Chapter 256 Touching Hands and Breasts
As the 8th round of the Premier League draws closer, Chelsea's training is still mostly filled with laughter, but there is also some seriousness mixed in.
In a football match, having strength does not necessarily mean you can win. If you want to win, you must take every game seriously.
However, Chelsea has had a depressing incident during their training in the past few days. In a training match, Ricardo Carvalho twisted his ankle while defending and left the field in pain. The team doctor confirmed through a series of tests that Carvalho had injured his foot muscles and would need to rest for at least a month.
This is extremely bad news for Chelsea.
Carvalho is the absolute main defender in the team, and when the team is in a scoring crisis, his ability to make assists can often help the team break the deadlock. However, a month's rest means that he will definitely miss the 10th round match against Manchester United, and Mr. Mourinho has to worry again.
Although Carvalho has performed very well for Chelsea, the local media in Fulham are not optimistic about Porto's two central defenders. They believe that these two transfers are Chelsea's biggest mistakes this summer.
The first few rounds of the league have proven that Thiago Mendes is completely useless. In Mourinho's words, "he has not yet adapted to the confrontation in the Premier League", but in the eyes of the English media, Mendes "has no strength at all". On the other hand, Carvalho is not as good as Makelele, Terry and other defensive generals in defense, and he is not as good as Lampard, Geremi and others in offense. In addition, he is frequently injured, so the role this player brings to Chelsea is really limited.
Of course, among them, there are media that compare the two midfielders with Wang Li and Drogba. Their combined value is also more than 30 million pounds, but the roles they play are really far apart.
Of course, Mourinho's old players in Porto also have outstanding performances - Paulo Ferreira. This iron defender who has been unpopular since joining Chelsea has proved his worth with his performance. As of now, he has firmly occupied a main position in Chelsea's back line. The price of 13 million pounds is indeed not expensive.
In short, all these reports are due to Carvalho's injury. At this time, Mr. Mourinho couldn't help but sigh, if only the team had 11 Allen Wangs---
The Portuguese found that Wang Li's physical fitness was simply too good
No matter what he does, he will hardly be hurt. This is the real football iron man.
………
As the game was about to start, the media of Manchester City and Chelsea also began to build momentum for the team. The media of Chelsea was of course full of praise. They believed that Manchester City was not a threat to Chelsea at all. The forward line built by Drogba and Wang Li was not something that Manchester City's second-rate defense could resist. On the other hand, the media of Manchester City was much more low-key. They did not predict or analyze the results of the game, but began to cheer for the team and offer suggestions. The media of Manchester City certainly hoped that the team could stop Chelsea's winning streak in the next game. This would not only be three points in the league, but also an honor---
The honor of trampling on a strong team
The Manchester Morning Post is an absolute supporter of Manchester City. The day before the game, they looked forward to the game and began to build momentum for Manchester City: "With Manchester City's performance getting better and better, under the leadership of legendary coach Kevin Keegan, this season we are likely to achieve good results and even compete for a place in the League Cup. Our opponent in this game is Chelsea, 'Chelsea with strong offensive power', please allow me to say so, because their scores in the first few rounds of the league are really scary enough. However, we are not afraid, Manchester City has always been the nemesis of giants, and we have the foundation and strength to defeat them."
On the other hand, Manchester's Youth Daily conducted a detailed analysis of the game focusing on tactics and personnel: "... Chelsea has stars such as Alan Wong, Geremi, Lampard, Joe Cole and others on the wing. They are very strong, and the switching between the left and right sides is really a headache, but we are not afraid, because we have Mills, Distin, Barton, Sinclair... Although our stars are not as famous as them, they are more practical. The defensive strength of pure defensive players Mills and Sinclair is unquestionable, and the key to winning this game is still on the right side. Now Alan Wong's name is almost the representative of English football's wing attack. For English football, I hope he performs better, but for this game, I hope he is not in good shape..."
For the Manchester City media, Chelsea is a strong enough team, but they are also confident of winning at home. After all, the team's head coach Kevin Keegan's reputation accumulated through his achievements is no worse than Jose Mourinho's. And this game will be held at the Manchester Stadium. The atmosphere created at the home court will allow the players to play better and make the opponents' state decline. With these ups and downs, it seems that winning a victory is not a difficult thing.
