After stepping on American soil and meeting fans for the first time in Chicago, Zhang Tiehan wore the No. 9 jersey.

Although this is the United States, this is also the first warm-up game of the new season for Chelsea, and the number worn by the players has also been determined, and he wore the number 13 shirt at the welcome ceremony for Zhang Tiehan to join the team, but this number is actually a little embarrassing.

It's not just the number itself, it's that this number was previously Barak's.

Ballack signed Chelsea earlier than Zhang Tiehan, Chelsea held a signing ceremony for Ballack, the German wore the No. 13 jersey, and in the open training match, the two did not have a clear number, only wearing ordinary training clothes, and now the first warm-up game is officially about to start, Zhang Tiehan wearing the No. 9 jersey also means that he will be Chelsea's No. 9 in the new season, and No. 13 is still owned by Ballack.

Actually, it was something he communicated with Barak.

If the two really compete for this number in the club, it is estimated that there will be a big joke, Zhang Tiehan is still a little regretful that he does not wear the No. 13 jersey, but he thinks that Ballack has always been the No. 13 of the German team, and the No. 13 has no meaning to the England team, he used to wear the No. 13 just used to it, and now it has been replaced by the No. 9, this very meaningful number, it feels very good.

The number nine of football has a lot of meaning, this number is the number that every professional player dreams of, which symbolizes the offensive core of the team and symbolizes the killer who pierces the heart.

It has been worn by great strikers such as Van Basten, Papin, Careka, Batistuta, Shearer, Ronaldo, Crespo, Kluivert, Rooney, Toney, Torres, Van Nistelrooy, Young. Khloe and others often play the role of Terminator, and they are all real Nines.

Now Zhang Tiehan has also chosen No. 9.

When he chose this number, naturally no one fought with him, in fact, this number was originally reserved for Shepchenko. However, the Ukrainian has not joined the team yet, so the guy will let him choose something else, and he will give up the thirteenth to Balak, and Zhang Tiehan will not be kind enough to give the ninth to Shepchenko, who has not yet joined the team.

In fact, Zhang Tiehan has always wanted to wear the No. 9 jersey, which is quite meaningful, and he has always played the work of No. 9 - the team's most dangerous striker. It's just that when he was at Wigan Athletic, No. 9 already belonged to Ellington, and Roma and Liverpool No. 9 also had candidates, so he barely took No. 13 to make do, and even everyone thought he liked No. 13, but in fact, as a latecomer, he just didn't want to fight.

It's great that Chelsea have no nine now.

Since Barak wanted the thirteenth, he gave the thirteenth to Barak. It is equivalent to giving a favor, after all, if he wants the thirteenth, Balak will definitely not be able to compete with him, which Barak and everyone in the team know very well.

After the numbers were confirmed, Chelsea's commercial department printed more than 10,000 No. 9 shirts with Zhang Tiehan's name on them, and as a result, the tens of thousands of shirts were sold out on the first day, which is why the season has not yet started. How much faith Chelsea fans have in Zhang Tiehan's appearance.

This is due to Zhang Tiehan's fame, and his performance in the World Cup is too good. To give Chelsea fans the confidence that he can perform well at the club, he would be the best fit in the number nine shirt.

The players in the squad feel the same way.

It's only been a week of training together, but they have a deep sense of Zhang's individual qualities, and with such a fantastic team-mate, they are looking forward to the new season and understand why Chelsea are willing to spend more than 100 million euros to bring him from Anfield to Stamford Bridge.

Number Nine. It has a special significance, and naturally it also has to bear a heavy responsibility.

In choosing this number, Zhang Tiehan was destined to work hard to score goals for Chelsea, and he knew that, but he still chose the number nine without hesitation. Because he doesn't care at all, even if he doesn't have this shirt, he still has that kind of responsibility, he has a high price, a high salary, and with such a salary, under the expectations of countless fans, he has to score a lot of goals.

It has long been his responsibility to score goals.

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After wearing the No. 9 jersey in the United States, Zhang Tiehan has been training with the team every day, and training here is no different from at Stamford Bridge, the only difference is that there are more interviews.

The public training at Stamford Bridge, although there will be some interviews, but it does not take up a lot of time, but this is the United States, Chelsea is here to do publicity while preparing for the game, so it is natural to do more interviews and various activities, as the team's most famous player, Zhang Tiehan will not stubbornly not accept interviews and publicity, but take the initiative to give some fans autographs, after all, it is not easy for these American fans across the Atlantic to support him, and it is not easy to see so many American fans shouting their names, Zhang Tiehan was also very excited.

Before the warm-up game, many media reported on the game.

