Now is the time for Chelsea to be complacent, and as in previous seasons, they have invested heavily in the transfer market to replenish their squad.

Schupchenko, Mikel, Bolaruz, Kalou, the names of these players are put together, even if the sale of Damien Duff and others recovers 18 million pounds, Chelsea will undoubtedly become the largest transfer spender in the Premier League and even Europe this summer.

Among the players who arrived, the most crucial were Shepchenko and Ballack.

Shepchenko is undoubtedly one of the top strikers in world football, he is the absolute core of AC Milan, he was the top scorer in Serie A for two seasons, and last year he won the top accolade for European players - the Ballon d'Or, which made his career peak.

He is undoubtedly the best superstar in the world.

Ballack is even more exciting than Shepchenko, he is the captain of the German team, Bayern Munich and the German national team are the absolute core of the team, he is the best star in Germany, and his arrival has made Chelsea's midfield configuration jump to the top of the world.

Not only that, Chelsea is also trying to get Ashley Cole to join, in the world, Ashley Cole may not be as famous as the first two, but he is undoubtedly the best full-back in England after 2000, and even one of them can be removed, especially when he is only 26 years old, the peak of an honest professional player, such a player can greatly strengthen Chelsea's ability to defend and attack on the wing.

Of course, Ashley Cole's value is definitely not low.

If this transfer is confirmed, then Chelsea's transfer fee and pure expenditure will set a new record since Roman Abramovich took charge of Stamford Bridge.

In such a situation, Chelsea's spirits can be imagined.

Their goal for the new season will undoubtedly be to charge for the Premier League and Champions League titles, but at the same time they are unhappy with their previous results, losing to Wansheng's side in the league for two consecutive seasons. They can only settle for second place in the Premier League, and in the Champions League, their performance is not satisfactory, once in the top four, once in the top sixteen, which is not even as good as Chelsea led by Lace in the 0304 season.

So before they can win the double-line title, they have to prove something with the competition.

This match with Manchester City can be said to be right in the middle, they want to take revenge in the first game, so that everyone in the world can see that Chelsea is strong. Is Chelsea stronger, or is Chelsea stronger!!

The first leg was at Stamford Bridge.

Before the game, the London media had already done their best to build momentum for the game, with the slogan of 'Laying the Foundation', 'The Battle of the Ground', which was the cornerstone of Chelsea's victory.

And then they didn't forget to use Wansheng's 'slogan' to help promote Chelsea.

Last season, and at this time, Wan Sheng said that Manchester City were aiming for the league title. Now it's Chelsea's turn to say that. Chelsea are aiming for the league title, the UEFA Champions League! The king of Europe! Now is the first step for Chelsea to win the title. Opponents, Manchester City! ”

'Chelsea are going to have a winning win to show England fans who is the best club in the Premier League! Manchester City have only won one league title. It is impossible to have good results all the time with luck and momentum, everything still has to speak according to strength! The season hasn't started yet, but we can already look ahead to Chelsea's title! ”

"It's a great opportunity to prove it! Take the defending champion in the first game, and the team's morale will definitely be boosted! ”

'Chelsea have brought in a number of superstars in the summer. Ballack's arrival was already at the end of May, and now Chelsea have completed another transfer that has shocked the world of football, and they are valued at 50 million euros. The introduction of Ukrainian 'nuclear warheads' from AC Milan, last year's Ballon d'Or winner Andrei Shepchenko! Today, Chelsea has gathered all the best stars on the planet! ”

"Shepchenko, Ballack, Drogba, Makelele, Lampard, Terry, Robben"

'A few seasons ago, Real Madrid liked to call them the Galacticos, but now Chelsea are the real battleship, but maybe it's better to call them 'Blues'!

The London media, who support Chelsea, are desperate to prove that Chelsea are now good enough to beat any team they come across, including Manchester City.

That's what Chelsea thinks too.

