The 20th round of the 2008-2009 Premier League season ended.
The league was temporarily suspended for two weeks to conduct England's domestic cup competitions: League Cup and FA Cup.
The League Cup has always started early, so by the beginning of 2009, the League Cup had reached the semi-finals.
Chelsea faced Tottenham away from home, and the other game was Manchester United playing Arsenal.
It can be said that they are all old opponents in the Premier League.
Chelsea's opponent in the third round of the FA Cup is Southend United from League One.
But what really worries Chelsea is the first league game after the League Cup away game against Tottenham, an away game against Manchester United.
This is a Tianwangshan battle involving the league championship, and there is no room for relaxation.
In the first round of the Stamford Bridge contest between the two teams this season, Manchester United was very unconvinced by the loss.
It is very likely that they will lose in the second round at Old Trafford.
Ford's league tried their best to win the game and narrow the points gap between them.
On the contrary, if Chelsea wins this game, they can widen the points gap between them to seven points, and this is the result with one game less.
If they defeat Manchester United away from home, they will make up for it.
If Everton is defeated in the game, the points gap will widen to 10 points, which will be of great help to Chelsea's intensive schedule in the second half of the season.
In addition, after this round of league games, Aiello will go to FIFA headquarters in Zurich to participate in the FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony, and he will also run for the New Year's World Football Award with Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Messi. gentlemen.
Therefore, the outcome of this game will affect the final vote for World Footballer.
In the blink of an eye, New Year's Day of 2009 is here.
Ai Luo deliberately made a phone call to his parents at five o'clock in the afternoon on December 31, 2008, local time in London.
Although he is prosperous at home and abroad, he only feels truly happy when he is at home.
However, professional players have always been unable to help themselves.
Since they have chosen their dreams, they have to make certain sacrifices, such as: family, friendship and love.
After hanging up the phone, I made another call to a few close friends to wish them a Happy New Year.
Finally, Ai Luo hesitated for a long time and tentatively called Li Shiyin.
What he didn't expect was that the call was connected within two seconds of dialing.
For a moment, Ai Luo didn't know what to say.
"I have nothing to say, so I'll hang up the phone," Li Shiyin blurted out while feeling disappointed when Ai Luo didn't say anything.
"Hey, no, no, no, no, no," Ai Luo called out quickly when he heard that Li Shiyin was about to hang up the phone.
He paused immediately before saying, "Happy New Year."
"Thank you, you too, Happy New Year."
Li Shiyin's tone was still very light, without much emotion.
Ai Luo, who was sitting at home and leaning forward, frowned.
"Is Li Ai sleeping?"
Li Shiyin turned her head and glanced at Li Ai, who was sitting in front of the TV playing football, and said, "Not yet."
"Oh" Ai Luo half-opened his mouth and said, "Can I talk to him?"
"Li Ai, your godfather wants to talk to you, do you want to listen?"
Li Shiyin did not answer Ai Luo, but she covered the phone's microphone with her hand and turned to shout loudly to Li Ai who was playing football.
After a while, Li Ai's unique childish voice came from the phone, slightly excited: "Godfather, Godfather, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year.
Is there any holiday gift you want?
How about my godfather returns to China and brings it to you?"
Li Shiyin petted Li Ai's head lovingly.
Seeing him chatting so happily with Ai Luo, her heart became more and more uncomfortable.
She repeated the caressing movements while wandering in a fuzzy state.
It wasn't until Li Ai hung up the phone that he came back to his senses.
Chelsea's first game in 2009 was against Southend United from League One at Stamford Bridge in the third round of the FA Cup.
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Taking into account the level of the opponent, Mourinho arranged for the players to appear on the field to be composed of substitute players and members of the youth team.
Absolute main players like Aiello, Terry and Lampard were not included in the 18-man roster.
Obviously it is to prepare for the next League Cup semi-finals and the league game with Manchester United.
In the end, with the goals of Anelka and the youth team's main striker Sturridge, they defeated the opponent 2:0 at home and easily advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Four days later, Aiello and other key players returned to the main lineup.
They visited White Hart Lane to challenge their city rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Before the game, many British media believed that Chelsea would easily defeat Tottenham.
Therefore, Tottenham head coach Redgnap was very angry at the regular press conference before the game: "Why football is the number one sport in the world?
Because it has uncertainty, and it was determined that we would lose before the game even started.
What a joke, this is our home ground and Chelsea should be eliminated.”
No one thought that Redgnap, who was over 60 years old, would be so angry.
He was stunned for a moment, but after coming back to his senses, the media supporting Chelsea sneered: "Football games are not about talking with words.
