Chapter 696: Unprecedented Seventh Crown
Chelsea won the 2008 Club World Cup thanks to a late shot and pass from Iroh to beat Copa Libertadores winners Universidad Quito in regulation time.
Ailo also became the most valuable player of this Club World Cup because of his outstanding performance in the semi-finals and finals, and got the high-end car provided by the sponsor Toyota, but Ailo did not like Japanese cars, and it happened that Modric, who transferred to Chelsea in the new season, did not have a car, and Airo transferred it at a friendly price of 10,000 euros, and as for the consignment, it was left to Modric to solve by himself......
FIFA staff were very efficient at first, and it took 10 minutes to set up a simple podium in the middle of the stadium.
Although the Yokohama International Stadium is Japan's home stadium, the vast majority of fans who came to the stadium were supportive of Chelsea, even if they beat Gamba Osaka, who represents Japan in the semi-finals.
Chelsea captain John Terry lifted the seventh trophy in front of the crowd and became the first team to win seven titles in a full season.
This is an unprecedented number of season titles in the world.
The next day, the Times headline read: "Unprecedented record!"
"Last night, Chelsea beat Università Quito 2-0 to win the Club World Cup, the seventh trophy of the year, the Club World Cup, after winning the Community Shield, the League Cup, the FA Cup, the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. In the Premier League's 17th season, only Chelsea have achieved this feat! In the increasingly competitive Premier League and Champions League, the title is guaranteed, and I believe that it will be difficult for any team to match this record for a long time to come......"
The Spanish newspaper Marca also made headlines about Chelsea's Club World Cup triumph.
"Since the 2005-2006 season, Valencia dominated all the trophies of the Spanish domestic league, and on the premise of winning all the domestic titles in the 2006-2007 season, they also won the Champions League that season, but because of their financial problems in the summer of 2007, they had to sell their star Ai, but this also made their fighting power and competitiveness plummet, although they won the 2007 Club World Cup, but missed the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup, Otherwise...... It's comparable to the current Chelsea team, but I have to say that the current Chelsea team is very scary......"
In addition to reporting on Chelsea's title, Marca also talked about Real Madrid's signing in the Champions League 1/8 knockout round: "In this season's Champions League 1/8 finals, Real Madrid's encounter with Chelsea can be said to be an absolute signing, because Chelsea has the best managers and best players in the world, if Real Madrid wants to cross the 1/8 final after three seasons, they must patch the squad during the winter break, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate this perfect Chelsea." ……”
The German "Kicker" report on the day also touched on Chelsea: "Last night in the 2008 Club World Cup final at the Yokohama International Arena in Japan, Chelsea in the final with the leading scorer Ai in the final moment of a pass, to help the team defeat the Copa Libertadores champion Universidad de Quito 2-0, thus lifting their seventh championship trophy in 2008, it is estimated that in the coming period, as long as Chelsea can keep the leading scorer Ai in the team, then their results will be further solid, Monopoly champions are not out of the question......"
At the same time, the major European clubs have also taken advantage of the winter break to patch their respective squads.
Especially after witnessing Chelsea have the various titles since Iello, even if I buy Iro, he will not be able to add him to the Champions League knockout stage this season, but there are still teams willing to spend a lot of money, such as Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid have once again faxed offers to Chelsea Football Club......
It is worth mentioning that Florentino, who is ready to compete for the next president of Real Madrid, has begun to contact Ello's agent Papa Adrian privately, because his slogan is: "Ello, Cristiano Ronaldo or Kaka, two of them will be in the Real Madrid squad next season!" ”
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On the morning of the 23rd, the entire Chelsea squad arrived at London Heathrow International Airport.
Not surprisingly, as the coaches formed the language and the players exited the international exit, countless Chelsea fans in blue shirts awaited the triumphant return of their heroes.
As the biggest hero of the team to win the championship, Iroh naturally received a warm welcome from Chelsea fans, and countless female fans with angel appearance and devil figure secretly sent autumn waves to Iro, and even publicly showed their love.
If it weren't for the rapid arrival of airport security personnel, it is estimated that Heathrow International Airport would have been in a state of influency for a short time......
