Chapter 167 Abu's Expectations

Now is the time for Chelsea to be complacent and, as in previous seasons, they have invested heavily in the transfer market to supplement their squad.

Shevchenko, Mikel, Bola Luz, Kalu, the names of these players are put together, even if they sell Damien Duff and others to recover 18 million pounds, Chelsea will not Undoubtedly, it has become the largest player in the transfer spending of the Premier League and even Europe this summer.

Among the players coming, the most crucial ones are Shevchenko and Ballack.

Shevchenko is undoubtedly one of the top strikers in world football. He is the absolute core of AC Milan. He has become the top scorer in Serie A for two seasons. Last year, he also won the top honor of European players - Golden Ball. Award, which brought him to the pinnacle of his personal career.

He is without a doubt the best star in the world.

Ballack is even more worth looking forward to than Shevchenko. He is the captain of the German team. He is the absolute core of Bayern Munich and the German national team. He is the best star in Germany. Top in the world.

Not only that, Chelsea are still trying to get Ashley Cole to join him. In the world, Ashley Cole may not be as famous as the first two, but he is undoubtedly the best side in England after 2000. The defender, or even one of them, can be removed, especially since he is only 26 years old, and he is at the peak of an upright professional player. The addition of such a player can greatly enhance Chelsea's ability to defend and attack on the wing.

Of course, Ashley Cole's worth is definitely not low.

If this transfer is finalized, then Chelsea's transfer fee investment and pure expenditure will create a new record since Abramovich took over at Stamford Bridge.

Under such circumstances, Chelsea's high spirits can be imagined.

Their goal in the new season will undoubtedly be to charge towards the Premier League and UEFA Champions League double-line champions, but at the same time, they are also very unhappy considering the previous results, two consecutive seasons. They all lost to the teams led by Wan Sheng in the league competition, and they could only rank second in the Premier League. In the UEFA Champions League, their performance was also unsatisfactory, with a top four and a top sixteen. This is not even as good as Chelsea led by Rutherin in the 0304 season.

So before getting the shock double-line championship. They have to prove something with the game.

The match against Manchester City this time can be said to be in the right hands. They just want to take revenge in the first game and let everyone in the world see whether Chelsea is stronger, Chelsea is stronger, or Chelsea is stronger! !

The two sides met in the first leg at Stamford Bridge.

Before the game, the London media had tried their best to build momentum for the game. Played the slogan of 'foundation'. The 'Battle of the Foundation' is to lay the cornerstone of Chelsea's victory.

Then they did not forget to use Wan Sheng's 'slogan' to help Chelsea promote.

"Last season, at this time, Wan Sheng said that Manchester City's goal was the league title. Now it's Chelsea's turn to say that. Chelsea's goal is the league title, the Champions League title! The king of Europe! Now it's Chelsea The first step to winning the title, opponents, Manchester City!"

"Chelsea want to win a good start. To prove to the English fans who is the strongest club in the Premier League! Manchester City just won a league title. It is impossible to always have good results with luck and momentum, everything has to be done. Speak according to strength! The season has not yet started, but we can already look forward to Chelsea's championship!"

"This is a good opportunity to prove it! The defending champion will be shot in the first game, and the team's morale will be boosted!"

"Chelsea introduced a number of superstars in the summer. Ballack joined at the end of May. Now Chelsea has completed a transfer that shocked the world football. They are worth 50 million euros from AC Milan to Ukraine." Nuclear warhead', last year's Ballon d'Or winner Andrei Shevchenko! Today's Chelsea has all the best stars on the planet!"

"Shevchenko, Ballack, Drogba, Makelele, Lampard, Terry, Robben..."

"A few seasons ago, Real Madrid liked to call them the Galactico, but now, Chelsea are the real warships, but maybe it's more appropriate to call them the 'Blue Warships'!"

The London media, who support Chelsea, are desperately trying to prove that Chelsea is good enough to beat any team they meet, which naturally includes Manchester City.

The same is true within Chelsea.

