Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 366 Climbing to the top
The penalty scored by Wang Li made the score 1:2. All the Chelsea supporters in the stadium cheered up, and the morale of the breathless players who were attacked by Manchester United in the second half also improved.

The head coach Mourinho on the sidelines sat more calmly. He chewed a piece of chewing gum with great interest, and talked with the assistant coach next to him about the performance of the players on the field, and occasionally laughed out loud. Seeing him This kind of performance, everyone's first feeling is that Chelsea's victory is within grasp.

On the other hand, Manchester United coach Ferguson had a dark face, standing on the sidelines and shouting constantly, reminding the players to continue attacking.

The stark contrast in the physical demeanor of the two coaches is also an outward expression of the form of the two teams.

However, there was a piece of news that made Ferguson feel much better. In another game, Arsenal had already led the score 2:1 with the goals of Henry and Bergkamp at the beginning of the second half. That is to say, as long as Manchester United If a goal is recovered and the two teams draw, then Chelsea will not be able to win the championship.

In this case, the old Jazz desperately needs a goal.

On the pitch, Manchester United has now reached a point where they have to continue to attack aggressively for their own dignity.The players looked at the old jazz who had been shouting from the sidelines, and they felt a little bit sad. In fact, Ferguson's authority in the Manchester United team was unquestionable, and all the players were a little afraid of this old man in their hearts.

However, such a fierce attack just failed to break Chelsea's goal, and now continue to attack, is there really any hope?

This question made all the Manchester United players ponder, which caused the team's momentum to drop a lot. After the game restarted, Manchester United originally planned to use offense to get the score back, but Chelsea used a more violent attack to directly destroy the momentum they just mentioned. They fought back, forcing them to defend.

Chelsea also let go of the attack! !

This made the Manchester United players a little uncomfortable. Although they knew that Chelsea, who had just scored a goal, would be full of momentum, they didn't expect them to choose to attack.

On the field, after breaking through from the wing, Giggs cut inside the penalty area and passed a diagonal pass to Rooney from a small angle. Rooney forced a shot against two defenders, and the football was held firmly in the arms of goalkeeper Thomas.

Just as Rooney was still annoyed by the missed shot, Thomas had already kicked the ball out.

"Back to defense!! Oh, Shit, what are you doing!!"

At this time, Sir Alex Ferguson yelled angrily on the sidelines, which made Rooney wake up immediately, and ran back to his own half to participate in the defense with a sigh of relief.

After Frank Lampard received the pass, he kicked it to Joe Cole. After Joe Cole broke through Fletcher from the wing, he passed it to Wang Li.Wang Li dribbled the ball across the center, saw the gap, and passed it to the Manchester United penalty area.

There was Damien Duff who had just run past, and the Irishman caught the pass, made a surprising little change of direction and went straight into an angled shot, the ball hit the left post and flew out of the baseline, leaving the audience The Manchester United fans on the Internet were in a cold sweat! !Goalkeeper Howard was even more frightened. He didn't stand properly just now. If the goal was scored, at least half of his responsibility was on him.

"Chelsea's offensive is very fierce, and their counterattack is very fast. Now the situation on the field is a little tilted. We can see that both teams are working hard to launch an attack. I believe the score will be even more exciting..." At this time, even the imperial court The commentators on the stage are aware of the situation of the game.

The attack just now only took about 15 seconds, and it threatened Manchester United's goal. In the Premier League, this is a typical Chelsea counterattack. Without a fast central linker and precise passer, it is difficult to play such a Fluid coordination, this is the flaw of English style football, players tend to pay more attention to physicality than technical skills.

As for the team itself, after such a long period of running-in, Chelsea's offensive thinking has become very clear. As the core Wang Li, he can lead and pass. As long as he is on the court, the running positions of other players are all It must revolve around Wang Li. This is the offensive routine formulated by Mourinho, and when Wang Li showed the terrifying offensive efficiency in a single game, his teammates were also convinced by this routine.

In fact, it is unrealistic for players at the same position not to be jealous. Team competition can easily turn into personal grievances. As a forward, many people are jealous of Wang Li's achievements.

But this kind of jealousy often occurs between players of the same level. For example, the relationship between Rooney and Saha of Manchester United has always been bad. This is because of the competition between the two. When Saha is in good form, Rooney is often nothing There is a chance, but in Chelsea, the competition between many offensive players and Wang Li is another form.

