Chapter 485: West London Derby
The first Champions League group stage win of the new season was a good start, and Chelsea took the Champions League very seriously and the Chelsea players took it very seriously, so they were all happy after the game, thanking the fans before leaving the stadium and returning to the dressing room to celebrate.
When Zhang Tiehan returned to the locker room with the champagne on behalf of the best player, the dressing room was already very lively, and when he walked in the door, he was stopped by Lampard, who snatched the bottle of champagne, opened it and took a big sip, and then smiled at Zhang Tiehan, "Zhang, since you came to the team, I haven't won the best player for a long time, and I will take the first sip next time." β
Everyone else laughed.
Zhang Tiehan shrugged, "Whatever, I don't like the taste of this wine, it feels weird, and if I have the opportunity to invite you and Chinese wine, then it will be strong." β
"Strong?" Lampard thought for a moment, "Brandy-like? Whiskey? β
Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes, "Erguotou, fifty-six degrees, 10 yuan a bottle of pack, you like." β
"10 pounds a bottle, so cheap, Zhang, you're so stingy!" Frank Lampard listened and said directly, in his opinion, drinking wine is naturally good wine, the price of wine is often a sign of quality and taste, and a 10-pound bottle of wine must be much worse.
Of course, what he didn't know was that the 10 yuan Zhang Tiehan said was RMB, and with the current conversion ratio of RMB and pounds, 10 pounds is enough to buy 13 or 4 bottles.
Zhang Tiehan didn't bother to correct it.
He went straight to the bathroom, took a shower and changed his clothes, and sure enough, Grant showed up in the dressing room, and he called Zhang Tiehan and Frank Lampard to attend the press conference together.
This is the first Champions League group game, so we still have to pay attention to the press conference.
In the past, when Jose Mourinho was the manager, he rarely brought the players to press conferences, unless it was a serious event. In the group stage of the Champions League, the opponent is Werder Bremen, and Mourinho generally does not bring players to attend, after all, those media reporters are enough for him alone.
But Grant is different.
He doesn't have Mourinho's charisma or that kind of strong wrist, so he needs to bring the players with him to press conferences. Otherwise, there will definitely be a lot of media 'looking for trouble' after the game, and the pressure on his head is already great enough.
Zhang Tiehan and Lampard did not refuse, they really helped Grant, after all, Grant is now the head coach, this Israeli coaching ability or nothing to say, but he is very popular in the team and gets along well with everyone. So they didn't shirk it, and followed Grant directly to the press conference.
Every time this happens, Grant breathes a sigh of relief.
There was Zhang Tiehan and Frank Lampard going to the press conference. Then the reporter's eyes will be focused on them, Grant himself is not important, but he still likes this feeling, he doesn't like to be in the limelight, especially many people come to interview him with doubts, that feeling is very bad.
When the three of them arrived at the press conference, it was already crowded.
It was a match between an English team and a German team, and most of the media from both countries were present. There are quite a few other regions among them, and there are also a lot of Asian media. Especially in the Chinese media, at least three Chinese media outlets have come to cover the game, and there are also a lot of media reporters in Africa, because Chelsea have two African players, Drogba and Kalou, who knew about Kalou's transfer to Chelsea just before the start of the season. The African media, especially the Ivorian media, also longed for the Ivorian national team's forward line to sweep the European giants, but when Zhang Tiehan and Shepchenko both transferred to Chelsea, they didn't think so, even if they were confident, they didn't think that Kalu could compete with Zhang Tiehan and Shepchenko. Not even Drogba.
As soon as the three of them came in, sure enough, Zhang Tiehan and Frank Lampard became the protagonists.
Zhang Tiehan was the best player in this game, followed by Kalou, because both of them scored, and then Frank Lampard, although Kalou did not come to disappoint the Ivorian media, but the arrival of Zhang Tiehan and Lampard still satisfied most reporters, so the pressure on Grant was much less.
In the face of the media, Zhang Tiehan is full of experience.
When the media asked him about the game and Chelsea's Champions League, Zhang Tiehan spoke directly about the title, "One of my goals when I came to Chelsea was to win the Champions League. We won the first game of the group stage and it was a good start. I can't wait for the next Champions League games. β
After saying that, he talked about the match, the opponent Werder Bremen, "Their table is good, but we are better, so we won." However, there are six games in the group stage, and they still have a chance if they lose one. Maybe they should expect Barcelona to be ...... bad."
Zhang Tiehan said a little gloatingly.
Speaking about Chelsea's Champions League prospects, Zhang continued: 'If I don't think Chelsea are good enough to win the Champions League, then I wouldn't have moved here. Of course, it will be difficult to achieve this goal, but now we have a good start. β
'We are determined to win the Champions League and I will try to help the team. Chelsea have reached the semi-finals and reached the last 16 in the past few seasons, only to be knocked out. This time I'm here, Sheva is here, the rest of the people are in good shape, I think we have the quality to do it. I won the trophy at Liverpool last year and I hope to do it at Chelsea this year and of course the league title is our goal. Zhang Tiehan said, thought about it again and added, "We are also looking forward to the Cup, the FA Cup and the League Cup are also what we hope to get." β
This statement encompasses almost every heavyweight title that an English team can win.
