Before the war started, rumors were flying all over the sky, and some of them had to be taken out to talk about it, Frank Lampard was recruited, and now Chelsea's hottest player made the British media contact Barcelona.

Originally, something really happened to Jonker, but it was ignored, there will always be people lying down and getting shot, it's just that Jonk is lucky.

March was the easiest month since the start of the Premier League, with only three league games and one Champions Cup to play, which is much easier than the usual density of six or seven games per month.

While the media was still debating Chelsea's 'refusal to be interviewed' incident, on 28 February, the best coach, best player and best team for February were announced.

In the league in February, Chelsea did not play too well, losing one of their three league games. Jose Mourinho was not voted Manager of the Month, but the usually low-key Middlesbrough boss McClaren won the honour with three wins.

The award for best player went to Arsenal star Thierry Henry, who has been unanimously recognized by all the media for his outstanding performance of six goals in three league games.

However, Chelsea don't care about the accolade, and since the start of the season, the best coach and best player have been the best Chelsea players, and it is really nothing to give it to another team once.

In the best Premier League team for February selected by the media, Chelsea is still a bumper harvest, with Jonker, Lampard, Gallas, Makelele, and Joe Cole all selected, which occupies almost half of the sky. Let all the Premier League teams have to admit Chelsea's strength.

Gallas was also named to the All-Star team for the first time, and the French jack-of-all-trades can play in any position, which also weakens his performance in one position to a certain extent. He is excited to win the best full-back now, and now in the big Chelsea games, the head coach Jose. Mourinho tends to be the first to choose the Frenchman.

"Oh my God, you made the All-Star team?"

In the Chelsea FC restaurant, Duff, who had just recovered from a cold, rushed over with a newspaper in his hand.

At a small table in the middle, Jonker and Garras were eating a nutritious meal prepared by the club one-on-one, and neither of them looked very good. This is mainly because nutritious meals are too difficult to swallow.

“what？ Anthony, have you eaten? Let's eat a little together. Garras didn't pay attention to what Duff said, just grinned and pulled a seat next to him. said with a sincere face, that kind of expression really made people can't bear to refuse.

When Duff heard this, he pinched the newspaper in his hand, waved his hand and said, "Don't even think about it." Let's enjoy it slowly, both of you. ”

Jonkeren looked at Duff with a wist. With a wry smile: "It seems that I will get sick next time." ”

"If you're sick, I think it's even worse, that Portuguese might call all the doctors in London, and you'll not just eat nutritious meals." Duff had a wicked smile on his face.

Imagine that scenario, and Jonker felt that it was quite possible that Duff was right, that his importance at the club was undeniable, and that the trick of feigning illness would never work. He suddenly remembered what Duff had just said, and looked up and reached for the newspaper. "What did you just say?" ”

"Oh, yes, you've been named in the Premier League Team of the Month."

"The best team? You said...... I? Garras stopped eating, looked up and pointed at himself and asked, thinking that he was talking about Jonk, but he hadn't paid attention to it before.

Jonk flicked the newspaper with his hand and said, "Really, you should have a big meal!" ”

"Click" Gallas raised his hand and snatched the newspaper in Jonck's hand, but at this time, the newspaper could not bear the torture, and it was torn open from the middle, Gallas looked at the corner of his hand excitedly, and said, "Sure enough, there is me, hehehehe......"

The obscene smile on his face made the two people next to him break out in a cold sweat.

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Since taking away the victory at Stamford Bridge, the Barcelona people have not forgotten the hatred of last year, but have intensified the confrontation, the media is advocating, the fans are complimenting, and the Barcelona players of course also want to continue to beat Chelsea to the fullest, and complete revenge!

So in March, the Spanish media couldn't wait to start building momentum for Barcelona, and they played the headline "Revenge" to attract the attention of fans.

Barcelona players have also publicly stated that they attributed the reasons for last year's defeat to many objective aspects: 'carelessness', 'too many injuries', 'not knowing the opponent', 'bad luck' and so on.

In this case, they played a very hazy game, and it was pure luck that led to the loss.

Under this kind of public opinion, the Barcelona club is united from top to bottom, and it is bound to complete a real revenge battle at the Camp Nou, and the atmosphere at Chelsea Club is not much better, not pressure, anyway, it is already standing on the edge of the cliff but looking away, and the result of fighting for the best is it.

