Chapter 89

On January 15, before Modric, Endrit received Alneka at the airport.

Chelsea officials also subsequently issued a statement that Alneca will officially join Chelsea Club for a price of 15 million pounds.

After Alneca successfully joined Chelsea, rumors about Drogba's possible switch to AC Milan immediately spread. According to media reports, AC Milan intends to offer 30 million euros to own striker Didier Drogba from Cote d'Ivoire.

However, media reports are true. Chelsea fans or most English fans do not believe that Drogba will transfer during this winter window: the 07/08 season schedule is almost over, and with Endritt around, Chelsea is about to move. He has won the championship and won the trophy. Is Drogba stupid to leave at this time?

Although AC Milan's offer is very high, is Chelsea a team that lacks that much money? Their team does lack a lot of things, but the only thing they don't lack is pounds. Unless Drogba is determined and wants to leave, Chelsea will never let him go.

"I was a little worried that Drogba would want to play in Serie A, but he told me that he wanted to win more championships with me..."

Ronaldinho snorted and interrupted Endrit, "Don't Changing the subject, does this matter have anything to do with your pick-up of Arneka at the airport?"

Endrit coughed quickly, "No, it really has nothing to do with it, but I picked up Ivanovich before. If I didn't pick up Alneca when he transferred, wouldn't it mean that I didn't value him? This would affect the unity of our team.

"Shouldn't your Chelsea captain worry about the unity of the team?" Ronaldinho did not accept this reason, "Where is Ballack? Wasn't he just given the captain's armband by coach Mourinho a few days ago? Why didn't he pick it up?"

Endrit reached out and pressed the marshmallow created by the system. The brain was running at high speed, "Well... because I want to practice in advance, so that when you transfer to our Chelsea in the future, I will be more comfortable when I pick you up..."

Ronaldinho was frightened by Endrit's words. He jumped and interrupted him quickly: "I am from Manchester United, how could I transfer to Chelsea..."

"What if..." Endrit's voice became a little lower, "I know this may be difficult. , But you know, I really want to play football with you in the same stadium."

"Ahem!"

Xiao Luo on the other side coughed and stammered: "That's okay, just in case. There's a chance."

"Then," Endrit's voice trailed off, "I might have to practice again after a while."

"What?"

"I have to pick up another player..."

"Hey!"

...

On January 19,

the Chelsea team went to St. Andrews Park to challenge the Premier League team Birmingham City.

Birmingham City head coach McLeish arranged a 433 formation to face Chelsea, with goalkeeper Taylor, defenders Schmitz, Quedru, Kelly, and Ridgewell, midfielders Larson, Johnson, and Wamba, and forwards O'Connor, Kapp, Jerome.

Chelsea deployed a very safe 451 tactical formation in this game. The reason for this was not only that many main players could not play, but also because in the second half of the season, Mourinho began to adjust the team's tactical layout.

Although Endritt is known as the Iron Man, I am not worried about being injured and missing the game. Mourinho himself also believes in Endritt's physical fitness. However, in the second half of the season, there are many games and high intensity. Mourinho O couldn't bet on Endrit not getting hurt at all.

For this reason, Mourinho will no longer let Chelsea go directly to train Endrit's actual defensive ability as he did in the first half of the season in the first round of the Champions League. Instead, he will pay more attention to the team's defense.

Let’s not talk about the defense for the moment. Before the game started, Mourinho specifically emphasized the midfield defense to the five midfielders Wright-Phillips, Sidwell, Cole, Ballack and Malouda who started this game. importance.

"After having Endrit, I found that all of you are no longer paying attention to defense. Because you begin to think that with Endrit guarding the goal, the opponent will not score, so even if you put all your attention It doesn’t matter if you focus all your efforts on offense.”

“Yes, I allow you to do this in the first half of the season because our team lacks a more efficient offense, but in the second half of the season you can no longer ignore the importance of defense in the game. The second half of the season is short and the tasks are heavy. If you start to improve your defensive awareness when Endritt is unable to play due to injury, it will be too late. "

"If you don't perform well in this game, I will be there at any time . Substitution. "

In this game, offense is not the most important thing."

"Defense! I hope all of you will remember this word!"

At the beginning of January, the team has slowly changed from its original offensive method. Switch to the current passing and receiving style to cooperate with the overall offense. Now, Chelsea is beginning to emphasize overall defense.

