Chapter 316: The pear blossoms are fragrant, but how can the pear blossoms be as fragrant as Azar?

In the final moments of the game, Ki Sung-yueng made a mistake in passing the ball in the backcourt and was intercepted by Jiang Yuan who suddenly accelerated forward. Then Chelsea launched another attack on Swansea.

The players on the field reacted very quickly. When Jiang Yuan was speeding up to grab the ball, Kante and Remy had already started to speed up.

Obviously they had a very deep understanding of Jiang Yuan's acceleration ability and believed that he could get the ball, and Jiang Yuan did not disappoint his teammates' expectations.

“Here!”

In the penalty area, Remy reached out for the ball. After observing for a while, Jiang Yuan did not pass the ball to Remy immediately, but continued to walk towards Swansea's goal with the ball.

"Jiang Yuan, don't pass the ball. Try to use your dribbling to put pressure on Swansea's defense."

"Jiang Yuan's choice was somewhat beyond the fans' expectations. Let's see how Chelsea will deal with this wave of attack."

"Jiang Yuan, suddenly speed up and go directly into the restricted area"

"Hit... Jiang Yuan chose to pass back! Top of the arc, Kante!"

"Kick me!"

“GOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLL!!!!”

"It was a beautiful long shot from Kante, Chelsea extended the lead again!"

“1:3, Chelsea leads by 2 goals!”

After the score reached 1:3, the home team stand at the Liberty Stadium was directly turned into a library, and Swansea fans were embarrassed.

Losing to Chelsea is not a humiliating thing. But after losing to Chelsea, Swansea suffered their fourth consecutive defeat since the start of the season.

Swansea, which ranked 12th in the league last season, will become the last in the new season after this game!

"River!"

After Kante scored the goal, he did not immediately run to the corner flagpole to celebrate, but slowly walked towards Jiang Yuan, revealing his signature goal.

Although Kante is not as shy as he was when he first arrived at Cobham, the Frenchman is essentially an introvert. Although he has been with his teammates for more than a month, Kante still doesn't talk much.

"Good job!"

Jiang Yuan took the initiative to run over and hug Kante. Kante's height was less than 1 meters, and his head was just at the position of Jiang Yuan's mouth. When the two stood together, Kante was no different from a child.

Kant gently patted Jiang Yuan's pectoralis major: "Thank you!"

"Hey! Please"

Jiang Yuan suddenly frowned: "We are all teammates, it would be meaningless if you are too polite"

"that is!"

Terry agreed with Jiang Yuan's words and picked up Kanter who was standing on the ground. Terry's powerful arm strength pulled Kanter, who was originally only 1 meters tall, to 7 meters, turning him into a basketball player.

“Beep, beep, beep—!!!”

"Okay, dear audience friends, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. In the end, Swansea, playing at home, lost to Chelsea with a score of 1:3, and suffered their fourth consecutive defeat since the start of the season."

"Hey, after today's game, Swansea's coaching staff must think of a solution. Because if they continue like this, facing a group of high-level Premier League teams eyeing them covetously, Swansea may really be relegated!"

"On the other hand, because of the victory over Swansea, Chelsea's ranking in the league table rose one place after the fourth round, from the original fifth to fourth. We can see that the real-time Premier League standings are in the lower left corner of the screen. Manchester City currently has won all four games and ranks first with 4 points. Liverpool, Tottenham, and Chelsea behind them all have 5 wins and 4 draw, with 4 points."

"After this game, Chelsea will face the Bundesliga giants Dortmund in the Champions League group stage. This is the focus of the Champions League match between the Premier League first and the Bundesliga second last season, and it will still be broadcast live on CCTV5."

"..."

"Korean Football Weekly" - Star Son Heung-min scored twice to help Tottenham beat Stoke City 4-0 in the Premier League. Park Ji-sung, a Korean Manchester United star, said in an interview: Son Heung-min has great potential and will be the second person in Asian football in the future after Jiang
Chelsea legend Pat Nevin: If we maintain our current form, Chelsea may have 3-5 players selected for this year's Ballon d'Or.

