The strongest winger

Chapter 740
Walcott saw that the referee had shown a red card, and he was stunned. His face was full of disbelief. He had indeed knocked down Aiello after he was tripped by Toure just now, but all of this was an accident, not his subjective behavior at all. Logically speaking, the referee would award a yellow card and a penalty at most. What he did not expect was that the referee would impose such a severe punishment.

Suddenly, huge boos broke out in the stands.

Originally leading by one goal in less than 10 minutes, the situation was good, but under the death sentence of the referee, Arsenal, who were playing at home, became passive.

Ai Luo turned his head and glanced at the innocent Walcott, who was quite helpless. He also watched the whole process from the slow-motion playback on the big screen of the stadium just now. It has nothing to do with Walcott, mainly because he was killed by Toure. The so-called opponents who are not afraid of gods are afraid of teammates like pigs. That is to say, this situation...

For this situation, Ai Luo expressed deep sympathy, especially thinking of the best teammates he encountered when playing competitive online games in his "previous life", he shook his head again and again.

So he walked over and patted the dull Walcott comfortingly, as a sign of condolences.

Standing off the field, Wenger's constant questioning also drew the referee's warning. In order to prevent the team from being completely leaderless, Arsenal's assistant coach Boulder quickly hugged Wenger back, and kept making apologetic gestures to the referee, trying to distract the referee as much as possible.

Walcott instinctively turned his head and looked at the past. It was his idol Ai Luo. He should have been pleasantly surprised, but he didn't feel any emotional fluctuations. He just turned around and walked towards the player tunnel.

Ai Luo shook his head, what a stubborn little guy.

With the done deal, Arsenal have accepted this result from the coach to the players, and the only thing they can do is to win this game and enter the final.

As Chelsea's first penalty shooter, Lampard did not waste this excellent opportunity. He helped the visiting team Chelsea tie the score overnight.

Arsenal had one less player on the field, but the sent-off was full-back Walcott, which had little impact on the team as a whole. Anyway, the original midfield position of the team was Diaby, Cesc Fabregas and Alexander Song lined up in the middle, with Walcott and Arshavin one on the left and one on the right.

Now with Walcott off the field, Arshavin can be directly behind Adebayor as a second striker, and can also assist in the defense of the center.

For a period of time after the game restarted, there were still no obvious problems. However, as the game time passed, Arsenal's numerical disadvantage was revealed, especially after Lampard took the ball and frequently transferred large-scale long passes.

However, with Almunia's excellent performance in the first half, Arsenal still maintained the score until the end of the first half.

The number of people on the field is dominant, but the score has not been overtaken for a long time. Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, was not worried, but continued to use Lampard's precise long pass to pull the physical fitness of Arsenal's defensive players.

It wasn't until the 72nd minute of the game that Arsenal's defense finally had a problem. Aiello suddenly accelerated on the wing. Alexander Song's physical reaction was half a beat slower due to the decline in physical fitness. It was difficult to defend Ailuo with the defensive strength of Sagna.

Sure enough, Aiello's frequent changes of direction during the acceleration process shook Sagna to the ground, and then rushed to pass an inverted triangle before Toure came up to defend. Currently, Lampard, who is the most capable behind-the-ball in the world, directly pushed the ball without stopping. Although Almunia, who had a god-level performance in the first half, responded, he did not save the ball. The football flew against the near post and flew into the goal.

With Lampard's brace, Chelsea overtook Arsenal 2-1 in the away game.

The score was overtaken, and Wenger, who was standing on the sidelines, had to replace the young defender Gibbs and put on Bendtner to increase the striker.

However, this substitution did not allow them to equalize the score. Instead, it caused problems in the defensive system. In the 83rd minute, Aiello took advantage of an inside cut and scored with a long-range shot 25 meters away from the goal. The score was extended to 3:1, and the victory was sealed when the numbers were superior.

In the end, Chelsea defeated Arsenal 3:1 away and entered the FA Cup final of this season.

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Wenger publicly bombarded the referee Duo Degen at the regular press conference after the game. He believed that the game was ruined by the referee.

Mourinho seems to be relatively low-key, and he is not cheap and good-looking. Facing the minefield questions asked by the media, he is very flexible and spares him, completely avoiding the referee's question.

An hour later, the results at Old Trafford came out. Manchester United beat Everton 1-0 at home and entered the FA Cup final this season.

