Chapter 492: Let's Fight
The media described the match between Chelsea and Arsenal as "a close one".
When it comes to Lin Yu and Benzema, the media is obviously more interested, and in the comments on these two people, Wenger and Mourinho are indispensable.
The media attributed Benzema's explosion to Wenger's head, believing that Wenger is a coach who is good at cultivating players, and it seems that those players who have gone out from under him from unknown to stars are really not accidental, but have absolute inevitability.
As for Lin Yu, the media also pointed out through the comparison between the Champions League and the league that Lin Yu is like an invincible general, while Mourinho is more like a marshal who is good at using generals, under his command, Lin Yu can exert stronger strength and more unyielding fighting spirit.
Regardless of whether the media makes sense or not, anyway, this time there seems to be no negative report on the two teams, basically blown, after all, the Premier League can continue its glory in the Champions League this season, it depends on Chelsea and Arsenal, Manchester City has always been in the nest, and Manchester United has no giant temperament since Moyes took charge, which is really a pity, as for Tottenham and Liverpool, although their performance in the league is quite strong, after all, they have not participated in the Champions League for several consecutive seasons, even if they are now in the Champions League group stage, I may not be able to produce any decent results.
Needless to say, last year's Champions League winners, although there was a little trouble in the first three group games of this year's Champions League, but this is not a problem, and now that Mourinho's ban has ended, with him in command from the sidelines, I believe that Chelsea's predators will inevitably play more beautiful football. Then they caught up and finally qualified smoothly.
As for Arsenal. Arsene Wenger's side have always been solid and they have had little problem qualifying from the group. The key test is still in the knockout round, whether you can go a few more steps forward depends on Wenger's adjustment and the hard work of the Arsenal players.
Both teams are doing well in the domestic league at the moment, especially Chelsea with a winning streak to maintain the top spot in the table, which is definitely a reassurance for them to play well in the next Champions League group stage.
Chelsea have a league game to play at home and an FA Cup game at home before hosting Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League group stage.
The start of the FA Cup. It's definitely a burden for the Chelsea players, but it doesn't matter, Mourinho has already rotated his style of play to ensure not only the fighting power of the team, but also the physical strength of the players, and with these foundations, they can still face the next games with a high level of confidence.
First up was the first round of the FA Cup, where Chelsea fielded all the substitutes because of the weak opposition. Even Lin Yu sat on the bench.
It was an easy win and ended with a 4-0 score, with the already hungry Torres and Samuel Eto'o both scoring, which was considered to be a match for them. After all, now that Chelsea have Lin Yu as an iron-clad centre-forward, there are not many opportunities for them to play in the league and the Champions League, while the FA Cup and League Cup are limited. It has become a rare opportunity for them to perform, and naturally they have to perform better.
After the FA Cup match. Soon it was another league game against Aston Villa.
This is the ninth round of the league and the match is played away from home. Villa's team is good at playing strong teams, and several giants in the Premier League last season were basically scored by Villa, so in the face of such an opponent, Chelsea naturally did not dare to underestimate it, although it was not the fourth leg of the Champions League group stage, but Mourinho still sent a basic full main lineup, especially the dream quartet in the front, except for Oscar who rested off the field, the other three were on.
Replacing Oscar, of course, is Mata, and this means that when the Champions League is played, Oscar will definitely be the main force, Mourinho is also looking at how to balance the player's fitness and game opportunities, he doesn't want any player to be unhappy, but sometimes it's really hard to do.
It was a tough game and Aston Villa defended solidly and were able to play quality counter-attacks in a solid defence, which was a big threat to Chelsea.
After a game, it was not until more than 70 minutes in the second half that Lin Yu's shocking long-range shot changed the score, and this goal became the only goal of the game.
Chelsea continued to win, while Lin Yu's goal tally was even more in the spotlight.
After nine rounds of games, twelve goals have been scored, and the current double-digit goals in the league are Messi, Ronaldo, and Diego Costa in La Liga.
The media also laughed that this season's European Golden Boot still seems to be fought by these few people, and others really can't compete with them.
The Sky Sports commentator proudly declared: "The best player in the world is in the Premier League, he is now the best player in the world, Messi can't be compared, Ronaldo can't be compared, no one can compare with him!" ”
This fart is very comfortable to shoot, and Lin Yu is also very useful, although in some aspects, he may still have some gaps with players at the level of the king of the ball, but purely in terms of goals, he has not lost to anyone, so there is no big mistake in Sky Sports saying this.
In fact, after the scale of Lin Yu's behind-the-scenes team was further expanded, under Qu Hong's mediation and efforts, the relationship between Lin Yu and the English media was not as tense as last season, and Lin Yu's performance was indeed too good, and the English media did not dare to say bad things about Lin Yu casually, otherwise wouldn't it be difficult to get along with their own money?
