Chapter 1275: Difficult Brothers
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Ranieri led Chelsea to eliminate his former club Fiorentina, and after the news of advancing to the Champions League final without anyone favoring it was spread by the media, it suddenly caused an eight-magnitude earthquake in European football!
Fiorentina, the most successful European club of the last decade, reigning Champions League champions, was knocked out by a mere Chelsea? How is this possible?! After the vast majority of people learned the news, their hearts shook beyond measure. Little did they know that Chelsea could actually finish Fiorentina in the semi-finals!
Naturally, the English media were thrilled by the result, and the next morning they wrote articles touting Chelsea, proudly declaring in a smug tone that Chelsea were the best team in Europe – all of them having chosen to forget how they had been so one-sidedly downplaying the Blues just the day before the second leg, believing that Claudio Ranieri's side should not suffer a heavy defeat against Fiorentina as the greatest contribution to English football.
This tone of the English media has made these non-English clubs, including Real Madrid, Barcelona and Milan, deeply unhappy. After all, this time the English media got carried away and unleashed this map cannon is really a bit too big: Chelsea only won once Fiorentina dared to blow it up as the strongest in Europe, so are you too ignorant of us?
In fact, even teams in England are unhappy, especially Manchester United and Arsenal, who also feel that the media is too much to praise Chelsea. You know, in the current Premier League, Manchester United and Arsenal are well-deserved top teams, although Chelsea has achieved some results in the past decade, but whether in terms of history or recent accolades, the Blues are not worthy of the title of "the strongest in Europe".
If Chelsea really dare to respond to the media hype, then what awaits them next must be the stubborn resistance of countless teams. Because these Premier League teams usually play against Chelsea, they naturally know the true level of the Blues, so if there is an opportunity to expand their influence at the cost of beating Chelsea, then these teams will be more than happy to complete the task.
Fortunately, it is Ranieri who is now in charge of Chelsea, a good man who is cautious and not a high-profile guy or a man who is not good at communicating with the media, which did not cause more trouble. Thanks to the efforts of tinkers, Chelsea managed to transfer these hateful values to the English media in a very timely manner, so as not to make themselves the target of public criticism.
Along with this voice of dissatisfaction, there are countless covetous glances. After all, these Chelsea players have really been in the limelight in the Champions League this time around, and the achievement of knocking out Fiorentina has added a lot to their resumes. At the same time, it has also generated a strong interest in Chelsea players from more teams.
For most managers, poaching a team like Chelsea that has proven itself but is saddled with a lot of debt is what they are most happy to do. Because at this time, they can often close one or more transfer transactions at a much lower price than the market price.
Who wouldn't want to poach such a team, which can not only enhance their own strength and bench depth, but also save the club a transfer fund?
I believe that this summer, there will be countless teams targeting Chelsea, who are suffering from financial problems, and make decisions on them. That is, of course, provided that Chelsea don't find a single person willing to wipe out their debts before the summer transfer window opens.
That's the main reason why current Chelsea owner Bates hasn't been happy until now. Because until this time, he had not received an offer that was sincere enough to buy Chelsea. Or rather, the slammer's own belief that the offers for Chelsea are "insincere".
Of course, the most heart-wrenching thing for Bates was that he actually agreed to Inter Milan's offer of 13 million euros for John Terry in the past winter transfer window. According to the current market, the English homegrown centre-back, who made Vieri inactive in the two semi-finals, sell at least 5 million euros more!
5 million euros! The thought of this loss made Bates's heart bleed. There's nothing like a loss of money to keep this not-for-jabble boss up at night.
By the way, don't look at Terry's value is much lower than Ferdinand's players who also have an English household register, but in fact, this is mainly due to the current economic situation, and Chelsea is indeed in urgent need of a large amount of money to make up for the shortfall, which allowed Inter Milan to get Terry's transfer at a low price of 13 million euros.
After Fiorentina's exit, it will be a clash between AC Milan and Monaco, with the winner of the two teams securing another place in the 03/04 UEFA Champions League final before battling Chelsea for the trophy on 27 May.
Although Carlo Ancelotti's plan to keep the league place in place and focus on the Champions League was very good, the result was not so satisfactory - in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Monaco, AC Milan, who had a clear advantage on the books, were successfully overturned by the Ligue 1 giants after winning 3-1 in the first leg. Real Madrid outcast Morientes and Croatian centre-forward Pulsau scored a goal each in the match to help Monaco beat the Rossoneri 2-0 at the Stade Louis II!
In the end, when the aggregate score of the two legs was 3-3, AC Milan was blocked out of the Champions League final by Deschamps' Monaco because of the lack of away goals!
Thus, as the curtain fell on the semi-finals of the European Champions League, AC Milan and Fiorentina were the two clubs that were considered the favourites to win the trophy, while Monaco and Chelsea unexpectedly met Gelsenkirchen for the trophy that was already within reach!