The strongest winger

Chapter 687
For Chelsea, November is a relatively intensive month of events. Counting the league, League Cup and Champions League games, there are a total of eight games waiting for them.

Fortunately, in these eight games, only the away game against Roma in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage and the away game against Arsenal were a bit difficult. The opponents in the other six games were not strong. As long as they played normally, there would be no problem in spending November easily.

Chelsea's first opponent in November is the middle and lower reaches of Sunderland.

However, before this league, in the early hours of October 10, BJ time, FIFA announced at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland the list of 30 candidates for the 2008 World Footballer of the Year.

Not surprisingly, Aiello, who won the World Player of the Year for two consecutive years, was selected again, and the Spanish team that won the European Cup this year had 6 players selected, ranking first among all countries and regions, followed by England with four.

The club selected for the candidate list is last season's Champions League champion Chelsea, with five candidates.

Among the 23 candidates, the most popular ones are Chinese star Aiello, who led Chelsea to win the Champions League and the Premier League, and Messi, who helped Argentina win the Olympic Men's Football Championship. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that there will be no difference between this year's World Footballer of the Year and last year's World Footballer of the Year.

That is to say, Ai Luo will very likely create the first FIFA World Player of the Year record - being elected World Player of the Year for three consecutive years!
状态正佳的切尔西主场2：0桑德兰，开始了他们11月份的赛程，除了5号的欧洲冠军联赛小组赛第四轮做客罗马奥林匹克球场1：1战平主队之外，接下来的三场联赛和一场联赛杯第四轮比赛全部取得胜利。

However, for Mourinho, the team still has problems. Ballack, Malouda and Drogba all suffered injuries to varying degrees due to the intensive schedule, but fortunately they can continue to devote themselves to the game as long as they rest for two to three weeks. Otherwise, it will be super troublesome to wait until the ultra-intensive schedule in December...

Because Chelsea will go to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup in mid-December, and after returning, they will face the Christmas rush that is unique to the Premier League. At that time... it will be a great pressure on the entire team.

Therefore, Mourinho had to carry out a large-scale rotation of the team to prevent the main players from being injured again, otherwise there would be no place to cry when the time came.

However, the large-scale rotation directly led to a decline in Chelsea's performance. If it were not for Aiello's savior at the last moment in the fifth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage against Bordeaux, it is estimated that Chelsea will reap their first defeat in the UEFA Champions League in the new season.

After five rounds, they had three wins, two draws and [-] points, and joined hands with Roma, who had two wins, two draws and one loss with eight points. Unfortunately, they failed to secure the first place in the group ahead of time.

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Two days later, Chelsea played an away game against Arsenal due to a big problem with the rotation. Fellaini, the Belgian teenager who joined Chelsea at the beginning of the season, received a red card for malicious revenge in less than half an hour, which directly led to Chelsea's overall passivity in the midfield.

As the saying goes, good fortune never comes singly, but misfortune never comes singly. Chelsea was killed by the in-form tiger Walcott before the end of the game, thus fixing the 63rd game of the consecutive unbeaten game.

Originally, Chelsea's performance throughout November was very good. Before the away game against Arsenal, the team had five wins and two draws in seven games.

Even the Belgian media are worried about whether Fellaini will be blacklisted by Mourinho.

When Chelsea set a new unbeaten record in the top European leagues, the mainstream European media reported in detail, and now they were broken by Arsenal in the away game.

Therefore, from the head coach to the players at Chelsea, they were harassed by fly-like reporters.

Gazzetta dello Sport was particularly positive, with the headline headline: Reincarnation?

"Four years ago, Arsenal, who had been unbeaten for 49 consecutive league rounds, encountered a strong counterattack at Old Trafford, and finally hit 50 consecutive unbeaten rounds. Four years later, Chelsea's 64th unbeaten round has stopped the unbeaten streak on the longest unbeaten team in the Premier League. I have to say... This is a very interesting result. Almost lost the first game because of the large-scale rotation, and it is not uncommon for this round of the league to lose to the recovering Arsenal..."

There are many similarities and minor differences with the "Gazzetta dello Sport" report.

