The strongest winger

Chapter 796 Fierce Foul
After the group draw, the eyes of the reporters on the scene dimmed, because compared to the previous two seasons, this season's group draws were all strong and weak. If nothing else, the [-] advanced teams will be in the pockets of European giants, which means that this season's UEFA Champions League will lack a lot of highlights.

The second night of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony was the UEFA Super Cup, but the topic of discussion before the UEFA Super Cup was not the game, but Aiello’s speech after winning the Champions League’s best striker and best player for three consecutive seasons. He boasted that he would follow Chelsea to win the UEFA Champions League for the third consecutive season.

It's just that many media and experts do not agree with his point of view.

They believe that the main reason why Chelsea was able to defend the Champions League last season was that Cristiano Ronaldo was injured, which led to a lack of performance in the final. If he had an excellent state in the first three rounds of the league in the Champions League final last season, then it is really uncertain who will win the Champions League last season!

Barcelona's Messi is more mature this season, and the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimovic will definitely increase the team's strength, while Real Madrid has made many signings in the summer transfer market before the start of this season, and its strength should not be underestimated.

The Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich also made a lot of additions to the team's lineup, and they also have the strength to hit the Champions League.

In other words, compared to last season's Chelsea thriving, this season's Champions League will usher in a hundred flowers blooming.

Therefore, after the draw ceremony, the head coaches of many wealthy clubs criticized Ai Luo's speech. They all believed that the Champions League champion who made a Chelsea hat-trick under such circumstances lacked respect for other wealthy clubs.

And this view has also been recognized by many media.

Of course, their approval does not fully acknowledge the remarks of these clubs, but that Chelsea won the Champions League consecutively will not be able to attract more attention. Human beings always need freshness, otherwise life will become boring, and the same is true for the Champions League champions.

However, the London media recognized Aiello’s remarks. They believed that this represented the professionalism of professional players, just like a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. He still has this kind of ambition when he has won three European Champions Cups in a row. It is worthy of praise!

Because many professional players in modern football start to neglect training and competition after winning even a Champions League championship. The best example is Ronaldinho, the top 10 of Barcelona.

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Mourinho supported Aiello when he was interviewed by reporters. He said: "The voices against Ai Luo are living jealousy. If your team has the opportunity to win the Champions League for three consecutive seasons, would you give up this opportunity? No! It’s like grapes that cannot be eaten will always taste sour!! Chelsea this season will cooperate with Ai’s progress and become a strong contender for the Champions League in the new season."

Of course, Mourinho is also skillful when he says it. He didn't say that he must win the Champions League as he said last season, but only said that he will become a strong contender for the Champions League.

Then, among the odds of the Champions League for the new season given by the three major European gaming companies, Chelsea still topped the list, and the odds for the top scorer were also led by Aiello, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi ranking second and third respectively.

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The 2009-2010 UEFA Super Cup started at 28:45 pm on the [-]th, with Chelsea playing against Shakhtar Donetsk.

The two teams do not have any confrontation records in history. This is the first confrontation between the two teams, but Aiello is quite familiar with it. They were divided into a group in the season when Valencia won the Champions League.

Shakhtar Donetsk's tactical choice in the European Super Cup is to use the defensive counterattack commonly used by the weak and the strong. However, as the game progressed, the Shakhtar Donetsk team has changed from defensive counterattack to defensive counterattack, hoping to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

It's just that as Chelsea's head star Aiello didn't allow it. He scored a precise free kick in the second half and directly scored.

In the end, with Aiello's personal performance, Chelsea defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at the Louis II Stadium and successfully defended the UEFA Super Cup!
With Chelsea winning the UEFA Super Cup, everyone forgets that they lost 1:3 to Manchester United in the Community Shield, and instead look forward to how many championships they will win in the new season.

On the weekend, Chelsea ushered in the fourth round of the league at home. The opponent was Burnley, who had just been promoted to the Premier League.

Before the start of the game, Aiello, Petr Cech and Terry showed off the trophies they had just won.

