Chapter 57: Super Team
In October, it was time for the national team to train and prepare for the 2006 Shijie Cup qualifiers. There is only a group of substitutes left in the Chelsea team, Qiao Wanxian threw the team directly to Boas, and under the guidance of the beautiful agent Ye Xuan, he signed portrait licensing contracts with Coca-Cola and Barclays respectively, all of which are 3-year contracts, which will bring Qiao Wanxian about 1 million pounds of income every year.
So far, in terms of economy, Qiao Wanxian no longer has any pressure.
On 9 October, England won their second Shijie Cup qualifier in the English derby with a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Frank Lampard in the third minute and captain David Beckham in the 76th minute.
On 14 October, England played away against the underdogs Azerbaijan. In this game, captain David Beckham was suspended, and Owen was injured in the game against Liverpool and was unable to play, with Chelsea captain John Terry captaining England on the field. In the end, with a goal from Wayne Rooney, England struggled to win three in a row.
After three consecutive wins, the pressure on Eriksson is finally much less, while the pressure on Qiao Wanxian is greater. On October 17th, he will lead the team to challenge Blue Moon Manchester City away!
In Chelsea's lineup, Cech, Terry, Cannavaro, Gallas, Makellele, Lampard, Kaka, Joe Cole, Rooney, Duff, Gudjohnsen and others are the absolute main force of their respective national teams, FIFA virus is spreading greatly in the team, and the physical fitness coach before the game said bluntly that Cannavaro, Kaka, Joe Cole, Duff and others can play half-time football at most, otherwise under extreme exhaustion, it is likely to be out of shape due to physical exhaustion and form injuries.
However, even if Chelsea's lineup is now stretched, Manchester City manager Keegan still does not dare to take it lightly, and although Qiao Wanxian is young, he has received enough attention from him. After his research on Qiao Wanxian, he found that the reason why Chelsea will tolerate Liverpool in defense is that Liverpool's head coach Benitez praised Qiao Wanxian in various public occasions and formed a very friendly relationship with him.
Keegan realized that ten days before the game, he began to use Manchester City officials and the media to make various remarks about Qiao Wanxian's respect, with sincere language and high respect, which simply said that Qiao Wanxian was a myth in Shijie football.
After a brief discussion with Villas-Boas, Jovan laid out the weakest squad he has ever taken charge of Chelsea.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech, the two full-backs are Bridges and Ramos, who did not play in the national team game, and the centre-backs are Terry and Gallas. The biggest change is in the midfield, with Grami, Parker, Lampard, Duff, Wayne Rooney, and Gudjohnsen as the lone arrow!
Keegan finally let out a long sigh of relief when he saw Chelsea's starting XI in The Times, and it seemed that the sycophants were really a bit useful to Joe's cannon.
In the 9th round of the 04-05 Premier League season, Chelsea won a difficult 2:1 win over Manchester City away from home thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney and Ramos, and won 9 consecutive league wins. It's just that in the standings, Chelsea is only two points ahead of Arsenal, and in the first nine rounds of the league, Arsenal also achieved an impressive record of eight wins and one draw.
The following week, although the Champions League was played twice, Chelsea played at home and there was not much pressure.
On 20 October, the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage kicked off with Chelsea hosting Russian Premier League powerhouse CSKA Moscow. Amid the tsunami-like roar of the Stamford Bridge stadium, Chelsea had no trouble beating CSKA Moscow with a 4-0 score thanks to Wayne Rooney's brace, John Terry's powerful header and Kaka's shijie wave.
In Group H, Chelsea have won all three of their games and have already secured one place in the competition. What's even more pleasing is that Owen is back in this game, and although he didn't score, he is in good form and the injury is no longer serious.
In the 10th round of the Premier League, Chelsea will host Mark Hughes' Blackburn Rovers. A few days before the game, Manchester City manager Keegan quietly called Mark Hughes to inform him, saying that he had discovered a weakness in Joe's cannon, and as long as he said a few words of compliment before the game, then he would definitely show mercy on the field.
Keegan and Hughes have a good relationship, and hearing that, when you think of Chelsea's two games against Liverpool and Manchester City, Hughes feels it makes sense. Therefore, Mark Hughes also kept praising Qiao Wanxian through the media before the game, saying that Chelsea would definitely win the championship and that Qiao Wanxian was the best coach in the Premier League.
However, Mark Hughes's influence is too poor, and all the media focus is on Manchester United's home game against Arsenal in this round of games. Prior to this, Arsenal had been unbeaten in 49 league games, and Arsenal big man Thierry Henry even made a bold statement that he would win Manchester United away!
Even Chelsea manager Jo Wanxian ignored the praise from Blackburn boss Mark Hughes and also focused on the Manchester United vs Arsenal match.
