As Ballack only reached an agreement with Valencia on a free transfer to Chelsea half a day before the end of the summer transfer window, which means that he did not participate in Chelsea's team training and could not follow the team to the game, he sat in the stands for the home game against Blackburn Rovers in the sixth round.

Let him watch the team's games up close, accompanied by the team's tactical coach, who will let him integrate into the team as much as possible and understand the essence of the team's tactical play.

Although Mourinho does not want Ballack to play in the near future, he must be integrated into the team when the league enters the white-hot stage, because the Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Ghana in January next year, which means that the team's Mikel and Essien midfielders will be absent from all of Chelsea's January games, and when the league, League Cup, and FA Cup games are crowded, the pressure on the team must be very high, and Ballack can integrate into the team earlier, which is also a lot of benefits for Chelsea.

In the final league game at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea at home relied on a free-kick from Arlo and John Terry's corner to defeat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at home, making it six wins in a row since the start of the league and continuing to top the table.

In the other two key games at the same time, Manchester United beat Everton 1-0 away thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range shot, while the north London derby was a 3-1 win at Tottenham.

After this round of league games, the Premier League top four all started to focus on the first round of the Champions League group stage in midweek, but the first round of the Champions League group stage was the easiest for Chelsea because they faced Rosenborg, the equivalent of a points boy.

The other top three of the Premier League are basically strong teams in the first round, Manchester United away to Sporting Lisbon, Arsenal away to Valencia, and Liverpool at home to Porto.

No matter what the game is, it's not a good game.

However, what was surprising was that Chelsea, who were considered the best to play, had a problem at home to Rosenborg, and if it weren't for the late breakthrough that caused Rosenborg to panic, Essien would not have taken advantage of the chaos in the box to score the goal.

In the end, it was 1:1 and won a difficult draw in the game.

At the regular press conference after the game, Mourinho erupted: "Our players simply did not come out of the past winning streak, they always thought they were the best players on the planet!" If it weren't for Michael's late goal, we would have lost at home to Rosenborg! It wasn't so much that the game was held to a draw by Rosenborg, but that we didn't get it right......"

At the same time, another Premier League team, Liverpool, drew 1:1 at home to Porto, which also failed to get off to a good start, like other giants AC Milan, Real Madrid and other teams won the first round of the group stage, making a good start for the six rounds of the group stage.

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In the first group stage of the Champions League in the new season, it was forced to draw 1:1 by the away team Rosenborg, which made it difficult for Mourinho to accept, if it was forced to draw by teams of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, etc., it was also said in the past, but it was forced to draw by a team like Rosenborg, and it was really difficult to find a reason to convince himself.

Therefore, the players who participated in the Champions League group stage against Rosenborg at home were punished, and even Ailo and Essien, who helped the team equalize, were within the scope of punishment, which shows that Mourinho's strict management of the army.

If it had been placed in the past, maybe Mourinho would not have been so popular, but the Champions League group stage was followed by an away game against Manchester United, which is related to the Premier League title this season, so it is naturally sloppy.

In the Champions League group stage at home to Rosenborg, many players did not play with the right attitude, and it was time to hammer and knock.

Therefore, before the match against Manchester United, the team had a three-day closed training session, which was also affected by the media, because of the closed training, they were unable to get in touch with the players, let alone interviews.

Seon knows if he is blessed, this sentence is really good.

Chelsea, who had won a draw at home, had a closed training session, and in addition to being unable to be interviewed by reporters, it was also difficult to get information from the outside world, so it also saved a lot of trouble.

Among them, Chelsea's number one value is the most criticized, because he has been extremely good in the first round of the group stage of the Champions League in the past two seasons, scoring a hat-trick against Olympiacos in the first round away last season, and scoring twice against Inter Milan last season, but did not score in the first Champions League game of the season.

For the media, which is used to Aillo's average of one or two goals per game, it is naturally a good hypothesis, but it is ...... Went bankrupt early because of Mourinho's punishment plan.

The results of matchday 2 of the first round of the Champions League group stage are also in, Manchester United relied on a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo to help Manchester United win 1-0 away at Sporting Lisbon, while Arsenal also beat defending champions Valencia 1-0 away thanks to a goal from Louis van Persie, who took over Thierry Henry's goal.

