The FA will satisfy the appetite of the fans, and the opening match of the first round of the Premier League schedule is Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United against last season's champions Arsenal at Old Trafford.

This evenly matched game will undoubtedly become the focus of this round!

And in the simple training in the morning, the Chelsea players were also talking about the game. However, they are all schadenfreude types, like Bridget right now - "I think the game in the afternoon will be a draw, and that will be a real pleasure." Of course, you know which game I'm referring to! His comical expression drew laughter from his teammates.

For Chelsea, a draw between Arsenal and Manchester United is of course the best result, although it is only the first round of the league, but the real road to winning the championship has come out of a starting point, and the points of each game are very important, and they may affect the final champion!

After the morning training, Mourinho's assistant Clarke read out the squad of players for this appearance: "Goalkeepers Cech and Thomas, defenders Carvalho, Bridge, Ferreira, Terry, Gallas, Hut, forwards Makelele, Joe. Cole, Frank Lampard, Robben, Duff, Geremi, forwards Allen, Drogba, Gudjanssen, Mutu. ”

The 18-man squad includes almost all of the team's main players, and it seems that Mourinho is serious about this game and wants to get his team off to a good start in the first round.

Chelsea's game starts at 4 p.m. on the 14th, and they will travel to Birmingham, England's second largest city, to take on Birmingham away from home. The journey from London to Birmingham is at least an hour and a half, so after lunch, Mourinho took the players to the bus for the first round of the Premier League.

For a Chelsea side that has had a lot of player changes this season, this game is a litmus test of the team's quality and a challenge for Jose Mourinho. Throughout July, Mr. Abramovic did not hesitate to invest 100 million euros to support Mourinho's transfer work, and as for the effect, today's game may be able to see a lot.

It also puts more pressure on Mourinho!

In the bus, the players were doing their own things, and Wang Li sat alone in the front row, admiring the scenery of the London suburbs, and he enjoyed the feeling, which made his mood calm. Before the game, this kind of calm state of mind allows him to play more in the game, which he deeply understands.

However, Mourinho walked over with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, "How's it going, Alan, are you feeling nervous now?" ”

Wang Li turned his head in surprise, in his impression, this cold-faced coach took the initiative to care about him for the first time, "Thank you, I didn't feel nervous." ”

'What is the habit of staying at Chelsea? You're in London. ”

"Yes, it's near the Museum of London." Wang Libi gestured to sit and motioned for Mourinho to sit next to him.

'That's good, is it because you chose Chelsea?' Jose Mourinho has been a little puzzled by Wang Li's choice to join Chelsea, which was originally in July, when Chelsea cast a net all over the world to bring in quality players, and emerging players like Wayne Rooney were also invited, but most of them simply refused.

The only players who really joined Chelsea were players like Didier Drogba who had been playing in Ligue 1. In his impression, young players like Wang Li are more yearning for giants like Manchester United and Liverpool, and besides, it is said that this black-haired boy has been a pure Arsenal fan since he was a child.

"Nothing, I wanted to go to Liverpool, but you know, Michael went to Real Madrid." Wang Li replied sincerely.

Mourinho nodded knowingly, and then led the topic to the game, "This game, the first game of the new season, is very important for Chelsea, the opponent is not a real soft persimmon, at least much stronger than the team a few days ago, you must not be careless." ”

Wang Lileng paused, his expression did not change, but he smiled in his heart, "It turns out that this cold-faced coach is nervous, and he is really a little cute!" He replied, "I'll try to help the team win." ”

Mourinho listened to his words and nodded again, a satisfied smile seemed to appear on his face, "Come on, the team's training time is too short, and the overall coordination is not smooth, but I still hope you can score in the afternoon game." ”

"Okay, boss, I'll do my best."

The two chatted about some more aspects of life, and Mourinho returned to the assistant coach and began to write and draw on the tactical board, and from time to time he went back to ask Clarke for advice, and it seems that the Portuguese is still listening to other people's opinions, at least in terms of tactics.

………… On the bus, time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was about two hours before the start of the game, but there were already many fans wearing blue Birmingham home team shirts next to St Andrews Stadium, and these fans were scattered around the stadium, waiting to enter the stadium to watch the game.

Chelsea's buses drove straight into St Andrews from the side gate, and as soon as they got out of the car, the players dispersed, with most going straight to the dressing rooms, with a few walking around the stadium to observe the historic stadium.

St Andrews Stadium was completed in 1906 and is located about 1.5 miles from the city centre, surrounded by commercial districts, residential areas, factories and more.

It is said that the stadium has just over 30,000 seats, but it once housed more than 60,000 fans, which is a novelty, and perhaps Birmingham now need to expand the stadium to meet the needs of the fans.

However, it had little to do with the Chelsea team, and Mourinho had to attend the pre-match press conference in accordance with FA rules an hour and a half before the start of the game. However, Mourinho does not have any affection for these journalists, and he will not bother with them, even in order to fulfill his promises.

'Chelsea will do their best to get the win in this game.'

After leaving this sentence, the Portuguese with a cold face walked directly out of the press conference scene, leaving only a lonely Birmingham head coach Bruce.

'What an impolite Portuguese! At this moment, I don't know how many reporters in the venue cursed Mourinho at the same time, but unfortunately it didn't work, and they had to go to interview Bruce instead.

Speaking to reporters, Bruce was confident, "This summer, Izet and Heskey joined the team, which strengthened the team's offensive ability, the team is stronger than last season, and the players are more familiar with each other, which helps the team a lot in terms of tactical coordination." In addition to the front, we have added some important players in other positions and the squad has matured after training in the summer. ”

'Maybe Birmingham have a big gap to the opposition in terms of squad but we are confident that we will play well and although it will be difficult today, we will try to win and try to get a good start to the season.

