“Goooooooooooooooal！！！！！！”

“2:0！！！”

After seeing Zhang Tiehan's goal, the England commentator let out a loud roar, "Zhang, he scored the second goal for Chelsea, plus the previous goal, Chelsea is already two goals ahead!" It's only the first half, Chelsea are playing away from home, but they're already two goals ahead, and their advantage against Valencia is too great.

The England commentator was clearly talking about the match between the two teams, and Chelsea now completed the advantage in the scoreline, knowing that this is the Champions League round of 16 knockout round, and the first leg was scored at Valencia's home stadium, and Chelsea scored two goals in the first half, which made Valencia's shape extremely unfavorable.

After seeing Zhang Tiehan complete the goal, the Chelsea players on the pitch also reacted, they ran frantically in the direction of Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan has completed two goals for Chelsea, in the Champions League, of course, they will be very happy, which means that their game with Valencia will be much easier.

"Well done! Sheet! ”

'We have a two-goal advantage and it's going to be pretty easy to beat them for sure.'

"There's nothing to worry about!"

Everyone looks at it this way, and when the mind is relaxed, it will naturally be very happy.

But Zhang Tiehan was actually just laughing with his teammates, he was not excited at all after scoring the goal, showing the demeanor of a general, in fact, he had nothing to be excited about, just a goal, the opponent was Valencia, and that's all, this goal was not difficult for him, the other party still underestimated him, so the goal was a matter of course.

It's hard to feel anything about a Champions League goal now. Maybe he will be a little bit happy when he has a chance to score the third goal and complete the hat-trick.

0:2。

The scoreboard on the stadium reminds Valencia fans of what happened, referring to the Spanish media reports before the game, as well as the imagination of Valencia fans about the game. The score is a bit ironic.

They were expecting Valencia to have a tough game, but there were still chances of beating Chelsea, such as a one-goal lead at home and a hard-fought draw away from home, which would knock them out and progress to the last eight of the Champions League.

But that doesn't seem to be the case now, as they can't get ahead of Chelsea, even when playing on their home turf they are two goals behind. It was completely different from what they had thought, and as a result, Valencia fans were a little dazed by now, and they also thought of some pre-match reports in the Spanish media.

"Didn't you say the team had a chance? Why was it two goals down in the first half? ”

They remember that before the game, the Spanish media reported a lot of Valencia's advantages and the reasons for eliminating Chelsea, including 'Valencia's rise', 'Valencia's strong defense', 'Valencia's cooperation', and also some situations of the opponent, 'Chelsea has just undergone a change of manager', 'Villas-Boas is still too young', 'the opponent's coordination is chaotic', etc., many reasons. In short, the Spanish media's opinion is that "Valencia have a good chance of knocking out Chelsea." ”

But now Valencia fans don't see a chance. All they saw was that the team was two goals down, and they were all at a loss.

In the Valencia dugout, the head coach Flores was also at a loss, and now he also found that the game was different from what he imagined, but he didn't know what to do.

Actually, Flores wasn't a big coach. He was still a rookie in coaching and didn't achieve any great results, he was a professional footballer until 1998 and retired a few years later. It was only in 2003 that he found a job coaching Real Madrid Youth A, perhaps thanks to spending the last two years of his career at Real Madrid, followed by another year in charge of Getafe before moving to Valencia, where he was able to take on a managerial role, and perhaps also thanks to his playing career, where he was once a central star and spent ten seasons in Valencia.

Relying on such a resume to become the manager of Valencia, Valencia fans are not resistant, but Flores's coaching results can only be said to be average, this is his second season in charge of Valencia, and he is only slightly better in the league table, but more often because of the sinking of Barcelona and Real Madrid, so Valencia stands out.

In short, at this moment, Flores is a little unsure of what to do.

He suddenly found that the game was different from what he imagined, at least the opponent's number nine was different from what he thought, as a former star, he thought that no matter how strong a player was, it would be impossible to reach this point, but he found himself wrong, the opponent's number nine is indeed very powerful, this is a player that Valencia needs to deal with with all his strength, even if he responds with all his strength, it is difficult to really completely limit the opponent, that is, if you want to beat Chelsea, you must limit the opponent's number nine, and the ability of the whole team is xiàn, Strive for the better of the Chelsea table in the game.

