Chapter 391: Empty Joy

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Just three minutes ago, the winger Messi had a rather spectacular performance.

The Argentinian won the ball on the right flank, beat two players in quick succession, burst into the box and slotted home to extend Chelsea's lead further.

And this wonderful goal also made the Argentine youngster win the applause of the audience.

In the Premier League, it is extremely rare to have such delicate foot technique.

Messi's wonderful play also stimulated his teammates on the field, coupled with a 3-0 lead, the Chelsea players were relaxed and playful, and frequently appeared in individual performances.

Eighty-three minutes into the game, Glen Johnson crossed from the right and Cesc Fabregas received the ball before his old rival Timo Vernazza was once again close.

"Over him!" Fabregas recalled the manager's words, coupled with the stimulation of his teammate Messi just now, and a bold idea sprung up in his mind.

As soon as his opponent approached, he took two steps to the right, and suddenly made a sharp stop to change direction, turned around and pulled the ball to the left, and the whole person seemed to circle around Wernazza.

At this moment, the English were like an untouched stake.

After getting past Timo Vernazza, Cesc Fabregas couldn't get enough of it, and when he saw another defender approaching, he immediately made a gesture to break to the left, but suddenly made a sudden stop, dunked the ball to the right, and easily passed another one.

Fabregas showed surprising skill in a series of tight breaks, and the home fans in the stadium exclaimed nervously as they saw him dribble into Watford's box.

The opponent's central defender pounced on Cesc Fabregas for the first time, but the Spanish midfielder stopped the ball and turned around, and actually suppressed the opponent's central defender with his body, deftly turned around and pulled the ball over, and gave the opponent's central defender again.

Not to mention the fans in the stadium, even the Chelsea coaching staff on the sidelines were dumbfounded.

A sixteen-year-old who used his physical fitness to suppress the opponent's tall and strong central defender?

Fortunately, it all happened in the blink of an eye, and everyone was only surprised, but they all thought it was an accident.

Cesc Fabregas made a quick stop past three players in a row before making a sudden stop, allowing a defender to cross the ball to the edge of the penalty spot, where Lampard stepped in and fired a comfortable shot into the bottom of the net.

Four to zero!

The whole stadium fell silent!

What can they do against Chelsea like this?

They didn't even play the main lineup, just a few substitutes and a few young players, but even so, they were easily beaten four to zero.

What else can they do?

Gao Han also watched and cheered from the sidelines, applauding the players vigorously.

"That's the basic skill that Barcelona academy players have to train every day, simple but very practical. ā€

Gao Han has been in Barcelona, so he naturally knows the content of the youth training, and he also knows that it is the youth training system created for Barcelona by Cruyff and Van Gaal, two generations of Dutch managers.

Of course, in terms of status in Barcelona, Cruyff must be higher.

"It's kind of like going around in circles. Emery laughed.

Cantarero kept nodding: "But it's very practical, especially when you're pressing. ā€

"These three boys will definitely become great in time. Gao Han is very optimistic about the three young players from Barcelona, "When this season is over, find an opportunity to talk to Barcelona and buy them out." ā€

At the beginning, in order to buy these three youngsters through official channels, Gao Han specially signed a contract with Barcelona, which contained a buyback clause that allowed Barcelona to buy back these three youngsters within two years.

But now, seeing these three youngsters performing better and better, Gao Han is of course reluctant.

As for Barcelona, as long as the price offered is right, they will not refuse.

In European football, talent is the least scarce, and a large number of young talents emerge almost every day, but not all of them eventually live up to expectations.

That's why Barcelona are willing to send away these three players, and at the end of the day, they don't particularly value them either.

What's more, they valued Mendes' Quaresma more at the time.

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With a 4-0 win away at Watford with a substitute and young squad, Chelsea won unanimous praise from all over English football, especially from the media.

The Guardian praised the changes that Alpine has brought about, especially the development of young Chelsea players.

The comments said that the youth army of the city's rival Arsenal has always been very good and has achieved very good results, relatively speaking, Chelsea's youth training is very bad, so many years except for one Terry, no other player has been able to establish himself in the first team, and there was even an embarrassing case where the starting eleven players were all foreign players.

However, Gao Han's arrival has integrated Chelsea's youth training system, not only vigorously promoting local players, but even increasing the introduction of outstanding young players from abroad and cultivating them, such as Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Robben, Pique and other players.

It was a game where everyone saw how amazing the potential of Chelsea's youth teams was, with Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie and even Gerard Pique and Robert Hutter as centre-backs all excelling at the back.

