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There were a few minor bumps in the way, but the truth is that Chelsea are still moving forward. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Recently for Chelsea, in addition to the game victory, there is also a good news worth celebrating, on January 31, that is, the day before the game with Birmingham, by the German "Kicker", Italy "Milan Sport", Russia "Sports Express", England "Football World", Portugal "Ball" and other ten European professional sports media selected European football 05 January best team, in the expectation of everyone announced, the three major European leagues divided all 11 places, the Premier League topped the table, while Chelsea overtook Barcelona as the team with the most selections.

Among them, the captain of the guard line team, John Brown. John Terry received nine votes and was undoubtedly part of the squad, and in January, apart from the suspension, John Terry's performance was undoubtedly the cornerstone of Chelsea's defence, which was unanimously acknowledged by the media.

However, for Chelsea, the performance of the back line is much, much worse than that of the front line, with Arjen Robben and Damien on the wings. Duff is definitely the most shining player, and the two have both entered the best team with this shining performance, although compared to Wang Li, the two of them do not have too many goal statistics, but Chelsea's two wingers have been unanimously recognized by the media all over Europe for their individual skills and the power of combination.

Actually, the Irishman Damien. Duff has never been a well-known player, because he does not have excellent individual dribbling skills, there are not many opportunities to shoot, as a midfielder, he can only run and pass in attack, this kind of player is really not liked by the media and fans, but with his and Robben's performance at Chelsea, his fame has also grown, it can be said that his 'famous' has a lot to do with Chelsea and Robben. At least for now, more opponents are paying attention to Duff's performance.

And the competition in the midfield position is the fiercest.

Argentinian Riquelme was very good in La Liga last month, and he was able to be the protagonist in almost every league game in January, while Barcelona's Ronaldinho did not perform badly, and the title of World Footballer alone can scare the media, but compared to Wang Li at Chelsea, their performance is somewhat unsatisfactory. At least in terms of goals scored, the duo and Wang Li are barely comparable, and now, almost everyone is focused on the performances of these three superstars, as they are all at the heart of the team's playmaking attack.

The final result is also completely in line with the positioning of the three in the minds of the media, Wang Li got the highest 10 votes, and Ronaldinho and Riquelme both got 8 votes, and then unfortunately lost the best team of the month in European football, and the two of them are also the only stars who got 8 votes and were defeated, which made many fans want to have a very popular sentence in the NBA: "Being born in the same era as Jordan is a kind of sadness for the stars", if the current situation of European football is concerned, Jordan can be replaced by Wang Li.

[Specific lineup and players (formation: 4-3-3): Goalkeeper: Dida (AC Milan), defenders: Maldini (AC Milan), John Terry (Chelsea), Cannavaro (Juventus), Puyol (Barcelona), forwards: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Allen. Wang (Chelsea), C. Ronaldo (Manchester United), forwards: Duff (Chelsea), Montella (Roma), Robben (Chelsea)]

………… The following day, the Chelsea squad travelled to Birmingham to take on Birmingham City in the last 32 of the English FA Cup.

The game did not become a reason for media attention, in fact, even though Chelsea were playing away, no media thought Birmingham could beat Chelsea, not even Manchester United or Arsenal.

However, while the media guessed the result correctly, they failed to guess the process, and in fact Birmingham City posed a big threat to Chelsea, even scoring the first goal in a quick counter-attack in the opening 23 minutes.

In this game, the Birmingham team adopted the defensive tactics of Manchester United in the last League Cup, and the manager Bruce not only cleverly borrowed this tactic, but also modified it, which made them not as good as Manchester United in terms of defense, but they were able to play one or two waves of counter-attacking attacks, which made Mourinho on the sidelines can't help but give Briss a thumbs up.

However, Birmingham are so far from Manchester United after all, Manchester United have almost tried their best to hold on to a 1-0, how can they do better than Manchester United!!

So, as soon as the second half began, Wang Li took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to score the equaliser for Chelsea, and after that, Chelsea still maintained a high-intensity attacking bombardment, leaving the whole Birmingham team tired at the back and unable to play a decent attack again.

In the end, Chelsea beat Birmingham City 3-1 to reach the last 16 of the FA Cup.

In fact, although Chelsea won the game, manager Jose Mourinho was not in a good mood because he found it much harder to win recently than at the start of the league, although he knew that this was inevitable as the teams studied Chelsea's tactics and player abilities thoroughly, but it still gave him a sense of crisis, and before the end of the season, the situation allowed the game to sometimes even get out of his control, which made Mourinho feel uncertain.