Chelsea's new league fixture is on the 26th, so Mourinho has given his players two days off for the first time until Christmas afternoon, when they return to training for the 19th round of home league games against West Bromwich Albion.
Chelsea are now just four points clear of second-placed Manchester United with a game in hand, which is not a safe point gap.
You have to maintain or extend your current lead before the last round of play-ups, otherwise you will be in trouble when the Champions League knockout stage begins...
Because Chelsea's opponent in the 1/8 knockout round of the Champions League is the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid!
Even though Real Madrid has seen a significant decline in strength in recent seasons, who can guarantee that they are not a sleeping lion?
This year's Christmas was similar to usual, and Taylor flew to London to spend Christmas Eve with Iroh.
For Westerners, Christmas Eve and Christmas are as important as Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival in China.
On Christmas Eve, Elo, Bridge, Frank Lampard, Essien, Luka Modric and other players in the team's main framework were invited by captain John Terry to his home for dinner.
In fact, this Chelsea team is still closely related to the indecent title of 'international mercenary' in the previous two years, and the current Chelsea squad knows that Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and John Terry are the main players, and the other eight positions are mainly from other countries.
Therefore, many players will agree to Terry's invitation, and in the entire European League, only the Premier League has no winter break, so it is also a good choice to have a place to spend Christmas together.
As at last year's Christmas party, John Terry, as the team's spiritual leader, spoke out his goals for the season at the dinner.
However, this goal has long been out of John Terry's alone, as early as the beginning of the season, the new and old madmen Aiello and Mourinho have already stated their goals in interviews with reporters, and this goal has also become the goal of the whole Chelsea team under the media rendering.
The declaration of the dinner party can be regarded as consolidating everyone's belief in the new season and maintaining a high degree of attention.
It wasn't until twelve o'clock in the evening that they left Terry's house.
Iroh also hurries back home and begins a sex-blissful life with Taylor.
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On the morning of the 26th, Iello dropped Taylor off at London Heathrow International Airport and didn't leave until she boarded the plane.
Back at home, I took the bag I had to bring every day, and then drove the black Audi R8 I had just bought to the Cobham training base.
At half past four in the afternoon, that is, at half past eleven Beijing time, the 19th round of the 2008-2009 English Premier League season Chelsea hosted West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge.
Because the two teams are already strong and weak, the promoted Masi Bromwich Albion who is away also knows that he is not Chelsea's opponent, and does not choose to attack, but adopts the tactics of swinging the bus in front of the goal, for the league into the second half of the season, they can take one point to count as one point, otherwise the Premier League is not good for a season, and they must strive to stay in the Premier League.
You must know that one season in the Premier League is equivalent to several seasons in the Championship.
However, there is an obvious gap in strength, and the tactics of swinging the bus in front of the goal are still a little immature in the face of Chelsea, the top team of the Premier League.
Because Mourinho is the grandmaster head coach of the bus tactics in front of the goal, and now West Bromwich Albion is rushing to put the bus at Stamford Bridge, isn't this equivalent to the class door axe?
Half-hour-into the game, Chelsea took advantage of a corner to knock on their door – Luka Modric whipped in a corner, Eelo leaped high and flicked back, and captain John Terry headed the ball into the back of the net.
Once the deadlock was broken, the game was much simpler for Chelsea.
If West Bromwich Albion are to get points at Stamford Bridge, they will have to come out and attack, and when they do that, the backline will be empty, and the pace of Iroh and Malouda will be crucial.
Sure enough, just before the end of the first half, Iroh took advantage of a quick counter-attack and scored the ball.
In the end, in their first game after Christmas, Chelsea thrashed promoted Masi Bromwich Albion 5-0 at home.
Two days later, Chelsea visited Fulham's home stadium, Craven Cottage.
With the goals of Ailo and Drogba, they beat the home team 4-1 away, and continued their good form after winning the Club World Cup.
Chelsea's points have risen to 52 after two successive victories, although United also won two league games over the Christmas period with a four-point gap between the two sides.
But the goal gap between Airo and Cristiano Ronaldo was widened.
Iello topped the scorer list with 23 goals in 20 league games.