The 13th round of the English Premier League is definitely a long-awaited round of matches by the media, and it is a grand event for London football, because in this round of the competition, there is not only the west London derby of Fulham vs Chelsea, but also the more popular north London derby of Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur.

At the same time, perhaps the FA took into account the fact that both games were very hot, with the Arsenal and Tottenham matches scheduled for 1pm and Chelsea and Fulham scheduled for 4pm, so that the media reporters could continue to cover the west London derby after covering the north London derby, which was really a feast for the football press.

This west London derby is the 69th west London derby in history, and in the last 68 games, Fulham have won 9, drawn 17 and lost 42. Since Fulham were promoted to the Premier League in 2001/02, they have won 11 games against Chelsea, winning one, drawing four and losing six, with the only victory coming in March 2003 when they were given victory by just one penalty.

However, for the fans, the historical record is not too important, and even the league results are not important, and in the derby, playing the team's momentum must not be suppressed by the opponents in the same city, which is the most important thing.

Before the start of the game, many Fulham fans were interviewed by the media, in the survey, 87.5% of the fans hoped that in this game, Chelsea players will be injured, and more fans hope that Wang Li can be injured at the beginning of this game, because then Fulham can win.

As an England fan, of course, they hope that Wang Li can continue to play like this, so that the England team can get better results, but as a Fulham fan of the era, they hope that Wang Li will not play much in this game, and it is best to go straight down.

This is the paradox between England and the club.

Perros. Cooper, is a football hooligan.

There's a reason for that, because Mr Cooper's family has been Fulham fans for generations and has a lot of prestige in the fan base, but last year he was permanently barred from the stadium by the FA because of a brawl on the pitch.

In an interview with the media, Mr. Cooper was very arrogant, facing the camera, he made a hideous expression, and directly threatened: "You better be careful tomorrow, don't have any accidents, this is our territory!" After saying this, he even used his right hand to compare the action of shooting a pistol, which startled the media interviewed.

The footage was picked up by the local police in Fulham that afternoon, and they became even more concerned about the safety of tomorrow's game.

In an exclusive interview with the Fulham Post that night, a young female journalist in her 20s interviewed him, Wang Li said with a smile when talking about the west London derby: "I will take every game seriously, I think this is the way to respect the opponent's performance, no matter who the opponent is, I will try to score." ”

Hearing Wang Li's remarks, the female reporter didn't find it strange, she knew that this brunette had always been so 'confident', and she asked instead: "So what do you think of the Fulham fans' intimidation of Chelsea, especially you, many fans even want you to get injured." ”

"It's not a big deal, they're scared! Yes, they are afraid! Wang Li took a sip of water and put down the bottle before continuing: "Chelsea have had a good season so these fans are scared, they have lost confidence in their team, and they vent it in this way, I don't pay attention to these comments at all. ”

"So how many goals do you think you can score in this game?" The female reporter asked with interest.

Wang Li smiled and said: "Of course, the more the merrier, you know, my goal bonus is 30,000 pounds, and if I can score 10, it will be 300,000." ”

She didn't say anything else, but apparently the reporter had understood what Wang Li meant, she looked at Wang Li with big eyes, and said, "I wish you can score more goals." ”

It is worth mentioning that after the interview, the female reporter looked at Wang Li very coquettishly and left him a phone number, which made Wang Li, who was not used to living alone, moved, however, he thought of Angela instead, and immediately stopped this idea and threw the tissue paper into the garbage heap.

……… Both sides took the west London derby very seriously, with Mr Mourinho gathering his squad early in the morning to do a small warm-up at the Chelsea first-team training ground and calling in a psychologist to help relieve the pre-game pressure.

For the Chelsea team, this game was even more intense than the game against Manchester United, because in the afternoon game, they were bound to be boycotted, intimidated, scolded and threatened by the home fans, and under this pressure, it became very difficult to perform at their normal level, and there was a high risk of injury in the game, which was very stressful for them.

But Wang Li has no pressure, now, his little Wuxiang Gong has been cultivated for more than a year, although this body cultivates internal strength very late, and his qualifications are not ordinary, but in his previous life, he has learned so many top-level martial arts moves, even if he is placed in the Tianlong world, he is a third-rate master, and if these ordinary football players on the field want to hurt him in the game, it is almost impossible to happen.

Since Angela flew to the United States, although the two can talk on the phone every day, Wang Li still feels a little bored, this West London derby came just in time, if the opponent is honest, if there is a real conflict, he will not be merciful.

Therefore, Wang Li has no psychological pressure at all, and he is even in the mood to talk and laugh with his teammates.

Fast by, and by the blink of an eye it was one o'clock in the afternoon, and the Chelsea players were on the team bus heading towards the banks of the River Thames.

