It's not the end, it's just the beginning.

After the Club World Cup, the whole Chelsea team was not doing well, including Lin Yu feeling a little tired, but back in England, they still have to face the challenge of their league opponents.

There was barely much time to rest, and they had to adjust in two or three days, which may not be a problem for Lin Yu, but it was a bit difficult for the rest of the Chelsea players, even if they were on the bench, they flew from the westernmost part of Europe to the easternmost part of Asia, which is not a little distance.

Tired and excited, that's the way Chelsea are and it's not good news for the game.

However, the opponent in the fifteenth round of the match is still Manchester City, and it is away, which is simply a nightmare game.

A tired Chelsea and a vengeful Manchester City played a duel in Manchester, which ended in a 2-1 draw, with Chelsea suffering their first defeat of the season, while Manchester City managed to beat Chelsea and barely avenged last season's double.

Sergio Aguero and Negredo scored one each, while Lin Yu scored a face-saving goal for Chelsea.

Despite the loss, Chelsea are still top of the table, with Arsenal drawing with Tottenham in the previous round and now second behind Chelsea in points.

As for Manchester City, although they won Chelsea, they are only in fifth place because they have conceded a bit more points before, and they are not good at conceding points against teams in the middle and lower tiers.

Fifteen rounds, twenty-one goals. Lin Yu still retains his No. 1 position in Europe.

Mourinho did not blame the team either, after all, facing a fourth-tier battle. It's great that Chelsea can play at this level and the Premier League is no better than the Bundesliga. In the Bundesliga, the reason why Dortmund was able to win the championship with a winning record was that in addition to Lin Yu's excellent performance, the most important reason was that the Bundesliga was only one opponent for Dortmund at that time, Bayern, and the others were too weak.

These teams in the Premier League are not easy to deal with, and Chelsea were able to beat a few strong teams last season, and this season's defeat to Manchester City in the Club World Cup is actually not a big deal. Anyway, there's a showdown at Stamford Bridge, and it's just a matter of winning it back.

After this round of league games, the Chelsea players finally had a relatively long break between periods, the main thing being that they didn't have to run around.

By the time the final round of the Champions League group stage gets underway, all Chelsea are back to their best, and despite having qualified for the group, Chelsea will have to win this game against Spartak Moscow in order to win the group.

Encounter is in good condition. And Chelsea, who are bent on venting their regrets about losing the league, is definitely the misfortune of Spartak Moscow, and in this game, all Chelsea members are very good. In addition to Lin Yu scoring a goal and continuing to keep his goals steady and rising, Oscar, Hazard, and Schurrle. Even Branislav Ivanovic and Gundogan both scored, and the final score was locked at 6-0. Chelsea have completely bloodied Spartak Moscow.

After the game, the media said: "Whoever you meet, don't meet Chelsea who just lost!" ”

Other teams may be discouraged when they lose. They may be out of form but Chelsea are different, and instead of being discouraged or out of form, they are going to be horrible when they lose, so a lot of teams would rather Chelsea keep their winning streak until they play them than see Chelsea lose.

Chelsea topped the group and AC Milan played a draw, but they finished second with eight points ahead of Bayer Leverkusen and Spartak Moscow.

As for Bayer Leverkusen, they can only play in the Europa League, while Spartak Moscow can only go home and continue their league.

Although Chelsea is not afraid to meet any team, but if they can save some effort, they still hope to save some effort and qualify as the first in the group, so when the draw is made, it must be the second place in other groups, generally speaking, the strength of the second group is relatively weak, of course, there are exceptions, but it is rare.

That's why most teams want to be able to compete for the top spot in the group, and no one likes to start with teams like Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Chelsea, and most teams have to win these three teams, which is a bit of a headache.

Anyway, the final round of the Champions League group stage is over, the promotion of the promotion, the Europa League of the Europa League, the soy sauce of the soy sauce that should go home, and the Champions League group stage with not high gold content is over.

The next knockout rounds are the focus, and the further you go, the stronger your opponents will be, there's no doubt about it.

After the game, Lin Yu, who won the first place in the Champions League scorer list with 9 goals, naturally became the object of media questioning.

At Mourinho's press conference, all he encountered were questions about Lin Yu's situation.

"Lin Yu has vowed to help Chelsea win two consecutive Champions League titles, do you think that is possible?"

"Lin Yu is now the top scorer in the Champions League with nine goals, he started late, but he scored the most goals, does this mean that he has surpassed Messi and Ronaldo?"

"Recently, there have been rumors outside that Lin Yu is going to transfer, is this true?"

"Some time ago, there were rumors that Lin Yu was unhappy, saying that the salary was too low, is this well documented?"

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At the press conference, Lin Yu, who was the focus, of course, could not be idle, he was basically surrounded by reporters now, and he couldn't go anywhere he wanted, looking at this posture, if he didn't answer a few questions, he wouldn't even want to take a shower today.

"Lin Yu, Chelsea stumbled through the group stage, and the prospect of the knockout stage is worrying, do you still think the team has any hope of winning the championship?"

