The strongest winger

Chapter 537 "The Battle for the King"

Aiello's wonderful free kick in less than 2 minutes opened the door of Reading, which made Hunter and Coppelton feel ashamed when they made bold words before the game. Fortunately, the camera was not aimed at them at this time, otherwise it would be one of the highlights after the game.

Of course, Hunter and head coach Koppel of the Reading team were not the only ones who felt disgraced at this moment. The Korean reporters in the press area of ​​the Medjeski Stadium were also full of heat, as if they had been slapped in the face, with burning pain.

Before the game, the Korean player Seol Ki-hyun, who was considered to be the main player, only appeared in the 18-man roster, and did not start as expected. As for the so-called "East Asian Derby", it was even more impossible to talk about it. In addition, Ai Luo, who was repeatedly slandered by them, took advantage of a free kick in less than 2 minutes to knock on the door of Reading.

The aggressive Korean media before the game completely shut their mouths at this moment.

The game restarted, and the Reading team wanted to take advantage of the home court to quickly equalize the score on the field, but how could Chelsea, who had been coached by Mourinho for three seasons, be a team of Reading's level that could easily knock on the goal?

The answer is naturally no.

As the game time passed, the eagerness of the Reading players was also reflected in their actions.

I don’t know if Mourinho’s words in the regular press conference before the game were useful. The referee Weber on duty will issue a warning whenever he sees a Reading player’s movement is too large, and any action that threatens the player’s safety will be given a yellow card warning. Therefore, in less than 10 minutes, the Reading team has already received 3 yellow cards.

So there was such a situation... Reading players who played at home had to play at home.

And their change also allowed Chelsea players to find more space to attack.

Aiello has proved from the past two official games that he is Chelsea's most threatening player, and this game is no exception. Facing Ailuo's speed and technique, Reading got three yellow cards in the first half. Two of the yellow cards were used on him. Therefore, Reading's defensive players are extra cautious in the face of Ailuo's changing breakthrough skills.

But sometimes it is like this, the more careful you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. In the 36th minute, Aiello broke through the bottom line from the left, and then suddenly passed an inverted triangle pass. Lampard, who is currently the world's most capable of running behind, ran just right. He pushed the football to the far corner of the goal, and Hahnemann was beyond his reach.

The score on the big screen in the stadium instantly became 0:2, with the home team at the front and the visiting team at the back.

If Chelsea can score two goals in the first half, it will be difficult for Reading to equalize in the second half.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Chelsea consciously shrunk their defense and did not give Reading too much offensive space, because there was still a fatal battle four days later.

For Chelsea's defense, the Reading team did not dare to invest too much force, because they were afraid of Ai Luo's super individual combat ability, so no one scored in the second half. In the end, Chelsea defeated Reading at home 2-0 in an away game.

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It is worth mentioning that in another focus battle at the same time, the defending champion Manchester United did not have a good way to score against Portsmouth, one of the favorites for relegation this season. In the end, they drew with the home team 1:1. Cristiano Ronaldo, the core of the team's offense, was sent off by the referee with a red card because he could not control his emotions before the end of the game.

In other words, the defending champion Manchester United, which has achieved two consecutive draws, is four points behind Chelsea, which has won two consecutive victories.

However, Ferguson said in an interview with the media after the game: "The league is a long cycle. We should not worry about not playing well in the two or even three games at the beginning of the season, because we are Manchester United! The players are still in the adjustment period. I believe that as the league progresses, our state will get better and better...We will use our results to tell everyone that Manchester United is still the most powerful contender in the league!"

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Since Arsenal and Liverpool, the strong contenders who won the first round of the championship, both had the first round of the third round of the Champions League qualifying competition, the second round of the league was postponed, which means that after two consecutive victories, Chelsea topped the list.

After the second round of the league, it was surprising that Sun Hai's Manchester City team ranked second with two consecutive victories.

After Manchester City's Chinese international Sun Hai missed the first round of the league due to injury, he played the entire game against Derby County in the second round, and his performance was remarkable.

Coupled with the outstanding performance of Charlton player Zheng Zhi in the British Championship to help the team win the league, this made the Korean media collectively lose face again.

Because Chelsea's Ai Luo, Manchester City's Sun Hai and Charlton's Zheng Zhi all played well from time to time and helped the team win the league. Among Manchester United's Park Ji-sung, Tottenham's Lee Young-pyo and Reading's Seol Ki-hyun, except for Lee Young-pyo's stable chance to play, Park Ji-sung and Seol Ki-hyun did not have many chances to play in the first two rounds of the league.

