Chapter 288 Gone and Never Returning

Chelsea's goal in seven minutes made the entire Stamford Bridge boil over, and the Blues fans in the stands were very excited. In the first home game of the Champions League in the new season, the team was able to score in such a short time, which seemed to foreshadow that Chelsea's performance in the Champions League will continue to be outstanding.

Although Chelsea's goals have been coming in like crazy recently, the fans are never satisfied and they wish the team could score one goal per minute.

“Alan!!”

"Our dancing prince!!"

"Super Shot!!"

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There was a burst of cheers in the audience, bringing the atmosphere to a climax. The commentator Creed in the studio also adjusted the atmosphere in a timely manner: "What's the score now? Chelsea..."

"one!!"

"CSKA Moscow!?"

"zero!!"

“How many more goals do we need!!?”

When this question was asked, the answers were inconsistent. Some said 3, some said 4, and some even said 10. After a while, the fans in the audience burst into laughter.

Amid the laughter of tens of thousands of Chelsea fans in the stands, the CSKA Moscow players on the field did not feel angry, but rather a feeling of envy.

Over the years, CSKA Moscow has not had its own stadium. It is also the only team among the 32 teams in the European Champions League that needs to borrow stadiums from everywhere to play.

The club's old stadium on Sha Street in northern Moscow has only two stands and can accommodate only 10,000 people, which is far from meeting the requirements of European competitions, so it is basically abandoned in normal times. CSKA usually rents Dynamo and Luzhniki Stadiums in domestic leagues, and rents the home stadium of Lokomotiv in European competitions. But the rent is not cheap, and the annual rent for renting a stadium is as high as 800,000 US dollars.

It is worth mentioning that in April this year, under the coordination and efforts of Russian Defense Minister Ivanov, the Russian Federal State Asset Management Bureau has agreed to allow CSKA to rebuild a standard stadium with a capacity of 30,000 to 35,000 people on Sha Street in northern Moscow. The cost of building the stadium is about 120 million euros.

However, CSKA Moscow still does not have its own stadium at present, so even at their home stadium, it is difficult to have so many fans come to watch the game, not to mention that these fans are all wearing the home team's jerseys and cheering for the team.

The atmosphere in the Russian league is obviously very different from that in the English league.

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On the field, captain John Terry ran over from the backfield to celebrate and hugged Wang Li. He said with jealousy, "Alan, you can't score goals all the time. Give me one too."

John Terry was particularly envious of these players who could score goals. Although he was the captain of the team and a defensive general, it was precisely because of this that he had even fewer chances to score goals. You know, even Bridge had scored two goals this season, while Terry, who had a good heading ability, did not score any goals.

Wang Li smiled and said, "Then you have to assist as well, otherwise you won't have a chance to score!"

"It's a deal. I'll ask Makelele to pay attention to the back line and run forward a few times. Don't be stingy when the time comes." Terry patted Wang Li's shoulder and said jokingly.

At this time, the most resentful ones were Drogba and Gudjohnsen, these two tank-level players in Chelsea's frontcourt. One failed to seize the opportunity at the beginning of the game, and the other "gave" the opportunity to Wang Li, but both of them failed to score.

Especially Didier Drogba. Since the 288th chapter of the league, this Mr. Warcraft did not choose a long shot but kicked the ball into the penalty area. Didier Drogba found the right time to jump up and head the ball, but was caught by goalkeeper Achinfev.

After the exploratory attack in the first 20 minutes, as Chelsea's attack became more and more fierce, CSKA Moscow's 343 formation was difficult to resist. Except for a counterattack in the 29th minute when the goalkeeper caught Wang Li's header, they moved their formation further and further back and were on the verge of collapse.

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In the 36th minute of the first half, Wang Li and Lampard made a two-pass cooperation, then Wang Li dribbled past the opponent's No. 7 midfielder Carvalho and rushed towards the heart of CSKA Moscow again.

After more than 30 minutes of the game, the opponent increased the intensity of defense, so Wang Li's attack alone with the ball immediately attracted interceptions from many defensive players. At this time, Wang Li's dribbling ability was revealed.

