Chapter 372: The first battle of the Premier League
In the afternoon, a luxury plane from Alaska slowly landed at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Not long after, Abramovich walked out of the VIP tunnel of the airport, escorted by a group of bodyguards in black suits.
There is a long row of silver BMW 735 luxury cars parked at the gate of the airport, and the most conspicuous one in the middle is still a limited extended version.
With such a large number of BMW 735 and such a uniform color, let alone in Liverpool, even in London, it is extremely rare, and such a grand occasion naturally attracts the attention of curious passers-by inside and outside the airport.
If it weren't for a group of powerful bodyguards standing next to the car, I'm afraid someone would have stepped forward to find out.
Soon, Abramovich and his party left the airport hall and got straight into the long row of BMWs, leaving the airport and heading straight for Anfield.
As Abramovich's confidant and chief assistant, Marina Granovskia knows the temperament of her boss very well, so she has prepared a newspaper to kill time in the car and brewed a cup of fragrant Americano coffee in advance.
Sitting in the carriage, crossing Erlang's legs, sipping just hot coffee, looking at the freshly baked newspaper.
"Why is it that all the newspapers today are related to the cold?" Abramovich was a little curious.
The Sun, The Times, The Mirror, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Independent......
Almost all of the front-page headlines in the large stack of newspapers in the carriage were about Alpine and Chelsea, which surprised Abramovich, who had been vacationing in Alaska for some time.
Marina Granovskia immediately recounted what had happened yesterday in a nutshell, but instead of expressing her opinion, she waited for her boss to take a stand.
"This will offend the whole British media. Abramovich chuckled.
The way he looked, it was as if it was nothing more than a trivial thing for him.
He put down the newspaper in his hand and looked at the assistant opposite, "What's the problem?"
Marina Granovskia did not hesitate and replied directly: "It's Pini." ”
"Pinny?" Abramovich nodded, "What's wrong with him?"
'He told me that all but a few players from home England had been handled by Jorge Mendes this summer, and that there were a couple of transfers that were questionable and he thought there were a bit of problems. ”
After Abramovich heard this, he first remained silent, just looked at his assistant silently, but then laughed, "It's normal, we want to poach people, and if we want to compete with those giants, we must come up with a higher price." ”
"There are two things that are most attractive in professional football, one is fame and the other is profit, since we can't compete with the big teams in terms of fame, then we have to work profit, these are all psychological preparations. ”
As he spoke, he gently opened the curtain on the back of the BMW and pointed out the window at the rapidly receding scenery.
"Marina, you see, people always say that you have to be slow to be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window, but for us, slow, we can't catch up with those giants in our lifetime, and if we want to overtake in corners, we have to be faster and more ruthless than them. ”
"Well...... Abramovich chuckled as he looked back at his assistant, "...... If it's going to be fast, you're definitely missing out on the beautiful scenery, so, most importantly, we have to be clear about what we want, you know what I mean?"
Marina Granovskia was able to become Abramovich's close assistant, naturally she was not an ordinary person, she was very smart, often a little bit thorough, so she quickly understood what the boss meant.
Pini Zahavi's words, right or wrong, are of no use to Chelsea at the moment.
Since Abramovich chose Gao Han to become the head coach of the team, he has put the burden of revitalizing Chelsea in the hands of Gao Han, not to mention that there is no tangible evidence that Gao Han is greedy, even if there is really evidence in front of Abramovich, he will not even pay attention to it.
For that summer's transfer, how much can you collect for black gold?
Millions, okay, tens of millions, enough, right?
But in Abramovich's opinion, this money is not even a fart at all, will he care?
As long as he still thinks that Gao Han can help him achieve his goal as soon as possible, he will not pay attention to such rumors.
If one day, he wants Gao Han to leave class, it must be that he thinks that Gao Han will not be able to complete the task he has given.
When that time comes, whether there is a problem or not, he says yes, then there must be.
Because at Chelsea, he's the supreme sky!
"I see, boss. Marina Granovskia replied instructively.
She now knew exactly what Abramovich meant.
"It's good to understand. Abramovich closed the curtains again, and the carriage was much darker.
"But, Marina, you know, Pini is a broker, and the reason why he says that is because we spent 200 million this summer, but he didn't get much, and the lion's share went to Jorge Mendes, so he's not happy, but he's smart. ”
Marina Granovskchia understood what the boss meant, at least Pini Zahavi did not participate in the media action against Gao Han, and took the initiative to tell Marina Granovskia, which in itself was a shrewd side.
