According to incomplete pre-match statistics, 60 million people will watch Chelsea's home game against Birmingham in the first round of the 2007-2008 Premier League season in Chinese mainland, and that doesn't include the young people who watch live online.

At around 1:20pm on 12 August, the sun was shining over Stamford Bridge in London, and less than 10 minutes before the start of the game, there was little room in the stands, and many of the avid Blues fans were already singing the anthem with their shirtless voices, creating the atmosphere before the game began.

Iroh stood in the middle of the tunnel of players, and at this moment, there was no doubt that neither the other ten players of the home team nor the eleven players of the away team were as dazzling as him, because he was Mr. 60 million, the world's most valuable person.

Of course, the camera in the player's tunnel is also aimed at him, allowing fans around the world to watch the live broadcast to see the demeanor of Mr. 60 million, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, dark and healthy complexion, angular face, charming color at the corners of the mouth, the whole person looks handsome and extraordinary, if it is placed in ancient times, it must be the image of a founding general, next to it is a small caddy to his waist.

At the same time, the visiting players standing on the right all turned to look at Iroh, who was the world's No. 1 and the world's No. 1 salary, before they were ready to play, as if they wanted to see the difference at a glance, and finally ...... Finding out that it's not the same?

Nafti, in particular, stared at Iroh almost from head to toe as if he were looking at a stunning beauty with no clothes on, and finally, he had to admit one thing, if he had to find a difference, maybe ...... Let's be more handsome.

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Standing in the middle of the line, Iroh didn't pay attention to the jealous or envious eyes of his opponents, he had long been accustomed to becoming a star-studded star, of course, if he had acquaintances.

However, among the opponents, there is not a single acquaintance.

At this moment, under the command of the referee, the two sides of the game entered the court under the leadership of their respective captains, and suddenly, huge cheers came from all directions.

"Players from both sides entered the pitch under the guidance of referee Maxis!" As an old commentator who has commented on the Premier League for many years, Zhan Jun is naturally responsible for commenting on this key battle.

"Now the last one I believe there is no fan or friend sitting in front of the TV who doesn't know him, right? That's right, this is our number one star - Iro! ”

Countless fans sitting in front of the TV cheered, as if they wanted to use their chanting to cross the boundaries of geography and spread over Stamford Bridge.

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After the team songs of the two sides of the game were played, it was the handshake session, and what made Arlo speechless was that the players in Birmingham always consciously increased the strength of the handshake when shaking hands with him.

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Jose Mourinho put him on the bench for safety purposes due to a small strain he suffered during the training camp, so Frank Lampard, who wore the captain's armband, guessed the ball at the referee's office with Birmingham captain Ferssel.

Interestingly, Birmingham's captain Furssell played for Chelsea for four seasons, but this was only the last century and the players were largely unfazed, except for a small number of fans in the stands who waved the slogan 'Welcome Fursell home'.

The 40,000 fans in the stands had already created a frenzied atmosphere at Stamford Bridge, with Arlo and Drogba standing in the centre circle, with Drogba stepping on a football and his eyes on the referee in the arc of the other half.

The referee blew the whistle and Drogba pulled the ball forward on the sole of his foot, and Airo cut cross-ribly in front of the veteran Finnish Ferssel, who was on the verge of breaking the ball, before passing it back to Frank Lampard.

Although Furssell saw Ielo pass the ball back, he didn't mean to close his foot, but kicked it on the calf of Iroh's left foot supporting foot.

"The referee... Oh, CCTV, now you're watching the first round of the 2007-2008 Premier League season when Chelsea hosts Birmingham, and the home Chelsea players in the traditional blue shirt and blue shorts are attacking from the left side of the screen to the right..."

Zhan Jun was accustomed to his tone of voice commenting on the Premier League on ESPN, and it was still a little difficult to change it for a while, but with his own good adjustment ability, he still turned around, and when he was about to introduce the away team Birmingham, the referee blew the whistle.

"Within five seconds of the opening period, Birmingham's captain Ferssell was on Elloh's supporting foot, and it seems that this game may be a lot of pressure for him, it is completely a ...... of disadvantage"

Fursel's action undoubtedly caused insults from countless Chinese fans.

Former Chelsea player Ferssel kicked down Eyro, and the Chelsea fans in the stands were naturally very upset, and immediately gave an overwhelming boo.

However, Furssell didn't seem to care, and didn't even say that he had no intention of kicking Iroh's support foot.

His unintentional actions drew even louder boos from the crowd, with even the fans who had just held up the slogan "Welcome Furssell Home" let out a shrill boo.

It can be seen that his dismount behavior has angered all the fans at the scene.