The Sun's front page headline: Terry family inheritance? In May this year, John Terry's 5-year-old brother Paul Terry was accused of having an affair with his teammate Roberts' 31-year-old wife Lindsey. The two were caught in bed by Roberts at their home in Ferrers, England. Last night, Roberts was found to have committed suicide at home. It is not clear whether the suicide was related to his wife's infidelity.

Daily Mail front page headline: Police did not reveal the cause of death of Rushton Diamonds player Roberts, but confirmed that his home was in chaos when he died, with empty bottles of wine everywhere, and it seemed that the sad man was drunk at the time. According to the newspaper's expert analysis, Roberts committed suicide because he still could not accept the scandal of his wife sleeping with Terry's brother in his own home.

The Times' front page headline: After the 3:1 victory over Swansea, Chelsea captain Terry accepted an interview with a reporter. When the reporter asked about his brother Paul's condition, Terry pushed the reporter's microphone away and took the initiative to end the interview.

If the reporter hadn't asked, the Chelsea players might not even know about this. A few years ago, Terry slept with his teammate's wife, and now his brother has also slept with his teammate's wife.

In any case, these two things are bound to bring shame to the Terry family.

Terry originally didn't care about his brother's affairs, but now the matter is more serious and someone has been killed. The Blues captain has no choice but to temporarily cancel the bar party that night and rush back home to discuss how to resolve the matter.

"John is really hard-working. He still has so many things to do after the game."

Zouma was chewing gum. The French defender of the Blues had not fully recovered yet, but was directly pulled by Jiang Yuan to attend the banquet.

“It shouldn’t be a big deal.”

Hazard took a sip of wine: "The reporter said that the guy committed suicide, and the reason is uncertain, so John's brother should be fine."

Jiang Yuan clinked glasses with Hazard: "It's not like it's all right. I heard that John was fired by the club because there were no teammates to play with him."

It is not surprising that Rushton Diamonds Club expelled Paul Terry. After all, Paul Terry was not an absolute main force in the club. After such an incident, the original players probably would not want to play with Paul Terry anymore.

If he can sleep with Roberts' wife today, he might sleep with other teammates' wives tomorrow. This is a pure time bomb!

“This incident will have an impact on John’s mood.”

Jiang Yuan suddenly said, then turned to look at Zouma who was sitting on his right: "Little Kurt, when can you recover? I haven't played a formal game with you this season."

Zuma stretched out his right index finger and waved it in front of Jiang Yuan: "Don't worry, I'm almost well now. Wait until I get used to the game again."

"Sure enough, without me on the court, the defensive pressure on you guys is still too great."

Zuma's remarks were met with contempt from his teammates.

The words are a bit exaggerated, but they are not completely unreasonable. Although Zouma sometimes gives the opponent a penalty kick, his height of just over 9 meters, his air defense ability and backfield interception are both top-notch in the Premier League.

You know, last season Jiang Yuan was "led" by Zouma alone!

"Cough cough!"

At this moment, the noisy music in the box suddenly stopped, replaced by a rough cough.

The Blues players all turned their eyes to the middle of the box and saw Pogba standing with his eyes closed and a very serious expression.

After a long silence, Pogba opened his eyes, looked around at all his teammates present today, and then said: "Hey guys, welcome to Paul Pogba's radio..."

……

A 3:1 away victory, Jiang Yuan's first league goal, tonight's joy belongs to Chelsea fans, but the good things will not last long.

In the six games this month, Swansea is the weakest of Chelsea's six opponents. Three days later, Chelsea will face the Bundesliga giants Dortmund at Stamford Bridge, which is a focus of the Champions League group stage.

In order to get a good start in the Champions League at home, Mourinho and Brown also started their overtime work. However, the location of the overtime work was not Cobham Base, but Mourinho's home in London.

"Aubameyang, Dembele, Gotze, Bartra..."

The game hasn't started yet, and Mourinho fell into deep thought when he saw Dortmund's lineup.

If we compare the absolute strength of the lineup, Chelsea is still better, but if we add the tactical coordination...

According to Mourinho and Brown's observations, Dortmund's tactical coordination last season and this season was very good. Objectively speaking, it may be better than Chelsea.

