Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 303 I hope it will never retire (2)

The 14th round of the Premier League, Chelsea VS Bolton match is about to begin.

At around 2:[-] in the afternoon, Bolton's bus drove into Stamford Bridge. After that, they went to the Stamford Bridge Stadium with the Chelsea players for the final pre-match warm-up. Of course, the two players were separated. For Bolton players For us, this has another effect, that is to adapt to the venue, after all, Stamford Bridge is Chelsea's home court.

The head coaches of the two teams, Mr. Allardyce and Mr. Mourinho, went to the pre-match press conference.

However, in contrast, because the media believed that the strength gap between the two teams was too great in this game, and the hype before the game was not very hot, this made the press conference only a few dozens of reporters, most of whom were Fuller. Mu local media, or some media that Bolton came to London with the team.

Regarding this game, Bolton coach only said a few words symbolically: "Chelsea has now become the top team in the Premier League, but we will try our best to achieve better results. Our players are looking forward to this game. They have been training very hard these days, maybe this can make them grow up, yes, you can think of this as Bolton's learning, I believe these stars can give us a vivid football lesson."

Allardyce is 57 years old this year, but his words are indeed modest enough, even Mr. Mourinho next to him is smiling, nothing is more comfortable than the opponent's praise.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy for Mr. Mourinho to say crazy things. He just briefly introduced that certain players will play, that certain players are likely to get a chance, and then focused on teasing Arsenal. , Recently, every time he faces reporters, he can't help saying a few bad things about Mr. Wenger. Maybe that old French man should look at the almanac of the ancient eastern country. This season he is definitely not good at going out——
"He kept the team training behind closed doors, but I don't want to know about Arsenal at all, because no matter how they change tactics, they only have those players. Now a lot of media say that Chelsea players are stronger than Arsenal, and this view is absolutely correct. , he wants to surprise and win, but there are no players available, even if he surprises, he can't beat Chelsea. I'm looking forward to seeing that old-fashioned wrinkled face next month."

Seeing Mourinho's expression, he knew that he didn't put Bolton in his eyes at all. Now the "madman" may only have Arsenal in his eyes.

In this season, Manchester United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and other top-ranked teams in the league have fallen to the feet of Chelsea one after another. Only one league No.2, Arsenal, is still waving the flag. In addition, they had a tie with Chelsea in public opinion, which made the Portuguese very upset. What he hoped most was to teach the Frenchman a lesson and use a real game to prove that Arsenal is just a softie——
It also proves that the current English football is dominated by Chelsea!

Is Jose Mourinho's world!
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After all the fans entered the field, the game was finally about to start.

Bolton's lineup is: goalkeeper Yass Clenin, defenders from left to right are Hunter, Engetti, Jadi, Gardner, forwards Okocha, Campo, Speed, Jenna Coporos, and the forward line is Kevin Davis and Pedersen's partner.

Chelsea: Goalkeeper Thomas Clarke, defenders Paulo Ferreira, William Gallas, John Terry, Robert Huth, forwards Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele, Joe... Cole, forwards Wang Li, Edul Goode Jansen, Scott Parker.

It is worth mentioning that, the day before this game, Ricardo Carvalho was injured again during the team's confrontation training. After a detailed examination by the team doctor, the calf muscle was strained and he needed to be sidelined for at least two weeks. As a result, Carvalho will miss at least the rest of November.

And Didier Drogba and Damien Duff were also placed on the bench. In the game against CSKA Moscow, the cooperation between Joe Cole and Damien Duff was still the same. There were problems, so while Robben was out with a cold and Duff didn't get a chance, of course, maybe it would also allow Duff to recover.

While waiting for the start of the game, the players of both teams turned their heads to look at the east stand of the stadium. There was a stand for Chelsea fans. A huge banner with blue characters on a white background made people feel so shocked——
"Blue will shine on the whole earth, we have the strongest will, the footsteps of victory will never stop!!! Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea!!!"

There is a huge banner with a length of at least 50 meters, which is very conspicuous even in the stands of the crowded stadium. If you look around, you will unconsciously stare in that direction.

This banner is obviously very extravagant, and it takes a lot of fans to hold it up. The players present know that this must be a big deal that only a large Chelsea fans association can provide.

Looking at this kind of motivational words, the Chelsea players felt the blood in their bodies boil quickly. Needless to say, just by these words, you can know how much the fans have for them. This kind of encouragement is even better than that of Murray. Mr. Neo's anger was effective, making the players on the field full of motivation, and the Bolton players watched the Stamford Bridge carefully with envy. Perhaps many people have already begun to plan for the next season.

At this time, Wang Li was also looking in the direction of the East Stand, but it wasn't all because of the huge banner, but because he saw a familiar figure behind the East Stand.

