Chapter 409: Star Black Hole
The Blues dynasty is born!
It was the front page headline in the British media after Chelsea won the league title ahead of schedule. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Winning streak, winning streak!
Remember that at the beginning of the season, many British media and fans were pessimistic about Gao Han's coaching prospects, no matter what their purpose was, but they did not think that Gao Han would succeed at Chelsea, let alone continue the glory of Atletico Madrid.
But now, they have to admit that they were wrong.
And it couldn't be more wrong!
In charge of Chelsea, Gao Han not only continued the glory of the Atletico Madrid period, but also allowed Chelsea to win consecutive victories, winning the League Cup and the Premier League, and maintaining a strong competition for the FA Cup and League Cup, with a quadruple crown in sight.
This is an unprecedented feat in the history of the Premier League!
Houllier's five-time win at Liverpool stunned the whole of European football, but it was won in two seasons, including the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup, as well as the Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup the following season.
Strictly speaking, the five crowns have a lot of water and a low gold content.
But if Gao Han leads the team to win the quadruple, it will definitely be genuine, because it includes a Premier League title.
What's more, Gao Han's team has maintained a winning streak so far, which is a unique feat in the history of the Premier League and even the entire English top league.
Who's to say that with Chelsea's current momentum and strong quality, they won't be able to continue to make gains in the Premier League and Europe next season?
With Chelsea winning the title early, all eyes were turned to the FA Cup and UEFA Cup, as well as the bet with the media at the start of the alpine season, about who would score more goals between Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry.
At the same time, there is also a lot of media hype, hoping to see Chelsea coached by Gao Han in the European arena next season, and meet Atletico Madrid, which he once coached.
The Sheets have been weakened after losing a number of stalwarts last summer, but under Heynckes' coaching, they still have a strong dominance in La Liga, and are currently at the top of La Liga, with a very high chance of two consecutive titles.
And everyone knows that in addition to Heynckes' excellent coaching, all this also relies on the solid foundation laid by Gao Han at the beginning, at least the current star of the Sheets Army has been promoted and cultivated by Gao Han.
Because of that, everyone thinks that it must be very interesting for Chelsea to meet Atletico Madrid.
For such speculation, Gao Han smiled and did not give a positive answer.
However, in the FA Cup semi-finals, Chelsea beat Millwall head-on, beating them 3-0 thanks to goals from Frank Lampard, Arjen Robben and Gudjohnsson to advance to the FA Cup final.
In the other game, Arsenal lost 1-0 at home to Manchester United, with Paul Scholes scoring the winning goal.
Manchester United and Chelsea will both meet in the FA Cup final, which immediately caused a stir in the media.
The reason is simple, this time Chelsea still have to go into the South dressing room.
Alex Ferguson was disappointed by Chelsea's final but said United would do everything in their power to win the FA Cup.
In fact, this is the only possible trophy for United this season.
On the contrary, it was the unlucky Arsenal, who first lost the league, then soon lost the FA Cup, and then lost the Champions League to Heynckes' Atletico Madrid 0-2 at home in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, after a 1-1 draw away from home in the first leg, and continued to lose the Champions League.
Having lost the entire season in just over a week, Arsene Wenger has lost nothing this season.
The only fig leaf left is Thierry Henry, who is number one in the Premier League's scorer list.
This season's Champions League has also been a succession of upsets, including Arsenal, Real Madrid, AC Milan and other traditional giants all stopped in the quarterfinals, and AC Milan even lost 0-4 away to Deportivo La Coruna after winning 4-1 at home.
The four teams that reached the semi-finals were Atletico Madrid, Porto, Deportivo La Coruna and Monaco.
As the defending champions, Atletico Madrid drew Ligue 1 side Monaco and Porto drew Deportivo La Coruna.
But this has nothing to do with the cold for the time being.
After the FA Cup, Chelsea travelled non-stop to take on Inter Milan.
The Nerazzurri have had a rough season, and after last summer's managerial crisis, Cooper was retained, but the start of the season was disappointing, and Moratti finally got up with him in October, sacking him and replacing him with Zaccheroni.
But Zaccheroni's tenure at Inter Milan has been similarly unimpressive.
In this game against Chelsea, Zaccheroni didn't know whether he wanted to play the Blues by surprise, or for some other reason, he actually put out a three, four, three lineup, and was still chasing midfield organization and control.
This style of play made Gao Han incomprehensible from the beginning, but it did not prevent Chelsea from pressing heavily and focusing on the guest.
Under the intense pressing and pressing of the Blues, Zaccheroni's Inter Milan passed and received a lot of mistakes, and the Blues played counter-attacks again and again, and Eto'o was quite good in this style of play.
But it was Ibrahimovic who scored the winning goal for Chelsea.
