Chapter 487 Mourinho and Wang Li (2)

Before the game started, Chelsea seemed very low-key.

This low-key attitude is very obvious. For example, before the war, Mourinho did not criticize Real Madrid, nor did he blame Carlo, the rookie coach.

This is normal in normal games, the atmosphere between the two teams seems friendly, as if it is an ordinary game, but this situation seems abnormal for Mourinho and Chelsea.

For the English media, Mourinho's big mouth occupies a large proportion of Chelsea's news.

They love and hate Mourinho. What they love is that Mourinho always comes up with big news that satisfies the media. He keeps breaking news and criticizing, which makes it easy for reporters to hype up the game. What they hate is Mourinho's dismissive attitude towards reporters. Often, the purpose of breaking big news is either to play tricks on opponents, to express dissatisfaction with the game, or to just release some smoke bombs before the game.

In short, Mourinho has always been good at verbal battles.

This time, Mourinho seemed very low-key. He did not do any of these. Even before the match between Real Madrid and Chelsea, reporters did not hear Mourinho talk about the game. When a reporter directly shifted the topic to this aspect, the Portuguese also avoided talking about it, as if there was nothing to say about this game.

At least, until the two teams entered the Bernabeu Stadium the next day, Mourinho was still like this.

Under the head coach's attitude, the other players also seemed silent.

For example, Frank Lampard.

After Wang Li left Chelsea, Lampard once again became the backbone of the team. He is the link between the front and back courts and Chelsea's midfield commander. His role on the court is unquestionable. Many fans think that Lampard will be the best player in the Premier League this season. This shows how outstanding Lampard's performance in the league is.

Before the game, reporters interviewed Lampard specifically and asked him about his attitude towards the game.

"I am looking forward to the competition and to competing with Alan again. We are very good friends in private. I think he should get married soon. I can't wait to attend his wedding."

Lampard's words startled all the reporters. It seemed that the black-haired boy was getting married, but the content was not very clear. What did this have to do with the game?

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When they wanted to continue the interview, Lampard had already left the player tunnel and it seemed that he had gone to the visiting team's locker room. In any case, the game was about to start and he still needed to go to the stadium to warm up. The game at the Bernabeu was a test for every player who was not a Real Madrid player.

However, the reporters present were very dissatisfied. It was obvious that Chelsea's coach and players were avoiding talking about the game. They seemed to want to prove something with facts. This attitude might be correct, but the reporters could not get any pre-match news.

And Wang Li also seems to be very low-key.

Before the game started, a large group of reporters waited in the corridor of the Bernabeu, but they were unable to wait for Wang Li.

A reporter saw Wang Li enter the stadium through the side door, but this was completely meaningless. In short, they failed to interview Wang Li, so they had no news to report.

As the European quarter-final, the biggest highlight of this game is 'the world's number one player against his old club', but now reporters can't interview Wang Li, and Chelsea avoids talking about this topic, so how should they report it?

Perhaps Robinho's attitude satisfied them. Before entering the locker room, Robinho accepted an interview with reporters.

"Alan?? I have a good relationship with him."

Facing a group of reporters, Robinho said: "Him and Chelsea? Sorry, I have never heard him talk about this, but we will play hard and strive to win."

"They are not an easy opponent to deal with. Their coach has coached for three seasons and won two Champions League titles, three league titles and one UEFA Cup. I think we must take the game seriously. Facing such an opponent, we need to do everything we can."

Robinho said a lot, but as he spoke, the number of reporters standing next to him became fewer and fewer. This was mainly because the reporters did not like to hear this. What they wanted to hear was - "What is Allen Wang doing?"

"Has Alan Wang kept in touch with his teammates at Chelsea?"

"What is Allen Wang's attitude towards the game?"

Only these can attract the fans' attention. As for Robinho? Sorry, many fans don't know this name yet, and his words are just official language, with no reportable surname at all.

"Do you value the game? Real Madrid values ​​​​Chelsea?"

