Chapter 128: Ronaldo's Rebellion (I)

"Epic victory!" The London media, who were excited after the game, made no secret of using such headlines to define Chelsea's big win. 4:1, such a final score, even the most optimistic Chelsea fans did not dare to think before the game. The outside world never expected that the expected battle between the dragon and the tiger would have such a one-sided situation. With such a huge exclamation, this game also began to detonate the public opinion of the entire European football world.

Aside from the praise received by Chelsea players such as Lao Lei, after the game, Chelsea became the most title-winning team in this season's Champions League overnight. In terms of the odds given by major bookmakers to win the championship, Chelsea also immediately reversed Barcelona and AC Milan, which were eliminated by themselves, to reach the top of the table. Although this does not represent anything substantial, a blue storm called Chelsea has officially reached the center of gravity of European and even world football.

Before this two-legged knockout tie with Barcelona, Chelsea could only be regarded as a very popular team. After the game, it slowly had the aura of air pressure, officially stood at the center of gravity of the football stage, and became the focus of everyone's talk and attention. Chelsea's influence has also risen to a new level.

However, compared to the ups and downs of the outside world, the Chelsea team after the win seemed very calm. Even though there was some excitement and joy, it didn't seem very hot. Mourinho is very satisfied with the atmosphere in the team. Because this means that the Chelsea players already have a very strong team confidence, they can't get carried away with beating strong opponents, and the title is their only G-spot now.

But rejoicing is rejoicing. Mourinho is not without his worries. Although the current situation of the team going hand in hand on all fronts is very good, the busy schedule also makes him nervous. Thankfully, the League Cup was over by this time. Otherwise, Mourinho would definitely have grown a lot more gray hair for this. On the fourth day after the match against Barcelona. Chelsea are once again in the FA Cup, where they host Tottenham Hotspur. Separately, three days after the FA Cup tie, Chelsea will face West Brom in a league tie. It's been another busy week for Chelsea, so to speak. And such a situation will occur more than once in the future.

With the season drawing to a close, such a busy schedule is very detrimental and if there is an injury, it may be more than worth the loss. It is based on this consideration. In the FA Cup tie against Tottenham, Mourinho rejected the old Ray's request to play. However, he didn't rest on his laurels and instead sent on Didier Drogba and Arjen Robben to try to get a win with a crippled Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho and Chelsea were in good luck after the 90 minutes, as Chelsea won 1-0 at home to an all-out Spurs side thanks to Arjen Robben's goal in the fifth minute of the first half. In the closing stages of the game, Tottenham's final onslaught threatened Chelsea's door on several occasions. Had it not been for Petr Cech's protection, Chelsea would have been knocked out of the FA Cup by Tottenham. After the game, Lao Lei, who was sitting in the stands, covered his heart and called it lucky. Towards the end of the game, the Tottenham striker fired an almost inevitable volley in front of goal. almost made Lao Lei's heart jump out.

Despite the thrilling process, Chelsea managed to qualify for the semi-finals of the FA Cup, meeting the pre-match targets. After playing this game. Chelsea haven't had much to rest before they host West Brom at home. In this game. The impact of a busy schedule has once again been felt by the whole Chelsea squad. Due to the overall weakness of the team, West Brom once had the upper hand at Stamford Bridge. If it weren't for the fact that Chelsea's backline was still in good shape. Chelsea's failure to do so would be a second defeat at home to the league.

In such a situation, although Lao Lei, who has the devil's muscles and flesh, is acceptable, he can't withstand the sluggish state of the whole team. However, in the 63rd minute of the second half, Lao Lei still used his trademark in-situ free kick to help the team save the shaky three points. After the game, in the selection of various media, Lao Lei deservedly won the best of the game again. This beautiful direct free-kick goal is also known as another classic work of Lao Lei's single-handedly riding savior.

For Chelsea, though, the devil's schedule isn't over yet. Because in three days, they will have to play the 30th round of the Premier League. This is their fourth game in two weeks. Luckily, Chelsea have played at home in all of these games. If you add the fatigue of the journey, it will really make it worse. However, even so, the situation within the Chelsea squad is not optimistic, and the fatigue of the main players has reached a point where adjustments must be made.

However, before considering how to deal with Crystal Palace, there is one other thing that Mourinho and Chelsea need to focus on, and that is the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals. After the make-up match with West Bromwich Albion, the entire schedule of the 1/8 knockout stage of the Champions League has officially ended. After Chelsea successfully qualified, Liverpool, Juventus, PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and other five teams also successfully qualified.

