Chapter 087 Stamford Bridge Stadium
At noon that day, the rain in London suddenly stopped, which made the whole team of Marseille happy. At this time, the rain stopped. After half a day, the drainage system of Stamford Bridge should be able to drain the rain.
However, before the game, when they arrived at the visiting team's locker room at Stamford Bridge Stadium, took a break and went to the court to warm up. When every Marseille player saw the Stamford Bridge Stadium, they were stunned.
"This...this...didn't the rain stop at noon?" Yashioi was stunned. He threw down the ball, and the bounce of the ball was really bad. The water is seriously stagnant on the site.
Zhang Yang was also a little stunned. When they came to the stadium for adaptive training yesterday, they were a little surprised. The situation of Stamford Bridge is not as good as that of Verrodom Stadium. However, in any case, although the venue is not good, it is still tolerable. After all, Chelsea is not It's also playing football on such a field.
However, the situation of today's venue is worse than when I adapted to the venue yesterday. The water accumulation in the venue is too serious. I don't know that the rain has not stopped. In addition, the venue seems to be more pitted.
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"Be careful when warming up and don't kick your foot." Assistant coach Hiltney went to the field and looked at it. His angry face was about to turn green, and he quickly reminded him loudly.
"What the hell! Isn't Chelsea's boss rich? Why is the venue so bad?
"Idiot, they did it on purpose. The Chelsea people must be very adaptable to such a venue, which has made us suffer.
"We want to complain to UEFA."
"Is the complaint useful? Chelsea people can completely say that this is the reason for the rain these days.
Marseille head coach Fernandez's face is also ugly. Complaints must be complained, but complaints must be useless. Not to mention UEFA's work efficiency, the game is about to begin. In addition, they just threw the ball on the court and tried it. Although the elasticity of the ball is not very good, The ball did not float. According to the rules, such a venue can be played. Therefore, even if they complain, it won't have any effect.
Zhang Yang kicked the ball forward, and then he went to chase the ball. Fortunately, assistant coach Hiltney had just reminded everyone that Zhang Yang paid more attention to it. Otherwise, he might have really scratched his foot.
When it comes to adapting to the venue, it's so difficult. When it's really time for the game, it's okay. Don't worry about getting hurt at any time. You will definitely be distracted when playing football.
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"Mourinho really thinks highly of us." Zhang Yang said with a sneer.
Ribery is also bitter. In the game, the breakthrough of 'Scar Man' on the side is the offensive weapon of Marseille, but it is really difficult to expect Ribery to play too well in such a field.
"I don't believe that Chelsea people will not be affected?" Nasri said with hatred.
"Of course, they will also be affected, but it must be less affected than ours." Zhang Yang said. Anyway, Chelsea players are also native of London, and they must have adapted to the slippery field for a long time. Although the field is bad, as long as the Chelsea people are careful, they must be much more comfortable than the Marseilles.
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"All be careful, be serious." Fernandez said, "Pay attention to the unevenness, and don't accidentally get hurt during the game."
Even if Fernandez doesn't say this, the players will seriously adapt to the field. No one wants to be accidentally injured in such a field.
As everyone adapted to the venue, they scolded Chelsea in their hearts that it was really cruel. Such a way could be guised. However, on second thought, Chelsea actually so 'valued' Marseille, and even had some indisused means, and some guys were inexplicably proud.
The Stamford Bridge is full.
The reporters at the media table also arrived early. They were a little stunned when they saw today's venue situation. Although Stamford Bridge is a relatively old stadium, the drainage system is not bad. How did it become like this?
"Mourinho is really unscrupulous in order to win." A reporter from Marseille sarcasticly said.
However, his words were opposed by some English reporters. The reason for the opposition is that Chelsea is much stronger than Marseille in the face of Marseille. There is no need to use this method at all. The situation of the venue must be caused by the weather, which is an accident.
French journalists, especially those from Marseille, sneered at their English counterparts.
"This must be Chelsea's fear of our Zhang Yang and Ribery. Now that the situation at the venue is so bad, the speed advantage of the two of them can't be played." The reporter of Marseille Athlete said angrily.
When he said this, many reporters also nodded frequently. Indeed, the most threatening of the Marseille team are Zhang Yang and Ribery. When the two are restricted, Marseille's attack is no threat, and Chelsea is different. Chelsea plays the whole. Although it also emphasizes the speed of advance, it will not Overly dependent on a certain player. Therefore, the impact of this situation on Chelsea is relatively small.
In addition, the Marseille players are not as famous as Chelsea, but Marseille is also a technical genre. In such a field, their tactical play will be limited.
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After warming up, the Marseille team returned to the visiting team's locker room.
"You have seen the situation of the venue, and now you don't have to think about how the venue can be like this." Fernandez told his players that anyway, what he decided before this game was the tactics of defensive counterattack. The current situation is just to promote his more thorough 'defense'. "In this game, our tactics are defensive counterattack, and the first task is not to lose the ball. Limited to the court, once you get the ball in the backcourt, you can pass the ball directly to the front without passing through the midfield.
