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With the win over Fulham, Chelsea finally won the Premier League in the 04/05 season with a 13-point advantage and four league games to play. Although I knew that this day would come eventually, it still brought a great shock to the whole of English football and even European football. It is very difficult to win the Premier League, the most competitive league in the world at the moment, four games ahead of schedule. In The Times' post-match assessment: "Chelsea have shown an impressive level ahead of all the Premier League teams this season, and at least this season, they are unbeatable in the Premier League." After winning the trophy, they are also expected to become the first league in the history of the Premier League to win more than 100 points, which is unimaginable! ”

While the outside world was raving about Chelsea's achievement, they themselves were not in the mood to revel. In addition to urgently preparing for the Champions League semi-final with Liverpool five days later, he also has to be nervous about Lao Lei's injury. At this time, it is no secret that Lao Lei may miss the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. After the rare absence of Ray on the training ground, the inside story of Chelsea's No.13 injury has long been dug up by the discerning Fleet Street reporters.

As soon as this news broke, it attracted great attention from football circles around the world. Among them, especially Chelsea fans. For this reason, even their extreme joy in celebrating the league championship has been greatly affected. After successfully winning the league title, Chelsea fans are eagerly awaiting more. The news of Lao Lei's injury undoubtedly poured cold water on their heads.

For a time, Lao Lei's right ankle became the focus of attention from the outside world. However, Chelsea have kept his injury under wraps perfectly. And there was no definite news from the outside world. In such a situation, the false news that Chelsea No.13 or the season is scrapped is also flying in the sky, and Chelsea fans are shocked. Although they know that this is fake news, but the three of them can become tigers, and hearing too much bad fake news will inevitably make their thoughts move closer to pessimism.

While the outside world was talking about Ray's right ankle, he stayed at home honestly and enjoyed the careful and comprehensive care of Cindia and Kayla, who came to inquire about it. Although he had also stated to them that his injuries were not to this extent, in front of the two women. Chelsea's no.13 has opted for a quiet and happy injury.

His injury was decided as early as the third day after the match, and there is basically no chance that he will make it to the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, but fortunately, the possibility of catching the second leg is still very high. However, this requires careful recuperation and restoration, but in general it is not too difficult. For this matter, Chelsea has arranged for him to be the best foot injury doctor in London in the past few days, and he will be treated and recuperated around the clock, which is basically a special treatment only for the elite.

High price. There are good goods. Lao Lei's recovery from his right ankle injury is basically going according to the ideal situation, and if he is careful, he should be able to catch up with the second leg of the semi-final against Liverpool. After getting the news. Jose Mourinho and the rest of the Chelsea squad breathed a sigh of relief, and it was almost the best result they could have hoped for. They are confident that if Lao Lei is only absent for one game, they can still cope with it. I have to say. Chelsea's humiliation of Liverpool three times this season has given the whole Chelsea squad a strong confidence when it comes to facing Liverpool.

But. Unbeknownst to the outside world, this is Mourinho's foreshadowing for the second leg. But no matter what. At this time, the Liverpool fans and the whole team were extremely happy. After hearing the news of Lao Lei's absence, their chances of winning have increased dramatically. Especially for Liverpool players like Gerrard, who almost have a psychological shadow on the old Ray, their confidence in their team and their own self-esteem has suddenly improved qualitatively.

Time was in the intense preparation for the Champions League semi-finals, and soon the day of the official match came. The first leg of the semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool kicks off before the start of the match between red and black giants AC Milan and Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven. In the face of the outside world favoring AC Milan, the Dutch team was not able to complete the shocking upset. Hiddink's magic was not there, and Carlo Ancelotti's side beat the Eredivisie giants by two goals at the San Siro. The Serie A Rossoneri Giants have one foot in the Champions League final and are almost certain to be Chelsea or Liverpool's final opponents.

Lao Lei, who was also in London and watched the game live in front of the TV, was extremely impressed by AC Milan's strong midfield control. In Lao Lei's heart, AC Milan was suddenly marked as a mortal enemy, and he had a hunch that AC Milan would be the hardest bone for him and Chelsea to encounter before reaching the top. Perhaps, Lao Lei is too confident in defeating and eliminating Liverpool, so he has already begun to think about the Champions League final in advance.

But he proved to be too optimistic, and the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge the day after the game gave him a slap in the face, with Chelsea at home in a tough battle against a frenzied Liverpool.

Lao Lei watched the game with Abu in the VIP seat of the stadium. Although I can't see the details clearly, I can see the overall situation clearly. He could clearly see that in front of the Liverpool defence in a 4-5-1 formation, Chelsea's attacking wave was firmly blocked by a fiery red wall. The back three of Biscayne, Steven Gerrard and Marcos Alonso created an insurmountable barrier for Chelsea's midfield. In the absence of Ray in charge, Chelsea's weakness in positional battles has been magnified to the maximum. Ray's compatriot Thiago may also be an excellent midfielder, but he is simply not a substitute for Ray's role and status for Chelsea.