"how's it going?"

Seeing Brown, who had just finished a call, slowly walking towards him, Mourinho looked up and asked.

“It’s not a big problem anymore”

Brown sat down naturally in the office chair: "Sean told me that Kurt's knee can now support him to play high-intensity games. If it is appropriate, we can let him play."

After saying that, Brown seemed to have thought of something, paused for a moment and continued: "Jose, I personally think that we should not let Kurt play in the next game against Dortmund."

"why?"

Mourinho raised his eyebrows, wanting to know why Brown said this.

"Kurt has not participated in any competition for more than 20 days. Suddenly he was asked to play in the Champions League group stage, and the opponent was a Bundesliga giant. I think it is inappropriate. Jiang is an example. Even a talented player of Jiang's level needs some time to adapt from the Olympics to the Premier League, not to mention that Kurt has not played any games."

What Brown said makes sense, but Mourinho also has his own considerations.

"Kurt resumed training last week, but we didn't let him play because Sean disagreed. Unlike Jiang, Kurt's competitive state has always been under our monitoring."

Mourinho handed Brown a newspaper, and the latter picked it up and took a look. It was the latest issue of The Sun, and the content inside was exactly the "friend's wife incident" of Terry's brother Paul Terry: "John has encountered some problems at home. I can't let him play in the next game against Dortmund, so Kurt must be used, even if he is a substitute."

"Well……"

Brown folded the newspaper and returned it to Mourinho: "Jose, don't forget, we have a new player this season, Marcos, he is a very good defender"

"Marcos is not good enough to start for Chelsea!"

Mourinho points out the key: "Champions League games are important and I need to use players I trust"

"What about N'Golo and Paul? They are also new players, but you started them directly after the third round."

Brown pursed his lips.

'This is different'

Mourinho waved his hands: "They are both geniuses, we can't put geniuses and ordinary people together"

"Then do as you wish."

Brown nodded, indicating his support for Mourinho's idea.

Although Mourinho always calls Brown to discuss tactical arrangements, in fact, the final decision is always made by Mourinho alone.

Having worked together for so many years, Brown knows Mourinho very well.

Once this guy has his own ideas in his mind, he won't listen to anyone's advice!

"Let's not talk about the game for now. Have you noticed Cesc's problem?"

Brown changed the subject and the two suddenly talked about Fabregas.

Due to the successive arrival of strong midfielders, Fabregas completely lost his starting position at Chelsea.

"Of course I know"

Speaking of Fabregas, Mourinho's expression did not change at all: "I know Cesc wants to start, all the players want to start, but the problem is, I am a coach, I will only put capable players in the starting position"

Mourinho has always spoken very directly. If Fabregas heard this, he would probably get angry on the spot.

"Lyon, do you remember that I considered selling Cesc in the summer transfer window, and you agreed at the time, but what about this?"

Mourinho's words stunned Brown.

In fact, before buying Kante and Pogba, Mourinho had already realized Fabregas' fate next season. However, because he was tasked with improving the team's tactics during the preparation period, Mourinho did not talk to Fabregas privately.

The club wanted to put Fabregas up for sale, but the Spaniard's league performance last season was somewhat poor, and Marina's initial asking price was relatively high, so the deal was not finalized for a while.

The management of several clubs kept delaying and kicked Fabregas around, and the end result was that the transfer window closed but the deal had not been completed.

Brown looked a little sad, as if he was feeling sorry for Fabregas: "So what should we do next..."

Mourinho interrupted Brown: "We are coaches, and the first thing we consider is the team's victory or defeat. Cesc's matter... we'll talk about it later."

"Leon, remember, you may be a good person, an angel, but I have never been one."

……

At 9:14 pm on September 5th, London time, tens of thousands of fans gathered outside Chelsea's Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea vs. Dortmund is the only match between the top five leagues in the first round of the Champions League group stage this season, so it can be said to be full of highlights.

There are more than 4 seats at Stamford Bridge. For today's game, Chelsea officially gave out 3000 away team tickets. The proportion of away team tickets is less than 8%, which is not in line with UEFA rules.

