Chapter 468: The First Round of the League

Faced with a score of 3:0, especially the three goals scored by one player from the other side, the players of the Major League Star Team really collapsed.

This guy can't prevent it at all, and he can keep scoring goals, how can he kick this ball?

Quite a few people think so.

At the beginning of the game, when they heard the opponent's No. 9 Chinese boy arrogantly saying that the game would definitely score, they were still very unconvinced, thinking about giving the other party a good look when they were waiting for the game, but until now, the opponent really scored and scored three goals in a row, and their mentality has changed.

Three goals were conceded and there was little hope for the game.

In the half game, they kept defending, but they still let the opponent score three goals, and they felt that they couldn't defend this guy at all, and if this guy was on the field all the time, the game couldn't be played at all.

This is a warm-up match, not an official race!

If it's an official game, they'll hold on for a while, and even if they lose the game, they have to maintain their dignity, but it's a warm-up game, and it's a warm-up game at home, so what about now? The opponent led by three goals, and their own fans shouted the names of the opposing players.

This is no longer a normal home warm-up game

They all feel that the game can't go on, and the only hope is that the opposing coach will replace this guy from the field, so the game is still a little interesting, otherwise there is really no way to continue.

The players of the Major League All-Star team are very decadent, that is, their captain Donovan is still working hard, I have to admire, Donovan is indeed a very persevering player, even in such a passive situation, he still insists on working hard.

It's a pity that he only has himself, and football is a sport of eleven people, and he himself does not have strong personal ability.

The result was the next game, and the major leagues were completely passive. They were attacked by Chelsea and were helpless.

The game scene looks rather strange.

If people who don't know, when they see the game, they will think that Chelsea is much better than the Major League All-Star team, but in fact, the overall strength of the two teams is not so big, and all the reasons for this are due to Zhang Tiehan's three goals.

For the Major League All-Star team. The bad news is that Zhang Tiehan has been on the field in the first half, so they can only passively go to halftime, and then return to the locker room very depressed, after the coach arranged a series of tactical adjustments, they returned to the court, although a few people were changed, but the substitute players outside the field also saw Zhang Tiehan's expression, although they were very energetic, but wanted to face the opponent's 'strong' No. 9. It's still hard to play normally.

In short, they can't save the whole team.

The good news is that in the second half, Grant made a substitution adjustment, he replaced Zhang Tiehan, who scored three goals, and when he saw Chelsea's substitution, Grant instantly became the loveliest and most respectable person in the hearts of the players of the Major League All-Star Team.

They came to the spirit again, and the table was much better.

However, the American fans at the scene were quite dissatisfied, they didn't want Zhang Tiehan to be replaced, and when Zhang Tiehan walked off the field, he received warm applause from the fans. It felt like a triumphant hero, and Zhang Tiehan didn't care. But the American fans were still a little dissatisfied in the applause, they hoped that Zhang Tiehan would continue to stay on the field so that he could continue to score goals, and they came to the scene to watch the stars score.

As for the Major League All-Star Team?

It doesn't matter anymore

The game ended 4-1 when Joe Cole set up Frank Lampard for a long-range strike just before the end of the second half. The MLS game against Donovan scored a face-saving goal, and this was the end of the warm-up game.

The whole game was perfect for Chelsea.

This is a warm-up match, but also a commercial exhibition match, 4:1 match is enough, in terms of warm-up effect. Zhang Tiehan scored three goals in the first half, so that Grant has a better understanding of Zhang Tiehan's ability, and the tables of other players are also good, and some tables on the field can also make Grant know the team better, so as to plan the next tactical layout and formation.

Chelsea's warm-up match in the United States came to a successful conclusion.

In an interview after the game, Grant praised Zhang Tiehan's watch on the field, "This is his first game at Chelsea, his watch is perfect, to be honest, I didn't expect him to score three goals, it feels like the goals should have belonged to him." ”

"After this game, I know him better, which helps me to plan the team's tactics and games for the new season."

'Zhang was the most important player to bring in in the summer and I believe he can do better at Chelsea and I believe Chelsea can do better this season.

These were Grant's exact words after the game.

Grant expressed his direct appreciation for Zhang Tiehan's appearance, which also shows that Zhang Tiehan's position in Grant's heart is more important after the game.

At the same time, Zhang Tiehan was also interviewed.