In front of Liverpool's impregnable defence. Chelsea were thoroughly locked in a tough battle from the start, and Rafael Benitez's strategy of not conceding a goal was perfectly executed. throughout the game. Chelsea had two hard-fought chances to open the scoring, both of which came in the first half. In the 13th minute of the first half. Goodjohnson had a chance to get a stunner. After Drogba battled for Robben's cross in the box, his clever insertion gave him a chance to face an empty goal. It's a pity that he was a little slower and didn't be able to touch the football, so he could only watch the football go out of the bottom line. The second time came in the 23rd minute of the first half, and this time the chances were better. After a rare flurry of link-ups, Frank Lampard had a chance to get his feet up from five yards, but the Chelsea no.'s goalmouth shot was unbelievably high over the crossbar.

Lao Lei, who was in the VIP seat, couldn't help but cover his head and jump when he saw Lampard miss this great opportunity. Look at the court with a gaze full of incredulity. At this time, there were tens of thousands of Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea boss Abou next to him. At this time, the Russian oligarch couldn't help but burst out with Lao Lei.

"Reima, if you were on the pitch, this goal would have gone in." While regretting it, Abu suddenly said to Lao Lei on the side. This is a sentence that is quite provocative, Lao Lei looked at Abu on the side, not knowing that the big boss just subconsciously suddenly sighed. There is still a deep meaning in the words. "There's no such thing as a definite thing on the football field, Frank is just unlucky." Although he didn't know what Abu meant, Lao Lei didn't have the heart to study it, after all, it was for him. He doesn't like to speak ill of someone behind his back anyway, especially when that person is still a good teammate with him.

Hearing this answer, Abu stared at the expressionless old Lei beside him for a few seconds. Then he turned his head and continued to look at the middle of the field, watching the game. Didn't go on to say anything more. But his mood and mind didn't seem to be as calm as he appeared on the surface, from an angle that Lao Lei couldn't see. A glint of deep meaning flashed in the eyes of the Russian oligarchs.

For this little episode, Lao Lei quickly forgot about it and focused all his attention on the game on the field. After missing two good chances, Chelsea's attacking performance was hard to come by in the games that followed. On the contrary, Liverpool, who had stabilized their position, began to seize the few opportunities they had to fight back steadily, and also played a good effect. In the 68th minute of the second half, Liverpool completed one of the most threatening attacks of the game. Barosche latched on to Gerrard's diagonal cross from the right and scored with a world-class header. Had it not been for Petr Cech's quick reflexes and world-class save from one end of the net to the other, Liverpool could well have beaten Chelsea.

This dangerous situation made Lao Lei's heart stop and he was nervous. After this attack, Lao Lei already had a hunch that this game would end in a draw. Sure enough, after that, Mourinho and Benitez both chose a conservative strategy, placing all their bets on the second leg of the two teams. In the end, the first leg of the two teams ended with a handshake between the two teams.

If Liverpool are acceptable to this, it is difficult for Chelsea to accept. No matter how clumsy Liverpool's performance in front of Chelsea this season may be, it will be extremely difficult to get the job done once the team returns to Anfield.

This is the same for Chelsea, even with the old Ray. Even Ray himself knows this, but he knows all too well how 'warmly welcomed' he and Chelsea were when he visited Anfield for the first time this season.

However, when it comes to this, there is nothing that can be done, and Old Ray and his Chelsea can only fight at Anfield. As he got up to leave the VIP seat, Abu asked behind him, "Reima, do you think we're going to advance?" ”

"I don't think it's a suspense thing!" Lao Lei didn't look back, just stopped and gave this answer, and then left the VIP box. This sentence may be a bit exaggerated, but Lao Lei Ke said it very seriously and affirmatively. Because for him, he is a very trustworthy person, and if he says that he wants to trample you to death, he will trample you to death!!

However, no matter how strong Lao Lei's confidence is, anyway, after the first leg, Liverpool's support rating has increased greatly. In this regard, in Lineker's words: "Liverpool have regained confidence in the century-old English giants with their tenacious and solid defence." ”

Liverpool fans and players clearly felt the same way, and in their post-match interviews, they all expressed full confidence and vowed to be ashamed of Anfield. Some aggressive Liverpool fans even spoke publicly: "In the second leg, we want that Portuguese bastard to play. Then we can sue him, watch out for his feet! If he still wants to get out of Anfield safely! The threat in the words is self-evident.

It is rumored that this irrational statement by some Liverpool fans has even been privately endorsed by Carragher and others. Although this news has not been publicly acknowledged by these Liverpool players, the person concerned, Lao Lei, thinks that this is true.

Seriously, if he were to become a Liverpool player, he would probably have been black-footed and wasted himself. He himself feels like he's too much for Liverpool, but isn't that what he wants?! What could be more than never letting Liverpool win the title?!!

But he felt that it was too much, and Lao Lei had no intention of reconciling with Liverpool at all, and he felt that he could do more excessively.

So, at Anfield on the day of the game, there was such a scene.

Surrounded by tens of thousands of reds, in the hostile Anfield, Old Ray appeared on the stage, without shin guards.

He pulled down his socks, exposing his calves.

He showed up at Anfield in such a grand way and waved his hands at the Liverpool fans in all directions.

With a disdainful smile on his face, provocative! Contempt!!

It's like saying, "Come on! I'm not wearing shin guards!! ”

"Sue me, how should I be careful with my feet!"

"How careful you should be!!"

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