Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 294 The Ball Goes In! ?
The 13th round of the Premier League is definitely the long-awaited round of the media, and it is a grand event for London football, because in this round of events, there is not only the west London derby between Fulham VS Chelsea, but also the more popular North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

At the same time, perhaps the FA took into account that these two games are very hot, the match between Arsenal and Tottenham was scheduled for 4 pm, while the match between Chelsea and Fulham was scheduled for [-] pm. Firstly, after interviewing the North London Derby, the media reporters can continue to interview the West London Derby, which is really a feast for the football media.

This West London Derby is the 69th West London Derby in history. In the past 68 games, Fulham has 9 wins, 17 draws and 42 losses.Since Fulham was promoted to the Premier League in the 2001/02 season, they have played against the Blues Chelsea in 11 games and achieved 1 win, 4 draws and 6 losses. The only victory came in March 2003. There was only one penalty in the game. Ram emerged victorious.

However, for the fans, the historical record is not very important, even the league results are not important. In the derby, the most important thing is to play the team's momentum and never let the opponents in the same city suppress it.

Before the start of the game, many Fulham fans were interviewed by the media. In the survey, 87.5% of the fans hoped that Chelsea players would end up injured in this game. More fans hoped that Wang Li could play in this game. He was injured at the beginning of the game, because Fulham could win in this way.

For the Fulham fans, they have a conflicted feeling towards Wang Li. As an England fan, of course I hope Wang Li can continue to play like this, so that the England team can get better results, but As Fulham fans of an era, they also hope that Wang Li will not play much in this game, and it is best to end the game directly.

This is the paradox of fans choosing between England and the club.

Perros Cooper is a football hooligan.

There is a reason for saying this. Mr. Cooper’s family has been Fulham fans for generations, and he has great prestige among the fan groups. However, last year, because of a brawl that broke into the stadium, he had He was permanently banned from the stadium by the FA.

In an interview with the media, Mr. Cooper was very arrogant. Facing the camera, he made a hideous expression and directly threatened: "You guys better be careful tomorrow, don't have any accidents, this is our territory !” After saying this, he even gestured with his right hand to shoot a pistol, which shocked the interviewed media.

The footage was learned of by the Fulham local police that afternoon, so they were even more worried about the safety of tomorrow's game.

That night, Wang Li accepted an exclusive interview with the "Fulham Post". The interviewer was a young female reporter in her twenties. When talking about the West London Derby, Wang Li said with a smile: "I I will take every game seriously, I think this is the way to respect the opponent's performance, no matter who the opponent is, I will try to score goals."

Hearing Wang Li's remarks, the female reporter didn't find it strange. She knew that the black-haired boy had always been so 'confident', so she asked instead: "So what do you think of Fulham fans' attitude towards Chelsea, especially It's an intimidation to you, and many fans even want you to get injured."

"It's no big deal, they're scared! Yes, they're scared!" Wang Li took a sip of water, put down the bottle before continuing: "Chelsea's performance this season is very good, so these fans are scared, they are afraid of their own The team lost confidence and vented it in this way, and I don't pay attention to these remarks at all."

"So how many goals do you think you can score in this game?" the female reporter asked with interest.

Wang Li smiled and said: "Of course, the more the better, you know, my goal bonus is 3 pounds, if I can score 10 goals, it will be 30 pounds."

She didn't say anything else, but obviously the reporter understood what Wang Li meant. She looked at Wang Li with wide eyes and said, "I hope you can score more goals."

It is worth mentioning that after the interview, the female reporter looked at Wang Li very charmingly, and left him a phone number, which moved Wang Li, who was not used to living alone, but , He turned to think of Angela, immediately stopped the thought, and threw the thin paper into the trash.

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Both sides attach great importance to this West London derby. In the morning, Mr. Mourinho assembled the whole team early, did some small warm-up exercises at the Chelsea first-team training ground, and called a psychologist to help They relieve pre-war stress.

For the Chelsea team, this game is even more tense than the game against Manchester United, because in the afternoon game, they will definitely be boycotted, intimidated, scolded, threatened, etc. by the home fans. It becomes very difficult to perform at their normal level, and they may even be injured during the game, which puts a lot of pressure on them.

But Wang Li is not under any pressure. Now, he has practiced his little Wuxiang Kungfu for more than a year. Although this body is very late in cultivating internal skills and its aptitude is not ordinary, he has already learned so many top-level martial arts moves in his previous life. He is also a third-rate player in Tianlong World. It is almost impossible for these ordinary football players on the field to injure him during the game.

Since Angela flew to the United States, although the two can talk on the phone every day, Wang Li still feels a little bored. This West London Derby is coming at the right time. It’s fine if the opponent is honest. If there is a conflict , he will not show mercy.

Therefore, Wang Li didn't have any psychological pressure at all, and he was even in the mood to talk and laugh with his teammates.