In response, the Dortmund fans organization filed a complaint with UEFA, demanding sanctions against Chelsea Club for this behavior.

The person who was fined will definitely be fined, but what many fans don’t know is that the lack of tickets for the visiting team was not a mistake made by the club, but was intentional.

If UEFA wants to impose sanctions on Chelsea, it will have to wait three days after the game. No matter what happens in this game, only 3000 Dortmund fans can enter the stadium, and Chelsea is playing at home.

The reason is very simple. The Dortmund fans are very powerful. Chelsea didn't want to lose momentum at home, so they played a cheating game.

"Dortmund!"

Boom boom boom!
"Dortmund!"

Boom boom boom!
Although there are only 3000 away tickets, there are quite a few Dortmund fans in London today. Before the game even started, there were already nearly 1 Dortmund fans outside the stadium.

Inside Stamford Bridge, coach Mourinho was giving a pre-match interview while the players were warming up with the ball on the grass.

It's called a warm-up, but in fact it's just a few random kicks on the field to satisfy the Blues fans in the stands.

Jiang Yuan jogged over under the loud cheers of the fans in the south stands.

"Hey, Jiang, here! Here, here!" "Wow, here he comes, Jiang is coming!"

"Here! Come to me!"

"River!"

There are still two hours before the game starts. All the people staying in the stadium at this time are truly loyal fans. Jiang Yuan naturally has to show enough attitude towards these die-hard fans.

"Hey bro!"

Jiang Yuan hugged the uncle closest to him. The uncle excitedly took off his Chelsea jersey and asked Jiang Yuan to sign it.

"Drogba" is written on the jersey. It seems that this uncle is not only a Chelsea fan, but also a loyal fan of Drogba.

Jiang Yuan looked towards the stands: "Pen, do you have a pen? Give me a pen?"

Fans who bought front-row tickets came with the hope of getting an autograph, so many of them brought pens.

After Jiang Yuan spoke, people from both sides immediately started passing pens over here, there were at least 7 or 8 pens.

Jiang Yuan took a black pen, raised his right hand, and wrote Zouma's name on Drogba's jersey.

Uncle:?
"Yes, this is yours"

Jiang Yuan returned the jersey to the uncle and asked, "It's windy tonight, won't you feel cold without any clothes on?"

The white man was delighted at first to receive Jiang Yuan's concern, but then he shook his head repeatedly: "It's not cold, I'm always like this."

"Hey, now you have to say you're cold!"

Jiang Yuan corrected, running to the bench and taking out his coat: "Here, I'll give it to you. I've only worn it a few times, it's still pretty clean."

"!!!!!!"

The white uncle took the Adidas jacket handed to him by Jiang Yuan with his trembling hands and stood there in a daze.

Before he could react, Jiang Yuan had already run away to sign autographs for other fans.

"Hey, brother!"

A blond guy behind him called out, and the uncle holding the jersey and jacket turned around.

"Well, do you want to wear this coat?"

The uncle smiled and shook his head: "How is that possible? I can't wear it."

Hearing this, the blond boy reached for his wallet and said, "Can you sell it to me for 500 pounds?"

"Wow!"

The blond boy's words caused the surrounding fans to boo.

You know, a ticket for the Champions League group stage would only cost a little over 200 pounds if you didn’t buy it from scalpers. The uncle made a direct profit from buying two tickets!

However, after hearing what the young man said, the uncle did not show any excitement, and even looked a little disdainful: "Well, forget it, I'll keep it for myself."

Before the uncle could turn his head back, the young man shouted again: "800 pounds, 800 pounds, let's be friends!"

This time the uncle didn't say anything. He just carefully folded his jersey and jacket with his hands in front of everyone around him.

The blond guy finally stopped talking because he saw the watch on the uncle's left hand.

ROLEX
……

In the home team's locker room, Mourinho began his speech as usual: "Our opponent today is very strong. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the strongest team we have encountered so far this season, so we must be vigilant."

What Mourinho said is just one point, of course there are other things that need attention.

Dortmund is a Bundesliga team, and the tactical characteristics of the Bundesliga are very different from those of the Premier League, and even the players are good at different things. Arranging a Bundesliga giant for Chelsea at the beginning of the new season is a huge challenge for Chelsea.

