Chapter 309: Hope It Never Retires (2)

In the 14th round of the Premier League, the Chelsea vs Bolton match is about to begin.

At around 2:30 p.m., Bolton's bus pulled into Stamford Bridge and after that, they went with the Chelsea players to the Stamford Bridge stadium for the final pre-match warm-ups, of course, the two players were separated, and for the Bolton players, it had another effect, which was to acclimatise to the pitch, after all, Stamford Bridge is Chelsea's home stadium.

The head coaches of both teams, Mr. Allardyce and Mr. Jose Mourinho, went to the pre-match press conference.

However, in contrast, because the media thought that the difference in strength between the two teams was too big in this game, and the pre-game speculation was not hot, this made the press conference only a few dozen reporters, most of them Fulham local media, or some Bolton media who came to London with the team.

In response to the game, the Bolton boss only said a few symbolic words: "Chelsea are now the top team in the Premier League, but we will try to get better results." Our players are looking forward to the game, they've been training hard in the last few days, maybe it's going to make them grow up, yes, you can think of it as learning from Bolton Wanderers and I'm sure these stars can give us a lively football lesson. ”

Sam Allardyce is 57 years old this year, but his words are indeed modest enough that even Mr. Mourinho next to him listens to the smile, and nothing is more comfortable than the praise of his opponent.

In this case, Mr. Mourinho is not good at saying some arrogant words, he just first briefly introduced that so-and-so player will play, so-and-so player is likely to get a chance, and then focused on ridiculing Arsenal, recently he can't help but say a few bad words about Mr. Wenger every time he faces reporters, maybe the old French man should look at the yellow calendar of the ancient country in the East, this season he is definitely not good to go out - "He has been letting the team train behind closed doors, but I don't want to know about Arsenal's situation at all, because no matter how to change tactics." They all have those players, and now a lot of the media are saying that Chelsea players are better than Arsenal, which is completely correct, he wants to win by surprise, but there are no players available, even if he is surprised, he can't beat Chelsea, and I'm looking forward to seeing that wrinkled face next month. ”

Seeing Mourinho's expression, you know that he didn't take Bolton in his eyes at all, and now the 'madman' may only have Arsenal in his eyes.

In this season, Manchester United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and other top teams in the league have fallen at the feet of Chelsea, only the second place in the league Arsenal still keeps waving the flag and shouting, and in public opinion and Chelsea fought a draw, which makes the Portuguese very unhappy, he hopes to teach the Frenchman a lesson, with a real game to prove that Arsenal is just a soft egg - but also to prove that the current English football is Chelsea's world!

It's Jose. Mourinho's world!

……… Once the fans were all in the stadium, the game was finally about to begin.

Bolton's lineup is: goalkeeper Jaaskelainen, defenders from left to right, Hunt, Ngetty, Jady, Gardner, forwards Okocha, Campo, Speed, Gianna Koporos, and the forward line is Kevin. Davis and Pederson's partner.

Chelsea: goalkeeper Thomas. Clark, guard Paul. Ferreira, William. Gallas, John. Terry, Robert. Hutter, avant-garde Frank. Frank Lampard, Crowder. Makelele, Joe. Cole, forwards Wang Li, Eduar. Goodjanssen, Scott. Parker.

It is worth mentioning that the day before this match, during the intra-team confrontation training, Ricardo. Carvalho is injured again, and after a detailed examination by the team doctor, he has suffered a calf muscle strain and will need to be out for at least two weeks, so that Carvalho will miss at least the rest of the November game.

And Didier. Drogba and Damien. Duff was also put on the bench, and in the last game against CSKA Moscow, Joe Duff was also put on the bench. Cole and Damien. There are still problems with the coordination between Duff, so while Robben can't play with a cold, Duff can't get a chance, of course, maybe this can also allow Duff to recover his fitness.

While waiting for the game to start, the players of both teams turned their heads to look at the east stand of the stadium, where the Chelsea fans stand, and a huge banner with blue letters on a white background made people feel so shocked - "Blue will shine on the whole earth, we have the strongest will, and the pace of victory will never stop!! Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea!! ”

There is a huge banner at least 50 meters long, which stands out even in the crowded stadium stands, and if you look around, you will unconsciously look in that direction.

The banner was obviously extravagant, and it would take a lot of fans to lift it, and the players in the room knew it was a big deal that could only be done by a large Chelsea fan association.

Needless to say, just by virtue of these words, you can know how much hope the fans have for them, this encouragement is even more effective than the anger of Mr. Mourinho Kinko, which makes the players on the pitch full of motivation to play, and the Bolton players are even more envious to watch the Stamford Bridge stadium carefully, perhaps many people have already begun to plan for where to go next season.

