Chapter 290: Undefeated in the season

Nemanja Matic dribbled into the box.

Just on the edge of the box, Schlupp flew to the tackle and brought down Nemanja Matic.

The ball flew towards the right side of the box and reached Willian's feet.

Willian hit the goal with his feet at the first time, but was blocked off the line.

Finally, the referee stopped the game and communicated with the linesman.

Moments later, the referee pointed to the penalty spot.

Penalty kick!

Because of Schlupp's foul, Chelsea were awarded a penalty.

"Hey, do you want to take a penalty?" Xiaofa asked Jose.

In daily training, Jose's penalty success rate is the highest in the team, mainly because Jose's powerful shot is too unreasonable.

With the speed at which Jose kicked the ball, there was no goalkeeper who could react before the ball had already crossed the goal.

Invisibly, Jose is already Chelsea's first penalty taker.

It's just that Jose doesn't have much interest in scoring goals, he only wants to score key goals.

Jose gave up a penalty and it was Cesc Fabregas who had to take the spot.

Eden Hazard missed a penalty and has not recovered yet.

Xiaofa stood in front of the penalty spot.

"Beep~" After the whistle, Xiaofa began to run, and when he was still 2 meters away from the ball, he suddenly paused, and it was this pause that made Schmeichel make a save in advance.

Schmeichel pounced on the right side of the goal, and Xiaofa naturally chose to play to the left.

The ball went in.

Chelsea lead by one goal.

By this time, everyone knew that Chelsea would be unbeaten in defending their Premier League titles.

This season, Chelsea have not scored twice in any game he has played, while Leicester City have to score more than two goals and not concede any more goals to achieve the final victory.

Leicester are trying, but the tide is turning.

In the end, Chelsea won 1-0 at home.

No surprises, Chelsea successfully defended their Premier League title for the second time.

Looking back at this season, it can be said that Chelsea have come back in a state of decline.

In the middle of the season, the 'curse of three years' was flooded with tabloids almost every day, and during that time, it looked as if Mourinho could be sacked from Chelsea at any moment.

It was Jose who carried the team not to be defeated during the team's most difficult time, so that he has successfully defended the title now.

Chelsea won the Premier League this season and also set a record for the most draws.

Chelsea have drawn 14 of their 38 games, a match that has not been seen in the entire history of the Premier League. Even if you look at the five major leagues, you can't find the same record.

In addition to the draws, Chelsea are also the Premier League champions with the fewest goals in a season.

With such dismal statistics, Chelsea's ability to win the Premier League title is undoubtedly José's greatest credit.

At the post-match award ceremony, Leicester City's players were undoubtedly the most disappointed, originally thought they could create a miracle, but ended up meeting Jose against the sky.

The Chelsea players seem to be very calm, although this title is not easy to come by, but they have already won it once last season, and the excitement of winning it again is much weaker.

It turns out that when the honor is over, the desire for victory will really weaken.

Of course, Chelsea are a second unbeaten Premier League team to win the Premier League for the second season, and they still have something to show off.

There are Premier League titles every year, but the unbeaten Premier League champions, before that, only Arsenal, now more Chelsea.

I won't go into detail about the award process, but in a word, it is festive.

Although Jose won the Premier League for the first time, he has been able to face it calmly since winning the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

So, when the FA officials announced that Jose had won the Player of the Season, Jose's face was unwavering, as if it was none of his business.

Fortunately, Jose's acting skills are good, and he pretended to be a surprise after a little cold.

It's not that José is hypocritical, it's that the world prefers people to behave like that.

Receiving the trophy representing the Premier League's Player of the Season from the hands of the award presenters, Jose finally smiled genuinely this time.

In addition to Jose's award, Mourinho once again caught everyone's attention, and he once again did what he loves to do in front of everyone.

Throw the medals!

Yes, Jose Mourinho once again threw the Premier League winner's medal into the fan stands.

In his words, he already has the Premier League winner's medal and the repeat medal means little to him.

Sure enough, it's the most special one.

At the award ceremony, Jose also regretted that Wang Churan was not by his side, and they would not come out of the country until the end of the month.

As for Asuka Saito, Jose has already lost her.

The 15/16 Premier League has finally come to an end, and the major teams have begun to take holidays one after another.

The club's hierarchy is gearing up for a summer transfer.

Chelsea's first move was to spend £39 million to bring in centre-forward Michy Batshuayi from Marseille.

Remy proved to be embarrassed, and Traore and Abraham were too young to be counted on anytime soon.

In fact, in the eyes of fans, Traore and Abraham are not much higher than Remy's ceiling.

As well as Michy Batshuayi, Chelsea are also interested in bringing in N'Golo Kante.

