Chapter 4: Opponent in the First Round: The Red Devils!

"Reima's training has begun, come and assemble." Mourinho's shouting made Lao Lei smile coldly, threw the newspaper in his hand into the trash can, and ran towards the training ground. The newspaper, discarded in the trash, was a copy of The Sun, with a front-page photo of Ray at a fan meeting and a headline full of irony, "The Premier League's new master of humor". During this time, almost all the English media ridiculed the arrogant posture of Lao Lei and Chelsea. "Football is not something that can be done by spending money." For Chelsea's wanton spending of gold dollars, which has caused the value of players in the transfer market to soar, there are few clubs in England to see Chelsea, and even Lao Lei has been affected a lot. Of course, Old Ray didn't care if they really hated him. No matter what the reason is, as long as he taunts him, he will wait for the opportunity to fight back against him.

When the transfer to Chelsea was settled, Lao Lei adjusted slightly and began the pre-match training camp. This is a new Chelsea, and Mourinho's big changes since taking charge have made this new team urgently need to solve their tacit problems. In particular, as the ironclad core of the new season, Lao Lei needs to integrate into this team faster and control this team. For this, Mourinho has spent a lot of effort. But what he didn't know was that Lao Lei was not worried about this problem. Because the new season is about to begin, a series of dazzling system rewards from last season have finally arrived. This made Lao Lei suddenly have a feeling of changing shotguns, with which he didn't believe that he would fight in the Premier League.

And among these rewards. There is one that Lao Lei needs very much now, and that is the commander aura. The power of this thing lies in. It doesn't matter if it's a new teammate or not, it's a new way of playing. Lao Lei can form a tacit understanding with the other party as quickly as possible. In the daily training of Tongguò, after having the aura of the commander, the tacit understanding increased by about 5 times that of the general. So these new Chelsea players, these days are very surprised, they feel like they are teammates who have played with the old Ray for a long time. Within a few days, the tacit understanding between them and Lao Lei began to rise rapidly. Even Mourinho was very surprised, Lao Lei couldn't do such a good thing before. In this regard, he can only explain that Lao Lei's control has grown again after the European Cup.

Another benefit of this matter is that these Chelsea players can't help but agree with Lao Lei's 80 million worth in their hearts. This is very important, Lao Lei's worth of 80 million will inevitably make other Chelsea players feel a little alienated from him all of a sudden. And to resolve this sense of alienation, in addition to having a good relationship with them, is to use strength to convince them. No matter what time it is, a football stadium is a place where the winner takes all.

Fortunately, Lao Lei has done well so far. Basically, the Chelsea players are beginning to agree with the tactical core of the team. In the training ground. The superhuman strength of the old thunder table Xiàn convinced them. Of course, that's not to say it's all like that. For example, there was a man at Chelsea who had a passion for Ray from the very beginning. That is French centre-back Galla, who wore Chelsea's No.13 himself. The Frenchman was very unhappy that Lao Lei had snatched his jersey number list as soon as he arrived, and he felt that this was a loss of face for him. Old Ray also felt the hostility of the Frenchman, but he didn't care. He also doesn't care if he can be with all the players in the team. All good relations. As long as there are no problems on the field, he doesn't bother to bother.

Generally. So far, Chelsea's training camp has been able to satisfy Mourinho. In his heart. Chelsea's main squad for the season is also slowly taking shape. At Chelsea, Jose Mourinho intends to transplant the 4-2-3-1 formation he has built his name on. At the back, from right to left, are Ferreira, Terry, Carvalho and Galla. In terms of the matching of the back waist, Mourinho chose the old and strong Makelele and Lao Lei to match. He believes that such a combination of back and back will be more powerful than the combination of Lao Lei and Kostiani. Up front is Frank Lampard, with Arjen Robben and Duff on the left and right wings. Frank Lampard's running, excellent ability to cut back and the pace of Arjen Robben and Duff make for an impactful combination up front. As for the single striker, Mourinho opted for Drogba from Ivory Coast. The striker, who is incredibly physical, will be a better tactical fulcrum than Porto's McCarthy before him, and will be more suited to his 4-2-3-1 formation.

Mourinho was very satisfied with the 4-2-3-1 formation. In his opinion, this is almost an upgrade of Porto's 4-2-3-1, and he is confident that this squad will be able to run in the new season, as long as it can be run in successfully. Judging from the current training situation, the run-in of the new squad is enough to reassure Mourinho. This lineup, in Mourinho's opinion, is almost flawless, whether it is offensive or defensive, it does not have any fatal flaws. Whenever he thinks of the English media's ridicule of Chelsea now, Mourinho sneers coldly. He and Lao Lei glanced at each other, and they were very much looking forward to Chelsea being able to slap the faces of these journalists and media with their excellent performances in the new season.

