As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 217 Hazard's Laziness

Jose felt right.

Chelsea players, in this summer, did not take long breaks.

After the end of the Premier League, Chelsea went on to participate in two warm-up games. They did not start the holiday until June 6, just a few days earlier than Jose.

In addition, Jose returned to the team half a month late.

People in this world don't know that in another identical world, Chelsea created the lowest league score during the Abramovich period for various reasons.

In the end, relying on Chamberlain's goal in the first half, Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 and won their first championship trophy of the new season.

Mourinho didn't care much about losing this trophy.

It is rumored that the team that wins the Community Shield usually misses the chance to win the final Premier League championship.

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The Community Shield game is not worth discussing too much. All the Premier League teams have entered the preparation stage for the new season, and the first round will officially start in a week.

The summer transfer period has also entered the countdown stage.

Mourinho proposed his goals to the club, and Stones from Everton was his favorite.

Only this time, Abramovich failed to achieve Mourinho's wish.

Chelsea offered four offers successively, the highest of which was as high as £4000 million, but Everton rejected Stones' agreement to go to Stamford Bridge.

This summer, the soap opera between Chelsea and Stones is a long and stinky tug of war.

In the end, until the transfer window closed, Chelsea failed to bring Stones to Mourinho.

Jose also regrets missing Stones, because an excellent defender teammate can make his job much easier.

Chelsea missed Stones. On the other hand, Tottenham, they are eyeing Sun Xingmin of Leverkusen.

Although Sun Xingmin's performance in the Champions League was not very good, and he was not even as convincing as Wendell behind him, he was still favored by other teams.

In order to get Sun Xingmin, Tottenham first promised to double his salary. This was an irresistible temptation for Sun Xingmin, who originally only had an annual salary of one million euros.

Fearing that the Leverkusen team would not let go, Tottenham contacted Sun Xingmin's agent again and urged Sun Xingmin to stop training to achieve the transfer goal.

Sometimes, the transfer market is like this, in addition to money, there will be various means.

Jose didn't know, but the rumors about his transfer had never stopped.

Those clubs that are interested in him have also sent their own offers one after another. Most of the news that Real Madrid bought Jose for 6000 million pounds is true.

However, these offers were all directly rejected by Abramovich.

In the current Chelsea team, there are two players, unless the players themselves apply for a transfer, they are definitely not for sale.

Jose is one of them, and the other is Hazard, the best player in the Premier League last season.

The two players that Abramovich paid the king price to buy are now not for sale at Chelsea.

Speaking of Hazard, even Jose is envious.

Since Jose found that daily training could no longer improve himself, he began to reduce the training intensity, and only kept the basic training to maintain the state.

Hazard is different. There is only one word to describe his training, and that is lazy!
For the training content arranged by the assistant coach, Hazard has always been pretending, as if he has never woken up, but that's it, once he arrives on the court, he will immediately become lively and omnipotent.

Jose knew that this was talent, real talent.

"If Hazard is a little more diligent, maybe he can also win the Ballon d'Or?" Jose sighed.

"Could it be that Hazard also has cheats? No, it's impossible." Jose immediately stopped his crazy thoughts.

In addition to Hazard's laziness, another thing that surprised Jose was William, a Brazilian player who didn't look like a Brazilian player.

Jose has come into contact with many Brazilian players, represented by Neymar. What they have in common is their exquisite foot skills.

But William is different. Most of his foot skills are based on practicality.

William is very hardworking, whether it is training on or off the court, he and Hazard are just two extremes.

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It has only been a week since he returned to the team, and the relationship between Jose and his teammates is not very close.

Jose knew that in order to conquer them, he also needed performance on the court.

Therefore, in the first game of the Premier League this season, Mourinho chose Courtois to start. His explanation is that Courtois is more familiar with cooperating with his teammates.

Regarding Mourinho's choice, Jose didn't say anything. He knew very well that Courtois was not a weak goalkeeper. It was naturally impossible to seize the opponent's main position as soon as he came back.

Jose is confident that within a month, he will definitely win the main position.

Compared with a year ago, he has a completely different mentality now.

A year ago, he was eager to prove his ability to the world in order to get the chance to start.

Today, he just needs to maintain the status quo, he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

If Jose can go one step further, then he is "the zeroth man in the world"!
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On August 8th, Stamford Bridge Stadium, the Premier League 8/15 season, Chelsea's home game against Swansea is about to start.

For this opening game, Mourinho is particularly valued.

The starting lists of both sides were not announced until before the start of the game.

