After the 2-0 win over Liverpool, Chelsea's fixtures are set to be packed again. In particular, another year of Champions League knockout rounds is about to begin, and the fiercest competition and battle of the continental giants is about to begin. In order to become the first team to defend the Champions League after the restructuring, Chelsea and Lao Lei are still eyeing the Champions League trophy this year, and have not let up in the slightest because of last season's successful summit.

This year's Champions League round of 16 table has been out, and Chelsea's opponent in the round of 16 will be Werder Bremen of the Bundesliga, which is not a weak opponent. Especially after the addition of head coach Schaaf and super goalscorer Klose, Werder Bremen has jumped from the Bundesliga powerhouse to the ranks of Europe's new giants in recent years. Although the rise speed is not as fast as Chelsea, the results of at least reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League every year in the past two years are enough to prove the excellence of this team.

With such a good result, combined with their beautiful attacking football, Werder Bremen is now even as popular as Bayern in Germany. Therefore, Chelsea and Lao Lei's road to the last eight will not be easy, and Werder Bremen will cause them enough problems.

In addition to Chelsea, another Premier League team, Arsenal, is not easy to mess with, the white giant Real Madrid in La Liga. Although Real Madrid's performance in the Champions League has been very weak in recent years, no one can underestimate this galaxy battleship with an ultra-luxurious lineup no matter what the situation. Because you don't know when one of their superstars will step up and settle the game with his super individual ability.

It can be said that if you are not careful, it is not impossible that there will be no Premier League teams in the quarter-finals of this year's Champions League. In fact. As soon as the results of this platoon came out, the English media began to shout shady. Before taking office, he promised to help the small national league play more in the Champions League. As soon as Platini, who also had to crack down on the unhealthy fiscal policies of certain leagues and clubs, came to power, Premier League teams began to face tough opponents in the knockout rounds of the Champions League. No matter how you look at it, there is a strong conspiracy theory in it.

However, the English media can only shout, and it will not help the reality of the situation. And I don't know what Arsenal thinks about this, anyway, Lao Lei and Chelsea don't have any ideas. "We can touch anyone, it's just a question of who doesn't want to touch us." This is the strong self-confidence that their strength and achievements have brought to them in the past year or so. Werder Bremen may be a tough opponent, but they definitely don't believe they will be planted in their hands.

For their self-confidence, some people may think that it is too arrogant. But in any case, it will take time to test whether it is self-confidence or hubris. Chelsea have three games to play before the trip to Weser Stadium. These include an FA Cup game against Sunderland and two Premier League games against Myburgh and Arsenal.

Of the three games, the most difficult is undoubtedly Arsenal, and no one will doubt this. Surprisingly, however, Chelsea suffered a surprise 3-0 defeat in the first game against Myburgh. In this game, Mourinho still adopted a rotation system, in which Lao Lei did not even accompany the team to the home of Myburgh, the Riverside Stadium, but stayed at Chelsea's training base.

But perhaps it's this overconfident posture. Chelsea were completely lost at the Riverside Stadium as soon as the game kicked off. Myburgh's on-the-go attack completely disrupted Chelsea's pace and made it too late for Chelsea to adjust later. Except for Lao Lei. Chelsea's lack of a midfielder who can control the tempo is on full display.

Even against a team like Myburgh, this shortcoming can be fatal for Chelsea. Just three minutes into the game, Myburgh took advantage of a corner. Scored a goal leading the score. After that, Chelsea's pace fell completely into Myburgh's hands. Only in the first half. Myburgh took advantage of Chelsea's inability to find a foothold and counterattacked one after another. Completed an incredible 3:0 lead.

After the game, Chelsea's big defeat attracted enough eyeballs. 'The players at Middlesbrough are good, they do what Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal can only dream of, but none of them can do. This is the appearance of a Premier League team, a dominant family, and it won't work here. The Times commented after the game.

At a time when the outside world is somewhat gloating, Mourinho has also been furious, and this time it is probably the harshest criticism of Chelsea players since he arrived in the Premier League. Especially people like Wright, who just joined this season, have become a thorn in the side of the Portuguese coach and a mud that can't be supported by the wall. With such feelings, Mourinho became more and more dissatisfied with Abu and Kenyon's interference in the transfer matter, almost to the point of irreconcilability.