In the reports of the American media, the Chelsea club was carefully introduced, and every player of Chelsea was introduced, Zhang Tiehan was the focus, his table last season and his table in the World Cup were specifically mentioned by the media, and his name spread quickly among American fans.

Next, on the day before the game, Zhang Tiehan also participated in a simple interview column. He's going to talk to the host about Chelsea and the warm-up game ahead, and it's live.

Zhang Tiehan and the beautiful anchor sat together, although it was said that it was a beautiful anchor, but Zhang Tiehan glanced at it, this woman really has nothing to look at except for her big breasts, he has to complain about the aesthetic concept of the Americans, of course, these are just thinking about it, but before the live broadcast started, the female anchor kept posing, obviously some seductive movements and expressions, which still made Zhang Tiehan a little angry, fortunately, he is experienced, but not a casual person, he knows better that these women seduce him, but not feelings or anything, It's purely that they want to be famous.

With his fame, any woman who has an affair with him will increase a lot of media, and it is very possible to be on the front page of major news, and he will not let the other party succeed, especially since he has a very high vision now, and he can't look down on ordinary women at all.

However, Zhang Tiehan is also a veteran, if he is not interested, he is not interested, and it is still okay to maintain a humble and gentlemanly demeanor to speak. He just laughed when he talked about football, life, etc., which made the female anchor very unpredictable.

Soon the live broadcast officially began.

When the female anchor came up, he asked him to talk about how he felt after joining Chelsea, Zhang Tiehan sat down steadily, and said, "The environment in London is very good. I've been here a few times, I love the environment and most importantly, the fans are very supportive, I feel good about training and living here, my team-mates are very good, I know a lot ......of them, and even though I've just come to the team, it's like I've been here for a long time."

After talking about some of the feelings of training life. Zhang Tiehan was asked about the key content - about the game between Chelsea and the major leagues, the female anchor asked him to talk about the major leagues, Zhang Tiehan thought blankly for a long time before he said, "The major leagues? Is this an organization like the NBA? "He really doesn't know, he only knows that it's the American Grand League, but he's a little at a loss what the specific American Major League is.

Female anchor think about it. Nodding, "Pretty much." Major League Soccer and NBA are similar, but one is football and the other is basketball. ”

Zhang Tiehan understood a little, so he said, "I heard Mr. Grant say that he is playing with the Major League All-Star Team. I don't know them very well, but I think I'm going to do my best to play no matter what the opponent is. ”

'Do you think Chelsea can win?' The female anchor asked.

This is a critical question, in fact, although the teams in the major leagues are not very strong. But after all, this is the Major League All-Star team, and the strength is still very strong, it can be said that the overall strength of this Major League All-Star team is stronger than that of the American national team, and it is really hard to say who wins and who loses in the game against Chelsea.

Zhang Tiehan didn't know how strong the MLS All-Star team was, but he also had an estimate in his heart, so he confidently said, "I think the victory will definitely belong to Chelsea!" ”

'I'm looking forward to this game, it's going to be my first appearance for the team and I think I'm going to score and I'm going to win. This will give us a good start to the new season. ”

The female anchor's face darkened a little when she heard this.

She doesn't care who wins or loses the game, she's just a show host, not a fan of any team, but it's a live broadcast here, what Zhang Tiehan said will be seen by fans, and it will also be heard by the players in the major leagues, and everyone who watches the show can know.

In this case, is it a bit too much to talk about 'the game is sure to score', 'the victory is definitely Chelsea' or something like that?

So she kindly wanted to remind ...... It's a pity that Zhang Tiehan doesn't care about these at all, he has always been interviewed like this, since you let me say what is in my heart, I will not bother to make up any compliments for each other.

This is the clip of Zhang Tiehan's live broadcast.

When Zhang Tiehan conducted the live broadcast of the interview, many Chelsea players were also watching this column, they heard Zhang Tiehan's words, and then saw that the female anchor kept trying to remind Zhang Tiehan that the live broadcast should not be 'too full', but Zhang Tiehan turned a blind eye, and kept saying 'Chelsea must win', 'I will score', 'There is no suspense in the game' and so on, they all laughed together.

Frank Lampard picked up his drink and laughed, "Cheers to Zhang!" ”

"Cheers!"

Collective response.

Many of the original Chelsea players have a feeling of breathing a sigh of relief, when Zhang Tiehan was in Liverpool before, he said similar things before the game with Chelsea, they were so aggrieved, but in the end Liverpool also won, not to mention that kind of grievance, it is very depressing to think about.

Is there anything more depressing than when the opponent says 'win' and then takes away the victory?