It's a difficult task, and it's a must.

It's no wonder that the whole of Europe thinks that Chelsea has the best hope of winning the championship, and Flores understands why so many people approve of Chelsea, even if their club has various problems and has just undergone a change of manager, but the odds of European bookmakers have not risen much, especially after the league table has stabilized, their odds have also been lowered.

This Chelsea team is really strong.

Flores didn't know what to do for a while, but fortunately, there was not much time in the first half of the game, and he didn't have to worry about anything, with a whistle, the first half of the game ended, and the two teams entered the halftime break, Flores also took a long breath, at least he could rest for ten minutes

At halftime, Flores made some adjustments to the team's tactics, so that the team could have some offense while defending, but this adjustment is different from what was imagined, maybe the adjustment strategy is still the same, but both Flores and Valencia players feel different, and now the game is different from what they think, and the natural mentality will be affected, and what effect the same adjustment can have, it is not necessarily.

Soon the second half began.

After an intermission. Chelsea's table was unchanged, they remained strong, and they were able to suppress Valencia from the opening kick-off, who were looking to counter-attack in addition to defending, but they soon discovered that defending was a big problem. Although the team's tactics have been adjusted, the attack always has to be at the expense of defense, no matter how the adjustment is the same, unless the attack can suppress the opponent, in order to achieve the so-called 'attack is the best defense', but obviously Valencia can not fully suppress Chelsea, naturally their defense is also a big problem.

In addition to tactics and tables, in fact, the mentality of the players of both teams is also a big problem.

There's no pressure on the Chelsea players at all. They have two goals in hand, even if they delay the time, they are not afraid at all, the mentality of the game is quite good, naturally the table will be much better, on the other hand, the Valencia players are different, they thought the team could win before the game, but the way the game is played is really unexpected, their mentality is not stable. Naturally, the table will be slightly worse.

In contrast, Valencia turned out to be more passive.

In the sixtieth minute of the game. Zhang Tiehan and Frank Lampard combined in succession to play the ball into the Valencia penalty area, Drogba received the pass, directly carried Valencia, who turned and completed the volley, this shot scored the third goal for Chelsea, and also rewrote the score to 0:3. Chelsea's three-goal lead all but sealed their ability to knock out Valencia.

Valencia still didn't have many chances for the next game, but their defense was slightly better under the shouts of manager Flores. It won't be easy for Chelsea to keep scoring.

With 80 minutes played, Villas-Boas replaced Zhang Tiehan and gave Shepchenko some playing time.

This is also the only thing worth mentioning at the end of the game, after which neither team scored again, the final score was fixed at 0:3, the home team in front, the away team in the back, Chelsea defeated Valencia by three goals, won the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, but everyone knows that this score is fatal to Valencia, they want to go to Stamford Bridge to stage a comeback, that is really a miracle, but the sky has been very clear recently, it is estimated that Valencia wants to go against the sky and can only think about it.

After the game, even the Spanish media mentioned that "Valencia has basically been eliminated." ”

The English media's claim that "Chelsea have already reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League with two feet in place, with only one corner remaining" all but sealed Chelsea's progress.

Anyone who sees the scores of both teams has to think like this, "It's too slim to lose three goals at home and expect the away team to complete a comeback." ”

Even Flores admitted after the game, "We don't have much hope of qualifying, but we will do our best"

This may just be an expression of unwillingness.

Some media have also commented on the current Chelsea player table, and the best table is undoubtedly Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan scored two goals in the whole game, and the first half table was undoubtedly the most prominent, Valencia even had to adjust their tactics for his goal, and he was the biggest contributor to Chelsea's victory.

In addition to Zhang Tiehan, the 'second' good players are a little unexpected.

In the winter transfer window, there were many players who were closely linked with Chelsea, but in the end, due to negotiations and other problems, Chelsea did not bring in reinforcements, which is completely different from when Jose Mourinho was the manager of Chelsea, and immediately completed several big signings - 24 million pounds for Drogba, 12 million for Ferreira, and 16.6 million for Carvalho.

The purchase of Carvalho was Mourinho's last deal in the summer of 2004, and in the first year of the Champions League, the Portuguese centre-back was selected in the best team, and his value naturally soared, but in the first two years at Stamford Bridge, Carvalho's defensive frizz was exposed from time to time, and the media also questioned his value.

