Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Hapless Mark Rests: "I Have a Bad Appetite!" ”
PS: The title is typed wrong, it's Mark Hughes. I can't change it, please forgive me
Chelsea extended their winning streak to nine games when they beat CSKA Moscow 3-0 at home, unique in all of England. At this time, all the English media were lamenting the strength of Chelsea, but at the same time they were extremely anticipating Chelsea's first defeat. An unbeatable team is not pleasant, just like Arsenal last season, no one likes an unbeaten team except themselves. Football is a competitive sport, and when there is no suspense about the outcome of the game, it is when the sport loses its original charm.
However, Chelsea's first defeat came sooner than anyone thought. In the ninth round of the Premier League, Chelsea suffered their first defeat of the season when they took on Manchester City in the Blue Moon. With no one expecting United to complete the feat of sniping at Chelsea before the game, they unexpectedly delivered the fatal blow.
After just eight minutes, Manchester City's talented French striker Nicolas Anelka struck Chelsea's only goal of the game. After receiving a pass from Bosvelt on the edge of the box, Anelka broke away from the side in succession and fired a world-class shot that opened the door for the Blues in the direction of Petr Cech. And the final result of this game was that Manchester City relied on Anelka's goal to beat Chelsea by one goal, giving the current Premier League top a hard blow head-on.
The poor performance of the Chelsea team in this game has become a point of criticism for everyone. After the lack of Lao Lei's centering scheduling. Chelsea, who were behind, played completely disorganized in front of Manchester City's defence, and their attacking efficiency was very low. On the contrary, it is. After taking the lead, Manchester City played a comfortable defensive counter-attack and frequently threatened Chelsea's goal. This kind of table is like the unstoppable Chelsea team before, which is completely two different teams. During the game, Lineker had this to say about Chelsea: "This is a Chelsea team with a low IQ and lost their brains. And the brain in this sentence. Of course, it refers to Lao Lei, who stayed in London to rest.
Chelsea's record of eight wins and one defeat at the start of the season was outstanding. But the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. This defeat is coming. Let all the English media start to hype up Chelsea's slump, as if Chelsea are no longer good. Some small newspapers have even begun to make bold predictions that this is the start of Chelsea's Waterloo season. It's like in an instant. The sunshine that had been clear overhead at Chelsea was gone. In its place were heavy dark clouds, a sight on the eve of a storm.
In the midst of this upsurge, one voice began to raise its head, and that was "Chelsea suffer from Remaier dependency", and such voices quickly gained mainstream media acceptance. The strongest proof of this conclusion is that Chelsea's poor performance at the Etihad Stadium was littered with mistakes, and in the absence of Ray, they looked like a mess of sand. And not a team. Such a performance is not only for them to lose the game. It also made Mourinho on the sidelines furious. The photo of Mourinho's anger was also taken out by a lot of media to make fun of it, no way, who let him offend a lot of people when he won in the previous streak.
But in fact, Chelsea's defeat, Lao Lei also has to bear a certain responsibility. Although he used the aura of commander, this Chelsea team quickly formed a considerable fighting force, and also achieved such an excellent record so far. But because of this, it gives Mourinho the illusion that there is now a good understanding between the Chelsea players. And it is precisely because of this that Mourinho is relieved to put on a 4-2-3-1 attacking formation at the Etihad Stadium. In fact, if Mourinho had put on a 4-3-3 counter-attacking formation, Chelsea's table would have been a different story entirely. It doesn't necessarily win, but it won't be so bad. Of course, Lao Lei himself knows the reason, but he can't say it, after all, he doesn't want to be sliced and studied.
In this way, Arsenal are still second in the table, but they have become the only unbeaten team in the Premier League this season. Chelsea, on the other hand, returned to London depressed with the gloating of England as a whole. At this time, the atmosphere of the whole Chelsea team is not very high. From a surging all-out victory record to an unexpected defeat, their morale was inevitably affected. In addition, the sound of "Remair dependence" will also affect the mentality of Chelsea players to some extent.
In such a situation, with Mourinho's consent, Lao Lei sent a guest invitation to the whole Chelsea team. It was at this time and atmosphere that the first family reunion of the new Chelsea team began. In fact, it was indeed useful, and this simple gathering was a timely attempt to dispel both the low atmosphere within the Chelsea squad and some of the petty feelings that had just been born.
In order to organize this party, Lao Lei also went to the local Chinatown in London and invited an authentic Chinese chef to take charge of the cooking. In Lao Lei's view, Chinese cuisine is undoubtedly the most flavorful food in the world, even though he has lived abroad for many years, his taste has not changed. The scene in which he used a pure Sichuan dialect to make the Chinese chef stunned became a scene that Lao Lei could not forget, which was both laughing and a little sentimental.