"Come on, come closer!"

At Mourinho's call, the Blues players in the locker room stood up from the benches, gathered in the middle, stretched out their hands and stacked them in the middle.

"There's no reason for us to lose this game today, understand me?"

"understand!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Chelsea, go ahead!"

……

"Zhuangdianertai, Zhuangdianertai!"

"Good evening, dear audience friends. This is the first leg of the 16-17 UEFA Champions League Group G match between the Premier League giants Chelsea and the Bundesliga giants Dortmund. I am Huang Jianxiang, the commentator of this game, and I am Zhang Lu."

"Well, we can see that the players from both teams are already in position on the field. Stamford Bridge is still very lively today!"

"..."

"Then it's the visiting team Dortmund!"

Dortmund (4-1-4-1)

Goalkeeper: Burki
Defenders: Schmelzer, Bartra, Papastathopoulos, Piszczek
Midfielders: Weigl, Guerrero, Gotze

Forwards: Ousmane Dembele, Aubameyang, Christian Pulisic

Head coach: Thomas Tuchel

"Well, Mr. Zhang Lu, what do you think of the lineup that Dortmund used in today's game?"

"4141, this formation is relatively rare in the five major leagues. After all, in a high-level competition like the Champions League, the choice of a single defensive midfielder is indeed a bit risky. Look at Chelsea, Kante and Pogba are double defensive midfielders. Chelsea pays great attention to midfield defense."

"But I think that Tuchel's tactical arrangement, hehe, he has his own ideas"

"Oh? Teacher Zhang Lu, what do you mean?"

"4141, you can say that Dortmund has three midfielders, or you can say that Dortmund has five midfielders. Because you look at Dembele and Pulisic, they both stand relatively far back when defending. Dortmund only has one defensive midfielder, but Dembele and Pulisic can both be the supplementary defensive midfielder."

"Moreover, with this 4141, Dortmund can pass the ball from many places in the frontcourt. Guerrero, Gotze, including Dembele and Pulisic you mentioned, are all good passers!"

The game had just begun and Zhang Lu introduced the characteristics of both sides' formations to the fans.

Matches like the Champions League that start in the early hours of the morning are usually watched mostly by real football fans, and CCTV knows this, so during these early hours of the morning they will focus more on explaining tactical skills.

"Chelsea!"

"Fight!"

"Chelsea!"

"Fight!"

The battle between the blue and yellow makes Stamford Bridge a lively place. Objectively speaking, the difference in strength between the two teams is not that big, but the fans have a filter when they watch the home team. In the eyes of the Blues fans, Chelsea is invincible.

"Hey, just go ahead and fight harder, what are you afraid of!"

Chelsea's Portuguese coach began his on-the-spot command, and at Mourinho's urging, Chelsea launched a counterattack in the backcourt.

After completing the steal from Aubameyang, Kante decisively passed the ball to Pogba. The latter did not give the ball to the opponent immediately after receiving it, but instead dribbled forward himself.

This counterattack style was specially designed by Brown based on Chelsea's player lineup for the new season. Kante's backcourt sweeping ability is very exaggerated. If he completes a steal, he will have to look for Pogba in the first place.

Pogba's height of 1 meters and weight of nearly 91 kg give him very strong propulsion ability.

If Dortmund's frontcourt players come up to press, Pogba can use his flexible footwork to cooperate with his teammates, or he can directly use his body to collide.

Not to mention, among Dortmund’s frontcourt players, if we only look at physical confrontation, few of them can be Pogba’s opponents!

"Hazard ran back to support, and it seemed that he wanted to play a wall pass with Pogba, but Pogba did not pass the ball immediately and chose to dribble the ball himself."

"Weigel rushed over and Hazard's position was blocked. This made things a bit uncomfortable. Now it's too late for Pogba to talk to Hazard."

"Pass it to Jiang Yuan! This is a very good choice, because we know that Jiang Yuan's ability to explode on the wing is very exaggerated."

"Piszczek and Pulisic came up together. Dortmund attaches great importance to the road where Jiang Yuan is. If two people defend together, Jiang Yuan's position may be a bit awkward. If he retreats further, he will be out of the sideline."

