Chapter 172: Arrival in Istanbul

1-0, Chelsea ended the season with a second-half goal from Gudjohnsson at St James' Park. The league finally reached the top, with a record 102 points, and the new Chelsea, with Lao Lei at the core, had a perfect performance in the first season of the league, and even had the ability to become the strongest team in the history of the Premier League to win the title.

When such a fantastic season finally came to an end, everyone had to admit that Chelsea had been perfect and unbeatable. With a huge gap of more than 10 points ahead of second-place Arsenal, such a dominant performance made the entire English football scene full of voices discussing Chelsea for a while. Everyone is talking about where Chelsea have been successful, why they have succeeded, whether such a model can be replicated, or what their weaknesses are, what is the best tactical strategy to face them, etc.

Praise for Chelsea is everywhere, and Chelsea players like Ray have also received a lot of praise from it. Among them, Lao Lei, who is the absolute core, is naturally the most praised one. Under such circumstances, he won the Premier League's best foreign player, best player, best midfielder and so on with almost no objections. In this regard, the Daily Mail even said: "Whether you like this Portuguese young man or not, he is the biggest gain in the Premier League this season, and his amazing and steady dìng to the terrible table makes all the other players in the Premier League look up to him, at least this season." If the awards didn't end up in his hands, one thing is for sure, and that is that the FA officials must have taken the money. ”

Of course. About Lao Lei, in addition to these praises. There were a lot of controversial things like the one against Newcastle. The poor relationship between Ray and all Premier League fans except Chelsea fans has become the most important evidence of some media attacks on him. Under their depiction. A new, unprecedented Premier League problem kid has come alive.

It's just that these descriptions didn't bring much trouble to Lao Lei, but made his popularity among young fans rise sharply. Although he does not have a handsome appearance, Lao Lei's maverick personality and behavior on the field are making him another unique business card in the football world. In addition to these, Lao Lei himself doesn't care about the remarks of these media at all, as long as it doesn't involve the people he cares about or the remarks are too outrageous, he doesn't care what they will say.

It's like what he said in an interview before: "I don't care what the shit writes about me every day, and I don't get paid from them." I don't need any bit of worship from them. They're just a bunch of people who often show up behind my ass. Of course, if they cross the line, I don't mind having a good memory with them. To sum up, Lao Lei's performance in the Premier League in his first season has already begun to make him the most influential signature player in the Premier League.

Such a season is undoubtedly a success and something to celebrate. However, at this time, the whole Chelsea squad has not put much effort into celebrating the league title. Istanbul on May 26 has already attracted all their attention. After all, in the Chelsea team, in addition to the old Lei and Mourinho and other Porto personnel. For the first time, the rest of the team was able to stand on the final of the Champions League and chase the glittering Big Ears Cup. Both in the current professional football business is very developed, honoring many players with enough money is the first choice, which is their instinct as competitive athletes.

In fact. Even if he is Lao Lei at the moment, he is still nervous and excited about the upcoming Champions League final. Looking forward to it. After finishing the hors d'oeuvres with Lee Bowyer and Dyer, his attention was immediately focused on the Champions League final against AC Milan. In addition to the necessary daily training. He also attends every tactical meeting of the coaching staff and participates in it. The record even made its own construction. Such a daily workflow arrangement even made Abu, who happened to know the news, joke: "I think I should give Reima another coach's salary." ”

After the final game of the season against Newcastle, there are two weeks to go before the start of the Champions League final. The past two weeks have passed very quickly for Lao Lei, and under the intense preparation every day, he feels that this time is as fast as being pressed by God.

During this time, the national leagues have successively ended their season's schedules, and each championship trophy and each award has found its winner. Of these, Chelsea's main focus is undoubtedly on their final opponents, AC Milan. With an early exit from the Coppa Italia, they were defeated in the race for the league title by the Bianconeri, an old woman who was focused on the league. In the final few crucial games, AC Milan's ability to withstand pressure was questioned, and they were almost dragged down by Fabio Capello's Juventus.

