The strongest winger

Chapter 591 Welcome home!

The Chinese national team won the match 2010-20 in the second round of the 4 South Africa World Cup Asian Top 0 qualifiers, and ranked first with a goal difference advantage. This has never happened in the history of Chinese football!
Of course, the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup qualifiers were an exception.

Because the first group of the top 2010 in the Asian region of the 20 South Africa World Cup qualifiers, that is, the group where the Chinese national team is located is recognized as the death group. It is a very rare result to be able to score six points in the first two rounds and rank first with the advantage of goal difference.

The whole country is very excited about this rare achievement. Even many people who usually don't pay much attention to football have gradually come into contact with this world's number one sport and feel the demeanor of China's number one star.

In fact, football is now the veritable number one sport in China. Those people who switched to playing basketball because of the lack of national football have also changed their minds and started playing football again. Not to mention those students born in the 90s, they all enjoy playing football, which has brought many talented seedlings to the professional team.

Some talented young players were dug out by European "lurking" scouts in China, and brought to the world's most advanced football soil - Europe, for training.

Digressed, back to the topic.

After the second round of the World Cup qualifiers, not only Ai Luo breathed a sigh of relief, but also the XX Football Association and Mourinho, because the back-to-back matches against the seeded team Australia in the third and fourth rounds will have to wait until June, when the European leagues are over, so you can make as much trouble as you want...

Therefore, in addition to being interviewed by domestic and foreign reporters at the regular press conference at the end of the game, Ai Luo took a flight to Hong Kong the next morning, and then took a direct flight from Hong Kong to London.

Because Chelsea's schedule is very dense, and the league's lead is not obvious enough, there are still seven games before the end of the league, and they are only ahead of five points, which means that there are big variables!
In addition, it can be easily seen from the last round of Chelsea's home game against Arsenal that the current Chelsea team has become the Valencia team that Aiello played for before, relying too much on him, which means that when Aiello is not on the court, many players don't even know how to play.

Therefore, Ai Luo has now become Chelsea's spiritual pillar on the field!
It was noon on the 28th when Aiello returned to London, and the joint training with the team was already on the 29th, less than a day before their away game against Middlesbrough.

To be on the safe side, Mourinho did not choose to take the risk of putting Aiello, who had undergone a long flight, into the starting lineup.

As a result, Chelsea performed very well in the away game in this game. Drogba, Joe Cole and Wright Phillips all scored goals, so Aiello also sat on the sidelines for 90 minutes.

Aiello can think about it, the team is about to start a devil-like schedule, and he has just returned from a long flight. It is normal for Mourinho to protect himself, because teams in key games often need to break the gap by themselves, and it is not worth taking the risk of playing against a team like Middlesbrough.

After thinking about the reason, Ai Luo felt relieved and prepared for the first leg of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in the 2007-2008 season at the Mestalla Stadium three days later.

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After the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Serie A ended on the weekend, the media from various countries quickly shifted their focus to the upcoming UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg.

In fact, in the last two rounds of the Valencia league, Mourinho sent his assistant and intelligence commissioner Boas to watch the Valencia game live.

However, the current Valencia team obviously has some strength in knowing that there is no hope of winning the championship this season, and has focused on the Copa del Rey and the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Therefore, Villas Boas's close-range intelligence collection is tantamount to useless work.

But having said that, it is not completely useless. At least know that in the current Valencia team, the three players who rely on the offense are David Villa, David Silva and Mata.

For David Villa and David Silva's playing style, no one knows better than Aiello, so he is very honored to be a 'spy'.

In the past, Valencia had Aiello as a finisher, and David Villa was more of a fulcrum in the frontcourt, not a part-time finisher. However, with Aiello’s departure and the limited ability of other offensive players to score goals, David Villa now has Aiello’s unlimited firepower, followed by David Silva.

Of course, the emergence of Juan Mata this season has also attracted the attention of Chelsea's research team.

This time the team went to the Mestalla game. Although Ai Luo was in the lead, Mourinho still focused on defense and supplemented by counterattack to be on the safe side. After all, it was an away game, and there was no harm in keeping a low profile.

