Chapter 130: Ritual

At 6:30pm London time on August 25, the second round of the Premier League was sounded at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea and Magpies and Newcastle United.

Chelsea lost 2-0 at home to Newcastle last season, which was also the only defeat for the Blues in the last ten meetings between the two sides, with five wins and four draws in the remaining nine games, and only two defeats in the last 23 home games against Newcastle, so last season's home defeat was also a shame for Chelsea fans, but this season everything has changed, with a large number of good players joining, Chelsea is no longer the team that was in the same form as last year.

The two sides have met 36 times in the Premier League, with Chelsea holding the upper hand with 17 wins, 11 draws and 8 defeats, including 11 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat at home. The two sides have met 151 times in history, with Chelsea still holding the advantage with 63 wins, 39 draws and 49 defeats.

However, there were still some problems with Chelsea before this game, Terry sprained his neck during training, although it was not serious, but he was still put on the bench by Mourinho, and Ramirez, who did not play in the last game, continued not to play in this game, and Newcastle on the one hand was full of personnel and no one could not play due to injury, but the outside world still supported Chelsea one-sidedly, not only because they had a huge psychological advantage against their opponents at home, but more importantly, Ai Huan still started, and most people thought that as long as this person played, it was equivalent to victory。

Chelsea fans will not let go of Illumination's first home game, and they have been preparing for this game since the end of last week, hoping to impress Irgen, after all, Chelsea has said in many places that Gelsenkirchen is his second home, and now that he is in London, it should be time to show him the enthusiasm of London.

The North Stand at Stamford Bridge is an area dedicated to the Blues' die-hard fans, also known as the Matthew Harding Stand, named in honour of the club's vice-president Matthew Harding, who died in a plane crash in 1996. The Harding Stand may not be as familiar as the KOP, but for Blues fans, the Stand for die-hard fans has a special meaning for them.

At this time, this place is already full of Chelsea diehards in blue jerseys, they are all waiting for Ai Huan to play, they have been there almost an hour ago, and as early as an hour ago, countless blue battle flags have been flying here, this is the spirit of Chelsea, no matter what Chelsea has encountered, what has been experienced, this has always been the soul of Chelsea.

There had been a light rain an hour ago, and the venue was so slippery that the green color looked like it was about to flow. More than 40,000 fans had almost all entered the stadium half an hour before the game, and today a large number of fans walked into Stamford Bridge wearing the number 49 shirt of Ai Huan, with the green river below and the blue sky above.

Abu sat in his VIP box and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling glass window excitedly, with an irrepressible smile on his face: "Christian, look, we haven't thought about this scene for a long time, right?"

The Chelsea general manager next to him is also smiling: "Yes sir, all the evasion tickets this year have been sold out, and we have sold out 500 sets later, and now there are countless scalpers outside who are reselling our tickets, it seems that Chelsea is about to usher in a new peak." ”

"Good, that's what I'm going to see. Abu suddenly stopped talking, and he slowly stood up and walked towards the balcony, because he also heard the cheers of countless fans at this time, and also saw that the players of both sides had appeared on the sidelines, and they were about to warm up for the game.

It's not like Chelsea fans haven't seen a superstar before, but they certainly haven't seen him on their home turf yet, so when they saw him walking out in the number 49 shirt, he immediately burst into applause, and he waved to the fans above.

The stadiums in England are quite different from those of any other country in the world, most of the stadiums here are professional football fields, there are no runways, no railings, no stands above the ground, and you can almost face to face with the fans looking at each other, although this made Ai Fan a little uncomfortable when he first played in England, but now he doesn't care, and even thinks it's funny, after all, he is a person who likes the crowd very much, and listening to the overwhelming cheers makes him even more excited。

However, he still jogged on the sidelines, calculating the length and width of the field, which was also his habit, and no one would have any doubts about this, because this was Ai Fan's signature.

When he ran to the Matthew Harding stand, he suddenly heard a huge sound erupting from there, which provoked Ai Huan to look back, and when he turned his head, he was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him, a huge blue flag was slowly rising, and it was passed upwards from the bottom of the stands, and soon covered the entire stand, and when the flag was finally unfurled, everyone could see that it was a Chelsea No. 49 shirt, and the name on the shirt was written "Welcome to my world"

The online platform that has purchased the Premier League broadcast this season continues to broadcast the game today, but the people involved in the broadcast today have been replaced by Dong Luhe and Yang Chen, who has just returned to China from the London Olympics, this combination is also relatively fresh, but it still attracts the attention of many people, after all, the scale on the Internet is still relatively large, and there is no need to think too much about speaking, so everyone still likes to hear the voice from this place.

Dong Lu also saw this scene for the first time, and immediately shouted: "This is really amazing, after all, Ai Huan has only played one game for Chelsea, and he can get such love from the fans, I'm afraid this is rare anywhere, right?"

"Yes, this kind of ceremony was almost always dedicated to players who have played for the club for many years, and directly to a new player, even Schalke has never seen it back then. ”