Fulham's home stadium is the Cayun Farmhouse Course, which is located on the banks of the River Thames in the Hammersmith-Fulham district of London, England, and has been Fulham's home stadium since 1896.

Due to the age of the stadium, at the end of the 01/02 season, Fulham planned to demolish the Cayun Farmhouse and rebuild it, and the team temporarily relocated to Loftus Road. However, it was eventually abandoned due to opposition from many fans, and in December 2003 an £8 million restoration plan was announced to bring the Cayun Farmhouse into line with Premier League regulations, mainly from the transfer fee income from the sale of Saha to Manchester United.

Perhaps £8 million is not a huge figure for a Chelsea team with Russian tycoon Roman Roman Abramovich as chairman, and it is only a fraction of their transfer fee, but for a team like Fulham, it is already a difficult figure to prepare, and they are only selling their stars to raise funds.

This is also another sadness of the small club.

Luckily, the work to improve the stadium began in January 2004 and was completed just in August, and this season Fulham fans were able to watch the game at their familiar Cayun Farmhouse Stadium again.

The Chelsea bus was not all smooth sailing on the way into the Cayun Farmhouse Stadium, and by the time they reached the pitch, there were already a large number of Fulham fans in white and black shoulder home shirts gathered there, and the blue buses were seen coming in this direction, and these fans were holding all sorts of banners and approaching the bus, and it was clear that these fans were intending to deter the Chelsea players.

"You're going to lose the panties!!"

"Go back to Stamford Bridge, you're not welcome at Cayun Farmhouse!"

"Outsiders are not welcome in Fulham!"

…… All kinds of intimidating and scolding slogans made the young players in the car panic, of course, this refers to the letter players who have never been exposed to this kind of formation, such as the Dutch kid Alkin. Robben, Thomas. Clarke waited, while the rest of the players looked calm, and it was clear that they were used to the west London derby.

However, even so, the bus did not move at all, and it was definitely a wrong choice to get off the bus and walk into the stadium.

Thankfully, the local police station in Fulham reacted quickly, and they dropped dozens of officers to maintain order on the scene, and after dozens of minutes of waiting, the Chelsea bus slowly drove into the Karl Farmhouse stadium.

Once on arrival, the Chelsea players were led by the assistant coach to acclimatise to the pitch and do some pre-match warm-ups, before heading back to the visiting dressing room half an hour before the start of the game, waiting for the final pre-match arrangements from head coach Jose Mourinho, who had just attended his pre-match press conference.

While the manager had not yet arrived in the dressing room and the players were discussing the game and other news, the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur was over, and the players had already received a concrete report from the reporters - Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 away.

Thierry Henry, Lauren, Patrick Vieira, Ljungberg and Andreas Pire scored for Arsenal, while Naibet, Defoe, Ledley King and Canoute netted for Tottenham in what was the most goals scored in a single Premier League game so far this season.

Hearing the final score of this derby, the players can imagine how tragic the game was, and then think of today's game, even if they have seen the gap between the two teams clearly, they dare not guarantee that this game will be won, and the derby is not more than usual!

"You've seen the atmosphere at the scene." After entering the dressing room, Mourinho did not take the tactical version of the finger drawing, but showed a solemn expression on his face, and said seriously to all the players: "A lot of people don't care about this game at all, but for Chelsea and Fulham, it's extremely important. ”

Speaking of this, Mr Mourinho stretched out his arm and pointed out the window, from which he could clearly see the Fulham fans in white jerseys on the pitch, either cheering for the home team, holding all sorts of large banners, and even holding up large caricatures of sarcasm to intimidate Chelsea.

Seeing the appearance of the players, the Portuguese paced around the dressing room before he said: "They have been intimidating us since before the game, trying to use this method to prevent us from really playing to our strength, do you know why they did this? ”

Captain John. Terry immediately said, "They're scared, boss!" ”

Mourinho looked up and swept his eyes over the faces of all the players, saying word by word: "That's right, they are afraid!" I'm sure after so many games we all have an idea of the quality of the team and I can't afford to lose in this game, Chelsea have to win, and preferably big! ”

"Ok, boss!"

"We know, don't worry, boss!"

"We sure will!"

…… Mourinho was relieved to see that his words had somewhat eased the pressure on some players, and that this derby was crucial for Chelsea, although a third of Blues fans were allowed to enter the stadium away from home, but throughout history, Chelsea fans have not been as popular as Fulham fans, mainly because most of the players in the Fulham area only recognize Fulham, and they have always considered Chelsea to be an alien team.

