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Chapter 433 The start of the Triple Crown!
Seeing the wild celebrations of the Manchester United players, the Chelsea fans at home were silent. At this moment, only the Manchester United fans who occupied the corner of Stamford Bridge were cheering.

Unbridled cheers!
Just now when Chelsea took the lead, the fans of the home team held up the model of the league championship trophy and mocked the Manchester United fans. Of course, the Manchester United fans will not forget it, but they themselves did not expect happiness to come so suddenly!

beep! ! !
At this time, the referee Boll also blew the whistle for the end of the game. The England golden whistle will also officially announce his retirement after this game, and his last game of law enforcement was also passed because of this game. The key significance of the game, as well as the soul-stirring process, will be recorded in the history of the Premier League!

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Chelsea 4:4 Manchester United!

The two sides ended in a draw. In this case, with only the last round of the league remaining, Manchester United still leads Chelsea by 3 points. These 3 points seem to be a huge gap, which is in the hearts of Chelsea people. Everyone knows , Chelsea want to win, there is only a theoretical possibility.

This requires that Leeds United can beat Manchester United away in the league final game, while Chelsea need to beat Everton at home.

It's just that this kind of pinning hope on Leeds United and others, the fate cannot be controlled by oneself, no one will have too much confidence.

Some Chelsea fans even had tears in their eyes. To be honest, the Chelsea players performed very well in this game, but the result was not ideal.

The Chelsea players stood on the field dejectedly, staring blankly at the celebrating Manchester United players. Although it was only a draw, it was no less than a vital victory for Manchester United. In the final game of the league three days later, the pressure was relieved a lot, because Manchester United only needed a draw to defend the league title!
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Mourinho shook hands with Ferguson with a gloomy face. The gloomy face of the madman was in stark contrast to Ferguson's cheerful smile. Mourinho and Ferguson fought against each other for another season, but at the crucial moment, they failed to grasp Wait, seeing the undisguised smile of this old Scottish man at this moment, one can imagine the unhappiness in his heart.

The hands of the two simply touched each other, and then they let go. There was no possibility for them to chat and talk about the old days.

Ferguson didn't comfort Mourinho either, and he didn't know how to comfort him.You can't say "It's nothing, there are two more championships to fight for?" This is not consolation, it's just rubbing salt on the other side's wounds.More importantly, Chelsea's opponent in the following two championships, the FA Cup and the Champions League, is still Manchester United. Ferguson can't say such dejected words. Manchester United is now heading towards the goal of the treble.

Moreover, although Manchester United is almost certain to win the league championship, anything is possible before the final round of the league. Ferguson doesn't want to talk too much and leave Mourinho with the opportunity to attack. You must know this The Portuguese are equally 'sharp-mouthed'.

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"The second goal scored by Li Rui is his 36th league goal in the league this season. Record?!"

"Ferguson must thank Li Rui. This young man once again scored a key goal when the team needed someone to stand up. His fiery state is undoubtedly the best news for Manchester United to hit the treble! " said the narrator.

As the narrator said, the Scottish old man is really satisfied with Li Rui, and it can be said that he is grateful. The Manchester United coach high-fives every student. For Li Rui, the old man gave Li Rui an extra "gift" in addition to the high-five celebration. He patted Li Rui on the shoulder and praised him a few words.

Scored twice, raising the number of goals in the league to 36. More importantly, helping the team squeeze Chelsea down again on the road to defending the league title. On the road to the Triple Crown, Manchester United's A 'draw' is crucial, and Li Rui has reason to be happy about all of this.

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"Lee!" Rooney's voice came from behind.

Li Rui looked back at his forward partner, the little fat man was smiling like a harmless little Maitreya Buddha.

"You seem to have said that breaking the league scoring record will be a treat—" the little fat man licked his lips.

Li Rui knew at a glance that this guy was thinking about delicious Chinese food, and Rooney's immunity to food was almost zero.Just as Li Rui was about to say something, Fletcher booed beside him, "Guys, to celebrate breaking the scoring record, Li invites everyone to eat Chinese food."

