Shevchenko's situation in the Chelsea team is indeed not good, and a qiē media point out that Shepchenko is likely to 'fall out of favor' at Chelsea, judging by the recent performance of Ukrainian nuclear warheads in the Premier League, this qiē depends on the patience of Grant and Abramovich.

However, with Schepchenko's inaction again at Old Trafford, another wave of relentless ridicule of the former Milan striker has begun, while rumours of a Chelsea bid for Villa suggest that Schepchenko is no longer the darling, at least in the eyes of the media.

"He came here as the most expensive player in the history of English football (Zhang Tiehan's move to Liverpool was not worth as much as Shepchenko), but he quickly became the most disappointing man." The Sun calculated Sheva's £30 million worth of a transfer fee that could get "Andy Johnson + Dimitar + Rosicky + Kuyt", as well as 100 Rolls-Royces or more than 2.7 million bottles of Russian vodka for Abu.

Columnist McGarry engaged in British humor: "Abu paid Shevchenko £30 million, which could buy him 2729808 bottle of vodka, but I suspect that even if he drank it all, he would not be able to forget Sheva." ”

In the eyes of the outside world, Chelsea's purpose in bringing in Sheva is very simple, that is, expecting the Ukrainian to bring a steady stream of goals, Abramovich is also counting on Zhang Tiehan's partner Shepchenko to become the world's most gorgeous and aggressive striker, in fact, this dream was thought about by AC Milan two years ago, but unfortunately they failed to buy Zhang Tiehan, and now Chelsea has realized this idea, and the result is that Zhang Tiehan is still quite good, and he has shown superhuman strength in various games, And Shepchenko completely sank. Not to mention his appearance, not to mention Zhang Tiehan, even compared to Mikel and other Chelsea fringe players.

Shepchenko has scored three goals in 14 games in the Champions League, league and cup competitions so far, which is completely disproportionate to his value.

"£10 million a ball? This is clearly the lowest value for money among all the goalscorers in the Premier League at the moment. ”

McGary commented.

According to McGary's analysis, the 75 minutes against Manchester United that were almost unremarkable caused Grant and Roman Abramovich to lose their patience. That's why rumours began to erupt in the media today that Chelsea are interested in bringing in La Liga striker Villa.

The columnist also didn't think there was anything wrong with Grant's tactical set-up, as the manager had done what he could for Shepchenko, who had put Sheva on the bench in the hope of boosting morale in the Champions League against Werder Bremen, but it backfired.

In addition to the transfer rumours from Villa, another piece of media revelation has raised concerns about Shepchenko's prospects, namely that the Ukrainian is not close to his team-mates, and he has no friends in the team at the moment.

Former AC Milan team-mate Leonardo, Brazilian, has also publicly stated that Chelsea are indeed not a good fit for Shepchenko. 'Sheva is a world-class goalscorer but he needs the team to structure his tactics around him and at Chelsea the team is more important than the individual. If he can get support from both wings at Chelsea, then he could be able to score more and more goals. ”

This assessment does not seem as extreme as that of a British columnist, but it is certain that with Zhang Tiehan's current excellent form, making Chelsea "Sheva's team" can only be imagined. Because no matter how good Shepchenko's performance is, it is impossible for Grant to abandon Zhang Tiehan, who has brought a steady stream of goals to the team. And Shevchenko was chosen as the core.

There is also a reason why the media reported on Shepchenko so wildly.

At the end of 2007, the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or) selection began again, Zhang Tiehan with 261 votes and no suspense, the second place Cannavaro only had 101 votes, followed by Gianluigi Buffon with 78 points and Thierry Henry with 54 points, although Brazil had a bad World Cup performance. However, Ronaldinho and Kaka still received 41 and 8 points respectively.

When people browse the Golden Globe voting list, they subconsciously ignore and forget about one person - Shevchenko.

Two years ago, the Ukrainian was named European Footballer of the Year 2004 with 175 points, and last year, Shevchenko finished fifth with 33 points. But this time, Shevchenko did not get a single vote.

Speaking of Sheva's situation, which is somewhat unjust, he played with an injury in the World Cup, scored two goals and had an assist, and the Ukrainian team reached the quarterfinals, although the final 0-3 defeat to Italy, but for Ukraine, this is also an unprecedented result in the history of Zào, Shevchenko's leading role in the team cannot be ignored.

In the first half of the year at AC Milan, Shevchenko's cousin was recognized, scoring three goals in six games in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. In the league, 12 starts in the first half of the year, 1 game as a substitute, scored 8 goals, and the number jù is also quite beautiful.

If he had been in this state, Shepchenko's influence in international football, and his cousin, should not have received 0 votes anyway.