No team will not take the European knockout matches seriously. All of this is nonsense and there is no substance at all.

As a result, all the media became extremely anxious, and they needed to find bigger revelations.

Together they found the stadium staff and asked to go inside to shoot. They hoped to film the players' warm-up training.

Generally speaking, there is nothing to report about this kind of warm-up training, but now for reporters, they can't find any topics to report, and that black-haired boy and Chelsea players will definitely participate in the warm-up training, so they will meet on the court, and maybe something will happen, right?

Even if they touched each other, the reporters wouldn't know what they said. The stadium was too big and their cameras could only record the images, not the content of the words. But from the expressions between them, perhaps the reporters could make some guesses?

Driven by this mentality, many reporters came to the stadium, waiting for the two teams to warm up and the players to come on stage.

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As expected, the players from Real Madrid and Chelsea came out of the locker room one by one. They did not come together, some came early, some came later, but it didn't matter because they took a picture of Wang Li.

Wang Li had just walked out of the locker room. Before the game, he didn't want to talk about Chelsea. After all, this team was his old club last season and many people in the team were his friends.

Coincidentally, he met Lampard.

At the Bernabeu Stadium, there is an overlapping player-only passage between the home and away team locker rooms and into the stadium (there are many player passages in the stadium, such as leading to the locker room, entering the stadium, and leaving the stadium). The two met there, and there was a very strong-looking black man next to Lampard. Wang Li did not know him, but this did not affect his conversation with Lampard.

At this time, many reporters wanted to take pictures of the news between Wang Li and Chelsea. Wang Li tried his best to avoid this. After all, he didn't want those unfounded media to get any strange news. But now that he met Lampard, given their relationship, he couldn't stop talking.

"Alan, how are you doing recently? I'm so glad to see you."

Lampard was a little hesitant, but when he saw Wang Li, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and Wang Li walked straight over and gave him a hug.

"Very good, Frank. I received your message yesterday, but as you know, I am too lazy to send messages with my phone. Computer is more convenient, so I didn't reply, haha."

Lampard shook his head and said, "It's nothing. By the way, let me introduce you to a friend. Look, this is Michael."

As he spoke, Lampard introduced the black guy next to him to Wang Li. Wang Li shook hands with the black guy and said, "Hello."

The black guy touched the back of his head, shook hands with Wang Li, and said generously: "I heard that you are the best striker in the world. I am really looking forward to playing against you. He will be very serious."

"Of course, come on!"

Wang Li said indifferently, and he started chatting with Lampard instead.

The topics between them were mostly about the recent situation between the two of them. Wang Li was interested in Lampard's recent girlfriend incident. When many people talked to Wang Li about this issue, they emphasized that Lampard was going to marry the girlfriend he hooked up with last season, which was indeed very gossipy.

Lampard was also concerned about this question. After Wang Li asked him several questions in a row, he immediately asked about the situation of Wang Li and Angela.

When Wang Li mentioned this, he became worried: "Getting married is really too troublesome. As for the date, neither Annie nor I can decide on it."

It is really depressing that you cannot decide your own marriage, but Lampard smiled and said enviously: "I don't know how many people envy you for being able to marry a little princess from England. Just bear with this little thing."

"That's true, haha."

As a very good friend of Wang Li, Lampard obviously knew some "inside news", so he talked about Wang Li's agent-Rita. Many people think that Wang Li and his agent have nothing to do with each other, but Lampard knows that there must be some problems between them.

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"I'm sorry for her"

Facing such a gossipy man, Wang Li said helplessly: "I am going to get married. I told her. She was very sad, but she didn't stop me. But I think our relationship will last for at least a long time."

Wang Li was somewhat helpless when talking about this, but he still did not forget to add: "Don't tell the media. If I hear this in tomorrow's news, I think I will go to London for revenge!"

Hearing this, Lampard broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Don't worry." Then he pointed to the black guy behind him and said, "Michael won't tell either. He is trustworthy."

The black-haired young man also nodded wisely.

