Chapter 575: The Christmas Devil Race Ends Perfectly

After Abramovich announced the huge championship reward, he did not leave the restaurant immediately, but under the attention of all the players, he went to the independent box of the restaurant with Mourinho and Ailo for nearly half an hour, and no one knew what he said.

Except, of course, for the parties.

With tomorrow's 19th game at home to Aston Villa, the players who came to the restaurant were not allowed to drink alcohol, so after eating and drinking, the Chelsea officials, members of the coaching staff, members of the medical team and the players left the restaurant in batches and returned home.

It is worth mentioning that after the players returned home, they basically suffered from insomnia en masse, but Ziah thought of playing a league game at Stamford Bridge the next day before forcing himself to sleep.

However, Iroh fell asleep early with the beauty in his arms, because the previous night was too expensive and the sleep time was not enough.

With plenty of sleep and a girlfriend in the stands, Iello is in excellent form, following a two-goal win away to Blackburn Rovers in the previous round, and a direct hat-trick at home to Aston Villa, which surprised the rest of the Premier League giants.

Iroh scored an astonishing five goals in the first two games of the Devil's schedule during the Christmas period, which also made the media who were a little suspicious of Iro's inability to adapt to the cold weather in Britain completely shut their mouths, two games in three days, which is no longer suitable for the British weather, which can completely show that Iroh has a very good adaptability in frequent events!

You must know that Cristiano Ronaldo only scored two goals in these two rounds of the league, but if you put it in the usual way, the Devil's two goals in a row can be said to be a very good answer, but in front of Iro, it is a bit insufficient.

But the next day's headlines weren't for Iroh.

But...... Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

'According to reliable sources, during the Chelsea Football Club's Christmas dinner, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich unveiled a huge prize money that is difficult to take lightly......

The Daily Mirror has once again revealed a shocking inside story, with the headline below the exact huge prize money of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

Immediately, it caused a burst of criticism from the British media, especially the Arsenal media, which is currently short of money.

"Football was originally the purest sport, but with the development of the times, today's football games began to be full of copper smell, especially in 2003 since the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich entered Chelsea, began to spend money, only the players who can't be seen, there are no players who can't be bought, so that the original order of the football world has been disrupted, and the value of players has skyrocketed, indirectly making many teams unable to survive, which is a disaster brought by Russian tycoons, And now there is a whopping £50 million in prize money to motivate the team to win the title, which is enough to support the financial expenditure of the Premier League side hovering in the relegation zone for three years......

“…… As for those who disrupt the order of football, as football match reporters, we can only say to this kind of behavior - please get out of the Premier League! We don't need people who disrupt the order of football to show up in the pure football game, the game is the game! ”

The Guardian's headline pick: Let Jin Yuan, who disrupts the order of football, get out of the Premier League!

Later, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger also sharply criticized Chelsea's behaviour in an interview: "This behaviour is completely an insult to football, it is unforgivable! ”

With the Guardian's report and Arsene Wenger's publication in England, the rest of the media and fans were instantly split into two factions.

One faction believes that with the formation of the football market, it is inevitable to increase investment, after all, there is a good saying - if you fall behind, you will be beaten, and if you use it in football games, you will be eliminated if you have no money.

On the other hand, the other school of thought believes that although football games are indispensable to increase investment, it is not feasible to use huge rewards as motivation, because players are fighting for honor, not money!

However, after hearing a few words from Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, the faction completely stopped, and even the Guardian did not mention it in the slightest.

"It's right for professional players to eat youth, right? It's right to make more money while you're young? Since there's nothing wrong with that, why not allow team owners to motivate the team with bonuses? It's not that you don't pay taxes, and you don't pay anything? ”

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Taylor Swift spent Christmas with Iello in London, and took a flight back to Los Angeles the day after Chelsea hosted Aston Villa, after all, she is also in the rapid rise of her career, although the relationship between children and daughters is important, but Taylor does not want others to think that she is just a vase, so when Iello becomes a world superstar, she must also work hard to make some achievements and prove herself!

For Taylor's thoughts, Iroh can only choose to shake his head, in the face of a girlfriend with such a strong personality, sometimes he can only go along, otherwise it is easy to encounter a relationship crisis.

