Chapter 406: Opening Moment Goal

The media supporting Chelsea were excited about Wang Li's mention of "his own curse". They finally found favorable "evidence" to prove that the other side was wrong.

The Kicker newspaper that issued this report sold like hot cakes. Many fans were very interested in the topic of Wang Li's curse. Although it was a bit far-fetched for Wang Li, as an insider, to predict his own team's games, it was actually the same as he said, that as long as he said Chelsea won the games, they won, and the other team did lose.

This reminded many media of Wang Li's title of "Prophecy King" during the European Cup, which made them feel that Wang Li's predictions were indeed very accurate. After all, up to now, there has never been a failure.

Therefore, the media supporting Chelsea seized this opportunity and immediately launched a bombardment of reports. In the report on the 20th, The Sun, which spent a lot of pounds to get some inside information from Kicker, was the first to bear the brunt. They said in the report: "Whether it is Pele's big mouth or the curse in the south wing locker room, neither is more accurate than Allen's prediction, because they are not 100% accurate. Therefore, whether in terms of strength or other aspects, Chelsea has no reason to lose."

The Times, which has always been neutral, claimed that we should be more concerned about the game itself rather than these scattered issues. When talking about Wang Li's prediction, they said: "Allan's prediction is indeed very accurate, but that is only because he is in Chelsea. If he went to a relegated team in English Football League One, would he always predict accurately?"

Then, they analyzed the strength of the two teams. "Objectively speaking, Chelsea is indeed stronger than Arsenal. It is undeniable that the performance gap between the two teams this season is too big. Allen's goal alone can almost match the goal of the entire Arsenal team. However, the game is a game. Who will win and who will lose will be decided on the football field. Maybe Arsenal will have good luck tomorrow."

The Guardian, unable to fight back, mocked that Wang Li should endorse some securities companies. His predictive ability might help many retail investors find confidence in the stock market.

It's no wonder that The Guardian's statement really touched many securities companies, and many bosses were interested. So Rita received many calls again, all of whom were asking about Wang Li's endorsement contract issues.

At this time, Rita's journey to the ancient Eastern country has ended. Although the time is short, she has gained a lot.

She only spent 7 million pounds to help Wang Li buy a Zhejiang basketball team that can participate in the CBA, named Zhejiang Quangang Team. This team is a veteran CBA team. Although it has little hope of winning the championship, it still has some strength. If Wang Li is interested in returning to China during the holidays, then he will have a place to stay. Perhaps after his net worth soars, he can also build a super strong team to compete in the CBA.

In addition, she has also signed several commercial advertising sponsorship contracts, including many large companies in the ancient oriental country, such as: the ancient oriental country's Kuan-Lian Jun Telecom, milk giant Yili, Oriental Aerospace, etc. Since the last time the court sports channel reported positively on Wang Li, Wang Li's name has caused a trend in the distant ancient country. Many well-known companies are very interested in finding a foreign superstar as an advertising spokesperson. What's more, Wang Li is half Chinese.

However, these companies are all monopoly companies in the ancient oriental country, and they have not yet opened up the European market, so they can sign two contracts of the same type of manufacturer sponsorship. This is the most important reason why Rita came to the ancient oriental country. Otherwise, if these contracts affect Wang Li's endorsement contract in Europe, it would be a loss.

After finishing her work in Europe, Rita went directly to Cardiff, Wales. As Wang Li's agent, she was very busy. In the past few days, some wealthy teams had been asking about Wang Li's transfer. She didn't know Wang Li's exact thoughts, so she couldn't express any attitude. But these people were all bigwigs in European football, and she couldn't afford to offend them.

After arriving in Cardiff, Rita called Wang Li directly and asked him to meet after the morning training to talk about the gains of this trip and his options for the summer transfer.

In fact, Rita hadn't seen Wang Li for a long time, and the two hadn't had any physical contact since Christmas. Rita missed him very much. In faraway Wales, where Angela was not, Rita felt relaxed and at ease, because she was not afraid that their relationship would be exposed by the latter, which would affect the relationship between Angela and Wang Li. She felt that it was enough for her to be an unknown person behind the scenes.

Rita's dress is completely different from Angela's. Angela's dress is more in line with the image of a little princess, and sometimes she wears high school girl's clothes, while Rita always wears orthodox professional women's clothes. Even when she is relaxing, she will wear a short dress. With the temperament of a professional woman and a beautiful figure, it can be said that no man will not be tempted.

Wang Li was of course one of them. After getting used to Angela, he would have an impulse every time he saw Rita. This meeting was no exception, but he couldn't hold back this time, because when he got off the taxi, Rita, who was waiting on the street, rushed over with tears in her eyes and threw herself into his arms.

