Chapter Seventy-Six: The Christmas Race Begins

"Welcome World Footballer of the Year!" It was a huge banner unfurled by a Chelsea fan who was being greeted at the airport. For Lao Lei's re-ascension to the top, all Chelsea fans are sincerely happy and blessed with honor. This is the psychology of fans chasing and worshiping superstars, and Lao Lei, as the double winner of the 2004 European Footballer of the Year and the World Footballer of the Year, is already qualified to get such treatment. With these two footballers, he has officially become the new leader of the Chelsea and Portuguese national teams. Whether in the national team or at the club, he began to become a unique icon-bearer, starting to really go on the road to superstardom and legend.

All over the world, Lao Lei's ascent to the top has had a great impact. At the age of 22, he won the honor of double footballer, which made people see the shadow of legends such as Ronaldo in him. Therefore, Lao Lei will naturally get more praise and popularity. Of course, there is a gain and there is a pay, and the corresponding greater pressure will follow. In the future, every action he made in front of the camera would be put under a much larger microscope and talked about by everyone. And this is also what Lao Lei will inevitably face after reaching the peak of his personal prestige.

Of course, about these, there is naturally Mendes to arrange it for Lao Lei. Around Lao Lei, he has built an agency team with himself as the core, which is not only about negotiating advertising, endorsements, and team contracts, but also about public relations crisis management, personal asset management and a series of other affairs. With the World Footballer of the Year, the scale of this team is bound to rise to another level, which also means that Lao Lei's income in terms of economy will go up to another level. But. I don't pay much attention to these old thunders, what he cares about is only. There are fewer and fewer private breaks for yourself. Well, that's just the happiness of successful people.

And Lao Lei doesn't have time to manage these at this stage. Because the dreaded Christmas schedule is just around the corner. Chelsea's first opponent in this campaign is Aston Villa, a Birmingham side who have been firmly in the upper middle of the Premier League and are not an opponent to take lightly. Although in the Premier League era, they did not come up with very good results, but there is no risk of relegation, and they belong to the opponent who has stable strength, but basically has no desire.

For this opponent, Mourinho hopes that the team can go all out to win and get off to a good start for the Christmas schedule. At Villa Park on the day of the game. It was already full of joyful Christmas atmosphere, and the stands were already full of fans, and everyone was dragging their families, and they were a happy scene. However, Ray and Chelsea are not here to bring them joy, they are here to take the win.

After the official start of the game, the atmosphere was slightly cold, as their team had been completely suppressed by Chelsea at home. Today's game is up. Lao Lei is full horsepower, he is extremely excited, and he uses all his strength. It's not because of the game, though. It's because of Cindia, they and Kayla are sitting in the stands to cheer him on. For them, Lao Lei has the idea of showing off as simple as a child. In front of his family, he needs to show it well. His own majesty as a double footballer.

In the ninth minute of the first half, Chelsea had completely pinned down Aston Villa in the 30-metre area of their own half. Squeezed their formation into a flat oval. At this time, Aston Villa were stockpiling heavily in their central defence, beware of the threat from behind Chelsea's midfield. After several high balls into the penalty area, but no good results, Lao Lei began to turn the attacking target back to the middle. In addition to tactical considerations, Lao Lei also has the idea of using this to show off to his family and loved ones.

After receiving the ball with their backs on the edge of the Aston Villa penalty area, their two midfielders were preoccupied with all possible moves. However, previous facts have proved that this kind of defensive method is really ineffective for Lao Lei, at least for Aston Villa's defensive strength. In this regard, the German newspaper "Kicker" has a special report: "On the offensive end, everyone is falling for the imagination of the young Portuguese talent. But in fact, the most terrifying thing about him is not this. Instead, when facing close presses from opponents, he always seems to be able to defuse them easily. The excellent ability to break close to the press is the most difficult place for Remaia to be defended. ”

Just like at this time, Lao Lei used his broad body, leaning on the opponent's back, and using his height advantage, he could firmly control the football at his feet. If you want to reach out from behind Ray to break the ball, this is a very difficult thing for most players. At this time, Lao Lei didn't look back at all, and directly pulled his right foot, knocked his back heel, and sent the football to Aston Villa's penalty area. Defenders need time to react to such a sudden, no-look pass, but by the time they do, it's often too late.