It can be seen that the former Manchester United captain is very happy with the current situation of the team. He politely did not mention Mourinho, who had just left, and only said something about Birmingham.

As a player, as the captain of Manchester United, Bruce was very arrogant, but in the coaching profession, he is still a newcomer and needs to learn a lot of new things, so before he succeeds, maybe he chose to keep a low profile.

………… At 3:50 p.m., St Andrews Stadium was already full, the fans of the two teams entered the stadium early, sitting in the stands on the southeast side of the stadium are Chelsea fans, there are about 5,000 people at a glance, but compared to the home team Birmingham fans are far away, in the Birmingham fan stands, there are crowds everywhere, many fans wearing the blue jersey of the home team, the left face is painted with the earth, the right face is painted with football, and the middle is connected by a line - this is the Birmingham team emblem, which dazzles the stands, It's all about the excitement of the fans.

In a VIP box in the stadium, Mr. Abramovich also came to Birmingham, next to him is Birmingham chairman Gaude, it seems that these two chairman gentlemen, are looking forward to this game, for Abou, perhaps from this game, he spent a lot of money to hire the Portuguese coaching ability, but also to see how much effect the 100 million euros spilled this summer.

At this time, in the players' tunnel, the two teams are ready to play, and today the Chelsea players wore a pure black uniform, which is indeed rare, in the past, Chelsea's away team uniform was white, maybe this is another change brought by Mourinho.

"Beep......

With the whistle of referee Clattenburg, the players of both teams began to enter, the shouts of the fans in the audience gradually increased, and the on-site commentators began to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams.

The commentator seems to be very experienced, and when he introduces the players, he pauses at the first name and waits for the fans to shout or boo...... Below is the number 16 emir. Husky! …… Full-back Gaspel. Glen Shire...... Goalkeeper Mike. Taylor! ……”

It seems that Husky, who has just moved to Birmingham City from Liverpool, is very popular with fans, and in the entire Birmingham line-up, only he and goalkeeper Taylor have the highest voices.

“…… Chelsea's squad is truly elite, starting with centre-forwards No. 15 Drogba and No. 21 Allen. Wang, midfielders No. 8 Frank Lampard, No. 10 Joe. Cole, No. 14 Gramie and No. 4 Makelele, defenders ......"

Obviously, this commentator is a pure Birmingham supporter, when introducing the home team, a loud one, but when introducing Chelsea, it is only a flash, which makes the Chelsea fans in the audience let out a disgruntled 'boo', maybe the FA should consider using two commentator......s in the league, like in an international match, "Today, Chelsea put out a 433 semi-defensive formation, it seems that the Portuguese madman is still very conservative, speaking of, Chelsea's squad is a real extravagant squad right now, and these players are almost 10 times as valuable as Birmingham's players, and if they lose this game, maybe Mr Mourinho will be very embarrassed. ”

"The fact that a world-class aircraft carrier was easily destroyed by a submarine is definitely the biggest joke in the century, and I really look forward to this happening soon!!"

Listening to the words of this commentator, the players on the Chelsea field were holding their breath, and even the grumpy Makelele was about to blurt out a word starting with the letter "F", but fortunately it was not seen by the referee, otherwise the game would have been warned or even a yellow card before it started, but it would have become a joke.

As the referee's whistle blew, the game began, and at the beginning of Chelsea, Drogba knocked the ball to Wang Li and ran towards the front, Wang Li knocked his back heel and also inserted it forward into Birmingham's defensive formation.

The ball was tossing and turning at the back, and when the Birmingham players were a little impatient, Joe on the right flank. Kerr hoisted the ball forward with a long pass, Lampard squeezed past the defender, and after receiving the ball, a disguised flash of the pass space, and a poke of the left heel stabbed the ball in the direction of Wang Li.

At this time, Wang Li had two defenders around him, and before the game, Bruce emphasized that he should take special care of this young player, so since Wang Li came to the frontcourt, there was always a Birmingham defender by his side.

Wang Li could only run a few steps forward, jump on the spot, and head the ball to the left, where Bridget was located, and he had already stepped forward to the outside of the box on the left side.

Bridget made a sharp run, shook off the defenders, aimed at the incoming ball, and rubbed it directly on the bottom edge, the ball spun and crossed a semi-circular curve in the air and fell into the box.

Birmingham defender Carringham has been guarding Drogba since the opening, and he knows that this 'murderous' looking black man is definitely proportional to his strength, so when Brigi crossed, he leaned on Drogba tightly with his body, trying to make him have no room to jump and not be able to grab the ball with his teammates.

It's a pity that Carningham may not have thought about how his strength can be compared to Drogba, who is known as the 'Warcraft', and when he reacts, he is no longer in a hurry - Drogba is in the crowd, shaking his body from side to side, squeezing away the opponents around him, jumping up hard, and directly heading the goal!!

"Cross, Drogba, goal!!!" Mike... It's Mike... He saved the ball off the line! It was a fluke that the Chelsea pair came close to scoring in the opening game. Birmingham boys, get serious, play like this, but you're going to lose! "The commentator, who was talking about aircraft carriers and submarines with great interest just now, is already worried about the team... In the opening 1 and a half minutes, the Chelsea team gave the Birmingham team a dismiss with a simple combination, and a long cry from the audience has already explained the mood of the Birmingham fans at this time - fortunately, the goal did not go in!!

(To be continued)