With the warmth in his arms, Wang Li was reluctant to push it away.

It took Rita a long time to realize that they were on the street. She looked around with lingering fear, and when she found that there was no one, she raised her head with a flushed face and looked at Wang Li. Then, she couldn't help but want to take off Wang Li's sunglasses and put her little mouth close to him.

"Don't, there are a lot of reporters around." Seeing her action, Wang Li was frightened and quickly held her little hand to prevent her from doing anything else.

Rita smiled embarrassedly, looked around again, then came out of Wang Li's arms, took his hand and said, "You haven't had dinner yet, let's go eat together?" As she was talking, a taxi came by the street, and Rita stretched out her hand to stop it.

The two got into a taxi, and Wang Li asked the driver to drive directly to the French restaurant they had been to yesterday.

The driver was a local and was familiar with the road. Wang Li only said his name and he drove directly to the door of the restaurant. After dinner, Wang Li and Mourinho looked at each other again. The atmosphere was a little awkward, so Wang Li said, "I have to participate in a game tonight, so I have to go back early, otherwise Mr. Mourinho will be angry."

Thinking about the angry Portuguese man, Rita chuckled and said, "Okay, but after the game, you must come out as soon as possible."

“But I still have to go and receive the award.”

Rita glared at Wang Li and said, "That won't take long. I'll wait for you outside the court."

Wang Li smiled and said, "Okay."

"By the way, do you still have tickets? I didn't have time to buy them."

"I have a few." Wang Li took out a few tickets from his pocket and said, "I don't know anyone here, and I haven't given out any of the tickets the club has given me."

Rita took the ticket, took Wang Li's hand, went straight into his arms, raised her head and kissed him, and said with a smile: "Let's go quickly, it will be bad if we delay the training."

Wang Li gently squeezed her little hand and said, "Okay, see you tonight."

That afternoon, Chelsea only conducted a warm-up training for more than an hour in the training ground, and then everyone got on the bus and went to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. It was exactly 4 o'clock when they arrived at the stadium. At this time, there were already many fans blocking the entrance of the stadium, and there were also some scattered tabloid reporters wandering among them. They did not have the right to enter the stadium for interviews and could only interview the fans outside the stadium.

After entering the stadium, the whole team rushed to the locker room to change clothes, and then, under the leadership of assistant coach Clark, went to the stadium to do training to adapt to the field, while head coach Jose Mourinho attended the pre-match press conference.

This was the first meeting between Wenger and Mourinho after the football cup draw. The two were at loggerheads and neither gave in, but in terms of momentum, there was no one better.

At the press conference, Wenger expressed his hope that Chelsea could play with the momentum of a strong team and should not always use passive tactics of defending the goal. He hoped that Arsenal and Chelsea could present a wonderful offensive battle to the fans.

No matter what kind of final it is, the game will be a boring battle, and both teams will play very steadily. Wenger feels that Chelsea and Arsenal have played against each other many times, and there is no need for such probing. The two teams should fight hard with real swords and guns instead of using conservative tactics. As a team that has reached the final of the League Cup, the league and the Champions League, Chelsea should show the momentum of a strong team.

Judging from Wenger's words, he has always put Arsenal in the position of the weak, and the Frenchman's expression won the sympathy of many media present, which made Mourinho seem like a bad guy and Chelsea a bully that needed to be defeated.

However, Mourinho did not comment on Wenger's words. He just smiled and sat there, with no sign of being persuaded. When the reporter interviewed Mourinho and asked him what he thought about Wenger's words, he said: "I never reveal tactics before the game. I can only say that I am very confident in the game. As for whether we win by offense or defense, I don't think it is necessary to discuss. Many people say that my football is utilitarian football, but competitive games are like this, winning is everything, and Chelsea has played well this season. At least our number of goals is 1.5 times that of Arsenal. I think Chelsea's offense should also be a lot. I don't know why Mr. Wenger said that Chelsea does not have the momentum of a strong team?"

This sentence directly hit Wenger's sore spot. Although Arsenal is an offensive team, the number of goals scored this season is 31 goals less than Chelsea. The gap is really too big.

However, Wenger is not speechless. He said bluntly: "Everyone can see what tactics Chelsea always plays. I think it is completely unnecessary to discuss this issue. I just want to say that we should play a wonderful game. If Mr. Mourinho thinks my idea is wrong, then I can't say anything. After all, I am only the head coach of Arsenal, not Chelsea."

The press conference finally ended amid the ambiguous exchanges between the two head coaches, and the topic was about to get to the point - the FA Cup final, which was the real finale.

