Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 349 It must feel good to score a goal here
Although experienced a little ups and downs along the way, in fact, Chelsea is still moving forward.

For Chelsea recently, in addition to the victory in the game, there is also a piece of good news worth celebrating. On January 1, the day before the game against Birmingham, the German "Kicker" and the Italian "Gazzetta dello Sport" ", Russia's "Sports Express", England's "Football World", Portugal's "Ball" and other European professional sports media selected the best team of European football in January 31, which was announced under the anticipation of everyone. With all eleven seats carved up, the Premier League topped the list, while Chelsea overtook Barcelona to become the team with the most entries.

Among them, John Terry, the captain of the backline team, received 9 votes and undoubtedly entered this lineup. In January, except for the suspension, Terry's performance is undoubtedly called Chelsea's defensive performance. Cornerstone, which has been unanimously recognized by the media.

However, for Chelsea, the performance of the back line is much, much worse than that of the striker line. Robben and Damien Duff on the two wings are absolutely shining players, and the two are relying on this shining performance. Entered the best team, although compared with Wang Li, the two scored goals are not too many, but the two Chelsea wingers have been unanimously recognized by the European media in terms of personal skills and the power of cooperation.

In fact, the Irishman Damien Duff has never been a well-known player, because he does not have excellent personal dribbling skills, and he does not have many shooting opportunities. As a midfielder, he only has running positions and The media and fans really don't like this kind of player who can pass the ball well, but with his and Robben's performance at Chelsea, his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. It can be said that his "famousness" is similar to that of Chelsea and Robben. Ben has a great relationship.At least now, more opponents have begun to pay attention to Duff's performance.

The competition for the front midfielder position is the fiercest.

The Argentine Riquelme played very well in last month's La Liga. He was able to be the protagonist in almost every league game in January, and Barcelona's Ronaldinho's performance was not bad at all. The title of World Footballer alone can scare the media, but compared to Wang Li at Chelsea, their performance is a bit unsatisfactory.At least in terms of the number of goals scored, the two and Wang Li can hardly be compared. Now, almost everyone is paying attention to the performance of these three superstars, because their positions are the core of the team's offensive organization.

The final result is also fully in line with the current positioning of the three in the eyes of the media. Wang Li received the highest 10 votes, while Ronaldinho and Riquelme both received 8 votes, and regrettably failed to be selected for the European Football Association. The best team in January, and the two of them were also the only stars who got 8 votes and were not selected. This made many fans want a saying that is very popular in NBA: "Born in the same era as Jordan, it is the stars. A kind of sadness", if the current situation of European football is concerned, Jordan can be replaced by Wang Li.

[Specific lineup and players (formation: 4-3-3): Goalkeeper: Dida (AC Milan), defenders: Maldini (AC Milan), Terry (Chelsea), Cannavaro (Juventus), Puyol (Barcelona), Forwards: Gerrard (Liverpool), Alan Wang (Chelsea), Ronaldo (Manchester United), Forwards: Duff (Chelsea), Montella (Roma), Robben (Chelsea) 】

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The next day, the Chelsea team went to Birmingham to challenge Birmingham away. This is the top 32 promotion match of the FA Cup.

This game did not become a reason for media attention. In fact, even though Chelsea played an away game, no media believed that Birmingham could beat Chelsea. Even Manchester United and Arsenal failed to do this.

However, although the media guessed the result correctly, they failed to guess the process. In fact, Birmingham still posed a great threat to Chelsea. They even scored the first goal in a quick counterattack in the opening 23 minutes .

In this game, the Birmingham team adopted the defensive tactics of the Manchester United team in the League Cup. The head coach Bruce not only borrowed this tactic very cleverly, but also made some modifications to it, which made them inferior in defense. Manchester United, however, was able to launch one or two counterattacks, which made Mourinho on the sidelines couldn't help but give Brees a thumbs up.

However, after all, Birmingham and Manchester United are too far apart. Manchester United almost tried their best to keep a 1:0. How could they do better than Manchester United! !

So, right after the start of the second half, taking advantage of a corner kick, Wang Li rushed to the top and scored an equalizer goal for Chelsea. The field was exhausted and could no longer play a decent offense.

In the end, Chelsea defeated Birmingham 3:1 and entered the last 16 of the FA Cup.

In fact, although Chelsea won the game, coach Mourinho was not in a good mood, because he found that it was much more difficult to win recently than at the beginning of the league. After a thorough study of Chelsea's tactics and player abilities, this situation is inevitable, but it still gave him a sense of crisis. Before the end of the season, this situation made the game sometimes out of his control, which made Mu Rinho was in a mood.

