The strongest winger

Chapter 695 Flying Snow Shoots the White Deer

The 2008th round of the Premier League in the 2009-20 season ended, and the league was temporarily suspended for two weeks to conduct domestic cups in England: the League Cup and the FA Cup.

The League Cup has always started earlier, so by the beginning of 2009, the League Cup had reached the semi-finals. Chelsea played away against Tottenham, and the other game was Manchester United against Arsenal. It can be said that they are all old opponents in the Premier League.

Chelsea's opponent in the third round of the FA Cup is Southend United from League One.

But what really concerns Chelsea is the first league game after the away game against Tottenham in the Carabao Cup, away to Manchester United.

This is a Tianwangshan battle for the League Championship, and there is no room for slack. In the first round of the Stamford Bridge competition between the two teams this season, Manchester United was very unconvinced. They will very likely try their best to win the game in the second round of the Old Trafford League, thereby narrowing the gap between the points.

Conversely, that is to say, if Chelsea wins this game, they can widen the points gap between each other to seven points, and this is the result of one round less. If they beat Manchester United in the away game and beat Everton in the make-up match, then the points gap will be widened to 10 points, which will be of great help to Chelsea's intensive schedule in the second half of the season.

In addition to this round of the league, Aiello will go to the FIFA headquarters in Zurich to participate in the FIFA annual awards ceremony, and he will also campaign for the new year's World Footballer with Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Messi.

Therefore, the outcome of this game will affect the final vote of the World Footballer.

In the blink of an eye, New Year's Day in 2009 came.

Ai Luo deliberately called her parents at five o'clock in the afternoon on December 2008, 12 local time in London.

Although he is famous at home and abroad, he can only feel truly happy when he is at home.

However, professional players have always been involuntary. Since they have chosen their own dreams, they have to make certain sacrifices, such as: family, friendship and love...

After hanging up the phone, I made another call to a few of my buddies and wished them a happy new year.

In the end, Ai Luo hesitated for a long time, and tentatively called Li Shiyin. What he didn't expect was that the call was connected in less than two seconds.

For a moment, Ai Luo didn't know what to say.

"I have nothing to say, so I hung up the phone..." Seeing that Ai Luo didn't speak, Li Shiyin blurted out while feeling disappointed.

"Hey, don't don't!" Ai Luo hurriedly shouted when Li Shiyin was about to hang up the phone, and then paused again before saying, "Happy New Year!"

"Thank you, and you too. Happy New Year." Li Shiyin's tone was still very light, without much emotion. Ai Luo, who was sitting at home leaning forward, frowned.

"Is Li Ai asleep?"

Li Shiyin turned her head and glanced at Li Ai who was sitting in front of the TV playing football, and said, "Not yet."

"Oh." Ai Luo opened his mouth halfway and said, "Can I talk to him?"

"Li Ai, your godfather wants to talk to you, do you want to listen?" Li Shiyin didn't answer Ai Luo, but she covered the microphone of the phone with her hand, turned her head and shouted at Li Ai who was playing football.

After a while, Li Aite's childish voice came from the phone, a little excited: "Godfather, godfather, happy new year!".

"Happy New Year, is there any holiday gift you want? Godfather brought it to you when he returned home, how about it?"

Li Shiyin fondled Li Ai's head, watching him chatting with Ai Luo so excitedly, her heart became more and more uncomfortable, while her mind was wandering, while repeating the caressing movements.

It wasn't until Li Ai hung up the phone that he came back to his senses.

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Chelsea's first game in 2009 was at Stamford Bridge against League One side Southend United in the third round of the FA Cup.

Considering the opponent's level, Mourinho arranged for the players to play from the bench and youth team members. Absolute main players like Aiello, Terry and Lampard were not included in the 18-man roster.

Obviously... to prepare for the next Carabao Cup semi-final and the league match against Manchester United.

In the end, with the goals of Anelka and youth team's main striker Sturridge, they defeated their opponents 2-0 at home and easily approached the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Four days later, Aiello and other key players returned to the main lineup. They visited White Hart Lane to challenge their city rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Before the game, many British media believed that Chelsea would easily beat Tottenham.

Therefore, the old Tottenham coach Redgnapp was very angry at the regular press conference before the game: "Why is football the number one sport in the world? Because it has uncertainty, we are judged to have lost before the game has started? What are you kidding? This is our home field! Chelsea should be eliminated!!!"

No one thought that the old Redgnapp, who was over [-] years old, would be so angry. He instinctively froze for a moment, but after recovering, the media who supported Chelsea sneered: "Football games are not spoken with your mouth. I firmly believe that you will lose again at your own home court!!"

