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Before the game against Chelsea, the noise outside was already very loud. ** Regarding the grievances between Liverpool and Chelsea, these two days have always been the focus of hype in the newspapers.

But in Zhao Yaning's view, this is really not a grievance.It's not just hype. In the last round of the 02-03 season, Abramovich appeared at the Stamford Bridge and said that whoever won the ball and won the No.4, he would buy that team and use it as his own investment team.

Zhao Yaning really believed what he said at the time.But now, after the hype about who Mourinho and Didier Deschamps will be in charge of Chelsea, Zhao Yaning also expressed a little doubt about that matter.Compared with Chelsea, which is in London and has an excellent football market, Liverpool's market appeal is really not at the same level.

But this is also the heart of a villain. After all, Abu's brain is not the same as that of normal people. If he cares about making money, he will not invest in football.

Chelsea this season has indeed achieved excellent results.After Mourinho took over, Chelsea's playing scenes were criticized by many people, but their strength was recognized by many people.After seven games, they had five wins and two draws, ranking second in the league with [-] points, second only to Arsenal with six wins and one tie. The fact that they have not lost so far this season also makes them considered by many people. We think that it is favorite to win. [

Another reason why Chelsea is getting everyone's attention is that their coach is getting a lot of attention now.After this coach arrived at Chelsea, his behavior style is completely different from that of traditional coaches. Not only does he do things in a high-profile way, but he also always reprimands other coaches. This style of behavior and tone of speech are unique to the Premier League. One copy naturally attracted the attention of the entire Premier League.

In the last game, the draw against Tottenham caused the coach to criticize Tottenham's way of playing football. He satirized Tottenham for parking the bus in the penalty area. Less heated discussion.

And this game, before the game, everyone began to think of the only match between Mourinho and Zhao Yaning, which caused a lot of hot topics in the media.

Zhao Yaning won the Champions League last season, but stepped on Chelsea and Mourinho’s Porto to get it. It can be said that he has a lot of grievances with Chelsea and Mourinho. Will he meet Mourinho this time? What to say is also the focus of media attention.

"Today's game, naturally the better team won." When Mourinho talked about this issue, he was also full of confidence, "I don't make any comments on the opponent's players. My players are all The best player in the world, I don't judge players from other teams."

Mourinho did not comment on Zhao Yaning, but others are different.At least, when Carvalho was interviewed, he was brooding about his foul in the Champions League final.

"This time, he won't have a chance to fall." During the interview, Carvalho made a rare opening.He doesn't usually accept media interviews, but thinking of Porto's failure in the Champions League final, it is still difficult for him to maintain peace of mind, "there is only one possible outcome of the game."

Chelsea's self-confidence still has some truth.Their strength is very good now, at least compared to Liverpool, they are much stronger, and they do have the advantage of playing at home, so they are naturally full of confidence.

And in the middle of the week, Liverpool encountered another blow: the away game against Olympiacos ended in a 0-1 defeat.

Obviously, Benitez made the wrong idea.He originally thought that even if Zhao Yaning didn't come, and Kewell and Gerrard were injured, Liverpool would have an absolute advantage in strength.But the problem is that his prediction made some mistakes.Rivaldo, who had almost no chance to play in Milan last season, has clearly exceeded his expectations in Olympiacos this season.

Not only that, but to make matters worse, Liverpool goalkeeper Dudek was injured during the game.It is precisely because of this that Liverpool can only use substitute goalkeeper Kirkland, which also allows the opponent to seize the opportunity and break through Liverpool's gate.

The Liverpool players who returned to England were also a little downcast.After this game, Liverpool fell to the second place in the group. On the contrary, Olympiacos won the first place in the group with one win and one tie. Liverpool, relying on the advantage of the record with Monaco, has three points, but is in the second place in the group.As for Deportivo, they lost to Monaco and finished last in the group.

After returning to Liverpool, they didn't have much time to prepare, and the game against Chelsea was already in sight.

After a little preparation, the Liverpool players embarked on a journey to Stamford Bridge.It's just that in this game, Kewell, Gerrard, and Dudek's three main players were injured.

"The victory or defeat of this game is of little significance to us." When Benitez spoke, his expression seemed calm, "Our team is not capable of competing for the championship now. It doesn't make a difference. We don't need to compete with them for points. It's more important to score points against other teams than against them."

"Why do I feel anxious and angry every time the coach speaks?" Carragher couldn't help whispering in the locker room.

In fact, everyone knows that Liverpool has no chance of winning the championship, and it is not worth fighting against Chelsea.But at this time, a hard battle is imminent, and it is really unacceptable to say such words.

People who play football are, after all, somewhat bloody.What everyone prefers is head-to-head confrontation, or not giving up in the face of a strong enemy. This kind of strategic retreat is not just admitting cowardice. Naturally, players are very difficult to be satisfied with this approach.