Three goals in the half, he became the focus of the game, many American reporters came to interview, Zhang Tiehan smiled at the reporter, "I said before the game that I would score, but I didn't expect to score three goals in 45 minutes, I think this is related to the other party's carelessness, the opponent's strength is very good, I think they just have no form." ”

That's a compliment to the MLS All-Star team.

But Zhang Tiehan doesn't care, he has already scored a hat trick, and directly used three goals to determine the end of the game, compliment the other party and don't want money? Sometimes you have to be modest, although Zhang Tiehan doesn't think the other party is good, but when to say something should still be paid attention to, after winning the opponent by a big score, the last two sentences of compliments are also to express friendship to the American people.

As long as they can afford it

Yes, Zhang Tiehan said these words are beneficial, as soon as the game ended, he received a message from his cousin, Apple Computer Corporation of the United States has contacted him to prepare for him to do computer and mobile phone product endorsement, Zhang Tiehan did not have this field at all before, Apple is still the first company to contact him, it is said that the endorsement contract is very superior, and there is at least more than three million dollars of income every year.

Because of this, Zhang Tiehan is rarely very modest in the face of American reporters, and he even said, "The players in the major leagues are very professional." They're always trying to improve, and I think the U.S. national team in a few years will definitely be different from now. ”

It's a pure compliment.

As for what will happen to the US national team in a few years, he doesn't care at all, he cares about the 'friendliness' of the American people, the money that goes into his pocket

That's what it is after.

Chelsea and the United States are in harmony, with Chelsea FC achieving the publicity of its commercial development. Their 4-1 win over the Major League Soccer All-Stars was tantamount to a victory over the entire American team, and it was a big victory, and the American fans saw the strength of Chelsea, and at the same time, Chelsea showed the extraordinary ability of their own stars.

Grant also made a special mention of this.

'Zhang had already shown his quality, he scored three goals in the first half and I was thinking at the time, it's time to replace him, it's a warm-up game. It wouldn't be fair to the MLS All-Stars if he had been on the court."

No one objected to this statement after the game.

Even the MLS All-Star players are the same, which is really insulting, as if it is directly saying, 'Zhang can still score on the court', but in fact, the MLS All-Star players think the same way, although Grant's statement has caused displeasure among the MLS All-Star players. But American fans loved it.

Look!

Chelsea have the best player in the world and he is guaranteed to score goals for the USA on the pitch.

That's what American fans think. As a result, Chelsea's publicity effect has been achieved, and various business cooperation contracts have flown over, and many American companies are actually not interested in the football field, but after this game, many American companies suddenly found that it is also a good choice to use European football stars and football clubs to enter the European market.

It is not only Zhang Tiehan who has benefited. Frank Lampard, Drogba and other agents are also busy, not to mention the whole Chelsea club, they are here to promote and develop the American market.

All in all, the trip to the United States was a great success.

For the whole Chelsea team, the result of the game is all done. However, their next stop is not to return to London, but to the Netherlands, where they will play a warm-up match against Feyenoord in the Eredivisie at the Feyenoord Dekop Stadium in the Netherlands.

This is a pure training-style warm-up game.

After flying to the Netherlands, Chelsea rested for a night and the next day, after a short training session in the morning, the squad arrived at the Feyenoord Dekop Stadium for the warm-up match.

In this game, Grant continued to make substitution adjustments, all Chelsea players had the opportunity to play, and the regular pre-season warm-up game was for the coach to observe the state of the players, as well as to familiarize the new players with the team and the game, and prepare for the start of the regular league, so Grant still attached great importance to this game.

Zhang Tiehan only played ten minutes, still in the last time of the second half.

At that time, Chelsea led 2-1, and in the last ten minutes, Zhang Tiehan still scored a goal to rewrite the score to 3-1, and in this way, the warm-up game at Feyenoord ended.

Zhang Tiehan's appearance is undoubtedly very good, but his playing time is too short, even if he scores a goal, the media did not talk more after the game, perhaps in the eyes of the media, Zhang Tiehan scored a long shot is really nothing to say.

Chelsea then return to London to take on Celtic at Stamford Bridge.

It was Zhang Tiehan's first appearance as a home player at Stamford Bridge, and the 45,000 Chelsea fans who came to the stadium filled almost the entire stadium, which was quite impressive for a warm-up game, and many fans came to see the state of Chelsea in the new season.