Even though his internal strength made him see and hear, but he couldn't guarantee that his eyes were accurate from such a long distance, he just felt that the figure looked like a person, and shook his head helplessly, seeing that the referee was about to blow the whistle , he put his energy into the game.

"Beep..."

With a long whistle, the whole game began. Bolton kicked off first. They passed a few kicks in the backcourt. Defender Hunter gave a big kick and launched the attack horn.

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"Son, you are still young, do what you want!" Before she came to London to go to university a few years ago, her grandfather's words still echoed in Rita's ears. Sitting in the stands of the Blues fans.

After wandering around the Stamford Bridge Stadium for a long time, Rita walked into the stadium in a daze, and watched the Blues fans around her screaming like crazy. She was also infected by this atmosphere and cheered for Chelsea—— —
Although, this set of formal European women's clothing seemed so discordant among the fans.

Unlike these fans, Rita's eyes were only fixed on the black-haired boy on the field, and she didn't care about the performance of other players at all.She didn't know why she was so persistent, and she didn't know what the real thoughts in her heart were, she just came here following her feelings.

'Didn't you give up already? ' she said inwardly to herself.

At this time, Rita felt the black-haired boy on the field looking towards her, her heart tightened, and she thought a little flustered: "He found me?" 'Turning to see the big banner next to the front, I told myself comfortingly that he wasn't looking at me.

However, this thought made her feel lost again.

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Although Bolton's head coach Allardyce was very low-key in front of the media before the game and declared that 'we are here to learn from experience', but in the real game, this was not reflected at all.

Bolton's traditional 442 formation played very well, both defensively and offensively.

Since Wang Li came on the field, in the offense, he found that these Bolton defenders did not do too much defense against themselves, but put a lot of energy in the front of the penalty area to block this area, which made him feel that this is a March The line of defense is average ---
In the first 10 minutes, Chelsea's attack was terminated on this line every time.

In fact, Mr. Mourinho saw very clearly that Bolton's defense pulled the formation forward, that is to say, their defense line was pulled forward to the front of the penalty area, and they continued to create in this position. The offside tactics made Edul Gudjansen, who was not very flexible in the frontcourt, the most depressed person.

Due to the premise of the opponent's formation, it is not easy for Chelsea to attack this densely populated line of defense.

However, Allardyce off the court didn't seem to have any hope for this tactic. He just scanned the performance of his own players back and forth with his eyes, and occasionally looked towards Chelsea's coaching bench.

Obviously, he wanted to see how long it would take for the Portuguese to figure out a way to deal with this defensive tactic.

But unexpectedly, Chelsea coach Mourinho did not make any on-the-spot instructions. He just sat on the bench, chatted with the assistant coach, occasionally smiled, and pointed towards the pitch. Make plans for tactical adjustments.

In fact, the same is true. In the opening 5 minutes, Mr. Mourinho, a master tactician, had already seen through Bolton's tactics, but he didn't want to find a way to break it by himself, but kept his eyes on the black-haired kid on the field. , He wanted to see how the black-haired boy's tactics and commanding abilities were. This could be regarded as a test for him.

In this case, the game slowly passed, Drogba was not on the pitch, Joe Cole was too deep, and Bolton managed to prevent Chelsea's attack for 20 minutes with a simple offside tactic.

Mr. Mourinho's wishful thinking fell through.

For a full 20 minutes, the black-haired boy did not make any commands, which made Mr. Mourinho feel a little disappointed. Originally, he thought that with the tactical quality and on-the-spot ability of the black-haired boy, he would definitely be able to figure out a way to do it. It is also his task to change the situation of the team as an offensive core, but 'maybe my expectations are too high! ? '

However, what the Portuguese didn't know was that most of the reasons for the current situation were attributed to him.

Of course, Wang Li can see the reason why the team's offense is unfavorable, just by watching the linesman keep raising the offside chess, but the reason why he hasn't directed anything until now is because in the last round of the Premier League, He changed his tactics privately and was severely criticized by Mourinho.

Even though he knew that his thoughts would definitely change Chelsea's offensive situation, Wang Li still didn't do it. He didn't want to be scolded by the head coach after the game. It was absolutely unwise, so he could only look at the coach Xi, hope the normally scruffy Portuguese can do something about it.

So, on and off the court, the two began to stare at each other.

Mr. Mourinho felt that his meaning had been expressed very clearly, while Wang Li felt that the head coach was demonstrating to him and told him not to question the tactics that had been arranged.

Under such weird circumstances, when the game progressed to the 28th minute, when Wang Li turned his head to look at the coach's bench again, and saw the flushed face of the Portuguese with black and white hair and a scruffy suit, he again Confirmed my opinion once.

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Although Bolton's tactics did restrain Chelsea's offensive tactics on the field, the strength of Bolton's players was really far behind Chelsea's. Therefore, when the game progressed to the 39th minute, Chelsea still scored.