In 2005, Carvalho rebelled and had an awkward fall out with Mourinho, only to be fined and reprimanded by a madman, "Gallas concedes a lot fewer goals with Terry than you do with Terry, it's not philosophy, it's mathematics that idiots understand!" ”

Two years later, Jose Mourinho left Stamford Bridge and Carvalho became an indispensable force at the back of Chelsea.

Chelsea's injuries have been very serious this season, including captain John Terry, who has been playing on and off, but Carvalho has simply reached the point where he is still very stable.

After the game, OPTA gave technical statistics, Carvalho's defensive numbers were amazing, and he also became the addition of Zhang Tiehan. Chelsea table xiàn the best player.

The Sun commented on Carvalho: "Among the players that Mourinho bought at a high price, there are many examples of failures, but there are also people who are gradually finding their senses, such as Drogba and Carvalho. Although the Portuguese's role in commanding the defence is not comparable to that of John Terry, the steady Cheng is not as good as the captain. But it must be admitted that in the 06-07 season, the pillar of Chelsea's central defensive line is no longer Terry, and it has been the guy who has been carried until now by the guy who was once regarded as a "high-priced parallel import"

After the first leg with Valencia, the Chelsea team returned to London for a day off.

For them, all they need to prepare for is the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal.

Chelsea have a busy schedule and the pressure on the team is very high on the fourth, but there are also important and unimportant ones, such as the end of the first leg against Valencia. The second leg between the two teams naturally becomes unimportant, as Chelsea can easily win at home, and the FA Cup game is not too important, because Chelsea's opponents are lower league teams, Zhang Tiehan did not play in this game, Chelsea also won comfortably, and after playing the FA Cup, Chelsea only have one game left in February. That was the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal.

Chelsea reached the Carabao Cup final?

Hearing this, many people will have questions. This past Christmas was full of negative news about Chelsea, and it felt like Chelsea was about to collapse completely, and then Chelsea went through a change of manager, but in this way, Chelsea actually entered the League Cup?

How can it be

But as it is, Chelsea's results before Christmas were very good. After Christmas, they beat Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals to reach the Carabao Cup final, where they faced Arsenal.

This is England's first title of the year.

But actually, after the match against Valencia. Zhang Tiehan himself didn't feel any big war atmosphere, he went to Manchester on a day off, specially looked at his son, and returned to London on the same day, life is really at a loss for him, the worst thing is not this, Keira Knightley often comes to his house to go around, once almost let his mother Jiang Chen bump into, this is the most headache for Zhang Tiehan, but thinking about Knightley's recent crazy appearance, Zhang Tiehan also feels a little relieved to be with Knightley and Lola, that is really not something that ordinary people can have the opportunity to feel.

But Zhang Tiehan is not the kind of person who indulges in enjoyment, for him, the most important thing is normal life and football, in terms of life, he has a family, has a son, a qiē is not bad, football, he has become the world's top star, but Zhang Tiehan still has to pursue further, he hopes to go to the top, so he has to work hard for this.

The outside world is still very optimistic about him, after all, his table has always been very good, and Chelsea's legendary goalscorer Dixon commented on Zhang Tiehan's table.

"Zhang is the craziest shooter I've ever seen." "He's a lot better than me, he's hardly in a bad form, it's hard to understand, but that's the way it is, in the game, it feels like he's a lot better than everyone else, and maybe that's how good it is." He's a great star and he's going to be a lot of success at Chelsea, there's no doubt about it. ”

Dixon, a legendary killer in Chelsea history, scored 193 goals in nine years at Stamford Bridge and his comments on the striker are compelling.

Dixon believes that there are not many stars in history who have landed in England's top flight and made their mark in their first year, such as Didier Drogba and Thierry Henry, but the two are now the pillars of their respective teams.

"A lot of foreign players are struggling to adapt to the Premier League environment, even those who have grown up in England, it's hard to say that they were good in their first season, look at Drogba and Henry, their first season was also unknown, Zhang is a special one, he almost didn't show any bad times, at Liverpool, and when he came to Chelsea, it was like this."

'It may have something to do with the fact that he was a member of Manchester United but there's no denying that his individual quality is the focus and his ability is too outstanding.