It was Chelsea's third warm-up game.

Zhang Tiehan got the start, still starting as a left striker, and it took only 30 minutes for him to score two goals, and then Grant replaced him directly.

After the game, the media summed up Chelsea's three warm-up games.

Zhang Tiehan's watch is undoubtedly the best, he scored six goals in less than ten minutes, this kind of table is gorgeous, many fans feel that Abramovich's money is really worth it, Zhang Tiehan alone can even top three strikers - even if he is a top star in the world, it is already very good to score two goals in 90 minutes, and Zhang Tiehan scored six goals in 90 minutes.

Even the harshest media have to say it - it's gorgeous!

Zhang Tiehan's performance in the warm-up matches was perfect, and when the three warm-up games were over, Chelsea returned to Cobham for normal training. The next thing is to silently train and recover to welcome the arrival of the league

On 15 August, Chelsea Football Club received a big news that Ukrainian striker Shepchenko has officially joined Chelsea.

This was published at the same time on the official websites of Chelsea and AC Milan.

Shepchenko's transfer has finally been finalized, AC Milan and Chelsea have reached an agreement, and Chelsea's official website announced that Shevchenko has signed a four-year contract.

AC Milan's official website published a statement: Thank you Shevchenko for her extraordinary 7 seasons at AC Milan. Scored 173 goals for AC Milan and brought five trophies.

In addition to revealing that the two sides signed a four-year contract, Chelsea officials also published Sheva's speech to the media, photos of the moment he signed the contract, and a brief introduction to Sheva's career. From this moment on, Shevchenko will be part of the Chelsea squad and is likely to remain at Chelsea thanks to the loan of last season's No.7 Maniche.

Regarding the transfer fee that everyone is concerned about, the two clubs did not disclose. It's just that the Milan Sport newspaper predicts that the transfer fee will be 45 million euros, while the British newspaper The Guardian says that the transfer fee is 50 million euros, and the transfer fee will be paid entirely in cash, with no player exchange involved. However, AC Milan are still interested in using some of the funds to sign Chelsea defender Gallas, who is said to have come to Milan for a medical before Sheva announced his transfer.

Shevchenko will also become the fourth 10-million-level player Abramovich to bring in this summer, the first three being Zhang Tiehan, Mikel and Kalu.

Shepchenko's transfer is definitely the most heavyweight after Zhang Tiehan, before Mikel was only worth 23 million euros and Kalou was only 12 million euros. The two are obviously a notch behind a 5,000-level player like Shepchenko.

Without Zhang Tiehan, this would have been Chelsea's biggest stroke of the summer.

Even so. The whole of England is also paying attention to this transfer news, mainly because Chelsea's handiwork is really big, first Zhang Tiehan's sky-high transfer, then Mikel and Kalou, and then Shepchenko, these four players alone used nearly 200 million euros. If you add the four-person contract, it's an even more terrifying number.

Spending €200 million on players in a single season may also reflect the song 'We are rich' that Blues fans like to sing.

However, after Shepchenko's transfer, many media are not talking about the transfer, but why did Shepchenko choose Chelsea?

That's a problem.

In AC Milan. Shepchenko has achieved a lot of honors, there are players there to support him, AC Milan has offered him a contract that is not small, in fact, a player like Shepchenko, as long as the club does not abandon him, he can play for AC until retirement, because the transfer is not very good for him, except for the annual salary increase, nothing else.

Then the "Sun" broke the news that the reason - the wind on the pillow!

'I didn't say I would have to go to Chelsea, I just said I had to think about my family. This has always been the reason for Sheva. Pazik (Shepchenko's wife) guides the "family signal" with practical actions.

The Sun reported last week that Pazik is currently Abu's guest and is staying at Abu's mansion in London's Belgrevia district, where he is accompanied by Abu's wife, Irina, to attend a private show by a famous London fashion designer.

"The family's choice is London." Pazk's actions fulfilled the hint for his husband.

Abu is a veteran who can play in shopping malls and politics, and he used the "pillow wind" to get Sheva to come to Chelsea. After three years at Chelsea, Abou has been rumored to have a keen interest in Sheva for the third year in a row. By the fourth year, his efforts seemed to be paying off.

In 2001, Real Madrid offered 160 billion lira (about 82 million euros) to buy Shepchenko, but Berlusconi refused without frowning, and now Shepchenko has put aside his feelings with the former prime minister, and directly chose London for the sake of his family and another friendship.

