I work as a coach at Stamford Bridge

Chapter 144 The end of the winter break transfer

In the game against Stoke City the next day, Yunqiao also replaced all the players from the previous game against Everton, including captain Terry and Drogba.

Playing two high-intensity games within three days, few players can bear it. This is not a matter of playing for fun. It is really running and thinking on football. For players, this load is too great.

Therefore, it seemed that Terry and Drogba had nothing to do, and Yunqiao didn't dare to let them play, and they didn't even make the squad.

Stoke City is not weak, with distinctive features they drew with Liverpool at Anfield last game.But they can also lose to West Ham in the 20th round.

This is the charm of the Premier League. You don't know which strong team will suddenly collapse, which weak team will suddenly rise, and see who will destroy who.Of course, the characteristics of the Premier League will be more obvious in the next few years. It is not good for the Premier League teams to play in European games.

On January 1, in the 17nd round of the Premier League, Chelsea played against Stoke City at home.Against Sky City, Yunqiao asked the players to play on the ground. How can the tall Stoke City players compare to Chelsea players in terms of small skills.

There has been only one player like Ibrahimovic for many years.

This also caused Stoke City to play well against some teams, but some teams played poorly. It is not good for teams with obvious characteristics.

Chelsea's 2-0 win over Stoke City was no surprise, with Lampard and John Terry each scoring a goal, which was Terry's first league goal of the season.

After Jack Cork joined the first team, Yunqiao also stopped the transfer. There are fewer defenders, but both Milner and Cork can visit the defenders.For the forward line, adding Anelka as a strong support, as long as many players are not injured at the same time, it is basically enough.

During the winter break, except for Chelsea, which is buying people aggressively, most of the other teams mainly rely on loan players.Manchester United introduced three players, but they also loaned out three young players. Arsenal directly loaned out four players, but Wenger did not introduce a new aid. This is a blow to Arsenal.

Benitez's approach is the same as Wenger's.Four players were loaned out, including the well-known striker Pennant. With Torres and Keane both present, it was difficult for Pennant to get a chance to play, and Benitez also didn’t like rotation. head coach.

The biggest move is Tottenham. Of course, Lao Lei will make major changes to the team when he enters the field. He has introduced four players. Defoe, who transferred, came back from Portsmouth again. How much money Tottenham spent was not announced.

After all, this is too embarrassing. Tottenham's management agrees to Defoe's return. It is already very rare, let alone they will announce the transfer amount.But what is certain is that it is definitely more than they bought for Portsmouth.

Tottenham also loaned out six players, all of whom were substitute players brought in by former coach Ramos, including Real Madrid's former goalkeeper Cesar and German midfielder Jerome Boateng.

This can be considered to have changed a lot of players in the first team, and Lao Lei can finally give it a go. He will enter the European competition in the second half of the season while ensuring relegation.

If it's just relegation, Lao Lei still has a lot of confidence. Tottenham's players can also be ranked in the forefront of the Premier League. It's just that the hole dug in the first half of the season is too deep.

Now they are still ranked third from the bottom in the league.

On January 1, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Chelsea played against Ipswich Town at home.Although the main players have rested for a week, Yunqiao only sent Ashley Cole, who is still the captain on the field.

Cole, who has just been injured, has missed Chelsea's two games.

The arrangement of this FA Cup made Yunqiao become a flower by the English media, and even the FA's favor for him was gone.

Gain Yunqiao announced the starting lineup for the game in advance when he was interviewing reporters at the Cobham base. The entire English media was saying that Yunqiao looked down on Ipswich Town and the FA Cup.

In addition to Cole, the goalkeeper Yunqiao played Begovic, and even Hilario did not.As for other positions, all the new players played, including Sun Jihai, who was said to have joined Chelsea because of his connections, all started, plus Anelka, Koke, Matic and Milner.

It is no wonder that the English media and the FA are angry at Yunqiao. The proud English always call themselves the originator of modern football, and the FA Cup is also the earliest cup in the world.

This is the pride of England.

Yunqiao has poked a hornet's nest this time. Not only are you on the full bench, but half of them are newly introduced players.That's probably why they're angry.

Yunqiao likes to be a substitute in domestic cup games. Everyone is used to it. This time it is the new aid that really makes the media uncomfortable.

Even Abramovich was alarmed, and I don't know if someone from the FA has complained to Abramovich.But Abramovich understands that the team's players are not up to him to decide.

"I support Yun's arrangement. Since he has arranged troops like this, he naturally has his reasons." Abramovich said in an interview with a Russian reporter, "I also believe that this game will be won. Our players are all the best. player of."

What makes the English media even more sad is that in this FA Cup, Chelsea played against Ipswich Town from beginning to end. There is still a difference between a League One team and Chelsea. Without substitutes and new aid, it is not something they can resist.

And Chelsea's new players have just come to the team. Apart from playing hard, there is no way to better integrate into the team. The substitute players also want to play their own value in such games.

Sometimes the focus of the substitute players is stronger than that of the main players, and they will be more eager to perform.

Ipswich City was eliminated by a big score of 4:0 at home. Anelka scored twice, Royce and Kalou scored one goal each. A perfect game made the media shut up.

Then came the 29th, the only game left in the first month of 2009, the 23rd round of the Premier League between home and Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough is a bit desperate now, the strength of the team lies there, there is no worry about relegation, and they have no ability to enter the European war.

Southgate wanted to fight with Yunqiao, but unfortunately the players were not good enough. He fell behind by two goals in less than 20 minutes.

At the end of the game, Chelsea defeated visiting Middlesbrough 3-0, ending all games in January with a victory.

Attached is Chelsea's new player list: (in no particular order)

Goalkeepers: Cech, Begovic, Hilario

Defenders: Ivan, Ashley Cole, Terry, Paulo Freira, Alex, Carvalho, Robert Huth, Azpilicueta, Sun Jihai
Midfielders: Kaka, Ballack, Lampard, Mikel, Joe Cole, Arshavin, Milner, Jack Cork, Matic, Jimmy Smith, Michael Woods
Frontcourt: Kalou, Drogba, Lewandowski, Royce, Anelka

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