However, this is also directly related to Chelsea's goal this season, the quadruple is by no means easy to get, and Chelsea have now won the league title and the League Cup has entered the final stage, in this case, Mourinho is more worried about the FA Cup and the Champions League, especially the Champions League, which is the most golden.

In order to calm down this speculation and make the team more sure of the Champions League promotion, on the second day of the game with Birmingham, Mourinho generously gave the whole team a holiday, and he himself took Wang Li to Spain to watch the Barcelona game at Camp Nou.

In fact, Wang Li, who finally got a day off, didn't want to come at all, because Angela was going back to the United States in early February, and he really wanted to spend a romantic two-person world with her. However, Mourinho did not give him this chance: "Barcelona is very strong, we need to look at their attacking and defensive capabilities, and you also need to look at their actual defensive ability, so as to intuitively understand their weaknesses, try to score more goals in the game, and lead the team to victory." ”

Wang Li, who was a little ignorant, was fooled to Spain by Mourinho, but in fact, Mourinho didn't think so in his heart.

In the eyes of this Portuguese, Wang Li is his most outstanding disciple, this relationship is like the relationship between 'father and son', when the disciple performs extremely well, the 'master' will of course feel face-glorious, and now Wang Li's reputation among the fans even completely exceeds Mourinho, which makes him feel that it will be very face-saving to take Wang Li to Spain, even after being caught by the media, with this excellent disciple by his side, Mourinho also has the capital to 'talk big'.

It's not a strange show-off, it's a normal person's 'show-off' mind, 'Don't you Barcelona have Ronaldinho?' I've got Allen, so much better than your World Footballer of the Year, so we'll be the winners for sure. That's what Mourinho thinks, although this is a bit suspicious of 'Ah Q', but I have to say that it can really improve his self-confidence.

Mourinho is no stranger to the Camp Nou and has played in the past at the Englishman Bobby. When Robson and Dutchman Louis van Gaal were in charge of Barcelona, Jose Mourinho worked as an assistant and interpreter, while Wang Li was the complete opposite, he had never been to Spain at all, and he was completely unfamiliar with the Camp Nou, but seeing the crazy Catalan fans here and the magnificent stadium, Wang Li also felt that this time was very rewarding.

Compared to Stamford Bridge, the Camp Nou is obviously much grander, the capacity of the two stadiums alone can not be compared, the Camp Nou can accommodate more than 100,000 fans, think about if there are 100,000 Barcelona fans in the stands, then how much impact it will have on the away team, and even Wang Li feels that if he comes to this stadium for the first time is to challenge the Barcelona team, he will be a little nervous.

Mourinho and Wang Li are in the camp of neutral fans, and there is nothing unusual about their outfits, Mourinho is still wearing a suit and leather shoes, while Wang Li is a casual suit for Versace, but in order to avoid being recognized by the fans, both have a hat to cover up.

As soon as the two of them sat in the fan stands, they were recognized by the fans next to them, and soon, before the two teams on the field started to play, the big screen on the scene had already switched to the two of them - "Oh my God!! It's Mourinho!! What is the Chelsea boss doing at Camp Nou!? ”

"The one next to him is ......, Allen, Allen. King!! That's right, it's Chelsea's youngster Allen. King!!! Oh my God, they're definitely here to spy on the military!! It seems that the Barcelona fighters in this game should be careful, don't perform too well, otherwise your abilities will be recorded in the minds of this nasty Barcelona translator. ”

After the big screen cut to Mourinho, he did not pretentiously continue to sit and watch the game, but directly took off his hat and stood up, waved to all the fans to say hello, but unfortunately, Mourinho was greeted by the boos of the whole Barcelona, and it was obvious that the Portuguese was not popular with these Catalan fans.

However, on the contrary, Wang Li was welcomed, compared to the head coach of a team, the star is obviously much more popular, although Wang Li is also here to 'spy on the military', but when he stood up and waved to the fans, he still won some applause, which made Mourinho next to him feel very shameless, and he even felt that it was a mistake to bring Wang Li.

Of course, these are just a small episode of the whole game.

Jose Mourinho's visit to Camp Nou focused on the attacking trio of Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o, World Footballer of the Year Ronaldo Jr. and French star Giuli.

For Chelsea, Barcelona's defense is not too threatening, and the reason why Mourinho brought Wang Lilai this time is only to let him look at the opponent's defense, while he himself focuses on Barcelona's attack. Chelsea's recent situation has not been very good, especially in the team's defense, there are always all kinds of problems, against Barcelona, Chelsea will definitely face their crazy attack, how to effectively defend the opponent's attack, how to score more goals than the opponent, will be the key to Chelsea's victory.

