Ramirez is 23 years old, 178cm tall and weighs 67kg. He is an all-around South American B2B midfielder.
Ramirez has a nickname called "the immortal blue Kenyan". Of course, Ramirez is not Kenyan, but Kenya is almost overwhelming in long-distance running, and Ramirez is also the representative of the immortal on the court, and he is wearing the Chelsea Blues jersey, so he is named the Blue Kenyan.
At Chelsea, Lampard is also a representative of the indomitable B2B running, but Lampard cannot outrun Ramires.
Firstly, Ramires is still young and has the physical toughness of a South American player. Secondly, Lampard needs all kinds of organizational support and dispatch. Lampard's B2B is not just about coverage.
Ramirez's career is also very legendary.
Similar to many international superstars who came from the slums, Ramirez also put on sneakers and joined a professional club to start formal training at the age of 17.
Before becoming an official player, he worked as a porter and a bricklayer, and often did not have enough to eat. Especially when he was a bricklayer, he followed his uncle to work and often had to work all day and could only have a meal after working for a whole day.
He was born into a truly poor family, and playing soccer when he was young was a luxury for him. However, because he was too obsessed with playing soccer and had no money, he often went the whole day on an empty stomach.
Because of his excellent running ability, he was spotted by Brazil's top league team at the age of 17. After two years of formal training, Ramires, who was finally well fed, began to break out. He was first spotted by Cruzeiro of the Brazilian Serie A, and then by Portuguese Serie A giants Benfica. He officially landed in the European arena and helped Benfica break Porto's monopoly on the Portuguese Cup championship.
In August 2010, Ramires moved to Chelsea for a transfer fee of 16.3 million pounds, starting his journey to become a star for the Blues.
During his time at Chelsea, he helped Chelsea win many championship honors. Until 2016, when his appearances at Chelsea decreased due to injuries, Ramirez joined the Chinese Super League team Suning for 28 million euros.
It's a pity that Suning did not have a pleasant relationship with Ramirez in the end. Ramirez joined Suning in 73 games, scored 17 goals and had 13 assists.
Ramirez is definitely a strong player, but in a club of the level of the Chinese Super League, no one can control a big-name player like Ramirez, unless the coach is like Lippi.
But no matter what, Ramirez is an inspirational role model for South American players.
In Brazil, even if one is hungry and has to play football barefoot, football can really change one's destiny. However, in China, parents firmly believe that only studying can change one's destiny.
In today's game, Ramirez stood parallel to Lampard. Lampard was more inclined to organize the offense, while Ramirez had only one task - to protect Lampard.
Ramires will deal with whoever deals with Lampard.
Although Ramirez looks thin and short, as a South American player, Ramirez is an engineer-type B2B! He is not a mopping-up type, nor a blasting type, but an engineer type.
Such a player on the field can cause headaches for all players close to Lampard.
Next, the last link of Chelsea’s inverted triangle midfield is the number 5 beast waist, the iron wall, the African buffalo, the African Joey Yung - Michael Essien!
Essien showed the world the necessary standards of a defensive midfielder: a strong body, amazing physical fitness, top-level explosiveness, endless endurance, and extremely aggressive confrontation.
Essien is 177cm tall and weighs 85kg, which is 170kg when converted into kilograms. A height of 177cm and a weight of 170kg would make an ordinary person a standard fat man, but Essien is made up of muscles all over his body. If an ordinary person is hit by a buffalo like Essien, he would definitely be injured and unable to get out of bed for a hundred days.
Essien has extremely strong explosive power and extremely fast speed. Any striker who relies mainly on speed will find it difficult to get rid of Essien, and once he is hit by Essien, he will inevitably lose the ball. Even if a striker who is strong enough can withstand Essien's impact, he will never be able to outrun him.
Other B2B players run all over the field and sprint intermittently, but Essien can sprint all over the field! Essien actually sacrificed his B2B attribute in Chelsea, because there are already Lampard and Ramires in the midfield. Although Lampard and Ramires are also B2B, they are not the mopping-up type. Essien is actually an all-around B2B, who can blast, engineer, and mop up. His mopping-up attribute is exactly what Chelsea lacks the most at the moment, so Essien's position is relatively backward, specializing in interception and mopping up, and he doesn't have to run all over the field.
Every time Chelsea finishes a game, Essien doesn't sweat much.
In addition, Essien also had a very domineering long shot, which was full of power.
Domestic coach Zhang once said something to the effect that Chelsea with Essien is actually a 452 formation, with Essien playing the role of two players in the midfield.
The only pity is that Essien suffered a serious injury to his knee cruciate ligament in 2009.
After that, this old injury recurred repeatedly.
If it weren't for injuries, Essien would definitely become a world-class T0 defensive midfielder.
As for his nickname "African Joey Yung", it was because when he was playing for Milan in the late stage of his 14-year professional career, his emoticon package with wide eyes and a look of helplessness when he was sent off by the referee, which became popular on the Internet, looked very similar to Joey Yung. The fans felt sorry for Big Buffalo and gave him the beautiful nickname of African Joey Yung.
After that, Essien spent a long time in lower leagues until he retired in 2020.
Essien has dual citizenship of France and Ghana. Given the world's shortage of good midfielders, if Essien had joined the French team, he would definitely have had a chance to win the World Cup. However, Essien still resolutely chose Ghana where he grew up.
But no matter what, Essien, who is now 28 years old, is at his peak. He is fierce in the tackle and his defensive awareness is almost invincible. He can take on the entire defensive gate of Chelsea by himself and should not be underestimated.
Next, Chelsea's starting left back is player No. 3, "the king of gossip", "the world's number one left back", "the number one scumbag in the Premier League", and "C Ronaldo's diving trigger" Ashley Cole.
Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo himself confirmed that he had encountered many difficult full-backs in his career, but the only one who really gave him a headache and a mental disorder was Ashley Cole.
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