On July 25, Chelsea officially started the training camp for the new season. On this day, Zhang Tiehan officially entered the club's training base - Cobham.

The Cobham training base, built with tens of millions of pounds, covers an area of ​​about 130 acres, has 15 football fields and an indoor football field for winter training.

This integrates the functions of wounded rehabilitation, medical care and media services. Chelsea's first team, reserve team, youth echelon (from under 9 to under 18), and even community football activities are held in this base.

The Cobham base is also equipped with a fingerprint scan verification system to protect the safety of players and club staff.

For Chelsea, Cobham may be more important than Stamford Bridge, because whether the team can achieve results depends on the training results here and how the players' rehabilitation and medical work progressed at the base.

However, at the current location, the Cobham training base has not been completed. This training base was only started after Abramovich entered Stamford Bridge in 2003. At that time, Chelsea quickly equipped with first-class senior management, first-class medical teams, and first-class coaches and players. However, compared with the top giants, what is missing is a training base with complete facilities. Therefore, Chelsea began to build the Cobham training base. It has been three years since then. In three years, the Cobham training base has built a lot of things, including some facilities.

Since last season, Chelsea has gradually increased the training time at this training base. After all, Stamford Bridge is an open stadium, and Cobham's training base belongs to Chelsea.

When he came to the Cobham training base and saw a group of new teammates, Zhang Tiehan's performance was very dull. In fact, these people were said to be new teammates. But most of them already knew him.

His teammates in England are Lampard, Terry, Bridge, Joe Cole, and Ashley Cole who has just transferred to Chelsea. He is very familiar with these five teammates.

Zhang Tiehan's new home lives very close to Joe Cole, so when he came, he also brought Joe Cole, who didn't like to drive. The two joked and went all the way to the training base. Then they met Lampard.

"Hi Joe, you've got a ride from today!" Lampard quipped.

Joe Cole didn't take it seriously at all and said directly, "Zhang's car is really good, better than mine." As he said that, he even patted the roof of the car hard, which made Zhang Tiehan feel heartbroken.

"From today, one hundred pounds a day!"

"..." Joe Cole rolled his eyes, "Even robbery is not that expensive."

"Not many. Joe, you should know that this is the biggest star in England's driving. If you tell the fans this news, there will probably be tens of thousands of people coming to queue up to take Zhang's car." Lampard said something that attracted hatred, and Zhang Tiehan could only roll his eyes.

This was the morning when he first came to Cobham.

Next he met other teammates, including Barack who had just arrived at the team, Drogba, and Essin, Robben, Phillips, Marklele, and he didn't know Milk, Hillaryo, Sinclair, Carvalho and others... But speaking of this, Zhang Tiehan and Chelsea's backcourt defensive players are not very good. If they were on the court, they would almost glar at Zhang Tiehan, especially goalkeeper Cech. He didn't know how many goals he scored by Zhang Tiehan. The Czech national goalkeeper saw Zhang Tiehan appear at Kobham's training base, and his face looked a little strange. Perhaps Zhang Tiehan is his biggest enemy in the Premier League, but now the two have become teammates. The world of professional football is really full of strangeness.

Fortunately, he is a teammate.

Lampardra came to Zhang Tiehan to introduce to all his teammates and met him. Zhang Tiehan also smiled and greeted everyone. Although he was an opponent before, he was a teammate now and he could turn enemies into friends.

These are probably all the players of Chelsea Club.

But there are still players who have not reported it. In the next August, players will continue to transfer to the club. After all, the transfer work will not end in early September. Chelsea club knows that the team will basically be AC ​​Milan striker Shepchenko. The transfer of the Ukrainian nuclear warhead has not been agreed. However, both English and Italian media know that AC Milan wants to sell Shepchenko because Shepchenko has not been played for a few years. Now it can be sold at a good price. Chelsea boss Abramovich doesn't care about this loss. Both sides are willing. It is only a matter of time before Shepchenko's transfer is finalized. AC Milan has the young and outstanding Girardino, and they don't care at all.

Chelsea's forward line looks a bit bloated.