On March 6, in the 27th round of the Premier League, Chelsea hosted Portsmouth.

Chelsea lost at home to La Liga champions Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, with Hutter, Essien, Wright-Phillips and Didier Drogba coming in for Carvalho, Claude Makelele, Gudjansson and Jonk respectively. Portsmouth's new signing Serbian midfielder Coroman started the game, while Alexandro was left on the bench due to poor form. The two sides have faced each other 51 times in the league, with Chelsea holding a slight advantage with 20 wins, 17 defeats and 14 draws.

Chelsea continue to be warmly welcomed by their home fans at Stande Bridge.

Chelsea only broke the deadlock in the 65th minute when Didier Drogba burst into the box from the left and crossed for Gudjanssen to deftly slip the ball past Frank Lampard from 16 yards out in the middle of the box and fired into the bottom left corner. It was his 14th league goal of the season.

Chelsea doubled their lead in the 78th minute when Gudjanssen picked up a cross from the middle and Arjen Robben calmly slotted home from 14 yards out in the middle of the box after a successful offside deflection.

With a 2-0 win over Portsmouth, the Chelsea squad immediately set off for training in the London suburbs. In the new base, the second leg of the European quarterfinals will be fully enclosed, and no matter what the outcome will be, the miracle will not be staged. Chelsea have to work hard because they can't afford to be disgraced a second time.

And Barcelona also released a message to welcome Chelsea's arrival a few days before the game, Chelsea delayed leaving for Spain, but also afraid that training would not be guaranteed, when Barcelona came to London, how they did it, and Barcelona people shouted. You can't find yourself unhappy, go back two days before the game and get used to the venue.

Jose Mourinho was careful. Everything you can think of has been thought of, causing problems for the visiting team, which is not a new shoe thing in the Champions League, making things difficult for the visiting team. Often.

In order to be able to recover two goals. Mourinho has made some adjustments to Chelsea's lineup, and in the formation of stable attack, the back line has retreated slightly, which is mainly to prevent the penetration of the Barcelona people, and the speed and skill of Jonker in the attack must be used well, Mourinho must give Jonk more freedom and attack free man!

Barcelona has no solution to the ball, so find a way to make themselves more efficient. The blow is more precise and completely liberates Jonk. That's what it takes.

However, Barcelona has not changed much in terms of formation and tactics, and the reason why this top club in the world is chased by many fans is because they can play pleasing football, and Barcelona, which is based on possession, has always adhered to the traditional style of play of 442 or 433, and they mainly use possession to tear apart Chelsea's defense and try to find opportunities to score.

Of course, these are the problems that the head coach needs to consider, it is the game between the two coaches, and the real game has little to do with it, anyway, football is still played with both feet, and when it comes to the real game, it still depends on the performance of both sides, even if there is a tactical advantage, in the real battle, there may not be an advantage.

Even Blues fans have to admit that Barcelona football is very good-looking, their players are much better at passing the ball than the Premier League teams, and there are always some creative ways to pass in attack, which makes the game more watchable.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the result of the game, Barcelona wants to take Chelsea in one fell swoop to complete revenge, while Chelsea wants to win at least 2-0 against Barcelona, Mourinho even thought of a penalty shootout, it is really a big deal, in closed training, Chelsea also practiced penalties, everything is possible, in training Mourinho is also instilling.

However, perhaps Barcelona's luck in this game was much better than last time, in the 11th minute, Ronaldinho managed to break through under the cover of John Terry and Lampard, a very creative back-heel pass, let Iniesta, who came on the field in this game, get a chance, when everyone thought the latter would shoot, the ball was passed back by Iniesta, empty goal, no suspense, Ronaldinho took the lead for Barcelona to score.

Chelsea's hopes of qualifying are becoming increasingly slim.

After the goal, the whole Camp Nou stadium instantly boiled, and these Barcelona fans wanted to use this way to tell the world that their football is invincible and the best.

Seeing the team score, Barcelona coach Rijkaard, who was on the sidelines, couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and hugged Larsson on the bench next to him. Now that Barcelona has scored a goal, Chelsea is out of play, not only for Barcelona fans and players, but also for the two managers, it is not a kind of competition, very proud glance at Mourinho, Rijack smiled even brighter.

