Football giants

Chapter 996
Seven and 10 minutes, one goal and three assists, this is the transcript of Messi's debut in the Premier League.

When the French teenager Martial replaced Messi in the No.701 minute, there was an earth-shattering cheer from the Stamford Bridge Stadium. At least half of the fans in the audience stood up and applauded Messi.

The Argentine seemed dissatisfied with his debut, but still smiled and applauded the fans in the stands, thanking them for their support, and when he walked off the pitch, he did not forget to give coach Ancelotti a warm hug.

At this moment, all the rumors about Messi have come to an end!
The outstanding and eye-catching report card blinded all doubts about Messi, and the best player in the game is the best affirmation for him.

After the game, at the press conference, most of the questions were about Messi.

And all the media, newspapers, and TV stations were frantically reporting Messi's debut, and even on the second day, it completely occupied the front pages of major newspapers in the UK, forming an overwhelming trend.

Even Sky TV has specially produced a special program to analyze Messi's performance in this game. He can't wait to magnify his every move on the court and present it to the fans. He hopes that the Premier League fans all over the UK and even the world can fully feel the charm of the world's top superstar.

Even Henry, the former Arsenal star, gave his former teammates a very high evaluation when he analyzed Messi's game with Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker.

"Many people think that Leo needs to adapt to the Premier League, but I don't think it is necessary, because his strength has gone far beyond the scope of football tactics. He is a phenomenal superstar."

Alan Shearer also agreed, "Judging from the game process, Mourinho and Chelsea were not completely unprepared, and they also made adequate targeted defenses, but the problem is that Messi completely dominated the game, and he could be seen in almost every attack of Southampton in the frontcourt."

"Some people say that there is no need for words and time between geniuses, and they will naturally resonate. Messi, Hazard, and Suarez are all such geniuses!"

With eleven successful passes, five shots, one post, three shots on target, and one goal, Messi's efficiency on the court is also quite high, and there is absolutely no jerky in his cooperation with the Saints players.

"On the football field, it is really difficult to dribble past people at high speeds, but it is obviously more difficult to dribble at low speeds. However, it is not difficult to see that the two wings of the Saints, Eden Hazard and Messi, both in high-speed and low-speed states, have very good ability to take the ball and pass people."

Henry was full of praise for the extraordinary strength shown by the Saints players in the game.

"Facing such a group of opponents, Chelsea's defensive players generally only do two things, either get passed, or watch their teammates get passed, but there is no way to prevent it from happening. This is quite a helpless thing."

Alan Shearer also felt the same way, "This game will hit Chelsea very hard."

"Yes, that's right!" Henry also agreed, "The key is that the strength gap between the two teams is too great."

"Thierry, Alan, who do you think is the most likely to attack the Saints among the Premier League teams this season?" Lineker asked a question that everyone cared about with a smile.

Who can stop the saints?
Alan Shearer, as a player who was born in the Saints youth training camp, although he has not been in the Saints in his career, he still has a strong Saints complex. The Saints are strong, and he is also happy.

After listening to Lineker's question, the former England star shook his head, "It's difficult, at least for the time being I haven't seen it."

"Yeah, what Alan said is right. Manchester City has a lot of problems this season. Tottenham Hotspur have been very strong recently and should be said to be the most promising. However, they give people the feeling that they are always a little bit worse."

"Originally, at the beginning of the season, we all felt that Manchester United should be able to do a big job after their heavy signings this summer. However, the Red Devils lost [-]-[-] to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium this round. This is indeed a very disappointing thing."

At this point in the analysis, Henry chuckled, "I think, this season, Arsenal may have a chance to return to the Champions League, but as far as challenging the Saints, I don't think there is any hope for the time being."

This is also the current situation in the standings after the eighth round of the Premier League.

Generally speaking, the league has played about ten rounds, and the situation of the league is already very clear.

Now, even though it's only been eight rounds, what should be presented has already been presented.

The Saints are in the dust, followed by Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Manchester City. Teams such as Manchester United, Leicester City and West Ham are ranked in the Champions League and Europa League qualification zones.

Because of this disastrous defeat in this game, Chelsea's ranking fell again, falling to No.17, only one step away from the relegation zone, while the veteran team Newcastle directly became the deputy squad leader, and the bloomers West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa also fell into the relegation zone.

It is not difficult to see from this that the situation in the Premier League has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The most surprising team is Leicester City.

After being acquired by Thailand's wealthy Vicha, the performance of the Leicester City team has improved year by year, especially this season, after the tinker La Nieli was invited, the performance of the Leicester City team is surprisingly stable, and there are signs of peeping at the European spots.

Even, if the Leicester City team continues to maintain the current momentum, it may not be impossible to enter the European theater.