Drogba, Shepchenko, Salomon Kalu, bin Sahar, Scott Sinclair, the latter two players have no competitiveness, and the competition among the first three players will definitely be very fierce. Drogba has always been Chelsea's main center, and it goes without saying much about its strength; Salomon Kalu is also the new talented striker of Côte d'Ivoire. He will definitely come to find a position when he transfers to Chelsea for 12 million euros in the summer. Shepchenko is definitely one of the world's top scorers, and he will definitely have a position when he comes to Chelsea with his fame.

In addition, Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan doesn't have to worry about the main position. No matter how the lineup changes, he will definitely have a position in the frontcourt. However, when he sees these competitors, the first thing he thinks about is that head coach Grant is in trouble. The former Israeli coach needs to consider the most now is how to arrange the lineup. If this position cannot be solved, his coach's position will definitely be questioned.

This is not an easy thing.

The main lineup seems simple to say, but the position is limited. Perhaps the good news is that Chelsea needs to fight on the third line in the new season. Grent can use Mourinho's "excuses" and "everyone will have a chance" to make excuses. But he is not Mourinho after all. He will definitely be busy when arranging the starting lineups of each game. This is a difficult job, and he cannot let Zhang Tiehan, Drogba, Shepchenko, and Kalu appear at the same time. In fact, it is already quite good to have two people appear in one game.

There are so many problems in the frontcourt alone. Not to mention the entire team, Chelsea has 26 players. Fortunately, in the summer transfer, Chelsea sold a group of more than a dozen players including Good Johnson, Hutt, Crespo, etc. Otherwise, the team's lineup would definitely be even more bloated now.

...

One day when I came to the club, Zhang Tiehan had a dinner with everyone in the evening. It was organized by Lampard, just to make excuses for everyone to gather together. Zhang Tiehan is happy to attend such a gathering. Especially since he just joined the team, most of his teammates are not familiar with him, so he can also get to know him well by taking the opportunity.

Men all met at the bar and became familiar with each other quickly when drinking.

In fact, not only Zhang Tiehan wants to know everyone, but everyone wants to know Zhang Tiehan. Many people used to be absolute opponents, but now they become teammates, and their senses are completely different. When they are opponents, they feel extremely angry with Zhang Tiehan because they can't defend against Zhang Tiehan, but it's different to treat him as teammates. What should be worried about is other teams rather than them. The better Zhang Tiehan performs, the easier it is for them to win.

Even those competitors of Zhang Tiehan are the same.

Zhang Tiehan is not an ordinary player. He is one of the most popular players in the world. When he comes to Chelsea, it means that he must occupy a main position, which is almost inevitable. Even Drogba knows that if he competes with Zhang Tiehan in the same position, he will definitely be defeated directly. Although the two are in a competitive relationship, in fact, neither of them is qualified to compete with Zhang Tiehan.

So their competition actually does not exist.

However, he didn't expect that Zhang Tiehan was actually easy to get along with. Although Zhang Tiehan was very annoying in treating his opponents, he was very polite to his teammates and refused to drink. He was a little careless and a little cheerful of Northeastern men. Few people couldn't talk to Zhang Tiehan, and he could talk to everyone.

Everyone had a great time having fun this night and became more familiar with Zhang Tiehan.

In fact, when Zhang Tiehan did not come to the team, or even last season's Premier League did not end, and when Zhang Tiehan had already confirmed to transfer to Chelsea, Zhang Tiehan was a private topic among Chelsea players. This topic is still prosperous, because every Chelsea player is deeply impressed by Zhang Tiehan.

When the media revealed that Zhang Tiehan was going to join Chelsea, they even found it incredible that Liverpool would sell Zhang Tiehan? How is this possible? A reporter came to interview and they questioned the same thing. They did not believe it until the club had confirmed that they had reached an agreement with Liverpool.

This also shows the shocking power of Zhang Tiehan's performance.

Even in the hearts of these Chelsea big-name stars, Zhang Tiehan's performance is a bit incredible. In a season, he will definitely score more than one goal in an average game. He has not participated in the league for more than three months and can still squeeze out Henry to win the Premier League Scorer King. This is simply unimaginable. Just a year ago, Drogba swore that he could win the Scorer King. As a result, a season passed, and his goals were not even as good as Charlton's Bent, while Zhang Tiehan directly won the Scorer King. This result really made many people sigh.

