Chapter 253: China Tour
After experiencing the baptism of the Shijie Cup and the sinking of the Asian Cup runner-up, Chinese football is like a parabola, sliding sharply from the highest point in an instant.
In 2005, Chinese football had begun a period of dark and bitter years. However, there is no doubt about the enthusiasm of Chinese fans for football.
The national football team has abused me thousands of times, and I treat the national football team like my first love!
No matter how much pain and tears there are, there are always so many fans who will never give up, cheering and cheering for Chinese football, which makes people admire and sigh.
In 2005, Chinese football bid farewell to the top 10 matches of this year's Shijie Cup Asian Qualifiers, which was extremely bitter. Fortunately, in July, a blue storm ushered in the land of China, boasting a blue hurricane!
Chelsea is here!
Qiao Wanxian led the team to land at Tianjin Binhai International Airport and finally set foot on the real homeland!
The sky was gray, and the air was filled with the smell of exhaust gas, but when Qiao Wanxian stepped on this familiar land again, he suddenly had a feeling of tears in his eyes.
Water is the beauty of the hometown, and the moon is the beauty of the hometown.
Since he was reborn last year and traveled all over Shijie, this time he stepped on this deep land, and Qiao Wanxian had mixed feelings in his heart.
The fans were so enthusiastic that they bordered on madness, and by the time Jovin led the way out of the airport hall with the handsome Chelsea boys, it was already surrounded by frenzied fans and enthusiastic journalists.
"Director Joe, welcome home!"
"Welcome to Chelsea's trip to China!"
"The Blue Lions are invincible."
"Kaka. I love you! ”
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All kinds of banners were hung high, and the airport hall, which was supposed to be a no-noise airport, was very noisy. There are quite a few flight attendants and cabin crew. even took advantage of his position to secretly take pictures with his mobile phone......
Chelsea's visit to China has rekindled the passion for football in a country that has fallen into the abyss of football.
But soon, Qiao Wanxian disappeared from the public's field of vision.
Because Shengyuan No. 1 has been exhausted, one of the main purposes of Qiao Wan's leisure in China is to find Shengyuan grass and reserve enough Shengyuan No. 1 to continue to lead the team to be invincible on all fronts next season.
So Qiao Wanxian took the opportunity of the trip to China. handed over the team to Boas to lead, and he plunged headlong into the old forest of Moriyama - collecting medicine.
The competition at the Beijing Workers' Stadium on July 22 was nominally a contest with Beijing Guoan. In fact, they were all members of the national team, and it was clear that the Football Association did not want to waste this precious training opportunity. Let the Chinese national team and the top team have a strong collision.
Although Qiao Wanxian did not come to the scene to direct the game. But he also called Boas to admonish him. It is necessary to pay attention to this kind of competition, so that the Chinese Football Association can realize the huge gap between Asian football and European football. At the same time, we must not control the scene too much, and we must take care of the emotions of Chinese fans and the face of the Football Association.
Since the head coach has spoken, Boas naturally has to do so, and all the main members of the team last season have made their debuts. Goalkeeper Petr Cech, defenders Ramos, John Terry, Cannavaro, Grosso, midfielder Roy. Keane, Lampard, Kaka, Wayne Rooney, Joe Cole. The front line is the big handsome Michael. Irving.
As soon as the main lineup was discharged, it won unanimous applause from all the media and fans. It looks like Chelsea are completely different from Real Madrid the year before. It's a real knife and a real gun.
It was Chelsea's first game of the summer and the squad hasn't gotten used to it yet, but the squad has been so skillful last season that the opposition has been relatively weak, and the performances of the Chelsea players have repeatedly won applause from the fans.
Under the coaching of Qiao Wanxian, the Chelsea players have been somewhat infected with a "sullen" temperament, especially Rooney. When passing, you can use your back heel and never use the arch of your foot; When you pass people, you can be full of tricks, and you definitely don't need to eat raw at speed; You can volley when you shoot, and you don't need to head it......
In a word, how complicated and how to play!
Naturally, such a performance greeted wave after wave of applause from the fans.
Although tickets for this game are expensive, being able to witness the performance of Shijie-level stars on the green field is definitely a lifetime memory for fans.
Tickets, in short supply.