Birmingham City's head coach McLeish had no idea before the start of the game that the miracle of victory they had achieved against Arsenal and Liverpool had hit the iron wall.

After the game starts, when the football is at the feet of Birmingham City players, they often take a long shot directly into the Chelsea half within a few minutes.

The football was saved by Endrit and as soon as the ball came to Chelsea, the Birmingham City players immediately became aggressive. They directly collided with the Chelsea players with their bodies, stole the ball directly from the feet of the Chelsea players and immediately launched a quick counterattack.

When facing Arsenal and Liverpool in the past, this kind of quick and crisp counterattack directly passed the opponent's midfielder, relying on the player's personal ability to break through the defense and face the goalkeeper, with a 50% chance of scoring directly.

Before the game started, McLeish thought that the stumbling block his team would face was the goalkeeper Endrit who had a clean sheet record in the Premier League. However, he never expected that at the beginning of the game, when Birmingham City launched a quick counterattack for the third time, they I was very shocked that my obstacle turned out to be Chelsea's midfielder - or rather, the midfield defense.

This was the 31st minute after the start of the game, and the score remained at 0:0. Birmingham City midfielder Mwamba received the ball and passed it directly to forward O'Connor outside the Chelsea penalty area.

In Birmingham City's last quick counterattack, the football was passed to forward Kapp. Kapp shot in front of the goal, but was caught by Endrit after leaping high.

So this time, Mwamba made a move to pass the football to Jerome on the right, kicked his right foot from above the football, passed Chelsea midfielder Malouda, and then kicked the football out with his left foot.

The football flew directly to the left wing under the influence of force, but not long after the football flew out, Wright-Phillips, who was coming back from injury to play the game, jumped up from the left wing, stopped the ball with his chest, and flicked the football away with his header. To fellow defender Alex.

"God!" The commentator was shocked. "Wright-Phillips recovered very well. After returning from injury, he ran very actively. He directly destroyed an attack by Birmingham City!"

Ten minutes later, when Ballack was in the middle After the football was directly cut off from the feet of Birmingham City midfielder Johnson, and another Birmingham City attack was forcibly interrupted, the commentator sang praises again.

"Due to injuries to Terry and Lampard, Mourinho put the captain's armband on Ballack, who returned from injury, and the latter obviously did not let us down. He was in very good condition today."

"Dudududu..."

"The referee Stiles blew the whistle to end the game. The score between the two sides is still 0:0. It seems that the outcome of today's game will be decided in the second half."

... … McLeish, the head coach

of Birmingham City’s home team’s dressing room

, opened the door and analyzed Chelsea’s tactics for his players in today’s game.

"Obviously, Chelsea's midfielder has strengthened its defense. They had very few coordinated attacks throughout the first half. Although they had a high ball possession rate, they only had three effective offensive shots."

"This may be an opportunity, Mourinho In order to ensure Endritt's appearance rate in the second half of the schedule, the team's own defense was strengthened in this game. The purpose was to make Endritt easier on the court, and these arrangements are very likely to make Endritt special.

"So, in the second half, we tried to make long passes to bypass or directly cut through the Chelsea midfielder. " The three forwards, "O'Connor, Kapp and Jerome, in the second half of the game, you must always pay attention to Endrit's position and status."

"If you persist for another forty-five minutes, don't you have the confidence to be the first to break the ball? " Endrit's goal forward?" Mourinho applauded the midfielder for his outstanding performance in the first half

in the Chelsea visiting team locker room

, "Well done, it seems that you really remembered the word defense, throughout the first half. The defense in the midfield is very good. Even if the goalkeeper in this game is not Endrit, you can completely defend Chelsea's goal without a goalkeeper. "

But, everyone!" Mourinho raised his voice and looked at it. The Chelsea players glanced over, "For this game, those fans who followed us all the way to St. Andrews Park, are they just looking forward to a 0:0 game?"

"Don't you want to start from here ? Take away three points? If you want to, you can't just remember the word defense in the second half. "While focusing on defense," Mourinho's eyes fell on Pizarro, the starting forward in the first half. The latter looked nervous because of his words before he looked back and continued slowly: "Add another offensive point."

"Alneka," Mourinho looked at him not long after joining the team. Alneca said, "You will also play in the second half."

At the end, Mourinho called Endritt aside to talk alone.

