Chapter 159: Champion Night
With the Champions League out of the Champions League and the league-focused Manchester United, they have been in good form recently, winning five consecutive league games, and have surpassed Arsenal to occupy second place after the rematch in points.
After 31 rounds of Premier League play, Chelsea are now top of the table with an epoch-making 93 points, followed by Manchester United in second place with 72 points, followed by Arsenal with 67 points and Liverpool with 54 points.
The league points situation is delicate right now, with seven games remaining just 21 points ahead of second-placed Manchester United, meaning a draw in the 32nd round could lift the Premier League title six games ahead of schedule.
For Jowan and the new-age Chelsea, there are only 90 minutes left before the league title at the highest level of English football!
In the 32nd round of the 04-05 Premier League season, Chelsea hosted Birmingham. Everyone knows that this game can only be played by Birmingham as a green leaf, and the night of April 9 is destined to be a moment to remember for Chelsea.
Before the game, FA officials travelled to Stamford Bridge with the English Premier League trophy, the Barclays Cup. Chelsea Football Club was beaming with happiness on his face, and Roman Abramovich flew back to London from Russia and landed at Stamford Bridge for the first time.
Abu has spent almost £400 million on the club since taking charge of Stamford Bridge in 2003, and after last season's big four, the team finally has a chance to win the Premier League title this season under Jowan's side.
At this moment, Abu's mood must be more excited than anyone else's.
Nobody thinks Birmingham will delay Chelsea's title win, nobody! In the second round of the league, Chelsea thrashed Birmingham City 10-0 away, the most disparity in the Premier League this season. So much so that Birmingham head coach Bruce repeatedly said before the game that his task in this game was to lead the team to celebrate Chelsea's victory.
When the players of both sides entered, they could just pass by the golden championship trophy, and compared with the Carlin Cup of the League Cup, the Barclays Cup was more dazzling and dazzling. When passing by, the eyes of the players on both sides showed a bit of expectation and yearning.
In total, none of the players on either side have won the Premier League, even Michael Owen, who has been famous in England for a long time.
In this game, Chelsea's big names all started, Terry, Lampard, Bridge, Joe Cole...... At such a historic moment, even if Chelsea's schedule is tight at this stage, it is necessary for Qiao Wanxian to put out a dream squad and use a hearty victory as a gift to win the championship trophy.
Finally, with the referee's whistle, the much-anticipated game officially began, with Chelsea, dressed in blue home shirts, kicking off first.
Spurred on by the trophy, the Chelsea players launched a frantic onslaught on the Birmingham goal, and under Chelsea's strong pressing control, Birmingham's only striker Huskey even received the front of the box and took on the role of a scavenger.
The fans in the stands were also very excited, creating a great home atmosphere. Everywhere you can see fans holding the avatar of Qiao Wanxian cheering loudly, the most conspicuous of which is a huge banner pulled up by hundreds of people, which reads "Wan Xian, hero!" Cannon, invincible! ".
That's right, Jovin gave Chelsea their first-ever league title!
The crowd was churning and churning, and at this moment, the fans seemed to have an endless enthusiasm, and the game was not over yet, and the celebration of Chelsea's title had already begun in advance.
“…… At Stamford Bridge, we're always shining brightly, rain or shine. Come and watch our competitions, you are welcome every day. Blue, our dreams; Football, our sport, together, winning is our goal......"
Chelsea's anthem reverberated loudly over Stamford Bridge, Abu in the VIP seat waved to the crowd, and Kenyon next to him was full of tears of excitement and couldn't help but hum the Chelsea team anthem.
The fans are waiting, the club's employees are waiting, waiting for a goal!
In the 19th minute of the game, Joe Cole broke through on the right flank and knocked back to Lampard, who had a great chance to shoot but chose to cross to the back post!
The involvement of Joe Cole, Lampard and Torres has shifted Birmingham's defensive centre of gravity to the left by a large margin, and Lampard's pass to the back of Birmingham's defence is completely open.
Then I saw that the player wearing the No. 9 shirt always inserted in front of the left side at high speed, and did not stop the ball, and rushed up directly, and jumped to the top!
"Bang!"
