Midfielder

Just twenty-two years ago, Chelsea relied on a 1-0 away victory over Bolton Wanderers to successfully avoid relegation.

And that's not just to keep their qualifications for the top league. They just relied on this victory to keep their seat in the English League C at that time. In that era, clubs like Chelsea had never been noticed.

That was the era of Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, Chelsea? No one remembers it except its fans.

After all, Chelsea was too small at that time, so small that people have long ignored that it also had a long history.

But today, twenty-two years later, before Chelsea came to the Reebok Stadium, they were already the new champions of the Premier League, and they also had the League Cup crown on their head.

Is anyone going to ignore this team? Unless you're a lunatic, you can't ignore Chelsea.

Fifty years ago, Chelsea has undergone tremendous changes. It can really be said that now, during the years when Bates was still in charge of Chelsea, who would have thought that less than two years after Bates left, Chelsea would be so successful. ?

It is estimated that even the old man who sold Chelsea may not have expected such a result, but it is not important now. How many people can remember what Bates did when he was at Chelsea Club?

Perhaps only those who are accustomed to showing off the depth of their memories will remember Bates's achievements here.

But those results are no longer important now, because the new Chelsea have taken home more trophies.

Just like Lampard said when he attended the press conference with Mourinho the day before the game, "Our only regret at the moment is that this game is not held at Stamford Bridge."

This may really be a pity, not being able to celebrate this great moment at home, it's really a bit of a fly in the ointment, but it doesn't matter, because many Chelsea fans are already ready to celebrate on the streets of London.

And Chelsea Club is already ready to rush back to Stamford Bridge with the trophy after the game.

This was Chelsea's most glorious coronation ceremony in the past fifty years. After thirty-eight league rounds, they conquered everyone. Except for this game that has not yet started, Chelsea has only lost one league game this season.

From the ninth round to the thirty-seventh round, they were undefeated for 28 rounds. This does not include the FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League games. This season Chelsea has achieved an undisputed victory over the Premier League. total conquest.

If Manchester City hadn't relied on luck to defeat Chelsea, I really don't know if they would have continued the great achievements of Arsenal and won the title undefeated. In fact, that was really not a daydream of Chelsea.

So far this season, they have only lost two games on all fronts. This result may even be inferior to Arsenal.

Before the start of this game, Chelsea led Arsenal, who were second in the standings, by a full 17 points.

What a terrifying disparity in strength. Even in the middle of the league, the suspense of winning the championship no longer existed. All competitors had given up before about ten rounds of the league.

This may be the first time in the history of the Premier League from its inception to the present that there is such a big gap. Chelsea are so powerful that it is simply frightening. You will even feel that these monsters will crush all teams that stand in their way at any time.

From Liverpool to Manchester United, from Arsenal to Everton, Chelsea has maintained its comprehensive suppression of the top six in the Premier League.

From Wenger to Ferguson, from Benitez to Moyes, Mourinho also completed his first journey of conquest.

And this is probably just the beginning for Chelsea. Before they feel tired, it is difficult for anyone to become the terminator. Chelsea, this not-dazzling name, has become a nightmare for many people.

However, Mourinho did not send all the main players because this was his coronation ceremony. For him, this was a trophy that he must win, but he did not want his main players to fall into a physical crisis.

It may be said that the crisis is a bit exaggerated, but before the start of the Champions League final, Mourinho needs to let his main players adjust their bodies. As for the Premier League, he is more accustomed to using substitutes who need to prove their ability.

Even though Abramovich and most of the club's senior administrators are sitting in the stands of Reebok Stadium, Mourinho has no intention of letting his main players go on the field to fight to the death with their opponents.

However, Abramovich and the club's senior management did not mind Mourinho's decision very much. They also knew that the Premier League championship was already within their grasp and there was no need to fight hard.

Save your energy to go to Istanbul to deal with the Italians. This is the most important task. The Premier League? Just play around.

Even Abramovich himself said before the game that regardless of whether he can win the game, winning bonuses will still be paid.

For those in charge of Chelsea, this game is a coronation ceremony. As long as the loss is not too ugly, they can accept any result. Compared with last season, they are now the Premier League champions. What is there to be dissatisfied with? of? All that awaits them now is loud cheers. As for this game? It doesn't matter whether you win or lose.