Historically, it was this game that Ferguson's Manchester United defeated the unstoppable Arsenal 2-0 at home, breaking the opponent's 49-game unbeaten streak and breaking Arsenal's momentum of dominating the Premier League. It's just that now because of the arrival of Qiao Wanxian, the contradiction between Ferguson and Keane broke out in advance, and it is out of control, can Manchester United still stop Arsenal's iron hooves?
That game was played on 24 October, and Chelsea's home game against Blackburn Rovers kicked off at 22 o'clock on 23 October.
After 10 days of rotation and recuperation, the FIFA virus finally spread within the Chelsea team, and Qiao Wanxian also took the lead in releasing the strongest 11 players.
Cech, Bridge, Terry, Cannavaro, Ramos, Makelele, Rooney, Kaka, Lampard, Joe Cole, Owen. Seeing these 11 people bouncing around on the field to do warm-up exercises, Blackburn manager Mark Hughes was a little panicked, especially the bursting Stamford Bridge, like a hot cauldron, baking the manager from Wales.
In the first 2 minutes of the game, the fans cheered together, Joe Cole dribbled the ball on the side, a quick flat ball cross, Owen lightning plugged in, shoveled the goal, 1:0, Chelsea made a dream start!
Mark Hughes raised his eyebrows, glanced at the Chelsea coach's box, and found that there was no joy on Jowan's face, holding his mobile phone in his hand, as if he was texting! He vaguely felt that something was wrong, could it be that the horse's fart before the game was not enough, and it did not satisfy Joe's vanity?
Sure enough, Chelsea did not mean to be humble at all, the attack was fierce, the defense was ruthless, in the 20th minute of the game, the score was rewritten again, this time it was Chelsea's left full-back Bridge! It was his first goal of the season and he was so excited and celebrated wildly after the goal.
Mark Hughes's face was ugly, and the figure standing on the sidelines looked a little thin, and he sat in the coach's seat with hatred, and even Keegan was annoyed in his heart.
After the first half, the electronic scoreboard in the center of the stadium was bright and dazzling with red Arabic numerals: 3:0!
Near the end of the first half, Rooney was on the left side of the penalty area, and a shijie wave arc hung straight to the top right corner of the goal! Blackburn had no hope of returning, and after only half of the game, there was no suspense, 10 consecutive wins! The longest winning streak in Chelsea history!
The longest winning streak in Premier League history is 14 games, in 01-02 and 02-03 by Arsenal. Can Jowan's Chelsea break that record?
Following Chelsea's 6-1 home win over Blackburn, media experts have taken up a variety of discussions about Chelsea's winning streak. Chelsea will play West Bromwich Albion away, Everton at home, Fulham away, Bolton Wanderers at home, Charlton Athletic Athletic and Newcastle at home in the next few league games.
It can be said that Chelsea's opponents in the next 6 games are obviously weak, according to Chelsea's strength and current invincible momentum, it is definitely not a problem to win another 6 consecutive wins after 10 consecutive wins! As a result, Chelsea will be on a record-breaking 16-game winning streak!
The reason why the media asserts that Chelsea will reach 16 wins in a row rather than 17 is because in the 17th round of this season's Premier League, Chelsea will travel to Highbury to take on defending champions Arsenal!
Who is the most eye-catching team in the entire Premier League right now? Not Chelsea led by Joe's cannon who stands on the cusp of public opinion, but the invincible Arsenal led by Arsene Wenger!
In the 10th round of the Premier League, Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to Old Trafford, and with Thierry Henry's brace and Gilberto Silva's long-range goal, they beat Ferguson's Manchester United with a score of 3:0, unbeaten and unbeaten in 50 games!
In those days, the undisputed No. 1 club was not Real Madrid, who won the trophy 9 times, but the Red Devils Manchester United built by Alex Ferguson. But it is such a team that is going through the most painful period at the moment, and is experiencing the embarrassing situation of not winning a league title for three years after selling Beckham, especially in the current Premier League standings, Manchester United only has 12 points, ranking 12th in the league.
Gradually, the opinions of media reporters and football celebrities tended to be unified, in this era, Chelsea and Arsenal are two super teams, and the rest of the Premier League teams can only parry when facing these two teams, and have no power to deal with them. In such a situation, people suddenly found that the current Premier League pattern is similar to La Liga.
After Benitez left Spain, La Liga once again became a two-man battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona, but what about the Premier League? Chelsea and Arsenal seem to be a cut above the rest.
Spain's national derby can often detonate the enthusiasm of fans from all over the world, but what about England's national derby? Is Chelsea vs Arsenal?
It's a national derby, and it's a London derby! The entire British continent is looking forward to the collision of Chelsea and Arsenal with a heart of great reverence!
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