Updated: 2012-08-27

At noon that day, the rain in London suddenly stopped, which made the whole Marseille team happy. The rain stopped at this time. After half a day, the drainage system of Stamford Bridge should be able to drain the rainwater.

However, before the game, when they arrived at the visiting team locker room at Stamford Bridge Stadium, had a short rest, and went to the stadium to warm up, every Marseille player was stunned when he saw Stamford Bridge Stadium.

"This...this...this...didn't the rain stop at noon?" Yashioi was stunned. He threw the ball down. The jumping situation of the ball was really bad. The water accumulation in the field was serious.

Zhang Yang was also a little stunned. When they came to the stadium for adaptive training yesterday, they were a little surprised. The venue conditions at Stamford Bridge were not as good as those at the Villoadham Stadium. However, no matter what, although the venue conditions were not good, they were still within a tolerable range. After all, Chelsea also played football on such a venue.

However, the situation of this venue today is worse than when I adapted to the venue yesterday. The water accumulation in the venue is too serious. Those who don’t know would think the rain has not stopped. In addition, the venue seems to be even more bumpy.

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"Be careful when warming up, don't sprain your ankle." Assistant coach Hiltney walked into the field and looked at it. His face turned green with anger. He quickly reminded him loudly.

"It's really a hell! Isn't the Chelsea boss very rich? Why is the venue so bad?"

"Idiots, this is their intention. The Chelsea must be very adaptable to such a venue, and it has made us suffer."

"We want to complain to UEFA."

"Is the complaint useful? The Chelsea people can completely say that this is the reason for the rain these days."

Marseille head coach Fernandez also looked 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 field and tried it. Although the elasticity of the ball was not very good, the ball did not float. According to the rules, such a field can be played. Therefore, even if they complain, it will not have any effect.

Zhang Yang kicked the ball forward, and then he chased the ball. Fortunately, assistant coach Hiltney just reminded everyone that Zhang Yang would pay more attention, otherwise, he might have sprained his ankle.

It's so difficult to adapt to the venue. It's really a big deal when it's time to play. You have to worry about not getting hurt at any time, and you will definitely be distracted when playing football.

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"Morlinho really respects us." Zhang Yang sneered.

Ribery also had a bitter face. In the game, the "Scar Man"'s breakthrough on the wing was a powerful attack weapon for Marseille. However, it was a bit difficult to expect Ribery to perform well in such a venue.

"I don't believe that Chelsea people will not be affected?" Nasri said hatefully.

"Of course they will also be affected, but they will definitely be less than ours." Zhang Yang said. In any case, Chelsea players are also natives in London and have definitely adapted to the slippery field. Although the venue is bad, as long as Chelsea people are careful, they will definitely adapt to it more than the Marseille people.

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"Everything is more careful," said Fernandez. "Please pay attention to where the area is not smooth, don't get hurt accidentally when the game is played."

Even if Fernandez doesn't say this, the players will be serious about adapting to the venue. No one wants to be injured accidentally on such a venue.

While adapting to the venue, everyone scolded Chelsea in their hearts for being cruel and could think of such a way. However, when they thought about it, Chelsea actually attached so much importance to Marseille, and even had some unscrupulous methods. Some guys became a little proud of it.

Stamford Bridge is full.

The reporters in the media table arrived early. When they saw the situation of the venue today, they were a little stunned. Although Stamford Bridge is an old stadium, the drainage system is OK. Why did it become like this?

"Marina Mourinho is really useless to win." A reporter from Marseille said sarcastically.

However, his words were opposed by some English journalists. The reason for opposition was that Chelsea was much stronger than Marseille when facing Marseille, and there was no need to use such means at all. The situation at the venue must be caused by weather, which was an accident.

French journalists, especially Marseille reporters, scoffed at the words of their English colleagues.

"This must be because Chelsea is afraid of our Zhang Yang and Ribery. The venue is so bad now that they can't play their speed advantage." The reporter of "Atlanie Marseille" said angrily.

After he said this, many reporters nodded frequently. This is true. The most threatening people in Marseille are Zhang Yang and Ribery. When the two are restricted, Marseille's offense will not be threatened. Chelsea is different. Chelsea plays the overall game. Although it emphasizes the speed of advancement, it will not rely too much on a certain player. Therefore, the situation in this game has a relatively small impact on Chelsea.

In addition, although the Marseille players are not as famous as Chelsea, the Marseille team is also a technical school. In such a venue, their tactical styles will be restricted.

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After warming up, the entire Marseille team returned to the visiting team's locker room.

