The strongest winger

Chapter 733 Meeting "Enemy" Again

With the whistle of the referee Mason, the 2008-2009 English League Cup champions announced that they had their own title, and Chelsea won their first championship trophy this season.

As a friend, Ai Luo went to comfort his friends Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney as soon as the game ended.

No matter how intense the game is, as long as the game is over, they are still good friends.

After the game, the shot of Aiello embracing Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney respectively was one of the topics discussed by the on-site commentators after the game, and it was also the focus of attention of media reporters from various countries who came to the scene.

Of course, the most striking thing was the handshake between Ferguson and Mourinho after the game.

As Ferguson is getting older, who can inherit Ferguson's mantle has become a topic of discussion in the mainstream European media, and the full-fledged Portuguese Mourinho has entered everyone's attention. In addition, Ferguson also talked about his hope that Mourinho can lead Manchester United to the top after retirement.

On the second day, the mainstream European media reports focused on Chelsea, because the victory of this game allowed Mourinho and Aiello to fulfill the first step of the wild words they said at the beginning of the season.

At the same time, it also proves that they will do what they say, and they will never lie.

The headline in The Times read: Will all promises be kept?

"The 2008-2009 English League Cup final ended at the New Wembley Stadium last night. With Ai's two goals and one assist, he helped Chelsea win the final and won the 2008-2009 championship trophy. At the same time, it also fulfilled the promise of coach Mourinho and Ai at the beginning of the season! Although there are three championships away from defending all the champions this season, at least they did not fall before the first championship trophy, which means they still have this possibility! At the same level, these are enough to ensure Chelsea win all the competitions!"

"...We firmly believe that the Carling Cup is not Chelsea's first title this season, nor will it be their last title, it is just the beginning!"

The German newspaper "Bild" also made a detailed report on the English League Cup final: "The result of the English League Cup final in the 2008-2009 season was not much different from everyone's pre-match speculation. Chelsea beat Manchester United 3:1 to win their first championship this season. I believe their championship luck will continue, because their head star Ai is in excellent form. He killed the game with two goals and one assist in his personal ability. In addition, Chelsea also leads No.11 Manchester United by 2 points in the Premier League standings. Defending the Premier League title this season is no problem!"

"...According to the heroic feats at the beginning of the season, only the FA Cup champion and the Champions League champion are left for Chelsea. They have entered the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Since Aiello won the European Ballon d'Or from "French Football" in a row, the newspaper has kept a high degree of attention on Aiello. When the mainstream European media paid attention to the 2008-2009 English League Cup final, they were no exception, and they even sent a team lineup to focus on this final!
Their headlines praised Aiello: "It's really unbelievable. Ai, the winner of the European Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years, once again controlled the final. He used two goals and one assist to tell people all over the world that as long as his competitive state remains excellent, the champion will be invisible. I believe that the heroic feat of defending all the champions at the beginning of the season will be realized with Ai's efforts. The results last night are the best evidence! The FA Cup and the Champions League are a little bit suspenseful. But we believe that as long as Ai's state remains at a high level, Then those titles will be in Chelsea's pocket..."

As the newspaper of Ai Luo's motherland, it is even more hype, and it even wants to give Ai Luo all the praises in the world so far.

On this day, Aiello folded the newspaper about his headlines again and put it in his collection room, and then drove the Audi R8 to the Cobham training base to prepare for the FA Cup quarter-finals three days later.

Although Coventry's strength is not strong, but the FA Cup is known as a hotbed of unpopularity, so he has to be scruples.

On March 3th, Chelsea faced Coventry, their FA Cup quarter-final opponent, at Stamford Bridge at home.

Coventry's ability to enter the quarter-finals of the FA Cup this season has a lot to do with their luck. From the qualifying round to the fourth knockout round, the opponents they encountered were all low-level league teams, until the opponent in the quarter-finals-Blackburn.

They held the game for nearly 10 minutes, scored a goal with the only quick counterattack in the game, and were lucky to enter the quarter-finals of the FA Cup this season.

