darknovel Chapter 196 Premier League Debut Begins! Fight The Hammers!
Chapter 196 Premier League Debut Begins! Fight The Hammers!
When the news of Su Luo's 155 million euro transfer to Chelsea just came out,
The loudest voice is not Chelsea fans, but England's media.
Last season, Su Luo led Union Berlin to double-beat Arsenal, double-beat Manchester City,
The whole of Great Britain remembers this Chinese man who scored goals like hemp.
It's just that the proud English guy will not admit that the Premier League team is weaker than the Bundesliga team.
They will only say that Arsenal and Manchester City are out of form.
Otherwise, with so many traditional giants, how did Leicester City win the championship?
In the new season, all the major giants are recruiting and reinforcing, coaches are changed, coaches are changed, and cards are shuffled.
Definitely not going to happen again like last season.
For example, Manchester City invited Guardiola, and the lineup has become much younger. They are also regarded as the favorites to win the championship in the new season.
In addition to Manchester City, Klopp's Liverpool, Tottenham with the pinnacle of Harry Kane, and "Mu Yiian" Manchester United, these teams are the favorite teams to compete for the championship in the new season
Although Chelsea spent nearly 300 million yuan, but what did they buy?
Lukaku, aka the little prince of abuse, helped Everton climb to the fifth place with 15 goals and 8 assists in 38 games in Everton's first season.
As a result, he did not improve significantly in the next two seasons,
The tailwind situation is fine, but the headwind situation is difficult to play a role. "nine five seven"
"Little Monster" has never been able to replace Drogba's status in the minds of Chelsea fans.
Kanter and Rudiger are not bad signings. They have the strength to save Chelsea's defense and bring the once iron-blooded Blues back into the arena.
The only thing that is uncertain right now is Su Luo.
He is a player who needs to constantly take the ball and create threats,
In the slow pace of the Bundesliga, there is enough time for him to observe.
But in the Premier League, the tempo has accelerated and the confrontation has increased.
Su Luo's thin body may not be able to withstand the brutal confrontation of the Premier League defenders.
Look at the Atletico Madrid game last season, Su Luo was injured when he encountered a high-intensity defense.
Manchester City star Aguero said in an interview:
"Su is a very strong player, but he may need one or two seasons to adapt to the Premier League. The pace of the Premier League is faster than other leagues. If you are not prepared, you may suffer.
The "Daily Mail" columnist, Sky Sports commentator, and Liverpool star Carragher wrote an article specifically for this.
"Chelsea signed Su Luo at a high price is quite a wrong choice"
"It's not that Su Luo is not good. He is one of the most talented players I have ever seen, but I always think that La Liga is the best place to play Su Luo's talents. Coming to the Premier League may make this genius quickly sink."
"Abramovich may have made a stupid mistake. Chelsea are characterized by passing through the midfield quickly and relying on two wings to open the situation. They should have kept Diego Costa instead of Su Luo and Lukaku."
"Su Luo could slow Chelsea down and deprive them of the sharpest weapon they have ever had."
The Manchester Evening News also published an article saying:
"The arrival of Su Luo cost Chelsea too much money. They can sign Kane. Or keep Salah and Costa.
"Abramovich is still the same as before, only signing people based on personal preference, regardless of whether the opponent can adapt to the team's style."
For example, Shevchenko, Torres, Mutu and so on before.
The most unsatisfactory thing is Shevchenko,
The Ballon d'Or winner, Milan's top scorer, moved to Chelsea and only scored 9 goals in three seasons.
In addition to age and injuries, the inability to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League is also a big problem.
Now the media is also questioning Abramovich's signings around this point,
It seems history is repeating itself.
Facing the overwhelming doubts, Chelsea was ready to respond, and Conte also asked Su Luo for his opinion.
"Do you need to hold a press conference to respond to doubts?"
"No need."
Su Luo waved his hand.
"Without results, any response is useless. The only proof is goals and wins.
After more than half a month of physical training, Su Luo can finally enter tactical training with the team.
Judging from the content of the training match, I am quite confident about my prospects.
Soon, after a summer of pre-season training, before the opening of the Olympic Games, Chelsea also ushered in several warm-up matches.
This year, signings cost too much money, and Chelsea did not go abroad for training.
I simply found a few English Championship and League One teams in London to warm up.
There was a 3:0 victory over Nottingham Forest, a 1:0 small victory over Luton, and a 1:1 draw by Newcastle who had just been relegated.
Su Luo scored 3 goals during the period, but did not play too dominantly.
So the media who questioned Su Luo criticized him one after another.
No way, who made him the king of transfer bids this summer, and also the most expensive signing so far.
Su Luo is currently the target of public criticism in the UK, and even in Europe.
Everyone will pick and choose, and any shortcomings will be infinitely magnified.
Even the serious media "The Times" also said in the sports section.
"Judging from the content of the warm-up match, Su Luo really needs a period of time to adapt to the Premier League. His rhythm of holding the ball is obviously out of touch with the Chelsea players.
