Chapter 358: The Premier League team loses completely
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After the league game, there is a one-week gap between 13 and 20 February for the national team, with many of Chelsea's players heading to their national teams to compete on the international stage. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, Wang Li did not have to participate, because the Swede Eriksen, who was described as "brain-dead" in the media, still did not call him up for the national team, but this did not arouse too much dissatisfaction among England fans. Ahead of the Chelsea-Barcelona clash in late February, international fixtures were relatively inconsequential, although it was a matter of whether England could qualify for the World Cup finals.
These days, Wang Li is still training non-stop, and in addition to training, he will go to head coach Mourinho to discuss some practices in the game and so on.
Although Mourinho has no experience in football, this does not prevent him from being a top tactician and definitely knows the football more thoroughly than the average footballer, and he can always make some suggestions that make Wang Li feel empowered.
In addition, Wang Li has been training free kick techniques.
In the national team game, because the Chelsea club up and down is almost clean, which makes it impossible to carry out regular training normally, and even assistant coach Clark wants to organize an intra-team confrontation and go to the reserve team or even the youth team to pull people, but this does not prevent Wang Li from training himself, in fact, in the non-tactical training time, he has always been training by himself.
No one knows himself better than Wang Li, he knows very well where his advantages are, how to maximize his advantages on the football field, is the shortest way for him to improve his strength.
Physical training, recovery training, free kick training three points and one line, this is Wang Li's life in the club, in addition, in the spare time of training, he still lives in the club - the residence of two points and one life, which seems incredible to ordinary people, it is difficult for ordinary people to imagine that the life of such a high-income big-name star will be so boring, but in fact, it is so, if you want to get it, you must pay, even if Wang Li has the ability that ordinary people can't reach, but it is also slowly growing up in this kind of pay.
"Alan, you can be on a team with us." On the first team training ground, only 10 minutes into the team's training match, a youth team defender said pleading with a pitiful expression.
In fact, this training match was only organized by Clark temporarily, and it didn't have much significance, Wang Li also participated in the confrontation in addition to the irritable training, but the strength of the opponent was too poor, because most of the first-team players went to participate in the national team games, which made most of the training ground at this time Chelsea youth team players.
In the face of these young players, Wang Li didn't have to do anything with his teammates, in just 10 minutes, he used 2 smooth breakthroughs to score two goals, this disparity in strength disparity, made the defenders of the other team feel deeply desperate.
These young players have finally learned a truth in the 'abuse': taking pictures with superstars is happy, and playing with superstars is tragic.
"Alan, you better go and train for free kicks, I don't think this kind of match is suitable for you."
Assistant coach Clark didn't expect the format on the court to become one-sided, in fact, he called Wang Li only to let these young lads experience what it is like to play with card players and give them some confidence, but now it is clearly counterproductive, Wang Li has not been able to increase their confidence, but has made them all desperate.
"Alright, come on!!" Wang Li chuckled, waved to the young people on the field, picked up a football, and took the 'little attendant' John to another small training ground to practice free kicks.
Time flies by in the midst of this boring training life, and in the blink of an eye, the Chelsea players have all returned to London, but at the same time, there is also bad news that has cast a gloom over Chelsea before the big game - Irishman Damien. Duff was wounded.
The results of the doctor's examination were that the foot muscles were strained, and he was out of action for at least two weeks.
That meant Duff was sure to miss the remaining three games in February, which left Mourinho in his office, cursing the Irish national team with ferocity but to no avail.
Lost Damien before the Great War. Duff is by no means good news, which means that Chelsea's strong sideline attack on the left and right is directly missing, at least for now, Duff's role is unquestionable, and without him, even Altyn is missing. Robben can play a much smaller role, even if Joe. Cole and Duff are about the same level, but at least in terms of coordination and Mourinho's tactics, there is still a big gap between the two.
On February 20, in the round of 16 of the Football Cup, Chelsea challenged Newcastle United away.
The timing of this game is indeed a headache for Mourinho. With Duff's injury already missing the squad and Barcelona three days later, Chelsea will not be able to field their full squad in the FA Cup knockout tie.
Fortunately, the opponent is only Newcastle United, this team has changed a lot this season, the old coach Robson has withdrawn from the game, which makes Newcastle United's results not very good, and there are often all kinds of conflicts in the dressing room, and even the captain of the team. Shearer has a bigger say than the manager.
For Chelsea, there is also a big psychological advantage against Newcastle United, who have won 10 and lost 1 so far in meetings between the two teams so far last season, with a winning percentage of more than 90%.
