Chapter 312: Sweeping the Enemy (1)

In the UEFA Champions League Group H, Chelsea has secured a qualifying spot with 4 wins in 4 games, so the entire club doesn't care about the next home game against Paris Saint-Germain.

The same goes for the first-team players. Firstly, the outcome of this game is not important to Chelsea at all, and it will not affect Mr. Abramovich's bonus. Perhaps the only impact is the embarrassment of losing a home game.

However, with the power of victory, Chelsea players did not want to lose.

Chelsea's record this season is so brilliant that many players feel that the team is the strongest team in the entire Premier League and even the world. Losing seems to be far away from them, so even if it is a meaningless game for Chelsea, they still want to strive to win.

However, this contradictory mood did not last long. The atmosphere in the Chelsea team began to be very different. Some players were relaxed and some were very nervous. This was because the team's head coach, Mr. Jose Mourinho, announced the team's starting lineup two days before the game.

Goalkeeper: Thomas Clarke,

Guards: Glen Johnson, Celestian Babayaro, Robert Huth, Wayne Bridges,

Midfielders: Felipe Oliveira, Alexia Smerkin, Scott Parker, Joe Cole,

Forwards: Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba

Although many people were mentally prepared that the head coach would train the substitute players in the next game, everyone in the team was still shocked when they heard the names on the list being read out one by one.

Among them, the happiest one was of course Felipe Oliveira.

This Portuguese teenager is truly a genius. He was promoted to Chelsea's first team at the age of 17. However, in his four seasons with Chelsea, he has only made four appearances. He even failed to get a number for two seasons and had to train with the reserve team.

Therefore, every opportunity to play is very important to Oliveira.

Not to mention Oliveira, many other substitute players also had mixed feelings, but no matter what, being able to play in the UEFA Champions League is definitely a rare opportunity, so these substitute players worked even harder during Chelsea's internal training in the past two days.

Although there are no major conflicts and disharmony within Chelsea, in fact, there is a clear distinction between big-name players and marginal players. This seems to be a small internal group, but it is also inevitable. The two groups are far apart in terms of income, status, etc., which will inevitably form different groups.

Compared to those pure substitutes who were preparing for the next game, the big stars were in the opposite situation. They were all chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious. They felt very relaxed. Of course, Wang Li was one of them. Since he had sex with Rita two days ago, he felt that he was in a very good mood in the past two days. Even his internal strength training had made some progress, which was really comforting.

Unlike other main players, Wang Li is very hardworking. In addition to doing basic training with the team, he also practices free kicks for an hour every day. He also practices internal skills for several hours when he returns to his residence. Sometimes when Rita is free, she will come to his place to "sit". Of course, at this time, he will give up practicing internal skills at night.

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Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the day of the competition, November 25th.

On the previous night, all members of the Paris Saint-Germain team had arrived in London. Compared to Chelsea's indifference, Paris Saint-Germain was the complete opposite. This game was crucial for them, because as long as they beat Chelsea and got 3 points, they would have the chance to compete with Porto for the second place in the group, otherwise, they would be eliminated one round in advance and could only play in the UEFA Cup this season.

Therefore, many French media came to London to monitor the situation of the game. What they hoped most was that Chelsea would voluntarily "give up" the game, because it was meaningless to them.

For this reason, at the pre-match press conference, a French reporter directly asked about the starting lineup and whether Chelsea would send all its main players to play. Hearing the French reporters' roundabout questions, Mourinho smiled and said: "...Chelsea is a team that pursues victory. We will not let go of any victory. I believe the players will work hard in every game, whether it is the Champions League, the league or other competitions."

Hearing this answer, the faces of these French media turned black. With Chelsea's strength, they can beat Paris Saint-Germain 4:1 away from home. If all the main players were on the field at home, would Paris Saint-Germain still be able to win? Even the French media who support Paris Saint-Germain felt a little insecure.

They have even thought of the content of the post-match report - "It's not that we are too weak, but that the opponent is too strong?"

However, after the starting players entered the field from the player tunnel, the French media knew that they had been fooled by that "damn" Portuguese. Looking at the Chelsea players who took the field, except for Drogba and Joe Cole, almost all of them were substitutes. There were even a few whose names they couldn't remember. It was obvious that Chelsea didn't care about the outcome of this game at all.

At this time, they were naturally a little happy. Although they knew that there was a gap between the strength of Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, they still couldn't beat the opponent's pure substitute lineup? These media seemed to have seen the dawn of victory and were waving to the team.