Chelsea have won one and drawn one of the final two games of the Christmas Devils fixture against Newcastle and Fulham, and three wins and one draw in all four league games on the Devils schedule is a very good result.

In both games, Iello scored two goals and provided one assist.

His tally of goals in a single season has reached 24, four ahead of second-placed Cristiano Ronaldo.

Chelsea remain top of the league table, with an astonishing 16 wins, four draws and 52 points from their last 20 league games, five points ahead of second-placed Manchester United.

Sadly, however, there have been injuries in the squad, with both Malouda and Sidwell suffering from muscle fatigue.

The end of the league with Fulham also means that the Africa Cup of Nations is about to begin, and Chelsea's Ivory Coast internationals Drogba and Kalou, as well as Ghana internationals Essien and Mikel, will return to the national team to start the competition for the Africa Cup of Nations.

In other words, before the end of the Africa Cup of Nations, Chelsea will lose Drogba, Essien, and Mikel, the three absolute main players!

However, the situation of participating in the Africa Cup of Nations is not the case with Chelsea alone, and the other Premier League top three have the same problem, which means that each other's fighting power will be weakened.

Of course, this is the best way for manager Jose Mourinho to console himself.

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January is also a busy fixture schedule for Chelsea, with seven league games in total, from the FA Cup third round on the 5th to the end of the month against Reading on the 31st, which means an average of one game in four days.

It was undoubtedly the most difficult time for Chelsea to lose three absolute players.

But...... The good thing is that the team has a healthy Iro.

Chelsea, meanwhile, made a move in the winter transfer window, selling Arjen Robben to Real Madrid for £25 million, then buying Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic for Real Madrid's real money, spending £15 million and £10 million respectively.

The first of January at home is the 2007-2008 FA Cup third round against League One side Royal Garden Rangers.

In view of the big difference in the level of Chelsea and Royal Garden Rangers, and the difference in strength, Mourinho did not send the main squad in order to stay in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals with Everton, but substitutes + members of the reserve team, but these players thought of the reward of the owner of the Christmas dinner Abramovich, and even the players of the reserve team were high-spirited, and they won 3:0 at home to advance to the fourth round of this season's FA Cup.

This winning momentum continued well into the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-finals, coupled with the promise of a 50 million pound reward from owner Roman Abramovich if he won the quadruple this season, the so-called heavy reward must have a brave man, in the first leg of the home game, with three goals from Ballack, Aello and Terry, helped Chelsea beat Everton 3-0 at home, and in the case of taking the lead, it can be regarded as saving face for the league draw.

The first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final in midweek was followed by a home game against Tottenham Hotspur, and the players were already a little tired from the successive campaigns, but Chelsea were still playing at home, so they didn't have to worry about the journey.

In the pre-match warm-up, the team's starting centre-forward Shepchenko was injured and Peruvian striker Pizarro was also in a slump, so Mourinho had to take the risk of using new French striker Anelka.

But needless to say, the man was a brilliant man who opened the scoring for Chelsea before half-time, and then set up Arlo for the game-winning goal in the second half, and Anelka was the best player in the league with a goal and an assist in the game.

It is worth mentioning that at the same time, another key game had a big score, Manchester United thrashed the home team Newcastle United 6-0 at St James' Park, in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick again and provided an assist to become the best player of the game, while he also closed the number of goals with Ailo because of three goals in this league game, reaching 21 goals, only three behind.

At the same time, Arsenal and Liverpool have drawn their respective opponents, which means that only Manchester United is currently clinging to the top Chelsea, slightly behind by five points, and Arsenal in third place is already nine points away from Chelsea, and Liverpool is ten points behind.

After this round of league games, the Premier League teams also breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, as the week of double matches finally came to an end and a week's rest began.

Mourinho also gave the team a rare two-day holiday to give the players a good time to relax and relax, and the two games that lasted a week had a lot of fatigue for the players, both physically and psychologically, and they had to leave some time for the players to rest and rest.

The next day, Iroh made an appointment with Ashley Cole, Barak and others to go to the London Motor Show, but a phone call from the Chinese agent Li Shiyin forced Iroh to change his itinerary.

Because...... The new chairman of the Football Association, Tang Shun, and Lin Yao, the vice chairman of the Football Association, have come to London.

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