"I didn't want to say these words to you originally, because you have maintained a high degree of concentration in every game in the past, so I know you will not deliberately relax just because the team has strengthened its defense." Mourinho Patted Endrit on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "You will do this, right?"

Endrit:...

"Coach," Endrit's voice was low, but Mourinho still listened from this voice. A strong sense of complaint could be heard in the room, "When you say such things to me, you obviously don't believe me yet~"

"I believe you," Mourinho nodded, meaning, "Of course I do. I believe in you, but sometimes some people will betray my trust, what do you think?"

Endrit was silent. He knew what the coach meant: In recent times, he has been training with the team. Sharp decrease. There was no such thing as extra training. As soon as the team's prescribed training time came, Endritt immediately ended the training, packed up and went home.

The change was very obvious, and his teammates all looked at him with relief: OK, OK, you finally won't get involved with us.

The teammates are happy, but coach Mourinho has been frowning recently. But since he didn't say anything, Endrit just pretended that he didn't see anything and went to get off work on time every day.

"Why aren't you talking?" Mourinho raised an eyebrow, "Trying to think of a reason to explain everything?"

"Coach, my training time has not been reduced," Endrit raised his head and looked directly at coach Mourinho. With sincere eyes, he said, "My training time has even increased a lot."

Since the upgrade of the love system, Endrit will automatically enter the virtual imagination space every night after falling asleep and be abused by the football king Pele.

Other players can play happily without thinking about anything when they are on vacation, but Endritt will train in the virtual imagination space for a long time even on his nights off.

He was not tired physically, but mentally he was very tired and even irritable. After persisting for almost two weeks, Endrit felt that his mental pressure was overwhelming, so he decisively decided not to abuse himself anymore and chose to reduce training time during the day.

"Where did it increase?"

Mourinho asked patiently, but Endritt couldn't explain it clearly: Telling the truth in the dream would probably make coach Mourinho even more angry, right?

"Efficiency," Endrit thought for a moment and changed a word, "I mean, my training efficiency has increased a lot in recent times."

When Mourinho opened his mouth to say something, the staff There was a reminder at the door that the ten-minute break was up and it was time for them to pack up and leave the locker room to go to the pitch to play football.

Endrit breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave with his teammates when Mourinho stuffed a candy in his hand.

"Don't think too much, I don't blame you." Mourinho touched Endrit's head, "We'll talk after the game."

Endrit said oh and stuffed the candy back into Mourinho In the hands of the coach, "Then wait until I finish the game before eating candy."

Endritt understood that Coach Mourinho was just afraid that he would think too much and affect his state in the second half of the game.

The reason why coach Mourinho suddenly mentioned this topic during halftime today is probably because he has not trained during this period and has slacked off. He deliberately clicked on him during the game to scare him and make him Don't dare to slack off anymore, and return to the strongest form that you used to win over your teammates in the club.

Endrit knows it, but the problem is, he is not slacking off anymore! He was so tired that he had no choice but to do it! He felt that if he continued to practice during the day and at night, sooner or later he would become a guest of the psychiatrist again.

...

"Welcome back, what you are watching is the 23rd round of the 2007/08 Premier League season, the second half of the game between Birmingham City and Chelsea at home."

"Birmingham City has not made personnel adjustments, and the Chelsea team has Alneca. Midfielder Cole was replaced on the field, and Chelsea's tactical formation changed from 451 to 442. It seems that Chelsea will strengthen its attack in the second half. "

Birmingham City coach McLeish's face was a little dark when he saw Chelsea's changes in the second half, but there was a problem. Not much - MacLeish said to himself. After all, all teams are pursuing victory. Chelsea did not score in the first half, and it is very normal to add an offensive point in the second half.

Now it depends on whether Chelsea still pays attention to the defense of the home midfield. If they still pay attention, then Birmingham City still has a chance to win.

In the 58th minute after the game started, Birmingham City defender Quadreu made a long pass in the Chelsea frontcourt.

This was a long pass that wanted to fly directly to Chelsea's backcourt, but as soon as the football flew to Chelsea's midfield, Chelsea's current captain Ballack jumped high and bumped the football with his head, changing the direction of the football. He turned around and flew towards the wing, but was stepped on by Alex after stopping the ball.

