FC United won, Manchester United and Tottenham, who were second and fourth in the league, also won, but Liverpool, who had been chasing behind them, dropped the chain in key games, losing 1-0 away to Chelsea, and the difference with fourth-placed Tottenham became three points. With this victory, Chelsea secured their European place two rounds ahead of the competition, and even if they lost all of the last two rounds, they could go straight to the Europa League group stage next season.

Chelsea's next round opponents are FC United, and this game is also crucial for the Reds, who are currently five points ahead of Liverpool and can secure Champions League qualification one round earlier if they win, rather than having to fight Arsenal in the final round for the last European place, and can save all their energy to the Europa League final.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has not sent in substitutes because the league is running out of desire, their task this season is only to complete the league part, and there is also an FA Cup final with Manchester United waiting for them in mid-May, which has become Conte's imaginary rival.

Goalkeeper Courtois, three defenders Azpilicueta, Cahill and Antonio Rudiger, two wing-backs Zapacosta and Alonso, three midfielders N'Golo N'Golo

Chelsea have put out their strongest squad and started attacking as soon as they came up, and although FC United are higher in the table than Chelsea, Conte clearly didn't take the five-goal win in the first half of the season as an opponent.

Lu Wei also has to admit that Conte's coaching ability is something, but his stubborn personality dooms him to not be able to grow in a team, as a defending champion, why even the top four after only one season is a luxury, many Premier League teams, especially the big teams, have eaten Conte's three-back formation, but he still stubbornly uses 352 or 343.

FC United also suffered from unfamiliar opponents in the first half of the season, coupled with the bursting form of Giroud and Hazard at that time, which led to a big loss, but that was by no means a reflection of the true strength of both sides.

Presumably the video of the match between the two teams has been watched by each other for a season, there is no secret for a long time, FC United's starting lineup is similar to Conte's expectations, goalkeeper Edward . Mendy, back four defenders Tavernir, Webster, Maguire and Robertson, three midfielders Hayden, Matuidi and Maddison, the forward combination is Lozano, Daniel. James and Giroud.

St. Maximin has just returned from injury and sits on the bench, and the only surprise to Conte in FC United's starting lineup is that Webster replaced Tarkovsky, and there was no news of Tarkovsky's injury in the pre-match intelligence gathering, and he was sitting on the bench decently.

Webster's height is 5cm taller than Tarkovsky, Conte sat down and thought about it, it should be to defend Sollot, after all, Webster is more familiar with him, and his one-and-a-half team experience is better defense.

But soon reality proved Conte's judgment wrong, and it was not Webster who followed Sollot, but Maguire, who stood by and did not intend to help.

"Am I not thinking right? Or did that Chinese have other ideas?

Conte remembered asking Sollot in preparation for the game. Sollot very cheerfully thinks that it will be Maguire who will be staring at himself, unlikely to be someone else, unless Maguire is not on the field will arrange Webster to watch, as for Lu Wei's tactical style, Sollot is not the kind of player who is very good at using his brains, let him play okay, and at the tactical level he can't say why.

But soon Conte knew Webster's mission, after Hazard broke through Hayden with the ball in the middle, Webster knocked Hazard out of balance with a big stride, and after a while Hazard made a comeback, wanting to use speed to break through directly, but don't look at Webster's height and horse, the speed under his feet is not slow at all, and he caught up with Hazard in three or four steps to destroy the ball with his feet outstretched.

Not many people have been able to catch up with Eden Hazard in terms of speed this year, but he did not expect the tall defender to have such speed, and Conte knew that the young manager on the opposite side was not as easy to deal with as he was in the first half of the season.

Hazard also knew after a few attempts that his characteristics had been thoroughly studied, and instead of stalemating in the middle, he chose to pull the side, you can't follow me to the touchline, then your defensive area is still needed.

But Hazard soon realised why the media rated FC United's full-backs as the best full-back combination in the Premier League, whether it was Tavernir on the right or Robertson on the left, they were not slow players, and Hazard could not find a way to break through inside, and finally could only pass the ball into the box for the Norwegian giants to scramble for headers.

After 20 minutes of probing, both teams decided on the most efficient way to score, which was high-altitude bombing.

FC United's two wings frequently cross the ball, Giroud in the box, Matuidi and Hayden are all good players for headers, Chelsea's three central defenders only Cahill and Rudiger are more than 1.9 meters tall, Azpilicueta is not an authentic central defender, by Giroud to contain Cahill, Maddison, Matuidi and others frequently inserted back to complete header shots on Azpilicueta.

And Chelsea's side did not show weakness, the ground attack could not attack and quickly turned to high fighting, Zappacosta, Alonso, Hazard and Fabregas crosses are greeting Sollot's head, for a while, the football in the air longer than the time spent on the ground.

As the saying goes, quantitative change produces qualitative change, so the direct play style is not necessarily ineffective, both teams have good breakthrough and passing ability, it depends on which of the two centers can seize the opportunity better.

Sollot, 23 years old, 1.95m tall and 94kg, is currently the main striker of the Norwegian national team, scoring 4 goals in 16 appearances for the national team, 8 goals in the first half of the season for FC United, and 4 league goals after joining Chelsea in the winter transfer window.

Olivier Giroud, 32 years old, 1.93 meters tall and weighing 88kg, is currently the main striker of the French national team, scoring 31 goals in 71 appearances, scoring four goals at Arsenal in the first half of the season and six league goals after moving to FC United in the winter transfer window.

The game has turned into a showdown between two high school forwards, a war in the sky, depending on which side has accurate crosses, high quality headers, and which side's back line makes mistakes first.

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