Football: Invincible starting from krypton gold

Chapter 177 Winning streak and returning home

With a goal in hand, Chelsea really demonstrated in front of Mainz what it means to be able to switch between offense and defense freely. Tactical suppression allows Chelsea to handle Mainz's blind and crazy offense with ease.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the big screen at the Opel Stadium displayed an extremely ironic score, 0 to 3, just like the score Berbatov predicted before the game. The only difference was the international practice that the home team was in front of the visiting team. He had already left early.

Chen Xiao contributed 1 goal and 1 assist in this game, and was substituted in the 75th minute of the game. It is obvious that Mourinho is saving energy for Chen Xiao's next game.

When the game ended, Berbatov bowed his head and quickly left the stadium. He knew that his big words before the game had made himself a joke. At this moment, he just wanted to leave the stadium quickly.

After finishing their first game of the Champions League group stage, the Chelsea team rushed back to London overnight.

Chelsea, who returned to London, took another day off, and then entered the intense preparations again.

At 9 pm on September 17th, at the Stamford Stadium, Chelsea ushered in the fifth round of the league. This time, their opponent was Blackburn from Lancashire, England.

Chen Xiao rarely appeared on the bench in this game. Joe Cole served as the team's starting right winger. Mourinho made such an arrangement because after the game, Chen Xiao had to rush back to China to participate in the World Cup Asian qualifiers on September 9, so Mourinho put Chen Xiao on the bench. After all, the season has just begun.

After the game started, Chelsea completely suppressed Blackburn amidst the cheers of the home fans, but Blackburn's iron barrel formation in this game did give Chelsea some headaches. It was not until the 43rd minute of the game that Lampard's long-range shot broke Blackburn's goal, which also made the opponent's iron barrel formation meaningless.

In the 78th minute of the first half, Chen Xiao replaced Joe Cole. At this time, the score was 2-0. In the 61st minute of the game, Robben shot from a small angle in the penalty area to expand Chelsea's lead.

In the 87th minute of the game, Chen Xiao used a direct free kick to seal the victory for Chelsea.

When the game time was up, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Chelsea won five consecutive league victories at home, leading the standings with 5 wins and 5 points.

After finishing the match, Chen Xiao flew directly to the capital by plane the next day.

On the evening of September 9th, Chen Xiao arrived at the airport in Beijing. This time, Liu Yifei picked up Chen Xiao at the airport. The two of them hadn’t seen each other for several months. They usually rely on phone calls and messages to alleviate the pain of lovesickness, so it was a rare opportunity to meet. Of course, Liu Yifei would not miss it. The rest of the night was at Liu Yifei’s home. Liu Yifei’s parents are both in the capital. Both of them are very satisfied with their future son-in-law. .

After a night's rest, Chen Xiao rushed to the national team's training ground to join the team the next day. This game officially started at 9:20 pm on September 7. The venue for the game was the Workers' Stadium in Beijing.

In this game, the opponent of the Xia Guo national team is Oman from West Asia.

At present, the Xia Guo team is ranked fifth in the group, and Oman is ranked fourth. As long as Xia Guo wins this game, they will surpass Oman by 1 point and be promoted to No.4 in the group.

At present, 7 rounds of the top 5 match have ended. In Xia Guo’s group, Saudi Arabia ranked first with 2 wins, 0 draws and 17 losses with 4 points, South Korea ranked second with 2 wins, 1 draws and 14 loss with 10 points, Iraq ranked third with 7 points, Oman ranked fourth with 5 points, Xia Guo team ranked fifth with 3 points, and Uzbekistan ranked sixth with [-] points.

This round is beneficial to Xia Guo. Saudi Arabia will challenge South Korea in an away game. The confrontation between these two teams will be very beneficial to Xia Guo no matter what the result is. Iraq’s away game against Uzbekistan is particularly important for Xia Guo. However, in any case, all hopes of Xia Guo team are based on the premise that they can beat Oman.

For Oman, many Xia Guo fans are familiar with it. In the 02 World Cup qualifiers, Xia Guo entered the World Cup for the first time in history after defeating Oman at home. I don’t know if it is the arrangement of fate.

The time soon came to the day of the game, and there were still ten minutes before the start of the game. At this time, the starting players of both sides were already waiting to play in the player tunnel, and the stands of the stadium were full of spectators. There were also many stars and officials from the Sports Bureau in the boxes of the stands. Xia Guo fans will not give up. Although countless failures over the years have made fans disappointed and even angry with the national team, when fans are really needed, many fans shout that I will not watch the national team’s game anymore.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the excited red flag fluttered in the wind.

Amidst the cheering and cheering of this song, the national team continued the bloody spirit of the last game at their home court. The game has reached a fierce stage from the very beginning without any temptation. Although the national team is not as good as the opponent in some positions in terms of personal technical ability, the spirit and tenacity of the national team to fight for every goal make the Oman players who are playing in the away game very uncomfortable.

In the 39th minute of the game, Chen Xiao's continuous breakthroughs in the frontcourt caused fouls by the opponent, and the Xia Guo team got a direct free kick in an excellent position.

(End of this chapter)