Chapter 264: The Iron Tree Blooms

"How do you feel, Andre?"

In one of the VIP boxes at Highbury Stadium, Israeli agent Pini Zahavi was asking the Ukrainian nuclear warhead, Andrei Shevchenko, who was sitting near him, with a slightly flattering smile on his face.

Abramovich, who looked unhappy, was between the two of them. The Russian was also interested in their conversation and turned his head to look at Shevchenko. Last night at the San Siro Stadium, the player took the ball from the left rib and dribbled past his opponent, then shot with his right foot, helping AC Milan to reverse the visiting Deportivo La Coruna 4:1.

Although the best player in the game last night was the Brazilian midfielder Kaka, Shevchenko, the top scorer in the Serie A scorer list, also won everyone's recognition. What made Shevchenko even more satisfied was that his top competitor, Inzaghi, performed poorly.

All along, the debate about Shevchenko and Inzaghi has been going on. The two seem to be incompatible. Even if they want to work hard to cooperate with each other, they always don't have a spark. And with the hype and exaggeration of the outside media, it seems that there is gradually more competition between them.

"Very good, although temporarily behind, I believe there is still a chance!" Shevchenko said little, but very polite.

After hearing this, Abramovich felt a lot more comfortable. Even though he knew very well that Shevchenko actually didn't say anything, he still felt satisfied because he really liked the nuclear warhead. This is not only because they are from the former Soviet Union, but also because he has been thinking about Shevchenko's outstanding performance last night.

At that time, Shevchenko pulled to the left and got the ball. He suddenly started to meet Andrade, the central defender of Deportivo La Coruna. As a result, he poked the ball under Andrade's crotch, defeating the Portuguese in such a way that made his opponent extremely ashamed. Then he quickly adjusted his center of gravity, got the ball before another central defender, and shot with his right foot after shaking his opponent.

In the whole process, he passed three players in total, which fully demonstrated Shevchenko's excellent skills in the narrow gap. What's more important is that after scoring the goal, Shevchenko rushed to the edge of the court, clenched his fists, and roared to the sky, with endless domineering and heroic spirit!

The entire San Siro Stadium gave Shevchenko the highest player honor like worshiping the king, which also made Abramovich fully realize Shevchenko's status and influence in the hearts of Milan fans.

Abramovich has always been very satisfied with the Chelsea team formed by Ye Qiu. Whether from the record or the lineup, it is almost impeccable. Being able to reorganize such a team with a transfer fee of more than 100 million euros, Ye Qiu's ability is evident.

But what makes Abramovich not very satisfied is that when he mentioned the summer transfer to Ye Qiu before, Ye Qiu only mentioned that the most important thing for Chelsea in the next one or two years is to do a good job of metabolism, especially Davis. The performance of this midfielder has obviously declined in the late season and he has more injuries.

Ye Qiu made a promise to Abramovich that he would win at least one of the Champions League and the Premier League this season, and then adjust the lineup for a year to ensure the Premier League, and then impact the Champions League again in the third year. He has absolute confidence that as long as the adjustment is good, this Chelsea will be able to dominate the entire Europe in the next five to ten years and be invincible.

Ye Qiu politely rejected Abramovich's suggestion to replace the main center forward Drogba. He said that Drogba's role in the team is much greater than the outside world imagines. The Ivorian has many things that other center forwards do not have. Of course, he does not deny the excellence of other center forwards.

Abramovich is not racist, nor does he think Drogba is not good, but he thinks Shevchenko is better.

He has communicated with Pini Zahavi, Souness, and many professionals in the English circle. They all think that Shevchenko's arrival will make Chelsea's entire offensive system more aggressive and more offensive, and the scoring and technology of the nuclear warhead will also make Chelsea's offense more gorgeous.

Ronaldinho and Shevchenko are partners, Lampard, Makelele, Davis, and Deco are behind them to organize and dispatch, plus Maicon, Terry, and Cannavaro on the back line. If Roberto Carlos can be introduced, there will be top stars in every position of the entire lineup. It is simply a perfect dream team.

From the contact between Pini Zahavi and Galliani, AC Milan's interest in Davis was vaguely guessed, and Ye Qiu also clearly stated that the Dutchman's age, coupled with his long-term substitute in the past, caused his performance to decline a lot in the second half of this season.

Therefore, Abramovich felt that if Davis plus money was exchanged for Shevchenko, and a large transfer fee was invested, whether to introduce Ballack or to dig Nedved from Juventus, it would be a very ideal choice, isn't it?

Thinking of this, Abramovich had to admit that Pini Zahavi really understood his preferences. The candidates he introduced were all from Eastern Europe. Even Ballack was from the former East Germany. This made Abramovich feel very close to him in many things.

"It's good, but it lacks a flagship center forward!" Abramovich said with a smile.

Shevchenko and Abramovich have known each other for many years. One of them is the greatest star in Ukraine, and the other is one of the richest tycoons in Russia. The two have known each other for a long time. Otherwise, Shevchenko would not have taken Abramovich's private plane to London to watch Chelsea's game just after the Champions League.