At this time, the three of them just walked out of the player tunnel and came to the court. This scene was photographed by reporters. What they saw was that Wang Li said something to Lampard with a "fierce look" on his face, and then Lampard and the other man both nodded "timidly", as if they agreed with what he said.

It's really hard to guess what they are talking about.

However, journalists have rich imaginations and can imagine anything they want, as long as they don't stray too far from the topic and don't make personal attacks.

After several people walked into the stadium, they separated. They belonged to two teams, and these two teams were opponents this year.

They are not in the same camp and have to take into account the fans' feelings and the media's imagination, so after Lampard and Wang Li entered the stadium, they went to the two teams respectively and they both had to do warm-up training.

For Lampard, or rather Chelsea players, the pre-match warm-up is more important, because now they are at the Bernabeu Stadium, they not only need to warm up, but also need to adapt to the atmosphere of the stadium and the venue.

Even players who are used to big scenes will be shocked in the world's top stadium like the Bernabeu. What Chelsea players still need to do is to adapt to the atmosphere of the stadium, stabilize their mentality and strive to perform normally.

Just perform normally.

This is an away game. Generally speaking, in away games, if the away team can play at 80% of its strength, it is already very good. This is where the home advantage lies.

Chelsea's warm-up training seemed simple. They started with two people passing the ball to each other. Some forwards were shooting. They needed to find the feeling of shooting.

The black guy who was next to Lampard just now was doing passing and receiving training with Makelele. His name is Michael Essien.

Essien is a Ghanaian football player. In 2003, he moved to Lyon. In the two seasons he played for the team, they won the French Ligue 1 championship. Last season, the 2004-05 season, Essien played for Lyon in the Champions League and scored 5 goals in 10 games. This performance made him elected French Footballer of the Year.

Last summer, Mourinho brought him from Lyon to Chelsea for a high price of 36 million euros.

As soon as he came to Chelsea, the Blues fans positioned him as Makelele's successor. He has outstanding physical fitness, agility, strong mobility, fierce style of play, and never hesitates to fight and tackle. His performance in defense is indeed very similar to Makelele. However, his offensive ability is not bad either.

In Chelsea's midfield this season, Lampard, Essien and Makelele are the main players. The midfield of the three is rated as one of the best midfield combinations in Europe by many professionals in England. The formation of this three-man formation has a strong defensive ability.

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At this time in the stadium, Essien continued to practice passing with Makelele, but his eyes were constantly looking towards Real Madrid's half.

Not only him, many fans at the scene, as well as some Chelsea players, all looked towards Real Madrid's half, where the world's number one player, the black-haired boy from Real Madrid, was doing shooting training.

What attracted people's attention was that the sound effect in Wang Li's shooting training was very eye-catching. The sound of "dong" and "dong" could be heard clearly even in Chelsea's half. The power was so terrifying that many fans were worried that the football under Wang Li's feet would be kicked to pieces.

The Chelsea players did not react much. Most of them were Wang Li's teammates last season, and only a few had just joined the team this season. These few people were the most surprised.

Among them is Essien.

"He's so strong," Essien exclaimed while passing the ball to Makelele.

Makelele smiled in Wang Li's direction, then suddenly remembered something. He turned to Essien with a serious face and said, "By the way, don't use any dangerous moves on him during the game."

Essien was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Is it because you have a good relationship?"

Makelele patted his head, spread his hands and said, "I will not show mercy on the court because of our personal relationship. Saying this is for your own good and angering him is definitely not a wise choice."

Essien frowned, turned to look at Wang Li in confusion, and said, "Okay, I understand."

After Essien came to Chelsea, he got along well with his teammates, at least he got along well with his predecessor Makelele, so Makelele gave him a kind reminder.

Although their defensive midfielders look fierce and have a tough style on the court, Makelele, who has been Wang Li's teammate for a season, knows Wang Li very well. This understanding also makes him know that it is okay to score goals and win the game with normal means, but if Wang Li is fouled, the revenge will definitely be fierce.