Li Rui has already held many banquets at his home, which also made his teammates who had never tasted Chinese food before hooked and fell in love with this delicacy. Hearing what Fletcher said, everyone burst into cheers.

Li Rui looked at his teammates, "Are you sure you want to treat me now?"

"Why not?" cried the little fat man.

"If you ask me, guys. My plan is to win the big game, I'm going to throw a big party, bigger than ever before! Don't forget, we have three more games, of which There is the most important game."

"Athens!" Everyone shouted loudly!

"Very good, haha, it seems that everyone has no objections."

Everyone joked that Li Rui was stingy, but everyone cheered up. Indeed, there are still three games waiting for them. Among them, there is one game for everyone, especially young people like Li Rui. The player, the dream that has always been——

On May 2007.5.23, 2006, the Olympic Stadium in Athens, the 2007-[-] season Champions Cup final!
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Manchester United drew Chelsea 4:4 in an away game, almost cutting off the last chance for Chelsea to make a comeback in the league. In the words of the "Daily Mirror", "I am afraid that only God can stop Manchester United from defending the league title now!" '.

And Li Rui scored twice in this game, raising his league goals this season to 36. With one round left in the league, he kept Alan Shearer and Andy Cole in the Premier League. The record of 34 goals scored in a single season in the league has been improved by two goals.

In the major media reports on the second day, Li Rui once again became the headline figure of the major media after a week after helping Manchester United beat AC Milan to enter the Champions League final.For a time the limelight was the same.

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As for Mourinho's Chelsea, who may be runner-up in the league for the second consecutive season, and Manchester United to defend the league title, the media in England are also very conflicted.

On the one hand, many media have a "gloating" attitude towards the failure of the Blue Army.Although it has been four years since Abramovich took over Chelsea.There are still many people who look down on this "upstart" who made their fortunes from rubles.The big and small newspapers in England are still keen to describe how Abramovich took advantage of the disintegration of the Soviet Union to make a fortune, while the purchase of Chelsea by Russian rich men seems to be more inclined to 'money laundering' in disguise.

How should I put it, the media's lack of love for Chelsea is quite normal. After all, everyone has a more or less hatred of the rich. Facing Chelsea's transformation from a high debt to a "super upstart" almost overnight , other clubs in the Premier League, including Manchester United, Arsenal, and established giants such as Liverpool, are more or less jealous.

The English media even used the gimmick of "maintaining the pure blood of the Premier League" to sell newspapers by mocking Chelsea. The most famous thing was that the "Evening Standard" in London at that time was half joking and half mocking——

In addition to spending money to buy players, Abramovich is also preparing to acquire fashion guru Armani to design Chelsea's jerseys for the new season - acquire media tycoon Murdoch to publish Chelsea's new season "Guide to Watching Games" - of course, It is also necessary to acquire Campbell, the chief think tank of Prime Minister Blair, as Chelsea's public relations consultant-finally, don't forget to acquire F1 car king Michael Schumacher as the driver of the Chelsea team bus...

This shows how serious Fleet Street's lack of love for Chelsea has become.

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However, this time, although the media is gloating that Chelsea may become the 'second child' again in the league this season, the media does not like Manchester United's chances of defending the Premier League title. I have already won the league championship, and if I win the championship again this season, I will inevitably suffer from 'aesthetic fatigue'. In the media's opinion, it is best for Arsenal or Liverpool, or even Tottenham Hotspur to compete for the championship. Of course, Chelsea If you can win the championship, it is not unacceptable.

As for Manchester United, of course, there are still many media who want to see Manchester United achieve the great cause of the Triple Crown.After all, it is good to witness the birth of a dynasty. Of course, the media prefers to talk about witnessing the destruction of a dynasty, but, no matter what, the dynasty must be established first, and then there will be a day of destruction.

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Two days after the media hyped Manchester United and Li Rui, before the final game of the 2006-2007 season, the focus of the media's attention shifted to London again.

The "Guardian" first broke the news that Chelsea relied on Russian billionaire Abramovich to issue an ultimatum to the team's coach Mourinho. If Chelsea can't beat Manchester United in the Champions League final on May 5 Holding up the 'big ear cup', Mourinho will be fired.