However, after the restart of the game, Chelsea did not seem to be affected by the conceded goal, and did not have any panic, but took the initiative to start to speed up, which also means that the big battle like Mars hitting the earth is about to begin, and the Barcelona people want to be more steady, but the Barcelona players have been falling near the midfield and now it has become very difficult, and Chelsea began to quickly surround and press.

The situation is clear, one side wants to attack, the other side wants to hold the advantage.

Chelsea are getting faster and faster, and after conceding goals, they are much more fluid than they were at the start.

Jonker is constantly interspersed, looking for opportunities, he doesn't want the opponent to stick, he must keep running, Barcelona's way to deal with Jonker is where the others are, where the people are responsible for defense, zone defense, but Puyol has been keeping an eye on Jonker and is ready to make up for it at any time.

1+1！ Or even a 2+1 defensive strategy to deal with Jonker. It can't be described as important!

It's a race against goals and time and Chelsea have to get on the scoresheet as soon as possible and then do another. It takes at least two to give hope to the Chelsea people!

There is no way back, at this time, all the Chelsea players are in high spirits, what you are at Camp Nou, what Barcelona is you, now they are just going to score, and finally the Chelsea people see a glimmer of hope.

It was a mispass. Appearance of Edul. Gudjohnsen cut off the ball straight from the halfway line and handed it to Jonker to attack, and he himself sprinted towards Barcelona's half.

Jonk didn't disappoint the entire crowd. He single-handedly connected three Barcelona defenders, and finally passed the ball three times in a row with Gudjohnsen in the big penalty area, making goalkeeper Valdés very brainless. Ultimately. Jonker struck a light shot to equalise for Chelsea.

1:1！ At least the goal is coming, and it takes 1 more goal to be the real draw, Jonk looked up at the big screen, thinking in his heart.

What Jonker didn't expect was that this was the end, the end of the race. In the following games, neither team rewrote the score. The last big score is 3:2!

Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona.

There are no miracles at Camp Nou. Barcelona headed forward and the Blues went home gloomy.

Miracles always need to be accompanied by good luck. At Camp Nou, Chelsea's luck was not entirely good, such as Ibrahimovic's close-range effort that went wide, but it wasn't absolutely bad, such as the post denying Samuel Eto'o's shot and John Terry's unwarranted penalty just before the break.

When luck is fair, the outcome of the match will be more influenced by the strength and performance of both sides, and objectively speaking, in two 180-minute matches, Barcelona have more reason than their opponents to be the ultimate winner.

Jose Mourinho will replace Arjen Robben, Joe. The inclusion of Cole and Duff in the starting line-up and the 4-2-3-1 formation was a signal of a decisive match against the hosts, but it was clearly not their usual tactical system, and then again, the mistakes made in the first 90 minutes only allowed the Blues to play a second 90 minutes with an unconventional formation and unconventional man-in-force – and it looked somewhat forced and hard-headed.

Jose Mourinho was hoping to use Jonker's role as a fulcrum to create more opportunities for the three wingers behind him to step in and attack from the back of the line, but the Barcas seemed to be prepared for this – Edmilson and Marcos alternately limited Jonker's play, while the other defenders controlled the second point so tightly that the Blues' idealised attacking tactics quickly lost their effectiveness.

In fact, Chelsea's real threat against Barcelona throughout the game came from their own quick counter-attacks and set-pieces. In the first half, although Mourinho and even Robben kept signaling the team to press up, in the face of Barcelona's rapid counter-attack that could be launched at any time, only Terry and Carvalho could feel the inadequacy of Chelsea's backline if it was really large.

In the 23rd minute of the first half, Messi went off the pitch due to injury, which caused a lot of damage to Barcelona's attack, at least Chelsea could put more defensive energy into Ronaldo. The 13 minutes before the Blues took the lead in the first 10 minutes until Messi's departure were the first 45 minutes when Barcelona were the most aggressive, and the Argentine elf's erratic movement up front disrupted Chelsea's backline and opened up more space for Ronaldo on the left flank.

Jose Mourinho looked a little helpless. With only two midfielders in place, Frank Lampard has been positioned relatively far back in order to take care of the defence, which is a must-have thing, but without Lampard's powerful assist, the Blues' attacking and counter-attacking attacks have been sharply reduced in the middle, so Barca's defence has not been under much pressure.

