Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 330 Tenacity and Perseverance

Portsmouth Football Club's home stadium, Fatton Park Stadium in Portsmouth, Hampshire, is very hot today. The stands that can only accommodate 2 fans are extremely crowded. Spectators wearing various jerseys to cheer for the team are constantly in the stands shouted.

Half of these fans are local Portsmouth fans. They wear the same blue home jerseys as the home team and keep shouting at the Chelsea players who are undergoing pre-match adaptation training on the pitch. To hit Chelsea's momentum, so that they can't show their strength, and then let the team they support in their hearts have a greater possibility of victory.

The other half of the audience in the stands, many of them were fans of the Blues who came to Portsmouth with the team. They all wore black jerseys and white winter sportswear. At this time, they were all sitting there quietly. , looks very neat like a well-trained soldier.But don't think that they will be in the away game, willing to let the fans of the home team show the limelight. Every once in a while, when the fans and organizers sitting in the middle wave their hands, they will collectively shout a slogan——
"Chelsea!! Chelsea!! Chelsea!!"

"Hillbilly, your blue is impure!!"

“胜利，只可能属于切尔西！！3:0、5:0还是10:0！！？”

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At Falton Park, the orderly shouts of more than 4000 Blues fans were horrifying. This orderly shout is by no means comparable to the chaotic voices of more than 1 Portsmouth fans. As long as the Blues fans speak out As soon as they shouted, the momentum would instantly overwhelm the Portsmouth fans' stands, which made the latter extremely sad. They even yelled at the top of their voices to fight back, but it was useless, after all, they did not respond Go and organize something specifically.

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This is two days after the match between Chelsea and Aston Villa, that is, on the afternoon of December 12, which is the 28th round of the Premier League, Portsmouth played against Chelsea at home.

This season, Chelsea have played against all 18 other Premier League teams, and Portsmouth is also the last one. Although Chelsea have won 19 consecutive victories, two of them were against Aston Villa. , so it can't be regarded as a half-time victory, but as long as they win this game, Chelsea will really have a complete record of this schedule.

In the last season, many people thought that Portsmouth would not be relegated in the Premier League, but Portsmouth coach Reiner successfully signed a number of generals for the club, including veteran Sheringham, Todorov, Perikad and Yaku Ba and others, let them integrate into the British Championship team composed of old players Matthew Taylor and Gary O'Neill. The team's record at home is very prominent, even comparable to the top three in the US Premier League. The results were terrible, only two victories in one season, and finally ranked No.13 in the Premier League.

The form of Portsmouth this year is not optimistic. This is not because of their poor results, but the gradual escalation of the conflict between the team's chairman Mandalic and coach Reina, which made the team on November 11. The Tie Shuai, who has made great contributions to Portsmouth, announced his resignation.

And now, Zayech has taken over from Reiner's job as the team's interim head coach, and his partner Yiguo Jordan has become the deputy.

However, since these two are young in the head coach position of the Premier League team, Portsmouth's record can be imagined. The biggest problem facing the team now is probably the need to find a replacement as soon as possible. Otherwise, the quagmire of relegation is likely to come to Portsmouth again at the end of the season, which is definitely not a pleasant thing.

Due to Portsmouth's recent poor results, the home and away games are definitely not very good-looking. Therefore, it is difficult to fill the Fatton Park Stadium, which can only accommodate [-] fans, in general games, but today is different. , just because Portsmouth's opponent is Chelsea.

Chelsea! !

For many England fans now, Chelsea is a miracle of this season. They have accomplished too many impossible tasks, so many local fans came to watch this game, and of course the Blues fans who followed There will be no less, but most of them are directed at Chelsea's name——
Who would want to take a look at the top team in the English League with a record of unbeaten victories for more than half of the schedule? ?
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Finally, under the expectation of all the fans in the audience, with the whistle of the referee, the game officially started.

In this game, Mourinho let Paul Ferreira and Glenn Johnson play at the same time. This arrangement surprised many people, but the Portuguese was also out of helplessness.Now Chelsea's defense is facing a predicament that no one can use. Wayne Bridge's physical strength is difficult to cope with the intensive schedule of 3 days and 2 games, while John Terry is suspended for accumulating yellow cards, Ricardo Carvalho His foot injury has not yet recovered. In this case, he can only let William Gallas, who is still a little immature, appear in the central defender position, and the only two options left are these two right back.

And Mourinho still has a change, which refers to Paul Ferreira. Mourinho put him on the left. I have to say that this decision is really surprising. Here, the left back has always been double-handed. Wayne Bridge and William Gallas are competent in turn, and when Paulo Ferreira is on the field, he has always been the right back. It is true that he hastily put him on the left. Is it suitable? ?

