Chapter 354: The Problem of the Team
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Chelsea's home win over Manchester United so easily was something almost everyone expected, and United's decline in the game was also well known, which made more people unhappy that Manchester United could beat Chelsea to qualify for the Carabao Cup. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In his post-match press conference, Jose Mourinho said bluntly: "I don't see a bit of a big club in them, if I hadn't known in advance that this team was Manchester United, I would have thought it was a Premier League relegation team." ”
'They stayed in front of goal the whole game, we did everything we could, our lads were good, but anyone who comes against them doesn't play a satisfactory scoreline, I hope it doesn't happen at Old Trafford, it's a step backwards in the Premier League and I don't think the fans will be happy with this kind of game.'
Although Mourinho's words were said to everyone's hearts, they made the old knight very embarrassed, and he didn't say anything at all, so he left directly.
For the 60-year-old, what has been the case in recent games, Manchester United's performance has been really unsatisfactory, but the old jazz knows that this game is not because the Manchester United lads are not good, but more because the opponent is too strong, and the result of Manchester United can only lose two goals is already very good.
'We'll be waiting for them at Old Trafford.'
As the Manchester United bus was leaving, the team's captain, Roy Brown. Keane didn't forget to use such words to boost morale, but he was regarded as a loser's harsh words by more people.
………… With the end of the game, the Premier League giants who won the treble in '99 seem to have begun to slowly fall, and in the eyes of everyone, another stronger blue giant is slowly standing up.
There has been no shortage of strong teams in the Premier League who have performed brightly in European competitions, and this time the feng shui has been rotated, and Chelsea have been strongly sought after by the media.
The Dutchman who scored a goal in this game Altyn Kid Alty. Arjen Robben and his 'partner' Damien. Duff and the two frequently appeared in the field of vision of fans, and Wang Li became the focus of attention, major media rushed to interview him, and almost everyone was optimistic about the future of this young brunette boy.
Although this is only an English League Cup match, the direct dialogue between Manchester United and Chelsea, the two Champions League favourites, does make a lot of sense before the knockout rounds of European competition. After the game, almost all the media in Europe reported on the game, and they spoke highly of Wang Li, who shined all over the game.
In this match, Portugal's newspaper La Newse has three journalists, and their focus is, of course, Portugal's brightest rising star, Cristiano. Ronaldo, unfortunately, throughout the game, C. Ronaldo's performance failed to bring any bright spots to Portuguese fans, and his performance disappointed all the Portuguese media.
In the report of the second day, the "News" could only talk sourly: "The protagonist of this game is undoubtedly Chelsea's Allen. Wang, this youngster's performance is fully worthy of the highest salary of all his footballers, facing Chelsea who are eyeing up and wanting to score, even if there is a strong Portuguese rising star C. Ronaldo, but Manchester United can only hold on to the goal, maybe we should pay more attention to the external things of the game, such as in the Champions League, what should we do when we encounter Chelsea? In the face of such Chelsea, such Allen. Can we win!? ”
The influential French football newspaper in European football also began to talk about Wang Li's performance, talking about Chelsea's performance, and they even reminded Barcelona to 'be careful', and hoped that a team could stop Chelsea's strength, you know, if Chelsea had this kind of performance in every game, then it would be almost impossible for Europe's big clubs to beat such a Chelsea - no club has the confidence to play Manchester United like that!!
In this case, Germany's "Kicker", Italy's "Milan Sport" and other media added fuel to the fire, they issued a "win Allen, rule the world" remarks, they called on their own giants, if they want to get good results in the future competition, they must introduce Wang Li, and the existence of such a player in the opponent is absolutely terrifying.
This makes many big European clubs more eager to get Wang Li, but in the face of Abramovich, who is not afraid of money at all, and Chelsea, who has an excellent record, the "giants", "money" and "sincerity" they have tried are useless at all, at least in the winter transfer to get Wang Li, it can only be a dream.
In short, after this game, almost all the other teams except for the winning Chelsea team were a little chilled.
After the win, Blues fans are increasingly concerned about Chelsea's Carabao Cup format, and although it is only a chicken rib competition, it is still a good appetizer for a trophy-poor Chelsea.
The victory also made Chelsea fans look forward to the confrontation between the team and the giants, and they are most looking forward to the Champions League against Barcelona, although Barcelona is only rising, but even so, no one will underestimate the team with Ronaldinho of the World Footballer. Even if these two home-and-away matches have not yet begun, everyone knows that it will be a match like Mars hitting Earth.
After the game, Chelsea Football Club took a day off, and Wang Li went to shoot an advertisement, which was a Nike advertising campaign in Asia.