However, Mourinho's character is not to lose any game casually, including this game.

But he really didn't leave much room for personnel adjustments, and this guy put on eight substitutes at once.

Robben and Duff didn't make the roster at all, and they were replaced by Thiago and Joe Cole. Drogba was in charge of the front line, but this guy was able to play because he was ready to compete with Henry for the top scorer.

Not only did Drogba have a chance to impact the scorer list, but even Lampard had the opportunity to surpass Henry. The most important thing was that Arsenal's number one killer had to be suspended for accumulating yellow cards in this game.

Such an opportunity stimulated Drogba's nerves. He was only one goal away from Henry, so he took the initiative to ask Mourinho to play a week before the game. Mourinho, who originally planned to let Drogba rest, also gave the Ivorian the green light this time. After all, the highest honor a shooter can pursue is to be the first in the scorer list.

In order to be a gun stand for Drogba, Gudjohnsen also took the order to play. His task was to ambush behind Drogba and provide fire support to the African elephant at any time. Behind him, Lampard was organizing.

This was also the first time that Lampard returned to the midfield to be responsible for the offensive organization after playing as an invisible striker for half a season.

From the defensive midfielder to the defender, Mourinho changed everything. Except for Cech who was still in charge, the rest of the main players were all in rotation, including Lin Yi, who rarely missed the game. This time, he also sat in the stands.

Lin Yi asked Mourinho for a fight before the game. He was the kind of person who would feel itchy if he didn't play the ball.

But Mourinho and Chelsea's team doctor didn't give Lin Yi a chance at all and directly rejected the boy's proposal.

"Your task now is to wear a suitable suit, then sit quietly in the stands and enjoy the game."

Mourinho is now treating Lin Yi like a rare animal. After the game with Liverpool, when the physical examination report of Lin Yi came out, this guy almost jumped out of his seat.

The 90 minutes of fighting with Liverpool made Lin Yi's body extremely tired. The team doctor even dared to assert that if the game lasted a few more minutes, the little guy would probably have a serious muscle strain.

Even if there was no such serious situation, according to Lin Yi's condition when he left the field, his physical condition was shockingly poor. In 90 minutes, the distance this kid ran on the field added up to almost 15,000 meters.

You should know that in the FIFA survey report on the average running distance of players in each game, the average value is just over 10,000. This kid ran an astonishing 8,700 meters in the first half.

It can be said that Chelsea was able to defeat Liverpool away from home because of this kid's running on the field. He used such crazy running and non-stop sprinting to completely drag down Liverpool's midfield defense.

According to unauthoritative statistics after the game, Biscan and Hamann ran more than 8,000 meters in the first half, which was rare, but this was not a performance to be proud of, because they were able to run so much because they were defending Lin Yi.

In order to prevent Lin Yi from any serious injuries, Mourinho decisively asked the team doctor and Faria to serve Lin Yi around the clock, and not to let this kid do any ball and physical training in the past week.

Even in daily training, Lin Yi only followed the team to jog for adjustments, and he didn't even think about the confrontation match.

This protection is almost the same as protecting giant pandas. Do you still want to play in the game? Isn't that just dreaming!

Mourinho doesn't care even if he loses the game against Bolton, so Lin Yi wants to play? That was a joke. He didn't even qualify for the substitute list and could only stay in the stands of the Reebok Stadium.

Of course, Lin Yi would never be alone. In addition to Robben and his group of bad people enjoying this treatment with him, Lin Yi also had a difficult task. When Mourinho gave him this task, Lin Yi wanted to cry but had no tears.

This was not a particularly comfortable task, because Mourinho's two children and wife also came to the scene for this game, ready to participate in the team's championship celebration, and the task of taking care of the children naturally fell on Lin Yi.

There was no way. After seeing Lin Yi, the little princess of Mourinho's family didn't even want her mother.

"Hug." The little girl asked for only two words, and her little hands had already opened to Lin Yi.

"Oh my God. Help..." Thinking of his experience in Porto, Lin Yi was now sweating.

Nanny? Lin Yi just wanted to keep his innocence now. . .