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Chapter 223 The Heart of a Champion, Big Victory, Lampard's Reception

The atmosphere at the Cobham training base was a bit depressing. Even Ashley Cole, who usually liked to joke with Xiang Nan the most, frowned. Everyone was training silently.

In the training match, Lampard continued to appear on the substitute side, perhaps to vent his grievances. In the half-hour match, Chelsea's deputy head kicked and a long-range shot scored a hat-trick.

Early in the morning, the club held a press conference to refute the rumors that the head coach Scolari and the team deputy Lampard were at odds, and Lampard also appeared at the press conference. He said that the media misinterpreted what he meant. What he meant was that he was in good health and could play for another five years.

However, the media obviously ignored this, and all eyes were focused on Chelsea's home game against Wigan Athletic at Stamford Bridge four days later.

The entire Cobham base looked very depressed, and even Quaresma, who appeared on the main side, seemed not very excited.

On February [-], [-], Stamford Bridge, Chelsea played against Wigan Athletic at home. Scolari continued to use the Portuguese two-wing combination of Quaresma and Deco in this game. Ivanovic was a rare defensive line. Got the chance to start, Essien served as the defensive midfielder, Joe Cole continued to start in the midfielder position, and partnered with Drogba on the striker.

The game went very smoothly. Before the game, Wigan Athletic, who threatened to take away at least one point from Stamford Bridge, resisted. Under the threat of Chelsea's powerful attacking force, they surrendered after only [-] minutes of resistance.

In the [-]th minute of the first half, after receiving a pass from Joe Cole, Xiangnan tore through Wigan Athletic's defense with speed. Near the bottom line, he made a beautiful emergency stop, turned halfway, and hoisted the ball into the penalty area. , After Essien who grabbed the point before and Drogba in the middle jumped up, neither of them touched the ball.

After the ball was rubbed by Wigan Athletic right back Hoyt, it bounced towards the penalty area line, Quaresma appeared in front of the ball, a beautiful rubbing shot, the ball flew into the net with obvious rotation Wo, Wigan Athletic keeper Jones, barely reacted! !
[-]:[-]! !

This is also Quaresma's first goal since he was loaned from Chelsea. After the goal, the Portuguese rushed to the coach's bench frantically and hugged Scolari.

At this time, the camera on the scene found Lampard on the bench, and the deputy of the Chelsea team was talking to Sinclair next to him expressionlessly.

Eleven minutes later, Chelsea made a comeback. Essien intercepted the ball in the backcourt and scored a beautiful goal. After getting the ball, Joe Cole shot a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. Xiang Nan fell to the ground and shoveled, and the follow-up shot went into the net! !

[-]:[-]! ! ! !

Xiang Nan also scored his [-]th goal in the league. After the goal, Xiang Nan did not celebrate, but just gave Joe Cole a high-five.

Stamford Bridge was in a state of jubilation. No one thought that Wigan Athletic, who ranked [-]th in the league, would be defeated so quickly...
Shortly after the start of the second half, Xiang Nan was replaced by Kalou, and there was a lot of applause over Stamford Bridge.

Xiang Nan sat beside Lampard on the bench, and whispered, "Frank?"

Lampard turned his head around, his face was very bad, "Andre? What's the matter?!"

Xiang Nan thought for a while, then shook his head, "It's okay, it's okay!!"

He secretly whispered in his heart, "It seems that the contradictory relationship between Frank and the coach is much more intense than imagined..."

...

Dudu Dudu! !

With the whistle of the referee, the whole game ended. Wigan Athletic team scored a goal from Tunchai. In the end, the score of the game was fixed at [-]:[-]! !
Xiang Nan stood up, and together with his teammates, he came to the side of the court to pay tribute to the home fans, and then everyone walked towards the player tunnel.

"Andre, I have a reception at my house tonight, do you have time?" Lampard suddenly said beside Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan was taken aback, then turned his head and glanced at Lampard, "Okay, Frank, I want to pick a small gift for Villa."

The son of Villa's Lampard and his Spanish fiancée Allen, they also have a daughter, Luna. Although it is not common in Europe to have children before marriage, everyone does not feel that there is any big problem , I think this is just a matter of personal values ​​and outlook on life.