However, this is also directly related to Chelsea's goals this season. The quadruple crown is by no means easy to win, and Chelsea has now firmly won the league championship, and the League Cup has also entered the final stage. In this case, Mourinho is more worried about the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, especially the UEFA Champions League, which is the game with the highest gold content.

In order to calm down this suspenseful mood, and to give the team greater confidence in advancing to the Champions League, on the second day of the match against Birmingham, Mourinho generously gave the team a holiday. And he himself took Wang Li to Spain to watch Barcelona's game at Camp Nou.

In fact, Wang Li, who managed to get a one-day vacation, didn't want to come at all, because Angela will return to the United States in early February, and he really wanted to spend a romantic two-person world with her.But Mourinho did not give him this opportunity: "Barcelona is very strong, we need to examine its offensive and defensive capabilities, and you also need to look at their actual defensive capabilities to intuitively understand its weaknesses. Try to score more goals in the game and lead the team to victory.”

Some ignorant Wang Li was fooled by Mourinho to Spain, but in fact, Mourinho didn't think so.

In the eyes of this Portuguese, Wang Li is his best disciple. This kind of relationship is like the relationship between "father and son". And now Wang Li's reputation among the fans has even completely surpassed that of Mourinho, which made him feel that it would be very face-saving to take Wang Li to Spain. Even after being caught by the media, with this outstanding disciple by his side, Mourinho also has the capital of 'talking big'.

This is not a strange show off, but a normal person's 'show off' mentality, 'Don't you have Ronaldinho in Barcelona?I have Alan, who is much better than your world footballer, so we will definitely be the winners. That's what Mourinho thinks. Although there is some suspicion of 'Ah Q' in doing so, it has to be said that this can indeed improve his self-confidence.

Mourinho is no stranger to the Nou Camp, having served as an assistant and translator for the Englishman Bobby Robson and the Dutchman Van Gaal when they were in charge of Barcelona in the past, while Wang Li is the complete opposite , he has never been to Spain at all, and he is completely unfamiliar with the Camp Nou stadium. However, seeing the crazy Catalan fans here and this magnificent stadium, Wang Li also feels that this time has gained a lot up.

Compared with the Stamford Bridge Stadium, the Nou Camp Stadium is obviously much more magnificent. The capacity of the two stadiums alone cannot be compared at all. The Nou Camp Stadium can accommodate more than 10 fans. Think about it if there are 10 Barcelona fans in the stands , Then what a big impact it will have on the away team. Even Wang Li felt that if he came to this stadium for the first time to challenge Barcelona, ​​he would be a little nervous.

Mourinho and Wang Li stood in the camp of neutral fans. There was nothing special about their clothes. Mourinho was still wearing a suit and leather shoes, while Wang Li was wearing Versace casual clothes. To prevent being recognized by the fans, both wore a hat for concealment.

Facts have proved that this small cover-up was even a little suspicious. As soon as the two of them sat in the fan stands, they were recognized by the fans next to them. Soon, the two teams on the field had not yet started the game. The screen has switched to the two of them——
"My God!! It's Mourinho!! What is the manager of Chelsea doing at Camp Nou!?"

"The one next to him is... Alan, Alan Wang!! That's right, it's Alan Wang from Chelsea!!! My God, they must be here to spy on the military situation!!! It seems that this Be careful, Barcelona fighters, don't perform too well, or your abilities will be all in the mind of this annoying Barcelona translator."

After the big screen cut to Mourinho, he did not pretend to continue to sit and watch the game, but directly took off his hat and stood up, waving hello to all the fans, unfortunately, to welcome Mourinho Rinho was booed by Barcelona, ​​obviously the Portuguese is not popular with these Catalan fans.

However, correspondingly, Wang Li was welcomed. Compared with the head coach of a team, stars are obviously much more popular. When he came to wave to the fans, he still won some applause, which made Mourinho next to him feel very embarrassed. He even felt that it was a mistake to bring Wang Lilai.

Of course, these are just a small episode of the whole game.

Mourinho came to the Nou Camp to focus on the actual combat capabilities of the offensive triangle formed by Cameroon striker Eto'o, World Footballer Ronaldo Jr. and French star Giuly.

For Chelsea, Barcelona's defense is not much of a threat, and the reason why Mourinho brought Wang Lilai this time is just to let him see the opponent's defense, while he himself focuses on Barcelona's defense. Offensively.Chelsea's recent situation is not very good, especially in the team's defense. There are always various problems. In the battle with Barcelona, ​​Chelsea will definitely face their crazy offense. How can they effectively defend the opponent's offense? How to score more goals than the opponent will surely become the key to Chelsea's victory.