Rooney took off his jersey and goalkeeper Taylor was stunned!
"Ball...... Entered! Good goal, Wayne Rooney's beautiful leap to the top of the net for Chelsea! Although the game has only started for ten minutes, we can announce in advance that in this game, Chelsea defeated the visiting Birmingham City at home, and won the Premier League championship six rounds in advance! ”
Even CCTV's commentator Huang Jianxiang couldn't help but announce in advance: "Audience friends, audience friends!" With Wayne Rooney breaking the deadlock, the Premier League title for the 04-05 season has officially appeared, and it is the Blues Chelsea led by the young Chinese coach Qiao Wanxian! Chelsea will be the first team in the history of the top five leagues to win the title with a winning record. ”
England's commentators went crazy, Huang Jianxiang was incoherent, and the commentators from other countries all roared in a high-pitched voice, as if Rooney's goal represented the referee's whistle at the end of the game, in fact, the game was still more than 70 minutes away.
The Chelsea players celebrated enthusiastically after the goal, high-fived each other and hugged each other and smiled, while the Birmingham players did not show much frustration and looked at the Chelsea players celebrating with envy in their eyes.
Champions, they are champions!
Almost from the moment the game began, the Birmingham players seemed to have expected the goal conceded in this game at Stamford Bridge...... Definitely no less.
In contrast, Birmingham are very calm from manager Bruce to the players on the field, Birmingham are ranked 13th in the Premier League, there is no relegation pressure, and there is no possibility of entering the European arena, the players have no desire, the movement of the feet is small, and the play is very friendly.
After all, they are the champions, and Chelsea have maintained a high-profile posture in the Champions League, and no one wants to send Chelsea bad luck at such a moment.
Just as the commentators in the commentary box were shouting and their voices were in the air, Chelsea's second goal followed.
In the 23rd minute, Chelsea won a free-kick in front. John Terry and Sergio Ramos' tactics of tearing down the wall created space for Frank Lampard's powerful shots.
When the opposing goalkeeper Taylor saw the ball, he subconsciously made a save, but when his body was just crooked, the ball had bounced out of the net and just landed in Taylor's arms......
'Oh, what happened, Taylor actually saved Frank Lampard's shot? Watch the slow motion again...... haha, interesting, so funny, it turns out that Taylor saved the ball that had bounced back from the net and the ball speed had slowed down considerably......"
The Chelsea commentators were certainly aware of the change in the situation on the pitch and the Chelsea players were already celebrating. He's just in a good mood, deliberately selling cuteness, and having fun.
Frank Lampard's second goal finally brought the commentators back to their Chelsea title celebrations and refocused on the game itself.
After Frank Lampard's goal, Jowan shouted at the bench: "Rafael van der Vaart, go warm up!" ”
Van der Vaart was slightly startled at first, then immediately took off his jacket and put on his training uniform to warm up with a jog on the sidelines.
Joe's cannon has always been weird, and the players have seen it no longer strange.
Frank Lampard was clearly out of fitness in the last game against Bayern Munich, and with the second leg set to go three days later, Giowan will need to give his main players more rest. Anyway, the championship game has already been unveiled, and with the goal scored, it is important to replace him to prepare for that tough game at the Allianz Arena.
"Van der Vaart is warming up? Chelsea need to make a substitution? Kaka or Lampard? Hehe, I have to say that Qiao Cannon really never plays cards according to common sense...... As things stand, Van der Vaart could well have replaced Frank Lampard......
Just like the commentator's analysis, in the 26th minute of the game, No. 8 Frank Lampard, whose uniform was not yet soaked, went off the field, and No. 23 Van der Vaart came on alive.
As Lampard walked off the pitch, Jovin took the lead in applauding, and in an instant the applause inside Stamford Bridge reached its maximum in admiration for Frank Lampard's performance. And, of course, praise for his outstanding performance this season.
"Boss, I feel good fitness, in fact, I can play for a while, give me another ten minutes, I promise to score another goal!" Passing by Jowan, Lampard said with a smile.
Qiao Wan shook his head and said with a smile: "Have fighting spirit? It's good, hold it first, wait until the Champions League, and find Bayern to be angry! ”
Lampard scratched his head and smiled.