Quadreu took a step back and turned to look at Coach McLeish who was standing on the sidelines. The latter's face was rosy. After confirming that Chelsea was still paying attention to the defense of the midfield, he waved his hand, indicating that the players should continue to follow the rules during the halftime break. Plans continue to move forward.

The football was passed from the Chelsea backcourt to the midfield. Sidwell waded through the ball and slowly advanced forward.

In the 65th minute, Birmingham City midfielder Mwamba made a sliding tackle towards Pizarro who had just received the ball, directly interrupting Chelsea's advancing attack.

Pizarro was knocked to the ground by Mwamba. Referee Stiles ran over with a whistle, communicated with the linesman and gave Mwamba a yellow card.

Birmingham City coach McLeish stood on the sidelines, covering his forehead and sighing: What's going on? Why do I feel like my condition is completely wrong when I play against Chelsea? When they played against Arsenal and Liverpool before, they have already scored goals! And now... not only did they not score, but they also received a yellow card?

When the game restarted,

the two teams collided again in the Birmingham City midfield. Pizarro picked up the ball again and chose a long shot, which was directly collected by Birmingham City goalkeeper Taylor.

The score remained unchanged, and McLeish made two substitutions in the 72nd minute.

In the 77th minute, Mourinho used his last substitution opportunity. Defender Bridge replaced midfielder Malouda, and the team's lineup instantly became 532.

It was a pretty clear sign and Chelsea immediately launched an attack as soon as play resumed.

Two minutes later, Belletti passed a long pass from the backcourt to forward Pizarro. Pizarro received the ball in the penalty area and volleyed directly. The football went straight to the dead corner and scored.

Birmingham City 0:1 Chelsea

Mourinho was very satisfied. When the players celebrated excitedly, he called Ballack aside and emphasized the team's strategy of continuing to defend.

Yes, when the 07/08 season entered the second half, Mourinho no longer cared about the number of goals scored in each game, that was no longer important. The most important thing is to preserve more physical strength of the team members, take appropriate breaks, and allow all the main players to appear on the field and run the entire court in important games. Birmingham City, one goal behind

when the game restarted,

launched a fierce attack on Chelsea's goal. Naturally, the midfielder with only three players left could not block Birmingham City's long pass as before, but when Birmingham City's players passed the football long to the Chelsea half, forward O'Connor took just a few steps and was beaten by Bailey. Ti and Carvalho attacked back and forth. One second the football flew to his feet, and the next second O'Connor took the ball and ran a few steps before it was directly cut off by Carvalho's football.

"Beep beep..."

Referee Stiles blew the whistle at the end of the game. Chelsea took away three points from St. Andrews Park and won the victory!

"Alneca has just arrived at Chelsea and this is his first show, but he looks a little nervous. Although he didn't make any low-level mistakes, he obviously can't keep up with Chelsea's game rhythm and is always a step slower when returning to defense. "

In the absence of Drogba and Kalu, the pressure on Pizarro and the newly added forward Alneca has increased significantly. Now, Pizarro has proven himself that he withstood the pressure at the end of today's game.

"Looking at the second half alone, Alneca's performance was not a perfect debut. I hope he can integrate into Chelsea soon. " "

Chelsea's new defender Ivanovic did not appear in this game. It seems that the Serbian still needs some time to win the trust of coach Mourinho."

...

After the game, I got on the bus and returned. At Chelsea, Ivanovic, who had been sitting in the car early, waved to Endritt and motioned for the latter to sit next to him. He wanted to talk to Endritt about training together.

"I will go to the team to train during my vacation tomorrow," Ivanovic looked at his legendary teammate, "Do you want to come to train with me then?"

Endrit pressed his eyelids up with his index finger. After mentioning it, "Look at the red bloodshot eyes. I want to sleep in tomorrow. Is it okay to wait until the day after tomorrow? I will tell the assistant coach the day after tomorrow when the team is training, and I will practice with you then. "

"Yeah!" Ivanovic nodded and said very touched: "Thank you."

Mourinho turned his head and stared at Endrit seriously. After thinking for a few seconds, he turned his head silently. I was drafting silently in my mind.

To be honest, he's a little annoyed now. Mourinho directly criticized any player who had not been serious about training recently. In serious cases, he would not even let him start the game. He would only consider letting the player start again after he corrected his attitude and performed very well.