Even someone as fierce as Makelele had to admit that when it came to playing aggressively on the court, he was far inferior to this black-haired boy.

Take Ruud van Nistelrooy for example. This unlucky Manchester United star disappeared for more than four months last season. He was kicked off the field just because of a malicious foul against a Chelsea player. When he left the field, the referee even sent him off with a red card. What a pitiful man. Think about those poor Liverpool players who went to the Champions League final happily. What was the result? They lost the game and lost face. Several main players were hospitalized.

Wang Li's suspension had just ended recently, and Makelele heard that in a La Liga match, Wang Li kicked out another player because that player injured Beckham.

But looking at Beckham who was full of energy on the opposite side, and then thinking about the unlucky player who was kicked off the field by Wang Li and disappeared, Makelele felt heartbroken.

When at Chelsea, Makelele had always been glad that he and Wang Li were teammates, but now, they had become rivals, so he reminded Essien not to commit malicious fouls against Wang Li, and to win by normal means. He did not want his promising junior to stay in the hospital for half a year because of an injury on the court.

Essien didn't quite understand what Makelele said, but he still nodded.

After the warm-up match, Wang Li returned to the locker room to change clothes and went to the pre-match press conference with head coach Carlo.

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Carlo went there first, and Wang Li arrived one minute later than him. So, at the door of the press conference hall, Wang Li happened to meet Mourinho who had just arrived.

The two men went to opposite sides. The "master and apprentice" who teamed up last season have now become rivals. Wang Li has become Mourinho's most troublesome Real Madrid player, and Wang Li also has to face the defense of Chelsea under Mourinho's command. Now the two have met, and this is the first time they have met since Wang Li left Chelsea.

"Good morning, sir."

At the entrance of the press conference hall, the two men stared at each other. After a long pause, it was Wang Li who spoke first.

There is no conflict between them. Chelsea sold Wang Li only for the sake of situation and money. In other words, if there is any conflict, it is between Wang Li and Chelsea Club, but not between Wang Li and Mourinho.

"Um."

Mourinho also stopped, nodded to Wang Li and asked, "How are you doing in Real Madrid recently? Have you adapted?"

"It's OK."

Wang Li shrugged and said, "But, sir, I will not hold back in the game. If Chelsea loses, you should be mentally prepared."

Facing the media, Wang Li didn't want to say this, because the media would make groundless accusations and misinterpret the meaning of his words, which would affect the relationship between him and his Chelsea friends, which would be bad.

But facing Mourinho, he felt no pressure, so he gave a kind reminder.

Obviously, Mourinho didn't like this kind reminder, and the Portuguese's face turned from red to black in an instant. Just now, he thought that the black-haired boy in front of him was still as polite as before, but now he changed his opinion.

"We're going to lose? Are you kidding me? How is this possible? Don't be arrogant just because you have a little bit of strength! You will definitely lose!"

Mourinho yelled as if he had been poked in a sore spot, which caused some media who saw the two to turn their cameras around, but this could not stop Mourinho from getting angry: "You think you can win? Why? Just by yourself?"

Wang Li shrugged his shoulders, a trace of helplessness on his face. He walked towards the press conference hall and said, "Sir, I am just giving you a friendly reminder, but I still think you should pay attention to your manners."

Looking at Wang Li's back, Mourinho was furious and shouted, "Mind your own business!"

Last season, Mourinho admired Wang Li's calm attitude. No matter what questions Wang Li asked in front of the media or what he said, he always had a calm temperament.

But now, this indifference was applied to him, which made Mourinho extremely unhappy.

He only now realized how abominable this black-haired boy was. You know, since he came to Chelsea, no one had dared to speak to him like that, and his ungraceful behavior just now had been caught by the media.

Compared with Wang Li's calm and composed temperament, Mourinho's performance was absolutely poor enough, which even made the English media feel embarrassed. Fortunately, Wang Li is also English, and a Portuguese coach was embarrassed in front of English players, which made them find a balance in their hearts.