Chelsea's league trip to Wigan Athletic seemed to be a slap in the face of Chelsea's overly reliant media on Elloh, with Chelsea blossoming in a multifaceted league game at the DW Stadium, with goals from Elo, Frank Lampard and Ashley Kerr in a 3-1 win over the hosts.

If Chelsea's league game against Wigan Athletic wasn't enough, the next Champions League group stage fourth game away to Schalke proved that Chelsea don't just rely on Elo's individual performances.

Chelsea continued to blossom in this game, with Aillo opening the scoring and Essien and captain John Terry scoring a goal each to beat home Schalke 04 3-1 away to make it three wins in a row in the Champions League.

Of course, another Chinese player, Hao Junmin, was also outstanding in the back-to-back Champions League group stage matches that attracted countless Chinese fans, scoring a face-saving goal for the team.

It's just because of the gap between the strength of his teammates and the overall strength of Chelsea that he lost to Chelsea at home.

It is worth mentioning that after the fourth round of the Champions League group stage in Group B, PSV Eindhoven drew with Rosenborg at home in another game in the same group, which means that Chelsea has advanced to the group with three wins and one draw in four games.

If you look at the points of the other three opponents in the group, Chelsea have already secured top spot in the group.

At present, in second place is Schalke 04, with 4 points from 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in 4 rounds, and the third place is Rosenborg, who is third with three points from four games, three draws and one loss, while PSV Eindhoven is at the bottom with two draws and two losses and two points.

According to the same rules for the Champions League group stage points, the first thing to look at is the relationship between the two sides, followed by their respective goal difference, which means that Chelsea, which is currently ranked first in the group, will not be able to become the first in the group even if the remaining two rounds of the group stage are lost, and the second-ranked Schalke 04 will win all the remaining games, and the points will not be the same as Chelsea.

Of course, Chelsea are not the first team to progress from the group.

But they were definitely the first team to secure top spot in their group early.

After the game, the media, who had previously suspected that Chelsea were too dependent on Elo, did not shut up because of this, but intensified their feelings, because they felt that Chelsea had relied on a strong ensemble to press the opposition's living space for two consecutive games.

Wigan Athletic and Schalke 04 are not at the same level as Chelsea at all, and the Manchester Evening News even calculated the value of Wigan Athletic's whole team, which adds up to not even half of Eyro's value, and Schalke 04 is not much better, and all the combined values are only 2/3 of Arrow.

Therefore, these two games have no reference value.

However, there has been a noticeable reduction in the number of media that are skeptical.

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Temperatures in England have dropped significantly in November, with Chelsea players training at the Cobham training base already wearing undershirts for training, and players like Iroh who are sensitive to the cold are even armed to their knees and palms.

So when it comes to training, Iroh is always trained with a scarf tied to the jokes of Ballack and Frank Lampard.

And the coldest period in England has not yet arrived, and the temperature is just an appetizer.

Iroh was 'fully armed' to participate in the training, which was also recorded by interested reporters, and Iroh's state has declined compared to before recently, so the background picture of the front page of the Times the next day was - Iroh was warming up with a huff.

The text raised his concerns: "Although Chelsea's overall performance in the last two games proves that they did not rely on Ai's performance to win the game, we have to pay attention to the fact that Ai's current environment is very different from his Valencia, Valencia has a Mediterranean climate, which can be said to be warm in winter and cool in summer all year round, with a minimum temperature of 4-10 degrees Celsius, while London is located in a temperate maritime climate, and the temperature in winter is generally below freezing......"

“…… Therefore, Chelsea's attacking blossom in the last two rounds is not because they no longer rely on Ai's individual performance, but because Ai is starting to feel uncomfortable with the English weather, so he needs a period of self-adjustment, and it just so happens that the rest of Chelsea's players have found opportunities to score, and the current situation will be ......"

Many Chelsea fans are just holding a wait-and-see attitude towards the Times report, which is the kind of person who will be skeptical.

It was previously thought that Wigan Athletic and Schalke 04 were not of high grade, so this league game at home to Everton was considered one of the high-grade teams, although the value was also two notches lower than Chelsea, but the quality of the players was still quite good.

At the same time, the home league game has also become a match to verify whether The Times's guess is correct.

Chelsea's home game against Everton was played at 2pm on 11 November, 10pm GMT, and like many of the Premier League's biggest clubs, Stamford Bridge was packed and lively.

