Chapter 90

Chapter 90

On the 15th, The Sun revealed in the newspaper that Chelsea has locked in Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Luka Modric for 20 million pounds.

On the same day, a senior executive of Dinamo Zagreb club revealed in a Croatian newspaper last night that the team had reached an agreement with Chelsea and Modric would join Chelsea soon.

After seeing the news, Endrit thought he would have to drive to the airport to pick up the player soon, but Mourinho expressed regret that Croatia did not release him so early.

"They only have Modric who can keep up. If they let him go now, their ranking will drop a lot this season, but they are short of money," Mourinho paused and said with regret, "We have tried our best to negotiate, but Dinamo Zagreb would rather ask for less transfer fee and keep Modric until April."

"Okay." Endrite nodded with a little regret, "But this is okay. There are only more than two months left anyway."

After leaving Mourinho's office, Endrit packed up and prepared to go home. As he walked towards the parking lot, he picked up a newspaper he hadn't read and glanced down at it as he walked.

"Arsenal launch rare long-term contract for Fabregas?" Endrit read the title and recalled Fabregas, who was a midfielder and Chelsea was not short of midfielders.

Lampard was out for nearly five weeks due to injury, and during these five weeks, Ballack led the team to victory as captain.

Before Lampard returned, some media believed that the two players' playing styles were too similar and they might not be able to coexist.

But what is the truth? Facts have proved that the media was really a blind cat catching a dead mouse this time.

In the match against Liverpool, two famous and strong midfielders worked together but failed to assist or score any goals throughout the entire game - although there were various reasons for this, it is undeniable that the cooperation between the two was not as good as expected.

After the game, some fans even asked directly on the forum: Should the team sell Lampard or Ballack now?

Mourinho, who has the power to decide whether these two players stay or go, is very dissatisfied with the views of the media and some fans: Yes, the positions of these two players do overlap a bit, but it is not impossible for them to partner up. And most importantly, Chelsea is in such an extremely short-handed state right now, why are they still selling players?

Do they, Chelsea, lack the money to support their players? No matter who is sold, what if the player who stays gets injured and cannot play? Who will compete then? Are these foul-mouthed media or carefree fans?

Besides, poor coordination can be practiced. After extra training in recent days, Lampard and Ballack's coordination has become much better than before. And Ballack also showed great enthusiasm for partnering with Lampard.

In the interview, Ballack repeatedly emphasized to the reporters that he would form the strongest midfield combination with Lampard. "Frank is an excellent player and my vice-captain. I need him. I have no problem cooperating with everyone. How could I have a problem cooperating with an excellent player? Please put your questions under the bed and look forward to our cooperation."

If the lack of optimism about the cooperation between Lampard and Ballack is due to the media and some careless fans, then the problem of overlapping positions between Ashley Cole and Bridge, who have recovered from their injuries and can play in the next game, is more difficult to deal with.

First of all, leaving aside Ashley’s personal moral issues, given his strength, it would not be a problem for him to start in the next game directly after recovering from his injury. But there is another player involved here: Bridge, an England international left-back like Ashley.

Bridge was suppressed by Ashley when he was in the national team, and was forced to be a substitute at Chelsea because of Ashley's presence. Bridge was able to start only during Ashley's injury, and in the semi-final against Everton not long ago, Bridge played very well and received praise from the media after the game.

The Daily Mail spoke up for Bridge in the newspaper, saying that the 27-year-old defender has always been the quietest player at Chelsea, but now he can't help it → Bridge asked Mourinho to continue starting until he has no major problems, otherwise he will leave Chelsea in the summer.

Mourinho was not too emotional about this matter. After Bridge made this request to him, he only said two sentences: "If you want to leave, I won't keep you. If you want to stay, then you should train hard and improve your strength."

But Bridge, who had been suppressed by Ashley, was overwhelmed by the news that Ashley would return to the starting lineup in the next game. The negative emotions accumulated for a long time made him stand up impulsively and rush out of the office after hearing the first words of coach Mourinho.

From that day on, Bridge became the second player in the team, no, the first player to skip training without completing it.