What really dragged down Shepchenko's votes was the slippery slope after his legendary transfer to Chelsea for a sky-high price of 45 million euros.

12 games, including European and Cup competitions, scored 3 goals, which is not a particularly embarrassing number for an average player, but for a superstar like Shevchenko, especially Shepchenko, who is now saddled with 45 million euros, especially Abramovich took a full year and a half to poach him, people's expectations for him are too high, and when this expectation turns into disappointment, the negative impact is doubled.

Scoring 16 goals in 35 club games throughout the year is not a high goal percentage, but it is definitely reasonable. But for the media with the ballots, it is more about Shevchenko's 45 million euros, the criticism of his cousin at Chelsea in the British media, and the fatigue of his delay in integrating into the team after his transfer.

In a sense, whether it's the European Ballon d'Or or the World Footballer of the Year, the national team competition in the summer, and the club table after the summer, will play a more crucial role in the selection, but there is no way. After all, it is always the recent events that are easy to remember, no one remembers the "all-time second scorer" who surpassed Rivera and was second only to Nodal in the number of goals scored by AC Milan last season, the top scorer in the European Champions Cup last season, the "new legend" that equaled Eusebio's "new legend" in European goals, and only people remember the 30-year-old striker who is now worth 45 million euros but has only contributed 3 league goals and has not scored in this season's Champions League.

In this world. While someone is signaling, there will always be someone who is proud, and Shepchenko and Zhang Tiehan are such examples.

There is no suspense about this year's European Footballer of the Year, with Zhang Tiehan's help Liverpool win the UEFA Champions League in the first half of the year, the top four in the World Cup, and the average of 1.7 goals per game in Chelsea in the second half of the year.

At present, the selection of European Footballer of the Year has not ended, but the media has long been sure that Zhang Tiehan will be the only winner with a chance, and it is estimated that there will be no suspense in next year's World Footballer of the Year selection.

There is no doubt that 2006 belongs to Zhang Tiehan.

Some England fans. Supporters of Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and other teams have all called this year's football the 'Year of Zhang Tiehan' with various moods, because the world is full of reports about Zhang Tiehan, and as long as there is a topic related to football, Zhang Tiehan almost must be talked about.

Zhang Tiehan, this name can be used to describe English football in 2006.

'Zhang Tiehan Nian' was proposed by the "Sun".

The term was coined in The Sun, and in a short time it became popular on major websites in England. Soon it spread throughout Europe, even in distant China. Many Chinese fans have also begun to use this term to describe world football this year.

In comparison, Chinese fans are still a little happy.

Although Zhang Tiehan is a German player and joined the England national team, after all, he has Chinese blood in his blood, and now that Chinese football is extremely bad, there is an overseas Chinese who can have such a great influence in world football. It is also somewhat a comfort to Chinese fans, who can say with certainty that Chinese can also play football well!

As a result, many Chinese fans began to think about why Chinese football is always bad, and the analysis on the Internet has been analyzed, and the reason for the summary is the problem of the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese football environment, and the Chinese football environment is the fundamental reason. After all, there are very few registered football players in China, and many children face the problem of going to school when they grow up, and most Chinese players come from sports schools, and those who go to sports schools are often those who are not 'motivated' in their studies.

That's the environmental problem.

In contrast, in England, when a child is growing up, they don't have to worry about any academic performance at all, they have a lot of time to do what they want to do, instead of concentrating on going to school every day, there will be no make-up classes during the holidays, and there will be no pressure to go to school normally, which gives them a good environment, and young people who are interested in football can develop in football, even if there is no result in the end, they can also play football while doing other things.

It is impossible in China, learning almost occupies most of the child's time, even if there is a football talent, it is also the most important thing to learn, as long as it is in junior high school and high school, it is impossible to have any time to play football, if you do this, you will definitely get criticism from the school and parents, that is the table of not doing business, the table of bad children...... In short, the general environment of Chinese football is still very poor.

On the other hand, there is the problem of the Chinese Football Association.

Old topic.

Almost all fans know how dark the Chinese Football Association is, how strict the black whistle of match-fixing in the Chinese Super League is, even if the problem is found, it is only gently put down, and the Football Association has no way to be a fan.

This is the direct reason, otherwise Chinese football would not be so bad.

After summarizing the reasons, the Chinese mainland network launched a 'Zhang Tiehan year' storm, fans declared that China should have more 'Zhang Tiehan', crack down on football black forces, etc., and many fans gathered to protest to the Football Association, of course, this did not have a big impact, but still put a lot of pressure on the Football Association.

So some Football Association officials shook their heads and sighed, "Fortunately, Zhang Tiehan is not a Chinese, otherwise there would be more problems......" (to be continued......