Chapter 345 A Sincere Guarantee
How big is the gap between depression and joy?
For a regular football match, this is a very difficult question to answer, because you don't know when the score on the field will change in an instant. However, if you ask a Blues fan who has just experienced the "North-South War" on the spot, he will definitely tell you without a doubt that it only takes one second.
In the last second, when the referee picked up the whistle and prepared to blow the whistle to end the game, Chelsea scored another goal in Liverpool's chaotic penalty area, helping the team win the battle between the North and the South of England 3:2. Perhaps in the last second before the goal, many fans thought that Chelsea was finally going to have a draw. To be honest, as witnesses of the first draw of the season, the fans still had an indifferent attitude in their hearts. But the next moment, the joy in the hearts of the Blues fans was infinitely magnified.
On the other hand, Liverpool fans are just the opposite. In fact, for them, a draw at home against Chelsea, which is at its peak, is a completely acceptable result.
But if we lose? Can you expect the Reds fans to accept the defeat? Can you expect the fans to accept the final defeat after watching the lead for the whole game?
Of course this is impossible.
This sudden change in the situation made many Red Army fans feel a little uncomfortable. After the game, they all shouted "the last goal was a misjudgment, a foul" and so on. In short, in their hearts, they found it difficult to accept the final result of the game.
But this is obviously useless. The referee's whistle will not be affected by the fans' will. The referee's whistle means that the goal is valid. In fact, in the final chaotic moment, the referee had no way of knowing whether anyone had committed a foul in the penalty area, but at least he didn't see it, right?
After the game, Wang Li once again undisputedly won the honor of the best player of the game with his perfect performance of two shots and one assist. When he returned to the locker room with champagne, he was "beaten up" by a group of "jealous men". However, it must be a happy thing to be in it. No matter who you are, you want to score goals in this kind of game, not to mention that Wang Li scored two goals by himself.
But this alternative celebration did not last long, and the arrival of head coach Mourinho rescued Wang Li from the "dire straits" - he asked Wang Li to attend the post-match press conference.
This is very important because there are many foreign reporters paying attention to this game, and the target of their interview will certainly not be a supporting role. Only the best player Wang Li can satisfy their desire for interviews. In fact, Mourinho never cared about the situation of these reporters, but now he is in a good mood, why not let the reporters be happy too?
As for whether Wang Li was happy or not, that was not something he needed to consider.
"We held on until the end, so we won. Looking at the whole game, this result is the most reasonable."
At the press conference, Jose Mourinho summarized the result of the game in a simple sentence. Facing the many microphones of reporters, he smiled and said: "Liverpool played a defensive battle. They did a good job from the beginning to the end, but our offensive ability was stronger, so we became the final winner. I admire Mr. Benítez's ability. He actually has the courage to play like this at home. If my favorite team plays this kind of game at home, then I will definitely switch to supporting other teams, or I will definitely only watch games on TV in the future."
Obviously, Mourinho was mocking Benítez's tactics. In fact, in his opinion, if Liverpool had not used this disgusting all-defense tactic, Chelsea would definitely not have had such a difficult time. Although the game is over and Chelsea won the final victory, the Portuguese was still unforgiving.
"We are the losers, so I don't want to say much. I am looking forward to playing against Chelsea again in the Champions League."
When the reporters turned their attention to Benítez, the old fox did not make any useless excuses. He just left the press conference after leaving such a provocative remark. The loser has no right to speak. Even if he really said something, facing the losing score, the reporters could still pick out a lot of distrust, and the last sentence could be regarded as a provocation from Liverpool to Chelsea.
The Champions League? What does this mean?
If Liverpool can play against Chelsea in the Champions League, they must at least reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Obviously, what Benítez revealed in his words was his strong confidence in reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, and he asked Chelsea: You are so powerful in the league, but do you have the ability to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League?
The Spaniard is indeed not a pushover. With this one sentence, he redeemed all the disdainful voices and successfully diverted the reporters' attention elsewhere.
When it was finally Wang Li's turn to be interviewed, the reporters' questions had changed. Since there were many foreign reporters at the scene, the questions everyone was concerned about turned to the European Champions League. The questions asked by several reporters were directly---
'What tactics do you think Chelsea will adopt against Barcelona?'
'Have you ever been to Spain? The Galeronians are not to be trifled with.'
