Volume 1 Chapter 267 The Iron Tree Blossoms
"How does it feel? Andre? ”
In one of the VIP boxes at Highbury Stadium, Israeli agent Pini Zahavi was asking about the Ukrainian nuclear warhead sitting near him, Andrei Shevchenko, with a slightly flattering smile on his face.
Between the two was a not-so-good-looking Roman Abramovich, and the Russian, interested in the conversation between the two, turned his head to look at Shevchenko, who had won the ball with a brilliant left rib at the San Siro last night and shook it past his opponent and hit it with his right foot to help AC Milan reverse the visiting Deportivo 4l in the past.
Although the best performer in last night's game was Brazilian striker Kaka, Shevchenko, the top scorer in Serie A's top scorer list, won everyone's praise, and Shevchenko was even more pleased that his top rival Inzaghi was doing poorly.
For a long time, the debate about Shevchenko and Big Inzaghi continues, the two seem to be incompatible, even if they want to work hard to cooperate with each other, but they always don't call, and with the momentum and rendering of the outside media, they seem to gradually have a little more of the smell of competition between each other.
"Very good, although temporarily behind, but I believe there is still a chance" Shevchenko did not say much, but was polite.
After listening to this, Abramovich felt a lot more comfortable, even if he knew very well that Shevchenko actually didn't say anything, but he still felt satisfied, because he looked at the nuclear warhead really very pleasing to the eye, not only because they were fellow citizens of the former Soviet Union, but also because his mind was still hovering over Shevchenko's excellent performance last night.
Shevchenko pulled the ball to the left and suddenly started to face Deportivo centre-back Andrade, who poked the ball under Andrade's crotch and beat the Portuguese in such a humiliating way that his opponents were so ashamed that he quickly adjusted his focus to get the ball in front of another centre-back, shook it past his opponent and fired a right-footed shot.
A total of three players were passed in the whole process, which completely reflected Shevchenko's excellent skills in the narrow gap, and more importantly, after Shevchenko scored a goal, the whole person rushed to the edge of the field, clenched his fists with both hands, and roared in the sky, indescribably domineering and awe-inspiring, and inexhaustible heroism
The entire San Siro Stadium was like worshipping the king, giving Shevchenko the highest player honor, which also gave Abramovich a thorough glimpse of Shevchenko's status and influence in the hearts of Milan fans.
Abramovich has always been very satisfied with the Chelsea team formed by Ye Qiu, both in terms of record and lineup, it is almost impeccable, and he can use a transfer fee of more than 100 million euros to reorganize such a team, Ye Qiu's ability can be seen.
But what makes Abramovich not very satisfied is that when he mentioned the summer transfer to Ye Qiu before, Ye Qiu only mentioned that in the next year or two, the most important thing for Chelsea is to do a good job of metabolism, especially Davies, the midfielder's performance has obviously slipped in the late season, and there are more injuries.
Ye Qiu gave Abramovich a promise to get at least one in the Champions League and the Premier League this season, and then adjust the squad for one year to protect the Premier League, and hit the Champions League again in the third year.
Regarding Abramovich's proposal to replace the main center Drogba, Ye Qiu politely refused, saying that Drogba's role in the team is much greater than the outside world imagined, and the Ivorians have many things in their bodies that other center forwards do not have, of course, he does not deny the excellence of other center forwards.
It's not that Abramovich is racist, it's not that he doesn't think Drogba is good, but he thinks Shevchenko is better.
He has spoken to Pini Zahavi, including Souness, and many professionals in England, who all feel that Shevchenko's arrival will make Chelsea's entire attacking system more aggressive and aggressive, and that the scoring and technical skills of nuclear warheads will also make Chelsea's attack more gorgeous.
The partnership of Ronaldinho and Shevchenko, Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele, Davies, Deco behind the organization, plus McConn, Terry, Cannavaro in the backline, if Robert Carlos can be brought in, then the whole squad has top stars in every position, it is simply a perfect dream
From Pini Zahavi's contact with Galliani, AC Milan's interest in Davies was vaguely guessed, and Ye Qiu also clearly said that the Dutchman's age, coupled with his long-term bench play in the past, made his performance decline a lot in the second half of the season.
Therefore, Abramovich thinks that if Davies adds money in exchange for Shevchenko, and then invests a large transfer fee, to see whether to bring in Ballack or poach Nedved from Juventus, it is a very ideal choice, isn't it?
Thinking of this, Abramovich also had to admit that Pini Zahavi really understood his preferences, and the candidates introduced were all from Eastern Europe, even Barak, from the former East Germany, which made Abramovich have a strong sense of affinity in many things.
"Good is good, just lack a banner arrow center," Abramovich said with a smile.
Shevchenko and Abramovich have known each other for many years, one of them is the greatest star in Ukraine, the other is one of the richest people in Russia, the two have known each other for a long time, otherwise, Shevchenko would not have just finished the Champions League, and took Abramovich's special plane to London to watch Chelsea games.