Soon after the start of the game, the Chinese team relied on a midfield composed of Li Tie, Zhao Junzhe, Shao Jiayi, and Li Xiaopeng to not fall behind in the confrontation, while Chelsea was obviously careless and had not found the feeling of the game for a long time.
Chelsea, who gradually adapted to the opponent's style of play, began to form a constant pressure from the two wings, Rooney's sharp breakthrough and Joe Cole's exquisite pass made the opponent's wing miserable, and Owen's galloping made the fans full of fans addicted.
When Chelsea formed a midfield press, the game naturally fell into Chelsea's rhythm.
Joe Cole first shook the opposition defence on his back with a series of subtle dribbles before his pass was caught by a clever Owen and an easy stab opened the scoring for Chelsea.
Immediately after today's most famous superstar Kaka dribbled the ball in the midfield, successively shook Li Tie, Zhao Junzhe, Dewey, Xu Yunlong and others, ran more than 50 meters, and expanded the lead to two goals with a sharp volley, and the stands were thunderous!
Football, that's the real football!
At the Stadium, the Chelsea players did not feel the atmosphere of the away stadium at all, and the cheers and shouts of countless cheers and shouts were not much worse than those at Stamford Bridge.
In the next game, the Chinese team can only compete with Chelsea slightly in the midfield, this year, Chinese football and European football are completely two sports, and the huge difference in ability, quality and tactics makes the field completely suppressed by Chelsea.
But even giants such as Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Juventus have been killed by Chelsea, not to mention Chinese football, which has been turbulent.
Just before half-time, Sergio Ramos, who had stepped up to assist, cut in and tapped the ball wide to Frank Lampard, and Chelsea's vice-chancellor fired home from distance to make it 3-0.
Chelsea played with ease in the first half, and the artistic performances of the stars caused a huge sensation at the Workers Stadium! After the game, someone recalled that it was a long time since Beijing Gongti had been so lively, and if it was traced back to the last time, it was Faye Wong's "Phoebe Ordinary" concert held here a year ago.
At the start of the second half, Villas-Boas began to make frequent substitutions.
Almost all of the substitutes who could come on were on the pitch, with Fernando Torres and Benzema in attack, and new signing Franck Franck Ribery making his debut for Chelsea, playing on the right, with Wayne Rooney still roaming on the left.
Behind them was Van der Vaart, a 16-year-old kid named Gareth. Gareth Bale also came in for Grosso at left-back.
This lineup is much worse than the main lineup in terms of coordination, especially the three new signings, and the Chelsea players have basically not cooperated, especially Benzema, who overlaps with Torres on the front line, once couldn't find his way on the field at all and was exhausted.
Fortunately, Rooney, known as the "Left Tianzun", kept driving the rhythm of the whole team and attacking more than once. Lu Xiaopang can see it, and the fans at the scene like to see the domineering and invincible momentum when they break through!
Although Chelsea's cooperation on the field seems to be much messier, but with the core players such as Rooney and Lampard, Chelsea still firmly controls the offensive rhythm of the game, and the Chinese national team is almost powerless.
In the 64th minute of the game, Ribery's cross after breaking through the bottom helped Torres score with a header, and the score became 4:0!
For Chelsea, 4 goals are guaranteed, 5 goals is normal, but Boas does not understand the Chinese market, for fear of winning too much and hurting the feelings of the fans, coupled with Qiao Wan's pre-game instructions, he quickly signaled the team to slow down, and at the same time replaced the positive Rooney with a reserve team ball.
In the end, the Chinese national team relied on a long-range shot from Zhao Junzhe to save some face before the end, and the final score was fixed at 4:1.
It's just a friendly match, Qiao Wanxian never pays attention to the result, and for Chelsea FC, the result is even less important, and the key to the Asian tour is to attract money and influence.
For the result of this 4:1 match, the Chinese side is quite satisfied. Chelsea's main team did play half the game with the Chinese national team, and they also understood in the second half that they were saving some face for themselves.
For the fans, it was undoubtedly the most memorable moment of their life-watching career. After all, for Chinese, it is too difficult to go abroad to watch football, and it is rare to watch the games of top teams at such close range.
But this is only the beginning of the happiness of Chinese fans.
Because, Qiao Wan returned from collecting medicine! (To be continued......)