For a Barcelona fan, the whole game is undoubtedly very outstanding, compared with Barcelona, the strength of Real Sociedad is at least a notch away, which makes the whole game almost Barcelona attack, their gorgeous coordination and smooth attack, so that Wang Li feels that Barcelona's offensive ability is indeed stronger than Chelsea, no wonder before the game, Mourinho has to come to inspect in person.

However, Wang Li is a little disdainful of the individual ability of their attacking players, at least they are far from themselves, as for the so-called 'Barcelona's defensive ability' in the manager's mouth, Wang Li didn't see it at all, at least he felt that Barcelona was definitely not as good as Manchester United in this regard.

In the end, Barcelona won 2-0 against Real Sociedad, and after the game, the all-pervasive journalists intercepted the Mourinho duo in the middle of the pitch.

Mourinho was honest with Barcelona reporters and said bluntly that "this will be the most difficult game for Chelsea this season" - "they have players of a very high quality in every position. It's a very dangerous team and we have to be in the best shape against them and I hope the winner will be Chelsea, but there will be a bit of luck to do so. ”

Wang Li talked about his feelings about coming to Camp Nou this time, he stretched out his hands and said with a smile of enjoyment: "I just followed the coach to see, this stadium gives me a good feeling, the fans are very enthusiastic, this is really a football mecca, in this environment, I feel very comfortable." ”

Hearing this, all the Barcelona reporters in the vicinity were excited, they could take this as Wang Li's appreciation of Barcelona, especially when Mourinho was still by his side, the public show of his good impression of Barcelona could even rise to the point that Wang Li was already considering a transfer to Camp Nou after the end of the season, and no one present would doubt whether Wang Li was qualified to enter Barcelona, they would only consider Wang Li's refusal to come, so Wang Li's words instantly won everyone's favor.

However, Wang Li's next sentence hit the feelings of these reporters to the bottom of the abyss - "It will definitely feel good to score goals in this great stadium, and I am looking forward to that moment......"

The next day, almost all the English newspapers and magazines made the topic of Wang Li's blatant provocation in Barcelona the first choice of gossip news, which they felt was a morale boost for English football.

The Times said on the subject: "Allen's words at Barcelona could be taken as a pre-war victory declaration for Chelsea. Compared with previous victory declarations, this time is even more exciting, because for this victory declaration, Allen even single-handedly entered the Camp Nou, which has fully demonstrated that he has no pressure at all on the eve of the big game, and has unparalleled confidence, we expect Chelsea to really play English football momentum, and let those pesky Spaniards see what is the best level of football in the world. ”

And the Spanish media also criticized this matter, they invariably used adjectives such as 'funny clown' and 'arrogant' when talking about Wang Li, 'he is even more arrogant than the translator', yes, what Mourinho said at Camp Nou was considered weak and incompetent by the Spanish media, and Wang Li was regarded as the biggest enemy by the Spanish media. This is the attitude they adopt in the face of two completely different statements, and it has to be said that sometimes being tough can make the enemy more respectful.

However, while Mourinho's speech at Camp Nou was a little weaker, back in London, in The Sun, his tone was noticeably different: "I'm optimistic and I'm confident that my team will win the next round of the Champions League. We have an 80 per cent chance of winning, Barcelona is 20 per cent".

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Mourinho said that his speech at Barcelona was only to save 'their face', although Chelsea and Barcelona are the best teams in Europe and the leaders of various leagues, but Chelsea is a little stronger, in response to this, Mourinho said conclusively: "For example, they can't guard Allen at all, their goalkeepers often make mistakes, and our world-class goalkeepers can sit on the bench. ”

………… Back in London, Jose Mourinho led his side back to the next league fixture.

In fact, during this time, Chelsea have focused on other competitions and not much on the league, and there are still many players in the squad who are still hungry for prize money, Mourinho is also a little depressed to see this situation, and it is ironic that Mr. Abramovich's impulsive pre-match promise of prize money has become an obstacle to the team's success in the competition.

Faced with this situation, Mourinho also had to tell the president of the club about the matter and let Mr. Abu solve it himself, after all, all the prize money was provided by Mr. Abu.

However, it was obviously a minor matter for Mr Abou, who had recently made himself so successful in England's upper class that he had recently made a name for himself and waved down £10 million and rallied all the Chelsea players and told them: "As long as I can win the quadruple, I will not skimp on the prize money!!" ”

While the players' desire for prize money was very passionate, honour was also very important, and in this case, they immediately adjusted themselves to focus on other competitions, and the club began to push for trophies at all levels.

(To be continued)