Endrit tried to get close to Bridge and explain, telling him that as long as he performed well enough, coach Mourinho would use him. But Bridge didn't want to pay any attention to Endrite at all. He didn't say anything bad to Endrite but just glared at Endrite, which was the result of Bridge's efforts to suppress himself.

"Ronaldo was severely punished by Ferguson for violating regulations?!"

After reading the newspaper page about Arsenal's long-term contract to retain Fabregas, Endrit turned the page and saw a new headline, a headline that made him doubt whether he had read it wrong.

"Have you been severely punished by your coach?" The first thing Endrit did after driving home was to call Ronaldinho. "You have run directly into the crosshairs of Coach Ferguson."

Manchester United has been in poor form recently, with one draw and one loss, and its points have dropped to second place at Arsenal. Ferguson then made up his mind to rectify the team's style, and restricting the use of mobile phones in the club is one of the latest team rules announced by Ferguson.

Just yesterday, Ronaldinho sent four text messages on his mobile phone during training, and was directly fined 8,000 pounds by Ferguson.

"I don't want to talk." Ronaldinho's weak voice sounded on the other end of the phone, "I'm very sad, Ritter, how could the coach do this to me? The money is not important, I just sent four text messages!"

"Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys," Endrit couldn't help laughing. "I guess even Coach Ferguson didn't expect someone to jump out so soon, especially you, the most famous and the best player on the team. Now that Coach Ferguson has punished you severely, won't the other players know that Coach Ferguson is really going to make an effort to rectify your team's discipline this time?"

"But, Ritter..."

Endrit put his hand on his forehead and interrupted Xiao Xiao Luo. "Let's not talk about this for now. It's not important. I called mainly to ask who you are texting? Your girlfriend? No wonder you haven't been in good shape recently."

"I, I'm not..."

"If you don't want Coach Ferguson to impose more team rules, then train well! You can't find friends to hang out with when you get older, right?"

Xiao Xiao Luo was silent for a second. He had just been lying on the sofa with a depressed look on his face, but now he sat up straight away. Every strand of his hair was telling of his anger. "You called me just to say this, right?"

That day, when Endrit drove out to pick someone up, Ronaldinho said angrily: If you are afraid that I will break your shutout record, then train well!

Now, Endrit finally found a chance to return the favor.

“Hahahahahaha…”

Endrit didn't answer, he just laughed into the phone. Xiao Xiao Luo rolled his eyes, very annoyed, "What do you mean? I'm your idol!"

"There is a saying in our hometown: A crow should not dislike the pig's blackness."

"What do you mean?!" Xiao Xiao Luo was confused. "There are black pigs? Aren't all pigs white?"

"Of course there are black pigs. Our, um... Chinese native pigs are black pigs, and they taste better."

"Have you tried it? Does it really taste better?"

"Of course, but you probably can't buy it in England. When there's a chance...well, we should go to the Olympics this summer, and I can treat you to a meal then..." Endrit paused and took a deep breath, "You kid, are you trying to change the subject?"

…

On February 16, Chelsea reached the round of 16 of the FA Cup, where they will face League One team Huddersfield at Stamford Bridge.

In this game, Ashley Cole officially returned, but Bridge, who had a poor training attitude recently, was not even on the team's substitute list. He disappeared directly from the team list.

The Daily Mail, which had just spoken up for Bridge not long ago and was highly regarded by Bridge, did not mention Bridge at all after the game. Instead, it used a lot of words to discuss Lampard, Ballack and Ashley.

[In previous interviews, Ballack repeatedly emphasized that he and Lampard would be the best midfield partners, but before today's game, people did not believe this statement. Some extreme fans even thought that the team should choose between Lampard and Ballack. But in today's game, the cooperation between Ballack and Lampard produced a magical chemical reaction. In the 17th and 60th minutes after the start of the game, Lampard successfully sent the ball into Huddersfield's goal. 】

[In the first game after returning from the African Cup, striker Kalu successfully scored in the 70th minute after the start! 】

[After returning from injury, Ashley actively ran in his first game after returning and completed two difficult blocks on the opposing players. 】

As for Bridge? Excuse me, what is that?

