Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 359 The second jq collision with Barcelona
After winning the League Cup, the Chelsea team can breathe a sigh of relief, because the intensive schedule period has finally passed.

March is the most relaxed month since the start of the Premier League. They only have 3 league games, 3 FA Cup and 6 Champions League to play. Compared with the density of 7 or [-] games per month in the past, this is much easier. .

While the media was still arguing about Chelsea's 'refusing to be interviewed' incident, on February 2, the best coach, best player, and best team for February were announced.

In the league in February, Chelsea did not perform very well. One of the three league games was a draw, so this time Jose Mourinho was not elected as the best coach of the month. Instead, Middle, who has always been low-key Fort boss McLaren won the honor with three victories.The best player award was won by Manchester United center Van Nistelrooy who had just come back. In three league games, he scored 2 goals and was unanimously affirmed by all the media.

However, Chelsea does not care about this honor. Since the beginning of the season, the best coach and best player have always come from Chelsea, and it is really nothing to give it to other teams once.

In the best team of the Premier League in February selected by the media, Chelsea still had a bumper harvest. Wang Li, Lampard, Gallas, Makelele, and Thomas were selected one after another. The team also had to admit Chelsea's strength.

Thomas Clark was selected to the best team for the first time, which made him very excited. Now in the important games of Chelsea, the head coach Jose Mourinho tends to trust the experienced Peter Cech more. All matches outside the league are knockout matches, and there is no room for loss.

In a league that doesn't matter to Chelsea, Thomas can always get opportunities. Obviously, Mourinho did this to examine the strength of these two people and make the right choice after the end of the season.

"Oh my God, Thomas, you were selected to the best team!!"

In the restaurant of the Chelsea Club, Wayne Bridger, who had just recovered from his cold, ran over excitedly with a newspaper in his hand.

On a small table in the middle, Wang Li and Thomas were eating a nutritious meal prepared by the club one-on-one. Both of them looked unhappy, mainly because the nutritious meal was too difficult to swallow.

"What? Wayne, have you eaten yet? Let's have some together." Thomas didn't pay attention to what Bridget said, but just pulled a seat from the side and put it beside him with a smile, and said with a sincere face. People can't bear to refuse.

After hearing this, Bridget pinched the newspaper in his hand, waved his hands and said, "No!! No!! Don't even think about it, you two should enjoy it slowly."

Wang Li stared blankly at Brigitte, smiled wryly and said, "It seems that I will be sick next time."

"Don't! If you are sick, I think it will be worse. The Portuguese may invite all the doctors in London. By then, you will not only eat nutritious meals." Bridget said with a smile on his face. With a bad smile.

Imagine that kind of situation, Wang Li thinks what Brigi said is very possible, his importance in the club is unquestionable, pretending to be sick will never work, he suddenly remembered what Brigi said just now, raised his head and stretched out his hand to snatch it. Newspaper, said: "What did you just say?"

"Oh, by the way, Thomas, you've been named to the Premier League team of the month."

"The best team? You said... me?" Thomas stopped the process of eating, raised his head and pointed at himself in a daze.

Wang Li flicked the newspaper with his hand and said, "Really, Thomas, you should treat yourself to a big meal!"

"Crack!" Thomas raised his hand and snatched the newspaper from Wang Li's hand. However, the newspaper couldn't bear the torture at this time, and it was torn from the middle. Thomas looked at the corner in his hand excitedly, and said, "Sure enough. With me, hehehehe..."

The wretched smile on his face made the two people beside him break out in cold sweat.

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Ever since Chelsea scored two goals at the Nou Camp, the Barcelona people have been looking forward to revenge in London, so as soon as March, the Spanish media couldn't wait to start building momentum for Barcelona. They played the title of "Revenge" to attract fans eyeball.

The Barcelona players also publicly expressed their refusal to admit defeat. They attributed the reasons for the loss to many objective aspects such as 'carelessness', 'too many injuries', 'not understanding the opponent', 'bad luck' and so on.

In this case, they played a very hazy game that was lost entirely by luck.

However, having met in the first round, they already have a comprehensive understanding of Chelsea's ups and downs, and they will never make the mistake of underestimating the enemy. Everything will change after they are familiar with White Hart Lane. .They only need to win a 3:0 to still have hope of qualifying and advance to the quarterfinals.

After 5 consecutive years of downturn, Barcelona imagined to reshape the glory of the team all the time, and the UEFA Champions League is the best stage to show the team. Before the match with Chelsea, many media even called the current Barcelona a dream team , Under this kind of hype, if they are directly eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League, it is obviously not acceptable to Barcelona.

If you talk about the history of the Champions League, although Barcelona has only won two championships, they are obviously much more brilliant than Chelsea. If you talk about the history of the league, there is no comparison between the two teams. Barcelona has always been the champion of La Liga. A strong contender, and what is Chelsea! ?In this season, it can only be regarded as a nouveau riche. If there are no achievements and no background, how can such a team be compared with Barcelona! ?

