The first game of the first round of the Champions League group stage was held on September 12, 2001.
Chelsea will face Lazio away from home.
Before this game, Chelsea still has a Premier League game to play. And it is a real strong dialogue.
That's Chelsea vs. Arsenal at home.
This is a game between two teams competing for the Premier League championship.
Or the Civil War in London.
It's a pity that neither team tried their best. Because Arsenal, like Chelsea, is in the top half. Both teams will play the first game of the Champions League group stage on the 12th.
Chelsea will challenge Lazio away from home, while Arsenal will challenge Mallorca away from home.
All are away games.
Of course there are other reasons besides this.
That is when players from both teams went to play for the national team. The so-called FIFA virus refers to this time.
The players came back from the national team and were already very tired. They had to rest and face the Champions League. Therefore, both teams had reservations. Most of the main players sat on the bench.
Let a strong dialogue turn into a competition between substitutes.
The game was mediocre. There were many mistakes between the two sides, and it was not like a game between the top teams in the Premier League. In the end, Chelsea and Arsenal tied at home with a score of one to one.
Manchester United, who are in the bottom half, have no reservations.
Because their first game in the Champions League group stage does not start until the 19th. Although Manchester United's performance in the first three games was poor, they played very well in this game.
A 4-1 win over Everton.
Many media believe that Manchester United is finally back on track.
Liverpool and Leeds United continue to sink. Without Houllier, Liverpool's performance is several times worse than in previous seasons. It is even worse than the newly promoted team. In the fourth round of the Premier League, Liverpool lost 1 to 3 at home.
Lost to Aston Villa.
As for Leeds United's performance, it was average.
They were held to a 0-0 draw by Bolton at home.
It can be said that the league has only played four rounds, but the pattern of the Premier League has begun to be very obvious. Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal have gradually become the first group. Chelsea has three wins and one draw, which is very strong. Arsenal and Manchester United are not far behind either.
Gradually he followed.
The previous strong teams such as Liverpool and Leeds United completely declined after the start of the season. Although it was only four rounds of games, the British media concluded that there was no possibility for these two teams to win the Premier League championship.
Among them, Chelsea has the best performance, ranking high on the list with ten points.
After playing against Arsenal, Su Yun led Chelsea to fly to Rome, Italy.
Su Yun is going to challenge Lazio.
"Steve, I have read Adams' autobiography before. In it, I remember Adams said that after returning to European football, his legs were shaking when facing the Italian team."
When Su Yun was bored on the plane, he chatted with Clark.
He also asked a question that always surprised Su Yun.
"Steve, that's Adams. He's also scared sometimes?"
Su Yun admired people like Adams very much.
What Su Yun is most angry about in England is that the value of local players in England is too expensive. And one-third of them are exaggerated.
But Su Yun also likes English players very much.
That is, they are all tough guys.
Rigidity is what characterizes them.
They never admit defeat in any game.
Adams is the representative of England players. He is a tough guy among tough guys. He has injected a bit of toughness into Arsenal. Is there a time when such a tough guy is afraid? Su Yun has always been confused. He has always wanted to ask this question.
Clark glanced at Su Yun, then smiled and said: "Su, you are not from England, and you have only been in English football for a short time. You don't understand the thoughts of English football before and after the Heysel Massacre."
Clark seemed to be thinking of something far away.
"Before that incident, English League One was the best league in the world. I was still in Scotland at the time, and what I wanted most was to play in England. At that time, English football looked down on other leagues because we had the best.
League. But soon the English teams were banned. When we went to Europe again, the situation in European football had changed a lot."
Sighing a little.
"Serie A has become the best league. The best players in the world have gone to Italy. The Serie A teams are very strong. This is a big blow to those of us."
Su Yun nodded.
These psychology are understandable.
The English league has changed from the best league in Europe to a third-rate league in Europe. This gap is definitely difficult to accept. Just like China always regarded itself as a kingdom of heaven, but was later bombarded by European and American powers after opening its country, the whole of China
People's minds are confused.
"Su, do you know? If Chelsea were to play Lazio in the past, the players would be very nervous. But that won't happen now."
Not very far.
London is really not that far from Rome.
Su Yun, who was used to a distance of ten hours, even half a day, or a day in China, found it easy for a few hours in Europe. It was really easy.
Su Yun even built a train back then.
That's half a day or a whole day sitting.