The Chelsea team arrived in Valencia on April Fool's Day.

It is worth mentioning that Valencia International Airport made a big joke for the Chelsea team on this day, because when they thought they arrived in Valencia, they heard that the airline was going to Los Angeles, USA, which frightened Chelsea's head coach Mourinho.

If this flight is really going to Los Angeles, it is still unknown whether it will be possible to return to Valencia at the time of the game. Therefore, Mourinho immediately made a complaint call, because when boarding the plane, it was clearly stated that he was going to Valencia. How did this turn into Los Angeles...

Soon, the airline told Mourinho it was just an April Fool's joke.

After learning of this result, Chelsea was relieved from top to bottom.

It's just that no one noticed that the April Fool's Day joke before the first leg of this critical Champions League quarter-final indirectly reduced the pressure on the team.

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On the day of the first match of the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, in addition to reporting anecdotes about teams that were 'frightened' on April Fool's Day, mainstream European media mainly reported on the upcoming two matches.

The most popular report in Spain is the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Valencia and Chelsea.

Because this game is the return of the former Valencia number one star Aiello to the Mestalla Stadium after a year.

This is undoubtedly a game worthy of attention for many La Liga fans who are used to watching Aiello play, but this game is a difficult decision for those die-hard Valencia fans.

Every Valencia fan is very aware of the contribution Aiello has made in the past two and a half years. It is not an exaggeration to say that Aiello won the first Champions League trophy and the first Triple Crown in Valencia with his personal ability.

So Ai Luo's return to the Mestalla Stadium as an enemy this time will make them feel extremely entangled.

When the time comes to see Aiello on the court, should he be booed?Or should we applaud?
Valencia fans don't know and are still struggling.

However, Aiello quickly entered the role when he arrived in Valencia to be interviewed by the media: "Valencia is the past tense, and I am now a member of Chelsea, so I will do my best to win for Chelsea. At the same time, I will also prove in front of Valencia that Valencia must be a boutique!!"

After finishing speaking, Ai Luo also made a cheering gesture, indicating that he will cheer for the Champions League quarter-finals at the Mestalla Stadium tomorrow night.

Of course, in an interview, Ai Luo also firmly expressed that if he scored a goal at the Mestalla Stadium, he would definitely not celebrate.

Because this field is the witness of Ai Luo, from an unknown person to a highly anticipated superstar.

Besides, this is also the time to test a player's quality.

For example, Tevez and Ferguson of the later generations had conflicts with the coach Ferguson after they left Manchester United. After scoring goals as Manchester United's opponents, they continued to celebrate wantonly, which will undoubtedly cause unnecessary criticism and have a great impact on the player's personal image.

Just like Beckham, even though he had a conflict with Ferguson and left Manchester United to join Real Madrid, after Beckham scored a goal for Manchester United, didn't he not celebrate?

In addition, Ai Luo is an upright Chelsea who joined from Valencia at a sky-high price, so naturally Valencia should be respected more.

Scoring goals is just to prove that I am part of the once excellent Valencia, nothing more!

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"I believe that the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals at the Mestalla Stadium tonight will be very exciting, because the former Valencia No. 1 star Ai has already stated that he will do his best in this evening's game, which proves that Valencia products must be high-quality goods. As it should be..."

Aspen headlines.

"Although the former Valencia star and current Chelsea player Ai expressed that he will do his best in the Mestalla Stadium, his final performance is still a question mark, because we know the bottom line. Today's Valencia team still retains most of the main players who won the UEFA Champions League last season, especially the entire defense. I know Ai's characteristics quite well, so...it is very difficult for Ai to score goals in this stadium..."

"Marca" said the truth.

Real Madrid once again fell in the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League this season, so the two major newspaper giants in the capital, "Marca" and "Aspen", can report fairly and fairly, so they have different opinions on Aiello, but it is undeniable that they have attracted enough attention.

Although at this time, most of the European media focused on Aiello's personal performance, but the local media in Valencia reported only one piece of news, that is: welcome home!

(End of this chapter)