Club President Abramovich is very looking forward to the new season, the first two seasons were disappointing to him, his expectation was to 'conquer Europe', but Mourinho led the team not even to conquer England, while annoyed with Mourinho's team results, Abramovich also knew that he had thought too simply, European football clubs, especially European giants are not easy to deal with, not to piece together a few stars, bring a top coach, the team can have good results, what Chelsea lacks is that kind of heritage, For example, last season's Arsenal and AC Milan, Arsenal's strength is also good, they can enter the Champions League final with a momentum, but when it comes to the final, it is not easy to lose to AC Milan?

This is the naked gap in the strength of the two teams!

Last season's Chelsea, it seems that there are excellent players in all positions, but in fact, they are not better than other teams, compared to the league champion Manchester City, Anelka is not weaker than Drogba in the front, Morris is not worse than Lampard, Distin, Dunn and others, not much worse than Terry and Kava, even if Chelsea players are worth a lot, but a transfer will raise the value of players, and Chelsea has introduced ' Champion halo' and players in their playing years, when it comes to the real game, they are not necessarily much better than the blue-collar players at the top level.

This may also be an important reason why Chelsea have not been able to conquer England and Europe with absolute strength.

So the key is to bring in a few real superstars, like Barcelona, they have the famous Ronaldinho, like AC Milan, they have Shepchenko, Kaka, Pirlo and other superstars, like Bayern Munich, they have Ballack and almost all the German football market, almost all German players will want to join Bayern Munich, they will not lack excellent players.

Compared with. Who is there at Chelsea?

Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba? No, there is still a gap between them and the real top stars.

So this summer, Abramovich put a lot of effort into bringing Ballack, bringing Shepchenko, and now Chelsea is no different from the top giants, right!?

The summer's generosity is enough to explain to the fans, and the rest of the work is up to this season.

Now Chelsea are going to use the game to prove the rise of England's new giants!

For the first league game against Manchester City, Abramovich was full of confidence. He is proud of the addition of two superstars, Shepchenko and Ballack, who already plan to attend the game in person.

But Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has a headache for his team.

The main thing is Shepchenko.

Shepchenko is not the player he needs. Chelsea's bid for Shepchenko was the idea of club president Roman Abramovich.

No one had been able to meddle in his team before, but now it's different, because after two seasons of not leading the team to the desired results (top of the league), Abramovich has lost his trust in him, and then the strong chairman will inevitably dictate the team.

Shepchenko can be said to have been shoehorned into the Chelsea team, but Mourinho still welcomes the addition of Shepchenko on the surface, after all, this is the world's top striker goalscorer. But the arrangement of the shooter became a problem.

First of all, whether Shepchenko can adapt to Chelsea's tactics in a short period of time and whether he can integrate into the team quickly is a headache.

Chelsea tactics are not that complicated. The formation is 442 and 433, choose one of the two, Mourinho claimed to the outside world, "whichever formation is easy to use, use which". Actually, that's what he thinks, but even if the tactics aren't that complicated. It also needs to be adapted, some small tactical coordination and the like, all of which need to be done step by step, especially Shepchenko has just entered the team, and there is almost no tacit understanding with his teammates, and it will take a long time for him to represent Chelsea.

Also, even if the Ukrainian adapts to Chelsea, will he be able to adapt to the Premier League?

This is a critical question.

The Premier League is different from Serie A, the league ranks first in world football, and many players from other leagues are unable to adapt to the Premier League, which is also one of the important reasons why English clubs like to use English players.

Shepchenko has played in the Italian league for several years and it will not be easy to adapt to the Premier League, but the key problem is that Mourinho cannot keep him on the bench for long, because this is a player that Abramovic is optimistic about, and even has a good personal relationship with Abramovich, who is also a heavyweight star that Chelsea spent 50 million euros to bring in.

A 50 million euro star who sits on the bench for a long time? Even Mourinho himself couldn't make sense.