'What do you think of Ronaldinho's strength? Will you feel any psychological pressure when facing such a superstar?'
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Perhaps it was jealousy, or perhaps they wanted to see a joke. In short, the questions from the foreign reporters in the audience were all about the next Chelsea vs. Barcelona match. In the comparison between Wang Li and Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho, most people felt that Wang Li would be in the position of a challenger, which was really harsh to the English media and Wang Li himself.
"Ronaldinho? Who is he? Did he score as many goals as I did?"
When many foreign reporters wanted to see the depressed state of the English super star, Wang Li made many reporters speechless with such a short sentence. Obviously, if we only compare the number of goals, although Ronaldinho is also very good, he is not at the same level as Wang Li. So how can Ronaldinho be better than Wang Li?
honor
Long-term stable performance
Ronaldinho has been in the football world for so many years and is undoubtedly a superstar in the Barcelona team. The honors he has won are beyond Wang Li's reach. Now is the time when this Brazilian star is at the peak of his strength. Moreover, last year, in 2004, he also won the highest honor for a football player - the World Footballer of the Year.
Wang Li has only won the European Cup top scorer title. In his career, he has not even won a small championship trophy. Even though Wang Li scored many goals, the two are obviously incomparable in terms of honors.
As a super rising star, in the competition with super stars, everyone naturally thinks that Wang Li is the challenger. Wang Li does not like this feeling. He believes that his strength is definitely much stronger than those so-called super stars.
In any case, the collision between the new and old generations of stars always causes a sensation in the European media. Moreover, in the current Chelsea lineup, Wang Li is undoubtedly the offensive core and his position is similar to Ronaldinho. Of course, the media will compare the two of them.
This also makes Wang Li look forward to the next Champions League knockout match even more.
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The highlight of the 21st round of the Christmas battle, Liverpool's home game against Chelsea, has finally ended. As representatives of the southern and northern teams in 2004/05, the strength of Chelsea and Liverpool is always a clash of Mars and the Earth, and this time it is even more intense. The suspense of the game was really left to the last second. In the end, Chelsea's sharp spear pierced Liverpool's hard shield. At Anfield, the Blues defeated the Reds 3:2 and had the last laugh. However, Wang Li's last goal will eventually become an eternal pain in the hearts of the Reds fans.
The 21st league victory not only brought Chelsea players a considerable bonus, but also further consolidated Chelsea's position at the top of the league.
In this round of the league, perhaps because the second half of the schedule had just begun, the performance of the top teams was more or less affected, and only Chelsea narrowly won three points among the top four teams in England. The "Gunners" Arsenal encountered a draw in London, and Charlton at home drew 1:1, which made the Arsenal team return to Highbury disappointed, and Manchester United lost 0:2 to Middlesbrough led by McClaren, which made the reputation of McClaren, who always wanted to be the England coach, even more prosperous. Many media have already labeled McClaren as the number one candidate to replace Eriksson.
As for the Swede Eriksson? Most media outlets are now hoping that he will step down.
For the proud English people, it is really hard to accept that a foreigner is the head coach of their football team. What's more, this Swede has some "youth discrimination". He has been reluctant to recruit Wang Li into the national team, which is really unacceptable to English fans. Now the English Football Association has been under pressure from all sides. It can be seen that Eriksson's time as the head coach of the national team has entered the countdown.
Perhaps, the spoilers in this year's Premier League are Middlesbrough and Tottenham Hotspur. The strong performance of these two teams has had a significant impact on the old Premier League pattern, which has even made Liverpool start to worry about the qualification for the Champions League. Now they are ranked fourth with 41 points, while Middlesbrough is only 2 points behind. Even Tottenham, who were not optimistic before the game, have accumulated 37 points.
The strong performance of the top Premier League teams has created a special pattern in this season's Premier League: Chelsea stands out from the crowd and leads the way, while other teams are in a momentum of competing for hegemony.
This strange situation has led many media to call for the Premier League to usher in a glorious period.
Of course, they are still very dissatisfied with Chelsea's dominance. Most people think that this will slow down the development of the Premier League. The competition among teams is what the FA and various neutral media would like to see. However, their views obviously have little impact on the situation of the game. Some media that strongly support Chelsea, such as the Fulham Post, have even put out the slogan of "winning the championship 10 rounds in advance". The performance of Arsenal, who are in second place, and Manchester United, who are in third place, are indeed not satisfactory this season. The melee between the 2nd to 6th place has benefited the strong Chelsea. If they continue with their current performance, it is not a dream for Chelsea to win the championship 10 rounds in advance.