Under this kind of public opinion, the Barcelona club is united as one, and it is bound to want to complete a revenge battle at Stamford Bridge! ! !

In London, England, the Chelsea club was filled with a relaxed atmosphere. They had just won the League Cup and their results in other third-tier competitions were also very good, so they had no reason to be nervous.

This relaxed atmosphere also affected the team's performance.

On March 20th, in the ninth round of No.[-] of the Premier League, Chelsea went to Norwich to challenge the newly promoted Norwich team away from the Premier League.

Norwich is the central city of East Anglia, England. 200 years ago, Norwich was the second largest city in England after London.It is located in the easternmost part of England, adjacent to the scenic seaside area, and is surrounded by the largest wetland reserve in the UK (The Broad), and is recognized as the greenest city in the UK.Norwich is also recognized as one of the most livable and charming cities in the UK, and it is the 'Fine City' in people's hearts.
But a beautiful city does not represent the strength of the team. As a newly promoted team, Norwich is still facing a relegation crisis. The strength of this kind of team can be imagined.

After this game was a confrontation with Barcelona, ​​so Mourinho just arranged a set of substitute lineups, but even so, Chelsea still won a complete victory. Gud Jansen, Joe Cole, William Gar The three of Russ scored a goal respectively, and the three-line blossom made all the Blues fans who came with the team enjoy watching.

After the game, the Chelsea team returned to London to prepare for the second round of the European quarter-finals at Stamford Bridge. Even though Chelsea already had two away goal advantages, they faced a world known for their offense. The top giants Barcelona still had to play 12 points seriously.

And Barcelona also came to London the day before the game, and they rushed to Stamford Bridge to warm up this afternoon, which shows that Rijkaard is bound to win this game.

In order to recover the two goals, Rijkaard made some adjustments to Barcelona's lineup. In the full attack and full defense formation, the back line was slightly retreated. This was mainly to prevent Chelsea from counterattacking. Wang Li's speed , Technology really left a lot of shadows in Rijkaard's heart.Due to the return of Iniesta and Herald from injury, veterans Albertini and Giuly did not get another chance to start. On the back line, Oleg also replaced Marquez as a central defender. This lineup has been in the same season as Barcelona. The original main lineup is very close, which is probably another reason for Barcelona's confidence.

However, Barcelona has not changed much in terms of formation and tactics. The reason why this world's top giants are chased by many fans is because they can play pleasing football. Barcelona, ​​which is based on possession of the ball, has always insisted. The traditional style of play of 442 or 433, they mainly use the ball to tear up Chelsea's defense, trying to find opportunities to score goals.

Of course, these are issues that the head coach needs to consider. It is a game between the two coaches, and has little to do with the real game. Anyway, football is still played with both feet. When it comes to the real game field, it still depends on both sides. Even if you have a tactical advantage, you may not have an advantage in a real battle.

Even the Blues fans have to admit that Barcelona's football is very good-looking, and the passing coordination between their players is much better than that of the Premier League teams, and there are always some creative ways of passing in the offense , making football matches more enjoyable.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the result of the game. If Barcelona wants to win Chelsea in one fell swoop, they must score at least 3 goals, and they can't let Chelsea score. They have too many things to consider, so the offense is not good. Playing smoothly at Camp Nou.

However, perhaps Barcelona's luck in this game was much better than last time. In the 11th minute, Ronaldinho swayed two Chelsea defenders in a row, and a very creative back heel made the game Iniesta, who started the game, got a chance. He shot a low shot from a tricky angle 7 meters from the goal, allowing Barcelona to score the first goal.

After the goal, the entire Stamford Bridge stadium was booed. These Blues fans wanted to use this method to boycott Barcelona. In fact, they were not feeling well at this time. To the fact that the team played so passively at home.

Seeing the team's goal, the Barcelona coach Rijkaard on the sidelines couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, and hugged Giuly on the bench next to him.Now that Barcelona scored a goal, as long as they score another goal, the two teams will be on the same level again. This makes Rijkaard see the hope of promotion again, so how can he be unhappy.

However, after the restart of the game, Chelsea did not seem to be affected by the loss of the ball. Instead, the defense became more stable. The Barcelona players have been looking for opportunities near the midfield, but it is very difficult.

Under such circumstances, many people, including Blues fans, think that Chelsea want to defend the score. As long as they defend until the end of the game, Chelsea will be able to advance by virtue of the first round of the match, which makes Rijkar De is very puzzled, he thinks this is a trap.

But the Barcelona team didn't have much to do. They were at a disadvantage. Even if it was a trap, they could only attack.

It's a race against time for goals and Barcelona has to score a second goal to secure their place before Chelsea get their act together. If they can score two goals, then the two teams are on the same level, Ridge Calder can confront Mourinho head-on, and he won't worry about Chelsea's little conspiracy.

At this time, all the Barcelona players were full of fighting spirit, and they seemed to have seen the hope of victory, but unfortunately, they lost in this race.