Wang Li scored too many goals and performed so well! !
This makes many players feel like they are looking up at the mountains! !

When you have 1 dollars, you can be jealous of another person who has 2 dollars, but you will never be jealous of Bill Gates, because there is no comparison between the two of you,
Now, although the gap between Wang Li and his teammates is not so great, no one is jealous of him, because they know that they cannot have such a high skill, nor can they have such a stable and terrifying scoring efficiency. So with Wang Li as the core of the offense and the leader of the team, not only no one is jealous, but everyone feels that this way, the team's efficiency is higher.

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Back on the court, Chelsea's counterattack was really sharp, which made Manchester United coach Ferguson start to worry about defense.

The old jazz knew very well that it was never a wise choice to play against Chelsea. Manchester United chose to defend and counterattack is the best.

But now that C. Ronaldo is injured, it is unrealistic to expect veteran Giggs, Fletcher and others to play a quick counterattack. In fact, even if C. Ronaldo is on the field, Manchester United's attack speed is not very high. Fast, it is impossible to play Chelsea's counterattack speed.

Fortunately, Van Nistelrooy, who recently returned from injury, performed very strongly, which made Ferguson feel a little relieved. In this case, he really had to strengthen his defense.

Therefore, under the command of the old Jazz, the form of the game on the court has undergone new changes. Manchester United's offense has been greatly slowed down, and they have strengthened their defense in the backcourt.This kind of defensive counterattack is more about expecting Chelsea to make mistakes in the defense to give Manchester United a chance in the continuous attack, but it puts the treasure on the opponent.

This kind of choice is unwise, but Ferguson has nothing to do. Now the team's offense has lost its vigor. Although they can choose to really fight, the probability of winning in that way is too low.
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While Ferguson was anxiously commanding the team to fight, Manchester United's first scout, Gill, had already received desperate news-in another game, Middlesbrough opened Arsenal's goal with a free kick. goal, the score became 2:2.

At the same time, Chelsea's assistant coach Clark also got the news.

"Arsenal is tied, haha, it's 2:2!!" Clarke said excitedly to Mourinho on the Chelsea coaching bench.

"That Englishman is really capable." Mourinho smiled nonchalantly, and then asked thoughtfully: "I heard that he has been seeking the support of the media recently??"

"That's right, in England, he has a positive image wherever he goes, and he is almost becoming England's coaching ambassador!" Clarke laughed outright after saying this.

In fact, in the past month, McLaren has frequently appeared in the public eye. He constantly promotes his tactical thinking and employing ideas. England made a big fuss about losing to the Polish team, and even made a fuss about Wang Li's failure to enter the national team. In short, McLaren almost said directly to the FA——
"Hurry up and fire that Swede and let me be the head coach of the national team!! Under my leadership, the England team will definitely achieve good results!!"

Speaking of this, Mourinho raised his head and looked at the black-haired figure on the court, and said silently: "It would be nice to change the coach. If Allen can participate in the World Cup in Germany next year, I think he will really become the most famous player." Maybe the star of the team."

"My God, the chances of Portugal are even smaller, don't you care about that!?"

Mourinho was slightly taken aback, and said: "Maybe, but even if Allen doesn't play, Portugal has no chance."

"You still care, right? Jose." Clark looked at the young man with a disappointed expression in front of him, and asked back unconsciously.Recently, many Portuguese media have branded Mourinho as a 'traitor'. Although Mourinho didn't care much, Clark knew he must care.

"Hahaha..., I think what I care most about now is the Premier League championship trophy!!" Speaking of this, Mourinho returned to his face with a smile again.

Clark pursed his lips, silently watched the game on the court, and sighed: "Yes, the champion..."

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As the game progressed, the Chelsea fans sang louder and louder in the auditorium. At first, due to the noise in the stadium, some couldn't hear what they were singing, but as the game time passed, the neat voice became louder and louder. It becomes clearer:
"Hi, hi, hi, blue, is our dream.

With blue, we are united and victory is always the goal.
Please keep rooting for us, hope is everywhere,
Our name is Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea,
The championship belongs to Chelsea only! !
Great Chelsea! ! ! "

At this moment, even Mr. Abramovich in the VIP box excitedly sang with the fans. Many people said that he invested more in Chelsea for the sake of fame, but he has been in contact with the team for so long. Already in love with Chelsea.