It is often said that Leicester City's achievement is mainly due to the supernatural play of Vardy and Mahrez, but in the eyes of professionals, Kante's sweep in the midfield is the foundation of Leicester City's victory.

N'Golo Kante's transfer needs to be negotiated and the final transfer fee is key to everything.

In fact, in the Leicester City team, Mahrez has publicly stated that he wants to leave the team, and Manchester City with Pep Guardiola is his heart's desire.

But Leicester are not Villa and they also have ambitions to get better, so it will not be easy to buy someone from Leicester.

What is surprising is that Vardy, who won the Premier League Golden Boot this season, has no giants interested in him, which is really incomprehensible.

There are a lot of transfer rumours and it's hard to tell which ones are true and which ones are not.

However, the Champions League final is really coming.

After almost two weeks of recovery, most of Chelsea's squad returned from injury ahead of the Champions League final.

Although it has only been four years since Chelsea last reached the Champions League final, the only Chelsea squad with Champions League final experience is Jose, John Terry, Ivan, as well as Pedro under Barcelona, Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois under Atletico Madrid.

Pedro, Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois all lost in the final and failed to lift the Cup.

Interestingly, it was his current team-mate Jose who missed out on Pedro's Big Ears Cup.

If Jose leads Pedro to the Champions League, is it an alternative repayment?

At 2:45 on May 29, China time (20:45 local time on the 28th in Italy), the 61st Champions Cup and the 24th Champions League final were played at the San Siro Stadium in Milan.

San Siro hosted the Champions League final for the fourth time, just behind Wembley (seven) and the King Baudouin Stadium (Heysel) in Brussels.

The two sides are Premier League champions Chelsea and La Liga runners-up Real Madrid.

Before the start of the match, there was a short performance, with tenor Bocelli singing, and the two Milan team's meritorious players, Baresi and Zanetti, escorted the Champions League into the stadium.

Looking at the big-eared cup placed at the entrance of the players' tunnel, everyone looked extremely excited.

After losing 1-0 to Liverpool in 1981, Real Madrid reached the Champions League final four times, winning all of them, so some fans joked that the DNA of the Champions League has been engraved into their bodies.

However, Real Madrid also have an embarrassing record, having played 14 European games at the San Siro without a win (four draws, 10 defeats).

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zinedine Zidane, who won the Champions League for Real Madrid when he was a player, wonders if he can become the seventh man to win the Champions Cup as a player and manager respectively.

Jose Mourinho is also aiming to become the first man to lead three teams to the Champions League.

Jose is also looking to defend his Champions League title.

The starting line-ups for both sides were announced before the game, and there were no surprises at all.

For Real Madrid, Raphael Varane suffered a thigh injury, Ramos partnered Pepe in central defence, and Cristiano Ronaldo recovered from a minor injury, having previously played four Champions League games at the San Siro without scoring.

With an average age of 28 years and 175 days, Real Madrid's oldest Champions League starters since 2006 against Lyon.

The specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas.

Defenders: Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, Carvajal.

Midfielders: Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Modric.

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale.

As for the bench, there are Carrasco, Lucas Hernandez, Tomás Partey, and Thiago.

For Chelsea, all of the players with Champions League final experience except Thibaut Courtois have been given a start, as shown below.

Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta, John Terry, Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic.

Midfielders: Nemanja Matic, Cesc Fabregas, Willian.

Forwards: Eden Hazard, Pedro, Diego Costa.

On the bench, there were John Stones, Thibaut Courtois, Loftus-Cheek, Oscar, Baba Rahman, and Mikel.

In terms of the number of personnel, Chelsea is undoubtedly better than Real Madrid, but in terms of the quality of the players, at present, Jose is the only one in the Chelsea squad who can play in Real Madrid.

Hazard is indeed capable after recovering from form, but his corresponding position is Cristiano Ronaldo.

Although Benzema's data is not as dazzling as Ronaldo's, his fulcrum role in the front court is not something that ordinary people can touch.

Although Bale is often injured and sidelined, as long as his fitness is not a problem, there is probably only Barcelona in the world who can compete with him for the right winger position.

It can be said that this game, purely from the perspective of personnel allocation, is completely one-sided.

Real Madrid won.

After listening to the Champions League song, the two sides simply shook hands to show friendship first, game second.

John Terry, captain, drew the first kick-off for Chelsea.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, opted for a left-to-right attack that was more favourable to them.

With the referee's whistle, the 15/16 Champions League final officially began.

Chelsea, who wore blue shirts, were the first to attack, while Real Madrid, who wore white shirts, stayed mostly in their own half.

(End of chapter)