It was a pass error. Edur Gudjensen, who started the game, directly intercepted the ball at the center line and handed it over to Wang Lilai to attack. He himself quickly ran towards Barcelona's half.

Wang Li did not disappoint all the fans. He passed 3 Barcelona defensive players in a row, and finally passed the ball with Gud Jansen three times in a row in the penalty area, which made the goalkeeper Valdes very brainless. In the end, Wang Li lightly A push shot equalized the score for Chelsea.
In fact, this goal has little impact on Barcelona's situation. If they can score two more goals, they can still win directly.However, the impact on the momentum cannot be ignored. When one's own team just scored a goal, the opponent easily returned the goal. It is not easy to score two goals in a row! ?This is not a basketball game.

However, Barcelona has been cornered. Apart from stabilizing the lineup and continuing to attack more crazily, they really have no choice. But once they choose to attack, like the overall attack in the last game, then the defense will be empty, but In this case, they couldn't care less.

However, there are bound to be omissions in the offense, especially for a team like Barcelona that uses passes to tear the defense. Players will definitely make mistakes between passes, and before the game, Mourinho's tactics are fundamental. This is a counterattack.

In the 37th minute of the game, Barcelona made another pass error, and this time it was Wang Li who was standing in the center circle who stole the ball.

After getting the ball, he kicked the ball to Joe Cole, and he flew towards the Barcelona half. After receiving the ball at the front of the penalty area, he simply changed direction and passed Van Bronckhaus Te, and then in the face of Valdez's attack, he lobbed lightly and scored another goal for Chelsea, and the score became 2:1.

This goal even made the Barcelona players a little desperate! !To win, they must score 3 more goals! !With only half-time left in the game, it is almost impossible to score 3 goals at Stamford Bridge.

However, the Barcelona fans in the stands did not despair, they still cheered fiercely for the team.

Encouraged by this, Barcelona finally scored another goal from Ronaldinho before the end of the first half, regaining the situation and the score became a 2:2 tie.

The shot was so beautiful that even Graham, an absolute Chelsea supporter, exclaimed loudly: "Ronaldinho!! Ronaldinho!! This is beautiful, he is so beautiful Excellent!! This attack has brought them hope again, although I don’t want it, but the game does have suspense!!”

This goal also made the Barcelona players regain a little confidence. They returned to the visiting team's locker room full of fighting spirit and seriously prepared for the second half of the game.

During the intermission, Mourinho asked the Chelsea players to stabilize the defense first, and added a player in the midfield to block the midfield, put pressure on Barcelona, ​​and increase their turnovers , Looking for counterattack opportunities for Chelsea.

And Rijkaard's request for Barcelona is simple: attack! !attack! !Still attack! !
They have no way out now.

In the 56th minute of the game, Barcelona scored another goal. This goal made all Barcelona supporters excited, because as long as they scored a goal, they would qualify for the promotion.But now under Barcelona's massive attack, Chelsea seems to have become a toothless tiger, and can only hide in its old den.

Therefore, the morale of all their players is high! !
one ball! !

Just one more ball! !

However, from the situation on the field, Chelsea did not mess up, and the team still insisted on the tactics at the beginning. In fact, after so many games, all Chelsea players have found the backbone on the field, that is Wang Li , as long as Wang Li is still on the field, they believe that the final winner will be Chelsea.

In fact, this is also the case. In the 71st minute of the game, Wang Li stood up and stabilized the hearts of all Chelsea supporters with a ferocious long shot. At the same time, he also told Barcelona: Your efforts are meaningless and you will win in the end. Still Chelsea! !

Sky's Graham yelled: "Goal!! It's Allen again!! He scored a hat-trick!!"

The pressure was back on Barcelona.

If you want to win, you must score 2 goals in the following game, but there are only less than 20 minutes left in the game. If you want to score [-] goals in such a short time, this requirement is too high.

Just when the Barcelona players were at a loss, Chelsea took advantage of the opponent's missed shot and played a wave of steady attacks. On the wing, the cooperation of Joe Cole and Gallas staged a wonderful show for all fans The smooth combination of passing, and under the cover of Gallas, Joe Cole calmly crossed, giving Gudjensen a chance. The latter rushed the ball into the Barcelona goal before Puyol, This also turned Barcelona's last bit of morale into dust.

In the final game time, Barcelona played very hard. They didn't seem to give up the last hope, but hard work may not necessarily lead to success. Amidst the cheerful singing of the Blues and the whistle of the referee, the score was frozen At 4:3, the offensive battle at the Stamford Bridge Stadium came to an end.

In the tears of many Barcelona players, Chelsea players enjoyed the joy of being promoted. As soon as the whistle sounded, Mourinho, who had been sitting on the coach's bench with his legs swaying, stood up and swung his arms. This scene was photographed by many reporters. Now, they can imagine how excited the Portuguese are at this time! !

"Chelsea!! Chelsea!! They defeated Barcelona and advanced to the quarter-finals with 6:3 in two rounds!! They are going one step further on the way to the Champions League!!"

(End of this chapter)