The head coach of Paris Saint-Germain, Mr. Halilozic, feels that he has seen the hope of victory and now he is so eager for victory. You know, Paris Saint-Germain is now ranked 15th in the league, on the edge of the relegation zone, which makes his position in the club very embarrassing. If the Champions League results are also eliminated, he knows very well that he may have to leave Paris. Neither the club nor the fans will allow the team to have such a bad record.

Unfortunately, completely different from what these French people imagined, the protagonist of this game was not Paris Saint-Germain, nor the forwards, midfielders and defenders of the two teams, but Chelsea goalkeeper Thomas and the Blues fans in the stands.

From the beginning, the Blues fans became the protagonists. These fans would not forget the treatment that the French gave to Chelsea last time in Paris, so adhering to the principle of revenge, all the Blues fans in the stadium sang their own songs in unison from the beginning of the game. Those words were of course abusive in nature, from the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain to their current results, to individual players on the field. This kind of singing could be heard in the audience at any time throughout the game, which made the Paris Saint-Germain players who knew English very depressed.

The other protagonist is Chelsea goalkeeper Thomas Clarke.

Although Paris Saint-Germain's strength is indeed not as good as Chelsea's, Chelsea's substitute lineup is indeed not very strong. The most important thing is the cooperation between the players. Since these substitute players often do not play, they always make various mistakes in cooperation, which also gives Paris Saint-Germain many opportunities.

In the first half, striker Pauleta alone had four shots within the goal frame, but unfortunately, Thomas was in great form in this game. He used various moves such as diving, falling, hitting, and picking to save all the balls, which made the Blues fans whistle excitedly.

In the 77th minute of the second half, when Thomas once again picked up the ball and threw it for a counterattack, Joe Cole showed his superb personal strength in the frontcourt. After passing two players, he passed the ball directly to the young Dutch player. Robben volleyed the ball in the penalty area and scored the first goal for Chelsea.

This was also the only goal of the game.

1:0, Chelsea won.

The result of the game was beyond the expectations of head coach Mourinho. He looked at the tall Englishman in front of Chelsea's goal for a long time, wondering if he should let Petr Cech start next time he used the substitute lineup?

Regardless, the game was won, and Mourinho had no reason to be unhappy. He even wondered in his heart, is God really blessing Chelsea? Why did this all-substitute lineup still win?

Finally, the Madman turned to assistant coach Clark and said helplessly: "Should we promote some players from the youth team?"

Mr. Clark was obviously confused by this statement. What he didn't understand was when did this Portuguese start to like promoting new players? You know, since he came to Chelsea, he has never been to the youth team's training center.

In this match, the best player was undoubtedly Thomas Clarke. This time he was unanimously recognized by all the fans, media reporters and even FA officials, and won the honor of the best player of the match as a goalkeeper. Perhaps, after this game, Chelsea will be envied by many giants again. While most clubs are worrying about the selection of goalkeepers, Chelsea already has two extremely outstanding young goalkeepers.

After this Champions League match, Thomas Clarke's name became well-known to many fans, and major giants acted quickly and sent scouts to observe Thomas' performance. Now, what the entire world football lacks most is undoubtedly goalkeepers, especially in England and the Premier League. The national goalkeeper David James is known as a "nerve knife", which is evident from this.

Obviously, the game made Thomas, the English man who just celebrated his 20th birthday, become a hot commodity in the eyes of various teams. At least for now, if Thomas cannot become a starter in Chelsea, he will definitely not have to return to the Championship to continue training.

The English media will obviously not miss this star-making event. Their favorite thing to do is to praise their own young players. As long as the young players in England have a little good performance, they will spare no effort to praise them. Of course, this kind of praise may also kill many young stars.

So, after the game, head coach Mourinho called Thomas Clark directly to his office for a private chat. The players didn't know what the coach said to him, not even Wang Li, who had the best relationship with him. But after coming out of the head coach's office, Thomas trained even harder.

Wang Li was very happy about this. Thomas was undoubtedly his best friend since he came to this world. Their friendship was incomparable even to Bridget.

To this day, Wang Li still vividly remembers life in the players' dormitory at Wolverhampton. That feeling is something he can never experience now.

