Chapter 31

Due to Sedwell’s experience, John, the No. 12 player who came on as his substitute, played more steadily, passing the ball when he needed to, without any ambiguity at all.

Finally, at the 40th minute of the second half, John, who came on as a substitute, received the ball and had an idea. He passed the ball through the gap between the two players of the opposite Mexican American team. No. 10 forward Joe Cole quickly stepped forward. After chasing for a few meters, the football was successfully stepped on, and then he took a shot from the spot.

The football flew high and hit the dead center of the goal. The goalkeeper of the Mexican American team, Crane, jumped up immediately with the intention of saving the football. However, he obviously took off a little too early. Before he himself began to be affected by the gravity of the earth, When it falls, the football continues to fly under the influence of Cole's force and does not reach the point of fall.

So even though Crane had stretched his arm as straight as possible, he still failed to touch the football and change its direction of force. When his feet stepped on the lawn of Stamford Bridge, the football also hit the ground. In the net.

"GOALLLL!!!"

"Excellent passing coordination! John's pass was a stroke of genius, and the players of the Mexican American team did not react at all!"

"Mourinho was very decisive in his substitutions, and John did not let down their host. The coach’s expectations!”

“There are less than three minutes left before the end of the game. Can the Mexican American team score two goals to tie the score in these three minutes?”

“One thing to say, this is difficult. Judging from the saves of the two goalkeepers, our Chelsea goalkeeper Endritt was obviously better. Facing the same shot that went straight into the dead center, Endritt easily put the football into his arms. Rather than saving the football! This is undoubtedly more proof of Endrit's ability!"

"And it is worth mentioning that Endrit hit the crossbar when he saved, but God, he looked like nothing happened. No! He may not just be an iron-faced superman, his head is also made of iron!"

"Mourinho values ​​Endritt very much. With his outstanding performance, Cech's starting position in the new season is probably in doubt. ”

Under the chatter of the commentators, the celebration time after the goal passed, and the Mexican American team launched a fast break in the last few minutes.

"It's Anderson again! He's very fast!"

"A fried ball! He broke through Michael directly!"

"Anderson rushed outside the penalty area! Ashley made a sliding tackle! The football was cut off! The football flew directly to the baseline. "

Dududu..."

"The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game! Let us congratulate Chelsea for their 2-0 victory over Mexico America!"

Ashley successfully tackled the opponent's last ball at the last minute. Being pulled up by Glenn standing next to him, Ashley lowered his head and patted the grass clippings on his body, and then couldn't help but look back at Zhou Liran, who was taking off his gloves in front of the goal.

Zhou Liran originally planned to go back to the locker room and take off his gloves, but now he wanted to rub his head, so he did it now, but why did he feel like he was being stared at?

Zhou Liran looked up and then found the No. 3 defender Ashley staring at him. When he saw him looking over, he smiled at him. Zhou Liran raised his eyebrows, then walked over, reached out and patted his shoulder, "Well done! I thought the football was going to hit me in the face again, but luckily you are here."

Ashley's face His smile brightened instantly, and he immediately extended his hand towards Zhou Liran, "Ashley Cole, welcome to join Chelsea."

Zhou Liran smiled and shook hands with him, "This is my honor, from now on the goal will be Leave it to me."

Zhou Liran was not surprised that Ashley extended a hand of friendship to him first. How should I put it, the year before last, in June 2005, Ashley was still at Arsenal Football Club. The club allowed a private meeting with Mourinho, and the FA fined Ashley £100,000 afterwards.

Then on September 9 last year, Ashley transferred from Arsenal to Chelsea for 6.29 million pounds - this kid came out of Arsenal's youth training camp.

Zhou Liran didn't know the reason and motivation behind his support for his transfer, but there was no doubt that he recognized Mourinho's coaching philosophy, and Mourinho also trusted Ashley.

After moving to Chelsea last year, Ashley played in the Champions League group stage as a starting defender as soon as he came over. However, it is a pity that Ashley suffered a serious knee injury in the Premier League match against Blackburn in January this year and subsequently missed nine rounds of the league. After he recovered from the injury, he continued to play as a starting player in the victory over Manchester United. FA Cup.

Shevchenko was crying (bushi),

but after the game, Zhou Liran understood why Mourinho preferred Ashley - he was really serious when playing, even if his knees were often injured, But he still tackled when he needed to and bumped into when he needed to. There was no ambiguity at all. The reason Zhou Liran was very familiar with him was because throughout the game, Ashley spent most of the time running and often appeared in Zhou Liran's sight. .

The two of them chatted casually while returning to the locker room together. Ashley enthusiastically offered to invite Zhou Liran to dinner after Mourinho announced his disbandment. Zhou Liran agreed, but Mourinho did not agree - of course, the latter did not. Not knowing about this, he just asked Zhou Liran to stay after announcing the disbandment.

"Why haven't you gotten rid of this problem? Do you really think your head is made of iron? Why didn't you take the initiative to make the save just now? Can't you just take a few steps forward and jump up to save the football? There were several defenders in front of you at the time. You can safely shoot the football, they will catch it! The defenders of the home team are not your teammates in the youth team, they will not let the opponent's follow-up shot succeed!"

Zhou Liran lowered his head and pretended to be a quail, not daring to say a word: Mu What Rinho said makes sense. He can indeed take the initiative to shoot the football away, so he does not have to have his head in close contact with the crossbar - but the problem is that if he does not choose to save like this, then his position at Chelsea will be In the first game, he will prove with ironclad facts that he is indeed the Iron Masked Superman.

However, the biggest reason for this situation is because he is not strong enough. If it's enough, he'll be able to react and won't have his head buzzing trying to save the ball.

"I will practice with you," Mourinho said coldly: "Don't hug the football, throw away the football I kick towards you!"