Watford manager Ray Levington came through the Chelsea Academy and was very appreciative of Chelsea's Lionel Messi in his post-match interview.

'I've never seen a talent as good as him, at such a young age, with so much skill and guts, to be able to carry the load in the knockout cup and even more rarely, to be so good, it's amazing. ā€

The manager, who is known for training players in English football, even joked with Gao Han on the spot that if Chelsea were willing to sell, he would not hesitate to buy Messi to Watford.

But in this regard, Gao Han smiled and did not respond.

At the same time, the Guardian also praised Gao Han's use of England's homegrown players.

Joe Cole, Parker and Glen Johnson have all been outstanding this season, and while none of them are in the starting line-up for the time being, they are all a glimpse of their progress and the direction of their future development.

What's even more rare is that they are very compatible with the mainlandized transmission and control system that Gao Han insisted on.

Only Frank Lampard, who scored a brace in this game and was voted Man of the Match was impressed, but the player seemed to be disappointed that he had lost his place in the main team, and there were even rumours that he would leave Chelsea during the winter break, and there were many teams interested in him, including Manchester United.

This has also left many Chelsea fans feeling disappointed, as Frank Lampard has been an important part of Chelsea's past but seems to be out of step with Gao Han's tactical philosophy, which has cost him his place in the main team.

What makes him even more desperate is that the competitors are too strong, not to mention Veron, who is in a recovering state, and Deco, who is in full swing, even if it is the rising star Joe Cole, it seems that he has more opportunities than him.

Therefore, Chelsea fans regret Lampard's departure from the team, but it is also difficult to keep him.

However, Gao Han said in an interview with the media that the club has no plans to bring in reinforcements and sell players during the winter break.

This is tantamount to directly denying the rumours of Lampard's transfer, and at the same time indirectly clarifying the outside world that Chelsea will bring in Crespo and Shevchenko at a large amount of money during the winter break, further stabilizing the morale of the army.

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In England, the FA Cup is a very important traditional cup competition, and its impact is not even lost to the league, as evidenced by the fact that it was scheduled for the weekend, forcing the league to be postponed until midweek.

After the FA Cup, the 20th round of the Premier League was ushered in midweek.

Chelsea host Liverpool.

Houllier's team has not performed well this season, currently sitting sixth in the Premier League, and in terms of strength, it is close to Newcastle, and even not much distance from Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and other teams.

This is also very in line with the current situation in the Premier League, Manchester United and Arsenal are much stronger than other teams, so these two teams have monopolized the Premier League title for a long time, and Chelsea has risen to prominence this season, relying on the large investment of Russian billionaires and the integration of Gao Han, quickly catching up with the two giants.

As for Liverpool, whether it is investment or its own strength, it can't catch up with the top three.

Therefore, this game was at Stamford Bridge, and after many days of rest, Chelsea, who played their main team, cleanly knocked Liverpool 2-0.

Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring for Chelsea after just 25 minutes of the first half, before Zlatan Ibrahimovic added a second-half goal to send the Reds away from Stamford Bridge 2-0 to defend the leaders.

Manchester United, on the other hand, beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 away from home thanks to Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal to retain second place in the table.

Arsenal dropped points again, drawing 1-1 with Everton, and Thierry Henry did not score again.

But three days later, when Arsenal hosted Middlesbrough, Thierry Thierry opened the scoring for the Gunners in a four-1 home win over Middlesbrough.

However, just hours later, Chelsea beat Leicester City 4-0 at the away side, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic netting a first-half brace and Samuel Eto'o's goal to make it 3-0.

In the second half, Ferreira scored another goal to help his team win by four goals.

Only Manchester United were held to a 0-0 draw by Newcastle.

On January 18, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, the Blues welcomed Birmingham at home.

Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 36th minute, before second-half goals from Ronaldinho and substitute Arjen Robben sealed a 3-0 win over Birmingham.

It was with this first-half goal that Eto'o finally caught up with Thierry Henry in the scorers' charts.

But just as Gao Han was preparing to taunt the British media after the game, Henry scored a brace away from home to help Arsenal beat Aston Villa 2-0 and crush Eto'o to death.

Yes, there was a joy in vain!

This made Gao Han full of depression, especially Henry's second goal, which turned out to be a penalty, even the referee was helping him score a goal, which really made people kneel!

It seems that the idea of countering the British media can only be postponed for the time being.

In the scorers' charts, Thierry Henry is first with seventeen goals, Shearer is second with sixteen, Samuel Eto'o is third with fifteen, Ruud van Nistelrooy has fourteen and Ibrahimovic and Saha have both scored thirteen.