When Chelsea's team was announced, the speculation began. How will Carlo Ancelotti set-out his team? Two months ago, the selection would neatly fit into the 4-3-3 Ancelotti'd used over the preceding year. Now, choosing that 4-3-3 would be as curious as starting a England stereotype 4-4-2.
FC Copenhagen Vs. Chelsea: What Formation Is Ancelotti Using Today?
Which is exactly what Chelsea has chosen. Ramires is wide right. Florent Malouda is wide left, with Michael Essien playing the deeper of the central midfielders. Nicolas Anelka and Fernando Torres are partnered up-top.
In the match’s opening moments, the story has been less about Chelsea’s set-up and more about Copenhagen’s energy. Perhaps predictably, the home side has come out pressuring their visitors, exhibiting the excitement you’d expect to see from a team playing the biggest match in the club’s history. True, Copenhagen did host Barcelona in group stage. But this is the knockout round. The stakes are much higher.
Six minutes into the match, neither club has registered a shot on goal, though Copenhagen center half Matthias Zanka Jorgensson has already picked up a yellow card for bringing down an attacker who was about to get on a long ball behind the defense. The resulting set piece gave the crowd its first moment of worry, but after seven minute, the match remained scoreless.
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