Chapter 127: A Surprise Start

Winning the Carabao Cup has boosted the morale of the Chelsea players.

In last week's Premier League game, Manchester United beat Portsmouth at home, leaving them just six points clear of Chelsea, but in the face of the aggressive Red Devils, Chelsea's striker and most expensive transfer player Didier Drogba said the Premier League title was already in Chelsea's bag.

Didier Drogba's goal in Sunday's Carabao Cup final helped the controversial Jose Mourinho win their first domestic league title, and he later suggested Chelsea would win another.

In an interview with Repton, chief sports reporter for the Daily Mirror, he said: "We've won the league and we're the best this season. We're one point ahead of Manchester United, but we're playing a game less. We're definitely going to try to keep the points gap up."

'It's true that Manchester United have been playing well lately and Arsenal are working hard, but I think we're the best team.

Also dismissive of United is Duff, who soon joined the Roma Romans after Abou took charge of Stamford Bridge. 'They got the three points but we are still six points ahead and we are confident that we will maintain the advantage. Against Portsmouth, I don't think United played at a high level. They [Manchester United] said we didn't play well? We always dominated the game against Liverpool and we won the trophy."

Defender Glen Johnson said: "Manchester United are trying to grasp the last straw and he wants us to collapse after we fail, of course. The better we perform, the worse it will be for them." He believes winning his first trophy meant the start of the Chelsea era.

Captain Terry said. This trophy will be the cornerstone of Chelsea's success and they will win more in the future. President Roman Abramovich also joined the team's celebrations, with Icelandic striker Gudjanssen predicting that there will be more and more such scenes in the future: "People are expecting to see a tight league battle, but we have a nine-point lead and that's why they always spread that we are going to collapse".

Chelsea look on a good spot. In the midst of constant doubts from the outside world, the generals have been struggling to move forward.

The celebration was undoubtedly lively, but two people did not show up. Coach Jose Mourinho and player Jonker.

Jonk honestly went home to take in what he had observed lately, with two games to go and a timeline for himself to return to the team. He has to show something. His team-mates were trying to play and he couldn't help.

Jose Mourinho is trying to calm himself down.

In the Carabao Cup final, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was called into the tunnel by a fourth referee on the sidelines in the 82nd minute, and the Portuguese could only watch from the stands as his side won the first competition of the season. This scene also became the focus of attention after the game, what caused Mourinho to be kicked off the pitch?

Most local media believe that Mourinho was ousted because he put a finger in front of his mouth and made a gesture to shut up after Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored an own goal. Although Mourinho himself has been defending himself. His action was to tell the British media to shut up, but the fourth referee still invited him into the players' tunnel.

Fourth referee Crosley said publicly after the game: "He has to leave the playing field. Because his actions greatly angered Liverpool fans. And there are reports that the referee is one of the Liverpool fans, and it seems that Mourinho's expulsion is just fulfilling his selfish intentions.

However, Britain's Sky TV has seized on some of the details that Mourinho is not known about. The footage of the game clearly shows that Mourinho, who seems to be serious and even a little cold, actually yelled at Liverpool defender Carragher more than once during the game.

After Chelsea defender Galla brought down Reds defender Finnan, Carragher rushed up to reason with him. At this time, Mourinho couldn't sit still, he rushed over and shouted to Carragher, "F×××off, play your game honestly!" F×××off”

Soon after, Mourinho was sent off for making uncivilized gestures, and before leaving, he did not learn his lesson at all, still shouting "HeyHeyHeyF×××offcenterF×××off" at Carragher.

Jose Mourinho's disrespectful behaviour caused a lot of displeasure among the fans, and the police had to be dispatched to quell the riots, and even Chelsea striker Didier Drogba had to come forward to persuade Mourinho to put up with it for the time being. It was only then that Mourinho was willing to honestly retreat into the tunnel and claim his first title from the stands. It seems that Mourinho's invitation from the pitch is far from being as simple as making small gestures, and Krosley's remarks are also true, which can be regarded as a mercy for Mourinho.

Jonker is somewhat similar to the manager, one is that he wants to play, and the other is that he is too focused on the game, and no matter what, he is for the game.

Back in the domestic league, Jose Mourinho made just two changes to the title line-up, with Glen Johansen coming on for Galla with a groin injury and Thiago replacing Czech midfielder Jarosik. Norwich have won just one of their last 11 games and boss Worthington has pushed Hakby, who has recovered from a calf injury, up front to replace the suspended Jonsson. Despite the snowstorm at Carlo Road, the news of Manchester United's draw at Crystal Palace ahead of the game was a huge morale boost for the Blues.

Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard had two shots wide in the opening five minutes. But Chelsea almost took the lead in the eighth minute when Frank Lampard's sharp pass to Duff at high speed was met by the Irishman who burst into the box to face the onrushing goalkeeper Green, but the ball was blocked by Shackle's line for the 21-year-old's second Premier League game. Chelsea began to control the game and in the 12th minute Frank Lampard's powerful shot from the left-hand edge of the box went just over the crossbar. In the 20th minute, Drulli was booked for a foul on Thiago.

The hosts' athletic director, Delia Smith, was criticised after Monday's defeat to Manchester City, and protests are now resounding at Carlo Road. Chelsea took the lead in the 22nd minute when Joe Cole skimmed a tackle from Shaker and captain Fleming to the left and fired a powerful left-footed shot into the top corner from 18 yards. It was his fifth goal of the season.

Everything looks to point to Chelsea taking the three points and extending their lead.

That's exactly what happened, the last score was 2:1! Chelsea took three points away from home to extend their lead to eight, with the only disappointing moment coming in the 64th minute, when Petr Cech ended the Premier League's record of clean sheets since October to 1,025 minutes.

There is one round to go, and there is one more time left in the countdown for Jonk, but before that, Jonk is not without a chance to play.

In the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, the last game was at Barcelona's home stadium, and returned to Stamford Bridge in London, both fans and the British media expected Chelsea to give Barcelona some color.

Jonk's suspension does not include European competitions and he has every chance of playing in this game.

It's just that they are not favored by the outside world, they have not played official games in three rounds, and generally first-team players who are banned or have just recovered from injury will go to the reserve team to play games to find their form, but Chelsea are strange and did not let Jonk go to the reserves, but let him sit in the stands every time to watch the game.

No one knows what the significance of Chelsea's move is, whether they are going to give up on Jonker or let him rest as much as possible.

Obviously, no one can figure it out, and only the facts that happen next can receive everyone's questions.

In the pre-game training, all the media saw the figure of Jonk, and there was nothing special happening with his expression, you must know that the player did not participate in the celebration party just now, but when he was with his teammates, he did not observe anything unusual at all.

Training was normal, Mourinho didn't say much, and the Portuguese young marshal rarely mentioned the issue of Jonker.

But something shocking happened, and in the squad for the first day of the game, No. 25 Jonker appeared among the starting 11.

Are you kidding? Do Chelsea want to give up the Champions League?

The British media's first reaction was to question, questioning Mourinho's arrangement, questioning whether Jonker, who had not played in consecutive games, had the ability and condition. (To be continued......)