Interestingly, a report by The Guardian the next day made the South Korean media dumbfounded: "According to the investigation of the first two rounds of the league, we found a very interesting situation, that is, none of the Premier League teams with South Korean players won the game, while the teams with Chinese players all won the game! This is a mysterious thing, but sometimes we have to be together, just like some coaches are superstitious about dressing..."

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After the second round of the league was over, the media in London and Liverpool began to prepare for the start of the next league at the same time.

"The Times" set a title for the next game that was very consistent with the game specifications: "Who will win the battle between red and blue?" '

That's right! In the third round of the 2007-2008 Premier League season, there was a league game that the whole of Europe was paying attention to - Chelsea VS Liverpool!
The two teams will start the first leg of the new season at Anfield.

Of course, the local media in Manchester also began to report furiously at this moment, but what they focused on was not the focused battle between Chelsea and Liverpool, but their own Manchester derby.

Compared with the Manchester derby with great disparity in strength, the well-matched match between Liverpool and Chelsea at home has attracted more attention from the public.

Liverpool is one of the most successful clubs in the world. It has won 18 English top league titles, 7 FA Cup titles, and 8 English League Cup titles.

It is worth mentioning that except for the top league and the FA Cup, the others are the highest records in the English league. They even completely dominated England's top league from the 60s to the 80s. It can be said that the glory of history is all engraved on the red badge.

However, since Chelsea was acquired by the Russian rich man Abramovich in 2003, they have swayed rubles everywhere to buy powerful players and stars, and they have won two Premier League titles with gold dollars.

Therefore, the local media in Liverpool look down on Chelsea, thinking that they are nouveau riche, who smell of copper all over their bodies, disgusting, and have no rich background at all.

The pro-Chelsea London media believes that Liverpool is not enterprising and completely derailed from the international community. This is the fundamental reason why Liverpool has not won the Premier League championship since the establishment of the Premier League.

The media on both sides dislike each other, and the two teams naturally dislike each other.

As for the hatred between Liverpool and Chelsea, it started from the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in the 2004-2005 season, and the two teams were drawn together in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2005-2006 season due to special reasons.

Of course, the biggest reason is that Liverpool led by Benitez has the title of the king of the cup. Chelsea coached by Mourinho will basically be killed if they encounter Liverpool in the cup, but the league can easily win the opponent.

So Mourinho is very upset with Benitez.

The two naturally look down on each other at the same time.

Coupled with the fact that Valencia, where Aiello played last season, beat Liverpool in the semi-finals, and disrespected the plaque on the sacred Anfield Stadium, so the local media in Liverpool naturally counted new and old hatred together...

"This weekend will usher in the first strong dialogue since the start of the 2007-2008 Premier League season. That's right! The Red Army Liverpool will face the Blue Army Chelsea at Anfield Stadium, and this contest is also the absolute focus of this round! Both Liverpool and Chelsea this season have strong signings. Among them, Chelsea's signings are amazing. The 6000 million pounds introduced last season's La Liga Triple Crown. Torres, captain of Atletico Madrid, and then brought in Dutch superstar Babel for more than 2150 million pounds..."

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Originally, Aiello wanted to slowly train with the team and fully integrate into the team's tactical system, but he didn't expect to be dragged by the media, and Fernando Torres, who had a good performance after joining Liverpool, also took the initiative to talk about Ailuo when he was interviewed by reporters at the Melwood training base, leaving him very speechless.

"Ai is a very good player, and our relationship is also very good. During the national team training, his teammates often talked about him. We played against each other for two and a half seasons in La Liga. At that time, we exchanged jerseys... But this game was played at our home stadium, Anfield Stadium. I firmly believe that the victory must belong to our Liverpool!!"

Listening to the words of the 23-year-old Spanish international, the local media in Liverpool were very satisfied.

In their minds, Liverpool's players are the best.

At the same time, before the start of the game, you should also overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum.

Nouveau riche, a piece of cake!
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Aiello is Chelsea's all-time bidder, while Torres is Liverpool's all-time bidder.

The English newspaper "The Times", which is influential in Europe, titled the game "Red and Blue Battle, Which Wins the Deer" and paid attention to Aiello and Torres, a pair of stars who transferred from La Liga to the Premier League. They set another catchy title for this game: "The Battle of the Kings".

(End of this chapter)