"As long as you go and sign for Villa, he will be the happiest." Speaking of his son, Lampard looked happy.

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That night, in Lampard's mansion in London, a small reception in the Chelsea team was held. The players brought their girlfriends and children. Among the staff, there was no sign of Quaresma, but Deco came with his girlfriend.

When the players gathered together, they naturally talked more about football. This also made Joanna come to Xiangnan alone because she was in the United States, so she didn't feel any discomfort.

Besides, it is not the first time that Xiang Nan has come to Lampard's home. Lampard's youngest daughter, Luna, has shown a strong affection for Xiang Nan. Even Lampard himself became jealous and said that his My daughter has never smiled so happily to herself.

The women were talking about fashion, perfume, clothes, in short, topics that women can never finish talking about.

In the small reception, everyone had a good time, and the teammates also got in touch with each other and became more united. Of course, no one would stupidly ask at this time, "Why didn't Quaresma come?" . '

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Essien was driving the car and sat in the passenger seat to the south. The two of them chatted wildly, chatting with the "big breast lover" big buffalo. Of course, the topic cannot be separated from women. Comrade Essien is obviously a Homework, this black brother knows the cup size of which porn star in London now, and he knows it clearly.

'Hush, Andre! ! The big buffalo suddenly shook its fingers mysteriously, and blinked mysteriously towards the south, "Have you heard?"

Xiang Nan was taken aback, "Michael, what?"

"The Brazilian proposed to put Frank in the summer transfer market!!" Essien looked serious, no longer smiling.

The Brazilian naturally refers to the team coach Scolari, but, 'put Flack on the transfer market? "Xiang Nan was taken aback, he didn't hear any news.

"Michael, where did you get the news?" Xiang Nan asked. He knew that this was not a trivial matter. If there was anyone in Chelsea who could not be moved, it would be Frank Lampard and John Terry. It is said that Mourinho left Stamford Bridge because of his falling out with Terry.

"Frank told me himself, it can be fake, he has someone in the club." The big buffalo pointed up.

Xiang Nan didn't know what to say. Lampard obviously got the news from within the club, and Scolari obviously didn't expect the news to leak so early.

"Just wait and see, the Brazilians won't last long..."

Xiangnan knows what Essien means, looking at the posture, between Lampard and Scolari, someone must leave after the end of the season. No matter how you look at it, Chelsea's deputy is the most likely to stay. the one of...

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It's no secret that Lampard's conversations with manager Felipe Scolari have been at Cobham.Although it will not happen that the players are passive in training and games in order to force the head coach to leave, after all, they are professional players, and they still have the professional ethics they must have. All of a sudden, it became a little depressing.

In such an atmosphere, Chelsea ushered in their opponents in the [-]th round of the league, Portsmouth.

In the first round of this season, Chelsea lost [-]:[-] to Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. He went to the game holding his breath.

In the end, in this game, at Fratton Park Stadium, Portsmouth suffered the biggest loss of the season. England's goalkeeper James scooped the ball out of the net [-] times.

[-]:[-]! ! !
With a hearty victory, Chelsea is ready to set off for Turin for the second round with Juventus.

Xiangnan performed a hat-trick in the game, with a header, a long shot and a single-handed anti-offside goal, which raised his league goals to [-] goals and narrowed the goal gap with Torres.

With the victory of this game, it seems that all the doubts about the contradictions in the dressing room that lingered on Chelsea's head disappeared.

At this time, when Chelsea was preparing to kill Turin, an earthquake occurred in Italian football. In the [-]th round of the Serie A in the [-]-[-] season, AC Milan lost [-]:[-] away to San Francisco. Pudolia, on the second day after the game, Milan's official website announced that AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti had officially resigned. Responsibilities of the coach.

All of a sudden, regarding the candidate for the head coach of AC Milan, it became a hot topic with different opinions. Highest.

However, all of this has nothing to do with Xiang Nan for the time being. On March [-], [-], the chartered flight of Chelsea players landed at Turin International Airport...

(End of this chapter)