In their analysis of the match in The Sun, they still believe that 'the Magpies have improved defensively, but they have been lucky enough' - "Three days after this game, Chelsea are on their way to Spain to take on Barcelona away, and now almost all the fans are waiting for this game of the century, and in fact, this game is also very important for Chelsea because as long as they want to win the FA Cup, they have to pay attention to this game." ”
'Duff's injury is a real disaster for Chelsea right now, and Newcastle United's form is not very good, with centre-back Baumson continuing to recover from injury, Dier also suffering from a cold, and Newcastle's main squad is not complete. Although they have only conceded two goals in their last four games and their defensive ability has improved greatly, it is unrealistic for them to want to defend the goal in the face of Chelsea's attacking ability, even if Chelsea will send half of the substitute line-up, Allen will definitely be the starter, and Newcastle United are still unlucky. ”
The Sun's analysis was well-founded and cast a shadow over Newcastle United before the game, perhaps to give the team more confidence that captain Allan Brown. Speaking to the media, Shearer said: "Winning the FA Cup is an important way for Newcastle to enter Europe next season and we will do whatever it takes to win the game. ”
It can be seen that the England legend is indeed full of confidence and is motivated to retire.
However, at the pre-match press conference, Wang Li, who was present with manager Jose Mourinho, said bluntly: "I don't think they have a chance to win because I will start this game. ”
A simple sentence ignited the 'passion' of all media reporters, Wang Li is always so 'cute' in the hearts of the English media.
This knockout match of the round of 16 of the Football Cup was played in this kind of gunpowder collision between the players of the two teams.
It is true that Mourinho did not field the full squad and it would have been unwise to do so before the big game against Barcelona. And in this game, Frank. Frank Lampard, Scott. Parker and William. All three of Gallas got a break, and the Dutch wonder boy Alty. Robben got his chance.
On the offensive line, Wang Li, Robben, Joe. Kerr, coupled with Gudjanssen's four-man strong forward line, made the Newcastle United defenders look timid, and it was clear that Mourinho wanted to play a real attacking battle to win with an understaffed backfield.
The script of the game also went according to Mourinho's thoughts, in the face of the large-scale attack led by Wang Li, Newcastle United's defence that was conclusively called 'progress' before the game was like a broken dike, and it collapsed directly.
In just the 40th minute of the first half, the scoreboard on the field showed that the score had changed to bright red 1:3, which made the fans who watched the game experience Chelsea's killing frenzy again.
In the end, the game ended with a score of 4-2 and Chelsea progressed to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
After the game, Wang Li, who scored a hat-trick, became the best of the match, however, he did not give an interview to reporters, but soon returned to Stamford Bridge with the team, in fact, now the whole Chelsea team has already been shrouded in the next match, and the confrontation called the 'battle of the century' by the European media has added a lot of pressure to the Chelsea players.
………… Just as there are often unexpected surprises on the football field, on the 21st, Barcelona's superstar Ronaldinho also made a surprising statement when predicting the result of the Champions League 1/8 finals, not only thinking that Barcelona will eliminate Chelsea 100% to advance to the quarterfinals, but also boldly predicting that all four teams in the Premier League will be blocked out of the quarterfinals.
'First of all, I'm sure Barcelona will be in the quarter-finals. Ronaldinho said in an interview with the Mirror that in his opinion, it is impossible for Chelsea to beat Barcelona, "In my opinion, the teams that will reach the quarter-finals will be AC Milan, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Inter should also qualify, but I think all four Premier League teams will be eliminated. ”
'Chelsea are in good form but I'm still 100 per cent confident that Barcelona will be in the quarter-finals, we have a stronger team and I'm sure we'll score the day after tomorrow.' Of course, Ronaldinho also admits that Chelsea are a respectable opponent: "Their young youngster Alan . . . Wang is very strong and I'm looking forward to playing him, but it's not a fair fight and I want him to see where he is lacking. ”
In the eyes of many media, Ronaldinho's words are like an elder mentioning a junior, judging from the age and experience of the two, Wang Li can indeed only be said to be Ronaldinho's junior, but before the big battle between Barcelona and Chelsea, this kind of remark was quite provocative.
In contrast, Ronaldo's team-mate Samuel Eto'o has been even more unkind to Chelsea, as Mourinho 'abandoned' Eto'o in favour of Didier Drogba when he chose a centre-forward in the transfer market last summer, much to the outcry of the re-named African Footballer of the Year, who has already formed a bond with Chelsea and vowed to make Chelsea pay.