At this time, Wang Li was also looking in the direction of the East Stand, but it was not all because of the huge banner, but because he saw a familiar figure behind the East Stand.

Even if the internal strength cultivation made him deaf and clear, but at such a distance, he didn't dare to guarantee that his eyes would be accurate, and he just felt that the figure looked like a person, so he shook his head helplessly, and saw that the referee was about to blow the whistle, so he focused on the game.

"Beep........."

With a long whistle, full-time began, with Bolton kicking off first, with a couple of passes at the back and defender Hunter making a big foot to launch the horn of the attack.

.................. "Child, you are still young, do whatever you want!" Before she came to London to attend university a few years ago, her grandfather's words were still lingering in Rita's ears, and when she came to her senses, she found herself in the Blues fan stands.

After a long day of strolling around the stadium outside Stamford Bridge, Rita walked onto the pitch and watched the almost frantic shouts of the Blues fans around her, and she was also infected by the atmosphere, cheering on Chelsea - although the formal European women's uniform seemed so discordant among the fans.

Unlike these fans, Rita's eyes were only fixed on the brunette boy on the field, and she didn't care about the performance of the other players. She didn't know why she was so obsessed, she didn't know what she really thought in her heart, she just followed her feelings and came here.

'Haven't you given up yet?' She secretly blamed herself.

At this time, Rita felt that the brunette boy on the field was looking at her side, and her heart tightened, and she thought in a panic: 'Did he find me?' Then I saw the big banner next to the front and told myself comfortingly that he wasn't looking at me.

However, this thought made her feel lost in her heart.

……… Although Bolton Wanderers' manager Sam Allardyce kept a low profile in front of the media before the game and declared 'we are here to learn from experience', this was not reflected in the actual game.

Bolton's traditional 442 formation played very well, both defensively and offensively.

Since Wang Li came on the pitch, in attack, he found that the Bolton defenders didn't do too much to defend themselves, but just put a lot of energy into the front of the box, to block the area, which made him feel like a Maginot line - Chelsea's attack was stopped every time in the first 10 minutes.

In fact, Mr. Mourinho on the field saw very clearly that Bolton's defense was pulling the formation forward, that is, their back line was pulled forward to the front of the big penalty area, and they were constantly making offside tactics in this position, which made Eduar, who was not too flexible in the front. Goodjanssen became the most depressed of the people.

And due to the premise of the opponent's formation, it will not be easy for Chelsea to break through this dense defence.

Off the pitch, however, Sam Allardyce didn't seem to be hoping for such a tactic, simply sweeping his eyes back and forth with his players' performances, while occasionally glancing at the Chelsea dugout.

Obviously, he wanted to see how long it would take the Portuguese to figure out how to deal with this defensive tactic.

Surprisingly, however, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho did not give any immediate command, he just sat on the bench, chatted with the assistant coach, occasionally smiled and pointed at the pitch, with no intention of making tactical adjustments.

In fact, in the first 5 minutes, Mr. Mourinho, as a master tactician, had already seen through Bolton's tactics, but he didn't want to find a way to crack it himself, but kept his eyes on the black-haired boy on the field, he wanted to see how the black-haired boy's tactics and command ability were, which could be regarded as a test for him.

In this case, the game slowly went by, Drogba was not on the field, Joe. Kerr was too far back and Bolton managed to keep Chelsea off for 20 minutes with a simple offside tactic.

Mr. Mourinho's wishful thinking has failed.

For 20 minutes, the brunette on the pitch didn't give any command, which made Mr. Mourinho a little disappointed, he thought that with the brunette boy's tactical literacy and on-the-spot ability, he would definitely be able to find a way to change the team's situation, as an attacking core, this is also his task, but 'maybe his expectations are too high!?' ’

What the Portuguese didn't know, though, was that much of the reason for the current situation was due to him.

Of course, Wang Li can see the reason for the team's unfavorable attack, just look at the linesman constantly raising offside chess, but the reason why he hasn't commanded anything until now is because in the last round of the Premier League, he changed his tactics privately and was severely criticized by Mourinho.

Even though he knew that his ideas would definitely change the situation of Chelsea's attack, Wang Li still did not do so, and it was definitely unwise for him not to be scolded by the manager after the game, so he could only look at the dugout and hope that the usually scruffy Portuguese could do something.

So, on and off the field, the two began to stare wide-eyed.

Mr Mourinho felt that he had made his intentions clear, while Wang Li felt that the manager was demonstrating to him not to question the tactics that had been laid out.

In such a strange situation, when the game reached the 28th minute, when Wang Li turned his head to look at the coach's seat again, and saw the face of the Portuguese with black hair and sloppy hair, he confirmed his opinion again.

……… Although Bolton's tactics did somewhat restrain Chelsea's attacking tactics on the field, the quality of Bolton's players was really a little different from Chelsea's, so when the game reached the 39th minute, Chelsea still scored.