For this reason, he also sneaked into the VIP box, for fear of being photographed by reporters.
Because he has been familiar with it for many years, he naturally heard what Abramovich meant, but it was difficult to express his position.
AC Milan beat Deportivo La Coruna in the first leg of the Champions League 4l and advanced to the semi-finals, and even the possibility of winning the Champions League this season is rapidly improving.
Money, for Shevchenko today, is not yet the time to pursue it with all his might, the most important thing for him now is achievement, not only personal achievement, but also team achievement, because the two complement each other, and even he dreams of being able to get the world footballer of the year and the European footballer of the year.
It is only after achieving these goals that he will choose to pursue money, and at that point, it will not be impossible to think about Chelsea.
Berlusconi has previously mentioned to Shevchenko that AC Milan will fully support Shevchenko in his quest for personal glory, even at the expense of using his personal influence for this, and all Shevchenko wants is to be loyal to AC Milan with all his might.
"I think Drogba is very good, Ye Qiu trusts him, there must be Ye Qiu's reason," Shevchenko said lightly.
When he was in AC Milan, Shevchenko heard Kaka talk about Ye Qiu, and the Brazilian said that the person he admired most in his life was Ye Qiu, because it was Ye Qiu who encouraged and comforted him when he was injured, and told him with great certainty that after coming to Europe, he could become the best star in the world.
Shevchenko felt that Ye Qiu's vision of people was very accurate, from the time he wanted to get Pirlo, to his poaching of Davis, to Cannavaro, plus he asserted that Kaka could shine in Europe before Kaka played professionally, all of this made Shevchenko feel that Ye Qiu's vision was really accurate, and it was a little scary.
Therefore, he believes that Ye Qiu's reuse and trust of Drogba must have his reasons and reasons.
Abramovich has never mentioned poaching Shevchenko, because he has done this to the point of being a man, he generally does not say it easily, and he can't afford the embarrassment and price drop of being rejected after saying it, so he has asked Pini Zahavi to knock on the side in various ways, and he has hinted many times.
But it is clear that Shevchenko is unmoved, and his most important thing now is to play at AC Milan.
Now, hearing Shevchenko's answer, Abramovich clearly knows that there is no way to convince this stubborn Ukrainian for the time being, but he is not a person who gives up lightly, he will use all kinds of means and methods to persuade Shevchenko, including Shevchenko's wife.
And he always felt that if Ye Qiuken came forward to talk to Shevchenko, the possibility would also be greatly increased.
Just then, when this was said, the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel again, and the second half began
As the second half began, Chelsea launched a frantic rush directly at Arsenal.
Attacking, this is originally a major feature of Ye Qiu's tactics, and some people even say that no one in the world is better at formulating offensive tactics than Ye Qiu, while Arsenal continues to maintain the defensive counterattack tactics in the first half, hoping to have the opportunity to play another counterattack against the opponent, and it is best to further expand the score.
Chelsea attacked quickly and fiercely, putting Arsenal under tremendous pressure, but it didn't seem like there was anything too good or effective.
Arsene Wenger's defence was very targeted, with three lines falling back and not leaving Chelsea with more chances, and the Blues' attacking attack began to rely on Ronaldinho's individual skills, but Arsenal also made a targeted approach to this, with both the midfielders and Ljungberg paying attention to protecting this side.
Ye Qiu watched the team attack for a few minutes, but they still couldn't create a threat, and his brows couldn't help but lock tightly.
This scene was directly filmed by the camera and presented to all the fans in the world, as well as the fans at the scene.
"Ye Qiu seems to have no solution to the current predicament of Chelsea's attack, and if it continues like this, Chelsea may have to be counter-attacked by Arsenal again." The on-site narrator was also a little apprehensive.
I believe that all the Chelsea fans who came to the scene were equally worried, and Huang Chu, who was sitting somewhere in the Chelsea fans' stands, was even more nervous and clasped his hands tightly, and a pair of eyes full of worry were poured into her husband.
Just when everyone was worried, Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and made some adjustments to the players, all of which were aimed at the midfield, which was nothing more than to pay more attention to opening up the Arsenal formation, creating width, and not focusing too much on the middle and the like, but secretly, he made a gesture towards Makelele and Cannavaro.
Chelsea's two centre-backs were technically solid in this game, and despite Reyes' goal, they combined to defuse Arsenal's attacks again and again, and Thierry Henry was almost invisible throughout the game.
In deflecting a counter-attacking through ball from Arsenal, Cannavaro, John Terry and Ckelle Makelele all came closer.
"The head said, let me suddenly press on when I attack." Makelele said.
Cannavaro and Terry both nodded, "Don't worry, we're behind us"
Time did not allow them to communicate too much, but in just two sentences, they knew each other, and soon, the same exchange was also between the likes of Makelele, Davies and Deco, and everyone at Chelsea began to understand Ye Qiu's new instructions.