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Mourinho was very dissatisfied when he saw that Fercel did not get a warning from the referee when he made an obvious unrelenting gesture to Eyro, and immediately protested to the fourth official to put pressure on the referee on the field.

Of course, he was more worried that Ailu would be affected by Fursel's dismount moves.

I don't know if the referee on duty Maxis was affected by the boos in the stands or the fourth official reminded him, he had already run forward, ran back again, and gave a verbal warning to Furssell who turned and ran back.

Frank Lampard walked up to Iroh and stretched out his right hand to pull him up: 'Are you alright? ”

Iello stood up along Lampard's right hand, then rubbed the left calf that had been kicked just now, then jumped twice and grinned: "Hey, it's okay......"

"It's okay." Lampard tapped Iroh on the shoulder, "Remember to protect yourself. ”

Iroh smiled and nodded, and ran forward.

Although he was smiling, his heart was a little hot, and the behavior of encountering dismounts in many games was commonplace for the current Iro, but there was a non-closing action at the beginning, and it was really the first time I saw it.

Is this the so-called Premier League, which emphasizes physical confrontation?

Well, I'm in!

As he ran, Iroh glanced at the ill-intentioned Birmingham player and clenched his fists.

The rest of the game didn't go as Mourinho expected, and Iello didn't let Furcer's dismissal affect the game's form, playing very actively, and even won the cheers of the fans on two occasions.

However, in the ensuing game time, the Birmingham defenders seemed to be more keen on putting the soles of their shoes on the top of Arrow's feet or ankles than trying to cut off the ball at Arrow's feet.

Fortunately, Iroh was able to anticipate the opponent's bad intentions very well, and was always able to avoid the black feet of the Birmingham defenders in the most dangerous moments.

'The Birmingham side are not much different from the traditional Premier League teams, with a hard-nosed style of play, an emphasis on speed and physicality, and in those 10-odd minutes of the first half they have shown that they are not much worse than Chelsea as a whole......

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and frowned, and now whenever he sees Ilo fall with the ball, he will always rush to the fourth official to complain and put pressure on the referee on the sidelines.

Because the players at Birmingham are not playing football at all, they are kicking people under the black feet.

But fortunately, Iroh is very sensitive in predicting danger on the field, and always avoids the key points when it is most dangerous, although it is inevitable to be touched by Birmingham's defenders, but basically all he suffers is skin trauma, which is harmless.

But Birmingham's players did not let Mourinho's complaints and pressure come to rest.

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After ten minutes of trial, Iroh already knew the way the Birmingham players played, that is, they wanted to intimidate themselves with a fierce momentum, but was he so weak?

Iroh told the Birmingham team with his actions that sometimes it was impossible to recoup the gap in strength with enough courage and fighting spirit.

In many people's perception, Iroh thinks that he is the most dangerous when he has the ball, but in fact, he is even more dangerous without the ball, because he has a keen sense of smell in judging the direction of football.

In the 17th minute, Frank Lampard suddenly made a long pass from about 40 yards from the Birmingham goal in the middle, and Drogba, who was standing on the line of the penalty area, looked up at the football in the air and subconsciously stopped, because the football was too high and ...... He also seemed to be in an offside position and it was an unwise choice to turn around and chase the ball.

In fact, Lampard's diagonal long pass was not to Drogba, but to Elo, who cut forward at high speed from the left rib gap!

"Danger!!"

Birmingham's goalkeeper Doyle only had time to shout before he could choose to rush into action because his team-mates were still in the fugue.

Iello stopped with his chest about 13 meters from goal during the run, and then lightly padded the arch of his right foot against the bottom of the falling football, and the ball flew upward, just past the fingertips of goalkeeper Doyle, who was jumping unconsciously, and fell into the goal behind him.

Suddenly, the home team erupted in a burst of shouts.

Because...... The ball is in!

After the goal, Iello was very excited, turned a corner and beat his chest to the Birmingham fans behind the goal, and then pointed to the turf he was stepping on.

Stamford Bridge, I'm in charge!

The fans in the stands let out a deafening chant at the same time, and waved their fists in response to Iro.

Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, once again showed his mischievous side, he walked to the end of his command area, clenched his fist at Birmingham head coach Steve Bruce, swung it out, and roared: "Foul foul, keep fouling!" But it's still us who scores!! ”

'Frank Lampard's beautiful passing, Ai's brilliant movement and his shot showed off his nose in front of goal! Helping Chelsea break the deadlock in the 18th minute of the first half, the world's number one is not for nothing!! Andy Gray exclaimed: "At the same time, it was the first Premier League goal on his resume!" ”

ps: There are three more at eight o'clock, and the recent state is not good, so I will make up for it this week!