The strongest winger

Chapter 560

In addition to improving his long-range shooting ability in the system during these two international competition days, Ai Luo practiced boring physical training with physical coach Rui Faria at the Cobham training base.

On the second international match day, the England national team had a problem that only appeared in the Chinese national team in the final round of the 2008 European Cup qualifiers.

A tie will qualify!

As a result, they lost 2:3 to Croatia at the new Wembley Stadium.

The whole of Europe was amazed!

There was also an uproar in England, because the Premier League is currently one of the best leagues in Europe, and the operation of the league is ranked first in the world. The income of each team surprised all teams except Barcelona and Real Madrid.

According to the strength of the England national team is not the top in Europe, but it can be regarded as a top team in Europe!
And... this is still a home game, but in this context, they lost 2:3 to Croatia at home. How can the English media be disappointed?

You must know that the Croatian league can only rank 24th in Europe, which is the bottom of the list!
Then began to look for a scapegoat.

Of course, the biggest scapegoat is naturally the head coach McLaren.

But these things have little to do with Ai Luo.

On the second morning of England's home defeat, the FA announced the dismissal of head coach McClaren, and then England's international Chelsea players Terry, Lampard, Wright Phillips, Ashley Cole and others also returned to the team to report.

It is obvious that the England internationals in the Chelsea team are not very interested. After returning to the team training, they are immersed in training and have no intention of communicating with other players at all.

Ai Luo can also see the mood of teammates Lampard, Terry and others, but he knows that as professional players, they will definitely have a period of emotional fluctuations. As long as this fluctuation period passes, they will naturally adjust back. After all, it has become a fact that they will miss the European Cup finals next year. No matter how sad they are, nothing can be changed.

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After a year-long European Cup qualifier, in addition to the two host teams of Switzerland and Austria, the other [-] national teams participating in the final stage have also been settled.

On the third day of a home defeat in England, Chelsea resumed their league start, this time against newly promoted Derby County.

Interestingly, Derby County fans booed Chelsea's England internationals with the ball after England lost their Euro 2008 finals match at the new Wembley Stadium.

How many poor psychological quality can become England international?

Instead, it aroused the fighting spirit of several England internationals who played. Lampard and Wright Phillips became the heroes of Chelsea's away win.

"Ai's running distance in this game has obviously improved compared to the previous few games!" After the game, Faria walked towards Mourinho. According to the requirements before the game, he recorded Ai Luo's running distance, and then told Mourinho truthfully after the game.

"How many meters did you run?"

"9286 meters..."

"not enough!"

When Faria heard Mourinho’s answer, he shook his head subconsciously. A player’s average running distance increased from about 8000 meters to more than 9000 meters.

Soon, Faria was relieved. With the arrival of December, Chelsea's games will gradually increase, and Ai Luo's ability to decide the game will be infinitely enlarged. Otherwise, the team will lack the battering ram to destroy the city, and it will be troublesome...

Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the adjustment of Ailuo's competitive state!
Chelsea's next opponent is against PSV Eindhoven at home. In order to speed up the adjustment of Aiello's continuous combat ability in cold weather, Mourinho did not use him as a rotation player on the bench, but he led Chelsea.

In the end, with Aiello's 65th-minute assist, Chelsea beat PSV Eindhoven 1-0 at home. However, Sun Xiang, whom Chinese fans were looking forward to, did not appear at Stamford Bridge, and did not even enter the 18-man squad.

However, what made Chinese fans happy was that Hao Junmin, who played on behalf of Schalke 04, helped the team get a valuable three points in the cold Norway. Coupled with PSV Eindhoven's loss at Stamford Bridge, their points reached 7 points, 3 points ahead of No.4 PSV Eindhoven.

The most attractive thing in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage is Liverpool's away challenge to Porto. Liverpool only scored four points in the four rounds of the game, which means that only by winning this game can they hope to advance to the top 4. As a result, Liverpool, which withstood the pressure, beat Porto 1:[-] in the away game!
They only need to win the Turkish Super League team Besiktas at home in the last round to advance!