A funny scene appeared on the court. Three Russian guys were fooled by a black-haired boy on the court. They rushed forward angrily and tried to snatch the football from the black-haired boy, but twice in a row, the latter rushed out with the ball from the gap that ordinary people could not even notice at the critical moment. Even No. 18 Zirkov's angry tackle was easily avoided by the black-haired boy.

Of course, this situation did not last long. Despite the "difficulties", Wang Li still kicked the ball to Lampard who was coming from behind. He knew that dribbling the ball like this would definitely waste a lot of attacking time, and it would also be difficult to get rid of the entanglement of three defenders.

Because Wang Li attracted a lot of attention, after Lampard got the ball, the opponent's defensive players were a little stunned, and then they reacted and wanted to defend, but it was too late. After Lampard got the ball, with no one defending, he swung his right foot and shot a powerful shot...

The football drew a straight line in the air and quickly flew into the net.

There was nothing the goalkeeper Achinfev could do.

“Goal!!!”

"Frank Lampard!! This is his second goal in this year's Champions League. He scores a goal in every game. He is indeed one of Chelsea's most trustworthy players. Every season, he plays very steadily. When Chelsea was equalized, he scored again for the team!!"

Lampard was also very happy after scoring the goal. This season, as Chelsea has added a lot of frontcourt players, the strength of the striker has been greatly strengthened. As a midfielder, he has naturally scored a lot of goals. This is also his third goal for Chelsea this season, which is indeed worth celebrating.

At this time, CSKA Moscow head coach Gazzaev was also feeling bad on the sidelines. The team had finally equalized the score, but just 10 minutes later, they were overtaken again. This made him feel helpless. Now, he could only pray silently in his heart that the team could score another goal.

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However, Gazzaev is obviously not related to God, and the strength of the CSKA Moscow players is really limited, so after the game resumed, the situation on the court did not change much.

Chelsea still maintained this offensive intensity. Under this suppression, CSKA Moscow's defensive pressure increased and its counterattacks always ended in failure.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, during Chelsea's attack, Arkin Robben dribbled the ball from the left and when he was about to cross the penalty area line, he chose to cut inside to the middle facing the Russian defense.

But at this time, defender Ignasievich, who was following closely to defend, directly knocked down Arkin Robben who was changing his line. However, before the Chelsea players came up, Ignasievich reached out his hand in a friendly manner and pulled up Robben who was lying on the grass, indicating that he had no ill intentions.

This also made Gazzaev on the sidelines breathe a sigh of relief.

Before the game, the team chairman told him that during the match with Chelsea, no matter what the result was, there must be no conflict. After all, Abramovich is the largest investor in CSKA Moscow and an important source of funds for the team's new stadium. With this relationship involved, it would be bad to have a conflict with Chelsea.

The referee ran over and gave Ignasievich a verbal warning, then awarded Chelsea a free kick.

The free kick was at least 40 meters away from the goal and was outside the left corner of the penalty area. It was not a good position at all. So, while the opponent was lining up their wall, Lampard stood in the position and looked up at the goal with a frown on his face.

At this time, Wang Li next to him looked at the opponent's human wall, held his chin with one hand and thought for a while, then suddenly a sly smile appeared on his face, and he walked towards Lampard.

Seeing Wang Li coming over, Lampard looked up in confusion. Before he could ask any questions, Wang Li explained: "Frank, I think we should arrange a free kick tactic, like this...you do this..."

Chelsea, who was standing by, watched the two of them whispering to each other. He didn't hear what they were saying, but he saw Lampard's face getting darker and darker, and in the end, he looked a little resentful...

The upright man who changed his face looked like a resentful woman in the boudoir, looking at Wang Li with sad eyes, a look that could even melt the ice.

After a while, looking at the confident expression of the black-haired boy in front of him, Lampard nodded with a bitter face, thinking: "Isn't this really a suicide mission?"

Then, the big man who had just scored a goal for Chelsea walked slowly towards the opponent's human wall with a look of despair, helplessness and loneliness on his face.

That pitiful back even made the fans in the audience feel...

Lampard is gone forever.