Chapter 169: The Origin of Pepe
It won't be easy for Frank Lampard to battle Morris.
If you are a striker, scoring goals is the most direct way to decide the winner, but as a midfielder, even if they are the core of the two teams, it is not easy for the two to score, and as a core player, the victory or defeat of the two also depends on the victory or defeat of the two teams.
Lampard knows that in terms of organizational attacking ability, he is not as good as Morris, who has a strong overall view, but he thinks that his individual ability is better, but on the playing field, there is no opportunity to directly compete with the individual ability of the two, so this comparison of individual ability, it is also very difficult to prove it, and it still depends on the whole game, and even at the end of the game, it is difficult to see who has the stronger individual ability, after all, in two teams, the degree of defense faced is not the same, unless there is a very special performance, Otherwise, it will be very difficult to prove anything.
However, it was easy to decide the outcome of the other 'pair' on the field, namely the much-talked-about Andrei Shepchenko and Manchester City centre-back, young Copelle Ferreira.
Shepchenko was the most talked-about player of the game, he was the most famous of the 22 players on the pitch, and it was his first game for Chelsea, so even when he didn't have the ball, the cameras would point at him frequently, and when he did, almost all the commentators would focus on what he had done.
As a result, Kopelle Ferreira, who is the main defender of Shepchenko's position, was also highlighted by media commentators.
If Shepchenko had performed well, Kopere Ferreira would have been ignored, and various media commentators would have loudly applauded Shepchenko's performance, and naturally, as a leafy foil, Kopere Ferreira would have become a passerby, and there was no need to say his name at all.
The point is, Shepchenko didn't do well!
When Shepchenko didn't do well, some media commentators began to look for reasons. They quickly spotted Kopelle Ferreira defending Shepchenko and then took note of his defensive performance against Shepchenko.
And then many media commentators shouted-
"Kopele Ferreira, he blocked Sheva's pass again!"
"Sheva was intercepted, it's Manchester City's centre-back, young Portuguese rising star Copelle Ferreira!"
"He's only 23 years old, it's hard to imagine that such a young centre-back would be in the Premier League to limit the famous Andrei Shepchenko!"
"Shepchenko was almost inactive under the defense of Ferreira......"
"According to the new match statistics, Shepchenko has not managed to break through Ferreira's defense once so far. Whether it's a personal breakthrough or a team-mate, there is no ......"
"Shepchenko was completely limited by the Portuguese centre-back!"
“……”
It is not an exaggeration to say that Shepchenko was completely restrained, and 30 minutes have passed since the game, and Shepchenko has barely made any performances.
His Chelsea team-mates have supported him a lot, but he has squandered chances more often.
Many times, when it doesn't reach Kopelle-Ferreira's point, Shepchenko will lose the ball due to coordination problems, or he won't be able to get the ball at all in his position. When he got the ball near the penalty area, he had to face the defence of Copelle Ferreira, and then he found that the 'nameless' young Portuguese centre-back was between him and the goal. An insurmountable moat.
So far in the game, Shepchenko has been cut off twice by Kopelle Ferreira and intercepted twice indirectly.
It is not an exaggeration for the media commentator to say that he has not managed to break through Ferreira's defence once, and he really failed to break through Ferreira's defence. The only shot on goal was from the edge of the box, and it didn't even hit the punch, let alone the threat to the goal.
In short, to the current position. Shepchenko has not yet shown anything.
As a result, many media commentators found reasons for Shepchenko's poor performance, which is certainly not a problem of Shepchenko's ability.
As a star who has won the Ballon d'Or, won the Eastern European Footballer of the Year in a row, and the main striker of the former AC Milan for several seasons, has won various championship awards, and is still worth 50 million euros at nearly 30 years, Shepchenko's ability is not doubtful at all.
So is he not fit in the Premier League? That's for sure.