"Come to the game, we welcome you,
Put on your blue suit and watch us play,
Sing loudly, sing clearly, till we triumph,
Everyone sings: Chelsea! ! "

"Champions!! We are champions!!"

At this moment, all the fans supporting Chelsea all over the world could not help being infected by this atmosphere. In Old Trafford, the voices of Manchester United fans had been overshadowed by the momentum of the Blues.

As long as the team performs well, the fans' momentum will also be sufficient! !
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Amidst the singing of the Hoffenheim fans, Chelsea's offense continued.

For the players on the field, it is not time to celebrate. They need to work hard to make the celebration of the fans last forever.

On the pitch, Chelsea launched wave after wave of offensives against Manchester United. The current situation on the field is almost completely reversed from that at the beginning of the second half, but Manchester United's counterattack in passive defense is not smooth. , The football is always intercepted by Chelsea before it passes the center line.

This seems unbelievable to many people. You know, it is 11 against 10 on the court now, and Manchester United has one more player than Chelsea! !

However, this situation is actually happening.

But now anyone who really watched the game can notice a bright spot, that is the black-haired boy who is running almost all over the field, he is almost everywhere and omnipotent! !

At this time, Wang Li has done his best. Not only is he outstanding in offense, but when Manchester United has the ball, he will also take the initiative to retreat and participate in the defense. Now that Makelele is off, Chelsea has one less defense General, in this case, Manchester United's counterattack is likely to pass directly through Chelsea's blockade, then it is dangerous.

For the victory of this game, Wang Li has tried his best to play hard.

He hasn't been this serious for a long, long time, and after this game, he will be able to win his first league championship. For the championship, he is full of motivation! !
At this time, the Blues fans in the audience were singing to celebrate Chelsea's league championship, but the Manchester City fans were cheering for Wang Li crazily. Whenever he got the ball, more than 1000 Manchester City fans Cheers loudly for him.

If it is said that these Manchester City fans were a little dismissive of Wang Li before, now, Wang Li has conquered more than 1000 fans here with his performance. His performance is really outstanding, even if he has no affection for Chelsea. , but for Wang Li alone, they were really convinced from the bottom of their hearts.

No. 703 minutes of the game, after Joe Cole received a pass from Wang Li, he went straight into the penalty area. Drogba turned around and volleyed after receiving the ball, but goalkeeper Howard pushed him out of the crossbar.

This shot made coach Ferguson very dissatisfied. The old Jazz kept yelling on the sidelines to remind the players to play seriously. His scolding has even become another beautiful landscape of the whole game.

Obviously, the current situation of the game has made the Manchester United players somewhat frustrated.

As the top giants in England, but let a "sterling team" that has only risen this season be arrogant in their home court. This situation makes everyone feel uncomfortable, but they who are involved in the game know that this "sterling team" The strength of the team is indeed stronger than that of Manchester United, and the black-haired boy on the other side is simply a superman like a perpetual motion machine! !
Repeated defenses and repeated offensive disadvantages made the Manchester United players feel like giving up. If it weren't for the cursing from the sidelines, they would have already disarmed and surrendered. As a professional player, it is Manchester United's honor alone. It's hard to impress them.

Only 3 minutes later, Wang Li succeeded in counter-grabbing from the penalty area line, and a low shot directly hit Heinze's leg and popped out of the bottom line.The latter grinned and hugged the kneepad, and waited for a long time before recovering.

This scene made the Manchester United players feel even more sympathetic, especially Van Nistelrooy, who had experienced this kind of experience, almost wanted to go to Ferguson and let him replace him.

In the 79th minute of the game, Manchester United finally got a chance to counterattack. Rooney directly broke through Chelsea's defense with his speed. Facing the attacking Thomas, he kicked the hanging goal on the penalty area line, causing many Manchester United fans to cheer. Voice.

But the football was still picked up by Thomas, who reacted in a timely manner, and jumped up from the air! !

"Manchester United broke through Chelsea's entire defense, but they couldn't break through Thomas's ten fingers! The performance of this 19-year-old teenager is really amazing. Maybe he will become England's number one goalkeeper in the next ten or even 20 years!!" The BBC TV anchor asserted.

Mourinho was already satisfied with Thomas' performance in this game and couldn't be more satisfied. It can be said that Chelsea's victory in this game was largely due to Thomas. At this time, in the heart of the Portuguese, Thomas' side of the scale has sunk a lot, a lot.

