Chapter 27 Prosperity and Decline?
With a crisp whistle from the referee on duty, the 2005 Club World Cup final finally came to an end, and Chelsea unsurprisingly completed their claim to the top of the World Title with a score of 3-1. In the 30th minute of the first half, after Lao Lei assisted Crespo to complete Chelsea's first goal, the situation completely fell into the hands of Lao Lei and Chelsea.
Taking advantage of Sao Paulo's eagerness to equalise, the new European champions Chelsea showed a calm temperament and style of play. Just before half-time, Chelsea managed to double their lead in the 41st minute by exploiting a counter-attack from the spot. It was a rare goal without Ray at all, with a steal from GoodJohnson, an assist from Joe Cole and a push from GoodJohnson at the end, and Ray was a complete spectator.
However, this did not prevent him from taking advantage of this opportunity to "celebrate". So, he covered his mouth with his right hand, and the scene of mockery in his eyes appeared again in front of all the spectators. From Lao Lei's momentum, everyone also saw that Lao Lei would not stop in this game, as long as there was an opportunity, he would definitely make this move, and use a soft knife to satirize those big people who had reprimanded him recently. "Mr. FIFA President, there has probably never been such a thing as he is now, hoping that a team will stop scoring, or even lose." Seeing such a scene, a commentator said so jokingly.
And his words did go to Blatter's heart. Originally, Blatter and FIFA have always been criticized by the outside world as bureaucratic and corrupt institutions, and their public and public opinion image is not good. It's a good thing that after being so troubled by Lao Lei, Blatter can already anticipate how the media and the public will put on the hat of a shameless politician in the future. The FIFA president did not expect that his criticism would make Lao Lei respond like this.
Every time I think of this, Mr. President's face darkens a little, fully showing people that not only in terms of face change, but also in terms of human potential, is endless. Platini, who sat next to Blatter, was gloating about what had happened to him, but he was also vaguely jealous and worried. At this time, in his heart, Lao Lei has finished a Maradona-like role, a rogue role who will never obey discipline. Thinking of the means and policies he was about to unleash, Platini felt that the entanglement and grievances between himself and Lao Lei in the future would definitely not be light.
Not to mention, these two football bigwigs have complicated thoughts about Lao Lei, and their eyes are back to this Club World Cup final. The 2-0 score was carried into the second half, and just when people thought that the final would end so calmly, Sao Paulo finally completed a burst in the 63rd minute of the second half, pulling a goal back and saving the suspense of the game.
After all, this Chelsea team is only a semi-main team, and the mentality of the players has been slackened by the two-goal lead, so it is a matter of course that Sao Paulo will score a goal. Del Orno's left flank was completely penetrated by Sao Paulo this time around, and Cicineo delivered a pinpoint cross after a beautiful overtaking on the wing. Afterwards, after Amossos in the middle of the pitch was lured by the attention of the Chelsea backline, Mineiro, who was ambushed at the back post, made an easy effort to grab the spot.
For this goal, Lao Lei and Mourinho were furious. The two of them yelled at the Chelsea defenders who had made defensive mistakes almost in unison, only Mourinho's words were heavier. After all, as a fellow player, Lao Lei is not good at losing the face of his teammates too much on the court of official matches.
But he was completely disappointed with his new teammates, but it was true. Although he has not said it publicly, he has already given the team a passable bad rating for his work in the summer transfer. With the exception of Essien and Diarra, the others are not seen as having the quality to stay in the Chelsea squad at all, and he knows that this Club World Cup is seen by Jose Mourinho as an important test for this new group of players. Looks like he's going to be disappointed, he thought.
Thinking of this, Lao Lei had some other thoughts about Abu, the chairman who was extremely controlling, in his heart. However, these are things for the future, and the most important thing in front of Ray and Chelsea now is to withstand the comeback of Sao Paulo, who have rekindled their hopes and boosted their morale.
The Brazilian is one of the best in international football when it comes to attacking football, and even if there is a gap in overall quality, this Sao Paulo team has caused Chelsea a lot of problems after they have thrown themselves into attack. After organising attacks and creating a dangerous situation, Sao Paulo's momentum even overwhelmed Chelsea for a time.
Fortunately, Chelsea, under the leadership of Lao Lei, once again showed the tenacity of Mourinho's team, and withstood the fierce attack of Sao Paulo. And in the 78th minute, he once again played a signature lightning counterattack, killing the final suspense of the game with a score of 3:1. In this counterattack, Lao Rei's super long pass, which was as accurate as a missile, once again showed its power, and Crespo, who directly assisted in the front, completed the stunner.
Overall, it was a thrilling final. And after the referee blew the final whistle, Lao Lei temporarily forgot about the dissatisfaction in the game and began to celebrate. After all, they are now this year's world champions, the best club in the world, which is something to celebrate.
