October 28 is the second matchday of the 11th round of the English Premier League, and there will be two matches on this day, one of which will be played at Stamford Bridge, with Premier League giants Chelsea hosting Aston Weah.

If it was before this season, the two teams were almost the same in strength, and they both belonged to the second tier of the Premier League.

But last summer, Russian predator Abramovich invested 100 million euros in the transfer market and bought many big players including defensive giants Makelele, Veron, Glenn Johnson, etc., Chelsea's strength jumped to the level of Manchester United and Arsenal, becoming a real first-tier team.

Chelsea's strong squad and home play gave us a clear advantage, with strikers David Goodjohnson and Veron scoring goals in the 31st and 69th minutes to help Chelsea win over Aston Villa by two goals.

With a win over Manchester United and a win over Aston Villa, Chelsea have cemented their top spot in the league.

In the eyes of the media, this game is not worth a lot of fanfare, Chelsea are strong in their own right, and it is a home game, and the victory is difficult to attract the attention of fans.

However, after the game, a number of Chelsea players were asked about their next Carabao Cup tie when they were interviewed in the mixed zone.

"League Cup?"

The Chelsea stars who were asked were stunned for a moment, only to remember that the Carabao Cup was coming up two days later against a League One side.

"It looks like a team from the Manchester region, what's it called?" Joe Cole thought about it for a long time but didn't come up with it.

"It's Wigan's team." Lampard interjected.

After listening to Lampard's reminder, Joe Cole reacted that it must be a reporter from the Manchester region who asked the question, but he couldn't let them get the hang of it, and he immediately affirmed, "Yes, it's Wigan's team...... It's Team Wigan! ”

"That's Wigan Athletic!"

John Terry, who is only 21 years old and has just taken over the captain's armband from French veteran Desailly, has just taken over the captain's armband from the hands of French veteran Desailly.

'In the Carabao Cup, we're going to give it our all.' Terry spoke to reporters, grabbed Lampard and Joe Cole and walked away.

Despite what Terry has said, anyone can see that Chelsea don't take the League Cup seriously at all, and they don't take Wigan Athletic seriously, otherwise Joe Cole wouldn't have heard Wigan Athletic's name.

Wigan Athletic were promoted to League One for the first time this season, and the name of the team is much stranger compared to the rest of the League One powerhouses.

Those players who have never played in the lower leagues have no idea that there is such a League One team.

But as opponents, with the game just two days away, it is a bit unreasonable for the Chelsea players to know the names of their rivals, and some journalists are ready to write about it in tomorrow's report.

Other reporters are waiting.

They were going to report on something without commenting on it, and it wouldn't matter if Chelsea were going to have a dominant advantage in the game the day after tomorrow, but it would be useful if Chelsea were in trouble, and then they could say, 'Chelsea didn't pay attention to their opponents before the game, and they gave Chelsea a warning with their strengths'.

As for the other results......

Even the vast majority of journalists who came to interview did not think that when Wigan Athletic met Chelsea, the Carabao Cup would be the end of the road and they would have no other result.

What, you say Wigan Athletic will beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge?

It's dawn, wake up!

No journalist would think so, in their eyes, it would be as crazy as a sudden outbreak of the world war, of course, not all journalists, there is still a glimmer of hope, and that is Colin John from the Wigan newspaper.

Colin John is a native of Wigan and has been a Wigan Athletic fan since he was a child.

He was born in Wigan, grew up in Wigan and now works in Wigan, and his love for Wigan Athletic has become an instinct, and now Wigan Athletic is the strongest in history, they can get a certain place in League One, they have good results in the league, and the team has always been positive.

"Why can't Wigan Athletic win against Chelsea?" Even though Chelsea are so strong, Colin is still hopeful of victory.

So Colin came to London.

After the interview in the mixed zone, Colin followed the reporters to the press conference, and it was there that he could continue the interview.

Among the reporters, Colin, who represented the Wigan newspaper, was insignificant, and he was placed in the back row with several other tabloid reporters.

The press conference of the Premier League is much more formal than that of League One, because there are too many reporters who come, so they must ask questions in an orderly manner, and only the press officer can appoint them to have the right to speak. Whether Colin can get the right to ask questions depends on the face of the press officer.

Colin's luck may have been due to the fact that hailing from Manchestershire, in the north of England, was seen as the representative of Manchester, and the press officer thought he would ask questions from Manchester United's point of view, and he was given the right to ask questions.