The reason why the Daily Mail published comments in the newspaper to sympathize with Bridge is because Bridge has performed well on the court in recent times. The Daily Mail believes that Bridge can compete with Ashley for position and that Bridge can put Mourinho in a dilemma.

But when the Daily Mail discovered that Bridge could no longer take the stage and was not even on the list of substitutes, they completely forgot their sympathy from the previous few days.

What? Did they write the report? Oh, the person who wrote that report was an intern, and he was just fired~

Chelsea beat Huddersfield 3-0, finished the FA Cup round of 16 neatly and advanced smoothly. Bridge, who appeared at Stamford Bridge thinking he would be interviewed by reporters after the game, returned home with a disappointed look on his face and received a call from his agent.

The agent told him that Liverpool, which had previously wanted to contact Chelsea for Bridge, recently gave up the idea because they wanted to bring in younger defenders.

"What did you say?" Bridge stood up suddenly. "This is impossible! My performance..."

"How did you perform? Let's not talk about the team training. How many times have you been photographed by the media going to the pub recently? Didn't I tell you to behave yourself for the time being? Do you think you are Rooney? Do you think you can be like him, with prostitutes all over the news and still be praised by the media with your eyes closed? He can score goals on the court, how about you?"

Bridge squeezed the phone tightly, his eyes slightly red with anger.

"Okay, you should train well during this period and try to gain the trust of coach Mourinho before playing. If Liverpool doesn't exist, there is still Manchester City..."

"I want to go to Liverpool..."

"Are you still picking it now?"

The agent's words made Briss fall silent again. After hanging up the phone, he sat on the sofa alone, his vision gradually blurred.

At this point in time, Manchester City was almost suffocated by Manchester United, their rival city. This summer, Berbatov was determined to transfer to the wealthy Manchester United. Manchester City offered 35 million pounds to sign Berbatov. Tottenham happily agreed, but wanted to sign a contract with Manchester City but couldn't find Mrs. Berbatov.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Berbatov had already flown to Manchester United. Coach Ferguson personally picked him up at the airport for a medical examination and finally made a new offer of 30.75 million pounds to Tottenham. Before this, Manchester United's offer for Berbatov had always been 22 million pounds.

If Berbatov had not been in poor form in the following seasons, Tottenham would probably have become an irreconcilable rival of Manchester United.

"You don't want to be teammates with Berbatov?" Mourinho looked up from a pile of documents and glanced at Endrit. "What's the reason?"

"Because I think his playing style is a bit repetitive with Kalu," Endrit gave his reasons, "I am a little worried that if he transfers here, he will encounter the same dilemma as Brees and Ashley."

Mourinho nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.

"Coach?" Endrit moved closer to Mourinho. "When I spoke to Berbatov on the phone before, he didn't seem very optimistic about Chelsea. Coach, you also said before that there was no need to discuss the transfer with him, but I saw in the newspaper that you offered 20 million pounds to Tottenham..."

"Please help raise the price," Mourinho smiled calmly, "We don't want it. If other teams want it, please help raise the price. Their transfer fee is limited. If they buy this one, they can't buy others."

"well?"

Mourinho was not impatient, nor did he say that Endrit was worrying about nothing. "I'm a little busy now. I'll tell you about it when I have time. The transfer market is not as simple as you think. It's not the kind of transfer market where all players are traded at a fixed price. All national football associations have regulations that players cannot be contacted privately before the transfer period begins, but look at which team abides by this rule?"

"Okay," Mourinho waved his hand, "Go play first."

Endrit, who was about to leave, stopped and asked, "Go play?"

"Why, are you still going back to training?" Mourinho had already lowered his head and started to busy himself with his own things. "Aren't you going to leave directly?"

Endrit put his hands in his pockets and slowly raised his chin, "Yes, I just go and play~"

Mourinho raised his head and stared at Endrit expressionlessly, and Endrit burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, coach, so was that just a provocation? Coach, were you deliberately provoking me..."

"Go, go, go!" Mourinho waved his hands irritably, "Go and have fun!"

Endrit left Mourinho's office with a smile, and not long after he walked out, he received a text message from the latter.

