Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 611 Europe 2003: A Game Worth [-] Million Pounds
Since the beginning of this season, "Tinker" Ranieri has done a good job at Chelsea. Although they lost 2-[-] to Arsenal at Highbury in the ninth round, they kept eight wins and two draws in the remaining games. Unbeaten, which also includes an away game against the "Red Army" Liverpool, now ranked No. [-] in the standings, only one point behind Arsenal and one point ahead of Manchester United.

In the last Champions League match, they beat the Serie A powerhouse Lazio [-]-[-] in the away game. The goals of Crespo, Gudjohnsen, Duff and Lampard made Lazio feel ashamed. In addition to the victory, this game is at home again. Chelsea hopes to defeat Newcastle and continue to maintain the pressure on the top team Arsenal!
An hour before the start of the game, Pei Wei appeared in a luxurious box at Stamford Bridge. As is the custom in the Premier League, the chairman of the home team invites the chairman of the visiting team who comes to his home stadium to watch the game in the best box, and Abramovich also He was very interested in Pei Wei, a Chinese who entered the Premier League ahead of him. Naturally, he tried his best to invite him, and Pei Wei had no reason to refuse.

Seeing Pei Wei appearing in the box with Su Mei, Abu, who was accompanied by two bodyguards behind him, immediately greeted him, and stretched out his hand with a smile on his face: "Pei, hello, I'm Roman Abramovich. "

"I'm Pei Wei." Pei Wei also smiled and held Abu's hand, and then looked at this face that can often be seen on TV in later generations. To be honest, if Abu hadn't bought Chelsea, Pei Wei didn't know his face, at least as an ordinary fan at the time, he wasn't very interested in financial oligarchs.

"This is your wife, right? Pei, I envy you for having such a beautiful wife." Abu let go, turned his head and extended his hand to Su Mei.

Su Mei also smiled and shook hands with him: "Nice to meet you."

Abramovich seemed very talkative. After the guest and host sat down, he kept talking about the good relationship between Russia and China, and the prospect of entering the Premier League at the same time as Pei Wei. Go on a cruise on his yacht - "I'm a guy who likes friends, Pei, and I appreciate your courage and style in Hong Kong and Google's acquisition." These are his exact words.

"The Chinese have always been a nation that likes to make friends. Roman, in the transfer market before the season, we did not have any conflicts... I am very happy to see that you have dug Duff and Veron from Manchester United " Pei Wei shrugged his shoulders: "I think we should be friends...don't we?"

Abu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed—at least on the surface, he is a bold person.

"Let's enjoy the game." Pei Wei pointed to the players from both sides who had started to walk on the field below: "This is a game worth [-] million pounds... No, it's not even more than that, football is like this now, giants, It’s all piled up with money.”

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Ranieri retained the main lineup of the previous big victory over Lazio in this game, goalkeeper Cudicini, right back Johnson, left back Bridge, center back partnered by Gallas and Terry, midfielder Petty Te, Veron, Lampard and Duff, the striker is the partner of Crespo and Mutu.

On the other hand, Newcastle seems to be a bit stretched. Dyer and Shearer both felt unwell before the game and could only sit in the stands. Woodgate was also injured and unable to play, so Mourinho returned the starting lineup to [-]. , goalkeeper Shay Wen, defender Kufuor, Dawson, Lucio and Hart, midfielder Makelele, Janus, Robert and Nie Fei, Ibrahimovic and Viduka appeared on the forward line.

Bellamy sits on the bench with a straight face. The main force of Newcastle last season has only scored one goal since the beginning of this season, and more often appears on the bench, which makes this talented striker with a weird temper Now the temper is even bigger.

Among Newcastle's four forwards, Shearer is the absolute main force. Ibrahimovic has firmly occupied a main force position by virtue of his technical and organizational skills. In the competition for the first substitute, Bellamy has no temper Lost to Viduka - Viduka is diligent enough to partner with any striker on the field, he can cover Ibrahimovic, and can also be a coolie for Shearer, but what about Bellamy?He needs to take the ball to break through, but now Newcastle has the most balls from Nie Fei and Ibrahimovic. He has no header ability in front of the goal, and he can't even find his own position in Newcastle's offensive system, so among the four forwards The only fast forward, Bellamy, became the person with the least playing time.

It's not that Mourinho didn't give him a chance. He used him to partner with Shearer in the first few games of the season, but he never integrated into Newcastle's offensive system. For the sake of performance, he can only release this speedy shooter. on the bench.