Now it's their turn to watch this scene, and others experience this feeling, and they feel quite refreshed, as if they have just taken a cold shower in the summer, and their whole body reveals excitement.

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After the interview, Zhang Tiehan returned to the team's hotel, and after training with his teammates the next morning, he was ready for the afternoon warm-up game.

Arriving at the court, they met their opponents, the Major League All-Star Team.

The other party has just come to the stadium, they don't know each other, Zhang Tiehan can't even call a player's name, and he doesn't even have a familiar face, but when the other party sees the Chelsea team, especially Zhang Tiehan, those people stare at each other with resentment, and it feels like Zhang Tiehan and them have a hatred for killing their father and taking their wife.

Obviously, the players in the major leagues were not convinced by Zhang Tiehan's statement.

Even though Chelsea have a lot of great stars, Zhang Tiehan was the top scorer in the recent World Cup, but they are the Major League All-Star team. Every player is the best of the best teams, and when they come together and merge into one team, they play against Chelsea, and it's strange that they can feel good when the opposing players say something like 'must win' or 'definitely score'.

It is estimated that they will not say anything good about Zhang Tiehan last night.

Now they are holding their breath and want to make a show on the playing field. Let Zhang Tiehan and Chelsea know that they are not easy opponents to deal with.

It's a pity that Zhang Tiehan doesn't care at all.

He directly ignored the players of the Major League All-Star team, talked and laughed with his teammates and went to the locker room, took a break in the locker room and went to warm up, and the two teams collided together on the court, although it was on both sides of the court, but it seems that these major league players still want to prove something, and when they were warming up, they did a wonderful job of shooting and passing. And whenever there is a wonderful table, they also look in the direction of Chelsea, especially Zhang Tiehan, who is stared at by all kinds of eyes.

One of the curly-haired players kicked the ball towards Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan stood in place and did not move, and the football fell to the ground from more than a meter in front of him, showing outstanding footwork and good strength.

This and is pure provocation too.

The Chelsea players looked over with some annoyance. However, they were not in a hurry to do anything, but looked at Zhang Tiehan with interest. Everyone knows Zhang Tiehan's footwork, and if the other party provokes with such a practice, they will definitely not suffer.

"He's provoking, Zhang!" Frank Lampard said.

Terry nodded, too, "You should teach them a lesson." It's up to you! ”

The other Chelsea players also looked at it, and Zhang Tiehan looked a little expected. In this case, it is impossible for Zhang Tiehan to be indifferent. He was standing about a dozen meters away from the halfway line, and he looked up at the direction of the opponent's goal, ignoring the provocative player at all, just estimating the position in his heart.

He glanced at Frank Lampard. "Kick the ball over." Frank Lampard kicks the ball over.

Zhang Tiehan stopped the ball in place, looked at the direction of the opponent's goal, and immediately took two steps back, jogged forward, and slammed his right foot on the football.

With a 'bang', the football flew high and rushed towards the direction of the opponent's penalty area.

The American league players on the opposite side were a little baffled, they didn't quite understand what the opponent was doing with such a kick, but then they quickly understood that the football rushed to the highest point in the air, and then fell away, and it was the goal that went straight to the goal.

The opposing goalkeeper is standing in the middle of the goal.

He didn't expect it to be a shot at all, he thought it was the opponent's kick to Donovan's ball, but the kick flew away, and he laughed at the opponent's footwork in his heart, so when he saw the football rushing towards the goal, he was a little flustered for a while, and when he reacted, he judged the direction but found that the angle of the football was extremely tricky, and he didn't know whether to save or not.

As a result, he watched as a good football flew into the goal almost against the post.

The players of the Major League All-Star team collectively lost their voices, they stared blankly at the ball in their own goal, and then turned their heads to look at the opponent's position, how could it be 70 meters away...... Seventy meters, free throws on the spot, and kicking the ball into the range of the goal is not easy, let alone what angle to pursue.

"It's luck, isn't it?" Quite a few people think so.

It's really hard for them to believe that a player can do this, and Donovan, who was provocative just now, didn't speak. He was the captain of the U.S. team, having played for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, but he spent less than a year at Bayer Leverkusen in 2004, and in 2004 he officially returned to the Major League, currently playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy and just becoming the captain of the U.S. soccer team.

Donovan was very angry at what Zhang Tiehan said in an interview, so he planned to stand up for the team and show his footwork in front of the Chelsea team, at least not to let the other party underestimate the team, but he didn't expect to get such a response.

Seventy meters, straight hanging door? Still so precise?

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Donovan would not have believed that anyone could kick such a ball, but obviously this kind of thing happened, and he was a little dazed for a while, and even thought that there was a reason why the other party looked down on the major leagues...... At least this kind of Cheng dù shot, he will never be able to do it.