The result of the quarter-finals of the FA Cup was similar to what everyone expected before the game. Aiello did not feel uncomfortable on his 1rd birthday. With his second-half substitute shot and pass, he helped Chelsea beat Coventry City 4-23 at home, thus entering the semi-finals of the FA Cup this season.

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Chelsea defeated Real Madrid 1-8 away in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 3/0 finals. When they returned home, they did not neglect their opponents and sent the strongest lineup they could offer.

However, considering that there will be three league games in the next ten days, Mourinho’s team still focuses on control in the game, and Real Madrid, who came to the away game, did not show the momentum of breaking the boat. In the end, with Aiello’s first pass and one shot in the first and second half, Chelsea helped Chelsea beat Real Madrid 2-0 at home, and entered the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League with a total score of 5-0.

The eight teams that entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season also surfaced. This result also surprised the Premier League media. The four giants of the Premier League once again occupied half of the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

So after all the places for promotion came out, the mainstream European media quickly focused on the opponents who might meet in the quarter-finals.

According to the "hidden rules" of the UEFA draw ceremony, it is unlikely that the favorites to win the championship will meet in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in advance, so it can be regarded as bringing some benefits to the media and making their "hit rate" higher.

Aiello, who transferred to Chelsea at a high price last season, has returned to Mestalla to play, and there is no possibility of hype, so it can be ruled out. That is to say, Chelsea is most likely to encounter the other two Premier League powers Arsenal and Liverpool, but the possibility of Bayern Munich is not low.

However, Barcelona and Chelsea coached by Mourinho have a lot of grievances in the early stage, and the gimmick of the young talent competition between Aiello and Messi is also big enough, and the possibility of being drawn is not small.

Of course, the result that attracts the most attention is naturally that Chelsea and Manchester United, who met in the Champions League final last season, were drawn together.

It's just that the possibility of this is too low...

Amidst the discussions and speculations in the media, Chelsea started the devil's schedule before the international break.

In addition to the 2:2 draw with Tottenham in the away game, they won the league games against Manchester City at home and Portsmouth away.

Fortunately, Manchester United has two wins and one tie in these three rounds. Therefore, with only 8 rounds left in the league, Chelsea has 26 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss with 81 points than Manchester United with 22 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses with 70 points, 11 more points.

If nothing else, Chelsea will have no suspense to defend the Premier League this season.

It is worth mentioning that on the second day of the league draw with Tottenham, the results of the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League also came out.

Top half: Manchester United VS Porto, Arsenal VS Valencia.

Bottom half: Chelsea VS Liverpool, Barcelona VS Bayern Munich.

According to the draw results of the upper and lower halves, that is to say, the teams that advance to the semi-finals in the upper and lower halves will directly start two rounds of semi-finals.

After the result of the lottery, there were really joys and sorrows for some families.

Liverpool's local media were full of mourning, while the London media was very excited. Some media even wanted to use the theme of Chelsea's direct promotion to the semi-finals as a report.

Because Liverpool lost all seven games against Chelsea in the past two seasons, and the two league games this season were even more defeated. For the next quarter-finals of the Champions League, even Liverpool's local media are not optimistic about Liverpool.

When the results of the draw came out the first time, the "Liverpool Echo" interviewed the team coach Benitez.

Faced with doubts from the media and an ultimatum from the top management, Benitez said directly: "The Champions League knockout matches are incomparable to domestic league and cup matches. We have a beautiful tradition for the Champions League knockout matches! So far, the English team's best European results are Liverpool!"

The on-site reporter's answer to Benitez was really drunk. He has already faced Chelsea's seven-game losing streak, and he is still so stubborn!
Impressed!

The London media really wanted to slap Benitez in the face, but thinking that it might be his last season to coach Liverpool, they just turned a blind eye.

Not long after, the London media interviewed Mourinho. When talking about the opponents in the draw, he smiled and said lightly: "We are ready to advance to the semi-finals!"

(End of this chapter)