Chapter 691: Club World Cup
The news of Elogh's back-to-back Ballon d'Or has not faded as Chelsea host West Ham United, who are in the round of 17 of the league.
Speaking of this West Ham team, we have to talk about their association with Chelsea this season, not to mention Frank Lampard's sky-high transfer to Chelsea, but this season West Ham United manager has a great relationship with Chelsea, because their manager is once rated as the greatest player in the history of Chelsea Football Club - Zola.
So before the game, Chelsea fans were quite polite to this West Ham team.
Zola's first appearance at Stamford Bridge as an opponent also expressed his strange feelings, but also expressed that he is now the manager of West Ham United and came to Stamford Bridge to win the game!
Mourinho hid some of the main players in the Club World Cup in order to allow the main players to have a good physical condition, and Drogba, Ballack, and Essien, who had just returned from injury, did not even enter the 18-man squad, and even Iroh was placed on the bench and waited for him.
The first half was 0:0 and ended with a blank.
Iroh didn't get a chance to play until the 70th minute of full-time.
"Now standing on the sidelines ready to play is my country's player Iro, who has just won the European Ballon d'Or awarded by "French Football", which is commonly known as the European Footballer of the Year, congratulations to Iroh for winning the European Ballon d'Or for a second consecutive year! Chelsea were strongly blocked at home by local rivals West Ham United, and it is believed that his appearance will bring new vitality to this team! ”
CCTV Premier League commentator Zhan Jun said excitedly.
As soon as the words fell, Iello on the field found an excellent opportunity, Modric took a corner, but did not drive into the box, but sent to Iello outside the box, who did not stop the ball and directly volleyed with his left foot and instep, the football flew straight to the goal like a cannonball, England international Green did not react, and the Chelsea fans in the stands were ready to cheer for the goal, but ...... The ensuing 'clang' sound deflated them.
The ball slammed into the crossbar and flew off the baseline.
However, when the West Ham players thought they were out of the way, Arlo had another great chance to play the 70 minutes of the game, much more fitness than the players who played most of the half, and combined with the speed and technical advantages, he broke through on both flanks.
In the 76th minute, Iello received a through ball from Modric in the area of about 30 meters from the bottom line on the left rib, and directly shook his upper body in the face of Behrami's defense, and quickly moved the ball to the right after deceiving his center of gravity, and forced a breakthrough!
Then he shot directly from distance before England international Uppson, the ball drew a beautiful arc in mid-air, England international Green reacted, but his physical indicators prevented him from fully spreading his body in mid-air, and the ball almost pressed his fingertips into the far corner of the goal.
Whew—
Stamford Bridge was instantly transformed into a sea of joy.
With five minutes to go, Iroh took advantage of a corner kick to extend the score to two.
In the end, Chelsea beat West Ham United at home thanks to two second-half goals from Elo.
After the game, West Ham United manager Gianfranco Gianfranco Zola kept shaking his head at his regular press conference: "We have done our best, but when we meet the best player in the world, all we can do is wait, because only God can stop him from ......"
When the London media also mentioned Iro's achievements at Chelsea, Zola did not look unnatural, but said very frankly: "I was the greatest player at Chelsea in the past, but I have to say ...... The fans in the stands have forgotten about Ai's Cunzài and he will be the greatest player at Stamford Bridge......"
Chelsea's greatest player of the past praised Iello in such a high-profile way that none of the media in attendance had ever expected.
The Chinese reporters who came to the scene were particularly excited, in the past Valencia period, Ailo became the greatest player in the history of Valencia because he led Valencia to win the first treble in Spanish history, and now he is called the new Chelsea's greatest player by the greatest player in Chelsea history, which is equivalent to the deeds you did good deeds without leaving a name to be told by a third person in person.
Refreshing!
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The following morning, the entire Chelsea squad travelled to Tokyo, Japan, on owner Roman Abramovich's private jet, where they will face the winner of the quarter-finals between Adelaide and Gamba Osaka at the Yokohama International Arena on the 18th.
As for coming to Tokyo first, it was because of participating in sponsors' events.
On the afternoon of the 15th, Chelsea club officials and 23-man squad players arrived at Tokyo's Narita Airport by special plane.
Without any announcement, countless local Japanese fans have gathered at the international exit of Tokyo's Narita Airport, most of which are women.
To Elo's surprise, many of the female fans who arrived at Tokyo's Narita Airport held up their own posters, followed by the rest of the Chelsea players......