Club President Roman Abramovich is very much looking forward to the new season. He was disappointed in the first two seasons. His expectation was to 'conquer Europe', but Mourinho led the team without even conquering England. While Rinho led the team, Abramovich also knew that what he thought was too simple before. European football clubs, especially European giants, are not easy to deal with. It is not to put together a few stars and bring a top player. If you have a good coach, the team can have good results. What Chelsea lacks is that kind of heritage, like Arsenal and AC Milan last season. Arsenal's strength is not bad. They can enter the Champions League final with a momentum. , but in the final is it not easy to lose to AC Milan?

This is the stark difference in the strength of the two teams!

Chelsea last season seemed to have excellent players in every position, but in fact, they were no better than other teams. For Manchester City, the league champions, Anelka in the frontcourt was no weaker than DeRo. Ba, Morris is not worse than Lampard, Distin, Dunn, etc., not much worse than Terry and Carvalle. Even if Chelsea players are expensive, a transfer will increase the player's value. , Second, Chelsea introduces players who have a 'championship halo' and are in their prime. When they come to the real game, they are not necessarily much better than the blue-collar players in the top game.

This may also be an important reason why Chelsea cannot conquer England and Europe with absolute strength.

So it is the key to introduce a few real superstars, such as Barcelona, ​​they have the famous Ronaldinho, such as AC Milan, they have superstars such as Shevchenko, Kaka, Pirlo, such as Bayern Munich, they have Ballack and almost all of the German football market, almost all German players will want to join Bayern Munich. They will not be short of great players.

In comparison, who has Chelsea?

Lampard, Drogba? No, there is still a gap between them and the real top stars.

So this summer, Abramovich took great care to bring Ballack and Shevchenko. There is no difference between Chelsea and the top giants now! ?

Summer splurge. It's enough to explain to the fans, and the rest of the work is up to this season.

Now Chelsea will use the game to prove the rise of England's new giants!

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Abramovich is confident in the first game against Manchester City. His pride lies in the joining of the two superstars Shevchenko and Ballack, and he has already planned to watch the game in person.

But Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has a headache for the team.

Most importantly, Shevchenko.

Shevchenko is not the player he needs. The reason why Chelsea want to buy Shevchenko is the idea of ​​club president Roman Abramovich.

No one had ever been on his team before. But it's different now. Because he failed to lead the team to the desired result (the first in the league) for two seasons, Abramovich has not trusted him so much, and then it is inevitable that the strong chairman will point fingers at the team.

Shevchenko can be said to be forced into the Chelsea team by Abramovich, but Mourinho on the surface still welcomes the addition of Shevchenko. After all, this is the world's top striker, but The arrangement of the shooter has become a problem.

First of all, whether Shevchenko can adapt to Chelsea tactics in a short time. Whether it can be quickly integrated into the team is a headache.

Chelsea tactics are not that complicated. The formation is 442 and 433. Choose one of the two. Mourinho said to the public, "Which one is easy to use", in fact, he also thinks so, but even if the tactics are not so complicated, it is necessary to Adaptation, some small tactical coordination, etc., all need to be done step by step, especially Shevchenko has just entered the team, and he has almost no tacit understanding with his teammates. If he wants to play for Chelsea, it will take a long time. time.

In addition, even if the Ukrainian adapts to Chelsea, can he adapt to the Premier League?

This is a very crucial question.

The Premier League is different from Serie A. The confrontation of the league ranks first in the world of football. Many players from other leagues cannot adapt to the Premier League. This is also the reason why there are many top scorers in other leagues, but English clubs like to use English players. one.

Shevchenko has played in the Italian league for a few years. It is not easy to adapt to the Premier League, but the key problem is that Mourinho cannot put him on the bench for a long time, because this is a player Abramovich is optimistic about. , and even has a very good personal relationship with Abramovich. He is also a heavyweight star introduced by Chelsea for 50 million euros.

50 million euro star, sitting on the bench for a long time? Even Mourinho himself felt unreasonable.