When Iello saw Valencia being pressed and kicked by Arsenal at home, he subconsciously shook his head, if he was in the team, when would it be Arsenal's turn to show off his strength at Mestalla?

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After the first round of the Champions League group stage, the media has also turned its attention back to their respective leagues, and the same is true for the English media, who will be in the spotlight for a head-to-head clash between last season's league winners and league runners-up at Old Trafford.

Manchester United vs Chelsea.

This round of the league is also the second red-blue clash since the start of the new Premier League season, the last round was the third round of the league when Chelsea took on Liverpool away, and won the game thanks to a hat-trick from Iello on the road.

The seventh round of the league after three rounds is a red-blue clash again, and it is Chelsea's away challenge that is interesting.

Before the game, many media were more optimistic about Manchester United, because with the end of the international break, the overall table of Manchester United players is better than that of Chelsea players, plus the first round of the Champions League group stage that has just ended, the competitive state of the two teams is not at the same level, so ......

Not only did this round of the tournament attract a lot of attention from the Chinese media, but also a lot of journalists from Spain, which had never happened before.

While the English media are not very optimistic about Chelsea's away game, the Spanish and Chinese media are very positive, especially the local media in Valencia.

They believe that as long as Iello is in normal form, then Chelsea can at least be invincible on the road.

If you look at the line-up, it is true, as long as Chelsea's away game schedule is normal, it is possible, but the problem is that their form is still unknown, so Mourinho quickly went into closed training at the end of the first round of the Champions League group stage against Rosenborg, not only to punish the players, but also to adjust the team's form.

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Before the seventh round of the league with Manchester United, Mourinho announced the end of three consecutive days of closed training, and the team was able to get in touch with the outside world.

In an interview with the Spanish media, Iello directly expressed his confidence in this game: "It is just an ordinary league game and I believe that the final result will definitely be the same as when I faced Barcelona and Real Madrid in Valencia, ......"

Although Iello was interviewed by the Spanish media, but in this world of information circulation, his remarks quickly reached the ears of Manchester United players, plus the Community Shield match at the beginning of the season, Manchester United players have been very speechless to Iro, in the face of Iro's remarks, as long as it is not too excessive, it is natural to turn a blind eye.

Other players are accustomed to the 'arrogant' remarks of Iello in interviews with reporters, but Tevez, who was on loan from West Ham United at the beginning of the season, couldn't stand it, and he said in an interview with the media: "Although he (Aillo) is very strong, it is not to the point of being invincible, don't forget, this is Old Trafford, this is our territory, so it should be Manchester United who wins!" ”

Sure enough, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers!

The media that followed the game before the game was naturally divided into two factions.

The London press thought it would be the visitors Chelsea who won the game, while the local media in Manchester thought Manchester United were the winners, after all, it was a league match at Old Trafford.

Of course, the local media in London are more theoretical.

Jose Mourinho's Porto and Chelsea have won seven, drawn four and lost one of their 12 games against Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, with United's only win coming back in November 2005, when they won 1-0 at home to the Blues thanks to Fletcher's bizarre goal.

Moreover, in the 30 meetings between the two sides in the history of the Premier League, Manchester United has 7 wins, 13 draws and 10 losses, including 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses at home, but the two sides have met 148 times in history, and Manchester United has achieved 64 wins, 44 draws and 40 losses, occupying the upper hand.

As we all know, a qiē historical record can only be used as a reference.

Therefore, there is still a big question mark over the upcoming league results.

With Tevez's opening, Ferguson was full of confidence in the face of the upcoming seventh round of the Premier League at Old Trafford: "Don't mention my history with the Portuguese, it's all in the past!" Chelsea have also been in trouble lately, with a hard-fought draw at home to the likes of Rosenborg, so it will be us who will win the league at Old Trafford, putting a big mark on our title defence......

The news spread quickly, and Ferguson's words for an interview with reporters reached Mourinho's ears.

In fact, there is no need to wait for the news to circulate naturally, as long as it is a match between Manchester United and Chelsea in the past three seasons, there will always be endless manuscripts, because reporters will always try to provoke a war of words between the managers of the two teams.

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