"Wait and see!"

The routine press conference before the game broke up unhappy.

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Players from both sides enter the court one hour before the game to warm up.

Although the game time has not yet arrived, the [-] seats at White Hart Lane Stadium have all been filled. At a glance, only a small blue Chelsea fan gathering area can be seen.

All other areas are white.

What's interesting is that half an hour after the players from both sides warmed up, there was a light snowfall in the sky, which seemed to set off the entire White Hart Lane stadium...

The Tottenham fans in the stands also cheered louder and louder because of the sudden falling snow.

They think... this is God's will. White is the main color of Tottenham. It snowed in the sky during the crucial League Cup semi-final. Does this... mean that God is on Tottenham's side?
Countless Tottenham fans started YY, hoping that the team would beat Chelsea at home.

In fact, Tottenham ushered in a fantastic start at home.

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

In the 4th minute of the game, Mikel pulled Tottenham captain Robbie Keane on loan to the ground on the right side of the front of the penalty area, and Welsh teenager Gareth Bale scored directly from a free kick.

Immediately, White Hart Lane became a sea of ​​joy, and the voice of singing the team song "Glory to Tottenham" became louder and louder.

The Tottenham TV commentator in the live studio said very excitedly: "Chelsea has the free kick expert Ai, and our glorious Tottenham also has the 19-year-old Gareth Bale! I firmly believe... as long as the old coach Redgnapp can give him more playing time, in time, he will definitely become a superstar that the whole world marvels at!"

Because Chelsea fans are at an absolute disadvantage in number, it is difficult for their voices to bypass the singing of Tottenham fans and pass to the players on the pitch.

The team took the lead, and the old coach Redgnapp put his hands behind his back, chewing gum in his mouth, and looked at the Tottenham players who were celebrating on the field with high spirits, as if... everything was under control.

The young player Gareth Bell was put into the starting list in this game after careful consideration. What he didn't expect was that this time the employment would receive miraculous results. It seems that this 19-year-old Welsh teenager should be well trained.

The game continued. Although they conceded a goal in the away game, the Chelsea players were not in a hurry. Now they are all honored and have experienced countless life-and-death battles. They are used to seeing big scenes.

Ai Luo has gradually adapted to the bad weather in England, but it is still a bit disturbing. In addition, it is snowing again in the sky. Even if he wears spiked sneakers, he will still slip. Especially for a technical player like him, accidents often occur when he stops suddenly and changes direction.

Chelsea organized the offense in an orderly manner, so the old Redgnapp was not in a hurry, and waved his hand to signal the team to shrink the defense, leaving only one fast Robbie Keane in the frontcourt as a counterattack point.

Because of the slippery turf, Ai Luo did not dare to use too much force when dribbling the ball. It was not because he was worried about straining, but because he was afraid of being intercepted when he stopped suddenly and changed direction. This is the key point.

Half an hour of the game passed unknowingly under such circumstances, and Chelsea's offense still couldn't hit Tottenham's dangerous area.

As the game progressed, the Chelsea players on the field consciously increased the number of long-range shots, but... the chances of hitting were really pitifully low.

Mourinho, who was off the field, had a keen insight into the impatience of the players on the field, so he pressed his hands down on the players on the field, signaling them to calm down.

In the blink of an eye, the game came to the end of the first half, and Chelsea still controlled the offensive and defensive rhythm on the field.

The fourth official on the sidelines also raised the electronic card for 1 minute of stoppage time.

Everyone thought that in the first half, Chelsea would enter the locker room with the home team Tottenham leading Chelsea 1-0.

However, side slipping not only affects the offensive players, but also has a great impact on the defensive players. Hudstone's defense in the middle, because it was too late to brake, directly knocked the thin Modric to the ground from the side, and the referee decisively called a foul.

Aiello did not find a good opportunity to send the ball into the net throughout the first half, so he tried his best to use this set-piece opportunity to send the ball into the net.

When the Tottenham fans in the stands saw that Aiello was about to take the free kick about 30 meters away from the goal, they felt a 'thump' in their hearts.

Sometimes it's like this, the more you don't think about it, the more you will.

Aiello kicked the football with the precision of a cruise missile, flying straight to the upper left corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper Cudicini did not respond.

Sitting in the live studio, Zhan Jun looked at the heavy snow that was still flying in the camera, and suddenly became poetic: "A cloud-piercing arrow, Ai Luo Feixue shoots the white deer in the sky!!"

(End of this chapter)