Soon, Chelsea's entire midfield was pressed more aggressively in the middle, but there was a clear feature, Frank Lampard was on the right, Drogba, Davies was on the left, Ronaldinho was on the left, Deco was in the middle, Makelele was still behind the back, and he was always a protective wall in front of the defence.
Time is slowly passing, and everyone is patiently waiting for the opportunity to come.
In the 53rd minute, Chelsea attacked again from the left, with Patrice Evra scurrying forward and passing the ball past Ronaldinho.
The Brazilian faced Lauren on the left side, skillfully controlled the ball at his feet, stopped, and buckled, and suddenly changed from the left side to the right inward, the whole action was very fast, and the frequency made Lauren a little unable to keep up, and was directly thrown away by Ronaldinho, but this time Collo Toure had a large defensive range and grabbed it at the first time.
Kolo Toure and Lauren combined to flank Ronaldinho's pass and Campbell hastily cleared it, but not far away, Frank Lampard's header knocked the ball back into the box, by which time Drogba had already seized the first position, and Campbell was doing his best to harass the Ivorian and keep him and the goal as far as possible.
Drogba turned his back to goal and faced Frank Lampard's header, he blocked Campbell with his body and met the incoming ball, which was also a direct header, but it was knocked back to the top of the box.
It was at this point that the impression that Drogba had made a mistake in his pass
With Frank Lampard on the right, Davies on the left, Ronaldinho not here and Deco at the back, who else can come up and pick up in this area?
But just when everyone thought that Chelsea's pass was going to run out this time, they suddenly saw a blue figure rushing up from behind, and when they passed Vieira and Gilberto Silva, they didn't notice who the other was, but they saw the white number 18 shirt behind him, with a name printed on it.
The on-site commentator of "Makellele" suddenly exclaimed loudly.
Before the voice was finished, he saw that Makelele had appeared at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and his chest stopped, showing his solid stopping skills as the world's top midfielder, the ball rebounded gently, and fell gently, and at this time the Frenchman had already picked up his right foot, and without waiting for the ball to land, it was directly a volley
“…… Shooting" The whole process, the on-site commentator didn't even have time to introduce it, and directly shouted out the shot.
The ball is like a cannonball, sticking to the turf and moving quickly.
Lehmann stood in front of the goal, he had been keeping an eye on Drogba, a little to the right, but when Drogba's header was back into the middle, he was back in the middle, but the moment he saw Makelele get up, he made a wrong judgment, that is, the center of gravity was to the right.
This is a very interesting mistake, because generally speaking, players who are good at shooting will pay attention to the goalkeeper's movement position and center of gravity before starting their feet, for example, if the goalkeeper has just returned to the middle from the right side, the center of gravity must be to the left, at this time, if you play on the left, it is easy to be saved, but on the right side, almost nine times out of ten.
The moment Lehmann saw Makelele get up, his first reaction was that Makelele, as a right-footed player, was not very good at the angle of hitting the left side, and the strength was not easy to handle, but it was more comfortable to hit the right side, and he had just transferred from the right side, and if Makelele hit the right side, he would have to adjust his center of gravity.
So, when he saw Makelele on his feet, he began to adjust his center of gravity and then took a step to the right side.
But at this time, he was extremely surprised to find that Makelle's shot was not aimed at the right side of Lu, but directly hit the middle, so he stretched out his hands to Lu right and prepared to pounce on the ball and quickly retracted it, wanting to quickly adjust the direction and body shape to block the ball as soon as possible.
At this time, as soon as he fell to the ground, the ball crashed into his arms, but because of that step just now, Lehmann's center of gravity changed, and he wanted to fall to the ground, a little slower than usual, and on the football field, sometimes even half a second difference is enough to change everything.
By the time Lehmann fell to the ground, the ball was already in the goal line behind him
It was an unbelievable mistake for everyone, and in everyone's eyes, Makelele's shot went straight for Lehmann, who instead pounced on his right, as if he was deliberately trying to avoid the ball.
As everyone knows, this is because of Lehmann's empiricism, and at the same time, he is also because of age, physique, reaction and other factors, which causes him to always want to make judgments in advance to make up for the shortcomings in these aspects, and finally caused this erroneous long shot from the edge of the penalty area and scored directly
Makelle was stunned, and so were his big mates
When the shot just hit the goal, the French defender was still shouting badly, he was playing too right, but in a blink of an eye, he found that Lehmann seemed to be a spy on the opposing team, and he was avoiding his shot.
So, when the referee blew the whistle for the goal to be effective, he was still stunned and couldn't believe it, looking at the ball in the goal, still thinking, is this the goal?
But the Chelsea players next to him, the substitutes and staff on the sidelines were already crazy with joy, and they all got carried away and celebrated, only the iron-flowered Makelele stood at the top of the penalty area in a daze.