For a Barcelona fan, the whole game is undoubtedly very brilliant. Compared with Barcelona, ​​the strength of the Real Sociedad team is at least one grade lower, which makes Barcelona attack almost the whole game. Their gorgeous coordination and smoothness Wang Li felt that Barcelona's offensive ability was indeed stronger than Chelsea's. No wonder Mourinho had to come to inspect it in person before the game.

However, Wang Li was a little disdainful of the personal abilities of their offensive players, at least they were far from him. As for the so-called "Barcelona's defensive ability" in the head coach's mouth, Wang Li didn't see it at all, at least he felt that Barcelona was playing well. This aspect is definitely not as good as Manchester United.

In the end, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 2-0, and after the game, the all-pervasive reporters intercepted the Mourinho duo in the stadium.

Facing the interviews of Barcelona reporters, Mourinho accepted the interview very sincerely, and bluntly believed that "this will be the most difficult game for Chelsea this season"——
"They have players at a very high level in every position. It's a very dangerous team and we have to be at our best against them. I hope the winner will be Chelsea, but it will take a while. element of luck."

And Wang Li talked about his feelings about coming to the Nou Camp this time. He stretched out his hands and said with a smile of enjoyment on his face: "I just follow the coach to see how this stadium feels to me. Very good, the fans are very enthusiastic, this is really a football sanctuary, in this environment, I feel very comfortable."

Hearing this sentence, all the Barcelona reporters nearby became excited, and they could totally take it as Wang Li's appreciation for Barcelona, ​​especially when Mourinho was still by his side, it was even possible to publicly show his favor for Barcelona Wang Li, who was promoted to Wang Li, is already thinking about moving to the Nou Camp after the end of the season. No one present will doubt whether Wang Li is eligible to enter Barcelona. They will only consider whether Wang Li is willing to come. Therefore, Wang Li These words instantly won everyone's favor.

However, Wang Li's next sentence drove the mood of these reporters into the abyss——
"It will definitely feel good to score goals in this great stadium and I'm looking forward to that moment..."

The next day, almost all English newspapers took the topic of Wang Li's blatant provocation in Barcelona as the first choice of gossip news. They thought it was a boost to the morale of English football.

When the "Times" talked about this issue, it said: "Alan's words in Barcelona can be regarded as Chelsea's pre-war victory declaration. Compared with the previous victory declarations, this time it is more exciting, because for this time The declaration of victory, Allen even entered the Nou Camp single-handedly, which has fully demonstrated that he has no pressure at all on the eve of the war, and has unparalleled confidence. We look forward to Chelsea can really play English football The momentum, let those annoying Spaniards see what is the world's top football level."

The Spanish media also criticized this incident. When talking about Wang Li, they used adjectives such as 'funny clown' and 'arrogant', 'he is even more arrogant than that translator', Yes, what Mourinho said at Camp Nou was considered weak and incompetent by the Spanish media, while Wang Li was regarded as the biggest enemy by the Spanish media.This is the attitude they adopt in the face of two completely different positions. I have to say that sometimes being tough can make the enemy more respectful.

However, although Mourinho's speech at the Nou Camp was a bit weak, but back in London, in the "Sun", his tone was obviously different, "I am very optimistic, I am confident that my team is in Victory in the next round of the upcoming Champions League. We have an 80% chance of winning, Barcelona 20%".

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Mourinho said that his speech in Barcelona was only to save 'their face', although Chelsea and Barcelona are the best teams in Europe and are also in every league. In response to this, Mourinho said conclusively: "For example, they can't defend Allen at all, and their goalkeeper often makes mistakes, and our world's top players The goalkeeper can sit on the bench."

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After returning to London, Mourinho led the team to continue to face the next league.

In fact, during this period of time, Chelsea has put its focus on other competitions, but has not paid much attention to the league, and there are still many players in the team who are still eager for bonuses. Mourinho sees this The situation is also a bit depressing. The bonus that Mr. Abramovich promised impulsively before the game has become an obstacle to the team's good results in the field. This is really a kind of irony.

Faced with this situation, Mourinho had to tell the chairman of the club about it and let Mr. Abramovich solve it himself. After all, all the bonuses were provided by Mr. Abramovich.

However, this is obviously a small matter for Mr. Abramovich. Due to Chelsea's excellent record, he has recently made a splash in the social circles of England's upper class. This made Mr. Abramovich very happy. He waved his hand and left 1000 million pounds, and gathered all the Chelsea players, telling them: "As long as I can get the quadruple crown, I will never be stingy with bonuses!!"

Although the players are very enthusiastic about bonuses, honor is also very important. Under such circumstances, they immediately adjusted themselves and focused on other competitions. The Chelsea club began to fight for various championships. working hard.

(End of this chapter)