"Su Luo is best at long-distance attacking people, I am afraid it will be difficult to stage it again.
In the face of a new round of doubts, Chelsea still has no choice to respond.
The time came to the end of July, less than a month before the new season of the Premier League.
Chelsea has 3 wins and 2 draws in 5 warm-up matches, and their performance can only be said to be average.
Fortunately, Rudiger finally joined the team, which added another layer of protection to the defense.
Originally, the team had four central defenders: Zouma, Terry, David Ruiz and Gary Cahill.
Zouma was injured at the end of last season and it is estimated that it will take more than two months to recover.
Gary Cahill's state has declined seriously, and he often makes relatively low-level mistakes.
If there is no Rudiger to join, I am afraid that the 36-year-old Terry will have to bite the bullet at the beginning of the new season.
Seeing the arrival of the Premier League, the opponents who qualify for the Champions League have also been officially determined.
The real test for the almost semi-reorganized Chelsea!
Since the start of the Premier League is on August 16, and the UEFA Champions League qualifying match is on August 17,
The qualifying opponent is Steaua Bucharest.
Here you can use the second team lineup to play, Chelsea's main lineup will go all out to play the first game of the Premier League.
The first battle will also set the tone for the entire season, so don't miss it!
Three days before Chelsea's Premier League opener, the Premier League opener has kicked off!
Hull City vs defending champions Leicester City.
Due to the departure of midfielder Kanter, Leicester City's defensive strength has dropped significantly.
They lost 1:2 away to Hull City and lost the first game of the new season.
This game also seems to herald the return of the Premier League order to traditional strong teams.
Manchester United beat Bournemouth 3-1
Manchester City beat Sunderland 2-1 at home
Arsenal and Liverpool embarked on an earth-shattering goal battle,
In the end, Arsenal lost 3:4 to Liverpool.
Tottenham beat Everton 1-0 away.
Among the traditional big6 powerhouses, several other teams have shown a relatively high level.
Then the pressure was completely on Chelsea.
If they fail to win the first game, they will become the jokes of the whole of England.
Seeing that time flies, Chelsea's football day has come.
Su Luo, as usual, took the Chelsea bus to Stamford Bridge.
It's just that he is more used to red, and when he looked down and saw the blue training suit on his body, he was a little uncomfortable.
Their first-round opponent is also the London team Hammers to help West Ham.
In the pre-match press conference, Chelsea's new coach Conte couldn't help but respond to Su Luo's question.
"I don't understand it. Before the official game, you say that Su Luo can't adapt to the Premier League."
"Shouldn't we look at his real performance before making an evaluation?"
"This Premier League debut, I have enough confidence that Chelsea can beat West Ham at home.
"At that time, how strong Su Luo is, you will soon understand."
Of course, Conte's remarks did not attract the attention of the media.
It's just a mouthful, who wouldn't.
West Ham coach Bilic is an amateur rock guitarist.
He also has a rock spirit.
Facing the famous coach Conte, Bilic dismissed it.
"I want to see how strong Su Luo really is. It would be embarrassing if he was defeated by our Hammer Gang."
"In the new season, our goal is not only to avoid relegation, but to strive for European qualification."
"Chelsea is our stepping stone!"
The coaches of both sides put down their harsh words and waited for the game to start.
This summer, the hardest part is the Huaxia fans.
They saw Ronaldo in the European Cup and Messi in the Copa America, but they couldn't see Su Luo.
After suffering for more than two months, I finally waited for Su Luo's competition.
CCTV has resumed Premier League broadcasts in the 2015/16 season,
However, games are often postponed due to inexplicable events such as snooker and curling.
This also led to fans not buying CCTV's account at all.
Although Su Luo joined the Premier League in the new season on 2.9, CCTV focused on promoting Su Luo,
More young fans still choose the online platform.
Among them, LeTV not only won the new media broadcast rights of the Premier League at the right time, but also signed Jian Jun, the gold medal commentator of the Premier League.
The new season has not yet started, but the new registered users of LeTV Sports has exceeded 10 million.
The number of users who purchased Premier League Chelsea diehard packs increased by more than 300% year-on-year!
This is Su Luo's influence among Huaxia fans!
Finally, the day everyone has been waiting for!
Countless fans set their alarm clocks in the middle of the night and got up at 2:30 in the morning,
Sit and wait for the game to start at 3 o'clock.
Soon, a close-up of Su Luo appeared on the screen.
He is the biggest superstar in this game, and he will inevitably be observed by all parties with a magnifying glass.
"Okay, welcome to the first round of the 2016-2017 English Semi-Premier League!"
"Before the Chelsea game, the other traditional powerhouses had won their games."
"Su Luo! Transfer to Chelsea this summer with a record price of 155 million euros!"
"Chelsea also invited Conte to take up the post of coach. It can be seen that they have only one goal this season, and that is the championship!"
"Players from both sides have already entered the field, Su Luo's Premier League debut is about to be staged!".