The day after the end of the 1/8 knockout round, the draw for the 1/4 knockout round was officially kicked off at UEFA's headquarters. This time, Mourinho did not go to the scene, but watched the draw ceremony with Stay at home and Lao Lei. Kenyon joined several Chelsea club officials to represent Chelsea's draw.

There is a lot of discussion about the draw for the quarterfinals, speculating and looking forward to various combinations of opponents like Mars hitting the earth. In addition, which strong team will be lucky to draw a good opponent is also something that fans talk about. Among the teams in the quarterfinals, the two teams in the Eredivisie and Ligue 1 are undoubtedly the fat in the eyes of all the giants. With the exception of PSV Eindhoven and Lyon, whoever draws any of the remaining six teams in between can be considered a top picker to qualify for the semi-finals.

For such a good signing, the remaining six teams are naturally looking forward to it. Chelsea are no exception, in fact. In the past few days of daily training, this topic has become the hottest topic among the players. They all hope that the team can pick up a soft persimmon to pinch.

"Reima, which opponent do you want to draw?" Mourinho sitting on the sofa. asked Lao Lei on the side.

"It's the same for everyone, anyway, our goal is to win the championship and sooner or later we will meet those strong teams. Actually, I'd like to have met the big teams and save ourselves from waiting until we win the championship and someone is talking about 'good luck'. Old Ray sat on the sofa at Mourinho's house and replied casually with some indifference.

Glancing at the indifferent attitude of the proud disciple beside him, the corners of Mourinho's mouth smiled slightly with relief. In fact, his attitude is similar to that of Lao Lei. It's the same for anyone to beat, and now he has such madness and confidence in his heart. It's just that as a head coach, he still hopes that his team can draw an easy opponent to deal with, so that the team's future schedule will be a little easier.

But there are always good spirits and bad spirits in the world, and God has fulfilled the wishes of the master and apprentice tonight, and Chelsea has met the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich, which is known as the green Hollywood, which is really a very weighty opponent. Although Bayern's performance in the Champions League in recent years has long since lost its previous strong posture. Since winning the championship in '01. The Bundesliga giant has been in a weak situation in the Champions League. But even so, no one dares to underestimate this giant, and God knows when he will suddenly wake up.

Chelsea and Bayern Munich were the last teams to be drawn, so when the city rivals AC Milan and Inter Milan were drawn. The matchup between Chelsea and Bayern Munich has already been decided. The two masters and apprentices looked at each other, and they could see a trace of astonishment, a hint of surprise and a hint of war intent in each other's eyes. Although I didn't run into Eindhoven or Lyon. There are some pity, but strong dialogue. is the favorite of these two masters and apprentices.

However, no matter how enthusiastic the two masters and apprentices were. Can't wait, it's all in April to play Bayern. Until then, they still need to play well in England. Chelsea have two Premier League games to play before the win against Bayern. And in the middle, Lao Lei still has the national team's events to deal with.

Not to mention the heated discussion caused by the draw for the Champions League quarters, Chelsea once again fell into a difficult attack when they played at home to Crystal Palace. In the end, with most of the main players, including Lao Lei, suspended, Chelsea were forced to draw at home by Crystal Palace, who are in the relegation zone, temporarily slowing down their momentum of crazy points in the league.

However, this has had no impact on Chelsea's place at the top of the Premier League table, with double-digit points advantages giving them the capital to splurge on that basis. The Chelsea team also had no superfluous views on this one, just a little depressed.

After the game, the Chelsea players took a break from the squad to report to their respective national teams, and World Cup qualifying was once again in full swing. At present, Portugal is a leader in their own group, winning all five games so far, and there is no problem at all in qualifying.

However, even so, Scolari still called up all the main players this time. The reason is also very simple, in a private phone call to Lao Lei, he told Lao Lei all without reservation. In a word, "scouting newcomers", running in this new Portuguese national team is his goal. And this World Cup qualifier will be Portugal's last official match before October 05, so this is an important run-in opportunity for Portugal.

But the run-in is the run-in, and in the game against Slovakia, Scolari is not really going to send all the main players. In fact, Lao Lei is in this game, and even whether he has playing time is an uncertain thing. So, on the whole, for Lao Lei, it is no surprise that this will be a simple and easy trip to the national team.

However, accidents are always like naughty children, and they don't know that they will come out of that corner.

In this trip, during the national team trip, Lao Lei encountered something he never expected.

Manchester United's new No.7 is trying to challenge his national team status with great ambitions. (To be continued......)