Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 425

Chelsea, led by Mourinho, is aggressive. In this era, Mourinho has dominated the Premier League. For the first time in history, Chelsea fans feel that they have become the king of English football and can look down on any other team. Fans of the teams, including Arsenal and Manchester United.

Compared with Manchester United, who once represented England in the European League for the first time, won the top league championship 15 times, the FA Cup 11 times, and the Champions League 2 times, Chelsea's history is not worth mentioning. In 1955 and last season, he won the domestic top league championship, and then won the FA Cup three times.

Last season, the team led by Mourinho won the greatest victory in Chelsea's history, the league title, the League Cup title, the Charity Shield title, and the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. This is the most successful one in the club's history. After the season, captain John Terry became the first Chelsea player in Premier League history to compete for the player of the year, while Frank Lampard scored 19 goals in all competitions, ushering in the first for Chelsea England Footballer of the Year, and won the runner-up of the World Footballer of the Year.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chelsea's success in the 2004-05 season can be compared with all the honors of the club in the first 100 years!

In this era, Chelsea appeared in English football for the first time as a dominant player, climbing Mount Tai to see all the small mountains.

In the first 2005 rounds of the 06-11 season, Chelsea continued the glory of last season and led the league with an unbeaten record. In 11 games, they were only tied at home by the northern powerhouse Everton in the 10th round. In the game, Chelsea scored 11 goals, 28 goals ahead of Arsenal and Charlton, which ranked second in the number of goals scored, and conceded only 12 goals. This figure also ranked first among all 6 Premier League teams !
Such a Chelsea team can be called terrifying. It is an invincible team with super fierce offense and extremely solid defense.

"Nine consecutive victories again! The undefeated record won the Premier League championship!"

"Champion coach! Champion team!"

"We are the Blues, the best team in England!"

The Chelsea fans in 2005 were undoubtedly the happiest fans in England and the happiest fans in the history of the team. They were the first fans in the 101-year history of the team who were qualified to shout such slogans and swaggered through the streets. It's like a poor man, after getting rich overnight, suddenly feels that he has become a master, and even he feels that he is not so real.

Chelsea, whose home is in West London, has historically been the biggest enemy of Fulham, who is also in West London. However, the most popular derby in London is the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham, followed by the East London derby. The West Ham United team can also get a share of the action. As for Chelsea, even in London City, it has always been a supporting role and a small role.

It's different now. Since Mourinho's arrival, the brilliance has shone on the Blues. Everywhere Chelsea has been, it has attracted much attention, and Chelsea fans have become extremely dignified.

If such an honor suddenly came to some fans of other teams, such as Fulham, the Fulham fans nicknamed "Farmer" might be at a loss, not knowing how to cater to such a big scene, because the rich Lehm's traditional fans are mostly manual laborers with low social status. They must not be able to adapt to such a sudden change.

However, Chelsea fans are different!

In West London, among the traditional fans of the blue team Chelsea, the middle class accounts for the majority. These people live affluent, well-informed, and relatively high social status, so Chelsea fans were once considered "the most elegant" and "the most civilized" fans, but also belong to a group of fans with the highest comprehensive quality.

Now, the elegant and civilized Chelsea fans have become the most prestigious fans in England, and they quickly formed a special style different from other fans.

Shirtless, with a bottle in hand, waving your team flag desperately to show your pride?Dozens of hundreds of fans gathered together, singing and dancing on the street, attracting the patronage of media reporters?Gathered in twos and threes at the intersection, when the TV camera car passed by, suddenly yelled at the camera, showing the domineering fans of the championship team? ...

No!All these choices do not belong to the elegant and calm Chelsea fans, they have their own way of expressing their pride!
In the Trafford area of ​​Carrington Castle, near the Old Trafford Stadium, crowds of Chelsea fans wearing blue jerseys are ready to go. These fans are neatly dressed, even with oil paint on their faces. There are also very few people who smear their entire faces with oil. Most Chelsea fans just choose to wear blue fan caps, hang up fan scarves, and then stand there with a smile on their faces, whispering to the other fans around them. small talk.

Different from the fan groups of other teams, there are many large photos of players erected in the camp of Chelsea fans!
Frank Lampard, John Terry, Claude Makelele, Arjen Robben, Joe Cole, Glenn Johnson, Michael Essien, Peter Cech, Didier De Robba... So many brilliant names, so many guys who are now famous in England and even the world football. These big-name guys now have the same identity: Chelsea players!
This is the way Chelsea fans show their arrogance. Their team has the largest team of stars in the league, even if it is a substitute, it is not an ordinary role.