On the other hand, few Fulham local media discussed the result of the game. For them, this game was almost a sure win and the team would definitely win in Manchester, there was no doubt about that. Perhaps they were more concerned about another Manchester team - Manchester United. Chelsea and Manchester United were about to meet in the 10th round, and many media and fans were waiting for this focus battle which could even be called the English Derby.
In reporting on this match, the Fulham local media talked more about how many goals Chelsea would score in the match. More fans believed that Chelsea would get a big win, leading Manchester City by more than 3 goals, and Wang Li would score again. They did not believe that the small Manchester City team could prevent the dancing master from scoring.
It is worth mentioning that the Fulham Athletic also mentioned the issue of Manchester City's all-rounder Sun Jihai. They felt that this young player from China would definitely perform well in the game, and even predicted in a report that after this game, "Sun will become an indispensable player in Kevin Keegan's tactical system."
The fundamental reason for this kind of report is still due to Sun Jihai's ancestry. When fans learned that this player is of pure Chinese descent and is from the same country as Allen Wang's father, their favorability towards Sun Jihai suddenly increased. After studying his game situation, even though Sun Jihai's data and abilities are not particularly outstanding, this cannot hinder fans' expectations and favorability towards him---
Perhaps, this is the butterfly effect of stars
Wang Li's influence in England is really growing day by day.
In this situation, the most embarrassed person is definitely Mr. Eriksson, who did not recruit Wang Li into the England national team. This Swede has been under pressure from all sides, and even the English Football Association is questioning him why he did not call Wang Li into the national team.
Many foreign stars, especially those from England's rival Poland, have said in the media: "What I'm most looking forward to is playing against England's dancing master. He is said to be the star with the strongest offensive ability in the English media. I want to see how big the gap is between me and him."
However, when these local stars were waiting for the match with England, they didn't know that Wang Li had not entered the national team at all. If they wanted to play against Wang Li this season, the best way was to work hard and strive to get the attention of the giants when the winter transfer window opened.
Then, maybe they will have a chance to compete with Wang Li in the European Champions Cup.
………
Back to the topic, at 11 o'clock in the morning on October 3, Chelsea players followed the team bus to Manchester. London is at least a 2-hour drive from Manchester. During this time, maybe sleeping is a good choice. Compared with other players who are bored, Wang Li is much better because he can use meditation to kill time. Although this has limited effect on his current internal strength, it is also a good way to kill time.
The famous half-human demon Xiao Xiao Shen Yang once said at a traditional festival party in an ancient oriental country: "One day has passed when you close your eyes and open them again."
The same was true for Wang Li's meditation. Just when his teammates thought he was sleeping soundly, in fact, he just felt his mind was confused. When he woke up, the team bus had already entered Manchester.
Just as the bus arrived at the entrance of Manchester Stadium, Bridge suddenly pointed at the fans outside the window, walked to Wang Li and said in surprise: "Alan, your luck with romance is coming again?"
This sentence woke all the players up from their sleep. Hearing that there was something exciting to watch, these teammates who enjoyed gossiping all leaned against the windows to look out.
I saw a row of young girls wearing beautiful women's clothes and with the Chelsea logo painted on their faces, holding a large banner that read: "Come on, Alan, we support you"
Then, more than a dozen sexy and revealing female fans, each holding a bouquet of flowers, walked around the team bus, vying to hold them up to the bus window, waiting for the players to receive them.
Of course, the most important thing is that Wang Li accepts it.
Seeing this scene, Wang Li nodded his head and a helpless expression flashed across his face, but in fact, he was very happy in his heart. This kind of situation can really make a man feel vain. Ignoring the jealous and envious eyes of his teammates next to him, Wang Li did not want to make his loyal fans sad.
So, as the bus was moving slowly, Wang Li opened the window, reached out his hand, and received flowers from two female fans. This scene made the female fans holding flowers around him more enthusiastic, but the bus was still moving forward, and Wang Li was too busy with this awkward action, so he quickly called on his teammates to help.
Without hesitation, Lampard and Thomas took the lead and opened the window to receive the flowers from the female fans. In the process, Thomas also touched the arms and cheeks of several female fans, which made him very excited. Afterwards, he boasted to his teammates. For this, the upright man Lampard despised it and secretly said in his heart---
"I even touched the breasts of one of the beauties..."
………