Hearing this question, Lin Yu suddenly looked at the reporter who asked the question with sharp eyes, and then smiled: "In front of me, nothing is impossible, Chelsea can win the championship last season." This season can also win the championship! Some people say that after the Champions League is restructured, no team can achieve two consecutive Champions League titles, this is a curse. A curse that can't be broken! I just want to tell him, pure bullshit! I'm going to make this so-called spell worthless! ”

After answering this reporter's question. Lin Yu, surrounded by teammates and security guards, forcibly squeezed out of the encirclement formed by reporters.

The reporters looked at Lin Yu in the distance and couldn't help but discuss.

"Did we just do something awesome?"

"That's right, we provoked a demon king!"

"He said he was going to make the so-called Champions League curse worthless, can he do that?"

"I guess I can, he doesn't seem to have said anything big yet."

"Tsk, I suddenly felt as if an electric current was passing through from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, it was so exciting, so exciting! Knockout. Knockout, I'm hungry for the knockout! ”

"This year's knockout round, I'm afraid it is also a head-to-head showdown between Messi, Ronaldo, Lin Yu, Ribery and others, for Ronaldo and Ribery, there are not many opportunities, if they can't win Lin Yu this season, then they can only grow old like this."

"Bale, Neymar, Hazard, Reuss, and Gotze are still waiting to usurp the throne, except for Hazard, I'm afraid the others are not very convinced by Lin Yu."

"It's a real sense of a group of people. My blood was boiling. ”

After the Champions League group stage was over, the draw ceremony for the knockout round was also carried out quickly.

This year's Champions League round of 16 is not much different from previous years, although there are dark horses every year. But it's just one or two, and no more.

The big teams also capsize in the gutter, but this boat doesn't capsize every year. So in fact every year in the Champions League, see the team. Actually, it's basically those teams.

The opponents of several teams that have attracted more attention, that is, the teams that are considered to be possible to win the championship by bookmakers and fans, have also appeared.

Originally, there were concerns that these teams would meet in advance. If they are eliminated early, the next games will not be very good, but as soon as the draw results come out, they will be relieved, in fact, how can things be so good, the UEFA draw is boring, everyone knows, but there is no evidence.

The highest call for this year's title is not Chelsea, but Bayern Munich, and their opponent is Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League, and for Bayern fans, it is almost possible to celebrate in advance.

Chelsea, which has the second highest call to win the championship, met Atletico Madrid in La Liga, which is really interesting, and I don't know if it is the arrangement of fate, or an inevitability, Lin Yu is about to transfer to La Liga and join Real Madrid, while Diego Costa is about to join Chelsea.

This draw is undoubtedly a duel between these two people, is it a painful lesson for Diego Costa before coming to Chelsea, or will Lin Yu continue to crush his opponents?

Next up is Barcelona and the opponent is Monaco in Ligue 1.

And Real Madrid, which Lin Yu is about to join, drew AC Milan, which is another duel between giants, and it is probably the most difficult draw among the teams that are considered the most promising to win the championship.

Lin Yu's old club Dortmund encountered Arsenal, this season's group stage, Dortmund did not play well, and finally was able to qualify as the second in the group, in fact, it is already rare, and now it has encountered Arsenal, I have to say, it is another Jackie Dragon matchup.

The other teams have also drawn their opponents, some have met the weak team, some have met the giants, some are equal, and some are quite different, anyway, a lot, but a few happy and a few sad, which is embarrassing.

After the end of this draw, the comparison between the three of naturally Lin Yu, Messi, and Ronaldo is still the focus, although Ronaldo seems to have been overpowered by Messi in terms of individual honor and collective honor, but for two consecutive seasons, Ronaldo's goal in the Champions League can be described as terrifying, so there is no problem with putting him in for comparison.

And the media is not concerned about Messi and Ronaldo, but on the all-round contrast between these two people and Lin Yu.

A reporter asked Mourinho: "Who do you think is the most dangerous striker in the world today?" ”

"Then you don't need to ask, of course it's Lin Yu!"

"How do you compare with Messi and Ronaldo?"

"There is no comparison, Messi and Ronaldo are already outdated stars, and the next era belongs to Lin Yu!" Mourinho's praise for Lin Yu is definitely very exaggerated.

"This ...... After all, Messi has four Golden Ball awards, and Lin Yu has only one, which is still incomparable. ”

"Really? This year's FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards will be announced soon, and I think if this award is really fair, then it must be Lin Yu, don't you think so? ”

"That's right."

"Isn't this the end of it? After Lin Yu became famous, Messi has not won him in competition, so I said that it is now Lin Yu's era, you still don't believe it? ”

Journalists didn't seem to feel the need to dwell on the issue, as Mourinho wouldn't have said anything bad about Lin Yu anyway, so they instead asked Chelsea about their goals for the season.

'We know that what Lin Yu said at the Champions League ceremony was just angry words, what is Chelsea's real goal this season?'

"Angry talk? Who told you that it was angry talk? Our goal this season is to win the Champions League, win the Champions League twice in a row and break the so-called Champions League curse. ”

"This ...... We also admit that Lin Yu is very good, but this is a bit difficult. "Journalists still don't want to believe that so many strong teams have not broken the curse, how can Chelsea break it?

Mourinho didn't seem to bother to explain, he smiled coldly and ended this conversation with reporters early, since you all look down on us, then what else is there to talk about? (To be continued......)