At the same time, this party also gave Lao Lei a surprise, allowing him to solve the reason why Drogba has been hiding from him. When Lao Lei learned that he was a crooked man in Drogba's eyes, his whole person was in a feeling of thunder and thunder. If it weren't for the fact that he and Kayla showed affection in front of everyone at Chelsea, it is estimated that this embarrassing misunderstanding would continue. At the same time, the incident became a permanent joke within Chelsea, with Chelsea players affectionately referring to the incident as "Godzilla and Warcraft's love". In order to prevent this news from spreading, Lao Lei had a lot of blood to block Youyou's mouth. And it took a lot of effort to prove his majesty again in bed that night. revitalized the husband and disciplined a certain English rose.
This timely gathering helped Mourinho solve a lot of problems. The impact of the defeat at the Etihad Stadium. In this way, before it expanded, it was already invisible in the Chelsea team. Although the outside world commented that this Chelsea intra-squad gathering was a sign that "Chelsea do not want to make progress", what they did not know was that it was this gathering that allowed the new Chelsea team to survive a small crisis in its run-in period.
With no mental and emotional issues out of mind, the whole Chelsea squad began to concentrate on preparing for the 10th round of the Premier League against Blackburn. Facing this relegation team, there is no reason for the whole Chelsea team to miss again. If it does miss again, it will be a real big crisis for Chelsea. However. At this time, Blackburn's interim head coach Mark Hughes's words were for this game that should not have a zài problem. brought a small storm.
'What are your goals at Stamford Bridge? 1 point or try not to lose too ugly. It's a simple question, they're top of the Premier League table and we're 16th, and the ranking speaks for itself. What do you think of Chelsea? They have Remayar. This is a world-class player. Mark Hughes's words. Maybe there was no other opinion in it. But under the description of the media, this became direct evidence of Mark Hughes's sarcasm that "there is only one Remair at Chelsea". If, at other times, these words will not be the focus of attention anyway. But because at this time, it happened to be the period when the voice of "Remaya dependence" was at its loudest, so these words became particularly conspicuous.
In such a situation, after the training session one day, Lao Lei went to Mourinho's dressing room on purpose. I had a conversation with Jose Mourinho. After several hours of persuasion, Lao Lei finally got Mourinho to agree to his idea. And so. There was such a press conference the next day.
In this press conference, Mourinho announced in advance the starting line-up for Chelsea against Blackburn Rovers in round 10. To everyone's surprise, Lao Lei, who ended his suspension, was not able to enter the starting lineup, but only entered the 18-man squad. Is there infighting within the Chelsea squad? As soon as the reporters' eyes lit up, they quickly dimmed. Looking at the bright smiling face sitting next to Mourinho, it doesn't look like an angry face no matter how you look at it.
In the face of the reporter's inquiry, Lao Lei took the initiative to take the microphone to answer this question. "Quite simply, I was a little unwell and although I could play, the coaching staff and the team doctor chose to put me on the bench for my physical reasons. And I agreed, there's nothing wrong with that. Besides, against Blackburn, I think my team-mates are enough. This is a great opportunity for Mr. Mark Hughes to get to know them. ”
If the first half of Lao Lei's words made the reporters sleepy, then the second half of his words completely cheered them up. People who can be journalists in England are not stupid, as long as they think about it a little, they know that this matter is absolutely inseparable from Mark Hughes's words. All at once, they were enthusiastic, raised their hands, and began to ask questions.
"Remayar, may I ask if this has anything to do with Mark Hughes's interview?"
"Are you responding to his words?"
"Are you mocking him and Blackburn?"
"Excuse me..."
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Facing the excited reporters in the audience, the corners of Lao Lei's mouth pulled out a disdainful smile slightly, and then said: "No, I didn't mean that at all." I have a lot of respect for Coach Mark Hughes and Blackburn. …”
Looking at Lao Lei's serious attitude on stage, the reporters couldn't wait to take off the leather shoes under their feet and throw them in his face. But they can't do that now, because at this time, Lao Lei is his food and clothing.
However, no matter how the reporters knocked on the side, Lao Lei did not reveal his tone.
At this time, a reporter had a flash of inspiration, stood up and asked, "Excuse me, where is your body uncomfortable with Reima?" ”
Hearing this question, Lao Lei's eyes flashed, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and then he said something that made the reporters very excited.
"In the past two days, I haven't eaten very well!"
"I don't have a good appetite!" (To be continued......)