But then again, Iroh is the most beautiful player in this Chelsea team, and it is normal for him to be the most concerned by female fans, plus he is the No. 1 star in Asia, and I think that Japanese women are the most admired is the strong, like Iro, a player who won the European Golden Ball Award for two consecutive years, naturally belongs to the object of admiration of Japanese female fans.
"Hey, Ai...... It seems that you are very popular with Japanese female fans. Modric, who has a tacit understanding with Iroh on the court, has also become more and more familiar with Iroh in life, so when Japanese female fans chanted Iro's name, he bumped Iroh on the shoulder and said with a wink.
Iroh waved his hand to greet the local Japanese female fan and said proudly, "Of course...... Don't look at the looks of you scumbags, we're the number one handsome guy in Chelsea! There is wood?? ”
Modric pulled his long hair behind his ears, rolled his eyes, and was about to hit Iroh, but Mikel heard what he said just now, and turned around and shouted: "Ai, you said you are the number one handsome guy in Chelsea?" Have you asked me? After speaking, he pinched his chin and posed: "I am recognized as the most handsome guy in Chelsea!" ”
"Go, go, where to stay cool......" Iroh directly ignored the stinky Mikel, and continued to wave to the Japanese female fans, in his sight, there is a beautiful female fan secretly sending Qiu Bo, as a native Chinese, in peacetime, sleeping with a beautiful woman in Japan is the most glorious thing for the country!
Of course, there are many Chelsea players who have come to Japan with this in mind, especially those energetic African hunks.
Even a warm-hearted male player like Luka Modric has this thought, after all...... It is also the fault of Japan's well-developed A·V industry.
The Champions League winners were so popular that they weren't escorted on the bus until airport security arrived, and just after arriving at the hotel booked by the organising committee, there were once again crowds of crazy local Japanese fans in blue jerseys.
The frenzied pace of the local Japanese fans was no less than that of the fanatical European fans, and the Chelsea players almost walked off the bus in a wall of hotel security guards, screaming as each player got off the bus, especially when it was Elo's turn to get out of the bus.
Coupled with the photo flashes of major media reporters waiting in the hotel, the visual impact is absolutely dazzling.
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That evening, Mourinho brought several players from the team requested by the sponsor to Nippon TV for an interview show.
It's not so much about coming to Japan for the Club World Cup as it is about Chelsea's money gathering in Japan......
Before facing AFC Champions League winners Gamba Osaka on the 18th, Chelsea had only had two training sessions, both of which were public, and the rest of the time were spent on local sponsorship events, a veritable money-making event.
It was nine o'clock in the evening when the TV talk show ended, and it was only half past nine when I returned to the hotel.
For Chelsea players who rarely come to Tokyo, it is difficult to stay in the hotel at this point in time, so Mikel, Essien, Ashley Cole, Terry, and Bridge are a few energetic guys who secretly meet to leave the hotel when Mourinho is strictly forbidden to leave the hotel, wanting to hunt for beauty.
Of course, before leaving, he also called Iro.
Iroh, who couldn't hold back his restless heart when he came to Tokyo, where would he refuse? Instead, he called the honest Modric.
A group of seven people put on thick down jackets and sunglasses and sneaked out of the back door of the hotel.
Just when they came to the street, the crowd found a problem, and Ashley Cole slapped his thigh: "Who knows Japanese?" ”
At this time, you look at me, I look at you, just as Iroh was about to volunteer, Mikel patted his chest and said, "As a big fan of the Japanese A.V industry, I can still know a few simple words of Japanese......"
Terry glared at Mikel and said angrily, "Don't tell me what kind of Ya-Butterfly, Yiku, Ku, ...... I'm more professional than you! ”
Mikel felt embarrassed at this point, so he shrugged his shoulders and stepped back.
Next, everyone was troubled again.
If there are no Japanese speakers in the cosmopolitan city of Tokyo, the headline of tomorrow will be 'Chelsea players out at night', but it's not willing to go back like this.
Terry's eyes rolled a few times, and he suddenly looked at Iroh, "That's right...... You're a language genius at all, don't tell me you don't know Japanese! ”
"That's right, this guy Ai even knows the proverbs of our country, it's really a wonder, he must be proficient in Japanese!" Mikel chimed in.
"That's it, Croatian, and more broadly Japanese!" Modric said.
Iroh laughed dryly, "I will!" ”