The strongest winger

Chapter 550 Manchester United VS Chelsea

Since Ballack reached an agreement with Valencia on a free transfer to Chelsea half a day before the end of the summer transfer window, that is to say, he did not participate in Chelsea's team training and could not follow the team to participate in the game, so he sat in the stands in the sixth round of the home game against Blackburn.

Let him watch the team's game at close range, accompanied by the team's tactical coach, let him integrate into the team as soon as possible through actual combat, and understand the essence of the team's tactical play.

Although Mourinho does not want Ballack to play games in the near future, he must integrate into the team when the league enters a fierce stage, because the African Cup will be held in Ghana in January next year, which means that the team's two-dollar midfielders Mikel and Essien will miss Chelsea's entire January game.

In the final league match at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea relied on Aiello's free kick and John Terry's corner kick at home to reverse Blackburn 2:1 at home, winning six consecutive victories since the start of the league and continuing to hold the top spot.

In the other two focus battles at the same time, Manchester United relied on Cristiano Ronaldo's long-range shot to beat Everton 1-0, while Arsenal beat Tottenham 3-1 in the North London derby.

After this round of the league, the Premier League's top four began to focus on the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week. However, the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage is the easiest for Chelsea, because their opponent is Rosenborg, who is equivalent to a point-giving boy.

The other Premier League top three are basically strong teams in the first round. Manchester United challenged Sporting Lisbon away, Arsenal challenged Valencia away, and Liverpool played Porto at home.

No matter which game it is, the game is not easy to play.

But what is surprising is that Chelsea, which is considered the best player, had a problem at home against Rosenborg. If not relying on Aiello's breakthrough at the last moment to cause panic in Rosenberg's defense, Essien would not have taken advantage of the chaos in the penalty area to score the ball.

In the end, it was difficult to win the game 1:1.

At the regular press conference after the game, Mourinho broke out: "Our players have not come out of the past winning streak at all. They always thought that they were the best players on the planet! If it weren't for Michael's goal at the last moment, we would have lost to Rosenborg at home! It's not so much that this game was tied by Rosenborg, it's better to say that our game attitude was not correct..."

At the same time, another Premier League team, Liverpool, drew 1:1 at home to Porto, and also failed to get off to a good start. Other giants like AC Milan, Real Madrid and other teams all won the first round of the group stage, making a good start for the six rounds of the group stage.

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In the first group match of the UEFA Champions League in the new season, he was tied 1:1 by the visiting team Rosenborg, which made it difficult for Mourinho to accept. It would be reasonable to say that he was tied by a team of Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern Munich.

Therefore, players who participated in the UEFA Champions League group stage against Rosenborg at home were punished. Even Aiello and Essien, who helped the team equalize the score, were within the scope of punishment.

If it was put in the past, maybe Mourinho would not be so angry, but the Champions League group stage will be followed by an away game against Manchester United. This is related to this season's Premier League championship, so naturally it cannot be sloppy.

In the UEFA Champions League group match against Rosenborg at home, many players' game attitudes were not correct, and it's time to beat them.

Therefore, before the game against Manchester United, the team conducted a three-day closed training, and the media was also affected. Because of the closed training, they were unable to get in touch with the players, let alone interviews.

If you lose your horse, you will know it is not a blessing. This sentence is really good.

Chelsea, which had a draw at home, conducted closed training. In addition to being unable to interview reporters, it was also difficult to pass on outside news, so it saved a lot of trouble.

Among them, Aiello, who criticized Chelsea's number one worth, was the most vocal, because his performance in the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the past two seasons was extremely good.

For the media who are used to Aiello averaging one or two goals per game, it is naturally a good false head, but... because of Mourinho's punishment plan, he went bankrupt in advance.

The results of the second match day of the first round of the Champions League group stage also came out. Manchester United relied on Cristiano Ronaldo's goal to help Manchester United beat Sporting Lisbon 1-0 in the away game, and Arsenal also defeated the defending champion Valencia 1-0 in the away game with the goal of Robin van Persie, who took over Henry's goal banner.