Even if the media reporter was prepared, he was still stunned for a long time by what Zhang Tiehan said, Chelsea's eyes are the triple crown, no, the quadruple crown? If you add small trophies such as the Community Shield, the English team can win a total of seven championships, and they have locked four of them, if they can do it, it will definitely be more than four championships, and by the way, they will win the Community Shield and the World Club Cup championship and other honors (the previous Toyota Cup, South American and European champions), it is also very normal, in short, Zhang Tiehan's words about these are very flat, but the media reporters are rolling their eyes when they hear it.
"Just give all the titles to Chelsea!" Some media reporters who supported other teams thought angrily.
But they didn't dare to say it.
Once upon a time. Zhang Tiehan always has all kinds of doubts when he is interviewed, but now the situation is different, Zhang Tiehan is one of the top stars in the world, although there is no 'king' or anything, but there will be no reporter who is not interested in questioning him, and the consequences of that are the consequences. The media he represents receives a lot of complaints from fans.
That's the impact of big stars!
However, what Zhang Tiehan said made the media who supported Chelsea very happy, those neutral media naturally didn't care, they just recorded it, and then reported it as it was, as for what the fans thought of Zhang Tiehan's statement, it had nothing to do with them.
At the end of the interview, Zhang Tiehan pointed out Chelsea's opponents, "Barcelona, Real Madrid and AC Milan. I think these three teams pose the biggest threat to us. β
"What about Manchester United? What about Arsenal? An English journalist asked.
Zhang Tiehan shook his head, "Although they are also very strong, I don't think they have the ability to threaten Chelsea, whether it is the Champions League or the league. β
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Zhang Tiehan's provocative remarks against Manchester United, Arsenal and other Chelsea league rivals caused a lot of indignation in the latter two, and some Arsenal and Manchester United players publicly refuted Zhang Tiehan's words, but Zhang Tiehan did not respond at all, he said what he thought in his heart. I also feel that there is nothing to respond to.
To him, it's like saying, 'I think this thing is so expensive.'" 'I believe that there is a God in ZΓ i', this is a matter of personal opinion, as for things and God willing to say it, they don't care, as for saying this, it hurts the self-esteem of Manchester United and Arsenal...... You can also say Chelsea? Everyone is a competitor, I say you. You can also say that I, Zhang Tiehan is very open in this regard.
"The fact that they stand up to contradict me only shows that they have no confidence in the face of us."
Seeing that the remarks were becoming more and more intense, Zhang Tiehan reluctantly opened his mouth to respond, he really didn't want to have a war of words with these people. There is a feeling of being forced to be helpless.
Of course, this is just his personal opinion.
Everyone else couldn't keep up with his train of thought, and Zhang Tiehan's response made Manchester United and Arsenal almost blew up. Arrogance, arrogance and other colorful adjectives have been instilled in his head, but Zhang Tiehan is really not interested in fighting with them, because he spends more time training and accompanying Lola, and in his recent life, he generally does not accept interviews except before and after normal games.
Around October, Chelsea's fixture schedule is also intense.
The next two league games are only three days apart, Chelsea's opponents are Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa, this is a two-home game, Chelsea is not under pressure, these two teams are not a strong team, Charlton has always been a team on the edge of the relegation circle, although their results have improved in the past two years, but after all, it is a small club team there, and it is still too difficult for them to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Aston Villa are a Premier League powerhouse, they have been a mid-table team in the league for more than a decade, and such a team is often weak when it is strong and strong when it is weak, and the results speak for themselves.
Chelsea made it six wins in a row by comfortably beating Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa in two consecutive league games.
With six wins in a row, Chelsea have their first west London derby of the new season. There are three teams in West London, namely Chelsea, Fulham and Queen's Rangers, Queen's Rangers have been in the lower leagues, and Chelsea, Fulham have little chance of encountering, so the game between Chelsea and Fulham represents the West London derby, the two teams are in the Premier League all year round, and the conflict between them is not small, although the derby between them cannot be compared with the tragic Cheng DΓΉ of the Liverpool derby between Liverpool and Everton, but the derby county battle between the two teams still has a lot to watch.
The most noteworthy is the result of the last meeting between the two teams.
The game was at home to Fulham, and although it was at home, Fulham had never won a London derby against Chelsea at home in the 29 years since 1977, so historically, the home side was not in their favour, but they did win unexpectedly.
Once the game began, Fulham, who were underdogs, took the initiative on the pitch and took the lead in the 18th minute.
It was also the only goal of the game.
Now the game is still at Fulham's home stadium, Craven Farm.
Before the two teams met, many Fulham fans were hoping that the team could beat Chelsea again and prevent them from winning seven consecutive league games, which would be a great Derby County victory...... Of course, that's for Fulham, and the Chelsea man's idea is to continue winning and by the way, to get revenge on last season's defeat. (To be continued......)