But if this matter falls on Endrit, Mourinho feels a little bored. Because it felt wrong no matter what I said - when Endritt looked up at him in the locker room and said that his training time had increased, Mourinho even felt that Endritt was right at that moment.

'Am I being too spoiled? '

Mourinho grinded his teeth secretly and decided silently in his heart that he must be serious when talking about Endrit! Be ruthless! Be cruel! It would make Endrit burst into tears and regret coming into this world!

After returning to Chelsea, everyone tidied up in the locker room and then went back to their homes. Endrit, who was about to drive home with his teammates, was stopped by Mourinho.

Talk now?

Endrit stopped, a little flustered. He doesn't want to train more, but how can he make coach Mourinho accept that he is not depraved and not training seriously, but should relax his mind appropriately and not put himself under pressure?

"I'll drive you home."

"Ah?" Endrit raised his head in confusion, "Shouldn't we go to the office to talk?"

"I'll take you to dinner first." Mourinho pursed his lips, "After dinner "Besides."

After I finish scolding Endrit, the latter will be in no mood to eat, so I'd better take this kid to eat first.

"What do you want to eat? I'm treating you."

Endrit raised his head and glanced at Mourinho. After confirming that the latter was still looking unhappy, he tried: "Can you eat whatever you want?

" " Well."

"What about fried chicken?"

Mourinho glanced down at Endrit and frowned, "Okay.

Let this kid have some. " Eat what you want.

Mourinho immediately agreed, but Endrit didn't dare to really let go. He nibbled on a small fried chicken leg and stopped eating.

"Don't want to eat?"

Endritt nodded.

"That's fine," Mourinho took away a piece of fried chicken. "Although this kind of food is delicious, you athletes should eat less. When you retire one day, you can eat whatever you want..."

Evening 20 :00

Mourinho called Endritt to the study and began to ask him about his recent slack in training.

"I don't know what happened to you recently, but if it was before, you would have promised Ivanovic to train together tomorrow. Even if you are busy on vacation tomorrow, you will not go out of your way to train together the day after tomorrow. Tell the assistant coach that you will choose to add more training instead of changing the training content. "

Ritter, I need a reason. I need you to tell me how long your current state will last. Are you no longer as passionate as you were before?" Is it football?”

Endrit raised his head and looked at coach Mourinho, letting the latter feel his sincerity, "Coach, I haven't slacked off in training. I love training as much as before. The reason why I haven't trained more recently is because I feel that sometimes In fact,

Ichimo 's additional training cannot improve my ability. I have been using my free time to watch Pele's games recently, and I have been thinking about what I would do to make a successful save if my opponent was him." Rinho remained silent until Endrit said that he had discovered something in his recent research.

"Pele's speed burst and physical confrontation ability are top-notch, and his physical strength and jumping ability are also very good. But for me as a goalkeeper, the reason why Pele is really difficult to guard is that his body coordination is so good. When I When he thought his body was out of balance and about to fall, not only did he not fall, but he also made a change of direction at the same time..."

Mourinho sat up straight and looked at Endrit who was speaking seriously.

"His long-distance shots are more difficult to defend. At first, I was not sure exactly how his football flew over, especially his free kicks that hit the ground and bounced off the crossbar and into the goal..."

Watch Seeing Mourinho no longer frowning, Endritt breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I still love football, and I don't mind continuing to do a lot of training. But when I found that if I want to continue to Thinking about how to defend better while training too much will slow down my brain and make me feel so tired that I don’t want to do it anymore.”

“I consulted a psychiatrist. He said that everyone’s energy is limited, and I can’t hold myself tight all the time. I have to learn to relax appropriately.” Endrit lowered his head silently and opened his eyes hard to hold back some tears, “I’m sorry, coach. I just don't want you to worry, I will try to adjust myself."

Mourinho reached out and patted Endrit on the shoulder, "I'm sorry, Ritter, I scolded you today."

"But you know, I didn't. I don't mean to blame you, I'm just worried about you. You know Beckham, right? I'm just like Coach Ferguson at that time," Mourinho silently pulled out the target, "I have too much expectations for you at this time. Well, I'm worried that if you don't train during this period of time, you will start to slack off after realizing that it has no impact on your strength for the time being. From not training to skipping training, your talent will be completely wasted."

"But Coach Ferguson and I. It’s different, I will communicate with you well, and we will not become enemies..."