The ball slipped through the gap between the two Aston Villa centre-backs and arrived in front of Kezman unharmed. The Eredivisie goalscorer, known for his keen nose and shooting skills in the box, could not miss a pass like this, stepping forward and then slamming the ball forward, which shook off the tackle of the centre-back and the angle of the shot. A low shot into the far corner of the net beautifully opened the door for Aston Villa and broke the deadlock.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Kezman! Nice handling and shooting, his mind was as calm as ice cubes and he made the most powerful choices. However, in this goal, the most eye-catching is still Reima's foot, which is really incredible! No matter how many times I watched it, I still couldn't understand how he did it?!! Such a pass. It's so powerful, it's like a sniper's bullet. You'll never know where it shot from! It is worthy of the performance of the World Footballer of the Year!! ”

When the ball is scored, it is different from a teammate who celebrates passionately. Old Ray slammed into the corner of the stands on the spot, and then proudly stretched out his index finger in that direction. And the final location of this direction is naturally the VIP seat where Cintia and Kayla are. "Mom, look, it's my brother, he's greeting us! Look!! After seeing Lao Lei's movements, Xiao Ji was as excited as she saw a bunch of her favorite candies rolling towards her. I haven't stayed with Lao Lei for a long time, but I think of her badly, and I have been hanging on Lao Lei since I came to London this time. directly made the intimacy time of Lao Ray and Kayla plummet.

"Yes, yes, yes, I see it. Mi Ji sit down and don't run around! Although Cindia's words were words of blame, there was no such meaning in her tone and expression, and she was full of pampering and pride. For this traditional mother, there is nothing more pleasing to her than to see her children in good shape. This is a gesture. It also made Joseph and Kayla on the side snicker, and the atmosphere here and there became even more harmonious and beautiful for a while. And this is also the picture that can make Lao Lei feel happy the most, but it's a pity that he is not Superman. I can't see this picture anymore.

After the celebration, the game continued to get underway, and the Aston Villa defenders continued to complain in their hearts. He said, "Nima, this is taking medicine." So excited. 'From the opening stages to now, they have been overwhelmed by Chelsea's ferocious attack. Guided by the old thunder. Chelsea began to play a number of brilliant combinations on the pitch to threaten Aston Villa's goal. It's a pity that this is not Stamford Bridge, otherwise the loud singing would have resounded here. And since this is Vera Park, there is only a slightly cold atmosphere at this time, and the weak boos that come to mind from time to time.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Chelsea found another good opportunity to hand the ball to Rays after midfielder Claude Makelele cut off the ball at the feet of Aston Villa's midfielder, and Chelsea's counter-attack began immediately. In the face of Makelele's pass, Lao Lei flicked the outside of his right foot in the direction of the front, and then he also turned around and chased forward, so he directly shook the back player of Aston Villa, who was actively grabbing.

Facing another midfielder, Ray started playing with Goodjohnson in neutrality. The continuous and fast passing cooperation between the two made the back midfielder unable to take care of both the beginning and the end, blocking back and forth, and looking unbearable. Coming to the top of Aston Villa's penalty area, Lao Lei received a direct plug from Goodjohnson, and was already directly facing Aston Villa's central defender. In such a situation, Lao Lei chose to play a simple one-two with Kezman, wanting to directly pass the central defender to form an excellent one-on-one opportunity.

However, in a narrow penalty area, it is not easy to play such a combination, regardless of the strength of the attacking players. Just like this time, the chasing Aston Villa central defender used a sacrificial falling tackle to touch Kezman's return ball, changing the trajectory of the football, from the front of the old Ray to the back of the old Ray. In such a situation, Lao Lei could only helplessly turn around and chase the ball. However, when he controlled the football, Aston Villa's right wing-back also shrank into place and came to his side, in this case, it was impossible to go it alone.

However, at this time, Lao Lei still has a lot of options for handling the ball. But he chose a way that no one expected, which surprised everyone.

Leaning on Aston Villa's right wing-back, Lao Lei directly slammed the football with his right heel, and slammed the football into the far corner of the goal with the approximate position in his memory. This is an extremely bold and risky way to deal with it, if it succeeds, it is a genius way to deal with it, but if it fails, it is the opposite evaluation, and it is beyond our strength. This is also Lao Lei's interest, otherwise, even if he is as bold as him, he will not choose such a way to deal with it. Fortunately, however, Lao Lei has always been a successful party. The goalkeeper of Aston Villa, who was caught off guard, completed Lao Lei's goal.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Thunderhorse! Reima!! It's crazy! Reimama once again showed us his crazy side, extremely crazy!! Crazy heels! Incredible heels!! This is the performance that only Mr. Footballer has, a performance that makes people crazy!! It's a goal worth a gallon of beer!! Look at the expressions on the faces of the Aston Villa players, they should never have such a thought in their minds since they were born! It's crazy!!

Oh roar, look at Reima, what is he doing, flying kisses?! Could it be that our English Rose has come to the scene! Aha, it was Reima's girlfriend and family who came to the scene. No wonder Reima is so excited today! Look at the happy faces of this family, this is not a Christmas celebration for Aston Villa fans! Today's World Footballer of the Year, performing for his family! ”

At the Villa Park Stadium, Lao Lei, his family and lover have become the only family enjoying Merry Christmas at this moment!

Although this is not at Stamford Bridge, Lao Lei said: "This is called strength and willfulness! ”

In this away game, Lao Lei showed a rare friendly side.

But it still makes the home fans feel depressed.

And this is also called, powerful, capricious!! (To be continued......)