The strongest winger

Chapter 794

Chelsea's thrilling 3-1 victory over the semi-professional team Burton Albion at the Cobham training base made Mourinho very angry. Except for the performance of Aiello, Modric and a few newly joined players who were relatively satisfactory, the other players can simply be described as 'a pile of shit'!

The two wingers are like the opponent's bodyguards. They can leave whenever they want, and the defense in the center is like a fake. The only conceded goal is the infiltration from the center.

You must know that everyone knows that Chelsea's defensive ability is the best on earth. It is really incredible that a semi-professional team can penetrate and score the ball in the middle.

So in the training on the second day, in addition to the players who showed normal standards, other teams with substandard performances had additional training, even if it was a Community Shield match with Manchester United one day later.

Now Mourinho is very troubled. After more than a month of vacation, the players who performed well last season seem to have become different players. Even the captain Terry and the vice-captain Lampard are like this. The training has gradually become negligent, and the game will often be distracted. This is the case in the warm-up match at the Cobham training base.

With the outbreak of Mourinho, the players have a feeling of panic.

What's more terrible is that after the introduction of Suarez, some media broke the news that it was a preparation for Aiello's departure. The Uruguayan international scored very efficiently in Ajax's two seasons and can play as a center forward, second striker and winger.

In the face of media interviews, Mourinho would naturally not tell the truth, but said that this is a normal increase in personnel, Drogba at the center position is already old, and a suitable substitute must be found as soon as possible.

At four o'clock in the afternoon on August 8th, the 9-2009 England Community Shield kicked off on time at the New Wembley Stadium.

Since all the championships in England last season belonged to Chelsea, the opponents of the Community Shield before the start of the new season are the league champion Chelsea and the league runner-up Manchester United.

The new Wembley Stadium was once again full of seats. After Manchester United's disastrous defeat for two consecutive seasons, the Manchester United fans who came to the stadium are already waiting for the team they support to counterattack Chelsea.

Similarly, the thoughts of Chelsea fans are almost the same. Manchester United was played and applauded by Chelsea in the first two seasons. They don't think that Manchester United can turn around now.

Manchester United used the starting lineup of last season's Champions League final, while Chelsea made some rotations. The goalkeeper Petr Cech, the four defenders were Ashley Cole, Terry, Lucio and Bosingwa, the midfielders were Lampard, Thiago Motta, Mikel and Kalu, and the double forwards were Aiello and Suarez.

Although most of Chelsea's players on the field were 'warned' by Mourinho, their performance was still unsatisfactory.

The team's sluggish performance also indirectly affected Aiello's performance. The football could not be passed forward, forcing him to run back and forth frequently, so that he could not focus on attacking. Instead, Cristiano Ronaldo, who stayed at Manchester United, performed very well. In the first half, he used a point grab and a penalty kick to help Manchester United lead Chelsea 2-0.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Chelsea quickly made personnel adjustments. Modric replaced Mikel, who was underperforming, to strengthen the ball-handling ability in the center.

However, the overall performance of the team was sluggish, and Modric's task on the field changed from actively attacking forward to assisting in defense. Cristiano Ronaldo then took advantage of a long-range shot to make another goal. If it weren't for Aiello's free kick at the last moment, Chelsea would have defeated Manchester United with three goals at the new Wembley Stadium.

For this result, no one thought that Chelsea, which had killed the Quartet last season, would lose 1:3 to Manchester United in the Community Shield before the new season. It is completely unscientific!

If Chelsea's loss has a lot to do with the rotation on the field, but those who understand the ball can see that Chelsea's main frame is still there, that is to say, the core parts have not changed, what has changed is... the player's mentality!The Grand Slam for two consecutive seasons made them look down on their opponents a bit.

So... lost.

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After the game, the shots were shown on the faces of Aiello, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson and Mourinho one after another, and the faces were pushed to close-ups using technical means. Fans watching the live TV could clearly see the smiles on the faces of Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Aiello and Mourinho were obviously not very interested.

At the regular press conference after the game, Mourinho congratulated Manchester United for winning the Community Shield and no one conceded defeat. He said with a smile: "Everyone knows the magic of the Community Shield. Manchester United's victory over Chelsea last season is the best proof!"

The Manchester reporters at the scene naturally saw that Mourinho was just biting the bullet, so he took advantage of the situation to ridicule him.

It directly caused Mourinho to announce the end of the regular press conference after the game.

