Chelsea's February schedule kicks off with a league game against Blackburn Rovers on the 1st, the highlight of the 25th round of the English Premier League, who have been in a good season and currently sit seventh in the league, but in the end Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.

In this game, Frank Lampard set up Zhang Tiehan to score the first goal, then Drogba scored the second goal with a heavy bombardment, and Kalaw added the icing on the cake to score the third.

With all three players scoring a goal each, Chelsea have shown remarkable form.

After the game with Blackburn, Chelsea began to face a complicated schedule, the first to face the FA Cup opponent Ipswich, this is the fifth round of the FA Cup, Chelsea's luck is not bad, when the draw is the winner of Blackpool and Ipswich, the two teams are going to play extras, so the draw is still before the game, but in any case, these two teams will not be able to pose a threat to Chelsea, the only suspense is who Chelsea's opponent is.

Ipswich finally defeated Blackpool, so they met Chelsea, and those football commentators and various media think, Ipswich is really difficult to pose any threat to Chelsea, this Championship team that is good at defense, it is really only defensive, they are not bad in defense in the whole game, but it is far from enough to beat Chelsea like this, and no team in the world dares to say that they can face Chelsea and defend the goal, and Ipswich naturally can't do it, In the end, they lost to Chelsea by two goals, and it was only after Villas-Boas replaced Zhang Tiehan in the second half.

Next up is the Carabao Cup semi-finals, with Chelsea's opponents Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham have had a good season and they have made a breakthrough in the Carabao Cup, where the last four is a two-legged affair, with the first leg being played at Stamford Bridge, this at home. In the end, Chelsea won 3-1, Drogba helped Chelsea break the deadlock, and Zhang Tiehan scored the next two goals for the team, but Tottenham Hotspur, as one of the few teams in England that is good at attacking, is still very strong in attack, and they got a lot of chances in the second half. It also broke the door on Petr Cech's handle, and the final result of the game was 3:1, and the two teams will play the second leg at White Hart Lane to determine which team will advance to the final.

However, the popular opinion is that Tottenham Hotspur has little chance.

"Tottenham Hotspur won't have a chance unless Villas-Boas doesn't let Zhang play." Former England star Gascoigne commented on the match between the two teams.

It can be seen throughout the game that Zhang Tiehan is full of deterrence against Tottenham Hotspur, for teams like Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur who are good at attacking and have always used offensive tactics to play. The opponent's very strong individual stars are really the biggest problem, because their defense is difficult to limit the individual play of these stars, which may be the helplessness of attacking football.

So Zhang Tiehan was very active in the whole game, and he single-handedly restrained the entire Tottenham Hotspur defense and offensive rhythm, so that Tottenham Hotspur had to take care of the defense while attacking.

This is also the biggest reason why Tottenham Hotspur lost.

Actually. Chelsea's overall form was not very good, with both Frank Lampard and Ballack making a number of mistakes in the game. Shepchenko, who replaced Didier Drogba in the second half, was also mediocre and hardly had anything to gain from it, but Chelsea still won, and they won on Zhang Tiehan.

But after all, the game is over, there is no point in saying anything, and Tottenham Hotspur probably want to seize the opportunity in the next round. But even they know that their chances are really small.

Next up are two league games.

On 10 February, Chelsea took on Charlton Athletic and won 1-0 in a hard-fought 1-0 victory. On the 13th, Chelsea hosted Middlesbrough. In the end, the two teams played to a 2:1 draw.

Both victories came very hard.

Many media have also complained about Chelsea's expression, but at this time, some media have discovered a surprising thing - since Villas-Boas took over as Chelsea manager, Chelsea have been winning, not even a draw!

This is quite surprising.

It's hard to see any difference between this Chelsea side and Grant when he was in charge, but Chelsea have been on full pitch until now, equalling United on points in the league and reclaiming top of the table by a narrow goal difference.

It's amazing!

It's hard to imagine Chelsea's succession of managers after a series of internal problems, and many media outlets have discussed the issue, but they have struggled to come up with any results, so they are ready to interview Chelsea players to ask about the outcome of the question.

But in reality, the Chelsea players are also at a loss.

They actually felt that Boas didn't do anything, but the team just kept winning.