"Zhang Yang, you don't need to defend back in front of you." Fernandez said to Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang nodded, saying that he knew that the defensive counterattack tactics meant that the team would get much less attack, and this also meant that he must cherish and seize every rare offensive opportunity.
In addition, in today's game, Marseille did not line up as a double striker, but a single striker. The real shooter was only Zhang Yang, while Morentz and Yang. Kohler is sitting on the bench, which also means that Zhang Yang must shoulder the responsibility of the team's goals.
Marseille adopts a single striker, one less person on the forward line, one more person in the midfield, reduce the transition of the midfield, avoid mistakes, strengthen the defense in the midfield when defending, and curb Chelsea's attack.
In fact, the Marseille team's 'long pass rushing' is also a helpless move. Obviously, their opponent Chelsea is more familiar with this tactic. Although Chelsea also pays attention to ground cooperation, at least it comes from the English League. Long pass rushing is a good ability.
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Just after the warm-up, Zhang Yang and Drogba met in the player's corridor, and the two chatted for a while.
Zhang Yang first expressed his gratitude to Drogba. It was the 'French National Derby' in the first round of Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain in the first half of the season. Zhang Yang was attacked by extreme fans of Paris Saint-Germain. After he had a fierce conflict with extreme fans, Drogba, who was far away in London, stood up for Zhang Yang and accused The behavior of extreme fans of Paris Saint-Germain should be condemned.
Although the two will become opponents after the start of the game, the two Marseille strikers talked happily before, and they even talked about the hype about the two in the media.
Although both of them know the hype of the media, it is just to build momentum for Chelsea VS Marseille. But whether it's Drogba or Zhang Yang, they are obviously the kind of arrogant guys. Although they didn't say anything, they really mean to have a good competition after the game starts.
"Hey, Zhang. Wait for the loss and treat me to dinner!" Drogba said to Zhang Yang.
"It's not certain who loses and who wins." Zhang Yang smiled confidently.
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The game has not yet started. Twenty-one cameras at the Stamford Bridge Stadium scanned the stands, hoping to find some pictures that interest the audience and fans.
A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes appeared on the camera, and the live director immediately lit up.
"No. 11 machine, back down! Back off! Let's see who that is?"
The director immediately recognized who the man was. It was Jorge, the 'super agent' of European football. Mr. Mendes.
"Menders also went to the scene to watch the game." The commentator immediately said excitedly, "In this game, in addition to Drogba and Zhang Yang, who are players from Marseille, there is another interesting point, that is, Chelsea head coach Mourinho and Marseille striker Zhang Yang are both stars of Mendes."
Mendes deserves to be the economic giant in football. He has many stars, including Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona's Deco and Marcos, and Chelsea's Carvalho. Of course, we won't forget the No. 9 in Marseille.
In fact, Mendes's career began in 2004. In this year, with the help of the Portuguese stadium Porto team to win the European Championship, Jorge Mendes sent a number of players and Mourinho to Chelsea. While exchanging the largest income in history for Porto, he also completed it himself. Since the first outbreak of his career, Jorge Mendes has become the most powerful agent in Europe.
And Jorge Mendes' own experience is indeed legendary. Jorge Mendes' father is a government official and his mother is a housewife. Mendes was a player when he was young, playing left winger (perhaps why he prefers Cristiano Ronaldo). However, his talent on the court is far less than that of Manchester United players, and most of his time in a third-class club. The effectiveness of the music department explains everything. But in the era of players, Mendes has shown his business acumen. He has contracted the advertising rights on the outer wall of the stadium, and he also opened a football video rental store. In fact, the beginning of Mendes's giant enterprise is due to the original video store. The rental and sale of football videos made Mendes know the player information all over the world well, and also made him understand the meaning of portrait rights.
On the wall of Mendes's office, there are all kinds of jerseys, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Tiago, Pepe and Mourinho, and even the jerseys worn by Barcelona players Deco and Marcos in the 2006 Champions League final.
Mendes once joked and asked Zhang Yang for a jersey, who said that after Marseille won the league championship, he would give the jersey to Mendes.
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In the great cheers of Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home game against Marseille began in the eighth final of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League.
The idea of Marseille head coach Fernandez is to sacrifice the attack, try to defend, and strive to leave Stamford Bridge without conceded, which is a victory for Marseille.
But just seven minutes after the start of the game, he found that his tactics could be said to be completely wrong.
Chelsea players are not affected by the field. They seem to have been used to this bad land for a long time. The Blues' attack is orderly and quickly turns their offensive advantage into goals.
Drogba ran a distance, and then he raised his hands, and other Chelsea players rushed towards him. Lampard laughed and hugged Drogba to celebrate the team's goal.
"What a beautiful goal. Drogba showed everyone why he was called 'Warcraft' by the fans. Marseille captain Dehu was not Drogba's opponent in the physical confrontation, and the I'Ivoire's shot was strong! 1:0! Chelsea took the lead early, and it was the former Marseille striker Drogba who scored for them!"
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PS: The first update.