Chapter 480: Abramovich's obsession
As a Chelsea owner, the family history of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has long been dug up by the media. 。
Abramovich's upbringing is impressive, his mother died when he was 1 year old, and unfortunately when he was 4 years old, his father also died in a car accident, and now he has become the target of the world's major media pursuits, becoming the fourth largest in Russia and the world's top 5o richest people, he has no illustrious family wealth to inherit, all his wealth is obtained by his own hard work.
What always helped him was his innate business sense, even a little unruly, but it was very interesting that when he first started to accumulate his wealth, he really didn't seem to have any "faith", the most powerful evidence of which was that during Abramovich's service, he sold stolen gasoline to officers and tried to raise the price a lot to make a profit.
When he married his first wife, Olga O1ga, Abramovich used the $2ooo wedding money given to him by his parents-in-law to invest in a special business, contraband smuggling in Moscow, which was an illegal but lucrative business that saved Abu's first pot of gold.
After the great success of his smuggling business, Abramovich ventured into manufacturing, opening a plastic toy factory and designing the production of auto parts. Shortly thereafter, in 1988, when the Soviet Union's political and economic reforms began, his wife Olga O1ga opened a toy company that was also hugely successful, and in the years that followed, Abramovich ventured into different business sectors, from the oil industry to pig farms, from security companies to everything else.
Abramovich was so swelling by the windfall profits from his illegal business that in 1992 he was charged with "stealing government property" for using forged documents to ship 55 wagons of diesel. But the matter was quickly calmed down and quickly forgotten, and later, he found his important partner, Berezovsky.
The two men then engaged in a highly controversial "debt-for-equity" buyover, in which they acquired Sibneft, Russia's largest oil company, for a price that was actually 25 times less than the company's true market capitalization. Later, Abramovich also admitted that billions of dollars were spent to protect the officials involved in the purchases. He even hired gangsters to bolster additional security, and after the acquisition of Siberian Oil, it quickly regained its vitality and returned to production at $3o a year.
Abramovich's next target was the aluminum industry, and after the privatization of Russia, a "war on aluminum" broke out in Russia, in which many people were murdered and about 2o people were killed in that conflict, and the ultimate winner of this "war" was Abramovich.
In 2oo3, Roman Abramovich became the owner of the Chelsea team, or more precisely the owner of the company that controlled the team, and it was on this day that Chelsea, a quasi-powerhouse noted in British history, began his evolution into a giant.
Roman Abramovich was definitely a generous owner, and under his rule, Chelsea made one big signing after another, and Chelsea began to shine as they slewd.
However, now, there is no doubt that Yang Fan and Chelsea have passed by, which has become the biggest regret of the Chelsea owners who like to collect stars.
"Mr. Alfaim, you've made a good deal. Abramovich said.
Manchester City club president Alfaim heard Abramovich's words, and it was difficult to hide his pride, in fact, the successful introduction of Yang Fan is definitely the most memorable event in the history of Manchester City club. It is also the thing he is most proud of.
"Mr. Alfaim, I like Yang Fan very much. Abramovich said, "Say, what conditions do you need to make Manchester City cut love?"
Hearing that Abramovich was still playing Yang Fan's idea, Alfaim was immediately alert, and his head shook like a rattle, "No, no, Mr. Abramovich, Yang Fan is not for sale, we will not sell it." ”
"There is no such thing as a real non-sale in this world. Abu said.
"Yang Fan is an exception! He is not for sale at Manchester City, a real non-sale!" Alfaim affirmed that although he does not know football so well, he also clearly knows the importance of Yang Fan to Manchester City, this is a great player who can lead the team to a new era, not to mention, Manchester City's big boss Sheikh Mansour is a fan of Yang Fan.
Abramovich saw that Manchester City was resolute, so he didn't say anything, and the reason why he mentioned this matter just now was also to test Manchester City's attitude. It's just that Abu's heart is still unwilling, this stubborn Russian has a stubborn character that does not give up until the goal is reached, and Abu is now well aware of Yang Fan's excellence, with Yang Fan, Chelsea will greatly increase the pace of dominating Europe!