In the hearts of Chelsea players, Zhang Tiehan is also a superstar. Many young players like to discuss Zhang Tiehan very much. For example, what he likes to do on weekdays, what kind of temper he has, etc., are all topics that players discuss in private, and more importantly, Zhang Tiehan performed so well that they could not imagine what kind of person such a guy would be.

Arrogant!

This is the first impression of many Chelsea people about Zhang Tiehan. Because they are opponents, they saw Zhang Tiehan's arrogance, but now they find that this guy is not annoying, but is a teammate who is easy to get along with.

For Zhang Tiehan, being able to get along well with his teammates is also a good start, which means he can integrate into the team faster.

A few days later, Zhang Tiehan became very familiar with the team. In the preparation training for the new season, Zhang Tiehan performed very casually. He was like his condition when he was training at Liverpool. He came to the training ground early every day to conduct his own personal training, and then conducted simple restorative training with the team. He still did personal shooting training in his spare time. Of course, the most important thing is tactical training with his teammates.

He needs to adapt to the team's tactics and cooperate with his teammates more tacitly. Similarly, the entire team also needs to adapt to him.

This sounds incredible, but it is a fact. Zhang Tiehan is different from others. Many people seem to be not an opportunity. When he reaches his feet, he is likely to become a goal. His teammates need to increase their understanding of him. They know which ball Zhang Tiehan can receive, when it is best to pass it to him, where he will threaten the opponent when he gets the ball, etc.

Zhang Tiehan is not an ordinary player, and he is even more threatening. Many times he will be closely guarded by the opponent. If he plays according to the general idea, as long as Zhang Tiehan is in the frontcourt, no one will pass the ball to him - he is always guarded by the opponent's players, how can the ball be passed over?

But often even so, Zhang Tiehan can still get the ball as long as he has a slightly better position. Many people in the entire team must adapt to this and increase their understanding of him, which is also very important.

At the beginning, Zhang Tiehan played a training match with everyone, but he couldn't get the ball at all. Because the opponent would restrict him, it would be difficult to cooperate with his teammates unless he retreated and defended.

But a few days later, he was able to receive passes frequently. The other side who was against Zhang Tiehan was always worried about the goal.

At this time, many Chelsea players understood why Zhang Tiehan could pose such a big threat to their goal when he was at Liverpool - this guy is too fierce, with outstanding physical fitness and personal skills. It is really difficult for a single player to limit his defense. If he really fights, sometimes he can directly pose a threat to the goal by dribbling the ball by himself.

With such a teammate, Chelsea players feel that there is no pressure in the new season.

"Just let him play by himself..." Seeing Zhang Tiehan shoot from outside the penalty area and flew into the goal, Joe Cole spread his hands and shrugged.

He just wanted to get in from the left side, and he even ran over without anyone defending him. He originally thought that Zhang Tiehan would pass the ball, but Zhang Tiehan kicked the ball into the goal with one kick, which was more direct than giving him another chance.

Joe Cole was dissatisfied. But he could only smile bitterly.

"Hahaha, Joe, if you have that footing style, you can't pass the ball," Lampard said, patting his shoulder.

Zhang Tiehan also came over and said embarrassedly. "I think I'm more sure of shooting at the position just now." Hearing this, Joe Cole could only roll his eyes helplessly.

It's not just him.

Zhang Tiehan's position of not passing the ball involves many people in the entire team, but the point is that because Zhang Tiehan has too much threat, the opponent always has to spend a lot of energy to defend. As a result, people leaked frequently occur. When Zhang Tiehan gets the ball, he shoots by himself with a good chance. It is not common for passing the ball. However, when others get the ball, their cooperation will not be interrupted.

But in short, Zhang Tiehan still needs to adapt to the team, and the team also needs to adapt to him.

...

On August 1st, Chelsea had been training for a few days. At this time, the team was going to Stamford Bridge for one day of training, which was also somewhat publicity-oriented and was also the beginning of summer preparations. Chelsea's first public training was conducted, and there was a press conference to conduct interviews.