Come out, I firmly believe you will lose again at your home court.”
"Wait and see" The routine press conference before the game ended unhappily.
Players from both sides entered the court an hour before the start of the game to warm up.
Although the game time has not yet arrived, all the 37,000 seats at White Hart Lane have been filled.
At a glance, you can only see a small blue gathering area of Chelsea fans.
Other areas are all white.
What's interesting is that half an hour after the players from both sides warmed up, light snow began to fall in the sky, which seemed to set off the entire White Hart Lane stadium.
The Tottenham fans in the stands cheered louder and louder because of the sudden snowfall.
They think this is God's will.
White is the main color of Tottenham.
It snowed in the sky during the crucial League Cup semi-final.
Does this mean that God is on Tottenham's side?
Countless Tottenham fans began to chant, hoping that the team would defeat Chelsea at home.
In fact, Tottenham got off to a fantastic start at home.
"gooooooooooooooooooooooa" In the fourth minute of the game, Mikel pulled captain Robbie Keane, who had returned to Tottenham on loan, to the ground on the right side of the penalty area.
Welsh teenager Gareth Bale scored directly from a free kick.
Immediately, White Hart Lane became a sea of joy, and the voices singing the team anthem "Glory Belongs to Tottenham" became louder and louder.
The Tottenham TV commentator in the live studio said very excitedly: "Chelsea has the free kick master Ai, and our glorious Tottenham also has the 19-year-old Gareth Bale.
I firmly believe that as long as the old coach Redgnap can Give him more playing time, and over time, he will definitely become a superstar that the whole world will marvel at."
Because Chelsea fans are at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, it is difficult for their voices to bypass the singing of Tottenham fans and reach the players on the court.
The team was in the lead.
Old coach Redgnap put his hands behind his back, chewed gum in his mouth, and looked at the Tottenham players celebrating on the field with high spirits, as if he had everything under control.
Putting the youngster Gareth Bale into the starting lineup for this game was a well-thought-out decision.
What he didn't expect was that this appointment had a miraculous effect.
It seems that the 19-year-old Welsh teenager should be well cultivated.
The game continued.
Although they conceded a goal in the away game, Chelsea's players were not in a hurry.
Nowadays, they are full of honors, have experienced countless life-and-death battles, and are used to big scenes.
Aiello is gradually adapting to the bad weather in England, but it is still a bit disturbing.
In addition, it is snowing again.
Even if he wears long-spiked sneakers, he will slip sideways, especially for a technical player like him.
Accidents often occur during emergency stops and changes of direction.
Chelsea organized the attack in an orderly manner, so Redknapp was not in a hurry.
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With a wave of his hand, he signaled the team to shrink their defense, leaving only the fast Robbie Keane in the frontcourt as a counterattack point.
Because of the slippery turf, Aiello did not dare to exert too much force when dribbling the ball.
It was not that he was worried about straining something, but that he was afraid that the ball would be intercepted when he made an emergency stop and changed direction.
This was the key point.
The game passed unknowingly for half an hour under such circumstances, and Chelsea's offense was still unable to reach Tottenham's dangerous area.
As the game progressed, the Chelsea players on the field consciously increased the number of long-range shots, but the probability of hitting them was really pitifully low.
Mourinho, who was off the court, was keenly aware of the impatience of the players on the court, so he pressed his hands down on the players on the court to signal them to calm down.
In the blink of an eye, the game came to the end of the first half, and Chelsea still controlled the offensive and defensive rhythm on the field.
The fourth official on the sidelines also raised the electronic sign indicating one minute of added time.
Everyone thought that the home team Tottenham would enter the locker room with a 1:0 lead over Chelsea in the first half.
However, sideslip not only affects offensive players, but also has a great impact on defensive players.
When Huddlestone defended in the middle, because he had no time to brake, he directly knocked the thin Modric to the ground from the side.
The referee decisively awarded the foul.
Aiello failed to find a good opportunity to put the ball into the net throughout the first half, so he made every effort to take advantage of this set-piece opportunity to put the ball into the net.
The Tottenham fans in the stands felt their hearts beat when they saw Aiello preparing to take a free kick about thirty meters away from the goal.
Sometimes it's like this, the less you think about something, the more it will happen.
The football kicked by Aiello was as accurate as a cruise missile and flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Cudicini had no reaction.
Zhan Jun, who was sitting in the live studio, looked at the heavy snow that was still flying in the camera, and suddenly became inspired by poetry: "A cloud-piercing arrow, Ailuo shot a white deer in the snowy sky":