However, apart from these remarks on the general situation, the focus of many media outlets is still the unstoppable Wang Li.
Facing an almost invincible Chelsea team and the youngest but most outstanding player in Chelsea
The current best Wang Li, the sports page of this issue of The Times commented: "Probably Chelsea fans would not have thought that this young player would actually score so many goals. Even before the start of this season, the 'madman' who tried hard to bring Allen in would not have thought of it. But the European Cup top scorer surprised everyone with 46 goals in 21 rounds. His performance is as dazzling as the sun, and his light almost covers all the players in Europe. If Chelsea really wins the quadruple this season, then Allen can really ascend to the throne of the king directly."
This article is just one of many articles praising Wang Li, and the Daily Telegraph even put out the slogan "No one is qualified to compete with him". They directly deified Wang Li and said that he is the world's number one football player. This is not just about salary, but also about strength.
Reporters from The Sun praised Wang Li with great excitement, saying that he was England's future hope and predicted that he would eclipse players from all other countries at the 2006 World Cup in Germany: "There is no doubt that as long as Alan can join the England team, the team will definitely become stronger. Maybe before we were not sure we could beat Spain and challenge Brazil, but at the World Cup in Germany, we will look down on them because we have a god-like player like Alan in the team."
As for whether Wang Li can re-enter the England team's roster before the 2006 World Cup, almost no one denies this.
Even if the nasty Swede Eriksson still holds the helm of the England team, he would never dare not recruit Wang Li into the squad, as that would offend almost all English fans, the English Football Association and the media. The reason why the Swede can continue to coach without recruiting Wang Li into the national team is because the current international competitions are not too important. Many media and fans believe that even without Wang Li, the England team will still qualify in the World Cup group stage, which is almost beyond doubt.
As a team made almost of gold, a World Cup without England would be absolutely incomplete.
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Amidst such sensational reports, the Premier League ushered in the 22nd round, and Chelsea faced the challenge of Middlesbrough led by McClaren at home.
In the last game, McClaren's Middlesbrough played very well at home, and Mourinho praised McClaren's tactical ability after the game, but now the venue has become Stamford Bridge. In the away game, facing the large number of "well-trained" Chelsea fans, Middlesbrough players are still more or less nervous. Moreover, they have played a little weak in the last game against Manchester United. Chelsea, with the power of victory, plus the return of the team captain John Terry, has brought a stable mentality to the front players, which makes the performance of the two teams completely different.
In the end, Chelsea defeated Middlesbrough cleanly with a score of 4:0. In the whole game, Wang Li scored 2 goals, which brought his number of goals in the Premier League this season to a terrifying 48 goals, which is really daunting.
It is worth mentioning that in the press conference after the game, McClaren, as the loser, said very sincerely: "Before coming here, I never thought about winning. Although we performed well before, we have to admit that there is still a certain gap with Chelsea. This gap can no longer be made up by fighting spirit."
When the reporter asked, "What is the difference?", McLaren said directly: "The difference between us and Chelsea is only one Allen, but this has made a world of difference."
McClaren's words almost directly said "Allen has the ability to influence the entire game". Although many head coaches who are obsessed with tactical systems do not want to admit this, even Mourinho is the same, but now, this is an absolute fact. If a player who can score 2 or 3 goals in every game cannot affect the outcome of the game, then football games may be equated with basketball games.
Wang Li was also satisfied with his performance in this game. In the post-match interview, he clearly told reporters and fans that Chelsea's king era has arrived: "Goals are really nothing special. As long as I am here, I will work hard to win more honors for the team. Chelsea will usher in a king era, and I will be the initiator of this era."
At the end of the interview, Wang Li said frankly: "I promise all Chelsea fans that Chelsea will win at least three championships this season. As for the fourth championship, we will consider it after we win three championships."
Chelsea fans are obviously very satisfied with Wang Li's statement. With Chelsea's current performance, the league title is almost in their hands, and they still have to compete with Manchester United for the League Cup title. The FA Cup knockout round has not officially opened yet. As for the Champions League title, it is almost the honor that all Chelsea fans dream of. In this situation of fighting on four fronts, being able to guarantee three championships is indeed very good.