Time passed quickly, and it was already one o'clock in the afternoon in a blink of an eye, and the Chelsea players also boarded the team bus and drove towards the Thames River.

Fulham's home stadium is Cayun Farmhouse Stadium, which is located on the banks of the River Thames in the Hammersmith-Fulham district of London, England. It has been Fulham's home stadium since 1896.
Because of the age of the stadium, at the end of the 01/02 season, Fulham budgeted to demolish the Kayun Farmhouse Stadium for reconstruction, and the team temporarily moved to the Loftus Road Stadium.However, due to the opposition of many fans, it was finally forced to give up. In December 2003, an 12 million pound restoration plan was announced to make the Cayun Farmhouse Stadium comply with the Premier League regulations. These funds mainly came from the transfer fee income from the sale of Saha to Manchester United.

Perhaps for the Chelsea team with Russian tycoon Abramovich as the chairman, 800 million pounds is not a big figure, and it is only a fraction compared with their transfer fee, but for Fulham For the team, it is already a difficult number to prepare, and they only sell their stars to raise funds.

This is another tragedy of the small club.

Fortunately, the project to improve the stadium started in January 2004 and was just completed in August. This season, Fulham fans will be able to watch football at their familiar Kayun Farmhouse Stadium again.

It was not all smooth sailing for Chelsea's bus entering the Cavan Cottage Stadium. When they got out of the stadium, there were already many Fulham fans wearing white and black shoulder home jerseys gathered there. Seeing the blue The bus was driving in this direction. These fans held various banners and surrounded the bus. It was obvious that these fans intended to deter Chelsea players.

"You guys will lose your panties!!"

"Go back to Stamford Bridge, you are not welcome at Kayun Farmhouse!"

"Fulham don't welcome foreigners!"

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All kinds of threatening and cursing slogans made the young players in the car panic. Of course, this refers to the players who have never been exposed to this kind of formation, such as the Dutch kid Alkin Robben, Thomas Clark, etc. , while the other players looked calm, obviously they have long been used to the scene of the West London derby.

However, even so, the bus couldn't move at all, and it was definitely a wrong choice to get off the bus and walk into the stadium. In the eyes of these Fulham fans, it is very likely that they will be beaten as soon as they get off the bus among.

Fortunately, Fulham's local police station responded quickly. They sent dozens of policemen to maintain order at the scene. After a few 10 minutes of waiting, Chelsea's bus slowly drove into the Karl Farmhouse Stadium.

After arriving at the stadium, the Chelsea players got used to the stadium under the leadership of the assistant coach and did some pre-match warm-ups. Half an hour before the opening, they all returned to the visiting team’s locker room and waited for the pre-match press conference. The head coach, Mr. Mourinho, made the final pre-war deployment.

Before the head coach came to the locker room, the players also discussed the game and other news with each other. At this time, the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur was over. I have already received specific battle reports——
Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 away.

Henry, Lauren, Vieira, Ljungberg and Pires scored goals for Arsenal successively, and Naibet, Defoe, Ledley King and Kanoute scored goals for Tottenham respectively. Most goals scored in a game so far.

Hearing the final score of this derby, the players can imagine how tragic the game was, and then think of today's game. Even if they have seen the gap between the two teams clearly, they can't guarantee that this game will win , The derby battle is not unusual!
"You have already seen the atmosphere at the scene." After entering the locker room, Mourinho abnormally did not hold a tactical version of his finger, but had a serious expression on his face, and seriously addressed all the players. Said: "A lot of people don't care about this game at all, but for Chelsea and Fulham, it is extremely important."

Speaking of this, Mr. Mourinho stretched out his arm and pointed out the window. From here, you can clearly see the Fulham fans in white uniforms on the field. They are either cheering for the home team, or holding various There are even large banners of irony being held up to deter Chelsea.

Seeing the players, the Portuguese walked around the locker room, and said after a while: "They have been intimidating us since before the game, and they want to use this method to prevent us from showing our true strength. , do you know why they did it?"

Captain John Terry immediately said: "They are afraid, boss!"

Mourinho looked up and glanced at the faces of all the players, and said word by word: "Yes, they are afraid! I believe that after so many games, everyone has a little understanding of the strength of the team. This game Here, I will not allow any defeat, Chelsea must win, and preferably a big victory!"

"OK, boss!"

"We know, don't worry, boss!"

"We definitely will!"

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Seeing that his words relieved some players' psychological pressure to some extent, Mourinho also breathed a sigh of relief. This derby battle is very important to Chelsea. Although in the away game, there are still one-third of the Blues. Fans are allowed to enter the stadium, but throughout history, Chelsea fans are not as popular as Fulham fans. This is mainly because most players in the Fulham area only recognize Fulham. foreign teams.