Except for the domineering blue team Chelsea, there is no other player in the league!

Just imagine, even if they are as strong as Manchester United, if the Red Devils fans want to imitate Chelsea fans, they will also hold up large photos of their stars. Do they have that face?

The Manchester United team can also be called "a cloud of good players", but at this time Manchester United is in the process of rebuilding. The group of star players who won the Triple Crown in 1999 are now on the verge of aging or approaching aging. Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Ole Solskjaer and a large number of big-name stars belonged to the "first decade of the Premier League" Heroes, who are now going through the final stages of their careers.

If Manchester United is playing against an ordinary Premier League team, then Manchester United fans can gain a huge sense of psychological superiority as long as they put up the names of these star players.

However, when Manchester United met Chelsea, it would be a bit awkward if Manchester United fans also posted photos of their big-name stars, because the stars posted by the other party were all generals who were in their prime. Most of Fang's people are old and pearly things, isn't this slapping yourself in the face?
The football game compares the existing combat effectiveness, not the football status that the players had a few years ago!
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Goalkeeper: No. 1 Petr Cech
Forward: No. 15 Didier Drogba

Midfielders: No. 11 Damien Anthony Duff, No. 8 Frank Lampard, No. 10 Joe Cole
Midfielder: No. 4 Claude Makelele, No. 5 Michael Essien
Defenders: No. 13 William Gallas, No. 26 John Terry, No. 6 Ricardo Carvalho, No. 20 Paulo Ferreira

From the starting 11 list sent by Mourinho, it can be seen that Chelsea's lineup configuration is definitely second to none in Europe, because everyone on this list is a football celebrity with absolute strength. No matter which team these people appear in Europe, they are qualified to be the main force of the team!
If other head coaches in England often need to consider cultivating young people in the team when they line up, or give some old players who are not in good shape to find playing time, then Chelsea's Mourinho Ao Ze didn't need to consider these trivial issues at all.

Mourinho has only one principle for the team's slightly more important games, and that is to send the best and best players to play!
The purpose of the rich Russians hiring Mourinho with a high salary is to win championships, all kinds of championships, and Mourinho is also very aware of this. He does not need to consider training new players for Chelsea, nor is he obliged to help his players To overcome the problems he has encountered, those players who cannot adjust themselves to the best condition are not considered in Mourinho's starting list. Anyway, he has a lot of fierce generals in his hands, and there is no need for a radish and a pit concern.

On this point, just look at the list of players who are eligible to sit on the Chelsea bench for this game, it will be clear.

Arjen Robben, a famous Dutch winger, is qualified to compete with Barcelona's Ronaldinho in the World Footballer of the Year award this year!

Hernan Crespo, a famous Argentine striker, needless to say the name of "Poppo". Crespo, who has played for Parma, Lazio and Inter Milan in Serie A for a long time, is definitely the top striker in the world.

Del Horno, Spanish international, left-back, new aid this season, worth 800 million pounds, was considered one of the most attacking full-backs in La Liga before that.

Carlton Cole, 22 years old, is a tall and powerful representative of a large center. He has the nationalities of England, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. He once represented the England U21 team. One of the top picks on the list.

Carlo Cudicini, once Chelsea's undisputed first choice goalkeeper, was once considered the world's best penalty goalkeeper, because of the arrival of Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech, he lost his main position.

It is no wonder that Mourinho can easily organize a "second Chelsea team" to deal with the second Premier League game under the precursor of guaranteeing a Premier League lineup, because he is only sitting on the bench These few star-level players on the Internet are enough to become the core force of a team, supplemented by a group of powerful role players, it is a good team!

But don't forget that among those dazzling star lists under Mourinho, there are still some figures of comparable strength who failed to enter the 16-man squad.

For example, England's famous attacking right-back Glenn Johnson, Iceland striker Edur Gudjohnsen, England's famous small bald winger Sean Wright Phillips, England's international-level full-back, full-back Werner En? Bridge... If this list of big votes is placed on other teams, it will also be the main-level star doing my part, but in Chelsea, it may not even be able to sit on the bench!
As for having contact with Ronando, Cameroon international Lauren Etame, who was following Joe Cole at the time, couldn’t even find his shadow among Chelsea’s stars...

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Unlike Chelsea's roster of players for this game, which is all capable of playing generals, Manchester United's roster for the home game looks a bit shabby.

If someone wants to ask curiously: Is the Red Devils Manchester United, the dominant team in the Premier League, not even a reasonable starting lineup?

