying that Fletcher had committed a foul and asked for a penalty kick.

After all the shots were finished, he even asked for a penalty kick. The referee Ben Quellenka certainly would not agree. He ignored Drogba, waved his hand and asked Van der Sar to serve the ball.
Chapter completed!