It is rare for The Times to find a reason for Chelsea. The relevant report said: "63 consecutive rounds of unbeaten is not the furthest goal Chelsea can go, but why did they fail when they hit the 64th round of league unbeaten? This is closely related to their intensive schedule in December and January next year. The League Cup, FA Cup, League, Champions League and Club World Cup to Japan, especially the two games to Japan for the Club World Cup, must span Asia and Europe Continental puts a heavy burden on players' bodies. If they continue to be undefeated, every player will be under tremendous pressure. Otherwise, at the end of the season, all four players will be empty... Therefore, compared to the future big crash, the current loss is a very cost-effective result, because at this time there is no burden in the heart, and they will definitely play lightly in the next game..."

Just as the media discussion was in full swing, Chelsea coach Mourinho was giving the team a political lesson.

"Last night's loss to North London Arsenal has nothing to do with everyone here!"

When Mourinho said this, all the players looked at him in doubt. According to Mourinho's previous personality, it was impossible to say these words when the team lost.

Immediately, many players in the audience instinctively thought: When was the last time they lost?
They don't remember...

Mourinho ignored the surprised eyes of the players and continued: "It is normal for a large-scale rotation to have ups and downs on the eve of the big battle, so you don't have to worry about it. We just need to focus on the next game and play every game well. Don't forget...our goal at the beginning of the season!"

Goals for the start of the season?

At the same time, many players were shocked. Isn't the goal at the beginning of the season to defend all the champions?
The old players in the team thought that Mourinho gathered everyone this time to criticize the loss of the last league game, but they didn't expect to say this...

Thinking of this, almost all the team members became high-spirited.

Although Modric is a newly integrated player in the team, he knows Chelsea's goals for the new season from media reports, which is one of the reasons why he gave up Tottenham and chose Chelsea.

Champion, who doesn't like it?
Everyone was very excited, only Ai Luo was normal, because his goal was to win all the championships, and he didn't need too many gorgeous words to stimulate him, just like what he said when he was awarded the best player of the season by FIFpro, everything he did was for the strength of the motherland.

What is strong?When the number of champions has accumulated to a certain amount, it is powerful!

Now Ai Luo is heading towards such a road, walking slowly... until the end!
"...I hope everyone will learn from the loss to Arsenal in the away game and play well in every next game. At the beginning of the season, we vowed to win all the championships. I don't want to slap myself. I believe that everyone doesn't want to. So... let us kill all the opponents in the future!" Mourinho said, and even rolled up his sleeves and shook his fist excitedly.

"Kill all opponents!"

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This time, even Aiello joined the chants.

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On December 12, Chelsea challenged Derby County away to the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

After the defeat in the last round of the league, Chelsea quickly adjusted their mentality to the best, and their competitive state also reached its peak. They beat their opponents 2-0 in the away game and entered the semi-finals of the League Cup in the 2008-2009 season. It is one step closer to the first championship trophy in the new season.

Then continue the away trip. This is the 2008th round of the English Premier League in the 2009-16 season. The away game challenged the Premier League'nursing home' Bolton. There was no accident. With Aiello's one pass and one shot, he won the away game and continued to rank first in the league.

In fact, apart from the away loss to Arsenal in the league this season, Chelsea's overall performance is better than last season. After 16 rounds of the league, they have achieved 14 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 43 points, while Manchester United, ranked second in the league, only achieved 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses with 36 points.

Moreover, Aiello also topped the scorer list with 20 goals, 5 goals ahead of the second-ranked Cristiano Ronaldo.

This is one of the reasons why Mourinho did not get angry after his team lost to Arsenal.

After four consecutive away games, Chelsea finally returned to their home stadium, Stamford Bridge, where they ushered in their last Champions League group match.

Currently, Chelsea ranks first in the group with five games, three wins, two draws and 1 points, while Roma ranks second with two wins, two draws and one loss with eight points.

Of course, Chelsea will not put up a defensive position against the Belgian giants Bruges at home and win a draw. With Aiello's two shots and one pass, they beat their opponents 3-0 at home and won the first place in Group A.

　Don’t waste the monthly pass at the end of the month, it’s okay to have a recommendation ticket...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)