In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the French team did not even qualify for the group stage.

Many people attributed France's poor performance to the locker room conflict caused by Anelka, believing that it was black sheep like Anelka who tore apart the French locker room and affected the performance of the French team.

In fact, those who really understand the situation know that the culprit is the French team’s head coach Raymondo Domenech.

There are many head coaches with strong personalities in the history of football, such as Cruyff who never put down his cigarette, the madman Mourinho, and Löw who would grab his crotch when he was excited. Domenech is definitely a head coach with a strong personality.

Domenech's characteristic is metaphysics.

Everyone says Zidane is Qi Xuanzong, but in fact, Zidane's metaphysics is nothing compared to that of the national team master Domenech.

Domenech really believes in astrology. Through astrology, Domenech believes that he will become the president of France.

Later he found out that he had learned astrology incorrectly. After further studying it, he found that he could become the head coach of the French team.

At that time, he was already the head coach of the French team - he used an existing result to prove the correctness of his astrology.

This is also what many astrologers and fortune tellers love to do - when someone dies, they say that person has a bad life, and when someone becomes rich, they say that person has a good life.

Is astrology accurate?

It's really hard to comment on this, but there are too many stupid people in this world. Astrology involves a very grand view of the universe, astrological history, mathematical calculations, etc. It's not something that just anyone can afford to play with.

Domenech believed that Scorpio was incompatible with his Aquarius sign, so when he was selecting players for the 2010 French team, he ignored the objections of others and did not include any Scorpio players.

The result... Anelka got into an internal conflict in the second round of the group stage. After Anelka was fired, the French team went on strike and went home directly after the group stage.

Afterwards, Domenech used his astrological level, which was not even at the bottom of the bottle, to analyze - he forgot to consider the rising sign! Anelka's rising sign is Scorpio! It must be like this! Oh my, astrology is so accurate! In short, Anelka met Domenech, which was really a strange encounter.

Next, Chelsea’s two midfielders are the No. 8 vice-captain Frank Lampard, and the No. 7 Brazilian talented midfielder Ramires Santos do Nascimento.

Frank Lampard is the real heart of Chelsea.

Although Chelsea has a sharp trident in the frontcourt, in fact, this trident does not launch an attack through the wingers holding the ball and advancing, but through Lampard in the midfield to perform B2B tearing and then make a straight pass to play the role of the trident.

With Lampard around, Drogba's playing style was very simple. He would use his body to eat the opposing defender to break into the key area, then take the ball with his back, turn around and shoot.

Drogba's ability to receive the ball with his back to the goal and turn around to shoot has been made world-class by Lampard. Even Liverpool's Anfield King Kenny Dalglish had to shake his head in admiration when he saw it.

Drogba was just the final blow after completing the complicated process, he was the terminator, but Chelsea's real engine was No. 8 Lampard.

Lampard is 32 years old this year and has passed his peak period, but he is still the soul of Chelsea.

Lampard is 184cm tall and weighs 84kg. He is a typical English B2B midfielder. He is covered in muscles, has almost unlimited physical strength, and is like an iron man. He is extremely unlikely to get injured. He has a balanced offense and defense, a strong ability to get in from behind, and a decent long-range shot.

As a midfielder, Lampard is the top scorer in Chelsea's history. He helped Chelsea rise and helped Chelsea win the Champions League and three Premier League titles. Lampard himself has been shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or five times. Although he has never won the Ballon d'Or, his strength is recognized as strong.

——As long as he is not a coach, Lampard is a good Lampard.

Although Lampard has an extremely high IQ, not only does he stand out in the Premier League football world full of idiots, but among many elites, Lampard's IQ is also enough to crush the vast majority.

However, an IQ of over 150 does not mean that Lampard can really be a good coach.

Lampard's footwork is not very delicate, which is a common problem among Premier League players, but Lampard also has the advantages of British players, which is simplicity and efficiency. He can penetrate the opponent's defense with one kick, so he doesn't need too much dribbling at all.

Lampard has a very broad field of vision and the ability to pass the ball as if calculated by AI. His super high IQ gives him a great advantage in predictive analysis.

Lampard has great endurance and can run and sprint non-stop throughout a game, so he covers a large area on the field, is very sharp in attacking from the back, and has a very high success rate in long-range shots, often making some amazing long-range shots.

In this game, Ancelotti sent Lampard into the game in order to form a triangle in the midfield and specifically restrict Gu Ran.

Using a world-class B2B midfielder like Lampard to restrict Gu Ran, and adding two more midfielders to restrict him together, from this point alone, we can see how cautious Ancelotti is and how much he values ​​Gu Ran.

As Chelsea's No. 8 midfielder, Lampard is full of anticipation for the matchup with Southampton's No. 8 Gu Ran.

In fact, with Lampard's influence in Chelsea, Lampard can definitely serve as the captain on the field.

Especially after Terry slept with his younger brother's girlfriend and was stripped of the captain's armband by the England national team, the call for Lampard to become the first captain became even louder.

Even Terry offered the armband to Lampard, but Lampard did not accept it.

Lampard said that no matter what Terry has done, he is still the real soul of Chelsea.

Terry was deeply moved and offered to invite Lampard and his family to dinner.

Lampard quickly said, "I'm going to marry the female host soon, don't do this..."

In short, despite the "Friend's Wife Gate" incident, Terry is still the captain of Chelsea, and Lampard is the vice-captain of Chelsea and the primary taker of penalties, corner kicks and free kicks.

Of course, Lampard is not without flaws.

Aside from the fact that he may be a bad head coach in the future, Lampard took off his clothes to celebrate in a bar in London in front of crying Americans after the 9/11 attacks.

He was later fined £100,000 by the club.

The reason is that you shouldn't drink in the bar before the game.

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(End of this chapter)