greenery is king

Chapter 1322 Against
This meeting made the two teams seem very harmonious on the surface. The reporters did not get what they wanted. Although Schalke has changed the world now, there are still a large number of players in the main lineup on the field who are with Ai Huan. People who play football exist, and others may dare to say something, but these people are really unwilling to say anything, after all, they know Ai Huan very well.

Ai Huan has always existed at the legendary level in Schalke. Newcomers have heard of some of Ai Huan's habits, so they dare not say too much, but those who played with Ai Huan are against Ai Huan. If they know the basics of their abilities, they dare not challenge them even more.

The interviews with Schalke players before the game can be summed up in Pukki's words: "If we meet any team, we will not be panic, because even if we don't have Ivan, there are always some ways to think about it. But this sentence seems meaningless this time, because the other party has Ai Huan, which is the saddest thing. It took us more than half a year to get used to Ai Huan not appearing around us, but now he will appear in our presence again And the sad fact that he was going to be wearing the blue Chelsea shirt made all of us feel very out of place."

In the face of Schalke's low-key, Chelsea did not say anything too much. On the one hand, they are unwilling to break this harmony; on the other hand, they are more willing to give Ai Huan a face. Erke's bad words, so before this game, the two sides did not have the smell of gunpowder at all, but seemed affectionate, but even so, this game still attracted countless eyes, and even the broadcast of this game was more than Champions League matches at the same time.

Ranieri did not bring any technical reforms to Schalke. What he did was to use these people to form a formation that fit his own ideas. This is his greatest advantage and his greatest weakness.

The goalkeeper is still Zhang Chao from China, and the best goalkeeper in the Champions League last year was not blown out.The back line Krishto, Hovides, Metzelder and the Japanese Atsuto Uchida, among these people, they did not go because they signed up for the Europa League this season and could no longer participate in European competitions, so they could not sell well The price, but everyone knows that next season Schalke may not even be able to keep these few people.

Midfielders Paulinho, D'Alessandro, Draxler and Farfan, strikers Demba Ba and Pukki.At first glance, this formation seems very weird, and it seems that there is nothing new on the whole, but the problem is that Ranieri has reached his current position with this formation, and this alone can really make people feel incredible.

Chelsea still put on their most accustomed formation. In the last game, Mourinho had given some players a full rest, so he did not hesitate to put these people on the main lineup in this game.

The goalkeeper is still Petr Cech, with Ivanovic, Marcos, Terry and Cole at the back. This lineup is not random. You must know that Schalke's forward offensive players are all good at speed. Putting out this guard combination is the right medicine.

Midfielders Lampard and Ramirez started together, De Bruyne, Mata and Ai Fan served as the front trident, and Huntelaar served as the single arrow.This midfield configuration is very powerful offensively, but the weakness is also obvious. The defense seems to be insufficient, but as long as Schalke is now focusing on defensive counterattacks, there is no need to be so surprised.

Chelsea fans originally wanted to turn this game into a battle of revenge. After all, they were eliminated by this team last season except for the Champions League. Well, after all, Ai Huan, the culprit of last season, has now become the main star of Chelsea, and Schalke is not the same team as before. In addition, the two teams have never really broken each other. The fans were unwilling to put themselves in an embarrassing situation, so there were no slogans attacking Schalke on the scene, and only one slogan just said "Thank Schalke, your God is at Stamford Bridge!"

When the two sides were waiting in the player tunnel, they seemed to be in harmony. Ai Huan, Mata and most of the opponent's players were old friends. When they stood together, they were chatting quietly all the time, and the others were naturally gone. Glaring means glaring, so everyone looks very calm when they look at each other.

Standing next to Ai Huan in the last row happened to be Zhang Chong. The two had been communicating in Chinese all the time, while the rest of the team sounded like a fairy tale, and they didn't understand what they were talking about.

"Ai Huan, you really don't plan to play for the national team?"

"Brother Chong, do you think the national team still needs me?"

"Of course, why do you have that kind of thinking? If our national team doesn't have you, it really won't be the same. There is a very crucial game in March. We are playing against South Korea at home. You really Don’t come back? Do you really want to watch us be defeated by them again?”

Ai Huan couldn't help being a little upset when he heard this, "Brother Chong, I strongly disagree with what you said. Don't forget that now not only I, Ai Huan, are playing abroad, but also you, the best goalkeeper in the Champions League, Zhang Lindong, Xu Luyang, Dongfang Zhuoyu Hanchao, etc., so many people are playing outside, isn’t that what they said at the beginning? The national team can’t do it without me?”

Zhang Chong sighed, "If an outsider said these words, I wouldn't explain anything, but you said these words, I really can't accept it. Others don't know, you don't know? Why doesn't our national team work all the time? The level of our players is one aspect, but the important thing is the leaders. Every time we change coaches, people can’t understand what they want to do. When Uribe was here before, even if we don’t go back, they can always play. Good game, but now even if we all go back, it's a mess."

Ai Huan smiled, "That's right, you understand the key point, so you don't need me to say anything more? If Fu Qiang doesn't leave, I will never return to the national team."

"What if he leaves?"

Ai Huan paused, then shook his head slightly, "I don't know, I feel that I owe nothing to the national team, but even so, I still have to be attacked inexplicably, which has already broken my heart. It's fine now , at least I don’t need to bother with this matter anymore, so I really don’t know if I’d like to go back again, this is my truth.”

(End of this chapter)