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Amid the media's enthusiastic praise for Chelsea's second goalkeeper Thomas, the atmosphere within the Chelsea team was not relaxed, because just two days later, on November 27, was the 15th round of the Premier League---

Chelsea visit London Valley Stadium to face Charlton Athletic

In 1992, Charlton Athletic won the Premier League qualification, but suffered relegation a year later. In 2001, Charlton Athletic returned to the Premier League and has been fighting as a Premier League dark horse ever since.

Charlton's recruitment in the new season is not eye-catching, but the players they introduced are all practical players. Birmingham's Brian Hughes has exquisite skills, and Eindhoven's Danish winger Romedal is extraordinary. Under the leadership of head coach Curbishley, Charlton's strength is still a headache.

But even so, Chelsea, playing away from home, still did not disappoint many fans and media. 3:1, this was the final game.

In this game, Wang Li played for 78 minutes and won the man of the game with one shot and two assists. Speaking of which, since the start of this season, this honor has almost been isolated from other Chelsea players, because Wang Li's performance in every game is very outstanding. Even if Chelsea is full of big names, it cannot cover up his brilliance.

After this game, many mainstream media in England that firmly resisted the "Pound Army" have panicked. If Chelsea's performance in previous games can be described as strength plus luck, then now they have won 15 consecutive league games. This performance can no longer be described as simple luck + strength. It can really be said that it is a level lower than other Premier League teams.

Whether it is the fans or the media, they can clearly see the main reason for Chelsea's winning streak from the game data - dance master Alan Wang.

Wang Li scored 31 goals in 15 league games. This goal efficiency was beyond everyone's expectations and shocked everyone. Just think about it, if there is a player in a team who can score at least two goals in every game, and the others can just make some contributions, wouldn't victory be within reach?

Now many wealthy teams have no scruples. They are desperate to get this outstanding player and have sent negotiators to London and Chelsea Club. Even Real Madrid, which has always only introduced superstars, can't hold back. For them, Wang Li may become an important weight to overwhelm their arch-rivals Barcelona.

Unfortunately, Chelsea is not a small team. The current owner, Mr. Abramovich, is in no hurry to buy players, so how can he consider selling the team's best performing player?

Therefore, those people were doomed to return empty-handed.

At this time, the English media that were hostile to Chelsea began to call for ---

Who will stop them?

We Need Heroes

Is the Premier League really about to usher in the Chelsea era?

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Amidst such tremendous praise and fear, time has entered December, and London has also grown colder with this change of time. On December 1, Chelsea will challenge their city rivals Fulham away in the League Cup.

On this day, it was drizzling in London. Chelsea players all wore padded inner shirts and football shoes with long studs as they walked into the game at the Carl Cottage Stadium.

The local Fulham fans in the audience became the protagonists. They kept shouting in the stands for "revenge" and "let Chelsea know how powerful they are". The 13th round of the Premier League seemed to be just before their eyes. These fans could not forget the shame of that defeat.

As for Fulham, they have almost no hope of winning the Premier League title, and the League Cup trophy is their goal this year. For this game, Fulham is very confident, especially the young head coach Chris Coleman. In his opinion, this game is useless to Chelsea. The Portuguese may give up this game and concentrate on leading the team to play in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Chelsea did just that in their first two League Cup games, a competition in which they have consistently fielded a full bench.

But now is different

Mr. Abramovich has set a new goal for the team - to compete for four championships. Under this goal, even if the team's head coach Mr. Jose Mourinho is a little confused about this goal, he will not let the team give up on its own initiative. Therefore, in this game, Chelsea still sent all the main players to play, which directly made many Fulham players panic.

The last defeat seemed to be just around the corner. Facing this Chelsea full-strength lineup, Fulham players still have some psychological trauma, especially the black-haired boy. They have no confidence in defending

In this state of mind, it is easy to imagine what level Fulham can play. The game became completely one-sided and Chelsea finally defeated Fulham 4:0 away.

This match can be regarded as a classic derby in London. It was not only about the relationship between the two teams, but also the significance of the match - a complete elimination system. This also attracted a lot of media attention. Unfortunately, they failed to find any big news in the match, and the result was within the expectations of most people.

After the game, Fulham coach Chris Coleman was also full of helplessness. He found that Chelsea was simply Fulham's nemesis. Whether it was the Premier League or the League Cup, both were Fulham's home games, but they both experienced complete failure. This was really ironic. For this Englishman who has just started his coaching career, this may be a big test.

After three consecutive games, Chelsea's busy schedule is not over yet. Just three days later, they will face the 'Magpies' Newcastle at home.