Now that he is about to enter the league and play against Manchester City, how to arrange Shepchenko has become a problem, Mourinho has thought about it carefully, or can only choose to include Shepchenko in the squad and put it in the starting lineup, after all, Schupchenko's ability to adapt is only in doubt, which has not been confirmed, and he also hopes that the Ukrainian star can perform well

Wan Sheng didn't know that Jose Mourinho was struggling with Chelsea's 'superstar', and if he did, he would have smiled wryly because he wanted to have this 'happy trouble' as well.

He doesn't worry about his opponents, but he smiled before the game when he saw Shepchenko in the Chelsea starting line-up.

As a time-traveler, especially a time-traveler who liked football in his previous life, Wan Sheng is very clear about Shepchenko's performance after his transfer to Chelsea, he is not even as good as second-tier stars such as Mikel and Kalou, and after three seasons at Chelsea, he returned to AC Milan, and AC Milan is not willing to spend any transfer fee to buy him.

It can be said that Shepchenko's arrival at Chelsea was the beginning of the end of his career, so it is conceivable how much performance he will have in his first league game in the Premier League.

The outside media said that Manchester City needed to 'beware' of Shepchenko's outburst, but in fact, Wansheng's focus on the player was still Drogba when arranging the team's defense.

Compared to Shepchenko, Mr. 'Warcraft', who is getting better and better, is more terrifying.

In the visiting dressing room at Stamford Bridge, Wan Sheng put down the starting line-up and then said to all the players, "You have to focus on Drogba, you know how to defend him, right?" ”

The likes of Copelle Ferreira and Dunn all nodded, they are no strangers to Drogba, having played Chelsea twice last season enough to give them the experience of defending Drogba.

"What about Sheva?" Joey Barton asked.

'Be careful, but you don't need to focus on the defense, I think their midfield will be more threatening.' The midfield of Frank Lampard and Ballack is certainly a threat!

In fact, there is no way to do this, there are too many stars in Chelsea, such as Drogba, Lampard, and Ballack are all to focus on defense, even if it is on the side, Chelsea also has talents like Robben and Wright Phillips, they cannot focus on all the stars of the opposing party, in this case, it is necessary to have selective marking.

What Wan Sheng means by this is that when defending Drogba and Shepchenko at the same time, the focus is on defending Drogba and letting go of Shepchenko, which is related to the selection of players on the field of play, and it is likely to be directly related to the safety of the goal

Abramovich sat in the VIP room early and waited for the game to begin.

Waddell sat with him.

The two can only know each other, and for a few seasons Chelsea and Manchester City have met, and sometimes they sit together when they both come, after all, they are the presidents of their respective clubs.

In previous seasons, Roman Abramovich would have had the last laugh because Manchester City were no match for Chelsea at all.

Last season was different, Manchester City and Chelsea played each other twice, winning one and drawing one, gaining the advantage, and Abramovich didn't look good when he saw Waddell again.

But Abramovich still laughed because he believed the victory belonged to Chelsea.

Waddell also smiled.

Manchester City won the league last season, this is Manchester City's first league game, and the game against Chelsea, it is difficult to say who wins and who loses, he believes in ten thousand wins, but probably the young Chinese is not 100% sure that he can win, right? So he came with a failed mentality.

If you lose, you lose!

Waddell has been the president of Manchester City for so many years, he has lost too many games, and it doesn't matter if one is at all, he came with the mentality of appreciating the game, and at the same time wanted to see the specific situation of Manchester City in the new season.

This kind of mentality will be much more relaxed, so his smile is very sincere.

The two politely shook hands, then returned to their seats and looked out the window at the playing field.

At this time, the players of both sides are playing.

Abramovich's smile was even stronger because he saw Andrei Shepchenko in the starting line-up, the best 'fellow' in European football, who spent 50 million euros not only to buy a superstar, but also to bring the most admired 'fellow' to Chelsea and build a dynasty with him, which also made him think that the money was well spent.

Now he is already looking forward to Shepchenko's performance. (To be continued.) )