The Swedish centre-forward struck in the second half with a massive attack from the Blues, and in the 51st minute, he took advantage of Ronaldinho's over-the-top ball, received the ball in the box, deftly slotted past Córdoba, and then slotted home with a left-footed volley.
It was also the only goal of the game as Chelsea came out on top to beat their opponents 1-0.
Zaccheroni was also unhappy with his team's defeat, and in his post-match press conference, he even said angrily in front of Gao Han: "We just lost our focus in a defensive game, and the other side had better luck." ”
Gao Han couldn't help but put on a grimace when he sat next to him, which also made all the reporters present feel the helplessness in his heart.
However, Gao Han did not fall into the trap in the end, but followed Zaccheroni's words and said that Inter Milan did not play as well as they should, and said that the second leg at Stamford Bridge would be more difficult.
But it seems that someone doesn't see it that way.
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As early as when the League Cup draw for Chelsea, Moratti called Gao Han, hoping that when Gao Han led the team to Milan, he could accept his invitation and have a meal together.
Despite the busy schedule of the Blues, Gao Han took time out of his busy schedule to meet with Moratti after the game, in the restaurant of the hotel where Chelsea were staying.
In this regard, Gao Han felt Moratti's hospitality, but he was also a little embarrassed, after all, he had just defeated someone else's home stadium, and now he turned around and ate with Moratti, which was indeed a little embarrassing.
However, Moratti does not seem to think that it was Chelsea who beat Inter.
"We lost to ourselves!" Moratti sighed wistfully.
When Gao Han heard this, he suddenly understood something.
Although Inter Milan played a three, four, and three formation in this game, the forward line was not the main center Vieri, nor the Brazilian center Adriano, who was recalled from Parma during the winter break, but the Argentine veteran Cruz.
This is strange and unexpected for Gao Han.
Vieri has been Inter's most in-form centre-forward this season, while Adriano has also been outstanding at Parma, and if it makes sense that the latter is not trusted by Zaccheroni, it would be problematic not to be able to do so.
When collecting information about opponents, Gao Han noticed that there were problems between Vieri and Zaccheroni, and the Italian center forward was also in a bad mood because of the contract conditions that could not be negotiated.
In his post-match press conference, Zaccheroni was asked by reporters why he was not playing Vieri, who he said was injured, but just two days earlier, Vieri had vowed that he was in great form and eager to challenge Chelsea.
The answer is already obvious, there is something wrong within Inter.
Vieri is indeed a thorn, there is a lot of off-field news, which also affects his performance on the field, and more importantly, his style of play is very dependent on the body, once the physical fitness declines, the performance is immediately reduced, coupled with the player's own lack of self-discipline, the form has dropped sharply this season.
Although he is only 30 years old, Vieri is no longer the super BOBO of the past.
There is another person in the same situation, and that is left-back Koko.
The Italian left-back, who performed reasonably well in Barcelona, was favored by Inter Milan after returning to Serie A, and even did not hesitate to exchange Seedorf.
From the standpoint of Inter Milan at the time, it should be said that it is not completely unacceptable to replace Seedorf, who Cooper did not like, for the left-back Koko, who is urgently needed by the team, but who knows, Koko has been injured since coming to Inter Milan, and there is no work ethic at all.
Looking in the Inter Milan squad, where is Koko?
Saying it scares you to death!
During the critical period of the season, this guy took his movie star girlfriend to the Italian seaside town of Lericci to recuperate.
Is it Leric's climate that is more conducive to the recovery of players?
Or can his movie star girlfriend heal?
There are many other cases of the same, and it is definitely no accident that Inter Milan is known as a black hole of stars.
Gao Han couldn't laugh or cry about the situation of Inter Milan, and then looked at the sad and bitter Daddy Mo in front of him, he really couldn't say anything, he could only sigh deeply.
Moratti is also a smart person, and when he heard Gao Han's sigh, he could feel what Gao Han was thinking.
Even he understood that Gao Han rejected Inter Milan because the internal management of the team was very chaotic, so he would rather go to Chelsea than come to Inter Milan.
But look at Inter Milan this season, and then look at Chelsea coached by Gao Han, it would be great if it was replaced!
Thinking of this, Moratti raised his head again, looked at Gao Han deeply, and sighed.
"Actually, I am very aware of the problems of the team, and sometimes I remind myself that I should trust the manager of the team as much as possible, but the result is ......"
Moratti also looked helpless and depressed, "I used to trust Cooper very much, but he quickly disappointed us all, and now, I don't know who I should trust, the more worried and worried I am, the more I want to know, the more ......"
At the end, Moratti let out another long sigh.
It's like a vicious circle.
Gao Han suddenly understood him a little, and even sympathized with him.
In this vicious circle, none of them are easy.
"Perhaps, you should find someone you can trust completely and entrust you with the task. He advised.
Moratti nodded and smiled, and looked at Gao Han again, "Yes, I found it, and I've been waiting for him." ”