Ronaldo's heel was used to the fullest in the first half, which is a direct reflection of the individual talent of the World Footballer and has given the greatest enjoyment to all those who love artistic football.

Barcelona's goal was a quintessential reflection of the attacking talent and character of one of the world's most spectator teams – Samuel Eto'o, who was supposed to switch places with Ronaldo on the left flank, suddenly appeared on the right and broke through with possession, and then distributed it to Ronaldo in the middle, who broke through in a lightning line like no one, and then instantly changed Chelsea's original "death reprieve" to "death sentence with immediate execution" with a powerful shot.

The Chelsea man didn't give up, struggling to survive in the final moments, and Mourinho on the bench had a smile on his face – just a game alone that showed that he had done everything he could, but it wasn't enough to really change anything.

Throughout the game, Barcelona barely made any mistakes that could be called "stupid", firmly grasped the game, and little by little turned the advantage of the first leg into a final victory, and turned the victory into a well-deserved victory - the better team had the opportunity to go further.

At the Camp Nou and in the Champions League, it is Mourinho's back that is far away, leaving behind the light of Ronaldo Jr. - it is magical......

The battle will continue, both for the victors and for the losers. Perhaps there are some emotional scenes that will last longer than the outcome of this game – such as the two teams each leading the children in each other's jerseys onto the pitch, such as Rijkaard's fatherly carrying Messi into his arms, such as Ronaldo and Frank Lampard exchanging uniforms and smiling goodbye after the game, and Jonker being embraced by Mourinho and whispering comfort......

The final whistle blew and the Camp Nou boiled over, and as the loser, Mourinho calmly walked towards Rijkaard, where he celebrated the Dutchman, shook hands, whispered before turning to their respective players.

Mourinho's eyes showed sadness, but his expression remained resolute. He stands at the entrance of the tunnel waiting for his disappointed disciples, just like he did at Anfield last season, and he will be the first to console the frustrated Chelsea players in this moment of disappointment. However, it was the elated Barcelona players who came first, especially Ronaldo, with his right hand stretched out to the front, and of course the Brazilian was not going to shake hands with the Portuguese, he was ready to be celebrated by others. Mourinho still stood there expressionless, and no one knew what was going on in his mind at the moment.

A dog has his day. Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea players produced a hearty victory at Stamford Bridge a year ago, and when they faced the same opponent again a year later, all they were left with frustration and sadness.

A second Premier League trophy of the Jose Mourinho era was already beckoning for the Blues, but not before they tasted the pain of losing the trophy for the second year in a row. Did the best team win?

"I don't think so." In his post-match interview, Mourinho's tone was full of disbelief and unwillingness. 'Chelsea have played Barcelona four times in two seasons, 11 against 11 on the pitch and they have never beaten us.

It's a fact. 'Jose Mourinho accepted defeat but refused to concede defeat, and after last year's defeat to Liverpool, Mourinho's words were almost the same as today. A year of "saliva" life does not seem to have smoothed out the character of the Portuguese madman.

Speaking about the battle at Camp Nou, Mourinho lamented that Chelsea were not only in difficulty, but also lacked a bit of luck. 'If we had a little bit of luck, if our goal hadn't come in the last minute, maybe we could have had a chance to turn it around. Unfortunately, the goal is not something I can control. ”

'Last season they watched the semi-finals on TV and this time it was our turn. Mourinho also spoke about the differences between the two teams. 'Chelsea and Barcelona are two completely different teams. They're great in one way, we're strong in another. In a confrontation of this level, details are everything. "Either way, Barcelona are a great team and I wish them the best of luck." Mourinho, who lost, did not forget to pay tribute to the winner.

After the game, Jonk left the locker room early, he didn't want to stay in the winner's place, back on the bus, the atmosphere in the car was quite solemn, no one wanted to say anything, despite their efforts, they were still unwilling to fail, but this is football, there are winners, there will be losers, at this moment to taste the bitter fruit of defeat is really uncomfortable.

Outside, the Barcelona fans were still celebrating, and the sound was heard even through the glass of the bus.

"Boy, it's not comfortable, but that's football, no team can be undefeated forever!"

Terry wanted to reassure Jonk a little more.

Nodding his headset and putting down his headphones, Jonk was silent in his own world, thinking and not knowing what he was thinking, and what he listened to was not important, just letting go. (To be continued......)