After the "Guardian", many media also followed suit and reported on it, making a lot of hype.

In fact, this kind of media hype is not without any basis. Although Abramovich's Chelsea has won a league championship and an FA Cup in the past few years, especially in the two years after Mourinho took over Manchester United. The championship can be regarded as a great success. However, the establishment of a dynasty and the birth of a giant are not enough for one or two league titles. The entire English football world refuses to recognize Chelsea's achievements and status.

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Abramovich knew that in order to silence those people, the best way was to be the most important champion, and that was the champion of the Champions Cup!At that time, with the accumulation of the league champions, after winning the Champions League, Chelsea can be considered to have won great honor for the Premier League, and their status in English football will also be greatly changed.

And this season's Champions League final is between Manchester United and Chelsea. The 'Big Ear Cup' has been booked by the Premier League team, and the whole of England is already celebrating ahead of time. From the perspective of Chelsea club executives, this is definitely an honor for Chelsea to win. If Chelsea can step on the corpse of the veteran Premier League overlord Manchester United and reach the top of Europe, is there anything more convincing than this? ! !

Therefore, Chelsea is also determined to win the Champions League this time. This is even confirmed by the news circulating in the Chelsea dressing room. Some Chelsea players privately disclosed the news to the well-connected media. With 4 draws and Chelsea basically missing the league title, the mysterious Russian owner of the team came to the dressing room after the game. Instead of getting angry at the team's disadvantage in the league, he threw out a heavy championship bonus The bait, encouraging the players to win the Champions League final against Manchester United, will bring the 'big ear cup' back to Stamford Bridge.

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Everyone confirmed a signal, that is, Abramovich can no longer bear the team's failure to win the Champions League after investing hundreds of millions of pounds successively, and can't bear the sarcasm of the media ridiculing him as being taken advantage of.

In addition, there is another saying that Abramovich had an irreconcilable conflict with Mourinho in the use of Shevchenko. Abramovich insisted that the team put Shevchenko in the The starting position, even if he can't score goals, and Mourinho believes that players with poor performance and poor form should be on the bench and leave opportunities to others.

And all these contradictions are temporarily hidden, but once Chelsea loses the Champions League, it will explode in an all-round way.

Therefore, the media and fans still have certain reasons for their recognition of the statement that Mourinho is likely to leave once Chelsea fail to win the Champions League.

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On May 5, the day before the league finale, the entire Leeds United team arrived in Manchester by bus to prepare for the next day's league match against Manchester United, which was also the second round of the season's 'Wars of the Roses'.

Li Rui didn't know that the Leeds United team had arrived in Manchester when he saw the sports news on TV when he was having dinner at home. He was thinking about calling Alan Lennon and the others, but it was a bit Hesitant, after all, the next match is the opponent, so if you call at this time, do you need to avoid suspicion?

'Damn, what's wrong with calling your friends? ! Li Rui patted his head and laughed at his mother-in-law. He was sitting in the living room. When he was about to make a call, his cell phone rang. When he saw the number, Li Rui was delighted. This is Neil Gilckney mobile phone number.

After connecting to the phone, there were a few ghost screams over there. Li Rui heard the noise over there, and it took him a while to realize that it wasn't just Neil Kirkney, it seemed that Alan Lennon and Miller Na was also on the phone.

A few guys bluffed and said congratulations to Li Rui for creating a new league scoring record of 36 goals, and congratulations to Li Rui for a perfect season.

This congratulation made Li Rui a little confused. There is still one more round in the league. This congratulation is too early. He thought about it and laughed. The guys on the other end of the phone, this is also a "curse" in a different way Li Rui won't score in tomorrow's game against Leeds United. If he only scored 36 goals in the league, doesn't that mean he won't be able to score in tomorrow's match between Manchester United and Leeds United?

These guys!

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"Hey, you want to prevent me from scoring? It's just a dream." Li Rui said with a laugh.

"No, we are just concerned about you. Don't you still have the FA Cup final and the Champions Cup final to play?" The other end of the phone explained with a smile.