However, as the game gradually deepened, those who were surprised by this decision let go of their worries. The Portuguese's performance was quite satisfactory, at least allowing the opponent's offense to find no flaws, while Portsmouth's right back It's the seasoned Stone. This bald man once shined in the team's victory over Manchester United, but in this game against Ferreira, he rarely had many chances. In the 3rd minute of the game, Paul A stride by Ferreira squeezed the former directly out of the sideline and intercepted the ball just right. This is also a portrayal of the outcome of the contest between the two.

Although Paulo Ferreira performed very well and his position in Chelsea was much more stable than at the beginning of the season, in fact, he and Thiago Mendes were hyped by the media as the two biggest parallel imports of Chelsea this season, and After a few games at the beginning of the season, many media interviewed Mourinho and asked him why he introduced Paul Ferreira for £2000 million.

"Maybe his performance is not stable now, but I am not dissatisfied. He performed very well in Porto. I believe in him. It is wisest to go at the end of the season to see if he is worth the price." When Mourinho was interviewed, he said this to reporters.

And now, Mourinho is not surprised by Paulo Ferreira's performance on the field. In fact, when he was in Porto at the beginning of last season, Ferreira served as a left back and performed very well. Another versatile player on the defensive line.In the past half a season at Chelsea, Ferreira may have had a hard time seeing any brilliance in offense, but he has done impeccable defense. He has also used this performance to become one of the most stable pieces in Chelsea's defense. , at least now it seems that what Mourinho said, "Go and see if he is worth the price at the end of the season", has enough confidence.

Of course, Paul Ferreira wasn't the only bright spot in this game. In fact, the performance of center Edur Gudjensen was even better than Wang Li! !
In the 40th minute of the first half, Edur Gudjensen, who retreated to take the ball, received a pass from Joe Cole, cut inside the penalty area, and scored the third goal for Chelsea with a long shot. It was also his second goal of the game ---
"Edur... Good Jansen!!! Goooooooooooooooal!!!"

"The Icelander performed really well in this game. I really can't describe my mood now. I thought that after Christmas, with Chelsea's lack of personnel on all fronts, there might be some impact on their results. Big impact, but now I know I was wrong, just by looking at Gud Janssen's performance, he is not worse than Drogba at all!!!"

"Look at Allen, our dancing prince, who performed equally well in this game. In the first 19 rounds of the league, he even won the best player of the game 18 times. This is really an ordinary Englishman. Is it a football player? I even think God is playing football. Perhaps with his physical fitness, he can win many gold medals for England in the Olympics. In short, he is really outstanding. Thinking about this result, it is really nothing to say But, maybe in this game he has to worry more about being the man of the match, his teammates stole his limelight, oh yes, he just scored a goal."

In fact, in this game, Portsmouth's interim coach Zajech did not even think about winning.

Not only him, but even the entire Portsmouth team did not think about winning. Facing Chelsea, a super team with 19 consecutive victories in the league and 6 games in the Champions League group stage, is facing the team. In crisis, they never thought they could play against Chelsea.

And Zayech also has a goal in this game-scoring Chelsea's two goals, yes, this is his goal.

In the match between Chelsea and Wolverhampton a few days ago, because Wolverhampton scored two goals for Chelsea, even though the opponent scored five goals, it did not encounter the media's saliva. , On the contrary, it means that their offensive ability is extraordinary, and they almost boasted to the sky.

Zayech also wants to get that kind of treatment. He is very smart and knows that it is impossible to beat Chelsea with the strength of the team, so he only focuses on scoring goals. As long as he can score Chelsea two goals, Maybe the media will also boast about Portsmouth's offensive ability. In this way, he is likely to be trusted by club chairman Mandalic, and the position of head coach will be stabilized.

Everyone has desires, and Zajech will not be reconciled to the position of head coach of the Premier League team that he finally waited for. He will work hard for the future of his coaching career.

Therefore, in this game, Portsmouth formed an offensive formation. Obviously, they are going to play against Chelsea at home.

However, even if the two teams play against each other, is Chelsea's defense really that lax? ?
The Portsmouth team does not have Halilson Clarke, let alone Halilson Clarke who is in excellent condition. They want to score two goals for Chelsea. It is not easy! ?
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Zajech wanted the team to score goals, but the performance of the forward players he arranged was not satisfactory.

The team's main striker, the Democratic Republic of the Congo player Lomana Tresol Lualua, is 24 years old this year, and perhaps he is also a legend among professional players.

Lualua has been trained in gymnastics since he was a child, and at the age of 16, he began to receive football training at school. He quickly showed his talent and represented Leighton College in an England Academy Cup football final. A Colchester team was discovered by a scout from the English First Division team Colchester United, and brought it to the League One to become a real professional player. He started playing football at the age of 16, and it is only 8 years now, that is to say, it took him only 1 year to become a real professional football player from a complete football layman. It's no small miracle.

But miracles are miracles. If an ordinary person has not been exposed to football since childhood, no matter how talented he is, there will be a serious problem-the foundation is extremely weak.