At the beginning of the game, Chelsea, who have the advantage of home ground, launched an attack amid the shouts of [-] fans at home. After possession of the ball in midfield, Duff received a pass from Veron and crossed away from Kufuor. After defending, he kicked a volley from the front of the penalty area, and the ball was saved by Shay Wen.

Just 2 minutes later, it was Veron's goal in midfield. Lampard took a long shot from 30 meters away from the goal. Bottom line, the Chelsea fans sighed and then continued to shout loudly.

After withstood Chelsea's offensive, Newcastle launched a counterattack. After receiving the ball from Makelele in the middle, Nie Fei dribbled the ball from the right and crossed it. Nurse, Janus passed a direct pass to Ibrahimovic in front, and Ibrahimovic knocked the ball beautifully to Robert on the wing. Robert still found a gap under Johnson's defense and passed the ball into the penalty area. Vidu Ka jumped up to head the ball, and the ball was pushed out by Terry first.

The ball flew to the outside of the penalty area, Janus did not stop the ball and shot directly from a long distance, the ball was blocked by Cudicini, and then he reacted quickly and got up and pressed the ball under him, without giving Viduka a chance to make a follow-up shot .

"Well, Cudicini is still a very reliable goalkeeper, loyal, capable, and able to endure the loneliness of the bench... Although Italy has no super goalkeeper after Buffon, there are still many generally reliable goalkeepers , except for a few that are not very reliable... This is the traditional strength, Italy produces goalkeepers and defenders and nine and a half, England produces wingers and tall center forwards, Germany produces cores with leadership qualities, Brazil and Argentina produce technical skills Genius... We in China also want to increase our own traditions." Pei Wei rubbed his chin and thought.

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After the introduction of so many famous stars, I have to say that Ranieri's transformation of Chelsea is still quite successful. It is not an easy task to be able to hit Lazio at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, although their current strength has declined sharply. , but still a strong team in Serie A.

Veron, the midfielder who has not shown his ability to be comparable to Zidane in Serie A since he came to the Premier League, was entrusted by Ranieri to play the role of Chelsea's midfield metronome, with Lampard in front Charged with Duff and protected by Petit behind him, although he still has not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League, since the beginning of this season, Veron has gradually recovered the demeanor of the No. [-] attacking midfielder in Serie A.

In this game, Veron's just-right distribution of the ball in the midfield caused a lot of trouble for Newcastle's defense. Under his distribution, Chelsea's two full-backs frequently stepped in, and there was Lampard's forward in the middle. Insertion and Mutu's retracement, their combination of side and center play made Newcastle's defense a bit difficult.

Game No.204 minutes.

Veron takes the ball in the middle, and then looks up to observe the situation on the field. This is one of his characteristics. He must stop the ball at his feet and then organize the attack, and the rhythm of the entire team's attack will also unconsciously slow down. Come down, maybe this is why Veron has not been able to adapt to the Premier League. After all, in the fast-paced Premier League, a midfielder like Veron is simply an outlier.

At least Ferguson can't use such a midfielder, but obviously, the Italian Ranieri will use such a midfielder.

Janus rushed towards Veron, but Veron easily controlled the ball, then found a gap, and kicked it straight to Duff who was pulled to the middle.

After receiving the ball, Duff broke into the penalty area. Hart pulled out from the side to defend him, but Duff did not continue to break through. Bridge.

Bridge, who was unguarded, dribbled the ball to the bottom line in one breath, and then made a pass!

"Look at me one by one!" Ji Wen yelled, there are already three Chelsea players in the penalty area, and missing one may cause a big impact.

Dawson stared at Crespo, Lucio stared at Mutu, and Kufuor ran into the penalty area to stare at Lampard. Since the beginning of this season, Newcastle's defense has responded much faster.

Mutu jumped up at the front point and failed to hit the ball. Crespo jumped up in the middle and failed to hit the ball. The ball directly bypassed all the players in the penalty area and fell to the back point!
Glenn Johnson catches the ball in the back!I don't know when this right back has rushed into Newcastle's penalty area, and Robert missed it!

Johnson, who was unguarded, stopped the ball with his chest, and then immediately turned around and volleyed!

The ball flew past Ji Wen's face and hit the top of the net fiercely!
PS: Update for ticket 570.

Wu Zhe said: "Normal heart, ordinary heart..."

(End of this chapter)