For this reason, as a West London team, Chelsea has been unable to compete with Fulham in the Fulham area, and Chelsea fans are more from other areas of West London, but most of the fans near the stadium , all belong to rivals in the same city, which puts Chelsea in a very embarrassing situation and deepens the hatred between the two teams.

To have more development, Chelsea needs the support of many fans at the bottom. Therefore, the team must win the derby in order to attract more Fulham local fans.

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Time passed quickly. After Mourinho finished setting up the team's tactics, the players all changed their clothes, walked to the player tunnel, and prepared to enter the field.

The players of the two teams stared at each other in the player tunnel, even if they were familiar with each other, they didn't come up to talk at all.

At this time, they are representing their respective teams, and their words and deeds are closely watched by the media. Fans don't want their favorite stars to say hello to the players of the rival team in the same city.

The referee of this game is the famous "faint whistle" Rainey, this referee known as "bully promotion (bullying newly promoted)" temperament is very strict in law enforcement, and he directly sent Sir Alex Ferguson off the field last season——
That was also the only red card Manchester United received last season.

With a light whistle from Rennie's mouth, players from the two teams began to enter the field.

Today, the Kayun Farmhouse Stadium is crowded with nearly [-] people, which makes the stands that can only accommodate more than [-] people very crowded. At least two-thirds of the fans are wearing Fulham home team football. Obviously, they are Fulham fans, and there are also many Blues fans on both sides of the east and south stands. Although they are also trying their best to cheer for the team, their voices are much worse than that of the home team.

"Andy Cole!!!"

With the roar of the on-site anchor, the atmosphere of the Fulham fans on the scene reached its peak. This former Manchester United team's "black wind and two evil spirits" and the main striker of the England team across the century, came to Fulham 10 years later. In several games, 5 goals have completely conquered the local fans.

Although Andy Cole is 33 years old this year, his scoring efficiency is still feared by many teams.

"Alan Wang!"

After the anchor mentioned Wang Li's name, there was a sudden burst of boos from the audience. Even though the Blues fans had tried their best to shout, they still couldn't suppress the tidy boos. Obviously, they were Fulham fans. Well planned.

Many local Fulham fans looked at the black-haired boy who had just walked on the pitch, and their emotions were very complicated. This goal machine in the Premier League has been playing for Fulham all the time, but unfortunately, He is on the rival team in the same city.

These fans know very well that it is almost impossible for a player like Wang Li to come to Fulham, unless he is about to retire, such as Andy Cole who just played, but Wang Li is only under 18 years old.

In this game, for the Fulham fans, this black-haired kid is almost the biggest threat. All they can do for the team is to collectively boo him to try to influence his state.

Unfortunately, this seems to have no effect on Wang Li at all. After he walked into the stadium, he turned around and looked around. Even when the big screen showed him, he smiled calmly——
This made all the Fulham fans angry, and the boos were doubled!
However, Wang Li didn't care at all. He even felt that he was more motivated to score goals. It may be more fulfilling to score goals in the anger of thousands of people than to score goals in the anticipation of thousands of people! ?
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In this game, Graham, who has been promoted on Sky TV, also came to the scene. Taking advantage of the time when the captains of the two teams were guessing coins, he began to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams to the fans in front of the TV:
"For this game, Fulham has a standard 442 formation. The goalkeeper is Mark Crossley, the defenders Maurice Woltz, Zate Wright, Zeshan Lehman, Bocanegra, and the center. Malblanc, Diop, Pembridge, Boa Mott, Andy Cole and Thomas Radzinski up front."

"From the beginning of the season, Fulham's performance can be said to be mediocre, but the performance of Andy Cole who joined this season is really amazing. If you don't look at his profile, it is hard to believe that this is a 33-year-old veteran Performance."

"Let's take a look at Chelsea again. Mr. Mourinho has switched back to his 433-[-]-[-] formation. Seeing this derby, he intends to adopt a prudent style of play. Goalkeeper Cech, defender Paul Ferreira, Card Vario, John Terry and William Gallas, midfielder Gremi, Lampard for Makelele, up front Alan, Drogba and Joe Cole."

"We can see that Chelsea's two left-footed wingers Robben and Duff failed to play in this game. Joe Cole got a chance. In the position of left midfielder, Allen is still a right midfielder. We hope In the game, Allen can continue his excellent performance."

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After Graham finished introducing the starting lineups of the two teams, the two teams were also ready to kick off on the field.

"Beep..."

As the referee blew a long whistle, it indicated that the whole game had started. At this time, taking advantage of the time just started, Graham was still nagging: "Chelsea's performance this season is really eye-catching. , I think Allen was able to score goals in the game, although he did not participate in the pre-match press conference a bit regretful, but this."

Speaking of this, Graham suddenly paused, and then said with some confusion: "The ball...goed in!? Oh my god, the ball went in!!"

(End of this chapter)