But the media commentators certainly can't say the same, because the concept is too general to be used as a direct cause at all, so the direct cause is found, that is, Manchester City's main central defender Copelle Ferreira has done a good job defensively!
It's really great!
So far, Copelle Ferreira's defence has not made a mistake and has been in the right position to intercept Chelsea's attacks time and time again.
Not only was he successful against Shepchenko, but he was also quite good against Chelsea's overall attack, and he was more eye-catching than his partner, the experienced Dunn!
One of the most powerful proofs is that many Manchester City fans who followed the team to London were shouting the name of Kepler, as a Portuguese player, the name "Kepler-Laveran-Lima-Ferreira" was too long, so the fans directly called Ferreira's name "Kepler", and then the tone changed again and again, and finally even the first "K" pronunciation was omitted, but repeated the call' pler', this is like the Chinese world's scolding sound 'bah', the shouting is quite emotional, and then more fans also shouted, and for a while the shout of 'Pepepe' has a place in the noisy stadium.
Listening to the shouts in his ears, Wan Sheng's expression was a little complicated.
In his previous life, Copelle Ferreira was affectionately called 'Pepe' by Chinese fans, and he originally thought that this was the Chinese fans who gave Pepe a code name, but now that he hears the voice of the fans, it seems that the name 'Pepe' has begun to spread.
The feeling of Wansheng is complicated, as if witnessing history.
But in fact, he is going through the process of forming the name 'Pepe', and this feeling of knowing the result and experiencing it again really makes him feel a little complicated, but for now, Copelle Ferreira can stand in the Premier League and play for Manchester City and Chelsea, which is also the catalyst for him.
So, he is the one who wrote this history?
Although this history does not seem to be very important, Wan Sheng still feels that his butterfly effect seems to be getting more and more violent, and Copelle Ferreira won the gratifying name of 'Pepe' in advance, will his future achievements become even greater?
Definitely!
After having their own training. If Copelle Ferreira is still the same achievement, it would be really abnormal!
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was not in the mood to think about history or anything like that, he didn't care about the shouts of the Manchester City fans, but frowned at Shepchenko's performance.
Before the start of the game, he knew that Shepchenko would not perform too well, because Shepchenko had not yet fully integrated into the team, was not so familiar with the team's tactics and coordination, and had no tacit understanding with his teammates. The reason why Shepchenko was sent to play was because of the pressure from Chairman Abramovich, and the other was that Shepchenko was famous enough and his personal ability was very good, so he would definitely have no problem in front of the goal as a striker, and maybe he might have a good performance.
Mourinho still has a little expectation for this.
But now that little expectation is completely gone, Shepchenko's performance will only be worse than he thought, not a little better.
Then Mourinho started to worry.
Now what? Replace Shepchenko? No, it's too early!
At this time, Shepchenko was replaced. It will definitely make Shepchenko himself unhappy, and it will also have a big impact on Shepchenko, maybe it will take him longer to adapt to the Premier League, in addition. Club president Roman Abramovich will also think that he has given Shepchenko too little time, and neither pressure will allow him to replace Shepchenko now.
So just look at it?
The score has not changed, but it can continue to be like this. Chelsea's attack is difficult to make an impact, relying on Didier Drogba alone to break down the opposition's tight defence.
Mourinho didn't know what to do for a while.
This is something that has rarely happened since Jose Mourinho took charge. Normally, he would be decisive and never regret a decision, but now it's different, at Chelsea Football Club he doesn't have the absolute trust of the president, Roman Abramovich, and he doesn't have the absolute right to the team, so he has to look ahead when he makes a decision.
Mourinho knows that, but he can't help it.
Abramovich, who was sitting in the VIP box, also frowned, unlike Mourinho, he doesn't worry about the situation of the game, that's what the manager should think about, he can sit here just to enjoy the game, he wants to enjoy a winning game, and in this winning game, he also wants to see the players he likes to perform well.
That's Andrey Shepchenko.
