Updated: 2012-09-03

Drogba was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhang Yang to be so popular in Marseille, even more powerful than he had in this team at the time.

However, after thinking about it, Drogba understood that it was no surprise that Zhang Yang's current achievements were even better than he had in the past and were more popular.

A boy who scored 33 goals in a league season.

"Frank, this kid scored twelve goals in the Champions League?" Drogba asked.

Lampard was a little surprised that Drogba asked knowingly, but he nodded, "Yes, a crazy boy."

Drogba looked at the new prince at the Villoadham Stadium with complicated eyes. It seemed that the kid had recovered from injury, but he just didn't know if he would start in a while.

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The home team's locker room was quiet. The players had just warmed up from the field, wet, and were catching the time to change their clean jerseys. Fernandez stood at the door of the locker room, watching his players do all this in an orderly manner. Hiltney was a little anxious and looked up at his watch from time to time.

Fernandez cleared his throat and raised his hand: "You guys are busy, I'll say a few words."

The players stopped their work and looked back at him. Fernandez waved hard, signaling them to continue to be their own. Seeing the players turn around and continue changing clothes, Fernandez nodded and continued to speak, "Well, this game will be difficult for us. Maybe some people think that I am excluding Zhang Yang from the starting list and intend to give up this game."

Fernandez said this, which surprised the players on the court. Although the coach said these words were also muttering in their hearts.

Fernandez looked at the expressions of these players and naturally knew what they were thinking. He smiled: "If I said that there was no Zhang Yang on the court, our strength would not be affected. Of course, this is a lie and it is unfair to Zhang Yang."

When everyone heard him say this, they laughed, including Zhang Yang.

"However, I don't deny that between the league and the Champions League, I have chosen the league. Our goal is to win the league, right?"

"Yes." Everyone said in unison.

"Our current strength is still unable to cope with the battles on both sides, right?"

This time, the answer was very small, only Nasri shouted "Yes", and was immediately patted by Ribery on the back and said, "Idiot, who told you to shout it?"

"There is nothing unacceptable." Fernandez said, walking from the door of the locker room to the center of the locker room, standing in the crowd, saying, "But I never think that some games can be given up directly. As long as the whistle sounds at the beginning of the game, you must fight to the death! Whether you can win the game has nothing to do with your attitude towards the game! No matter what the fans outside, you should also work hard. At least, at the end of the game, no matter what the result is, you can tell yourself that in today's game, in these ninety minutes, I am worthy of my conscience, the fans, and the salary."

Zhang Yang opened his mouth wide, and he suddenly felt that the head coach's words were so familiar. When he thought about it carefully, this was what Paul Kochakin said in "How Iron Is Made". The head coach has a very high level of education.

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"So, everyone has to play well in this game. Does anyone still think this game can be done with the formalities?"

If someone says 'yes' or 'yes' at this time, it's simply asking for death. So, all the players of the Marseille team shouted loudly: "No!"

Fernandez is very satisfied with the players' performance. He feels that he must make this mobilization. Just when the players were warming up just now, the old coach suddenly realized that he was neglecting this point. Although they have the choice to adjust the focus to the league, this does not mean that the Marseille team can accept a crushing defeat in the Champions League and Chelsea, which will greatly affect the morale of the whole team. Therefore, he must cheer up the whole team and mobilize for this game. Otherwise, the players' thoughts are not unified and there will be big problems.

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Chelsea's starting front combination today is Drogba and Robben.

In fact, Robben is not a real striker, which makes people begin to doubt the media's hype about the strife in the Chelsea locker room before the game.

According to the Daily Mirror, Drogba criticized Shevchenko for being too selfish in public and admitted that he was not voluntarily partnering with the Ukrainians.

Shevchenko, 30, has not performed as expected since joining Chelsea, and his game style has even affected the number of goals scored by the Blues' top attacker Drogba. Drogba revealed in an interview yesterday that he did not want to partner with the Ukrainian. One of the reasons was that Shevchenko was too selfish on the court.

"To be honest, I don't feel that he has a sense of cooperation. I think he always wants to use goals to prove that his high transfer fee is valuable. Although I often partner with him on the front line, I don't want to work with him in my heart. I like to play and cooperate. When I pass the ball to my teammates, my teammates can pass the ball back to me at critical moments, but Shevchenko is not like this. This has happened to Crespo, but this season is even more difficult, which requires everyone to work together. I have communicated with him on running and passing. He is a selfish person, and I feel sorry for this. As long as we work together, we will definitely win a lot."