More than half an hour before the start of the game, fans began to enter the stadium. These fans were divided into three categories: Arsenal fans, Chelsea fans, and local Cardiff fans. These three types of fans accounted for at least 90% of all fans.

However, the stadium is very serious when selling tickets. When you buy a ticket, you must first report which team you are a fan of, and then the ticket can be sold to you. This is to separate the supporters of the two teams and prevent accidental conflicts.

The ticket Wang Li gave to Rita was purchased from a neutral fan group. People in this area were wearing all kinds of clothes, and it was obvious that they were not an orthodox fan group. Rita's seat was pretty good, as she sat in the last row, next to a local Welsh female fan. However, that female fan was dressed very "fashionably". She wore a T-shirt with a full-length photo of Wang Li printed on it, and had a green cloth tied on her head with a note saying "Come on, Alan, I support you" on it. She also had Chelsea's team flag painted on her face, and was holding a small team flag in her hand.

In summary, this is a typical female fan who supports Chelsea because she likes Wang Li.

Seeing the girl's dress, Rita didn't feel anything strange. Instead, she was silently happy for Wang Li. Although she knew that Wang Li had a high reputation, this was Wales. There were such fanatical female fans supporting Wang Li in Wales, which showed how widespread Wang Li's reputation was in England.

However, she looked at herself and found that she was still dressed the same way, as if she was just strolling around the stadium and had no intention of watching the game at all, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

Rita didn't wait long before she stopped thinking about it and turned her attention back to the court, because the players had already started to enter.

Chelsea did not wear the traditional blue uniforms today, but instead wore all-white jerseys, while Arsenal still wore the red and white short-sleeved jerseys. After the players each led a little ball boy onto the field, the two teams stood separately, and the team songs of the two teams began to play in the stadium, and the players all sang along.

After that, it was the captain's turn to toss a coin, Chelsea got the right to kick off, and Arsenal chose the right half.

For this match, Sky Sports Channel switched the camera to the stadium two hours before the game started. The fans outside the stadium, the adaptive training of the two teams, the pre-match press conference, etc. were all news reported by them. When there was no league, they had to explain the FA Cup final in detail for the fans.

This time, the commentator was not Graham, but a neutral commentator without any bias - Stockwell. At the same time, they also invited two important guests to comment on this football feast.

One is England's legendary star Gary Lineker, who was the top scorer in the 1986 World Cup. He played 80 games for the national team and scored 48 goals. Lineker was very fast and smart, and he also played for Barcelona. He never received a yellow card or a red card in his life.

Lineker has long been a frequent guest on Sky Sports. He has now acquired Leicester in the Championship. Although he does not have much time most of the time, all media know that he is inclined to Chelsea because he is now a fan of the black-haired boy No. 21.

Another guest is from Wales, named Adams, he is the legendary captain of Arsenal. He has only played for Arsenal in his life, for 19 years, played 673 times for the team, won 4 league titles and 3 FA Cup titles, and the central defender combination of him and Keown was the best combination in English football in the 1990s.

Adams only retired from Arsenal in 2002. It can be said that he still has a persistent feeling for Arsenal. Undoubtedly, he is an Arsenal supporter.

These two special guests are opposite in both identity and inclination, which makes the fans watching the broadcast on Space TV very interested.

At this time, Stockwell had already obtained the list of players. He began to introduce the two teams' lists and lineups to the fans. After reading them one by one, he began to ask the two special guests for their opinions.

Lineker said: "From the formation point of view, Chelsea arranged a 433 formation, which was often used by Mourinho when he was in Porto. With the outbreak of Alan Wang in Chelsea, they rarely use this tactic, but everyone knows that Mourinho is best at 433. When facing Chelsea's 433, Arsenal is doomed to fail."

Adams said: "That's not necessarily the case. In this game, Campbell also played. Arsenal's defense is very solid, and Henry is in great form recently. It's not easy for Chelsea to score goals, but it's easy to concede goals."

"I still think Chelsea will win. Allen is so outstanding. It is hard to imagine how God created such a player. If Arsenal can win, it must be because Allen is out. Otherwise, they will definitely lose."

"That kid is really good, but football is a team game, not an individual game."

Before Adams finished speaking, Lineker was surprised to see the big screen and shouted: "Just as I said, Chelsea scored a goal with this opening. It's a daydream for Arsenal to beat Chelsea like this."

At this time, Adams stopped talking. He just stared with his eyes wide open, ready to watch the replay of the goal. If he heard correctly, the game had only started for a few seconds.

In other words, Chelsea scored a goal just after the referee blew the whistle. This is incredible.