There is no doubt that players who did not show their own level in the Community Shield game will undergo additional training under the leadership of assistant coach Faria, and many players dare not speak out.

The Ivorian winger Kalou, who has always been dissatisfied with Mourinho's arrangement of his playing time, complained during the break: "MD, it's amazing to win three Champions League trophies? We are all European champions! Blame us for losing the game. What coach? There is no responsibility at all!"

"That's it!" As Ivanovic was reused, Bosingwa was gradually abandoned, echoing Kalu's words.

In the past, many players would have defended Mourinho, but this time they all chose to remain silent.

But a big reason for their dissatisfaction is that as the core players renew their contracts and raise their salaries, those dissatisfied players naturally failed to successfully renew their contracts with Chelsea.

Aiello and Modric frowned listening to their discussion not far away, not knowing what they were thinking.

After the end of the Community Shield and before the start of the new season, the English media made bold speculations about the champion of the new season. Many media believed that Manchester United might monopolize Chelsea's championships.

Of course, the London media is still on Chelsea's side. They think that the Community Shield is just an ordinary game before the start of the new season, and its nature is not even comparable to a warm-up match.

But most media believe that if Chelsea lost to Manchester United in the Community Shield last season because of the lack of Aiello, then the loss to Manchester United in this game shows that Chelsea itself has a problem...

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Under the circumstances of additional training and public opinion, the first round of the 2009-2010 English Premier League season officially kicked off at 15:45 noon on August [-], UK time. Chelsea played at Stamford Bridge against Hull City.

Since the league match between Chelsea and Hull City is the earliest match of this round of the league, it is also the opening game of the new season and has received the most attention.

Chelsea's starting lineup in this game has made multiple position adjustments compared to the Community Shield game. Kalou and Bosingwa, who were privately dissatisfied with Mourinho, were replaced by Owen and Ivanovic respectively.

However, the positions of the three strikers are not fixed, and they will often interact with each other in the first game of the new season.

Under the eyes of everyone, Chelsea's home game against Hull City officially started with a whistle from the Premier League's golden whistle Webber.

Knowing that there is a clear gap in strength, Hull City began to talk about choosing to defend in the first second of the game. In Mourinho's words, Hull City put a bus in front of their goal.

Many people now know that with the development of professional football, more and more head coaches pay attention to defense, and the iron bucket formation has gradually become the first choice for weak teams.

It is undoubtedly the most correct for Hull City to choose to stick to Chelsea, who have faced the Premier League Grand Slam for two consecutive seasons.

It's just that Mourinho is very unhappy, the reason is very simple-his team's offense can't send the ball into the goal!

Breaking the dense attack defense is a worldwide problem, and Chelsea has not much to do but rely on long-range shots and set-pieces to create threats.

Hull City in the away game also made a targeted defense against Ai Luo. As long as he entered the 30-meter defensive area of ​​Hull City, a defensive formation of at least three people would be formed in an instant.

But... they don't know that Ailuo has a new talent - fast transfer!
While Hull City's defense is intensively defending Aiello, another full-back will be withdrawn to the penalty area, resulting in an empty wing defense. All Ailuo has to do is to send the ball up at the moment Ivanovic inserts at high speed.

No.208 minutes, Ai Luo finally found a chance!
He quickly cut inside after passing Olofinjana, which immediately attracted the attention of the four defenders, and Ivanovic ran from the right side to the space behind Hull City's left back according to the tactics. At the moment when Ivanovic was about to parallel with the last Hull City defender, Ai Luo rubbed his right foot behind him.

People arrive at the ball!

Seeing that Ivanovic was behind the entire defense line, Hull City's defenders instinctively raised their right arms to signal offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag, and the referee did not blow his whistle.

"--not offside!"

When Hull City's defense system made a defensive move, Ivanovic passed an inverted triangle pass close to the ground line. The former England golden boy Owen pushed the ball without stopping near the penalty spot, and the football rolled into the goal near the corner.

Hull City took the lead in conceding the ball and had no way out, so they could only slowly increase their investment in offense. However, as their investment in troops increased, the coefficient of conceding goals also increased.

In the end, Chelsea beat Hull City 3:1 at home and got off to a good start.

But instead of being happy, Mourinho frowned...

He knew that this was not Chelsea's victory, but Aiello's victory, the first goal was due to his quick transfer after attracting the defense, the second was a free kick, and the third was Ivanovic's corner kick.

The only conceded goal perfectly reflects the current state of Chelsea...

(End of this chapter)