When Aiello saw that Valencia was kicked by Arsenal at home, he subconsciously shook his head. If he was in the team, when would it be Arsenal's turn to show off in Mestalla?
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After the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage was over, the media's attention returned to their respective leagues, and so did the media in England. This time, their attention was focused on the upcoming battle at Old Trafford, the direct confrontation between last season's league champions and league runners-up.

Manchester United VS Chelsea.

This round of the league is also the second red-blue battle since the start of the new season of the Premier League. The last round of the red-blue battle was the third round of the league. Chelsea challenged Liverpool away and won the game with Aiello's away hat-trick.

After three rounds, the seventh round of the league was a battle between red and blue, and the interesting thing was Chelsea's away challenge.

Before the game, many media were more optimistic about Manchester United, because with the end of the international match day, the overall performance of Manchester United players was better than that of Chelsea players, and in addition to the just-concluded first round of the Champions League group stage, the competitive status of the two teams was not at the same level, so...

This round of the league not only attracted a lot of attention from the Chinese media, but also many journalists from Spain, which had never happened before.

Although the British media are not very optimistic about Chelsea's away game, the Spanish and Chinese media are very optimistic, especially the local media in Valencia, Spain.

They believe that as long as Ai Luo's condition is normal, then Chelsea can at least be invincible in the away game.

If you look at the lineup, it is true. As long as Chelsea’s performance in the away game is normal, everything is possible, but the problem is that their state is still unknown. Therefore, Mourinho quickly carried out closed training after the first round of the Champions League with Rosenborg. This is not only to punish the players, but also to adjust the state of the team.

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Before the seventh round of the league with Manchester United, Mourinho announced the end of three consecutive days of closed training, and the team was able to get in touch with the outside world. As the battering ram of the team, Aiello naturally received the most interviews.

In the face of interviews from the Spanish media, Aiello directly expressed his confidence in this game: "This is just an ordinary league game. I believe the final result will be the same as when I faced Barcelona and Real Madrid in Valencia. I will win..."

Although Aiello was interviewed by the Spanish media, in this world of information circulation, his remarks quickly reached the ears of Manchester United players. In addition to the Community Shield game at the beginning of the season, Manchester United players were already very speechless to Aiello. Faced with Ailuo's remarks, as long as they are not too excessive, they naturally turn a blind eye.

Other players are used to Aiello's "arrogant" remarks when interviewed by reporters, but Tevez, who was on loan from West Ham United at the beginning of the season, couldn't stand it. When he was interviewed by the media, he thought he was very domineering. Said: "Although he (Aiello) is very strong, he is not invincible. Don't forget, this is Old Trafford, this is our territory, so we should win Manchester United!"

Sure enough, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!

The media who paid attention to the game before the game were naturally divided into two factions.

The London media believed that Chelsea, the visiting team, would win, while the local media in Manchester believed that Manchester United was the winner of this game. After all, this is a league game played at Old Trafford.

Of course, the local media in London has more theories.

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As we all know, all historical records can only be used as a reference.

Therefore, there is still a big question mark over the upcoming league results.

With Carlos Tevez at the beginning, Ferguson was full of confidence when he was interviewed by reporters, facing the upcoming 7th round of the Premier League at Old Trafford: "Don't mention the history of me fighting against the Portuguese, that's all in the past! And Chelsea have also encountered troubles recently. They only had a difficult draw against teams like Rosenborg at home, so we must be the ones who won this league at Old Trafford. We will paint a strong ink on our road to defending the title..."

The news spread quickly, and Ferguson's interview with reporters reached Mourinho's ears.

In fact, there is no need to wait for the news to flow naturally. In the past three seasons, as long as there are matches between Manchester United and Chelsea, there will always be endless manuscripts, because the reporters will always try to provoke a war of words between the coaches of the two teams.

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