In fact, Wang Li has no talent for filmmaking, and he is not even as good as a rookie in this regard. After a busy day, Wang Li has been impatiently doing all kinds of actions under the direction of the director, although in the process, he feels uncomfortable, but he has to work after taking the money, and the Nike company pays him a lot of pounds, so he must do the work he needs to do.
This promotional video is a 1-minute advertisement for Nike, and there are also some public welfare surnames in it, because the rules of TV channels in many third world countries in Asia are not clear, so there are still many channels that can be inserted in the 1-minute advertisement, since it can be broadcast, of course, the longer the more effective it is.
Of course, this is just the opposite for Wang Li, there is a shot in the advertisement, which is for him to do a handsome action, but when Wang Li does it, it makes people feel a little unnatural anyway, which makes the working time a lot longer, and this shot alone takes several hours.
After the whole commercial was filmed, Wang Li even felt more tired than playing a 90-minute fierce confrontation game.
Of course, these are all things outside the football field, Wang Li is still a football player first, so after the holiday, he returned to the club to participate in the team's regular training.
In fact, this holiday is also a bold holiday for Mourinho to keep his team in shape and let the players relax, Chelsea's recent games have been so dense that they are back in the league quagmire on the third day of the game against Manchester United.
In the 23rd round of the English Premier League, Chelsea travelled to north London to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.
Tottenham Hotspur have performed very well this season, as a north London team, they are only 13 points away from their local rivals Arsenal, and they are currently in 7th place in the league, which can be said to be very strong.
In the first half of the meeting, Tottenham suffered a big defeat at Stamford Bridge, and this time at home, so Tottenham fans are very excited to cheer for the team, they hope that Tottenham can become the team that ends Chelsea's winning streak, which will make them proud, and in fact, this idea is not all for Tottenham's points, as Arsenal's sworn rival team, Tottenham fans can be said to hate Arsenal to the core, Arsenal was defeated by Chelsea at home, So they want their side to draw against Chelsea and then they will feel honoured.
In fact, they have a lot of chances, because the current league is a place for Mourinho to practice, and Chelsea still lose with so many points ahead of second-placed Arsenal. On the other hand, the Chelsea players are reluctant to let go, because it involves a lot of prize money, so lately they themselves feel that they are better in the league than in other competitions, and this is the role of money.
As a battle between the first and seventh place in the Premier League, this game is undoubtedly the focus of the 23 rounds, and at the same time, the English media also called this game "test battle", as the name suggests, it is to use Chelsea to test the strength of Tottenham, mainly because many media and fans have been surprised by Tottenham's performance this season, but Chelsea's performance has been recognized, this is the public positioning of the two teams in the hearts of fans, and the main reason is of course because Tottenham does not have too outstanding stars.
"This kind of competition is good for the development of the Premier League team, Tottenham have been very good this season, so we hope that other teams in the middle of the Premier League can do the same, so that the Premier League can be full of suspense every game, and when a few years from now, fans in other countries look at the Premier League and if we can say that "there are no upsets in the Premier League", then we have succeeded. I think most clubs still have to learn from Tottenham's success, they don't have too many famous stars, but they can compete for a place in the UEFA Cup. A new force in English football is on the rise!! ”
While the media found a more serious meaning for the game, it is undeniable that they all consciously ignored Chelsea.
Everyone knows that Chelsea are too strong to be good for the development of the Premier League, and if such a club dominates for too long, then no star will choose a club other than Chelsea, because they will not see any hope of winning the title. But at least for now, Chelsea haven't been strong enough to do that, not because of their strength, but because they don't have backing them with back-to-back titles, it's just an assumption. But, at least this season, it has become pointless to talk about the Premier League title.
Before this game, the two teams did not have any war of words, in the pre-match press conference, Tottenham Hotspur's manager also congratulated Chelsea on its current record, and only declared that "we are in the game, will try to win a victory", this very polite performance, but also let the two teams not quarrel at all, in fact, this is mainly because Tottenham and Chelsea do not have much competition at all, although at the same time London Premier League team, but there are many teams in London, Tottenham's main rival is Arsenal, Chelsea's sworn enemies are Fulham, with west and north London being two cities at all.
Last season, the two teams may still be competing for the League Cup and the Champions Cup, but this season, with Chelsea's outstanding performance, the gap between the two teams is getting wider and wider, and for Tottenham, Chelsea's record is not much different at all, and in any case, they are not capable of winning that trophy.
Although it seems that the relationship between the two teams is very good, this game was much more exciting than the last one, with a total of 90 minutes of play, and the two teams scored a total of seven goals.
In just seven minutes, Tottenham striker Defoe opened the scoring with a header from a corner kick that made the Spurs fans excited, as if they had seen the light of day.