But at the same time, the news and speculation that Juventus manipulated the referee and kept refereeing the penalty for profit was rare in Italian football. However, none of this is what Ray and Chelsea are concerned about. They were concerned about the fitness and form of the AC Milan players, and in the end they didn't get a good result. In the case of the sudden collapse of the league title race, AC Milan voluntarily withdrew from the title race early in the final two rounds of the league and turned to focus on the Champions League competition with Chelsea. With the introduction of a rotating line-up, the main players of AC Milan's squad, especially the veterans, have been well rested. It is certain that on the day of the Champions League final, AC Milan's veterans will all be fit and fit, barring unforeseen circumstances.

For this bad news, Lao Lei himself is both a pity and a blessing. Unfortunately, there was no physical advantage and Chelsea's win rate was slightly reduced. Thankfully, he will be able to face AC Milan in the final, an opponent who is in the best form to beat, and an opponent who can make the final trophy the highest. So. When he got the news, he was really relieved suddenly. Don't think about it or regret anything. "Tama's! Another good game! Tama's!! He said with a sudden boost of motivation and passion in his heart.

Five days before the final, the flight between Ray and the Chelsea squad arrived at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport. This heralds the beginning of the countdown to the finals. As they walked out of the airport, they were chased by reporters and fans as one of the most media attention teams at the moment. And among them, Lao Lei naturally became the most sought after person.

In addition to the Chelsea fans who arrived in Istanbul early to wait, Lao Lei is also sought after by many Turkish fans. His iron-clad style of play has been warmly welcomed in Turkey, a country of macho chauvinism. He had previously been in Turkey during his time in Porto, only on that occasion he had been subjected to loud boos, invective, and three bloody hog heads. So, for today's treatment. To be honest, Lao Lei was quite flattered.

It is precisely because of this that he is in a good mood and does not refuse to ask for autographs and group photos, and even rarely answers a few questions from the media and reporters. But it's a pity that in such a beautiful time, there will always be rat poop that doesn't please you and runs out and completely spoils your mood. In addition to Chelsea supporters, there were also a number of Italian journalists.

As the media that absolutely supports AC Milan, they are also very concerned about AC Milan's final opponent Chelsea. And among them. Although there are rational supporters of AC Milan, there are definitely those who support AC Milan with diehard and brainless brains. For example, the reporter of "Slow Motion", the official mouthpiece of AC Milan, who was also present today.

Because of the stance, the questions raised by the reporter of the "Slow Motion" newspaper are not destined to be mild. It definitely has a certain aggressiveness. Therefore, his first question made Lao Lei, who was in a good mood, directly start to scold his mother in his heart. 'Do you think Chelsea can withstand AC Milan's attack?' In the group of journalists. The Slow Motion reporter asked the question in a haughty and aggressive tone.

It's a very uncomfortable question, because it's in the question. He didn't seem to think about Chelsea's attacking power at all, and put Chelsea in the position of the team that played on the counter-attack. Although AC Milan's attacking combination in midfield is indeed the best in European football today. But the reporter's tone made the sentence full of irony and contempt.

After hearing this question, Lao Lei didn't plan to answer at all, and wanted to turn around and leave. Because before coming to Istanbul, he received a special warning from Mourinho to "try not to make statements before the game that irritate the hungry dogs in the media." Although Lao Lei himself is quite disdainful of this statement, because it came out of Mourinho's mouth, Lao Lei is still obedient under normal circumstances.

But just as he was about to turn away, the journalist asked again: "Are you afraid of AC Milan's attacking line?" Again, it was full of pride and sarcasm. This kind of tone, Lao Lei has heard a lot this season, in the mouths of the so-called giant reporters, they always talk about Chelsea with such an aristocratic provocative and sarcastic tone.

It's just that as the season progresses, this tone slowly decreases. But this is only in England, in the whole of European football, even if Chelsea's performance is excellent, but once they meet the traditional giants of Europe, they will always be at a congenital disadvantage in public opinion, and there is no reason for this.

In England, Lao Lei always answers questions in such a tone with common words.

This time, it's no exception.

The corners of his mouth twitched disdainfully, and then stared at the arrogant reporter of the "Slow Motion" newspaper deliberately slowly, word by word, and said loudly: "What I like to do most is to let those high-ranking giants cry for me!" ”

"Let, Howe, Door, For, I, Cry, Cry!!"

"Big, big, ground, cry, one, field!!"

"Big, big, !!"

Looking at the reporter in front of him who seemed to be frightened by his answer, Lao Lei continued to smile disdainfully.

He stared at him with disdain, stunned.

There was silence in the audience. (To be continued......)