The reason why the current team is called the behind-the-scenes team, rather than the agent team, is mainly because this team is now managing too many things and too complex.
For example, Qu Hong is responsible for contacting the media, including arranging Lin Yu to be interviewed, appearing in some special sports programs, playing some public welfare games, and handling some news events. There are also things like dealing with the theft of Lin Yu's name rights and portrait rights, in order to ensure that Lin Yu has a high degree of exposure. can also maintain a proper sense of mystery, Qu Hong even hired a few helpers. Specifically to help him with this.
In addition to traditional media, the information on the Internet cannot be ignored, Lin Yu's current Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, etc., basically have someone to take care of, Lin Yu doesn't have so much time to take care of these things personally, of course, to publish content on it, it must be allowed by Lin Yu, otherwise even if it is Qu Hong, it can only deal with some spam or spam information. shielding some unfriendly people, etc., can't interfere with what Lin Yu says or writes;
In addition, there is the management of some of the company's shares held by Lin Yu, including the benefits of investment, use, etc., there are also special people to deal with, Lin Yu now not only owns the shares of Chang'an Catering Group, in China, some manufacturers who want to open up the European market, but also use shares to attract Lin Yu to join, although the shares given are not much. But the benefits are still quite substantial;
In addition to these, there is a mess of endorsement fees, advertising fees, etc., and there are many things to deal with;
As for the agent Alban, in addition to the work of the team behind the general consul. He also began to regain his duties as an agent, responsible for receiving some high-level executives of the club who tried to buy Lin Yu, even if the deal failed. But benevolence and righteousness are still there, and it's okay to be a friend.
That's why Alban. Another very important reason is that Lin Yu recklessly approached someone who might become the president of Real Madrid in the future, which made things a little difficult to end. For this matter, Alban, as an elder, also reprimanded Lin Yu fiercely.
For Alban, Lin Yu has always treated him as his own uncle, not to mention reprimanding him, even if he beats him, he should be, after all, even he himself thinks that matter is a bit ridiculous, and casually agreed to join Real Madrid, there is no way, but let the veteran come out and deal with this matter slowly.
In a busy and rhythmic life, Lin Yu and his teammates finally ushered in a group stage showdown in the fourth leg of the Champions League.
The opponent is Bayer Leverkusen, who are also the team currently top of the group.
Chelsea have to win against Bayer Leverkusen, as Mourinho has stressed many times before the game, and only by winning this game will it be possible for Chelsea to take their hopes of promotion into their own hands rather than leave it to someone else.
If the game is lost or drawn, and AC Milan or Spartak Moscow win, then Chelsea can basically roll up and go home, and they can't win against Bayer Leverkusen at home, so do they want to win away? And even if they win away, the final points are pitifully burned, and it is not enough to ensure that Chelsea advance, although the group is now close in points, but the more you get to the end, the more nervous you are, often in a game or two, you can see who can advance in the end and who can't.
I have to say that Chelsea have pushed themselves to the edge of the cliff, and the only thing they can do is beat those who stand in their way and get out of that dangerous cliff.
And as Lin Yu is concerned, he and this team still have this relationship that is difficult to say so far.
If it hadn't been for assistant coach Hyypia who had driven him away, he might have been a Bayer Leverkusen man.
Now, Hyypia has become the head coach of Leverkusen, and after that mistake, Hyypia has now become more calm, and more like a coach, under his coaching, Leverkusen's results in recent seasons are quite good, and they can hold them down, that is, Bayern and Dortmund, and even when they meet a Bundesliga giant like Bayern, they dare to fight, and they are not afraid at all.
Schurrle in the Chelsea team is also transferred from Bayer Leverkusen, and he also has a close relationship with Bayer Leverkusen, so this game, the media's evaluation is "cut and messy", under this complex relationship, what the game will look like is what fans are concerned about.
Bayer Leverkusen want to take Chelsea and establish their points advantage, and even if they can't win the game, it would be a good thing for them to be able to draw, but in their situation, they are definitely better than Chelsea at the moment.
On the Chelsea side, Jose Mourinho's return and the high morale of successive victories over Arsenal and Villa have kept their fighting spirits high, with no player doubting his team and no player doubting that he will lose at Stamford Bridge.
For this game, Mourinho began to train very early, he stayed up late to watch several videos of Leverkusen's games, and then for a few days, targeted training, all in order to be able to win this game, he has not done this in the past, because the situation is not so bad, but this season Chelsea's Champions League group stage can be described as unfavorable, if you don't think about it well, and finally be eliminated from the group, it will really become a laughing stock of people all over the world.
Chelsea fans are not idle, they are making all kinds of slogans and flags at home, they are going to take them to the pitch on the day of the game, they want to turn Stamford Bridge into a terrifying home like Westphalia, they want to put more pressure on Bayer Leverkusen to keep this team from the Bundesliga on the run and lose without a fight. (To be continued......)