Endrit did not speak, with question marks on his forehead: When did Coach Mourinho scold him? Why doesn't he have any impression?

...

After talking to coach Mourinho, Endritt started his new training career.

For Endrit, not training more is just a cover-up. In fact, his real training time and training efficiency have been greatly improved compared to before.

As for Endrit's teammates, Endrit's whole body without training is simply exuding an extremely bright light!

When the leader of the Chelsea team finally stopped rolling, the Chelsea teammates who were forced to roll in due to Endrit's presence finally came to get off work on time.

Endrit pinched and walked, and they followed Endrit's pinch and walked.

"I'm so happy!" Makelele couldn't help but shed tears of emotion. "I finally came out to have fun after a day of training!"

"Go have a drink!"

"I haven't been with my girl for a long time. Friends are so sweet together! I was so tired before and fell asleep every time I went back..."

The whole Chelsea was exuding a relaxed and happy atmosphere because of the disappearance of the king. Mourinho looked on with cold eyes and watched them return to Enderli. The training status before Te was promoted to the first team.

"If it was a year ago, I never would have thought that such a normal training state would make me happy." Alex said that he had something to say, "Sure enough, human happiness is all about contrast."

… …

January 24, Goodison Park Stadium, EFL Cup semi-final, Everton VS Chelsea.

In the 69th minute after the opening, Cole scored from a long shot outside the penalty area. Chelsea successfully advanced to the League Cup final with a one-goal advantage.

On January 26, Chelsea officially announced the signing of Argentine forward Franco DiSanto.

January 27, DW Stadium, FA Cup Round of 32, Wigan Athletic VS Chelsea.

In the 53rd minute after the opening, Alneca scored with a shot and scored his first goal at Chelsea.

In the 82nd minute, Wright-Phillips scored from a long shot from the left wing and Chelsea advanced smoothly.

On January 31, in the 24th round of the Premier League, at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea vs. Reading

opened in the 32nd minute. Ferreira assisted Ballack to score, and Chelsea won 1:0.

On February 2, in the 25th round of the Premier League, at Fratton Park Stadium, Portsmouth vs Chelsea

opened in the 55th minute. Cole assisted Alneca to score successfully, and Chelsea won another three points.

February 10, the 26th round of the Premier League, Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea vs Liverpool. Chelsea

lineup 433: goalkeeper Endrit, defenders Belletti, Carvalho, Alex, Ashley, midfielder Makelele , Ballack, Lampard, forward Wright-Phillips, Cole, Anelka.

Liverpool lineup 442: Goalkeeper Reina, defenders Finnan, Skrtel, Carragher, Riise, midfielder Mascherano, Gerrard, Lucas, Bebar, forwards Kuyt and Crowe strange.

At 16:00 on February 10th,

referee Riley blew the whistle to start the game.

The pace of this game was very fast. In the third minute after the opening, Belletti committed a handball foul in the backcourt and referee Riley gave him a yellow card. Two minutes later, Alneca quickly counterattacked and passed the football to Cole in the middle. Cole broke through with the ball but was stopped by Liverpool defender Skrtel midway.

Mourinho silently wrote Cole's name in a small notebook.

In the 15th minute after the opening, Liverpool defender Finnan made a pass from the right. After receiving the ball, Crouch passed Makelele and headed the ball from the left side of the penalty area. The ball missed the near corner and missed.

Three minutes later, Liverpool defender Riise passed the football from the left wing. The force was too strong, the angle was too high, and the parabola of the football was too high. Crouch jumped up and used his header to ferry the football back to the midfield before quickly breaking through to defend him. Chelsea player, Liverpool midfielder Berbatov, who had just received the ball, passed the football back in time. Crouch easily received the ball in the frontcourt and then swept the ball with his left foot outside the penalty area.

The football went straight to the right side of the goal. Endrit dived to the right, and the football flew out of the goal after grazing the post.

Crouch raised his chin and gestured "I will definitely enter next time" to Endrit.

Endrit's eyes fell on the football and he didn't notice Crouch's actions at all.

In the 20th minute of the game, Liverpool midfielder Gerrard dribbled the ball through Carvalho's defense from the right wing and passed the ball to the midfield. Crouch dived and headed the ball towards the goal.

Endritt was a little surprised, because the angle of the ball was right. Although it was very high, Endritt jumped up and directly reached out to put the football into his arms.