[You'd better make sure that your current smart state can continue. I think even you don't want to lose the No. 1 jersey, right? 】

Endrit stopped and lowered his head to quickly reply to the text message: [Yes, yes, coach! I will try my best not to let you down! 】

After putting down the phone, only one sentence lingered in Endrit's mind: If provocation doesn't work, should I switch to threats? Why does it seem like the coach is trying to pua himself following this process?

…

The day after the FA Cup, when other players began their vacation, Bridge came to the team early to start training.

In the next few days, Bridge trained frantically as if he wanted to make up for the training he had missed, even more exaggerated than Endritt at the time.

But the other players did not feel anxious because of Bridge's crazy training. Barak even talked to Bridge and told him not to train for so long.

"You've been lazy for so long. If you train too hard all at once, you'll probably get hurt." Barak reached out and patted Bridge's shoulder. "Let's stop here for today."

Bridge nodded his head and agreed, but he still trained frantically the next day. His teammates all knew what he wanted, so they didn't persuade him anymore.

Finally, the time came to February 20th.

Chelsea will face Greek side Olympiacos in the Champions League round of 16.

Before the game, Mourinho showed the players the starting roster and substitute roster for the next day's game.

Goalkeeper: 1-Endrit

Defenders: 35-Belleti, 6-Carvalho, 33-Alex, 3-Ashley

Midfielders: 5-Essien, 4-Makelele, 13-Balak

Forwards: 15-Malouda, 11-Drogba, 10-Cole

Substitutes: 23-Cudicini, 8-Lampard, 12-Mikel, 21-Kalou, 24-Wright-Phillips, 39-Anelka

When Mourinho posted this Champions League list, Bridge, who had been training hard for three days, was stunned. He knew that he would definitely not be included in the starting lineup by coach Mourinho, but now, he can't even be on the substitute list?

No, coach Mourinho didn't put him on the bench in the last game!

Bridge covered his face with his hands, the regret in his heart was about to turn into a sea and swallow him up.

Maybe before the game, he vaguely understood that he was wrong. He remembered that he couldn't calm down when he skipped training and ran to the pub to play, because he knew it was wrong, but he couldn't stop at all at that time.

He knew in his heart that it was wrong, but he kept saying that the coach was wrong and drank a belly full of beer.

It only takes a few hours to destroy his image in the eyes of coach Mourinho, but if he wants coach Mourinho to trust him again and put him back on the team's substitute list, he will probably need to work hard for a long time.

Bridge felt a little sad that he was not on the substitute list after seeing the substitute list, and Lampard felt a little sad that he was on the substitute list after seeing the substitute list. He scored twice in the last game! Now that we are playing in the Champions League, why did the coach put him on the bench? Does this mean you don't believe in him?

Lampard had a thousand words he wanted to say in his mind, and he immediately followed Mourinho after he left the locker room.

"What's wrong?" Mourinho stopped and looked at Lampard with a frown. "Do you have any questions?"

"Coach," Lampard pursed his dry lips, "Tomorrow's Champions League game, why am I..."

"Try tactics," Mourinho interrupted Lampard directly, "You start the next game, Ballack is on the bench, it has nothing to do with the Champions League or not, understand?"

"Okay, I've finished explaining, do you have any questions?"

Lampard actually still didn't quite understand why Mourinho, who had always asked him to cooperate with Ballack, now let the two start separately, but when Mourinho frowned and asked again, he nodded quickly to show that he understood, "I understand coach, I don't have any other questions."

Returning to the locker room again and seeing the list of substitutes, Lampard couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong? Didn't you ask?" Endrit leaned over, "Didn't the coach tell you?"

Lampard couldn't help but sigh again, "It's called team tactics."

"What tactics? Are we going to change it again? What are we going to change it to?"

Lampard shook his head. "I don't know. The coach didn't say."

Endrit said softly, "Then I'll ask about it when I go back later."

"The coach himself probably hasn't thought it through yet. He hasn't arranged any targeted training for us," Lampard said, without any expectation for Endrit's idea. "I guess he will arrange it after the game."