Shepchenko is a football superstar and a friend of Abramovich's, and the two have a very good personal relationship, or this is also due to the best friend relationship between Abramovich's wife Irina and Shepchenko's wife Christine.
Abramovich wanted to bring in Shepchenko since he arrived at Chelsea, and it wasn't until a few years later that his idea came to fruition when Shepchenko joined his Chelsea, and he began to look forward to Shepchenko's performance.
Shepchenko's performance is not good now, everyone on the scene can see it, and Abramovich can also see it.
He frowned, then looked at Mourinho, who was sitting on the sidelines.
In fact, Abramovich knows that Mourinho does not want to bring in Shepchenko, he is very unhappy with signing Shepchenko, what few people know is that the two have had an argument about this, although in the end the strong Abramovich won, but Mourinho's attitude towards bringing in Shepchenko is also very clear.
So Abramovich could only force the Portuguese to accept this fact.
Later, Mourinho dupliciously welcomed Sheva's arrival and told the media, "Today is a dream come true. When I first arrived at Chelsea, I was expecting Sheva to be my starting centre-forward. He's great, he's ambitious, he's disciplined, he's got a lot of tactical quality, and there's no doubt he's a great striker. "But this is a superficial job in the face of the media, and Abramovich is well aware that Mourinho does not welcome Shepchenko.
Now in the game, Shepchenko's poor performance seems to prove that Mourinho is right, so is he wrong? Like the Portuguese said, Shepchenko is not a good fit for Chelsea?
No! Definitely not!
It must be that this damn Portuguese doesn't know how to use people, otherwise why did Shepchenko do well at AC Milan and not so well at Chelsea!?
Abramovich looked at Shepchenko running on the field and silently made a decision, if Mourinho can't use Shepchenko correctly and let Shepchenko adapt to Chelsea and the Premier League, then next year he will find a manager who can use Shepchenko and can make Shepchenko perform well.
In Abramovich's heart, Shepchenko is more important than Mourinho!
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But whatever Mourinho and Abramovich think, it won't be of the slightest use to Shepchenko's performance on the pitch.
Shepchenko's time at Chelsea is too short and he needs to adapt to Chelsea's tactics, his team-mates and the Premier League.
In summary, he needs time.
As an accomplished star, Shepchenko knows this, but even so, he is still very unwilling to show nothing, especially ...... Especially the damn young Portuguese central defender in front of him, he is unknown, but he can prevent himself?
Shepchenko could imagine what the media would say after the game!
They must have ravled about the Portuguese centre-back, but it was their own inaction on the pitch that made them famous. As a famous star, he is not willing to do this.
So this time, when Shepchenko got the ball at the front end of the penalty area, he saw Kopelle Ferreira in front of him, gritted his teeth and rushed straight towards Kopele Ferreira.
He wants to get rid of this young boy to prove that he is not killed by the other party!
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Wan Sheng almost laughed out loud when he saw this scene from the sidelines, and it was obvious that Shepchenko was already a little dizzy.
Manchester City's defense at the front end of the penalty area is very tight, not to mention Shepchenko, even Ronaldinho, Messi, and even Maradona at his peak, it is very unrealistic to rely on skill to rush into the Manchester City penalty area in that position.
That's not something that the average star can do.
Just like the best moment of Maradona's career, the performance against England in the World Cup, and only that miraculous performance can complete the feat of breaking into the Manchester City penalty area now.
In other words...... It is impossible to accomplish, at least Shepchenko does not have such abilities.
Really!
Just as Wan Sheng thought, Schupchenko was stuck by Joey Barton next to him before he rushed in front of Kopelle Ferreira, and then Kopele Ferreira stepped forward, and the two completed the closing door on one left and one right, in the face of this defense, Shepchenko had no choice but to grit his teeth and watch Kopelle Ferreira complete another successful defense against himself, and then the latter kicked the ball forward to Morris.
Then it's City's turn to fight back! (To be continued.) )