Chapter 114

After the game, the north bank of the Thames turned into a blue ocean. The floats circled the whole of London. Wherever they went, all the fans shouted the same slogan with red faces: "We are the champions!"

At the end of the ceremony, along with the fireworks, the ambitions of all the players and fans present rose up: quadruple champions!

The slogan "Chelsea Quadruple Crown" became popular throughout England in just one day. After winning the League Cup, Premier League and Champions League, as long as Chelsea beat their FA Cup opponent Portsmouth, they would be able to create a miracle and achieve the quadruple crown!

As soon as the slogan came out, the FA Cup final, which had already attracted much attention from the audience, once again broke a new record in ratings on the opening day. The directors all pointed their cameras at Endrit, and they smiled so hard at the rising ratings.

Chelsea's players were in a very relaxed state of mind. Although coach Mourinho repeatedly stressed before the game that they must not let up their last breath, facing an opponent like Portsmouth, it was hard for Chelsea players, who already had three championships, not to feel a bit complacent.

Not to mention the Chelsea fans who were extremely passionate before the game even started. When the ball was at the feet of Chelsea players, no matter it was a normal pass or an ordinary dribbling, it would arouse thunderous cheers from the Chelsea fans. Not to mention the young players, even the experienced Lampard was flushed by the cheers of the fans.

In order to return the fans' enthusiasm, Chelsea players on the field performed fancy moves one by one, with endless fancy dribbling, and the voices of the fans on the scene became even more excited.

"The atmosphere was very good. This was the most lively FA Cup final I have ever commented on. The fans were very enthusiastic and the players were very cooperative."

"Yes, that's right. Chelsea fans were very gentlemanly. They didn't boo even the opposing players."

The scene seemed like a sea of ​​joy, but the Portsmouth players on the field only thought they were being noisy.

Before the game, they had no hope for this game because their opponent was Chelsea, a team that had already won the treble and had goalkeeper Endrit. What could they do to win this game?

Neither the head coach nor the players of Portsmouth could find the answer, but at this moment, in this game that was not favored by everyone, the players of Portsmouth looked at the increasingly fancy passing and receiving of the Chelsea players on the opposite side, who did not take them seriously at all, and found an answer for themselves: do nothing but fight for face!

In the 20th minute of the first half, Drogba scored with a diving header, and the ball hit the crossbar of Portsmouth's goal. For the first time, the fans in the stands felt a little regretful, after all, this was Chelsea's fifth shot at the goal - but it was not a big problem, the advantage was on my side!

Three minutes later, Chelsea launched another attack on Portsmouth's goal, but the arc ball was caught by Portsmouth's goalkeeper as soon as it flew in front of the goal.

The ball came to Portsmouth, and the boys were determined to show their opponents some color, but when they brought the ball to Chelsea's half, the ball was intercepted by Essien, who passed it directly to Lampard.

Chelsea launched an attack again, and the cheers that had just disappeared rang out again in the stands.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines with his arms folded, watching the ball go wide and out of bounds and snorted coldly. He turned his head to look at Endrit, and only managed a smile when he found that the latter was concentrating and looking straight ahead without being distracted.

In the 30th minute, the football went straight into the arms of the Portsmouth goalkeeper, who did not choose to throw the ball this time. Instead, he put the ball on the grass and kicked it with his foot. The ball flew directly to the half court. The Portsmouth striker aimed at the ball, stopped it with his chest and immediately passed it back to his teammate, who made a long shot and the ball went straight to the Chelsea goal.

Endrit jumped up easily, took the football and held it in his arms. After his feet landed, he glanced at the four defenders in front of him, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Even if he has saved the ball hundreds or thousands of times, every save is a new beginning for Ritter, and he will be happy with every save he makes!"

The director's camera immediately turned to Endrit's face. The commentators automatically turned off the smile on Endrit's face without thinking, but in fact, Endrit was gloating.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Portsmouth failed to get the ball into Chelsea's goal. But similarly, Chelsea's multiple attacks on Portsmouth's goal failed to break through.

In the locker room

Mourinho took the rolled-up newspaper in his hand and patted the players who had just been on the field except Endrit one by one.

"Would you like me to buy you some clothes from the Shakespearean era? Hmm?"

"don't want?!"

"I thought you knew this was a competition! Not a show!"

"The fans' cheers were so loud that they went to your heads, right? If you lose this game, do you think you will still be surrounded by cheers?!"

At this moment, as if coach Ferguson was possessed, Mourinho scolded everyone for ten minutes until the staff came and knocked on the door to remind them that the second half of the game was about to begin.

Chelsea's players returned to the field covered in dust and dirt, and they all showed the spirit that this was the last game of their professional careers, and bombarded Portsmouth's goal fiercely. No player dared to perform any fancy moves. In the 20th minute of the second half, Drogba finally sent the ball into the goal with a long shot.