Drogba, who was slapped with the competitive relationship between the two, did not agree with it. "I have never been afraid of competition, nor did I think he would threaten me. I know we have no competitive relationship now, because now is not like the single forward formation in the past few seasons, this season is an attacking formation for two forwards. I understand his current difficulties, but he should first consider the entire team and put the interests of the team first."

Although Chelsea coach Mourinho later warned the media not to try to make trouble, and said that Drogba's words were misinterpreted by the media, the Ivorians just wanted to express his determination to score goals, the English media, who were afraid that the world would not be in chaos, still hyped the matter up.

The director on the scene obviously knew the hype that happened to the London team. Before the game started, Drogba was given a close-up, and then the camera gave Shepchenko, who seemed to be in a bad mood on the bench.

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Drogba put the ball at the center opening point. As the former Marseille team's number one scorer, he has good memories on this stadium. Enjoy the cheers of fans. Even if it is the current situation two years later, the cheers will still be remembered... The time in Marseille was the time when Drogba really made his fortune. When it thinks about the current situation, it is really nostalgic.

The Spanish referee of our factory competition blew the whistle in his mouth and the game began.

Drogba kicked the ball to Robben and devoted himself to the game amid the noise of the fans of Virrodham!

Although it is a home game, due to the gap in strength between the two sides, especially Zhang Yang's absence, Marseille's offensive ability has greatly reduced, and Chelsea's defense line has been much less threatened, so he can devote his energy to the offense.

Judging from the more than ten minutes of the game, Chelsea obviously has a more advantage.

Especially Robben, this Dutch player's breakthrough on the right was very sharp, making Argentine veteran Solin, who started as Marseille's left-back, tired of dealing with it today.

Drogba showed his strong impact on the court. In the eleventh minute, Robben broke through on the side and cut inside, suddenly shot. The ball was blocked by Louis' "fairy and fearless" with his body. Lampard pushed the ball back again. Marseille right-back Beye was about to clear the ball, but Drogba pushed it away and seized his position. Then he volleyed hard. Carraso was powerless, and it was the crossbar that saved Marseille.

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Zhang Yang sat on the bench and forced himself to calm down and watch the game seriously. This is also the goal of head coach Fernandez. He wants Zhang Yang to learn to observe the game and think on the bench. Otherwise, he would not be given a chance to play in the second half.

Zhang Yang had some opinions at the beginning, but soon he focused on watching the game. He found that there was a perspective on the court and an off-court perspective on the court. Off-court, as an "outsider", he could see some details more clearly.

After a breakthrough in Nasri just now, Morientes wanted to step forward to receive the ball, but Terry predicted the ball in advance. Zhang Yang thought off the court that Morientes still did not have a tacit understanding with Nasri. If it were him, if he could start half a second in advance, he could cooperate with Nasri in a wall-to-wall-like manner, or he could kick the ball directly to the right. If there was time, Ribery was in the forward, and he could quickly go forward. He was preparing to grab the header, or other more effective offensive means, instead of just dribbling forward.

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In the 28th minute of the first half, Robben passed Mawuba with a beautiful pull-up ball at the front of the penalty area. Facing Dehu who was pressing up, he passed the ball to Lampard who was inserted. Chelsea's deputy did not stop the ball, but passed the ball horizontally, which passed the ball across the Marseille defense line.

Mete, who was the Ivory Coast central defender who replaced Luis who was suspended today, was not the opponent of his national teammate Drogba. He was squeezed by Drogba's waist and abdomen. It was this that made him lose the interference of Drogba at the first time. He watched the latter shoot and hit the ball into the net. Carraso fell to the ground to save it, but did not touch the ball.

Chelsea led Marseille 1:0 and Drogba scored a goal!

After scoring the goal, Drogba did not celebrate the goal, but only slapped the high-fives with Lampard, who assisted him. He still has feelings for this stadium and the fans here.

The Verrodham Stadium was silent at this moment and was scored by Chelsea first, which means that Marseille would have to score three goals if it wanted to turn the tables, which was almost impossible.

In addition, if the goal is another Chelsea player, they can boo, but the goal is Drogba. Facing this player they once loved deeply, Marseille fans don’t know how to express their emotions. Applause? It is definitely impossible. Boo him? It is not appropriate.

So, silence seems to be the only option.

After nearly half a minute of silence, a harsh boo sounded over the court. The boo was for Chelsea, not just for Drogba.

The director on the scene gave Drogba a close-up shot. The Ivorians' face was a little serious and there was no other expression. Then the camera changed and gave Zhang Yang on the bench of the Marseille team.

One of the highlights of this game is the transfer of Chelsea to Drogba who is visiting the Vallrodham Stadium for the first time and Zhang Yang, who is now at the Marseille team, the showdown between the two scorers before and after Marseille team.

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ps: The second update today.


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