Chapter 337: Tenacity and Perseverance
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Portsmouth's home stadium at Hampshire Port's Fatton Park stadium was very popular today, with 20,000 fans in the stands crowded and crowding in colourful jerseys cheering on the team. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Half of these supporters, who were homegrown Portsmouth supporters, wore the same blue home kit as the home team, and kept shouting at the Chelsea players on the pitch who were sculpting their pre-match training to discourage Chelsea from playing and give their team a better chance of victory.
The other half of the crowd in the stands were many Blues fans who had followed the team to Portsmouth, wearing black jerseys and white winter sportswear, and they were all sitting quietly, looking very neat and tidy like well-trained soldiers. But don't think they're going to be away from home, willing to let the home fans shine, and every once in a while, the central fan organisers wave their hands and they collectively shout a slogan - "Chelsea!!" Chelsea!! Chelsea!! ”
"Hillbilly, your blue is impure!!"
"Victory can only belong to Chelsea!! 3:0, 5:0 or 10:0!? ”
…… At Fayton Park, the neat shouts of more than 4,000 Blues fans were terrifying, and this neat shouting was by no means comparable to the chaotic voices of more than 10,000 Portsmouth fans, as long as the Blues fans shouted, then the momentum would instantly overwhelm the Portsmouth fan stands, which made the latter extremely sad, and they even tore their throats and shouted to fight back, but it was useless, after all, they did not organize anything specifically about it.
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It was two days after Chelsea's match with Aston Villa, on the afternoon of 28 December, in the 28th round of the Premier League, when Portsmouth hosted Chelsea.
This season, Chelsea have played against all 18 other Premier League teams, and Portsmouth is also the last, although Chelsea have won 19 in a row, but two of them have been against Aston Villa, so it is not a complete half-way win, but as long as they win this game, Chelsea will really have a complete win record in this schedule.
Last season, many thought Portsmouth would not be relegated in the Premier League, but Portsmouth boss Lena managed to sign a number of big players for the club, including veterans Sheringham, Todorov, Perikad and Yakuba, allowing them to integrate with the old player Matthew. Taylor and Gary. The Championship team composed of O'Neill and others, the team's record at home is very impressive, and it can even be compared to the top three of the United States Premier League, but unfortunately the results of the away game are miserable, only two wins in a season, and finally ranked thirteenth in the Premier League.
Portsmouth's form this year is not optimistic, not because of their poor results, but because of the escalating conflict between the team's president Mandaric and manager Lena, which led to the resignation of the iron-clad coach who has made a big contribution to Portsmouth on November 23.
Now, Zajech has taken over from Lena as the team's interim head coach, and his partner is in the team. Jotun became his deputy.
However, with both men in the Premier League managerial position as young players, Portsmouth's record is understandable, and the biggest problem facing the team now is probably the need to find a successor manager to stabilize the team's form, otherwise the quagmire of relegation is likely to return to Portsmouth at the end of the season, which is definitely not a pleasant thing.
Due to Portsmouth's recent poor results, the home and away games are certainly not very good-looking, so in a normal game, the Faton Park stadium, which can only accommodate 20,000 fans, is difficult to fill, but today is different, just because Portsmouth's opponent is Chelsea.
Chelsea!!
For many England fans now, Chelsea is a miracle of the season, they have accomplished so many impossible tasks, so there are a lot of local fans who come to watch this game, and of course there will be no shortage of Blues fans who will follow, but there is also a large number of them who are coming for Chelsea's name - who wouldn't want to see the teams that have won more than half of the English league schedule and have won all the games!?
……… Finally, under the expectation of all the fans in the stadium, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.
In this match, Jose Mourinho made Paulo. Ferreira and Glenn. Johnson came on at the same time, an arrangement that surprised many, but the Portuguese was also out of desperation. Now Chelsea's backline is facing a dilemma where no one is available. Bridget's physical strength struggled to cope with the intense schedule of three days and two races, and John Brown. Terry accumulates yellow cards and is suspended, Ricciardo. Carvalho's foot injury has not yet recovered, and in this case, he can only make William, who is still a little immature. Gallas emerged at centre-back, leaving only the two right-backs left with two wide options.
And Mourinho still has a trick, and this trick refers to Paul. Patrick Ferreira, Jose Mourinho dropped him on the left wing, and it has to be said that the decision was a real surprise, as the left-back has always been the two-sizer Wayne in the Chelsea team. Bridget, William. Gallas took turns competent, while Paul. Ferreira has been playing as a right-back when he is on the pitch, is it really appropriate to put him on the left side rashly!?