Li Rui snorted, these guys, they just want to distract themselves.

We chatted for a while longer, before hanging up the phone.

Neil Gilckney suddenly asked, "Will you win the Champions League final against Chelsea?"

"Yes!" Li Rui replied without thinking.

"That's good." Neil Gilckney suddenly didn't speak to Li Rui in that joking tone, but said seriously, "For the championship, for your dream, Li Rui, come on!"

"Yes, come on, we will go to the scene to watch the game!"

"Don't be ashamed!"

"come on!"

"European champion, my dream, you boy is ahead of me!"

Li Rui was stunned when he heard what the guys said to each other on the phone. Looking back in time, he seemed to have returned to two years ago when Li Rui was still a green rookie. Met these guys-

"Hey, Li Rui, what is your dream?" During the chat, several guys asked Li Rui.

"Dream, I want to be able to enjoy such a game in the final of the European Champions Cup one day. When the game is over, I can hold the championship trophy and stand on top of Europe!" Li Rui When he said this, his eyes were full of longing.

Hearing what Li Rui said, the guys were all starry-eyed. This is not only Li Rui's dream, but also their dream! !
"Dream - the top of Europe!!" After hanging up the phone, Li Rui's heart felt warm, and he clenched his fists, "My friends, just watch!"

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2007年5月12日，2006-2007赛季英超联赛收官战。

Old Trafford, in the home team dressing room.

"Who can tell me, what is the difference between this game and the games we played before?" The locker room was very quiet. When this scene happened, it showed a situation. Everyone listened with an air of fear.

Everyone was silent when they heard Ferguson's question. After a while, Li Rui raised his hand: "Because this game is a decisive battle, if we win the opponent, we will win the championship."

Everyone nodded and echoed Li Rui, saying that it was indeed what he meant.

Ferguson shook his head, looked at everyone meaningfully, and then said, "Li Rui is only half right. The real difference in this game is—" At this point, Ferguson paused deliberately, selling After closing the gap, he attracted everyone's attention, and after raising his interest, he said word by word, "This game—is——our season—the beginning of the Triple Crown!!"

The old Scottish man bit the word Triple Crown very hard, very hard! !

'Triple Crown'! ! !

Li Rui felt his breathing was short of breath and his heart beat faster. He found that many people looked similar to him. At this time, Li Rui really felt that his hands seemed to be able to touch——

The Triple Crown is really in sight!

Start with this game! !

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At the same time, in the British capital London, Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea's home stadium.In the locker room of the home team, Mourinho is also mobilizing the players for the final pre-war.

"We must win this game." Mourinho's expression was very calm, but everyone could feel the powerful force in the words of the head coach, especially the phrase 'must win'. A little slow, as if it was slowly nailed to the hearts of the players.

No one doubts Mourinho's determination!

No one doubts the team's determination to win this game and win Everton!

"Only if we win, can we win the league title, win Everton, and we can look forward to the miracle of Leeds United beating Manchester United at Old Trafford. I don't want to lie and talk big. In fact, I also I don’t think Leeds United can beat Manchester United.” Mourinho said, hearing what he said, not only the players, but even the assistant coach looked up at him, isn’t this pouring cold water on the players’ confidence in winning the championship?Since Leeds United can't beat Manchester United, Chelsea are still working hard in this game!

However, the players did not speak, waiting for Mourinho's next words, in Chelsea's dressing room, the 'madman' has absolute authority!
"We won Everton, it shows that we didn't give up, we try hard, even if there is a [-]% hope, we are working hard, this is Chelsea, this is what we are going to do, put our hope on others It is stupid to be on the body, but, remember, to win this game, we are saving ourselves, regardless of whether we can win the league championship in the end, if you win this game, you can pat your chest and say to everyone, We have been working hard, we have not given up! We have no regrets!!"

"Win this game, show everyone you are determined, show you are strong! Show you are the best! Whether you can win the league or not, boys! Win this game, win this beautifully Competition! After this, there are two more champions, wait for us! The road to the championship - from now on! Let's fight!!!"

(End of this chapter)