Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 381
After the draw for the Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea had few days of action.

The remaining league games in April will not start until the 4th, and the first round of the Champions League semi-finals will not be played until the end of April. Therefore, Chelsea have been preparing for the Football Cup semi-finals these days.

Manchester United and Chelsea, these two teams are already very familiar with each other.

This season, this is their fourth match, and Chelsea are also their third visit to Old Trafford, but as soon as the team's bus entered Manchester, they were surrounded by many, many fans.Although the players were prepared for this situation, they were still taken aback by these crazy fans. The players' coaching staff hurriedly contacted the Manchester police to evacuate the road and let the team's bus pass.

For United fans right now, Chelsea are the least popular.

This is not only because Chelsea and them are in a competitive relationship, but also because Chelsea have won Manchester United several times this season and also won the league title at Old Trafford. This kind of shame can even be recorded in historical records , Manchester United fans can not tolerate.

Having said that, the Chelsea players are still not nervous at all. To be honest, it is Manchester United who should be nervous, because so far, no matter whether it is at Old Trafford or Stamford Bridge, they have not been able to beat Chelsea once. Woolen cloth.

Before the game, coach Mourinho told the players to play more prudently. At present, the strength of the team is stronger than that of Manchester United, and the momentum should be more powerful. There is no difficulty in winning the game.Without Wang Li, Mourinho would not dare to make these guarantees, but with Wang Li, he does dare to say that Chelsea will win the game.

After the game started, Manchester United's players seemed to be out of shape.

Originally, players like Van Nistelrooy had some doubts about Wang Li, but Rooney and others who knew Wang Li's strength also knew that there was too much difference between themselves and Wang Li. Losing three times in a row, they don't have much confidence in this game at all.

More importantly, Wang Li kicked a football in the last game against AC Milan.

Maybe this can only be used as a chat for the fans after dinner, and I will share it when I have time, talking about how hard it is to play football, etc., but for the players on the field, especially the Manchester United defenders who played against Chelsea , but it is an invisible psychological pressure.

For a professional player, he always thinks about himself first, and then he will think about the club. Under normal game conditions, everyone will think about their own safety first, and only then will they think about the outcome of the club and the team.

Therefore, the defenders of Manchester United, under the influence of some cowardly hearts, became a little loose in defending Wang Li. More players only defended symbolically. If Wang Li wanted to break through or shoot, they would immediately dodge.

Old Ferguson frowned at this scene, but there was nothing he could do.

Players always think about themselves, and even he, between the outcome of the game and the player's body, will take the lead in choosing the player's health. Before the game, when he saw Chelsea and AC Milan, Wang Li kicked the ball. When he was in football, he knew it would be difficult to play, but the time interval between the two games was too short, and he really had no good way to adjust the mental state of the players.

In this case, Chelsea scored from the very beginning of the game.

It was Wang Li who scored the goal!

On the left side of the penalty area, after receiving a pass from his teammate, he turned around and volleyed!Ferdinand could have blocked the position with his body for this shot, but the latter did not do so. Therefore, the football easily crossed the Manchester United penalty area and flew directly into the dead corner of the goal.

Seeing Chelsea's goal, the fans in the audience booed loudly.

They booed Chelsea players, and Wang Li, but perhaps more fans booed Manchester United. Judging from the opening performance, Manchester United players were really 'out of shape', but this kind of out-of-state is more It is the result of not working hard to play, which can be seen by senior fans, so they are very dissatisfied with Manchester United's performance.

As loyal England fans, as long as their favorite team plays hard and plays their due strength, then even if the team fails, they can at least say 'try their best', but obviously, the Manchester United team on the field don't care at all. Can't figure it out.

But in fact, the reason why Manchester United players have such performance is not all because of Chelsea or the influence of Wang Li.

Recently, the entire club of Manchester United is in crisis. It is said that the Americans are aggressively buying up Manchester United’s shares. The chairman of the club is facing a crisis of stepping down. Even Sir Alex Ferguson’s position as head coach is still under discussion, not to mention these players.

Now, the entire Manchester United team is thinking about their own future, and how can they have the heart to fight against Chelsea to fight for a ticket to the cup final of little significance.

Since the opponent is not fighting and is not in the state, the Chelsea players seized the opportunity and started to attack.

After Wang Li's goal, taking advantage of a single-handed goal, Joe Cole, who started the game, scored the second goal for Chelsea with a light hanging goal. The score became 0:2, but everything did not end .

Only 4 minutes later, Chelsea got a corner kick. After Robben took the ball, the football drew an arc in the air and went straight to the point. Substitute midfielder Robert Huth got a chance. Made a standard file-to-top move and poured the ball directly into the Manchester United net, and the score became 3:0.