In the summer of 2003, Abu, who had just arrived in Chelsea, flew into Italy on his own private jet. According to Galliani's recollection of Milan Sport, the Russians came up with 100 million euros and were ready to pack Nesta and Sheva, but Milan refused, and the only gain for the impatient Russians in Italy was the only gain. It was the friendship that got Sheva.

A year later, he made a comeback, offering 50 million pounds plus Crespo in exchange for Sheva, but Milan still refused, Abu still didn't care, and even loaned Crespo to Milan for free.

Last year. Abu's bid was even more outrageous, with a transfer fee of £85 million once rumored to be rejected again. But the Ukrainians were clearly moved by Abu, and that Christmas, Shepchenko's wife was invited to London to shop with Abu's wife, and that winter, Shepchenko spoke for the first time in public about his friendship with Abu, "I personally admire him very much, especially what he did in Chelsea." He earned respect for himself. Although I don't dare to say that I am a good friend of his, we do talk a lot and have a lot of communication. ”

This is the 'friendship' of Shepchenko and Abramovich.

In short, now Shepchenko still chooses Chelsea, the specific contract has not been disclosed, but the outside media has also speculated that the weekly salary has reached at least 120,000 pounds, which wants to compare the contract at AC Milan, and then consider the tax rate difference between Italy and England. Shepchenko's salary rose by more than 40 percent.

Such a heavyweight contract can be regarded as Chelsea's queen Zhang Tiehan and Ballack. The third big contract signed in the summer.

The media summed up Chelsea and were surprised to find that Roman Abramovich had spent a staggering £340 million on players in three years.

That's a staggering number!

With an average annual transfer fee of more than £110 million, the club's deficit has reached staggering proportions, with Chelsea's net income not exceeding €20 million a year, which is less than a fraction of the transfer fee. In other words, Chelsea have lost around 100 million euros in each of the last three years.

Such a staggering amount of losses also amazed the media - Abramovich really has money

At the same time as throwing out a staggering number of transfer fees, Chelsea also basically has the prototype of a giant team - that is, the accumulation of big names, three fronts. Basically, there are a few big-name stars who have taken shots, and the overall lineup is not bad at all compared to Real Madrid, Manchester United and other teams

What the media says, it doesn't matter to the Chelsea team, after Shepchenko joined the team, he reported to the club the next day and participated in the team's normal training, but at this time it was already August 18, and the 20th was the first league game of the Premier League, and Shepchenko naturally could not start in the first league game.

Chelsea have been preparing for this game for a long time.

Their opponent is Manchester City, this is a home game at Stamford Bridge, for Chelsea, the first game of the league is naturally quite important, and the same is true for manager Grant, who is already under a lot of pressure, in the eyes of fans and media, against Manchester City at home, if Chelsea can't win, it must be a problem for Grant to coach.

So Chelsea are very serious about the game and they want to get off to a good start, not just to win, but to win well.

That's what everybody thinks.

The first round of the league started, and all the media and fans focused on the league.

As the league champions for two consecutive seasons, Chelsea have received the most attention, and as the summer champion and the most valuable star in history, Zhang Tiehan has also received the most attention as he scored six goals in 90 minutes in the warm-up game.

Chelsea were well prepared for this game.

Grant lined up in a 442 formation, with Zhang Tiehan and Didier Drogba partnering up front, midfielders Frank Lampard and Essien as the double central midfielders, Joe Cole and Wright Phillips on the wings, and Paul Ferreira, John Terry, Carvalho and Bridge in the back four, which is almost the strongest Chelsea can come up with at the moment.

Against the visiting Manchester City side, Chelsea played with the advantage and with determination.

They dominated United throughout the game, with a steady stream of goals making it difficult for City to fight back, with two goals netted in the first half.

In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again.

City tried to find an opportunity to counter-attack, but Chelsea played quite well, using a solid defence throughout the pitch to make it difficult for City to get the ball past the halfway line, and in the second half Frank Lampard took advantage of a left-sided outflank to smash the ball into the back of the net again.

Three to zero.

That was the end of the game and Chelsea got off to a flying start.

Chelsea had an advantage throughout the game, but there was also a regret in it, that is, Zhang Tiehan's table - Zhang Tiehan failed to score a goal in the entire 90 minutes...... (To be continued......)