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As time passed, the English media gradually shifted from looking for scapegoats for England's elimination of the 2008 European Championship finals to refocusing on the performance of the English team in the Champions League.

Chelsea had secured first place in the group as early as the fourth round, and Manchester United had also secured first place in the group after this round of victory. The same is true for Arsenal. They drew with Valencia at home to secure the first place in the group. Only Liverpool is a bit dangerous, but there is a good thing that they are playing at home in the last round. I believe that with England's home draw, they can qualify.

The last round of the Champions League group stage is still half a month away, and the media in England have temporarily returned to the domestic league from the Champions League.

Aiello, who was previously excavated and unable to adapt to the British weather, once again became the focus of major media's scrambling discussions.

"Since the fourth round of the Champions League group match against Schalke 04, Ai has not scored in three consecutive games. Among them, in the 13th round of the league game against Everton at home, he squandered two excellent scoring opportunities in a row! As the weather in England gradually turned cold, Ai's threat began to plummet. By the end of the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, he had failed to score in three consecutive games. ..."

The "Manchester Evening News" even listed a statistic for Aiello in the same period.

2005-2006赛季西甲14轮攻入了22球，2006-2007赛季14轮20球，在欧冠同期的五轮小组赛分别都是取得五场九球的佳绩。

However, after the end of the five rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2007-2008 season, they scored a poor five goals, of which neither the first nor the fifth round scored.

"...According to the data given above, then the next question comes. Ai is only 21 years old this year. For a young player, he should be in a rising stage! So there is only another possibility. He takes credit for himself, thinking that at the age of 21, he won the honor that all professional players dream of and lost himself!"

"442" also had a similar report: "Whether it's not being able to adapt to the British weather or losing himself because of too many honors, it's not an excuse for him to move forward, because he is the world's most valuable and holds the world's most expensive salary. He should prove himself in this situation, otherwise he is not worthy of this value and salary!"

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The league game against West Ham United at home in early December was originally the most ordinary league game, but it attracted the attention of the whole of England, because this time in England has reached the coldest moment of the year.

The previous reports revolved around Ai Luo's inability to adapt to the bad weather in England and failed to score in three consecutive games, so this league has become a testament to whether his condition has declined due to the weather.

Stamford Bridge was full of seats, and many fans in the stands began to doubt Ai Luo's current competitive state, because the last time I saw Ai Luo scoring a goal was back in the 12th round of the league away game against Wigan Athletic.

"Rui, do you think Ai will score in this game?"

The game has already started for 10 minutes. Aiello was very active during the opening period, and his running range was also very large. According to the calculation of the game data, he has already run close to 10 meters in 3000 minutes, which is far more than his running distance in the same period of the previous games. Mourinho turned his head and asked Faria.

But during this period of time, Parker restricted Ai Luo too deeply, and basically did not give him too much free time. In other words, Ai Luo took the ball when someone was watching him closely, which made him very hard.

Because he has to adapt to the cold weather while maintaining his own state, his body functions have not kept up with the changes in the weather.

"The form is good, scoring goals is inevitable!"

"Really?" Mourinho asked with a rare smile.

"Of course!"

Faria is the clearest about Ai Luo's recent efforts, so he has the most confidence in Ai Luo!

But then again, sufficient confidence does not mean that Ai Luo will score goals, so Faria has no bottom in his heart.

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At the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0
Therefore, during the intermission period, many commentators attributed the responsibility of the home team Chelsea's failure to break the deadlock to Aiello, because he still firmly occupied a starting position when his competitive state declined, which was only harmful to Chelsea.

In the second half, Ai Luo consciously increased his running range and asked for the ball more often, but the effect was not good.

However, in the 75th minute of the game, Ai Luo found a chance. He used the free kick opportunity he created to make it 1:0.
And the score at the end of the game is also the score.

Mourinho is very satisfied with Aiello's ability to use his personal ability to send the ball into the goal. The state of this game has obviously improved. He firmly believes that with the improvement of his adaptability, he will definitely overcome the cold in the cold weather in the future and become the omnipotent Aiello!
PS: Three shifts later, please ask for various tickets!

(End of this chapter)