"When you tell Pini, just say I know, reassure him. ”
"Understood. ”
"By the way, how is the preparation of the TV reporter?"
"Well, the famous BBC TV reporters and interview team have arrived, right in the box, and they will accompany you throughout the game and film the whole interview. ”
"Very good. ”
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"Welcome to Sky TV, I'm your old friend, Andy Gray. ”
"Hi, I'm Martin Taylor. ”
"We're going to talk about it today, the highlight of the Premier League's first round of this season, with Liverpool taking on the Blues at Anfield. ”
"I'm sure everyone is looking forward to this game because it is the first official appearance of the season for Gao Han in charge of Chelsea, and we are all looking forward to seeing if his Chelsea will be able to set sail. ”
'Yes, that's right, the first round of the league is crucial for the newly formed Chelsea. Martin Taylor continued.
'We could see that the owner of Chelsea's backroom, Russian Roman Roman Abramovich, was also on the scene, but the Anfield fans did not seem to welcome him and booed him. ”
'Okay, we've got the starting line-ups for both teams. ”
Liverpool still adopted their own 442 formation, with Houllier starting with goalkeeper Dudek, Reese, Hyypia, Henjoz and Carragher at the back, Diouf, Murphy, Biscayne and Colwill in midfield, and Heskey and Owen up front. ”
'Chelsea's side played in a four-three-three formation, with Edwin van der Sar in goal, Bridge, Gallas, John Terry and Ferreira at the back, Deco, Makelele and Veron in midfield, and Ronaldinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sato'o Eto'o up front. ”
"Martin, what do you think of the starting line-ups for both teams?"
Martin Taylor immediately took over the topic, "Yes, I took a look at Liverpool's starting line-up, and the main midfielder Hamann was injured and couldn't make it to this game, which will be a big disadvantage for Liverpool, because we all know that in the middle of last season, when Hamann was absent, Liverpool went 11 games without a win. ”
"Yes, that's right. Andy Gray agrees, "Later, after Hamann returned, Liverpool quickly came out of the slump and played a great role in their final top-four in the league. ”
"That's right, there is also midfielder Steven Gerrard who is not in the squad, and we all know that not long ago, there were media critics of him, thinking that his form was not stable enough for a long time, his skills were not rising, but his temper was getting bigger and bigger, especially the renewal of his contract with the team in the recent period, which made a lot of trouble. ”
"Judging from the line-up of Houllier's game, he should still have to play on the wings, but we all know that the high school forward Huskey is not very good at scoring, and Owen is relatively short, so I doubt that the two-wing style of play can be effective at Liverpool. ”
"Well, that makes sense. Andy Grezan said.
'As for Chelsea, I think Gao Han's attitude was very clear from the start, he still had to play passing, and Makelele was definitely not the kind of defensive midfielder with rough skills at his feet as we imagined. ”
"Yes, Zidane said that letting go of Makelele, Real Madrid's midfield lost a very important point of the ball, which shows the technical characteristics of the French back. ”
"Yes, the midfield combination of Makelegade Cogabelong, I am personally looking forward to it, and now it will be up to Gao Han to make good use of Veron and control the ball in the game. ”
"Another very noteworthy point is the trident of Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovic and Eto'o, Gao Han has a very high opinion of these three players, and we all know that Gao Han has always been very good at mining talent, and he even did not hesitate to bet with the media all over the UK for the sake of his love for the sake of his generals, which shows his strong self-confidence. ”
'So, we're really looking forward to seeing Chelsea's debut now. ”
On the live broadcast of the game, the players of the two teams walked into the stadium one after another under the leadership of the referee, and the entire Anfield stadium suddenly heard bursts of cheers, mixed with boos.
It was clear that the cheers were for the home team Liverpool and the boos were for Chelsea.
"Both teams are in and the game is about to start. ”
"We saw the head coach of both teams, Gao Han, shake hands with Liverpool's Houllier at the exit of the tunnel, but the Liverpool fans in the stadium responded with enthusiastic boos. ”
Since his debut at Atletico Madrid, Gao Han has won all of his games, which is unprecedented in the history of the European professional league, and Houllier also said in his pre-match press conference that it would be a great honor for him to beat Gao Han. ”
Now, both teams are ready to see if Houllier can end Alpin's winning streak or if Allegia will lead his Chelsea to a smooth start. ”
With the referee's whistle, the first round of the Premier League focus battle officially started!