Chapter 244 Yes, carry forward the Chelsea spirit

On September 25, 2004, the seventh round of the English Premier League was about to begin. All the English media were focused on the Stamford Bridge in Fulham, London, waiting for this earth-shattering collision.

Almost no one would question the ability of Liverpool's current head coach Rafael Benítez. He coached Valencia for three years and helped the team beat Real Madrid and Barcelona and won two league titles!

It can be said that Benítez's ability to lead a team is beyond doubt.

And now, this champion coach has come to the Premier League. Because of Benítez, many people are optimistic about Liverpool's performance this season. Even in the first 6 rounds of the league, they only gained 10 league points and ranked 5th, but this is normal in the eyes of fans. As long as the team can complete the adaptation period normally, they will definitely achieve very good results and even strive for the league championship and the Champions League championship!

However, Chelsea is too strong this season!!

Almost all English fans, except for the Blues fans, hope that Benítez can sink this arrogant speedboat at Stamford Bridge to suppress Chelsea's limelight. If this situation continues, the Premier League championship trophy will be decided long ago, so what chance do other teams have! ?

So, logically speaking, on the morning of September 25, the media should have been hyping up Liverpool. But due to some reasons, Chelsea took over the spotlight.

Fulham Times: "No one can stop me from scoring goals!!"

This headline, coupled with the picture of the black-haired boy with a calm expression on the front page, immediately attracted the attention of all football fans in London. Thanks to this report, the sales of the Fulham Times today directly increased by 50%.

In the report, editor-in-chief Lassiter Cooper praised Wang Li's self-confidence and emphasized: "Only such self-confidence is in line with the inheritance of the 'Chelsea spirit'. We need such players. No one dares to question Alan Wang's ability. He always does what he says. This is Chelsea's great shooter! ! Perhaps, when we think back on this sentence a few years later, we will definitely feel emotional. The great English football needs such confident shooters to carry forward."

Of course, in the whole of England, perhaps only the Fulham local media would truly praise Wang Li. Almost all other newspapers and magazines criticized him harshly. The Liverpool media even declared, "Today's game will make him look good."

'No one can stop me from scoring', what arrogant words! !

Throughout the history of football, no star has dared to say such a thing, not Pele, not Cruyff, not even Maradona who performed a six-man show in the World Cup finals!!

And now, this young boy who is not even 18 years old said such words. In their opinion, this is a mockery to all the defensive players in the world! !

For this reason, many media flew to Manchester to interview big-name defenders. Gabriel Heinze, the Argentine international who just joined Manchester United this season, said: "I will give him a good beating in the 10th round!"

But it is clear that most media outlets are noncommittal about Heinze's words. A substitute player for Manchester United who can't even be guaranteed to play in the game, what qualifications does he have to give a hard time to the current Premier League top scorer Alan Wong! ?

"I think this is just a confident statement made by young people after they have achieved certain success. You shouldn't delve into it." Wang Li's England teammate Gary Neville said with a smile. In fact, he still has a good impression of Wang Li. At least he thinks this black-haired boy can bring goals to the England team.

However, Wayne Brown was not so good-tempered. He said directly: "He is just putting on a show! Maybe after this game is over, his true colors will be revealed!"

It is worth mentioning that Arsenal's big mouth Pires was on camera again this time. "When I heard about this, I held my stomach and laughed for a long time. Only then did I know that there were people who could be so arrogant. Now, what I am most looking forward to is waiting for him to come to Highbury. I promise to sing the song "Fall" to send him off."

In fact, the remarks made by the players of Manchester United and Arsenal were already very subtle, and only a very small number of players would comment on this. Also, in the eyes of most people, before the focus battle, the black-haired boy's remarks were purely directed at the Liverpool players and had nothing to do with them.

Liverpool players were of course well aware of this. Compared to the comments of the above players, they were obviously much more angry. The team's backline general Sami Hyypia directly shouted: "This is an insult to all Liverpool defenders. We will teach him a lesson he will never forget in the game!!"