Such an easy first half surprised Mourinho, but thinking of the recent news about Manchester United, he still looked sympathetically at the old Ferguson on the other side.

Also as the head coach, he knows that when the club encounters a crisis, the impact on the team is extremely serious, which can make all players lose their minds about the game and be out of form.It is very important to coach at a stable club, so he chose Chelsea.The Blues are Abramovich's private club, and there will be no crisis of stock acquisition. With Abramovich's assets, the team will not have any economic crisis at all. Here, he can coach with peace of mind. , You don’t even need to consider the transfer fee when buying players. In short, the Portuguese feel that they are much better than Ferguson, and Chelsea is the head coach’s paradise.

Nothing changed in the second half of the game.

During the intermission, Mourinho did not make tactical adjustments. Now the team is leading 3:0. Judging from the current state of the opponent, he feels that even if a full substitute lineup is randomly sent to play the game, the team is impossible. will lose.

He is right, the state of Manchester United is still the same, it seems that Ferguson did not make any adjustments during the half-time break.

The games in the first and second half were similar. Both Chelsea and Manchester United adopted a balanced offensive and defensive style of play. In the second half, the two head coaches seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. For the first time in the game, there was a trend of confrontation, which seemed so unbelievable to the fans in the auditorium.

You know, there are Manchester United and Chelsea on the pitch, not Barcelona and Arsenal!
However, the game still went on like this. In the 71st minute, Manchester United's Dutch center Van Nistelrooy scored a goal for the team. After that, Wang Li scored another goal for Chelsea.

Before the end of the game, when Manchester United took a corner kick, Rooney was pushed down in the penalty area. The referee awarded Manchester United a penalty immediately, but for this penalty, even Mourinho didn't say anything. Everyone knows that this is just a last consolation for Manchester United.

The final score was 2:4. At Old Trafford, Chelsea easily defeated Manchester United and advanced to the final of the FA Cup.

In another game played at the same time, Arsenal played with an extremely large score of 6:1, and Blackburn had no power to fight back.

Henry scored three goals in a row and was replaced by Wenger in 45 minutes. Afterwards, Bergkamp, ​​Campbell, and Fabregas scored goals one after another. smile.

At the press conference after the game, Ferguson left without saying anything. Recently, the old Jazz was entangled in club affairs and had no time to 'chat' with the reporters. Mourinho, who won the game, felt More has been put on the next UEFA Champions League, and I don't want to deal with these media.

As a result, the reporters who came to the press conference were all disappointed.

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Before the start of the European semi-finals, the reports of the English media and the German media were still a little calm. Although the preparations of the two sides can be seen in the newspapers every day, generally speaking, the smell of gunpowder between the two teams is not strong. A Premier League and Serie A battle between AC Milan and Chelsea is a far cry.

It can be said that everyone's life is very peaceful.

For Chelsea, they still need to play two league games before challenging Bayern Munich in the semi-finals: a home game against Birmingham on April 4 and a home game against Arsenal on April 21.

In the two home leagues, the opponents are the powerful Birmingham and the giants Arsenal, but Chelsea have no pressure, because the league championship trophy has been firmly in the team's trophy room.

Perhaps, Mourinho is still interested in the home game against Arsenal, because in May, Chelsea will also compete with Arsenal in the FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium.But it is a pity that he was suspended by the FA until the end of the league, and he can only watch the game with the fans in the audience.

However, Mourinho obviously has no interest in this. He has no patience to get close to the fans. He feels that doing so will only cause trouble for himself.

Therefore, in the game against the two teams, he only drew up the 18-man roster before the game, and left everything after that to assistant coach Clark. He was not interested in knowing the result of the game.

As a result, on the 21st, Chelsea used a half-substitute lineup to beat Birmingham 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. In this game, Wang Li did not play, but Lampard scored two goals alone. Bright.

In the game against Arsenal, Wang Li performed very well.

He scored three goals in the whole game, helping the team beat Arsenal 3:2.

"This is Alan's solo show again! In the whole game, I can only see Alan alone, this is his game!" After the game, the commentator of BBC TV commented: "All the players in the audience All together, Allen is not as brilliant as Allen alone. His own performance tops Arsenal's entire offensive line. Although the FA Cup final between the two teams has not yet started, after watching this game, I think if Chelsea fights with all their strength, Arsenal will not have much chance of winning. I am optimistic about Chelsea! I am optimistic about Allen!"

If the evaluation of the BBC commentator is reasonable, Graham, the commentator of Sky TV, completely put Wang Li on the altar. When he saw Wang Li scoring the third goal, he shouted excitedly. : "There is only one Allen in the world, St. Allen King. On Stamford Bridge, his figure is fascinating. Chelsea with him is invincible!"