Of course, the possibility of the top four in the league is very small. After all, there is still a huge gap in strength between this team and the Premier League powerhouses.

For this kind of small team, it's okay to explode occasionally, the key is that it can't last.

Usually in the second half, they will face the real test.

Just like when Yang Huan bought Hamburg before, it once exploded, and even killed Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga leader. But it didn't take long, and was immediately reversed by Bayern Munich. After that, the ranking was in danger of falling.

In terms of team strength, today's Leicester City team is far from last season's Hamburg.

But in any case, the performance of this team this season is absolutely amazing.

The head coach La Nieli once again broke the glasses of a lot of people.

In addition to the Saints and Leicester City, there is another very eye-catching team this round, and that is Wenger's Arsenal.

Since the Gunners lost to Chelsea in the away game in the sixth round, they first beat Leicester City [-]-[-] away, and then beat the Red Devils Manchester United [-]-[-] at home.

The key is that in the next few rounds of the Gunners' matches, the opponents are not strong. It will not be until the No.12 round, when they play the North London Derby and face Tottenham Hotspur, that the Gunners will face the challenge again.

If Wenger's team can seize the opportunity and break into the top four in the league, it is not impossible.

On the other hand, Manchester United is in a sad situation.

The Red Devils are one of the teams that have invested the most in the transfer market this summer, but it is clear that Giggs is still quite immature in terms of integrating the team.

Although, so far, the Red Devils have won eight games, five wins, one draw and two losses in the Premier League.

This defeat fully reflects that Giggs is still quite lacking in controlling the team and arranging troops.

At least, he is still a long way from the requirements of the rich coach.

However, it is impossible for the league to give Giggs more time to learn and adapt.

After the eighth round, there will be a two-week national team match day. Then, the Red Devils will challenge the Saints away, followed by the third round of the Champions League group stage, and then the Manchester derby. Three consecutive rounds of tough battles, without losing a single game.

In the UEFA Champions League, the Red Devils unexpectedly lost [-]-[-] away to Ajax in the first round of the group stage. In the second round, they tied Hamburg [-]-[-] at home. The Red Devils were cornered.

If these three games in the middle and late October are not played well, it is estimated that the Red Devils will find it difficult to make a difference this season, and Giggs is likely to be dismissed for this reason.

However, before that, someone was more unlucky than Giggs.

On the third day after the eighth round of the league, when the players went to the national team to report one after another, the British media reported two news.

One is that Messi faked his injury and deliberately missed the national team game.

But soon, Southampton officially responded, saying that Messi did not fake his injury, but asked for leave from the national team.

And Messi himself quickly accepted a telephone interview with reporters and said that the remarks about his withdrawal from the national team are false.

There is another piece of heavy news, and that is Mourinho's dismissal.

According to what Martin Samuel, a well-known British columnist and known as the mouthpiece of Chelsea, said in his column, Abramovich finally couldn't help but fired Mourinho's squid.

It is said that after the [-]-[-] home defeat to Southampton, Chelsea chief executive Granovskia, accompanied by the club's legal advisers, started negotiations with Mourinho in the administrative office at Stamford Bridge.

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, Mourinho gave up his request for a termination fee, Chelsea only paid his salary for the next year, and sent the Portuguese madman out of Stamford Bridge for the second time.

Although fans all over the world were mentally prepared for this, they still felt very embarrassed when it really happened.

Professional football is so cruel, losers can only be eliminated!

After announcing Mourinho's dismissal, Chelsea announced the Dutch coach Hiddink to take over as the Blues coach.

It is speculated that Hiddink may be a temporary firefighter this time, and Chelsea will start actively looking for a coach for next season.

Abramovich has appointed Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola, according to Martin Samuel.

Because there are countless signs that Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich after the end of this season, and the latter is even secretly looking for a new coach.

As a die-hard fan of Guardiola, Abramovich has gone all out this time, asking the club to invite Guardiola at all costs, and even himself will go to Munich to persuade Guardiola himself.

Coincidentally, Chelsea is not the first team in the Premier League to change coaches in the new season.

Before the Blues announced Mourinho's dismissal, Sunderland announced that Dutch coach Ed Vocarter was dismissed, and then Liverpool also announced that Rodgers was dismissed. The Blues dismissed Mourinho and could only rank third.

This has also become a major spectacle in the Premier League this season.

The league has only played eight rounds, but three coaches have dismissed get out of class. What's more terrible is that these three are all well-known coaches in European football, and there are even many famous coaches in the world.

From this point, it is not difficult to see how fierce the competition in the new season of the Premier League is.

It's really a little carelessness, and the world's famous coaches can't escape the misfortune of dismissing get out of class!
However, soon, this wave of get out of class dismissal in the Premier League was replaced by another storm that swept through.

That is……

(End of this chapter)