However, there are still those who know the reason, such as Zhang Tiehan, he knows very well what Boas did.

Villas-Boas knows more about Chelsea than Grant for two and a half seasons at Chelsea, and he knows very well that this Chelsea team is very strong at the moment - just relying on the team's free play is enough to fight with the top teams, let alone play in an organised and tactical way, he just adjusts internally, reduces conflicts, and follows the line-up in the most reasonable way.

When it comes to arranging the squad, Villas-Boas doesn't think about what stars are or aren't.

In fact, he didn't have to.

After Grant took over Chelsea, he really didn't have much status in the team, and every time he arranged a squad, he had to take into account the stars in the team, such as Shepchenko, and he needed to make a place for the Ukrainian - even if the Ukrainian had been not very good, he would do so, so this made the other players unhappy because the competition in the team was not reasonable.

But Villas-Boas doesn't need to do that, he's familiar with everyone in the team, he's not afraid to offend the star, he's on a temporary contract, if something goes wrong, it's a big deal to quit, what's worse than that? Don't say whether there is a problem, even if there is no problem, he can lead the team to finish this season, and even win one or two titles, it is difficult to say whether he can stay at Stamford Bridge next season, he naturally doesn't care what the players think, his idea of leading the team is - how to win the game more easily, how to do it.

On the contrary, it has leveled the playing field within the team, and everyone is very happy with Boas.

Of course, there are also those who are not very satisfied, such as Shepchenko, in the last few rounds of the league, he has only been given a lot of 90 minutes to play, and some media have ridiculed him for coming to Chelsea as a fringe player, and Chelsea spent 30 million pounds to buy a fringe player, which is really extravagant.

But Shepchenko can't help it, he has forced out a Grant, and he can't contradict Boas again because he can't play, right?

The result of that is almost certainly his departure, because Boas and Grant are different, Grant belongs to the parachuted into the team, Boas is taking the position of coach, he is familiar with many players, if he has a conflict with Boas because of this, it is estimated that the entire club, even including Abramovich, will not support him openly, because it will lose people's hearts, but Shepchenko can actually understand in his heart, after all, the team must have a normal competitive environment, It's impossible for him to have enough opportunities to play, after all, his teammates' abilities are no worse than his own.

He needs to work hard for the main position.

That's also good news, at least the media won't be so targeted at him — less appearances, less attention, less criticism.

Shepchenko also wants to compete on his own, he is a top scorer, he is still very confident in his quality, he believes that he is only temporarily uncomfortable with the Premier League.

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It was in this atmosphere that Chelsea welcomed the Champions League.

It was the last 16 of the Champions League, and Chelsea's opponents were Valencia, and the two teams met in the draw, with the first leg coming at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, Spain.

The city of Valencia is the third largest city in Spain, known as the "Pearl of the Mediterranean" due to its strategic location, and has historically been the financial capital of the Mediterranean Empire, with its own unique traditions and language, and the Valencians are known for their individualism, sensibility and creativity.

Today's Valencians don't have as much division as the Basque and Catalans, but there are many signs that are different from those in the interior of Spain, and even the motorway to Madrid has directions written in English "SPAIN".

In the 13th century, after losing a battle with the indigenous Moors of Valencia, Jaime fled to a cave in Bat Bluff. The Moors chased them to Bat Bluff only to be scared away by thousands of bats, which gave Jaime a chance to regroup. He later became the first conqueror of Valencia. In gratitude to the bats for their protection, he listed the bats as his protector.

Since then, bats have had an indissoluble bond with Valencia, which is also known as the 'Bat Army'.

In the summer, the introduction of Morientes and Del Horno made Valencia a veritable "half of the Spanish national team", with Spanish national team players in the front, middle and back lines.

Although qualifying for the Champions League is not very smooth, as the giants of La Liga, no one doubts that they will aim for a semi-final or even higher place in the new season.

Now they have Chelsea.

Valencia are serious contenders for the La Liga title this season and are in contention with Barcelona for the title as well as a Champions League semi-final, and now they meet Chelsea.

Soon as the clock approached, the whole Chelsea squad had flown to Valencia, and the city of Valencia was also spreading the smoke of the big game, and the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 was about to begin. (To be continued......)