This time it was still Wang Li's dribble.

On the right side, he dribbled the ball directly to the right side of the penalty area, which made the Bolton players helpless. Even though there were already 3 defensive players around Wang Li, they still failed to do so under the dazzling foot movements. Grab the ball.

Taking advantage of Lampard's chance to get in from the side, Wang Li gave him the ball, and then the latter caught the ball and kicked it directly towards the penalty area. No one, after receiving the pass, he only needs to face goalkeeper Yass Kleining alone.

Therefore, Wang used a fancy shadowless foot, so that Ascleining could only stretch out his hands to catch the ball, and then, with a rapid disguise, swayed the goalkeeper and brought the ball into Bolton's goal.

This goal really made the Blues fans wait for too long. The entire Stamford Bridge stadium was immediately boiling. Rita, who was sitting in the stands, was affected by this atmosphere. She stood up and shouted to cheer for Wang Li, maybe , this is only because Wang Li scored the goal. If it was someone else, this Ukrainian woman would definitely not be like this.

"Goooooooooooooooal!!! Chelsea's first goal finally came long overdue. This time Allen used his dexterous movements to shake the goalkeeper away and lead the ball into the goal. It really makes people feel dry!!" Creed Pesvak has his chance again, and he's always so passionate——
"...The footsteps of victory will not end!! At least this game will not end!! Thank God for Alan, he always brings goals to Chelsea and wins to Chelsea!!"

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Although Chelsea took a one-goal lead in the first half of the game and the results were not bad, but during the intermission, Mr. Mourinho walked into the locker room with a sullen face.

In fact, he was very satisfied with the team's performance in the entire first half, except of course Wang Li who scored a goal.

Now, Mr. Mourinho wants to question this black-haired kid most, why didn't he take the initiative to make adjustments when the team's offense was unfavorable in the first half of the game! ?That's what he did--
"But, boss, didn't you say last time that you don't want to change your tactics without permission?" Wang Li frowned and looked at the blushing Portuguese loudly questioning, spread his hands, and continued helplessly. Said: "And last time you lost your temper because of it."

Mourinho's face turned red when he said this directly - he had nothing to say! !
The Portuguese looked up at the ceiling, and thought about it for a while, but there was no expression on his face. In fact, he was thinking about how to smooth things over so that he could maintain the majesty of the head coach.

The locker room is full of good people. At this time, they understood the Portuguese's situation very well. Frank Lampard, who has always been upright, immediately raised his face and said to Wang Li as a lesson: "Alan, what did the boss mean last time?" It is to let you adapt to the situation, your task is to attack rather than defend, as the core of the offense, it is your duty to make the team's offense play more smoothly!"

Wang Li was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the upright Lampard, and then at Mr. Mourinho who was still staring at the ceiling. Then he understood, pretending to be puzzled, and said, "Is that so?"

At this moment, Mr. Mourinho immediately replied with a smile on his face. He glanced at Lampard appreciatively, turned his hands behind his back and walked slowly for two steps, then turned his head and said to Wang Li: "You are an offensive player. , The team's offense revolves around you, when the offense is in crisis, you must turn your mind to find ways to make the offense smoother."

"You see Frank is very smart. He understands what I mean. You should do the same. Football competition is not just about skill. If you want to be an excellent player, you must learn to use your head. Only in this way can you be able to ………”

"...The important thing is, it must be the meaning of the head coach. If you can't understand what I mean, then how can you know what you should do on the court!?..."

At the beginning, Wang Li kept nodding his head with a sincere expression on his face, but when he found that the Portuguese was talking endlessly, his expression gradually changed, and finally became gloomy.

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This farce finally ended with Mr. Mourinho winning a big victory. The power of the Premier League head coach is too great. No Chelsea player dares to tell the truth and offend the Portuguese.

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During the intermission, there was a jubilant scene on the Stamford Bridge Stadium. At this time, the banner of the fans association led by George Scholes became the focus of the audience, and many fans from other associations surrounded George. Scholes asked him where the banner was ordered, and at the same time thought of a more inspiring slogan to cheer for Chelsea——
At the same time attract the attention of others.

The stadium commentator Creed also joked about this banner: "The blue will shine on the whole earth, we have the strongest will, and the pace of victory will never stop!!!"

"It seems to be a prophecy, and I hope it will come true, at least for now Chelsea are still winning, and I also hope that the victory will never end."

"...I felt a surge of excitement when I saw this banner. Maybe in the past two years, I will be able to see the glory of Chelsea. I hope this banner can be used for Christmas, so that fans and friends can have a happy holiday, oh No, it should be the end of the season."

"Of course, my greatest hope is that it never retires."

(End of this chapter)