"Kanter runs up and does a pick-and-roll. Hey, this is a move in basketball. Kanter's pick-and-roll is very clever."

"We have a 1-on-1 opportunity. Jiang Yuan, do you want to try to break through?"

"Speed ​​up, Jiang Yuan chose to do it himself!"

The director at the stadium is very familiar with the characteristics of each player. When Jiang Yuan pulled the ball left or right on the wing, the director immediately gave Jiang Yuan a close-up shot.

Not only Dortmund's defensive players, but also the fans in the stands knew about this scene. If nothing unexpected happened, Jiang Yuan should take advantage of this opportunity to make a try.

“Here!”

The sharp Hazard found the gap on the left side of the penalty area, ran up and reached out to Jiang Yuan. The latter also passed the ball decisively and ran towards the baseline the moment he gave the ball.

Hazard reacted very quickly. Facing the ball passed by Jiang Yuan, he kicked it back with his right foot.

Then he ran to the top of the arc to prepare for the inverted triangle.

Inside the penalty area, Ibrahimovic was ready.

ta!

The sound of hitting the ball was heard, and Jiang Yuan stopped the ball before it went out of the baseline. After adjusting his body center of gravity, he started a one-on-one match with Piszczek.

All football commentators said that Chelsea should give Jiang Yuan as many one-on-one opportunities as possible on the wing, and now that the opportunity has come, it depends on whether Jiang Yuan can seize it.

The live broadcast showed the camera behind Jiang Yuan. The white letters and numbers of "Jiang7" were clearly visible. Jiang Yuan was seen walking forward slowly with the ball on the outside of his foot. Piszczek was also very careful. When Jiang Yuan moved forward, he moved back. No matter what, Piszczek would not stretch his foot.

Facing a player like Jiang Yuan who has extremely fast change of direction speed, it would be fatal if he failed to steal the ball after extending his leg!

Jiang Yuan, who was dribbling the ball, was also helpless. Since Piszczek didn't stretch his legs, he could only keep moving forward.

But Dortmund would definitely not let Jiang Yuan enter the penalty area like this. Aubameyang in the frontcourt returned all the way to defense and rushed over to assist in defense.

"There's someone on the right!"

At Kante's reminder, Jiang Yuan pulled the ball back with his right foot and passed it to Azpilicueta at the bottom line, who made a cross.

Because of the short time to think and the hasty handling of the ball, Azpilicueta's cross was not very good, and Ibrahimovic, who jumped hard, did not get the first point. At the back point, Schmelzer hit the ball out of the baseline before William.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle and in the 15th minute of the game, Chelsea got a corner kick opportunity, which was taken by Ivanovic.

As soon as they received the signal, players from both teams began to fight for position in Dortmund's penalty area.

Jiang Yuan, Pogba, and Zouma hugged each other, Ibrahimovic and Hazard stood together, leaving Kante at the top of the arc and Alonso in the center circle to protect.

With the successive joining of Ibrahimovic and Pogba, Chelsea now has an outrageous number of players over 1 meters tall, which also brings more corner kick attacking possibilities for the Blues.

Snapped!
After the corner kick, Zouma got the first chance. However, his position was not very good, so he did not shoot directly, but passed the ball to Kante behind him. Kante looked up and found Hazard in an open position, so he immediately passed the ball to him.

Hazard lowered his body and shot accurately into the blind corner.

“GOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLL!!!”

"Harzard!"

"Eden Harzard!"

McLaughlin's voice rang out, and Hazard, who had scored, ran to the left and slid on his knees to cut the ball.

Hazard is relatively short, and he plays the role of a stealer on the outside during the team's corner attack.

No matter what, Hazard's finishing ability is still exaggerated.

Pear blossom scent?
How can pear blossoms be as fragrant as Azar!

"Du Mistkerl (idiot)!!!"

Hazard was running to the visiting team's stands. Seeing their team concede a goal, the Dortmund fans were already feeling excited.

But then again, Dortmund fans don't care about Hazard.

The celebration is over!
……

(End of this chapter)