Now that we are about to enter the league, and we are about to play against Manchester City, how to arrange Shevchenko has become a problem. Mourinho has thought about it carefully, or he can only choose to include Shevchenko in the squad and release it. In the starting lineup, after all, whether Shevchenko can adapt is only in doubt, this has not been confirmed, and he also hopes that the Ukrainian star can perform well.

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Wan Sheng didn't know that Mourinho was troubled by Chelsea's 'superstar'. If he knew, he would definitely smile wryly, because he also hopes to have this 'happy trouble'.

He doesn't worry about his opponents, but he still had a smile on his face when he saw Shevchenko on Chelsea's starting line-up before the game.

As a cross-person, especially a cross-person who likes football in his previous life, Wansheng is very clear about Shevchenko's performance after moving to Chelsea. He is not even as good as Mikel, Kalu and other second-tier stars. After three seasons in Chelsea , back to AC Milan, AC Milan are not willing to spend any transfer fee to buy him.

It can be said that Shevchenko's joining Chelsea is the beginning of the end of his career, so it can be imagined how much he will perform in the first league game of the Premier League.

Outside media have said that Manchester City needs to "beware" of Shevchenko's outbreak, but in fact, when Wansheng is setting up the team's defense, the player that he focuses on is still Drogba.

Compared with Shevchenko, the better and better Mr. Warcraft is even more terrifying.

In the locker room of the visiting team at Stamford Bridge, Wan Sheng put down the starting roster, and then said to all the players, "You have to focus on Drogba, you know how to defend him, right?"

Koppelle - Ferreira and Dunn and others all nodded. They are no strangers to Drogba. They played against Chelsea twice last season, enough for them to have the experience of defending Drogba.

"What about Sheva?" Joey Barton asked.

"Also pay attention, but you don't need to focus on marking, I think their midfield will be more threatening." The midfield composed of Lampard and Ballack is of course very threatening!

In fact, there is no way for Wansheng to do this. Chelsea has too many stars, such as Drogba, Lampard, Ballack, all have to focus on marking, even on the wing, Chelsea still has Robben and Wright-Phillips With such a genius, it is impossible for them to focus on marking all the opponent's stars. In this case, they must have selective marking.

What Wansheng means by saying this is that when defending Drogba and Shevchenko at the same time, focus on defending Drogba and let go of Shevchenko. This is related to the choice of players on the field, and also Probably directly related to goal safety.

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Abramovich sat in the VIP room early and waited for the game to start.

Waddle sat with him.

The two only know each other. For a few seasons, Chelsea and Manchester City have met, and sometimes they have both come, and they will sit together, after all, they are presidents of their respective clubs.

In previous seasons, Abramovich would have the last laugh, because Manchester City was no match for Chelsea at all.

Last season was different. Manchester City and Chelsea played against each other twice, with one win and one draw, gaining an advantage. When Abramovich saw Wadder again, the expression on his face was not good.

But Abramovich was still smiling because he believed the victory belonged to Chelsea.

Waddle smiled too.

Manchester City was the league champion last season. This is Manchester City's first league game against Chelsea. It's hard to say who wins and who loses. He believes in 10,000 wins, but maybe that young Chinese doesn't have a 100% certainty to win, right? So he came with a mindset of failure.

If you lose, you lose!

Waddell has been the chairman of Manchester City for so many years. He has lost too many games, and it doesn't matter at all. He came with the mentality of appreciating the game, and also wanted to see the specific situation of Manchester City in the new season.

This kind of mentality will relax a lot, so his smile is very sincere.

The two politely shook hands, then returned to their seats and looked at the arena through the windows.

At this time both players are playing.

Abramovich's smile grew even stronger, because he saw Andrei Shevchenko, the best fellow in European football, in the starting lineup. He spent 50 million euros, but he didn't just buy one The superstar can also bring the most admired 'compatriot' to Chelsea and build a dynasty with him, which also makes him think that the money is very worthwhile.

Now he is already looking forward to Shevchenko's performance. (To be continued ~^~)