For this reason, he sneaked into the VIP box for fear of being photographed by reporters.

Because they have known each other for many years, he naturally understood what Abramovich meant, but it was difficult to express his opinion.

AC Milan defeated Deportivo La Coruna 4:1 in the first round of the Champions League. There is no suspense in advancing to the semi-finals. Even the possibility of winning the Champions League this season is rapidly increasing. In this case, how could Shevchenko give up AC Milan's leading striker and come to Chelsea?

Money, for Shevchenko today, is not the time to pursue it with all his strength. The most important thing for him now is achievement, not only personal achievement, but also the team's achievement, because the two complement each other. He even dreams of winning the World Footballer of the Year and the European Footballer of the Year.

Only after achieving these goals will he choose to pursue money, and at that time, it is not impossible to consider Chelsea.

Berlusconi had mentioned to Shevchenko before that AC Milan would fully support Shevchenko in his pursuit of personal honors, and would even use his personal influence for this purpose. What Shevchenko wanted was to be loyal to AC Milan with all his strength.

"I think Drogba is very good, and Ye Qiu must have his reasons for trusting him!" Shevchenko said lightly.

When he was in AC Milan, Shevchenko heard Kaka talk about Ye Qiu. The Brazilian said that the person he admired most in his life was Ye Qiu, because it was Ye Qiu who encouraged and comforted him when he was injured, and told him very confidently that after coming to Europe, he could become the best star in the world.

Shevchenko felt that Ye Qiu had a very accurate eye for people, from his initial desire to get Pirlo, to his poaching of Davis, to Cannavaro, and his assertion that Kaka could shine in Europe before Kaka had ever played a professional game. All these made Shevchenko feel that Ye Qiu's eye was really accurate, and a little scary.

So, he believed that Ye Qiu must have his reasons and reasons for using and trusting Drogba.

Abramovich never mentioned poaching Shevchenko, because as a person, he would not easily say it out loud. He could not bear the embarrassment and loss of value after saying it, so he had asked Pini Zahavi to hint at it in various ways, and he also hinted at it many times.

But it was obvious that Shevchenko was unmoved. The most important thing for him now was to fight in AC Milan.

Now, hearing Shevchenko's answer, Abramovich knew very well that there was no way to convince this stubborn Ukrainian for the time being, but he was not a person who gave up easily. He would use all kinds of means and methods to convince Shevchenko, including Shevchenko's wife.

And he always felt that if Ye Qiu was willing to come forward to talk to Shevchenko, the possibility would also increase greatly.

Coincidentally, when it came to this, the players of both sides walked out of the player tunnel again, and the second half began!

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After the start of the second half, Chelsea directly launched a round of crazy attack on Arsenal.

Attack, this is a major feature of Ye Qiu's tactics. Some people even say that no one in the world is better at formulating attack tactics than Ye Qiu, while Arsenal continued to maintain the defensive counterattack tactics in the first half, hoping to have a chance to counterattack the opponent again, preferably to further expand the score.

Chelsea attacked quickly and fiercely, putting huge pressure on Arsenal, but it seemed that there was no good or effective way.

Wenger's defense was very targeted, with three lines retreating, leaving no more opportunities for Chelsea. The Blues' frontcourt attack began to rely on Ronaldinho's personal skills, but Arsenal also made targeted arrangements for this, with the double defensive midfielder and Ljungberg paying close attention to protecting this side.

Ye Qiu watched the team attack for a few minutes, but still could not create a threat, and her brows could not help but lock tightly.

This scene was directly captured by the camera and presented to all fans around the world and the fans at the scene.

"Ye Qiu seems to have no solution to the current difficulties encountered by Chelsea's offense. If this continues, Chelsea may be counterattacked by Arsenal again." The commentator at the scene was also a little worried about this.

I believe that all Chelsea fans who came to the scene were equally worried, and Huang Chu, who was sitting somewhere in the Chelsea fans' stand, was so nervous that she clenched her hands tightly, and her worried eyes were all focused on her husband.

Just when everyone was worried, Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and made some adjustments to the players, all of which were aimed at the midfield and frontcourt. It was nothing more than paying more attention to stretching Arsenal's formation, creating width, and not focusing too much on the middle. But secretly, he gestured to Makelele and Cannavaro.

Strictly speaking, Chelsea's two central defenders performed very steadily in this game. Although Reyes scored, they worked together to resolve Arsenal's attacks again and again, and Henry was almost invisible throughout the game.

Cannavaro, John Terry and Makelele all moved closer when defusing a counter-attacking through ball from Arsenal.

"The boss said, let me suddenly press on when I attack." Makelele said.

Cannavaro and Terry both nodded, "Don't worry, we will be behind you!"

Time did not allow them to communicate too much, but the two short sentences made each other aware of each other. Soon, the same communication was also carried out between Makelele, Davis, Deco and others. , everyone in Chelsea became aware of Ye Qiu's new instructions.