In addition to Mourinho, Lao Lei's opinions on these people are also getting bigger and bigger. It's not for any personal reasons, but Lao Lei can't tolerate any "waste" teammates. It's okay to lose games, but you can't lose badly. Looking at Xiao Wright and the others who were still talking and laughing after returning to the training ground, the disgust in Lao Lei's eyes was difficult to hide. At this point, he was too lazy to say anything to them, not even a glance.

Lao Lei's approach at this time may not be wrong. But the reality is that sometimes it's not enough to just do the right thing. No matter how incompetent Wright Jr. and the others are, they are Chelsea players after all. And Lao Lei's approach, no matter what the reason for supporting, he has made the atmosphere in the Chelsea team start to be discordant.

However, what kind of consequences these will cause is a matter for the future, and it will not affect Chelsea for the time being. In the upcoming FA Cup tie against Sunderland, the Chelsea squad finally returned to normal. Although Lao Lei still did not make it to the squad for the game this time, Chelsea did not miss again this time, and won the Black Cats with a score of 2:0 and successfully advanced to the next round of the FA Cup.

It is worth mentioning that Alenichev, a former Porto team-mate of the old Raylei, finally made his Chelsea debut in this game. But the 34-year-old midfielder's appearance made Lao Lei, who watched the game a little, a little gloomy. Without his speed and explosiveness, Alenichev was like a passerby on the pitch and could not contribute anything to Chelsea.

Facing his Russian friend who had been blushing after the game, Lao Lei couldn't say anything. In this moment, he thought of the right-sided midfielder who was still in high spirits and sharp at Porto. Looking at the current Russians, Lao Lei can't help but feel a trace of importance and cherishment for his career. Thinking about the current danger in the Chelsea squad, he couldn't help but start to think a little bit about it.

Regardless of what Lao Lei is thinking about, the make-up match between Chelsea and Arsenal has arrived. To be honest, the ease of this game was beyond Lao Lei's expectations. Although he knew that the Arsenal youth army showed a collapse at the beginning of the second half of the season, Lao Lei did not expect this Arsenal team to degenerate to such a point.

Arsenal may still have the quality to finish in the top four of the Premier League, but the threat they can pose to Chelsea has dropped to its lowest point since the 04/05 season. This, coupled with the fact that Chelsea are affected by the upcoming knockout stages of the Champions League, Arsene Wenger has given up on this league and the Premier League for the entire 05/06 season.

As a result, the youngsters such as Cesc Fabregas on the pitch may still be eager to win down Ray and Chelsea, but their rout began in the 21st minute of the first half. At this time, Lao Lei, who started again in this game, sent a beautiful non-looking straight plug in the front court, allowing Crespo in the penalty area to just grab it and knock on the Gunners' door with a light push.

Since then, Arsenal have completely lost control of the situation. Chelsea, on the other hand, scored again in the 35th minute of the first half through Joe Cole to give Arsenal a 2-0 lead. The goal came from a counterattack orchestrated by Lao Lei on a long pass at the back, and Arsenal's defense was completely penetrated by his pass, becoming a piece of fat on the chopping board of Chelsea's attacking line, without any resistance.

The score of 2:0 was maintained until the end of the game, so the game was effectively over at the end of the first half. Because after the start of the second half, Arsene Wenger's move to abandon the game was very obvious. When he ripped Fabregas and the others off the field, everyone knew what the professor was up to.

Arsene Wenger's approach may be a sensible approach, but it is not easy for people to understand and accept. In the game, after seeing this scene, Lineker once said: "Wenger may have made the best decision for Arsenal, but at the same time, he also made Arsenal do one thing that is most sorry for his pride." ”

Even after the game, the English media was quite critical of Arsenal and Wenger's actions, questioning and criticizing. However, it's not Chelsea's business, and the most important thing they need to think about right now is how to take down the Bundesliga's home stadium, the Weser Stadium.

Lao Lei is also looking forward to this game at Weser Stadium, because this is the first time he has seen a team that can only attack. Like some of his offensive and defensive teams, most of them are incapable of taking care of defense. But that's not the case with Werder Bremen, a team that never seems to think about defending, only has a fiery passion for attack.

Attacking, attacking, and attacking again, that's all there is to this team's strategy.

For such a team, Lao Lei has a strong curiosity.

I'm curious about what it would be like to fight them against each other.

Offensive! Offensive!! Attack again!!

Old Lei suddenly wanted to do the same again. (To be continued......)