This is training and also a means of publicity to the outside world.

On this day, there were many reporters coming to Stamford Bridge, with more than 300 heads. In terms of the number of media, there were at least 100 media outlets, including not only English media, but also media from all over Europe, the United States, West Asia, China and even African countries. They all came to interview Chelsea for the first time for public training.

This kind of grand occasion is extremely rare even at Chelsea.

There is no doubt that Zhang Tiehan has made great contributions to all this. If Zhang Tiehan had not transferred to Chelsea, there would definitely not be so many media to interview him now. Zhang Tiehan is the Golden Boot of the World Cup, and he would have attracted many media himself, including many media who are specifically interviewing various players, such as the media from Côte d'Ivoire, which came for Kalu and Drogba.

Chelsea seized this day to promote the club. This was their only public training in early August. The whole team will go to the United States to conduct a training match tomorrow.

The promotional training was also open to the public on this day. Many fans purchased tickets to cheer for Chelsea in the audience. Many of them shouted Zhang Tiehan's name, and they all came for Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan is now the "world's No. 1 Scorer". This title was previously sealed by the media. However, after the World Cup, many fans have quite recognized the title of "No. 1 Scorer", the Premier League scorer king, the Champions League scorer king, and the impressive transfer fee of over 100 million euros. Every fan wants to see what Zhang Tiehan can perform.

Zhang Tiehan did not disappoint the fans.

In fact, he did not do any special training, but he just performed his own shooting training normally, but this time he asked Cech to cooperate with him. Cech agreed enthusiastically, and the two of them shot one-on-one and practiced against goalkeepers.

Then…Che became a foil.

Zhang Tiehan was shooting at various distances, positions, and various actions outside the penalty area. He kept shooting directly, and Cech also kept transferring positions to make various saves, but it was not much that he could save three of ten balls. Zhang Tiehan's shooting strength was quite strong twenty meters away. As long as the angle was similar, Cech basically had no hope of saving a penalty. Then it felt much different from saving a penalty.

When Chelsea fans in the audience saw this scene, they all shouted Zhang Tiehan's name excitedly. There was no performance that was more exciting than a direct shot like Zhang Tiehan. Seeing this performance, they kept looking forward to the fact that when Chelsea played against other teams, Zhang Tiehan made such a few kicks in the game. Chelsea's goals must be one after another. Will the opponent still play?

They are looking forward to it.

At this time, Cech became a foil... He smiled bitterly in his heart and kept thinking about ending this training. If he was at the Kobham training base, without fans watching, Cech could still treat this as his own neural reaction training. But now there are so many fans and so many reporters, he can imagine that Zhang Tiehan's training video must have been uploaded to various media websites at night. The protagonist is Zhang Tiehan. He is handsome, handsome, handsome, and powerful... and he has shot one by one, and he has become the background that sets off how powerful the shot is.

The background feels really not very good.

So when this very depressing training ended, Cech looked at Zhang Tiehan with sadness.

Looking at Cech's eyes, Zhang Tiehan was rarely embarrassed. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll treat you to a big meal in the United States..."

"Ah? Haha, OK!" Cech was extremely excited. Zhang Tiehan had only been on the team for a few days, but most people already knew his personality very well, not just direct contact. For players like Zhang Tiehan, the media will almost analyze him in various ways. "Stingy" is one of his most prominent personalities, which can make Zhang Tiehan treat guests to dinner... This is a rare encounter in a century, so Cech raised his hand excitedly. Others rushed over and heard him say, "Zhang talks about treating everyone to the United States!"

"real?"

"Impossible?"

"How could it be? This joke is not funny at all."

Zhang Tiehan's face turned dark when he heard it. He held it in for a long time before he said, "Am I so stingy? I'll treat you if you say you'll treat you!" He regretted it after saying that, and was jealous of Cech, and remembered the guy's name deeply in his mind.

Cech didn't know that he was remembered by Zhang Tiehan.

If someone who knows Zhang Tiehan very well would have been silent for a minute in advance for Chehe. Unfortunately, he still doesn't know yet. He is still in the excitement of making Zhang Tiehan treat him, and feels how great he is.
To be continued...