"I will use my feet to fight back against his words!" Jamie Carragher said, looking down and pointing at his feet.

However, the words of Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez are the most important. When a reporter asked about Liverpool's defense against Wang Li, he said: "I never think that any player in Liverpool needs to be specifically defended. Mr. McClaren has good ability, but I think he may lose because he pays too much attention to him."

Many newspapers published Nenites' words verbatim in the newspapers. Perhaps this is the Spaniard's true thoughts, or perhaps it is a smokescreen before the game. The game has not started yet, so who can tell for sure! ?

However, it is worth mentioning that the British bookmakers have come up with a new odds specifically for whether Wang Li can score a goal in this game: 1.7 to 1 if he does not score and 2.3 to 1 if he does.

As soon as this gambling method was introduced, it attracted the interest of a large number of fans. According to a survey, in just one night, more than 300,000 fans participated in this betting. As a result, the majority of fans believed that Wang Li could score a goal, while only 21.4% of fans bet that Wang Li would not score. For this reason, the bookmakers had to raise the odds of not scoring a goal.

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On the morning of the game, Chelsea's players still followed their usual schedule and arrived at Chelsea's first-team training ground around 9 o'clock, and then did their daily training under the leadership of assistant coach Clark.

In the eyes of the media reporters on the sidelines, the entire Chelsea team seemed calm and unhurried. They did not make any pre-war training arrangements against Liverpool. In the morning, head coach Mourinho did not even appear on the court.

Chelsea's training was not at all shy about the media's cameras, they were doing exercises to adapt to their physical fitness and adjust their condition as usual, which the local media in Fulham saw as "not taking Liverpool seriously at all, Chelsea has the belief that they will win", while other media believed that "they are throwing smoke bombs to confuse their opponents".

Wang Li, who was in training, was already well aware of the reporters' reports, but he did not fight back against those who made accusations.

Wang Li knew very well that in football matches, only strength and results were everything. As long as he fought back with real performance in the afternoon game, it would be sharper than any verbal rebuttal and leave people speechless.

Only achievements are the basis of arrogance!!

Unexpectedly, after the morning training, assistant coach Clark informed Wang Li that head coach Mourinho wanted to see him, so after changing his clothes, he went directly to the head coach's office in the office building.

At this time, there was a large stack of newspapers in front of Mourinho's desk, and almost all of them had reports about this game. Among these reports, most were about Wang Li. In the opinion of the "madman", this would bring more motivation to the black-haired boy to score goals, but for young players, this might be more pressure.

Although this black-haired boy has never let him down, Mourinho is still a little worried about his mental state.

"Alan, have you read today's report?" Mourinho asked directly after Wang Li came to the office.

"Yes, boss."

Mourinho lowered his head and thought for a while, flicked the cigar in his hand towards the ash, and said: "Ignore these media, they always make some small things public. As long as you are in the game..."

"No, boss, I think we shouldn't pay attention to these reports now, but keep a normal mentality and do a good job in training. With Chelsea's strength, as long as we perform normally at Stamford Bridge, we will definitely win." Before the "madman" finished his words, he was interrupted by Wang Li.

"Yeah, you're right."

"Boss, I think the more reports like this, the better. This will improve the team's reputation. When they are recklessly accusing Chelsea, we can use the results to explain everything. In this way, they will undoubtedly slap themselves in the face after the game. Even if they are not convinced in their hearts, their attitude towards the team will change immediately." After saying that, Wang Li paused, smiled and continued: "Don't you think this is interesting?"

Mourinho was stunned for a moment, thinking about the sour tone of the media after the victory, and couldn't help feeling refreshed. He nodded and said, "Yeah, it's very interesting."

"We should always do this so that we can show the momentum of the Chelsea team, destroy all opposition voices with actions and promote the true Chelsea spirit."

"Yes, carry forward the Chelsea spirit..."

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After Wang Li left, Mourinho was still thinking about what he said. After a while, he remembered the purpose of calling Wang Li to talk this time, and then he realized...

'After talking for so long, I ended up being enlightened by my players! ! '