When the two teams in the FA Cup final surfaced, the British media paid great attention to it, and even other mainstream media in Europe also expressed sufficient interest.

Some bold British media even speculated that this season's Champions League final will reappear after the FA Cup final in which Chelsea and Manchester United meet in the final.

Suddenly, the British media was in an uproar.

After careful consideration by many well-known journalists, this situation is not impossible. After all, Chelsea and Manchester United are in the upper and lower halves of the UEFA Champions League semi-final. As long as Chelsea eliminates Barcelona and Manchester United eliminates Arsenal, wouldn’t that mean that Chelsea and Manchester United will meet again in the Champions League final after last year’s Champions League final?
When this idea appeared in their minds, they were all taken aback. Throughout the past 53 years of the Champions League history, no two teams affiliated with the same football association have appeared in the Champions League final consecutively. That is to say, if Chelsea and Manchester United really meet again in the Champions League final, it will create a new Champions League record!

Ferguson, who was at the Carrington training base, and Mourinho, who was at the Cobham training base, were interviewed enthusiastically by reporters.

Ferguson replied tactfully: "Arsenal's strength is unquestionable, and judging from their performance in recent seasons, Arsenal's room for improvement is very large. The team that can finally enter the final must be the team that performs better, because we are too familiar with each other..."

Facing the very possibility of setting an English team’s record in the Champions League, Mourinho’s attitude was completely opposite to Ferguson’s. He still said in the same tone of giving up: “I don’t know whether the other final will be Manchester United or Arsenal. In short, Chelsea will win the final Champions League! And I——I am Jose Mourinho under God!!”

The British media are used to Mourinho's madman nature, so they didn't have any special reaction.

But when these news reached Catalonia, the Barcelona media couldn't bear it anymore. In their perception, they said that the Champions League champion of this season belonged to Chelsea before the Champions League semi-finals started. Doesn't this mean that Mourinho completely ignored the great Barcelona, ​​so...

Before the Champions League semi-final, the Catalan media collectively bombarded Mourinho.

What drove them crazy was that Mourinho ignored them and focused on the league.

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As we all know, Chelsea is at the top of the Premier League, leading No.2 Manchester United by nine points. With only five rounds left in the league, as long as there is no record of more than three consecutive losses, winning the championship is not a problem at all. Therefore, for the Catalan media, Mourinho is completely focused on the league, completely ignoring the home team Barcelona that will go to the Nou Camp in the middle of next week.

So... the Catalan media made more noise.

Represented by the famous "World Sports Daily", "Daily Sports Daily" and "Avantgarde", they bombarded Chelsea coach Mourinho.

"After Chelsea advanced to the FA Cup final in the 2008-2009 season, their coach Mourinho actually said that he is the second man under God and will lead Chelsea to become the first team to defend the Champions League since the restructuring of the Champions League. What does this mean? It means that Mourinho ignores the opponents they are about to face. For such a coach who has no respect for opponents, this is completely sad for Chelsea..."

"Daily Sports" intends to intensify the conflict between Mourinho and Chelsea, but the result has to disappoint them. The team's top management has unconditional support for Mourinho.

Of course, the reason for the support is very simple.

That is why Mourinho must have his reasons for saying this!
As the head coach of a team that has won the Champions League twice, how could he say this without thinking about it?

Indeed, the reason why Mourinho said this is to decompress the players, turn himself into a magnet, gather all the public opinion and pressure on himself, and let every player in the team play lightly.

The next day, the "Times" published some comments from Mourinho: "Thank you very much for the attention from Catalonia, but I have to say sorry to you! Because I-Jose Mourinho is like this! Come to fight!!"

So the ensuing battle became more intense, and the media in the entire Catalan region were bombarding Mourinho.

Even some Barcelona players were dissatisfied with Mourinho's words, and began to accept interviews with relevant media to express their dissatisfaction.

Under such circumstances, Chelsea went to Upton Park with a substitute lineup to challenge their opponents in the 34th round of the league. With the goals of the young teenager Sturridge and the second-half substitute Aiello, they defeated the home team 2:1 in the away game, leading Manchester United by 12 points in the first round. That is to say, if Manchester United loses to Tottenham at home, then Chelsea can defend the Premier League title as long as they score points in the next round...

(End of this chapter)