In Abu's eyes, Yang Fan is the most important piece of the puzzle for his Chelsea dynasty.
'Things are not good for Chelsea. Alfaim smiled slightly and said with some smugness.
"Hmph, I'm sure my team won't let me down. Abramovich snorted coldly.
Roman Abramovich says he believes in his team, not to mention where his confidence comes from, but the performance of the Chelsea players on the pitch is commendable.
Ahead of the game, Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola had said Chelsea could win against Manchester City, and he believed that the Blues' experience would be crucial if they were to win. More than half of the Blues' squad have played in a Champions League final. This kind of experience is especially important for a team.
Falling behind 1-3 did not make Chelsea surrender, but only boosted their fighting spirit.
Maybe it was the 3-1 lead that made City's players a little slack. Facing Chelsea's counterattack, it was a bit of a surprise. They seem to have forgotten that this is Chelsea's home stadium, this is Stamford Bridge, the stadium that has been the most terrifying home stadium in Europe since the Jose Mourinho era, and despite the modest management of the two short-lived managers of Grant and Scolari, Chelsea are still a resilient team at Stamford Bridge!
In the 39th minute, De Jong was forced by Mikel to pass the ball back to right-back Zabaleta.
Zabaleta controlled the ball and looked at the situation in front of him, trying to find a way to pass the ball, but he didn't expect Essien to press so fiercely, Zabaleta hurriedly got his feet, and he kicked the ball forward.
Frank Lampard grabbed Wright. Phillips heads the ball back in front and Lampard gets the ball!
De Jong pounces on Lampard!
Frank Lampard reacted quickly and showed his mastery of his feet, only to see him pull the ball down the board and let it pass de Jong's tackle, followed by a flick of his right ankle and a beautiful cross up front.
On Lampard's passing path, he had already started assisting left-back Ashley. Kerr was already sprinting high, and the ball flew towards him, puffing out his chest and unloading it beautifully.
Ashley. Kerr then dribbled the ball down the flank and hoisted the ball into the box with his left foot before Kolarov could come up to intercept!
Anelka nodded in front of the goalkeeper, but instead of being able to get the ball on target from Kolo Toure's close defence, he hit the ball on the back of his head and it flew to the other side of the goal.
There Drogba leaned on Richards, stretched out a kick, he didn't make any extra moves, and directly got up and volleyed!
"Drogba...... He volleyed straight into the air!"
Drogba's burst of power!
The degree of football is naturally very amazing!
Hart was shocked when he saw Drogba's shot, and hurried to block Drogba's shot, but just after making a save, the ball had already flown past him and spun into the goal behind him!
“goooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaa1!”
"Drogba gooooooaaaa1!"
Didier Drogba...... The ball is in!Drogba's goal!What a beautiful goal!2:3!!!"Seeing Drogba's burst into the ball, the London commentator jumped up from his seat, Chelsea's counterattack, to be exact, nothing particularly outstanding, he didn't expect Chelsea to score this time, and he could see such a beautiful goal.
'It's 3-2! It's a great deal, it's still early, Chelsea have no hope of equalising or even winning. The commentator continued to shout, "There seems to be nothing special about Chelsea's attack, but the attack is layered, Ashley. Cole's insertion was key, but of course, it was Drogba who was most commendable! Our monster showed us his power football again! ”
"Drogba! He's like an ancient giant elephant, he showed us what the aesthetics of violence is, and it's a brilliant shot that Joe Hart can't do anything about it. ”
'It's two-three!!' Chelsea closed the gap to one goal. ”
"Manchester City has Yang Fan, we at Chelsea have Drogba!" declared the Chelsea Radio commentator proudly, his arms raised in the air, his face full of excitement and pride.
Drogba's goal made the whole Stamford Bridge boil.