This question is very acute. However, for ordinary teams, Manchester United's starting lineup is a star-studded and luxurious combination. However, when compared with Chelsea, there can only be one word to describe it, that is: shabby!To further explain, it is the old and the young, a group of old people and a group of children, pulling together a big list.

Goalkeeper: No. 19 Edwin van der Sar

Forward: No. 8 Wayne Rooney
Midfielders: Ryan Giggs No. 11, Paul Scholes No. 18, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer No. 20, Darren Fletcher No. 24, Cristiano Ronaldo No. 22

Defenders: No. 4 Gabriel Heinze, No. 5 Rio Ferdinand, No. 27 Miguel Silvestre, No. 2 Gary Neville

In order to deal with this critical battle, the battle of life and death, Ferguson actually arranged a 4-5-1 formation. The forward line abandoned the veteran center and the most famous forward Ruud van Nistelrooy in the team, and chose to let the young Rooney took the lead alone and served as the lone striker.

In this list, if you look at the age distribution, the back line is very appropriate. Except for Gary Neville who is slightly older, the other three players are all between 27 and 28 years old, which is the physical fitness of recognized professional players , technology, experience, awareness of the best golden age.

However, the problem of staffing in the midfield is a big one!
Three "First Premier League Decade" veterans over the age of 31 + three youngsters under the age of 21!

If only the average age of Manchester United's frontcourt players is calculated, it is undoubtedly very suitable. It is no different from the opponent Chelsea. However, these six players are really old and young, and they are in the so-called Mesozoic generation between 22 and 30 years old. There are no players, either old guys who are too old, or young and outrageous young people, and none of them are in the golden period of their personal careers.

What do you mean by not answering?Today's Manchester United is a good interpretation of the meaning of this word.

In football, that is when a team is at its worst when it is out of season, and it is often referred to as "the rebuilding so-and-so".

Generally speaking, giant teams seldom have such an embarrassing stage. Experienced coaches always leave behind in advance, prepare successors for each important position early, and give those successors the opportunity to accumulate experience in advance. Opportunities, in less important games, become mature in advance, and when the older generation of players withdraw from the front line, these young people can take over smoothly.

Or, the rich teams have another killer feature, that is, when the team lacks the most suitable players in a certain position, they will spend a lot of money to buy outstanding players from other teams at a high price. Patent, because these teams have enough money to sign in, and they also have enough fame to attract big-name players!
However, Manchester United at the beginning of the 21st century can only be regarded as a "pseudo-rich family".
First of all, the Manchester United youth team has not produced any amazing figures in recent years, such as John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher, and Kieran Richardson are already the best that have emerged from the youth team Talent, they have just become important members of the first team, and they are still a little short of the top level.

Secondly, Ferguson introduced Rooney with 2004 million pounds in the summer of 2700, which has exhausted the club's reserve funds. After that, Ferguson never received a large amount of signing funds.

There are no more powerful talents in the ladder team in the club, and there is not enough funds to introduce suitable players. Under the double pressure, the only thing Ferguson can do is to make it difficult for the overage players to continue to fight on the front line. In addition, he began to train young people who he thought were qualified to grow up.

In the 2005-06 season, Manchester United's lack of success finally reached its peak. At this time, Ronando just happened to be at the right time...

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"The red-blue battle that the whole of England is watching is about to kick off! Today's referee is an experienced international referee Graham Ball. The most famous of the 19 elite Premier League referees. Graham Ball has participated in the enforcement of the 2000 European Cup and the 2002 World Cup, and was the referee of the 2000 Champions League semi-finals and the 2002 Europa League final ..."

The game is scheduled for Sunday evening at 17:[-], which is definitely considered a prime time during the start of the Premier League.

In the 12th round of the league before this, one game at noon on Saturday, one game in the afternoon, one game in the evening, one game in the afternoon on Sunday, and one game in the evening, plus the Manchester United vs. Chelsea in the evening, exactly ten games, Among them, only the five games on Saturday afternoon are played at the same time, and the remaining five games are all at separate times. The time slots for the three games on Saturday night, Sunday evening, and evening are the best, except for England fans. It is also suitable for fans all over the world to watch live broadcasts on TV.

The commentator at the Old Trafford stadium focused on the situation of the referee on duty, which is rare. The main reason is that Graham Ball is really famous and has the reputation of "the first referee in the Premier League". To be honest, this first referee is somewhat misnamed, and many non-British stars don't buy him.

Graham Ball has another, more widespread reputation: "The Premier League referee who likes to protect England internationals most".

(End of this chapter)