'We're going to score a lot of goals and I hope I'm one of them, we're ready for everything, they're going to recognise Camp Nou with their defeats, at least they won't succeed here.' In an interview, Eto'o further said: "It's revenge for me, they treated me like that, I'm going to make them pay the price, Mourinho will be very sorry after this game, he will find that I am better than many of his players. ”
There is no doubt that the speeches of Ronaldinho and Eto'o directly ignited a spark of passion among the supporters of both teams, and the clash between the English and Spanish media was absolutely strong before the long-awaited match began.
Many media believe that the key figures in this game are Ronaldinho and Wang Li, because these two are the attacking core of the two teams, and the competition between Chelsea with a strong English style and Barcelona with a Spanish style is more about which team can score more goals.
However, if you talk about the 'key surname', Wang Li is not as good as Ronaldinho, who is a full-field engine in Barcelona, his important surname is stronger, and Wang Li relies more on personal skills, in this regard, Ronalnidio obviously has an absolute advantage, so the victory and defeat of the two teams are full of suspense.
Since the game was held at the Camp Nou, and Chelsea broke out that Duff was injured before the game, many fans are still optimistic about Barcelona.
In this context, many football veterans have also come forward to express their opinions, among which the legendary Cruyff is the legendary star Cruyff, in the last 16 of this season's Champions League, Cruyff talked about the match between Chelsea and Barcelona, he said: "Chelsea have a lot of potential, the Premier League title is secure, their clash with Barcelona is exciting, it is a completely different kind of football. I don't know who's going to win in the end, but I do know it's going to be a battle of limits versus counter-limits. Whoever keeps the opponent's style and pace down to the lowest is more likely to win. ”
'Barcelona are more forward-looking, and now they are emphasizing this more than any other Barcelona before, and Chelsea's third line is all for the defence, and both teams are in the same formation, both are 433. Three players spread throughout the midfield, while three strikers acted as defenders in the opposition half. The difference between Barcelona and Chelsea is only that they have advanced the defence by 10 to 15 metres. One is more offensive and the other is more defensive and coordinated. At Camp Nou I was more bullish on Barcelona because Chelsea lacked Didier Drogba's pace and the interplay and movement of Duff and Arjen Robben, which is exactly what Barca are good at. ”
Cruyff's comments were much more professional, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of both teams in terms of formation, style and personnel, as well as addressing injury issues.
In fact, although Drogba also broke out of the cold storm and did not play in the game against Newcastle United, but that was just Mourinho in order to make him the best he could be, not as the media said that he could not play, which made the Chelsea players slightly happy, because with one more hole card that the opponent does not understand, the chance of victory is definitely a little greater.
In fact, in the two days from 21 to 22, the whole team was doing closed training, and Mourinho did not want to let the players have more contact with the media before the game.
However, Chelsea's failure to fight back does not represent the collective silence of the English media, who are of course on Chelsea's side in the contest between Chelsea and Barcelona, especially in the face of Ronaldinho's 'total Premier League defeat', which has launched a strong counterattack, which in their opinion is simply a serious insult to English football.
In the 22nd edition of the English Football newspaper, reporters talked about the contrast between Ronaldinho and Wang Li, and they emphasized: "The World Footballer of the Year's performance this season is not worthy of the name, he is very different from Allen in terms of the number of goals and assists." Maybe they always find more excuses for this, but in fact, the data shows that the difference between the two can be clearly shown. ”
“…… Ronaldinho's arrogant claim that all four teams in the Premier League will be eliminated, I think the first one to be eliminated will be Barcelona, just because they have a big mouth Brazilian, many people say that Allen is very arrogant, but in fact this Brazilian is much more arrogant than Allen, Allen said everything he did, but what about him!? ”
In the face of Barcelona's aggressive situation, they directly stood up and 'scolded', and on the 22nd, they directly took "the score prediction of the first round of the round of 16, Barcelona's defeat has been decided" as the headline on the front page - "...... Perhaps, Barcelona who have not won the La Liga championship team for 6 consecutive seasons, has a strong fighting spirit this season, but they unfortunately met Chelsea in the Champions Cup, at least until now, whether it is a domestic league or a European competition, Chelsea has not been able to suffer a defeat, it can only be said that Barcelona's luck is really not very good, when they want to succeed with high morale, they find that standing in front of them is an untouchable giant, they can only jump a few times like a clown. ”
At the end of the article, The Sun mentions the score prediction: "...... In this match, football-related professionals predicted that the score would be 0-3 and Chelsea would emerge victorious. ”
In fact, the so-called 'football-related professionals', no one knows who they are, and it is more likely that it is the reporter who wrote this report......
(To be continued)