This time it was still Wang Li's dribbling.

On the right flank, he broke through to the right side of the penalty area with the ball, leaving the Bolton players helpless, even though Wang Li was surrounded by three defenders, but they still couldn't get the ball under that dazzling foot movement.

Taking advantage of Lampard's opportunity to cut in from the side, Wang Li handed the ball to him, and then the latter received the ball and kicked it directly towards the penalty area, Wang Li successfully followed up quickly with Ling Bo's micro-step anti-offside, Bolton had no one at the back, received the pass, and he only needed to face goalkeeper Askelainen alone.

So, Wang used a fancy shadowless foot so that Askelanine could only stretch out his hands to pounce on the ball, and then, in a rapid disguise, shook the goalkeeper and took the ball into the Bolton goal.

The goal had been waited so long for the Blues fans that the entire Stamford Bridge stadium was boiling over, and Rita, who was sitting in the stands, was affected by the atmosphere, standing up and shouting for Wang Li, perhaps, it was only because it was Wang Li who scored the goal, if it were anyone else, this Ukrainian woman would not have been like this.

“gooooooooooooooal!!! Chelsea's first goal was long overdue, and this time Allen used his dexterous movement to shake off the goalkeeper and take the ball into the goal, which was really dry!! "Creed. Peswack has another chance to play, and he's always been so passionate-"...... The pace of victory will not end!! At least this game won't be over!! Thank God for bringing us Allen, he always brings goals to Chelsea and wins for Chelsea!! ”

……… Although Chelsea took a one-goal lead in the first half, it was a decent result, but at half-time it was Mr Mourinho who walked into the dressing room with a calm face.

In fact, he was pleased with the team's performance throughout the first half, except for Wang Li, who scored a goal, of course.

Now, Mr. Mourinho would like to question the brunette boy above all else, why didn't he take the initiative to make adjustments when the team's attack was not good in the first half!? He did the same - "But, boss, didn't you say last time not to change your tactics without permission?" Wang Li frowned, looked at the Portuguese man who was blushing and questioning loudly, spread his hands, and continued helplessly: "And you lost your temper about it last time. ”

Mourinho's face turned red with this sentence - there is nothing to say!!

The Portuguese man looked up at the ceiling and thought to himself that this was really the case, but there was no expression on his face, in fact, he was thinking about how to round the field to keep himself in the majesty of the manager.

The dressing room was full of people, and at this time, they understood the situation of the Portuguese. Frank Lampard immediately straightened his face and said to Wang Li like a lesson: "Alan, what the boss meant last time was to let you improvise, your task is to attack rather than defend, as the core of the attack, it is your duty to make the team's attack play more smoothly!" ”

Wang Li was stunned for a moment, looked at Frank Lampard with an upright face, and then looked at Mr. Mourinho who was still staring at the ceiling, and then understood in his heart, and pretended to be a little puzzled: "Is that so?" ”

At this moment, Mr Mourinho's face immediately returned to smile, he glanced at Lampard appreciatively, turned to pacing slowly behind his back with his hands behind his back, turned to Wang Li and said: "You are an attacking player, the team's attack revolves around you, when the attack is in crisis, you must turn your mind to find a way to make the attack smoother." ”

"You see Frank is very smart, he understands what I mean, you have to be like that, football is not just about technique, if you want to be a good player, you have to learn to turn your head, only then can you ............ in the game"

“…… The important thing is to make sure that the manager means, and if you don't understand what I mean, then how can you know what you need to do on the pitch!? ……”

At first, Wang Li still had a sincere expression on his face and kept nodding his head, but when he found that the Portuguese man had finished talking, his face slowly changed, and finally he became gloomy.

…… The farce ended with a resounding victory for Mr Jose Mourinho, with the Premier League's head coach so powerful that no Chelsea player dared to offend the Portuguese by telling the truth.

……… During the break, there was a jubilant scene on the pitch at Stamford Bridge. The banner of the Supporters' Association, of which Scholes was the leader, became the center of attention, and many fans from other associations gathered around George Brown. Scholes asked him where the banner had been ordered, and all the time he thought of a more uplifting slogan to cheer on Chelsea – and catch the eye of others.

And the stadium commentator Creed also joked about the banner: "Blue will shine on the whole earth, we have the strongest will, and the pace of victory will never stop!! ”

'It seems like a prophecy and I hope it will come true, at least for now Chelsea are still winning all the games and I hope the win will never end.'

“…… I was thrilled to see the slogan, and maybe in the next two years I'll be able to see Chelsea in all shapes. I wish this banner will last until Christmas, so that the fans and friends can have a happy holiday, oh no, it should be the end of the season. ”

"Of course, what I hope most is that it never retires."

(To be continued)