Early the next morning, Endrit pulled Lampard aside and told him about coach Mourinho's ideas.

"You two are both very good and strong, but before, before you two were injured, the coach let you rotate the field. Ballack was unhappy and you were unhappy. Before, Ballack missed four months because of an ankle injury, and you always started. Your performance made the coach feel that this team absolutely cannot be without you."

Lampard blinked. "Is that what the coach said?"

"What the coach said was even more disgusting than that," Endrit waved his hand in disgust, "He had the nerve to say it out loud. I'm a little embarrassed to repeat it~"

Lampard wanted to say something, but Endritt quickly moved on to the next topic. "During the time when you were injured, both the media and the fans spoke highly of the captain. He can lead the team to victory on the court just like you."

"This is simply a sweet burden! The coach doesn't want to let you two rotate like before, but before that, he wants to determine your playing styles through actual games," Endritt couldn't help but sighed as he spoke, "Then, find a way to make the two of you fully cooperate, and Coach Mourinho has already thought of a way."

After the last game ended 3:0, the media began to praise the cooperation between Lampard and Ballack. Why? Because Lampard scored two goals. But the two goals scored by Lampard were entirely due to his personal ability and had nothing to do with Ballack. Even if there was no Ballack standing on the court at that time, Lampard could still have scored the goal.

Both of them are good and powerful, but the effect of their combination was not very good from the beginning. Not only is 1+1 not greater than 2, it is directly less than 1.

Chelsea fans watch the cooperation between these two players just like they watch the cooperation between Lampard and Gerrard in the national team.

Then why can't they cooperate? Because these three people are midfield leaders, they are used to playing independently in the middle with themselves as the leader. When these two people work together, it is equivalent to one body having two brains at the same time. Who should they listen to and who should they not?

These two players are now young, injury-free and at the peak of their careers. Who is willing to be directly suppressed by the other?

If this problem is not resolved in time, then it will not just be the media and some fans who think that one of them should leave Chelsea.

"Really?" Lampard was very surprised, "What's the solution?"

Endrit covered his face and sighed again, "Listen to me."

"Hmm?" Lampard was a little confused. "Listen, listen to you?"

Endrit nodded silently, "But the coach said we still need to watch a few more games."

…

February 20

Karaiskakis Stadium

A game is about to take place here.

"Dear viewers! Dear viewers! This is Sky Sports. You are watching a match in the 1/8 round of UEFA Champions League, the first leg between Olympiacos of Greece and Chelsea at home."

"I'm your favorite commentator Nicole, welcome to watch today's live game."

"I'm the commentator Clyde. Compared with other round of 16 matches, Chelsea's opponent Olympiacos is weaker overall. Compared with other Premier League opponents, Chelsea has quite good luck in this round."

Liverpool's opponent in the round of 16 is Inter Milan, Arsenal's opponent is AC Milan, and Manchester United's opponent is Lyon.

There are only four Premier League teams in the round of 16 of the Champions League this year, and among these four teams, only Chelsea's opponents are unknown. Fans of other Premier League teams are drooling with envy.

"Of course, Chelsea has always had good luck." Nicol continued with a smile, "If luck wasn't good enough, Endrit wouldn't be in Chelsea."

"Oh my God, you reminded me. Yes, friends in front of the TV, please believe us, there is no team in the world luckier than Chelsea!"

"Let's talk about today's game. Chelsea and Olympiacos have never met in the history of the three major European cups. This game is also the first time that the two teams have met in the three major cups. So every minute from this moment on, both teams are creating new history."

"It is reported that Chelsea's top striker Drogba will return in this game, and Chelsea's newcomer Arnneka will come on as a substitute in this game."

“…”

"Okay, the starting lineups for both teams have been announced. Coach Lemonis of the home team Olympiacos has deployed a 451 lineup for this game."

The player list of the home team Olympiacos appeared at the bottom of the TV.