Next, it's time for today's event, the final awards ceremony. Compared to the main game, the award ceremony after the game was originally just chicken ribs, and it was not very attractive to fans and reporters. Today, however, is an exception, and they are now looking forward to what kind of fierce sparks Ray will have with Blatter in the subsequent awards ceremony after the tournament.
Sure enough, Lao Lei did not disappoint them. When it was Ray's turn to go to Blatter to accept the medal, he suddenly covered his mouth again, and then just stared at Blatter indifferently as if nothing had happened. At this time, although people couldn't see Lao Lei's expression, they clearly saw that Blatter once again showed his face-changing skills. From laughing to Tie Qing, and then from Tie Qing to smirking, although the old Jianghu Blatter has profound face changing skills, under the high-definition camera, the change of his face is still clearly displayed in front of everyone.
This is perhaps the saddest award ceremony Blatter has ever experienced, and his smile at the awards ceremony has been a little stiff and very fake since then. To make matters worse, however, the media focused almost all of their cameras on his face at this point. So in order not to leave any embarrassing photos, he must also maintain that fake smile. Seeing this battle, Lao Lei began to silently sprinkle flowers for him in his heart, and the smugness in his eyes couldn't be hidden.
However, the very proud old Ray soon ushered in Platini's unexpected warning. "It's time for you to rein in your character, young man." seemed to be a sincere teaching, and Lao Lei heard a hint of warning that could not be hidden. was so bluntly warned by football bigwigs off the field, Lao Lei encountered it for the first time. Looking at Platini's smiling face that had changed back, there was a dark look in his eyes.
Being messed up like this by Platini, Old Ray's interest in the next celebration was completely ruined. He is not a novice who only knows how to lose his temper, as a player who mixes in European football, he knows very well what the consequences will suffer if he is blacklisted by the UEFA president. Although he is not afraid, it does not mean that he will not care about the trouble he suffers for no reason.
The reason why he offended Platini, Lao Lei was puzzled. In fact, how did he know that his own reasons are only a small part of it, and most of the roots are still in Chelsea and the Premier League. So, in general, Lao Lei, the Premier League leader, as well as Chelsea's soul and flag, are completely lying down this time.
After thinking about it and couldn't get an answer, Lao Lei put this question aside first. Although Platini is powerful in European football, Lao Lei is not afraid. As long as he doesn't make mistakes, Platini can only cause some problems for Lao Lei's club and national team in terms of tournament scheduling. For these troubles, Lao Lei asked himself whether he was still not afraid at all. But how did he know that sometimes such a thing as a black hand would really appear in broad daylight, and soon he would taste its power and taste.
However, this is a later story. After the Club World Cup, Lei did not immediately return to London with the team, but flew to France with Frank Lampard, Drogba and others, and the annual Ballon d'Or ceremony began again. There is no doubt that in this annual European football event, Lao Lei, who led Chelsea to last season's treble, has once again managed to reach the top, becoming another player to win the Ballon d'Or for the second year in a row.
The outside world has long expected Lao Lei's award, after all, Chelsea's glory last season is obvious to all. And Barcelona's Ronaldinho has an incomparable disadvantage in this regard, and the honor of a La Liga champion is still too thin compared to Lao Lei. Even though the Catalan media kept cheering for him, this time he was still in second place, and was completely overwhelmed by Lao Lei's votes.
It is worth mentioning that this time Chelsea have not only the old Ray, but also Frank Lampard in the top three. While Ray's brilliance at Chelsea has completely overshadowed Frank Lampard's brilliance, the England midfielder's well-rounded form has garnered recognised admiration. With two places in the top three of the Ballon d'Or, Chelsea have been in the limelight in European football for a while.
After the end of the Golden Ball Award, Lao Lei and others rushed to Switzerland non-stop, and the award ceremony of the World Footballer of the Year arrived as scheduled. In the end, the conspiracy theory that Blatter did Lao Lei that suddenly appeared before the award ceremony did not come true, and Lao Lei still succeeded in defending the glory of the World Footballer of the Year. It's just that this time he has a much smaller advantage over Ronaldinho than he did at the Ballon d'Or. According to this shape, the confrontation and competition between Lao Lei and Ronaldinho is bound to be more intense in 06.
Although the two are friends, it does not prevent the outside world from portraying the two as lifelong enemies. With the fierce competition between the two for two consecutive years, such a statement has been more and more recognized by the outside world and spread more and more widely. For a while, the momentum of Lao Lei and Ronaldinho in the football world began to completely shake off the rest of the heroes, and there was quite a kind of peerless double pride and dominance momentum.
The acquisition of two consecutive awards made Lao Lei's life full of joy during this time, and his personal reputation also reached a higher peak.
But most people will encounter at least one small trough after reaching the top.
Maybe Lao Lei's strength is enough for him to survive, but some people will not let this happen. In the process, they will definitely try to stomp on him.
You can't hide from this. R1152