"Mr. Ranieri, what do you think of their next league opponent, Wigan Athletic from Wigan, Manchestershire?" Colin politely stood up and asked.

Everyone at the press conference was stunned.

"League Cup?"

"Wigan Athletic?"

Ranieri frowned and looked at the young man who asked the question, and then smiled slightly, "It's a League One team, it is said that they are promoted to League One this season, and the results are not bad, I think with their performance, there is no problem in completing relegation, and they can even strive to further stabilize the ranking in League One." ”

'It's not easy to get to this point in the League Cup as a League One team, but it's also a testament to their quality and my team will take the game seriously and try to get the best possible win.'

Ranieri's answer was very gentle, and he was completely sincere, and anyone who didn't know Wigan Athletic would be deceived by his performance.

But there are still many reporters at the scene who know about Wigan Athletic!

Wigan Athletic, the promotion horse of the English League, can be described as 'relegation is not a big problem' in this season's performance, and with their results, they can compete for league promotion places.

It is clear that the Italian has never learned about Wigan Athletic.

Colin smiled, his eyes on Chelsea were not so annoying, but he felt that he didn't need to say anything more, "Mr. Ranieri, thank you for your answer. ”

Ranieri was baffled, he didn't know what he had said.

When Colin asked a question, he was a little overwhelmed, after all, neither he nor the team was preparing for the next Carabao Cup because they were against a League One team, but this could not be told to journalists, who would think Chelsea were arrogant.

Claudio Ranieri only knows that Wigan Athletic is a promoted side from League One and that's it.

In his mind, the goal of a promoted horse in the first season is naturally relegation, so he said 'relegation is not a big problem', such a sleek statement often makes people unable to find fault, and will feel that he has a certain understanding of the opponent.

In the next question-and-answer session, Ranieri always felt that the reporters looked at him strangely.

He didn't know what the reason was, but he thought it was because of the young man's question, and after the press conference, he immediately looked up information about Wigan Athletic.

"That's ...... so"

Ranieri, who finally knew the reason, smiled bitterly, estimating that he would be in a little trouble.

He doesn't care, he's the manager of Chelsea.

As long as you lead Chelsea to a landslide victory over Wigan Athletic, this is not a problem at all.

What if he doesn't care about his opponent?

Is it worth caring about an opponent who has been crushed by Chelsea?

……

The disdain for Wigan Athletic by Chelsea players and coaches was nothing more than a pre-match episode.

Except for some reports from the local Wigan newspaper on the incident, no other media outlet has spoken.

Chelsea are top of the Premier League and Wigan Athletic are a promoted team from League One, the two teams are not comparable at all, and no one is rushing to criticize Chelsea's approach, if it were to be reversed, they would be the same as Chelsea.

As long as they play normally, Chelsea couldn't have beaten Wigan Athletic more easily at Stamford Bridge.

At the same time, Wigan Athletic's training has been going on.

Even if no one in the team mentions it, everyone has this sentiment – we are a strong team in League One, we are a team that can compete for promotion to the Premier League, we all work hard for each of our players, even if it is against Chelsea?

If our opponents despise us, we must make them pay!

With this in mind, each player showed surprisingly serious training in training, they completed the training tasks assigned by the coach in full, and also took the initiative to communicate and seek some surprising tactical plays, such as Brekin came up with a 'magic trick'.

'When you get to the bottom line, you don't have a chance to kick the ball at them, it's better to pop off the line so we can have more corners.'

"You see, Zhang is getting better and better in the box, Jenson and I don't have a good way, if there are more corners, Zhang has more chances, maybe he can bring a lot of goals! Yes, a lot of goals, Zhang, the task of scoring ten goals for Chelsea is up to you! ”

Brekin said with a solemn face.

But what he said is really a bit unreliable...... Ten or eight goals, this is not a basketball game.

Zhang Tiehan smiled next to him and said, "That's good, I'll have more opportunities, I can't wait to try Chelsea's backline." ”

The joking sound in training also brought some relief to the atmosphere of the team.

Jewell is happy to see the team face strong opponents, he hopes that every opponent can stir up the fighting spirit of the players, so that his team will get better and stronger, and he feels that if he continues to do so, it will be very easy to fight for a place in the Premier League.

It's just a pity that there is not much time for training.

On the evening of 29 October, the Wigan Athletic bus drove into London.