For this reason, as a team in west London, Chelsea has always been competing with the Fulham team, and Chelsea's fans are more from other parts of west London, but most of the fans near the stadium are all rivals in the same city, which makes Chelsea very awkward and deepens the hatred between the two teams.

To develop more, Chelsea need more support from the many fans at the bottom, so the team will have to win the derby to attract more Fulham local fans.

……………… Time passed quickly, and after Mourinho had laid out his team's tactics, the players all changed their clothes and walked to the players' tunnel to get ready to enter.

The players of both teams stared at each other in the tunnel and even knew each other without talking.

At this time, they are all representing their respective teams, and their words and deeds are closely watched by these media, and fans don't want their favorite stars to go to greet the players of the rival team in the same city.

The referee for this match was the famous 'Dumb Whistle' Reney, who was known as the 'bully (bullying promoted horses)' referee who was very strict in enforcing the law and sent Sir Alex Ferguson off the pitch last season - that was the only red card United received last season.

With a light whistle from Rainey's mouth, the players of both teams began to enter the field.

Today, the Cayun Farmhouse Stadium was packed with nearly 30,000 people in attendance, which made the stands that could only accommodate more than 25,000 people look very crowded, and at least two-thirds of them are wearing the Fulham home team uniforms, obviously, they are Fulham fans, and there are also many Blues fans on both sides of the east and south stands, although they are also cheering for the team, but compared to the home team's sound.

"Andy. Cole!!! ”

With the roar of the live anchor, the atmosphere of the Fulham fans reached its peak, one of the 'black wind twins' of Manchester United, the main striker of the England team over the century, in the more than 10 games after coming to Fulham, with 5 goals has completely conquered the local fans.

Although Andy. Kerr is 33 years old, but his goalscoring efficiency is still feared by many teams.

"Alan. King! ”

When the anchor mentioned Wang Li's name, there was a sudden boo from the crowd, and even though the Blues fans had tried their best to shout, they still couldn't suppress the neat boos, which were obviously carefully planned by the Fulham fans.

Many Fulham fans looked at the brunette boy who had just walked onto the pitch, and they had mixed feelings, the current Premier League goal machine has been playing for Fulham, but alas, he is a rival team in the same city.

These fans know very well that it is almost impossible for a player like Wang Li to come to Fulham unless he is about to retire. Cole, but Wang Li is not yet 18 years old.

And this game, for Fulham fans, the brunette is almost the biggest threat, and all they can do for the team is to boo en masse to try to influence his form.

Unfortunately, this didn't seem to have any effect on Wang Li at all, and when he walked into the stadium, he turned around and looked around, and even the big screen showed him smiling calmly - which made the Fulham fans angry and booed twice as much!

However, Wang Li didn't care at all, he even felt that he was more motivated to score, and scoring in this kind of anger of tens of thousands of people may be more rewarding than scoring in the expectation of tens of thousands of people!?

……… During the game, Graham, who had been promoted from Sky TV, was also on the scene, and while the captains of the two teams were guessing the coins, he began to introduce the starting line-ups of the two teams to the fans in front of the TV:

"Fulham lined up a standard 442 formation for this game, and the goalkeeper was Mark Murphy. Crossley, defender Morris. Waltz, Zatt. Wright, Zeshan. Rehemann, Bocanegra, midfielders Malbranke, Diop, Pembrich, Boua. Mott, Andy Cole, and Thomas. Radzinski partnered the striker. ”

"From the beginning of the season, Fulham's performance can be described as mediocre, but this season's Andy Fulham has been in the middle. Cole's performance was truly impressive, and without looking at his profile, it's hard to believe that this is a 33-year-old veteran's performance. ”

'Let's look at Chelsea again, Mr Mourinho has switched back to his 433 formation, and seeing this derby, he is going to play steadily, goalkeeper Petr Cech, defender Paul. Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry and Williams. Gallas, midfielders Geremi and Frank Lampard replaced Makelele, and up front were Allen, Drogba and Joe. Cole. ”

'We can see that Chelsea's two left-footed wingers, Arjen Robben and Duff, were not available for the game. Kerr got his chance and Allen was still a right-sided midfielder in the left-sided position, and we hope Allen can continue his good performances in the game. ”

……… After Graham introduced the starting lineups of the two teams, on the field, the two teams were ready to kick off.

"Beep......

With a long whistle from the referee, it signaled the start of the game, at this time, taking advantage of the time just started, Graham still nagged endlessly: "Chelsea's results this season are too eye-catching, I think in the game, Allen can still score, although he did not participate in the pre-match press conference is a little regrettable, but this"

Speaking of this, Graham paused suddenly, and then said with some confusion: "Ball...... Entered!? Oh my God, the ball is in!! ”

(To be continued)