However, as the game progressed, those who were surprised by the decision put their minds at ease, the Portuguese played in a decent manner, at least the opponent's attack could not find the slightest flaw, and Portsmouth's right wing-back was the veteran Stone, the bald man who had been brilliant in the team's victory over Manchester United, but he rarely had many chances against Ferreira in this game, and in the third minute of the game, Paul. Ferreira squeezed the former directly out of the sideline with a stride, and also cut the ball off just right, which is also a portrayal of the victory and defeat of the two people in this game.
Although Paul. Ferreira has been outstanding and has a much more secure place at Chelsea than he did at the start of the season, but in reality, he and Thiago. Mendes has been hyped by the media as Chelsea's two biggest parallel goods of the season, and after a few games in the early stages of the season, many media outlets interviewed Mourinho and asked him about the £20 million move to bring in Paul. Ferreira's causes.
'Maybe he's not being in a good form at the moment, but I'm not unhappy, he did well at Porto and I believe in him and it would be wisest to go and see if he's worth the price at the end of the season.' Mourinho told reporters when he was interviewed.
And now, Mourinho is on the field of Paul. Pacos Ferreira was not surprised by his performances, in fact, he played as a left wing-back at Porto at the start of last season and was a very good performer, making him another versatile defender in defence. In the half-season at Chelsea, Ferreira may have seen little brilliance in attack, but he has done a good job defensively, and he has also used this performance to become one of the most consistent pieces in Chelsea's defence, at least for now, Mourinho's words of "going to see if he is worth the price at the end of the season" have enough confidence.
Of course, Paul wasn't the only one in this game. A bright spot for Ferreira, in fact, is that the centre-forward Edul. Goodjanssen's performance is even better than Wang Li!!
In the 40th minute of the first half, Eduar. Goodjanssen received Joe. Kerr's pass was followed by a cut into the box and a long-range shot scored Chelsea's third goal and his second of the game - 'Eduer...... Goodjanssen!! gooooooooooooooal!!! ”
'The Icelander was so good in this game, I can't describe how I feel at the moment, I thought that after Christmas, with Chelsea's lack of personnel on all fronts, it might have a big impact on their results, but I know now that I was wrong, just by looking at Gudjanssen's performance, he is not worse than Drogba at all!!
"Look at Alan, our dancing prince, who was just as good in this game, and even won the Man of the Match 18 times in the first 19 rounds of the league, is this really an ordinary English footballer? I even think it's God playing football, maybe with his physicality, he can go to the Olympics and win a lot of gold medals for England, in short, he is so good, think about this result, there is really nothing to say, maybe he has to worry more about the best in this game, his teammates steal the limelight from him, oh yes, he just scored a goal. ”
In fact, Portsmouth's interim coach Zajech had no intention of winning the game.
Not only him, but even the entire Portsmouth team did not think about trying to win, facing a super team like Chelsea who have won 19 consecutive league games and played six games in the Champions League group stage, they have never thought they can play Chelsea when they are experiencing a team crisis.
Zajec, on the other hand, has one goal in mind for this game – to score two goals for Chelsea, and yes, that's his goal.
In the match between Chelsea and Wolverhampton a few days ago, because Wolverhampton scored two goals against Chelsea, even if they were scored five goals by the opponent, they did not encounter the saliva of the media, but said that their offensive ability was extraordinary, and they almost boasted to the sky.
Zajech also wants that kind of treatment, he is very smart and knows that it is impossible to beat Chelsea with the quality of the team, so he only aims to score goals, as long as he can score two goals against Chelsea, maybe the media will also boast about Portsmouth's attacking ability, so that he is likely to be trusted by the club's president, Mandarich, and the manager's position will be secured.
Everyone has the best, Zajech will not be willing to give up the position of head coach of the Premier League team that he has been waiting for so hard, he has to fight for the future of his coaching career.
So, in this game, Portsmouth lined up an attacking formation, and it was clear that they were going to play Chelsea at home.
However, even if the two teams play against each other, is Chelsea's defence really that lax!?
Portsmouth don't have Harrielsen. Clark, not to mention the in-form Harrielsen. Clark, how easy is it for them to score two goals against Chelsea!?
……… Zajech wanted his team to score, but the performance of his strikers was not satisfactory.
The team's main striker, Congolese Republic of the Congo player Lomana. Tresol. Lualua is 24 years old and perhaps a legend among professional footballers.
Lualua has been trained physically since he was a child, and at the age of 16 he began training at school and quickly showed his talent, representing Leighton College against a Colchester side in an English Academy Cup final, when he was spotted by a scout from English First Division side Colchester United and taken to League One to become a true professional. He started to contact football at the age of 16, and it has only been 8 years now, that is to say, it only took him 1 year to become a real professional football player from a complete football layman, I have to say, this is not a small miracle.
But miracles are miracles, if an ordinary person has not been exposed to football since childhood, then no matter how talented he is, there will be a serious problem - the foundation is extremely unreliable.