"The strategy is to try our best to keep the tie. It is best if we can not concede the ball, but if." [

This made Carragher mutter again, "That's what he said in the last game..."

But having said that, Carragher still listened carefully to Benitez explaining tactics.After all, the tactics Benitez said are indeed very useful, but his words are sometimes really ill-considered.

In this game, Liverpool made another rotation. Anyway, there are not enough people. Rotation is already the norm for Liverpool, and everyone is used to it.

In this game, because Dudek was injured, Kirkland was replaced as the goalkeeper.On the back line, there are Traore, Carragher, Hyypia and Finnan.In the midfield, Liverpool let Alonso and Diaw serve at the same time, Riise on the left, Garcia on the right, Zhao Yaning in the middle, and Baros is still the lone striker.

After all, Harman is 32 years old, and he can't hold on to the consecutive away games.As for Liverpool's midfielder, since neither Gerrard nor Harman can play, they can only choose one between Biscayne and Dior.

Speaking of it, the relationship between Salifdio and Zhao Yaning is relatively close. He is also a player who transferred from Monaco to Liverpool, and he has the same background as Riise and Zhao Yaning.As a black African midfielder from Ligue [-], he was once called "New Vieira", but he was gradually reduced to a long-term substitute and defender position in Liverpool, and now he has basically been reduced to an iron bench.

But in this game, he still got a chance.After all, there is really no one available for Liverpool now.

Chelsea took this game seriously enough at Stamford Bridge.They also sent a formation that has not changed since these three rounds: goalkeeper Petr Cech, defenders Gallas, Carvalho, Terry and Ferreira lined up, midfielder Duff on the left, Stanley Medin is on the right, Makelele is behind, and Lampard plays the midfielder.And in front, Drogba and Gudjohnsen.

Their newly introduced Robben, Kerman, and Thiago didn't get a chance, and Joe Cole and others in the previous lineup were also substitutes.

Among these people, Robben couldn't play because of injuries, while the others were because they didn't fit Mourinho's style of play.This coach emphasizes confrontation, speed, and high efficiency. Kerman, Joe Cole and others are not players that satisfy him.

Zhao Yaning didn’t know what happened to Chelsea in the summer. He only knew that it seemed that Mourinho’s signing plan had not been fully realized. Abramovich only followed his advice and bought Carvalho, Ferreira and Drogba. The few signings were based on the intention of Abramovich, or the former Ranieri, to buy Kerman, Robben and Cech.The so-called 8000 million transfer fee, in fact, is more than 5000 million that is really controlled by Mourinho.

But his three signings are indeed good.

In this game, Chelsea still pay attention to it, but the reason is not because Liverpool is very strong, but because in this game, the head coach of the England national team Eriksson also appeared in the stands. Terry, Lampard The international players of the national team all hope to have a good opportunity to express themselves.

And when the players from both sides entered the stadium one by one, the surrounding fans also reacted differently.Every Chelsea player got bursts of cheers when they entered the field, and when Liverpool players entered the field, there were bursts of boos. Zhao Yaning has seen it a lot and doesn’t care anymore.

But what surprised him this time was that when his name was read, there was a burst of extremely loud boos from around.

"I really didn't expect that I was the most popular one here..." Zhao Yaning said with a wry smile.

"You knocked them out of the Champions League last season and prevented them from winning the Champions League. Of course they hate you." Garcia beside him laughed.

"It's as if the Champions League belongs to them," Zhao Yaning pouted, "They played really badly last year."

But these words, he knew, didn't mean anything. People booed him, after all, it was a matter of position.If he was in the Chelsea squad now, it would definitely be different.However, is it an honor to be able to gain the hatred of the enemy?

With a whistle, the game between the two sides began.

Soon, Chelsea relied on home court advantage to control the situation.In the 2nd minute of the game, the Irishman Duff was on the left side of the penalty area. He controlled the football and made a clever pass to break through Hyypia. Drogba had already rushed in the middle at this time, but Carragher Already running in front of Duff, he adjusted his steps to try to block Duff's cross, but Duff made a move that surprised Zhao Yaning. He barely slowed down, and while running, he turned around and passed Center sent the ball into the penalty area.

Carragher stretched out his legs in a hurry and rubbed the ball.The course of the ball was deflected, and Kirkland, who struck out, hugged the ball into his arms.Drogba retreated somewhat angrily, which also gave Liverpool a false alarm. [

Glancing at Duff, Zhao Yaning also felt a little surprised: This Irishman is really extraordinary

ps: The classic style of Robben Duff's left and right sides, Drogba in the middle, and Lampard dragging behind, took shape around the tenth round.In particular, at this time, Chelsea has not yet formed a tactic.