After landing, Endritt placed the football on the grass, adjusted the angle and kicked the football to Lampard's feet. After receiving the ball in the middle, Lampard led the team forward and passed the football to Alneka outside the penalty area. Alneka raised his leg to shoot, but the football was blocked by Skrtel before it reached the Liverpool goal. Blocked the bottom line.

Chelsea were awarded a corner kick, kicked off by Alneca. The football went straight towards the goal, but was blocked by Gerrard halfway through. This time, the football did not roll out of the bottom line. Mascherano pulled the football back before it rolled out of the bottom line. Quan returned to Liverpool's side again.

In the 41st minute after the opening, Lampard and Babel competed for the top. Before the ball was handed over to you and me, referee Riley came over with a whistle: Babel was issued a yellow card for a handball foul.

From this moment until the end of the first half, the situation on the field did not change.

During the halftime break, Mourinho came to the locker room and said a few words.

"In the second half, you must strengthen your offense, and at the same time, your defense must not fall behind." Mourinho smiled, "It hasn't been long since we defeated Liverpool 2:0 last time. I think you should not do the same in this game. It will disappoint me, right? "

"You guys are playing football so happily during this period, so you must be very happy to win the game, right?"

The last time Chelsea played against Liverpool was on December 20 last year. It was the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, and Chelsea won easily 2:0.

But in today's game, when coach Mourinho said this in the locker room, the players sitting in the locker room all felt a little bit in their hearts: Obviously, the coach was very disappointed with them for not training during this period. dissatisfied. But they had been winning games before, so coach Mourinho allowed them to continue to be so happy.

But if this game ends in a draw, they will not be happy at all for a long time.

Chelsea's players reappeared on the court full of fighting spirit. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Chelsea's players played more actively than in the first half.

Ballack took the lead and attempted to steal the ball, but was quickly called for a foul by Riley and Liverpool got a free kick.

Endrit looked at Ballack, who looked up at the sky and stretched out his hand to cover the captain's armband, as if he was nostalgic for some good times.

In the 52nd minute, Anelka made a pass from the left. Makelele caught the ball and shot hard. The football quickly approached the goal and missed the goal.

In the 64th minute, Mourinho replaced Wright-Phillips with Malouda. Three minutes later, Malouda, who had just come on, took a corner kick. Alex tried a header, but unfortunately it went wide.

In the 81st minute, Chelsea had the most threatening shot in the game. Ashley made a pass from the left side of the penalty area. Balke received the ball and volleyed. The football flew out of the post on the right side of the goal.

The last nine minutes before the end of the game were extremely long and torturous for the Chelsea players on the field. In the last minute, Ballack finally tried a long shot. The ball finally did not go wide, but it was collected by Liverpool goalkeeper Reina. In arms.

"Beep beep..."

The game ended, Chelsea 0:0 Liverpool.

After the game, Mourinho folded his arms and sneered in the locker room

before turning around and leaving. Everyone looked at each other and then covered their faces and sighed: It's over, their happy days are gone forever!

Until the last second of February 10th, coach Mourinho did not announce a vacation. The players did not dare to say anything at all and went to the team training early the next day.

"Where's Ritter? Why hasn't he come yet? Is there a traffic jam on the road?"

Lampard immediately called Endritt, but Endritt on the other end was lying on the bed and responded with a nasal voice that just woke up, "Not today." Are you on vacation? Coach Mourinho sent a message yesterday.

"You're on vacation today?"

"Yes."

Lampard hung up the phone and looked up at his teammates. It's a day off today."

"He's not coming today?"

What surprised the Chelsea players was not that Endritt could take a day off, but that he didn't come to training when they were training!

Team No. 12 resumed normal training, and the Chelsea players who were training silently looked at Endrit who had left at the end of the day, feeling a little dazed.

"He really just left like that? Did he stop training?"

"Did he stop involving us?"

When things developed here, the Chelsea players were shocked, but they were not unacceptable. Until they discovered that when coach Mourinho assigned them a new training task, their practice results after the extra training were not good enough and Endritt left before the point, everyone was a little bit off guard.

"No! I don't believe it! It's not true!"

Chelsea player from a few weeks ago: OK OK! Ritter finally stopped involving us! The world couldn't be more beautiful!

Current Chelsea players: Ritter, you'd better come and get us involved. It will be even more uncomfortable if you don't get involved.