For Chelsea, Mourinho put up the famous 4231 formation, the specific list is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Courtois.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Terry, Gary Cahill, Ivanovic.

Double midfielder: Fabregas, Matic.

Attacking midfielders: Hazard, Oscar, Willian.

Center: Diego Costa.

Jose, Falcao, Zuma and others sat on the bench.

As for Swansea, the head coach Monk also arranged a 4231 formation. The specific list is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Fabianski.

Defenders: Neil Taylor, Ashley Williams, Federico Fernandez, Norton.

Double defensive midfielders: Qi Chengyong, Shelvey.

Attacking midfielders: Montero, Sigurdsson, Adre Ayew.

Center: Gomi.

On the bench sat Jack Corker, Routledge, Ed and others.

The referee for this game is Michael Oliver, who is only 30 years old.

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For this game, the outside world generally believes that Chelsea can easily win.

First of all, in terms of historical record, Chelsea has double-killed Swansea in the past 2 seasons, and has won 12 wins and 8 draws against Swansea at home in nearly 4 league matches to remain unbeaten.

The last time Swansea beat Chelsea in the league was in 1925.

Secondly, Chelsea has achieved 16 wins and 14 draws in the past 2 seasons and has remained unbeaten. Among them, Mourinho has maintained a complete victory at the beginning.

In the face of such a record, Chelsea can't find a reason to be invincible.

Before the start of the game, Jose was frequently photographed on the live broadcast.

With his current attention, even if he doesn't play, he won't lack attention.

I saw Jose sitting on the bench bored, and sitting next to him was the young Zuma. The two talked with their heads down from time to time. As for what they were talking about, no one knew what they were talking about, because the language they used was French.

When the players from both sides came out of the player channel, the live camera moved away from Jose.

Swansea got the chance to kick off first.

After kick-off, they played very patiently.

Jose looked at the players on both sides of the court, and suddenly realized that he had only been away for a season, and he didn't even know many players.

Swansea almost scored in the 9th minute, Shelvey took a corner kick, Gomis headed forward and hit the goal and missed the far corner post.

Swansea made another dangerous situation in the 15th minute. Shelvey made a direct pass. Gomis got the ball from behind Terry and shot from 12 yards behind Cahill.

Terry blocked the ball to slow down the ball, and Cahill cleared with a big foot in front of the empty goal.

Ki Sung-yong then made a half-volley with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area and was saved by Courtois.

Chelsea immediately counterattacked quickly, and Diego Costa broke through the left side of the penalty area.

Federico tripped the Brazilian after stabbing the ball with a flying shovel.

Referee Oliver refuses to award a penalty.

The home fans booed.

As for the changes on the field, it is natural that Jose cannot escape his eyes. He is silently paying attention to the playing habits of his teammates on the field.

Since you can't command your teammates to cooperate with you, try to cooperate with your teammates first.

Chelsea took the lead in the 23th minute.

Oscar made a free kick from the upper left corner of the penalty area.

Cahill and Ivanovic failed to grab points, but succeeded in interfering with Fabianski's judgment.

The ball went straight into the far corner, 1 to 0.

However, before the home fans had time to be happy for a few minutes, Swansea equalized the score.

Montero made a cross from the left.

Gomis header from 10 yards was bravely saved by Courtois.

Andre Ayew's shot from the edge of the penalty area was barely blocked by Cahill, who then shot into the net again.

1-1.

For this conceded goal, Jose believes that Cahill's defense has been done to the extreme.

But Ayew's two shots were even better.

Jose believes that if he is on the field, he is only 50.00% sure of winning without using hangs.

Of course, if the god-level prediction responds in advance, then Gomis' header can be scored directly by Jose.

After Chelsea lost the ball, the live camera stayed on Jose for a long time again. People should all want to know, if Jose was on the court, would the ball be lost?
After all, for Jose, quick second saves have become a routine operation.

It's just this question, which will never have an answer.

The game continues.

Chelsea's players continue to attack the opponent's goal.

Mourinho's team is not only good at defense, but his offensive routine is slightly inferior.

In the 30th minute, Chelsea once again overtook the score.

William's cross from the left side of the penalty area hit Federico's leg and deflected into the far corner.

Own goal, 2-1.

Although there is an element of luck in this overtake, it is a good thing to be able to overtake.

Chelsea ended the first half with a score of 2-1.

During the halftime break, Mourinho re-fine-tuned the halftime tactical arrangement.

As a top on-the-spot command master, Mourinho easily pointed out the problems of both sides in the first half.

(End of this chapter)