Although it was in a competitive relationship, after the game, Ashley Cole, who had a good relationship with Wang Li, brought Cesc Fabregas to congratulate him, and jokingly said, "Don't be in the Champions League." Off the chain', in fact, is to wish him a better performance in the next game.

Feeling the care of his friends, Wang Li felt a warm feeling in his heart. Now, he is looking forward to the semi-finals even more.

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As the game draws nearer, the big revelations between Bayern Munich and Chelsea media dig deeper and deeper.

On the 24th, the German "Football News" revealed that Bayern is planning to adjust the team recently. The most real rumor is that Bayern is going to exchange Santa Cruz for Chelsea's German defender Robert Huth, and Ben Bayern Munich chairman Rummenigge said on Tuesday that they are interested in signing Chelsea's German centre-back Huth, casting doubt on the Bundesliga giants' true intentions.

Although Robert Huth seldom gets a chance to start in Chelsea, he has made frequent appearances as a rising star in the German national team's international friendly matches recently. His outstanding performance has made many German clubs excited, so Bayern It is understandable to want to get Huth, but the transfer news is broadcast at this time, so it can't help but be thought-provoking.

However, in the afternoon of the same day, Paraguayan striker Santa Cruz stated to the media that he was willing to stay at Bayern, and Robert Huth said in an interview: "The game with Bayern will be very intense, but the final result must be Chelsea. Elimination of opponents, although Bayern Munich is the best team in Europe, they can eliminate Arsenal shows this, but I still think Chelsea will eventually advance, because Chelsea is stronger than Bayern, even in their home court, they It’s not easy to win.”

Regarding Bayern Munich's interest in him, Huth explained: "Bayern Munich is interested in me, which makes me very happy, but now these rumors should end, I just want to play well for Chelsea. A meeting with the Bayern players, but on the pitch."

Before the battle between the two teams in the Champions League, Bayern Munich broke out transfer rumors, and the purpose may not be as simple as poaching people.On the one hand, Huth refused to gossip, and on the other hand, Bayern kept pestering them. This approach is similar to that of the Galactic battleship Real Madrid. When encountering a strong enemy, the Spanish media will push back and disclose in advance that the Blancos will poach players from the opposing team. a certain player.

However, although Bayern Munich seems to be very 'arrogant', in fact, their own troubles have not yet been resolved. The contract of the team's midfielder Ze Robert is about to expire this summer. After that, he will become a free agent. People, Bayern of course hope that he can stay, but they are dissatisfied with his performance this season.

"We have offered Ze Roberto a one-year contract extension because we hope he will have a great season before the World Cup," Bayern club manager Hoeness said. What a threatening pass."

Soon, these transfer rumors reached Mourinho's ears, which made the Portuguese very unhappy!

From the beginning of this season to the present, Chelsea has poached corners almost every time. When did other teams poach Chelsea! ?Therefore, Mourinho, who is very good at making small moves, directly reached out to Bayern Munich midfielder Ballack.

The next day, the "Sun" revealed that Chelsea had reached an agreement with Ballack's agent. If these German midfielders could join Chelsea in the summer, the team would prepare him with an annual salary of 550 million. With a super contract of sterling, this salary even surpassed Lampard's annual salary of 500 million pounds and was on par with team coach Mourinho.

This report is so true that even Ballack's agent Hall did not deny it in an interview. In fact, Hall has been dissatisfied with Ballack's treatment at Bayern Munich. They are equal, but the salary is only 3/2 of Kahn's, which is really unreasonable.And Chelsea is the most straightforward. When they received a call yesterday, their CEO Peter Kenyon said that he would earn an annual salary of 550 million pounds, directly increasing Ballack's salary by 2.5 times. How can this not make people feel excited? ! ?

And Hall believes that this is not all smoke bombs used by the opponent before the big game. With Ballack's strength, even in the star-studded Chelsea, he will become an indispensable member of the team. It is impossible not to be tempted by Chelsea.

In fact, this is also the case. Mourinho also wants to turn this smoke bomb into a real transfer, so he doesn't have to worry about shaping the midfield of the summer transfer team.

Chelsea and Hall coincided with each other, which made this apparently smoke bomb revelation more and more real, and more media joined the discussion about Ballack's transfer.

In this kind of indiscriminate transfer rumors, Bayern Munich really suffered. They only poached Chelsea's fringe star Robert Huth, but the other side was about to poach the team's general Ballack. This is out of proportion by any means.

As a result, Bayern's media immediately died down.

Compared with money, Bayern is indeed no opponent at all, and they also know how attractive Chelsea's pound is.They have only now discovered that it is wisest to go directly to the football field and use their strength to play against an opponent like Chelsea.

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(End of this chapter)