"Everyone has seen the situation of the venue, and now there is no need to think about how the venue is like this." Fernandez told his players that before this game, he decided on the tactics of defensive counterattack. The current situation in this game is just to prompt him to "defense". "In this game, our tactics are defensive counterattacks, and the primary task is not to lose the ball. Limited to the situation in the field, once the ball is obtained in the backcourt, the ball can be directly passed to the front without passing through the midfield."

"Zhang Yang, you don't need to go back to defense in front of you." Fernandez said to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang nodded and said that he knew that the defensive counterattack tactics mean that the team will get almost less offense, and it also means that he must cherish and grasp every rare offensive opportunity.

In addition, in today's game, the Marseille team did not rank double forwards, but adopted a single forward style. The only real shooter was Zhang Yang, and Morientes and Young Kohler both sat on the bench, which also meant that Zhang Yang had to shoulder the responsibility of the team's goals.

The Marseille team adopts a single forward, with one less person on the front line and one more person on the midfield, minimize the transition in the midfield in offense, avoid mistakes, and strengthen the defense in the midfield when defending, and curb Chelsea's offense.

In fact, Marseille's "long-term pass rush" is also a helpless move. Obviously, their opponent Chelsea is more familiar with this tactic. Although Chelsea also pays attention to ground cooperation, they are from the English League, and long-term pass rush is a special skill.

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After the warm-up just now, Zhang Yang and Drogba met in the player corridor, and the two chatted for a while.

Zhang Yang first expressed his gratitude to Drogba. It was in the first leg of the Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg. 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, also stood up to support Zhang Yang and accused Paris Saint-Germain's extreme fans of his actions should be condemned.

Although the two will become opponents after a while of the game, the two Marseille forwards have had a lot of talk before, and the two even talked about the media's hype about the two.

Although both of them knew that the media hype was just to build momentum for Chelsea vs. Marseille. However, both Drogba and Zhang Yang were obviously the kind of arrogant guys. Although they didn't say it, they really meant to compete well after the game started.

"Hey, Zhang. Wait until you lose the ball 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 begun, and twenty-one cameras at Stamford Bridge Stadium swept across the stands, hoping to find some pictures that interest the audience and fans.

A middle-aged man in a suit and ties appeared in the camera, and the live director immediately lit up his eyes.

"Eleven 11, back! Back! Let's see who that is?"

The director immediately recognized who the man was, and that was Jorge, the 'super agent' in European football.

Mr. Mendez.

"Mendes also came to watch the game on site," the commentator immediately said excitedly, "In this game, in addition to Drogba and Zhang Yang, both Marseille players, there is another highlight, that is, Chelsea coach Mourinho and Marseille forward Zhang Yang are both stars under Mendes."

"Mendes is worthy of being an economic tycoon in football. He has many stars, including Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona's Deco and Marcos, and Chelsea's Carvalho. Of course, we will not forget Marseille's Nine."

In fact, Mendes' success began in 2004. In this year, he used the Portuguese stadium Porto to win the European Champions League. Jorge Mendes sent several players and Mourinho to Chelsea. While replacing Porto with the largest income in history, he also completed the first explosion of his career. Since then, Jorge Mendes has become the strongest agent in Europe.

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 and played as a left winger (perhaps this is why he prefers Cristiano Ronaldo). However, his talent on the court is far less than that of Manchester United players, and playing in a Class C club most of his time means everything. But in his time as a player, Mendes has shown his business acumen. He once contracted the right to publish advertisements on the exterior wall of the stadium, and he also opened a football video rental store. In fact, the start of Mendes's current giant enterprise is due to the original video store. The rental and sale of football videos has made Mendes know the information of players all over the world and also made him understand the meaning of portrait rights.

On the walls of Mendez's office, there are various jerseys, including those of Cristiano Ronaldo, Thiago, Pepe and Mourinho, and even those of Barcelona players Deco and Marcos in the 2006 Champions League final.

Mendes also joked to ask Zhang Yang for a jersey, who said that after the Marseille team won the league championship, he would give the jersey to Mendes.

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Amid the huge cheers of Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge Stadium, the 2006-2007 Champions League quarter-finals, Chelsea's home match against Marseille began.

Marseille head coach Fernandez was the idea of ​​sacrificing offense, trying to defend, and trying to leave the Stamford Bridge Stadium without conceding a goal, which was a victory for Marseille.

But just seven minutes into the game, he found that his tactics were completely wrong.

Chelsea players were not affected by the field. They seemed to have adapted to this bad land. The Blues' offense was orderly and quickly transformed their offensive advantages into goals.

Drogba ran for a while, 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 fans. Marseille captain Dehu was not Drogba's opponent in physical confrontation. The Ivorian's shooting was powerful! 1:0! Chelsea took the lead early, and the goal was former Marseille scorer Drogba!"

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ps: First update.
Chapter completed!