Now, in the Premier League, Lualua is even more problematic, with a hard-hitting Chelsea backline that makes it difficult for him to do anything, and in the face of this kind of defence, he is even worse than the average League One striker.
The team's other striker, Fleur, did not perform much better, and Portsmouth's only two chances on goal in the first half were also hit by the veteran in succession, and he seemed to be unable to find a sense of shooting against Chelsea.
As for the attack of Portsmouth's midfield, it was a complete mess, Chelsea was a 4231 formation in this game, in fact, this formation did not control the midfield too tightly, at least not as well as the 433 formation that Mourinho is good at, but even so, in the face of Chelsea's strong midfield formation, the performance of the Portsmouth players was still miserable.
The chaos in midfield led to chaos throughout the pitch, and although Portsmouth had an attacking formation, it was difficult to play with attacking momentum, which gave Chelsea a lot more chances to score.
……… At half-time, Portsmouth was already 3-0 down.
In the home team's dressing room, Zajech is just silently arranging the tactics of the second half, in fact, although he is now the head coach of the team, his authority is not high, and he is not even as good as some of the team's slightly rising stars, so even if he is dissatisfied with the performance in the first half, he will not vent his temper to these players, it is absolutely unwise, Portsmouth has a lot of assistant coaches, in order to take care of the hearts of some important players, Mandaric does not mind changing the head coach temporarily.
In this case, it is conceivable what Portsmouth can do.
At the beginning of the second half, Wang Li made a continuous breakthrough with the ball in the middle, went straight to the front of the penalty area, and turned and volleyed with a 'Ai-style' standard dribble to score another goal for Chelsea.
“goooooooooooooooal!!! Allan. Wang, this is the second goal, will he score the third!? ”
'In the 49th minute, Chelsea were four goals ahead, and looking at the home fans was so happy, you know, these fans were so arrogant at the beginning, and now Chelsea should use the goal to let these lads know that even away from home, we can still win by a big score!!!"
After scoring the goal, Wang Li was very comfortable and started the "Ai style" backflip on the spot, three backflips in a row, the visual effect of the physical game shocked the fans in the audience, but strangely, the Portsmouth fans did not say much - "Have you ever been a physical athlete?" ”
At this time, Portsmouth's striker Lua Lua walked over with a smile on his face and patted Wang Li on the shoulder and said.
Wang Li was stunned for a moment, turned around and opened his mouth, waved his hand and said, "No, I have never touched that thing." ”
"Then your physical fitness is really good, this action is very dangerous, be careful, otherwise it is easy to sprain your bare feet. I only do this after I've scored a very excited goal, but the coach always reminds me to be careful, and I'm sure you do too. ”
"Oh......, thank you!"
Wang Li was a little confused by the concern of the opposing players, but he still expressed his gratitude, in his opinion, this African black man is indeed very friendly, although his smile is not much different from Drogba's 'beast'.
It's just a small episode of the game.
Wang Li will not be merciful because of the friendliness of the opposing players, in fact, because Angela has recently returned to London, except for Christmas Day, he has lived in his home for the rest of the time, and the two are reviewing the previous 'homework' like glue, which makes Wang Li feel very good these days, and his passion on the football field has also increased.
In the 58th minute of the game, it was Joe again. Kerr, who seemed to cherish his hard-earned start, broke through two players in a row on the flanks and had a chance to open up with Frank in the middle. Frank Lampard made a one-two and then tucked into the box, where Gudjanssen squeezed a gap and heeled the ball into the corner in a dense defence.
Five to zero.
It also saw Gudjanssen complete his first hat-trick of the season.
The Icelander who scored the goal was visibly thrilled and he turned and ran towards Joe. Cole, and gave him a long hug, leaving even a tear in his eye. This hat-trick was not only an excellent performance of scoring three goals in one game, but also a firm and affirmative performance for Gudjanssen himself.
Looking at Chelsea's changes in the front line over the past two years, the Icelander is perhaps the luckiest "survivor".
Hasselbaink is gone, Crespo is gone, Mutu is also purged, and as for Fursel and the newly emerging Carlton. Cole also had to leave Stamford Bridge after signing a loan deal. Only Gudjanssen survived, and when Hasselbaink left, the team couldn't wait to renew his contract for four years, and in the Ranieri era, he regained lost ground from Crespo and Mutu little by little.
Now, the same story is happening in front of the eyes of the trusting manager Jose Mourinho, the super expensive Didier . Didier Drogba and the barely touchable Wang Li relegated Gudjanssen to the bench again, and now Gudjanssen has proved that he is no worse than the Ivorian, and while he and Wang Li are not competitive at all, they have at least added more weight to his place at Chelsea - Gudjanssen has not played as much time as Drogba in his current position.
A player who has never been famous, Gudjanssen has been at Chelsea for five years and it is more than just perseverance to be able to do so at a star-studded Chelsea
(To be continued)