Goalkeeper: 71-Nikopolidis

Guards: 14-Zurakov, 5-Julio Cesar, 18-Anchas, 30-Pantos

Midfielders: 28-Ledesma, 35-Torosidis, 6-Stoltidis, 7-Galetti, 11-Djordjevic

Forward: 9-Kovacevic

Substitutes: 87-Sifakis, 2-Pachazoglou, 4-Leonardo, 10-Nunes, 22-Mitroglou, 25-Beluschi, 77-Sisic

"Chelsea actually kept Lampard on the bench in this game. Is this for the League Cup final between Chelsea and Tottenham this weekend? Mourinho doesn't want to take risks with two main midfielders. After all, if both of them are injured, it will be difficult to play against Tottenham."

"The referee for today's match is Plautz from Austria, who often officiates in the Austrian Football League."

With the whistle of referee Plautz, the game officially began.

Chelsea kick off.

The Chelsea players in yellow jerseys slowly moved forward.

"Alex passed the ball to Essien, who took the ball and shot forward...long shot! Can this ball go in?!"

"It was a long shot in the first minute, it was very threatening."

Very threatening, but didn't go in.

Essien looked up at the football at the feet of Olympiacos player Ledesma, who was wearing a red and white striped jersey, and he was eager to get the ball back at his feet.

Olympiacos players continued to move forward, and midfielder Ledesma passed the ball to Kovacevic who had already advanced into Chelsea's half.

Kavacević tried to break through from the right with the ball, but Makelele rushed up and intercepted the ball.

"Makelele made a long pass! The ball was given to Malouda on the left, Malouda - Malouda passed it back to Ballack! Ballack created a corner kick!"

"Chelsea are in very good form and got a corner kick in the first three minutes. Can this ball go in?"

After a little preparation, Ballack took a corner kick directly, but the corner kick was headed out by an Olympiacos player without leaving a trace in the sky.

The ball passed to Olympiacos, who began to counterattack Chelsea.

"Galetti! He shot! A long shot with his right foot! Endrit attacks... Oops! The ball was way off target. Olympiacos' midfielder Galetti doesn't seem to be good at long shots. He completely wasted a great save by our Ritter!"

"Ritter almost jumped up, but the ball went straight out."

The game restarted and Galletti got the ball and tried to break through again. This time, he used his left foot to pass the ball to the middle, but his strength seemed to be too great. The football did not stop after reaching the middle and flew directly out of the baseline in one breath - yes, the football had not yet landed on the ground, but was already at the baseline while it was still in the air.

The commentator was speechless for a moment, "This... maybe it's because he hasn't participated in the Champions League for too long, so he's still a little uncomfortable with it?"

"It is very likely. After all, this is the first time that Olympiacos has entered the Champions League round of 16 in nine years. Their excitement is very understandable to the Olympiacos fans at the scene. Listen, the fans are cheering for Olympiacos."

After the football flew out of the baseline, the ball was in Chelsea's hands. But on the way of passing the ball from the middle to the front court, the ball was intercepted directly by Olympiacos striker Kovacevic halfway.

"The data shows that Olympiacos' striker Kovacevic is very good at heading the ball, and this advantage means that Olympiacos's offensive route is usually to cross the ball from the wing...through pass!"

The football flew straight towards the goal and was caught by Endrit who bent down and hugged it.

"Kovacevic's through ball, but unfortunately it didn't pose any threat to the goal."

"We said before that Chelsea had very good luck this year. Similarly, Olympiacos had very bad luck this year. Although Olympiacos may also play against other strong teams, only Chelsea has Endrit standing in front of the goal. And as we all know, our Endrit will not let any ball rush into the goal he is guarding."

"If Olympiacos played against other teams, they would have a good chance of turning into a dark horse. But against Chelsea, that hope is very slim."

“You could even say there is none.”

Sky Sports is a pay-TV satellite channel owned by Sky Television, broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Although the match between Liverpool and Inter Milan will also be broadcast live at the same time today, almost all commentators are rushing to comment on Chelsea's match.

It's simple. As long as Endrit is on the court, they just need to give Endrit a few more shots during the game and the fans will be reluctant to change the channel.

"Essien was fouled by referee Plautz when competing for a header. Let's take a look at the replay of the game just now..."