Donovan failed to hit Zhang Tiehan's arrogance, but let his team's morale drop a lot, which he didn't expect.

But he couldn't do anything now.

After all, this is just a warm-up. It is impossible for him to provoke again and again, more importantly, he thinks that his footwork is really much worse than Zhang Tiehan, and his strength is not as good as others, so what can he do? He can only think about trying to perform hard in the game, even if he can't kick the opponent. At the very least, earn respect!

In fact, what Donovan didn't notice was that his mentality had changed.

When he learned that he was going to play against Chelsea, he wanted to lead the Major League All-Star team to victory over Chelsea, but now he wants to win respect in front of Chelsea, and this change of mentality is precisely because of Zhang Tiehan's words and his surprising shot just now.

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Zhang Tiehan's wonderful hanging door was not only seen by the players, but also many American fans who had just entered the stadium, as well as others from both teams. The media from all walks of life who came to interview it also saw it.

The match was broadcast live from ESPN-2 against ESPN subscribers across the United States, and in the UK, Chelsea-TV also received an official Chelsea signal to stream the match to Chelsea fans.

ESPN-2 is a pay TV station, and Chelsea-TV is also a British TV station dedicated to broadcasting the game, and both sides broadcast the warm-up in detail, and the live broadcast of the two teams has already started when they are warming up, so all fans who watch the game. Almost all saw Zhang Tiehan's kick.

Many fans were amazed.

American fans shouted "no loss is the world's top scorer", "no loss is Chelsea", "no loss is a strong European team", and Americans have always admired the strong. The worship of individual heroism is vividly displayed in this open country, and after this shot, Zhang Tiehan has undoubtedly become a strong man in the eyes of American fans.

The strong are naturally to be worshipped.

After this kick, Zhang Tiehan had a lot of American fans, which he didn't expect. In fact, he just used a kick to respond to Donovan's provocation, and didn't think about anything else, this kick was a good kick, but it was also a bit of luck, a seventy-meter hanging door. As long as it is a little bit higher, the distance to the goal position is larger.

He didn't expect to score.

"It's just a matter of luck." When asked by his teammates, Zhang Tiehan was calm.

But this made his teammates think he was humble, after all, everyone saw the ball, it was so exciting, Lampard even joked, "Zhang, you can shoot directly at the beginning!" It's easy to score goals with your footwork. ”

Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes.

If the opponent is not prepared before, then there may be a possibility of success, after seeing his kick, the opponent's goalkeeper is absolutely very important, this kind of shooting that relies on the opponent's goalkeeper's carelessness and a lot of luck is too difficult to score.

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The players of the two teams did not have much to do with each other in private, and there was even a lot of friction during the warm-up, but the communication between the coaches and other personnel of the two teams was good.

After all, it was just a warm-up game, and Chelsea came to the United States to promote football.

In the exchange between the two coaches, soon the warm-up match was ready to start, and the two teams stood in their positions and the game officially started under the referee's whistle.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams fought for it.

The Chelsea players also felt that the strength of the Major League All-Star team was indeed not bad.

This is not a fish bag team, and the individual ability of each player on the other side is also good, but on the whole, there is still a big gap with Chelsea in terms of individual ability, overall coordination and other aspects, but this gap can be made up by the state of the table, so the Chelsea players are also very cautious in playing.

Zhang Tiehan started the game.

Zhang Tiehan is a two-striker with Didier Drogba, one left and one right, and in the current Chelsea squad, the two are undoubtedly the main force in the front, but it is still uncertain how they will play in the real game.

After the start of the game, Zhang Tiehan kept stepping forward to try to cooperate with his teammates.

But after all, he has not been in the team for a long time, and he has not played very well together, the starter on the left side of the team is Wright Phillips Jr., and behind him is Frank Lampard, if you want to integrate into the team's tactics and work better with the team, these two team-mates will definitely be key.

Fortunately, Lampard is familiar with him.

Frank Lampard would try to pass the ball when he had the chance, and he told Wright Phillips to do the same, so Zhang Tiehan still had plenty of chances to get the ball, and in the first ten minutes of the game, Zhang Tiehan did not find any good chances, but in the thirteenth minute, he sent the ball into the opposition goal with a header from the left.

It was Frank Lampard's long-range shot from outside the box.

The football bounced high on the opposing player, and then Zhang Tiehan rushed directly to the football landing point, and pushed the ball into the left side of the goal with a fish rush, and the opposing goalkeeper watched the football fly in, and it was too late to save. (To be continued......)