It was a bit of a surprise to Chelsea, who had scored first in most of the season's games, and now it was Tottenham who scored first with their traditional attack, but it did satisfy Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on the sidelines, who was now expecting Chelsea to lose a game and give these proud lads a wake-up call and tell them that we are not invincible and that it is normal to lose if we don't play seriously.
However, what the Portuguese didn't expect was that the power of money was incredible, and all Chelsea players wanted to win because that meant they could continue to get a lot of money.
So just three minutes later, Wang Li's long-range shot from the right side of the penalty area made his England teammate Paul Lee. Robinson was full of tears, his hands rubbing against the ball, but the habit caused by the enormous force still allowed the ball to plunge directly into the net, and the Tottenham fans were happy for only three minutes before the score was levelled by Chelsea.
When Mourinho saw this scene on the spot, he was thinking that Wang Li should be given a break in the next league, even if it was this game, he also wanted Wang Li to leave the game early, so that other players could find some game states without Wang Li, of course, this may not be necessary, but Mourinho's idea is to use the league to train, and only the team that is not afraid of any difficulties can have a chance to win more championships.
However, before Mourinho could make any moves, Chelsea scored again.
With 29 minutes of the first half, Damien. Duff dribbled inside to the edge of the penalty area and made a beautiful backheel pass to William. Gallas got his chance, and the attacking French defender scored the second goal for Chelsea with a brilliant long-range strike that made even Frank, who hadn't felt like a goal in a long time. Frank Lampard was jealous.
After the goal, Frank Lampard was the first to press Gallas to the grass in order to vent his jealousy, and he fell on his stomach, acting as a cushion for the other players, of course, the result was dismal, the 'honest man' who has always demanded grace was only a little better than the French man who was about to cry.
After Chelsea scored the second goal, Tottenham's attack did not weaken because of the fear of the opponent's goal, they were still attacking, Mendes and Redknapp on the left and right roads frequently made the ball in the middle, and the attack again and again made Chelsea's defense even a little overwhelmed, which may be more because Chelsea's previous games were too smooth, and the team's perfect performance in the attack made the defense at the back a little negligent.
However, Chelsea's attack did not stop, taking advantage of a fast break opportunity, Wang Li single-handedly connected three people, and finally made a steady diagonal pass, giving the opportunity to Alkin, who was keeping up. Arjen Robben, who scored with an empty goal, made the score 1:3.
The first half ended with a score of 3:1, and at halftime, Mr. Mourinho, who hoped to play a role in training, changed three people in a row, Wang Li, Robben, and Lampard were replaced one after another at the beginning of the second half, which even made Tottenham fans see the hope of equalizing again, and the pressure brought to them by Wang Li on the field was too great.
In the second half, although Chelsea made three substitutions in a row, the style of play of the two teams did not change, and they still competed in attack.
In the 57th minute of the game, Tottenham's midfielder Sean. Davies pulled another goal back for his team with a set-piece to make it 2-3.
Now, Tottenham are in seventh place in the league, and it is not a matter of luck, and Chelsea's performance without Wang Li can only be said to be a draw with Tottenham, and the manager Mourinho frowned at the game in this situation, he did not want to see Chelsea become a one-man team.
But in fact, when Wang Li and Robben went off the field, Chelsea's attack actually had a feeling of weakness, Drogba was simply difficult to support in the front, and the Irishman Damien. Duff's breakthrough ability is also not strong, and without too dense cooperation, it is difficult for football to get into the Tottenham penalty area.
In the 81st minute, Chelsea defender Glenn . Johnson was fouled in the box and the referee awarded a penalty and Tottenham striker Canute equalised in one fell swoop, leaving Chelsea in danger of a draw or even a loss.
Perhaps before the game, no one expected the game to be like this, not even Tottenham manager Santini, who thought his team was going to suffer a big defeat.
However, Santini may have been overwhelmed by the temptation of a draw, and after his team tied the score, he made a false instruction - to defend all the way back to keep the score.
Indeed, for Tottenham, it would be absolutely acceptable to draw at home to Chelsea.
But the Chelsea team on the pitch is no match for Tottenham in terms of morale alone, and after Tottenham gave up attacking, Chelsea's chance came.
The lure of money proved to be very strong, and in the final minute of the game, Chelsea captain John Brown. John Terry put Chelsea ahead again with a header, and the stunning goal almost stabbed Santini in the heart and made him regret it.
However, it clearly didn't do anything for the game and in the end Chelsea won the game.
However, manager Jose Mourinho was clearly unhappy with the whole game, and it was clear that the Chelsea players were greeted with the Portuguese wrath.
(To be continued)