At the end of the 83 minutes of the game, Chelsea's continuous attack finally paid off.

Wang Li dribbled the ball continuously in the middle, causing Manchester United's defenseman Ferdinand to knock him down again. The referee Riley did not show a yellow card, but gave Chelsea a free kick, which angered the Chelsea players. Dissatisfaction also made Mourinho couldn't help nagging at the fourth official.

If Ferdinand can be sent off, then Chelsea's offense will be much easier. Although the suspense of this game is not big, but if there is a little more chance, who would refuse it! ?
As for who will take the penalty, Chelsea has no dispute at all. The team only has two free kickers, Lampard and Wang Li. Now it is Lampard's turn to play only when Wang Li does not take the initiative to take the free kick. It is a fact within the Chelsea team, a fact recognized by everyone.

Wang Li took the football kicked by his teammates and walked directly to the penalty spot. The ball was about 24 meters away from the fans, which was very close to him. But in fact, Wang Li didn't like this kind of ball because of the location. It was too close to the human wall.

With the power of internal strength, 20 meters and 30 meters are the same for him, but the 30-meter free kick has a smaller arc, so it is easier to score.

However, Wang Li still stabilized his mentality. Standing on the penalty spot, he stretched twice in place, looking for the state of kicking a free kick.

After the referee blew the whistle, he didn't run up at all, he just took a look at the goal and kicked directly.

Due to the suddenness of Wang Li's shot, goalkeeper Howard couldn't judge the defensive line of the football at all. The speed of the ball was too fast. , but football has already spiraled into a dead end.

"Goooooooooal!!! Goal in!!!"

"1:3, Chelsea expanded their lead!! Allen scored this free kick, which was his second goal of the game. In 84 minutes, Chelsea led by two goals!!"

"We can already conclude that Chelsea will win the league title in a few minutes!! They set a record and won the Premier League championship trophy 30 rounds ahead of time with a record of 1 wins and 7 draw!! Think about it, this is really a Incredible results!!"
After the goal, the Chelsea players celebrated crazily. This was not only to celebrate the championship, but also deliberately delaying time... until the referee stopped, the two teams regained their positions and kicked off.

However, at this time Manchester United has not much morale.

At this time, many Blues fans no longer care about the game on the pitch. Seeing that Chelsea's first league title in 50 years is just around the corner, they have already begun to celebrate.

The celebration props prepared in advance before the game came in handy. After scoring the second goal, the stands of the Blues fans were filled with flowers and colorful films in an instant. The fans did not forget to raise their arms and shout in cheers: "CHAMPIONS!! CHELSEA!! CHELSEA!! CHAMPIONS!! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!"
Now, with Chelsea's two goals in hand, and less than 5 minutes before the end of the game, everyone feels that the championship belongs to Chelsea.

At this time, many TV anchors have begun to introduce Chelsea's history and their crazy performance this season.

The commentator on BBC TV is like this. The game is still on the TV screen, but the commentator started to introduce the Chelsea champions lineup.With the names of Lampard, Terry, Joe Cole, Makelele, Wang Li, etc., and their experiences coming out of the commentator's mouth, many fans who don't know Chelsea are also interested in Blue. The army has a little more understanding.

And some other media began to introduce several classic games in the Chelsea league, and the games against Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool were highlighted. These stories are always inseparable from Wang Li's performance, which makes people feel that Chelsea On the way to the championship, Wang Li played an indelible role.

In this process, time passed quickly, and the game was about to reach the 90th minute of the game. At this time, the game was about to end, and the Chelsea players were also on their feet, waiting excitedly for the end of the game whistle.

The fourth official raised the stoppage time card, indicating 2 minutes of stoppage time. It can be seen that the referee is also very rational and wants the game to end as soon as possible.

Just as everyone was waiting nervously for the end, Rooney in the frontcourt made a steal! !

Carvalho made a mistake when passing the ball to Terry. Rooney found a chance to steal it and went straight to the goalkeeper. Facing the attacking Thomas, he still chose to lob this time, but this time he was much more stable. He flew into the net without any suspense.

The score became 2:3.

It doesn't matter anymore, though, and with the goal-effective whistle, the full-time whistle follows,

"Beep~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

The whole game is over, and the Chelsea players hug each other excitedly——
"Congratulations, the new Premier League champions have been born, they are - Chelsea!!!"

(End of this chapter)