Chelsea 1:0 Portsmouth, the fans in the stands were very excited, and the Chelsea players on the field also breathed a sigh of relief. After the celebration, they parked the bus directly in front of the goal after the restart, as if they were determined to maintain the score of 1:0 to the end.

Portsmouth fans booed in unison, but the sound was quickly drowned out by the Chelsea fans.

"It's a wise choice," Chelsea's quadruple title is inevitable, and the commentators are not trying to discourage them at all, "Hold on for the last 25 minutes. Every minute of this last minute, Chelsea is creating its own team history!"

In the first half, they still felt they had a chance of successfully stealing the ball. In the second half, the Portsmouth players looked at the bus on the opposite side and felt very depressed: No, these days, you can only pretend to be cool halfway? Keep pretending! Why are you suddenly so vulgar?

Although Chelsea seldom parked the bus in the second half of this season, this is after all the traditional skill of their own coach. Portsmouth players did not find any chance to score, and the ball was blocked by the central defender before it even reached Endrit.

"With only three minutes left in the game, Portsmouth still failed to seize the opportunity. The long shot just now was blocked. Chelsea probably won't give the ball away again."

"Can I congratulate Chelsea in advance for winning the quadruple? This is simply a miracle. I never thought Chelsea would achieve such good results this season. It's like a dream."

"I have actually thought about it. After all, Chelsea has Ritter. The first time I commented on Ritter's game, I knew he was the one who created miracles. But I always thought that the Champions League or Premier League championship this year would be decided by a penalty shootout. With Ritter, Chelsea would definitely win through a penalty shootout. But I was wrong. Chelsea didn't even play overtime this season!"

“Beep, beep, beep…”

"The game is over! Let us congratulate Chelsea for defeating Portsmouth 1-0 and becoming the champion of this year's FA Cup and the four-time champion!"

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[“Is Ritter the best goalkeeper in the world? Sorry, the question you asked seems to be asking whether football needs a goalkeeper.” - Cristiano Ronaldo

"I came here just for him. When he asked me if I wanted to come, I agreed without any hesitation. I am already looking forward to the scene of us playing together next season." - Modric

"He promised me that we would play football together in the next life. I hope he can keep his promise." - Gerrard

"The biggest regret in my life is not going to the Luzhniki Stadium that day. I am strong and not afraid of the rain at all." - Crouch

"Quadruple champion, he deserves it, I know, he is the best goalkeeper I have ever seen, I believe that this summer we will win the fifth championship of his career together." - Capello.

"He is not for sale at Chelsea. Chelsea can afford to miss anyone but him." - Roman Abramovich

"He deserves it." -Jose Mourinho

The Times: The value of the goalkeeper in the new century - Endrit never plays overtime! 】

"What these people said wasn't very good, how come it made the headlines directly?" Lampard shook the newspaper in his hand and said unhappily, "What I said in the interview today will definitely make the headlines tomorrow!"

"What did you say?" Endrit raised his hand to fan himself, slightly driving away the heat. "When did you introduce the interview? How come I didn't know about it?"

"When you came to training this morning and were called away by coach Capello," Lampard excitedly said his speech, "I told the reporter, if you love watching football but you don't love Endrit, then there must be something wrong with you. Reflect on why you don't love Endrit and whether you are not working hard enough?"

Endrit was silent for a moment, covering his face with his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Why are you covering your face?" Lampard raised his arm and nudged Endrit, "Are you shy?"

"Aren't you afraid of being beaten for saying this?"

"Why was I beaten for telling the truth?"

Lampard's tone was very serious, not like a joke at all. Endrit opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He thought to himself that if the reporters released this interview tomorrow and Lampard was scolded, he would stand up and say that the two of them had made a bet and that he asked Lampard to say that.

Most players are busy during this year's summer break. Although English players do not have to go to the Olympics, they have the European Cup this year. When we reached the round of 16 in the qualifying round, we relied on Endrit to turn the tide. Now that we have entered the finals, we will not let Endrit go. The morning after the game with Portsmouth, Coach Capello called.

“This is definitely my most memorable season.”

This is too busy. The new season will be here soon after the European Cup ends. They certainly cannot be the quadruple champions of last season and not win any championship in the new season, so they cannot relax at all. He has to continue training and improving himself.

The new season has not yet ended, and the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be drawn. By then, it is estimated that, no, he will definitely represent the national team in the qualifiers. The qualifiers will be played from 2008 to 2009. He is not worried that England will not qualify because he remembers that historically England qualified as the first in the group.

After this result came out, the people of England walked with their feet floating. They had never felt that their Three Lions were so close to the World Cup title. All the media had already started setting off firecrackers to celebrate, but the Three Lions pulled a big bullet: they qualified as the first in the group and were eliminated in the round of 16.

They were clearly in the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany - in short, both the players and coaches were badly criticized that year.

"well……"

Thinking of this, Endrit couldn't help but sigh deeply: It seemed that he would have no time to rest in the next few years!