Even within Shenyang City, it usually takes Su Yun two or three hours to travel by car.
The time on the plane was simply too easy for Su Yun. He chatted with Clark and listened to him talk about some things in European football in the past.
After all, Su Yun had never experienced many things personally. Some of the things he knew about were what he read in newspapers, and some of them were hearsay.
Might as well listen to stories from players like Clark.
Listening to Clark's words, Su Yun learned a lot of things. Many things that he didn't know before.
Time flies like this.
Three hours later, Chelsea and the others arrived in Rome.
This is Su Yun's first time in Rome.
This is also my first time in Italy.
But just like many of Su Yun's friends in China mocked him. He is not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs.
Many Chinese friends commented that Italy was a pig-like teammate. Of course, these were just a joke. Because of Italy's poor performance during World War I and World War II, many people complained about Italy.
Rome is the capital of Italy.
The name Rome is quite famous.
Anyone who has attended middle school will not know the famous name of the Roman Empire. And Rome was the birthplace of the ancient Roman Empire.
I am very curious about the famous Roman Su Yun.
But the moment he stepped off the plane, Su Yun frowned.
It's too hot.
Su Yun didn't expect that it was already September and the weather in Rome was still so hot.
When I first arrived in England, I was not used to the weather in England. Of course, even now, Su Yun keeps complaining about the weather in England. But now, although he complains, he is really used to it.
Coming to Rome and facing the high temperature, Su Yun shook his head.
Lazio.
Su Yun doesn’t know much about this club. Because when Su Yun watched Serie A, Lazio was not among the teams he liked to watch. Su Yun’s favorite teams were Florence, Milan, Inter Milan and other teams. .As for Lazio, there is not much to like.
And after coming to England six years ago, I paid no attention to Lazio.
But even if you don't know much about them, you can know their strength just by looking at Lazio's players.
Not to mention Nedved and Veron, who have left Lazio, Nesta, Stam, Mendieta, Crespo and Fiore are now far more famous than Chelsea players in the Lazio team.
If it weren't for Chelsea's recent five-time crown, Chelsea's players would be too little famous.
They are all limited to the country.
Now that it was an away game, Su Yun was still a little cautious.
After all, this is Su Yun's first Champions League match.
Chelsea were not ignored this time.
The boasting by the English media still has an effect.
European football has begun to accept Chelsea, a team that suddenly has a strong influence. Chelsea's reputation has greatly increased in a short period of time, and many European media are also paying attention to Chelsea's performance.
Therefore, when Chelsea came to Rome, many media paid attention to it.
Compared with the European Super Cup that just ended, there were many more media reporters this time.
"Lazio is a very strong team. Coach Zaccheroni is also an excellent coach. I believe this game will be difficult. We will work hard to pursue victory."
Su Yun is very humble.
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It's a pity that Su Yun is humble, but Lazio is not.
Zaccheroni is arrogant.
In Su Yun's view, he is very arrogant. Zaccheroni is also considered a famous European coach. He was the head coach of Milan for three years before coaching Lazio. Although the 48-year-old Zaccheroni is not as good as Su Yun in terms of the number of championships.
But in terms of fame in European football, Su Yun is simply not as good as Zaccheroni.
Who made Zaccheroni the head coach of Milan?
That's Milan.
Even if he doesn't have any particularly outstanding results, he is still a world-class coach. What's more, Zaccheroni also won a league championship in Milan.
And Su Yun only knows that Zaccheroni's team plays crazy football.
The offense is just crazy.
But his remarks have never been excessive.
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be very arrogant this time. In an interview with the media, he said: "Lazio is very strong, far better than people think. I think Lazio has the ability to win the Champions League."
"I think even if Lazio wins the Champions League, European football will not be surprised."
What is arrogance.
This is arrogance.
In the current two-group stage competition of the Champions League, it is very difficult to win the Champions League. Otherwise, after the expansion of the Champions League, how could no team have defended the Champions League?
As strong as Real Madrid, it only has two Champions Leagues in three years.
Even giants like Real Madrid, Bayern, and Manchester United don't dare to be so arrogant.
But Zaccheroni was so arrogant.
Soon a reporter asked Su Yun about Zaccheroni's words.
Su Yun shrugged and replied with a smile: "I think our Chelsea strength is pretty good. I think I can lead Chelsea to win the World Cup."