With a staggering 14 goals in 12 league games this season, it was only natural that he would be a key player for Everton's defence.

Although Chelsea were 1-0 up at the end of the first half over visitors Everton, it was not Arlo who scored the goal, but Frank Lampard, the team's king of attendance.

And Iro's performance in the first half can only be described as mediocre, and he did not play eye-catchingly, just like the average winger of a Premier League team.

The sharp-eyed reporter immediately realized that the Times's analysis made sense, because Iroh's competitive form did show signs of decline, and it was inextricably linked to the weather in London.

The reduction of enthusiasm and running on the court will inevitably make the body slowly harden, so that the action during the game will not be too large, and the muscles and ligaments will be strained.

Therefore, Iello's self-adjustment in the second half became the focus of everyone's attention.

Iello consciously strengthened his running in the second half, but his performance was still inexperienced, and he could only be said to be decent.

Could it be that the weather is really the reason for the decline in Ailoh's competitive form?

So the offensive opportunity in the 25th minute of the second half made the media on the scene suspicious.

Malouda broke through the cross on the right side, Drogba in front of the point did not touch the ball, and Iro, who pulled from the left side to the middle at high speed, naturally needed to grab the point, but at this time he felt that his body was a little stiff, and the strength of the body was not enough, and the football grazed his toes and rolled out of the bottom line, thus missing the opportunity to expand the score.

If this time it was an accident, then the next one is convincing.

In the 35th minute of the second half, substitute Wright Phillips used his speed to force Yabo, and then consciously passed the curling ball to the back point, and as a result, as last time, Iroh felt that his muscles were a little stiff, so the momentum of the forward was insufficient, and the ball flew past his scalp.

Suddenly, a huge exclamation erupted over Stamford Bridge.

With Iroh missing two great chances in a row, Mourinho, who was in the home team's command area, was also reminded of the recent media discussions.

Seem...... Iroh really has a dip in form, and it's directly related to the damn weather.

There will be two international breaks after this league game is over, and Iroh has no national team duties, which means that he has almost ten days as an adjustment period, otherwise Iroh will continue to play this winter in this state, neither for the team nor for himself.

Thinking of this, Mourinho relaxed his tense nerves, because Iroh occupies a very important position in his latest tactical system, and he will always play an exciting role at critical times, just like playing against strong teams like Liverpool and Manchester United, in the case of little difference in overall strength, it is necessary to rely on the individual performance of the star to break the deadlock.

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Just when Mourinho thought the game would end there, McFadden forced the ball down the right just before the end of the game, centre-back Carvalho made a mistake in clearing the ball, and Australian star Cahill broke the door with a brilliant upside-down hook from nine yards out.

As a result, Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at home to visitors Everton, and Elo, who had squandered two great chances in a row, was the subject of media bombardment.

But at the regular press conference after the game, Mourinho took the responsibility for the home draw on himself: "Although we didn't win Everton at home, it's not the end of the world, because we are still the league leaders, and it's not the responsibility of individual players to win, because football is a whole sport, if I have to blame, then it can only mean that my pre-match arrangements are not rigorous, Ai is the player who has played the most games this season except for Frank, I believe that in the next two international breaks, He's going to get his best back ......."

Former Chelsea superstar Gianfranco Zola also spoke for Iello in an interview in Italy: "It was the same when I came to the British Peninsula from the Apennines, because the climate here is completely different from Italy, the temperature rarely exceeds freezing in winter, so it was a big challenge for me, and there were a lot of people who questioned whether I was comfortable in the Premier League, but it turned out that if I was given time, I would find my best form, and the current transfer record holds Ai's record. After all, this is only his first season in the English Peninsula, and don't forget that he was in great form before the winter, so don't question him for not being impressive enough during the conditioning period, it's unfair! ”

Ranieri, who once coached Chelsea, also stood up as Elo's mentor: "There is a significant gap between the winter in England and the winter in Valencia, Spain, and there will be no sub-zero temperatures at this time in Valencia, so athletes can play normally, but the weather in England is not like this, the temperature is generally below zero in winter, which also takes time for the players to adjust their personal condition, I believe Ai's adaptability, He will definitely find his best form in the shortest possible time......"

ps: If Luneng wins tonight's three watches!