Under the cheers of 4 Chelsea fans, Chelsea defeated Burnley 0-[-] with Aiello's goals and assists, but what made Chelsea fans a little worried was that Ai Luo was chopped on the ankle by Burnley giant McDonald before the end of the game.

Although there was no serious problem under the team doctor's inspection, Mourinho still replaced him with the teenager Suarez just to be on the safe side.

After the game, Mourinho naturally had a lot of complaints. Chelsea had the guarantee of trophies in the past two seasons, which is inseparable from Aiello's absence of injuries. It is not an exaggeration to say that Aiello brought Chelsea's championship.

In this case, how could Mourinho allow his opponent to hurt Aiello?
Especially after watching the slow-motion playback, if Ai Luo hadn't made a buffering action of continuous high-speed circles in advance, it is estimated that this will take more than three months to recuperate.

But Burnley player McDonald didn't seem to care in an interview after the game. He said that the Premier League is the most competitive league in the world and the most frequent physical confrontation. This kind of shovel is the most common way. Besides, he didn't hurt anyone, so he refused to apologize.

So... Chelsea supporters used the Twitter platform that had just emerged in Europe to insult McDonald for having the potential to be an executioner, but what made them depressed was that McDonald had not yet applied for a Twitter account.

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After the end of the fourth round of the Premier League, there will be an international match day, and there will be no league until NO.12.

The Chinese XX Football Association did not arrange a warm-up match for the national team, so Ai Luo went to the small town of Mijas in Malaga, Spain to see the juniors of the National Youth Team. They had a warm-up match with the Spanish U20 National Youth Team before the World Youth Championship.

Since both of them have been shortlisted for the top 24 of the World Youth Championship, they are also willing to fight with each other before the start of the World Youth Championship.

Before the start of the warm-up match, Ai Luo appeared at the kick-off ceremony under the kind invitation of the officials of the two football associations.

The game was very exciting, because the head coach of the Chinese National Youth Team is also Spanish. The two teams played ground football, which was very entertaining. There were many fans who came to watch the game. Of course, it was closely related to the kick-off ceremony of Ai Luo's appearance in this friendly match.

No.1 in today's football world, no matter how powerful he is, he is still imprinted with the outstanding works of Spanish youth training, especially the local fans of Valencia, who have come here a lot.

In the end, the Chinese National Youth Team defeated the Spanish National Youth Team 2:1.

However, the biggest reason for the victory was not that the overall strength of the Chinese National Youth Team was superior, but that Jordi Alba and Azpilicueta, who were famous for attacking from the wing, were completely suppressed by the two full-backs Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng of the Chinese National Youth Team.

After the competition, Ai Luo, as the big brother, also went to cheer on the juniors, hoping that they will continue to work hard, perform well in the upcoming World Youth Championships, and strive to win medals!

On the international match day in early September, Brazil and Ghana became the first teams from South America and Africa to qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa, while England and Spain became the first and second teams in Europe to qualify.

At the end of the international match day, the players who participated in the national team game returned to their respective clubs to prepare for the next league game. Chelsea challenged Stoke City away.

To be on the safe side, Mourinho basically sat on the bench after participating in the fierce battle of the national team. The starting lineup dominated by Aiello did not necessarily suffer in the game. After all, the gap between big clubs and small clubs is still very obvious.

But what I didn't expect was that the home team used fierce defense to limit Chelsea's offense at the beginning!

However, long-term fouls also caused their players to receive a lot of yellow cards, which means that if this situation continues, Stoke City's team will very likely have players sent off.

Among them, Shawcross, the defender from Manchester United's youth training, was the most dangerous. In the 65th minute of the first half, he shoveled on Ai Luo's right ankle from the side very unsightly.

With the slow-motion playback, Zhan Jun, who was in charge of the on-site commentary, took a deep breath: "Oh my God, did Shawcross from Manchester United regard Ai Luo as killing his father and enemy? This is completely a desperate foul. I suggest that the FA must severely punish this kind of action!"

Although Aiello was not injured by a shovel, the next game appeared to be cautious and the state of the game declined. If it were not for Drogba's lore at the last moment, Chelsea would very likely get a draw in the away game.

(End of this chapter)