Dixon finally applauded Zhang Tiehan, "We should not question the result of the League Cup final, but we should expect Zhang to score a few goals, I can say for sure that I am already a fan of him now!" ”

Dixon's claim is true Chelsea fandom's. They thought the team would win against Arsenal and win their first title of the year.

However, the outside world still expects a fierce war of words between Chelsea and Arsenal, but unfortunately Mourinho has left, Villas-Boas seems to be very low-key, but Wenger does not seem to mean to be low-key, and the Frenchman ridiculed Villas-Boas as a coach rookie before the game. There is no experience in leading the team, so in the competition, Arsenal has the advantage.

Villas-Boas can't let Wenger say that, now he is the manager of Chelsea, he represents Chelsea, Wenger's ridicule of him is naturally equivalent to mocking the whole of Chelsea, so the 'honest man' Boas can only stand up and point out that Arsenal has three consecutive seasons. Neither has won against Chelsea.

"This time will be no different, they haven't won since three years ago"

This lifted the scars on Arsenal.

Indeed, Arsenal have not beaten Chelsea for three years in a row, home or away, whether in the Carabao Cup, FA Cup, Champions League or league, for them, against Chelsea. It seems that there is already a shadow in the heart.

On this point, Wenger said: "Previous results don't matter. The important thing is that we are confident that we can win this time. ”

However, the pro-Chelsea media were delighted that Villas-Boas had spoken 'to the point', with some saying they did not expect Boas's words to be so sharp, and that Arsene Wenger had to suffer from one sentence.

However, the war of words is a war of words, and Boas talked about this match, still believing in the upcoming final. It will become a classic battle in the history of English football.

"If a team is only reaching the final of a tournament for the first time, or if they have only any hope of winning a tournament in the whole season, then the team may sacrifice the spectacle of the game for the sake of victory. However, both Chelsea and Arsenal have a previous record of winning the Carabao Cup. So in this final, we're not just going to look at the result. Instead, they will pay more attention to the quality of the game, hoping to leave a classic battle for everyone. ”

Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in the 2005 Community Shield, when Villas-Boas was on hand as an assistant coach.

This is also his return to the Millennium Stadium.

Speaking to the media before the game, Villas-Boas spoke about the turf of the Autumn Cicada, "I hope the pitch will improve compared to the past, when I played in the Community Shield, the turf was terrible and it affected the team's performance. ”

In addition to the turf, Boas's other concern comes from the injury situation in the squad, as John Terry will miss the game, "If he is a good one, he won't be on the field until next weekend at the earliest." ”

A scan of Terry's injured ankle has been performed, but it will be some time before the diagnosis report is available because the injury is already swollen and bruised, making the diagnosis difficult. There is no official news on Chelsea's official website, but The Sun has analysed that John Terry will be out for at least four weeks due to an ankle ligament injury.

The most pressing issue for Chelsea is to find a partner for Carvalho in Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Arsenal's attackers.

However, the Arsional Wenger, who had just lost 1-0 to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League, were also not restless. Arsenal's official website confirms that two full-backs, Hoyt and Clichy, could miss the game.

Hoyt suffered a thigh muscle strain, Eboue is still unhealed from an ankle injury, and Djoroux and Gallas have both made cameo appearances at right-back in the Champions League. Left-sided youngster Traore is on standby and will replace Big Brother if Klich's foot injury does not heal. At the same time, Arsene Wenger also confirmed that four big players, including Thierry Henry, will not play.

'Ljungberg, Gallas, Thierry Henry and Lehmann won't start. Eboue has confirmed that he can't play, he can train, but I don't think he can play yet. ”

It's good news that both teams have injury problems, but Chelsea are still worried about this, the team's injuries have indeed recurred recently, Joe Cole continues to recuperate, Terry is injured, Makelele is also injured barefoot, maybe the only problem is the Chelsea striker, many people joked, "I hope someone is injured in the front line, so it will make room for it" This also leads to Shepchenko's playing time has not been much, and the Ukrainian can't talk about it.

But the good news for him this time is that Boas has said that he wants Shepchenko to start, and Drogba will be placed on the bench, so that he will partner with Zhang Tiehan in the front line, and start in such an important game, which also proves that Boas actually has some expectations for Shepchenko to have a good appearance. (To be continued......)