So soon, Chelsea's entire midfield was pushed higher up, but it had an obvious characteristic. Lampard went to the right to support Drogba, and Davis went to the left to support Ronaldini. Oh, Deco stays in the middle, and Makelele still stays at the back. He will always be a protective wall in front of the defense.

Time is passing slowly, and everyone is patiently waiting for the opportunity to come.

In the 53rd minute, Chelsea once again launched an attack from the left. Evra quickly advanced and passed the ball to Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian faced Lauren on the left. He skillfully controlled the ball at his feet. With a pause and a dunk, he suddenly changed from driving down the left to cutting in to the right. The whole movement was very fast, and the frequency made Lauren a little bit behind. He failed and was directly thrown away by Ronaldinho. However, this time Kolo Toure's defensive range was very large and he attacked immediately.

Kolo Toure and Lauren joined forces to attack. Ronaldinho's pass was hurriedly cleared by Campbell, but not far away, Lampard headed the ball back into the penalty area again. At this time, Drogba had already seized the ball. The first advantageous position, and Campbell did his best to harass the Ivorian and stand between him and the goal as much as possible.

Drogba turned his back to the goal and faced Lampard's header. He blocked Campbell with his body, faced the ball, and directly headed the ball, but he knocked the ball back to the top of the penalty area.

At this moment, an impression came to everyone's mind, that is, Drogba's pass was wrong!

Lampard is on the right, Davis is on the left, Ronaldinho is not here, and Deco is relatively deep. Who else in this area can come up to respond?

But just when everyone thought Chelsea's pass was going to be lost this time, they suddenly saw a blue figure rushing up from behind and passing by Vieira and Gilberto Silva. At that time, they didn't notice who the other person was, they just saw the white No. 18 jersey behind him with a name printed on it.

"Makelele!!!!!!" the on-site commentator suddenly exclaimed loudly.

Before the voice finished shouting, Makelele was seen at the top of the penalty area. His chest stopped, showing his solid stopping skills as the world's top defensive midfielder. The ball bounced gently and fell gently. At this time, the Frenchman had already raised his right foot, and before the ball hit the ground, he fired a volley! !

"...Shoot!!!!" During the whole process, the on-site commentator didn't even have time to introduce it and just shouted the shot.

The ball was like a cannonball, advancing quickly against the turf.

Lehmann stood in front of the goal. He had been paying attention to Drogba just now, and his position was a little to the right. But when Drogba headed the ball back to the center, he returned to the center position, but when he saw The moment Makelele took off, he made a wrong judgment, that is, his center of gravity turned to the right.

This is a very interesting mistake, because generally speaking, players who are good at shooting will pay attention to the goalkeeper's movement position and center of gravity before taking off. For example, if the goalkeeper has just returned to the center from the right, then the center of gravity will be It must be to the left. If you hit the left side at this time, you will be saved easily. If you hit the right side, you will be almost sure.

The moment Lehmann saw Makelele take off, his first reaction was that as a right-footed player, Makelele's angle when hitting the left side was not very good, and the intensity was not easy to control. Instead, he hit the right side better. Comfortable, and he has just transferred from the right side. If Makelele plays on the right side, he will have to adjust his center of gravity.

Therefore, when he saw Makelele take off, he began to adjust his center of gravity, and then took a step to the right.

But at this moment, he was extremely surprised to find that Makelele's shot was not directed to the right, but directly hit the middle, so he quickly retracted his hands that were stretched out to the right to pounce on the ball, trying to Quickly adjust your position and body shape to block the ball immediately.

At this time, as long as he fell to the ground, the ball would hit his arms. But just because he took that step, Lehmann's center of gravity changed. If he wanted to fall to the ground, he would have to go a little slower than usual, and on the football field Sometimes even a half second difference is enough to change everything.

By the time Lehmann fell to the ground, the ball was already in the goal line behind him!

This was a mistake that made everyone feel incredible. In everyone's eyes, Makelele's shot went straight to Lehmann, but Lehmann instead pounced to the right, as if he was deliberately trying to avoid it. This kick is like a ball.

As everyone knows, this is because of Lyman's empiricism, and at the same time, because of his age, body, reaction and other factors, he always wants to make judgments in advance to make up for these deficiencies, which ultimately leads to this. An unexpected long shot from the front of the penalty area, a direct goal!

Makelele was shocked! His big friends were also shocked!

When the shot was just made, the French midfielder was still shouting that it was bad because he shot too straight, but in the blink of an eye, he found that Lehmann seemed to be a spy in the opponent's team and was avoiding his shot.

So, when the referee blew the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid, he was still stunned, looking at the ball in the goal, still thinking, is it a goal?

But the Chelsea players beside him, the substitutes and staff on the sidelines were all crazy with joy, celebrating wildly, and only Makelele, who was in a daze, stood at the top of the penalty area.