Why do we have to watch the replay of fouls? Because the field seemed calm and there was nothing wrong, the director's camera was directly focused on Endrit who was staring at the football in front of the goal.

Olympiacos midfielder Stoltidi tried to pass the ball to Kovacevic in the middle, but failed and Ballack headed the ball.

"After 10 minutes, the score has not changed. But we can see that when Chelsea players start to press in the frontcourt, Olympiacos' passing and receiving of the ball will become very difficult."

Ballack passed the ball to Drogba. After receiving the ball, Drogba rushed straight into the penalty area. Just as he was about to shoot, he was knocked over by the opponent.

"Plauz called a foul. If there hadn't been a foul, Drogba could have scored from this angle."

"Plautz's penalty was a bit lenient. That foul just now was totally worthy of a yellow card!"

The game restarted, and Olympiacos, who successfully intercepted the ball, began to counterattack. Olympiacos player Torosidis made a cross, and the ball was directly headed out by Carvalho.

The two commentators felt a little regretful. If Carvalho had failed to kick the ball out, would they have been able to see Endrit's save? Although this is definitely a scene that coach Mourinho does not want to see, but - this is a scene that their commentators really want to see!

If only Mourinho could arrange his lineup like he did in the first game of this year's Champions League, then the ratings of the game they both commentate on would definitely be very high!

"Latest news! In the match between Roma and Real Madrid that is currently going on at the same time, Roma is trailing Real Madrid 0:1 at home!"

"This is amazing. In my impression, Real Madrid always performs well when they play at the Olympic Stadium. If Real Madrid still doesn't perform well this year, maybe they can consider using the Olympic Stadium as their home ground."

In the 15th minute of the game, Drogba made a cross from the left, Malouda received the ball and shot with his right foot, but unfortunately the ball was too straight and was caught by the opposing goalkeeper Nicopolidis.

In the 20th minute, Belletti created a free kick.

The free kick was taken, Drogba provided cover at the front point, and Carvalho shot!

"Carvalho!"

The football flying towards the goal was pressed under Nikopolidis.

"It's such a pity, this ball was Chelsea's best chance so far in the first half! But the ball still failed to score. What's wrong with Chelsea? Can't they win a victory against Olympiacos?"

Four minutes later, Olympiacos was awarded a free kick.

"Endrit! He directly predicted the direction of Kovacevic's shot! This free kick was easily caught by Endrit!"

In the 26th minute, Chelsea's right-wing attack made a pass error. In another match taking place at this time, Roma's David Pizarro scored a goal to equalize the score with Real Madrid.

Only Chelsea's score remains at 0:0.

In the 28th minute, Chelsea made another major mistake. Drogba dribbled the ball from the middle to the right baseline, but when he was in position there was no player to receive the ball and the ball was directly intercepted by the opposing player.

Olympiacos immediately launched a counterattack, but they seemed to be only good at one offensive route: midfielder Galletti made a cross from the right, and the ball hit Carvalho directly and flew out of the baseline.

The commentator's voice was much softer than before, and there was something in his mind that he didn't know whether to say or not: This doesn't look like a match between Chelsea and a weak team at all, this is just a fight between weaklings!

The ball came to Chelsea, Malouda made a cross from the right, Essien received the ball and headed it in the middle, but the angle was too high and the ball flew over the crossbar.

In the 30th minute of the game, Olympiacos launched another counterattack. Still, Galletti kicked the ball from the right, but the ball was blocked by the defender before it reached Endrit.

"There was booing and the fans were getting a little impatient."

"Chelsea have found their form and maybe they can break the deadlock soon."

"Olympiacos had a lot of attacks in this game, but they were basically crosses from the right. However, the quality of their crosses was really poor. They didn't even let Ritt see the ball a few times!"

The commentator tried hard to make up for the loss, but the players from both sides kept attacking each other but there was no improvement. So the camera simply kept scanning Endrit from time to time, trying to stabilize the falling ratings.

"The first half of the game is over, the score is tied, I hope the second half... huh?" Nicole opened her eyes wide and looked at the person who suddenly appeared in the camera, "The person who appeared in the stands is Robert Downey Jr.?!"

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