In this hectic training camp, time flies very quickly. When Arsenal swept Manchester United down with a score of 3:1 in the Community Shield, and continued their unbeaten journey after winning the first title of the new season, the start of the new Premier League season was officially imminent. In five days' time, the 2004-05 Premier League season will kick off. And for Lao Ray and his Chelsea, they will have their first big test of the season. In the first round of the new season, they will face Alex Ferguson's Red Devils at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea, who have set a new world number one value in the transfer market, will undoubtedly be the most eye-catching match in the first round of the first round against the Premier League's supergiants the Red Devils.

The UK's BBC television station even produced a new promotional video for the much-anticipated league to warm up. For this match, they set the tone of the showdown between the upstarts and the giants. As the long-standing hegemon of Premier League football. Manchester United is a hurdle that Chelsea must cross if they want to rise. Although the outside world is satirizing Chelsea's strategy of "not knowing football, only spending money". But they have to admit that with strong funds. Chelsea do have a strong squad that can wrestle with Manchester United. As long as Chelsea don't make big mistakes themselves, they are sure to be a strong contender for the league title in the new season. It's a direct conversation between rivals in the title, and it's hard not to attract attention in such a match.

In addition to this, in the BBC short film, there is also a word that is highlighted, and that is revenge. The pain that Porto inflicted on Manchester United in last season's Champions League final is still indelible in the hearts of Manchester United fans. Now that most important man of Porto has arrived at Chelsea in the Premier League, and in the opinion of the BBC, Manchester United have good reason. It was with a heart of revenge to play the first round of the new season. This can also be seen from the semi-main and semi-substitute line-up sent by Alex Ferguson in the Community Shield against Arsenal. The final image of their promotional video is the image of Mourinho and Lao Lei facing off against Ferguson and Keane. The same strong-charactered, iron-fisted head coach, the same maverick, hot-tempered back, such a matchup lineup can always make people 120,000 points of interest in advance. As soon as this exciting promotional video came out, all eyes of England couldn't wait to turn to Stamford Bridge on August 15.

This kind of heat and attention is already high enough. But Ferguson seems to think that is not enough. As one of the best veterans in the Premier League, he once again showed his housekeeping skills - psychological warfare, and began to openly fire at Chelsea and Mourinho in the media. "Chelsea? There is no doubt that it will be a formidable opponent. But. The Premier League is always a special competition and if you want to find any weak opponents here, then you are in the wrong place. Chelsea in my opinion. It's not much different from the other eighteen teams. We are Manchester United and in the Premier League we are used to winning. The opponent is not Chelsea. It's no different. Chelsea, the only thing that makes me feel special. Maybe it's because they have a good ability to spend money. José and Remayr? Those are two good juniors, and I hope they can learn something from us. ”

In the end, Lord Fu is an old man, although there is no half of a derogatory word in his words, but the meaning of targeting and criticism is three points. The rhetoric is sarcastic that Chelsea only spend money and do not know how to operate, and in addition to unceremoniously putting themselves and Manchester United directly in the position of elders. This seems nothing wrong at first glance, but the meaning of the last sentence turns sour, only the loser learns something from the winner.

In the pre-match war of words, the English journalist's watch is always professional. Ferguson's words were quickly reached by Mourinho's ears. And the Chelsea manager, who has been named the new 'big mouth' of the Premier League, did not disappoint them, speaking to the microphone: "I agree with Ferguson and Manchester United agree with me in my eyes, nothing special with the other 18 teams. Maybe they were special in front of Chelsea before, but not in front of us. As for learning? I'm sorry, but I'm not in the habit of learning from my own defeated men, and who knows if what I've learned will lower my level? ”

Mourinho's spicy sarcasm is definitely the fastest spread throughout English football. Fans have shown great concern about this, and the only person who has wrestled with Ferguson in the past is Arsenal's professor Arsene Wenger. Although the war of words between the two old men is exciting, you will get tired of watching too much of anything. Now the newcomer Mourinho actually went directly to Ferguson, and no England fan is not interested in this. With this as a starting point, English journalists began to travel frequently between London and Manchester in the following days.

Keane said: "Mourinho, keep his mouth shut. Compared to his head, he was like a newborn baby. ”

Terry responded, "Baby? Let's hope they don't get beaten and cried by babies. ”

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The war of words began to escalate, and the smell of gunpowder began to slowly escalate, and the attention of this game reached another level. In addition to England itself, media outlets from Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal are also starting to join in.

In a word, this game is on fire! It's on fire!!

In the next few years, the red and blue dramas staged every year began to officially appear on the stage of history.

The final chapter of this war of words is Lao Lei's speech.

"Manchester United? For them, I have only beautiful memories, very beautiful! ”

Lao Lei's expression in happiness swept the whole of England at once!!

The corners of his mouth are still the trademark smirk. (To be continued......)