And now, in the Premier League, Lualua has shown this problem even more. Under the impregnable defense of Chelsea's defense, it is difficult for him to do anything. The performance of the A striker is even worse.

And the performance of the team's other striker, Fleur, was not much better. Portsmouth's only two shot opportunities in the first half were also shot by the veteran in a row. Facing Chelsea, he It seems that I can't find the feeling of shooting.

As for Portsmouth's midfield attack, it's a complete mess. In this game, Chelsea has a 4231 formation. In fact, this formation does not control the midfield too tightly, at least not as tightly as Mourinho. The 433 formation that Austria is good at, but even so, facing Chelsea's strong midfield formation, the performance of Portsmouth players is still terrible.

The chaos in the midfield led to the chaos in the audience. Although Portsmouth had an offensive formation, it was difficult to play an offensive momentum, which made Chelsea a lot more chances to score.

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At half-time, Portsmouth was 3-0 down.

In the locker room of the home team, Zayech just silently arranged the tactics for the second half. In fact, although he is now the team's head coach, his authority is not high, not even as good as some of the team's slightly emerging players. So even if he is dissatisfied with his performance in the first half, he will not vent his temper to these players. It is absolutely unwise. Portsmouth has many assistant coaches. , Mandalic does not mind temporarily changing a head coach.

In this case, it is conceivable what Portsmouth can do.

The game just started in the second half. Wang Li dribbled the ball in the middle and made continuous breakthroughs. He went straight to the front of the penalty area.

"Goooooooooooooooal!!! Alan Wang, this is the second goal, will he score the third!!?"

"In the 49th minute of the game, Chelsea had already led by 4 goals. Seeing the heads of the home fans shrugging, I felt really happy. You know, these fans were extremely arrogant at the beginning of the game. Now Chelsea should Use the goal to let these boys know that even in the away game, we can still win by a big score!!"

After scoring the goal, Wang Li performed an "Ai-style" backflip on the spot in a very comfortable mood. He did three backflips in a row. The visual effect of that kind of gymnastics game shocked the fans in the audience, but strangely, Parks The Mouth fans didn't say much either——
"Were you ever a gymnast too?"

At this time, Portsmouth striker Lualua came over with a sincere smile on his face and patted Wang Li on the shoulder and said.

Wang Li was taken aback, turned around and opened his mouth, waved his hands and said, "No, I've never touched that thing before."

"Then your physical fitness is really good. This action is very dangerous. Be careful, otherwise you will easily sprain your ankle. I only do this action after scoring a very exciting goal, but the coach always reminds me I have to be careful, and I believe you too."

"Oh, thank you!"

Faced with the concern of the opponent's players, Wang Li was a little confused, but he still expressed his gratitude. In his opinion, this African black man is really friendly, although he laughed like Drogba's "beast". Not much more.

This is just a small episode of the game.

Wang Li will not be merciful because of the friendliness of the opponent's players. In fact, since Angela returned to London recently, she stayed at his house except on Christmas Day. The previous "homework" made Wang Li feel very good these days, and his passion on the football field also increased.

In the 58th minute of the game, it was Joe Cole again. He seemed to cherish this hard-won starting opportunity. On the wing, he broke through two players in a row, and Frank Lampard After making a two-over-one cooperation, he put his foot straight into the penalty area. In the dense defense of the opponent, Gud Jansen squeezed a gap and brought the ball into the dead corner with his heel.

Five to zero.

This kick also allowed Gud Jansen to complete his first hat-trick of the season.

The Icelander who scored the goal was obviously very excited. He turned and ran to Joe Cole, and gave him a long hug, and even left a tear in his eye.This hat-trick is not only an excellent performance of scoring 3 goals in one game, but also a kind of firmness and affirmation for Gud Jansen himself.

Looking at Chelsea's changes in striker personnel over the past two years, the Icelander may be the luckiest "survivor".

Hasselbaink is gone, Crespo is gone, and Mutu has also been purged. As for Forsell and Carlton Cole, who has just emerged, they also had to leave Stamford Bridge after signing the loan agreement.And only Gudjenssen "survived", and when Hasselbaink left, the team couldn't wait to renew his contract for 4 years. In the Ranieri era, he came from Crespo and Mu Bit by bit, Tu regained the lost ground in his hands.

Now, the same story is happening in front of the trusted coach Mourinho. The super-valued Didier Drogba and Wang Li, who can hardly touch the position, make Gud Janssen once again a substitute, and now Gud Janssen is again Its performance proved that he is no worse than the Ivorian. Although he has no competitiveness with Wang Li, at least he has added more weight to his position in Chelsea ---
Up to the present position, Gud Jansen's playing time is not less than that of Drogba.

As a player who has never been famous, Gud Jansen has persisted in Chelsea for the fifth year. To be able to do this in the star-studded Chelsea is not only covered by perseverance.

(End of this chapter)