At the end of October, the third game of the UEFA Champions League group stage was approaching quietly. The media paid attention to this game because Chelsea's opponent is Barcelona. Chelsea and Barcelona are old "enemy". For two consecutive seasons, they have collided directly in the UEFA Champions League. The first time Chelsea eliminated Barcelona, ​​and the second time Barcelona eliminated Chelsea. The collision of two European competitions in two years made the confrontation of the two teams a world-renowned game. Point ●

Both teams are one of the strongest teams in the world. Some even say that the strongest ones are Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​which are not one of them. With the luxurious lineups and crazy performances of the two teams, other European giants are relatively a little different.

For example, Chelsea can be described as sweeping in the Premier League. They have been winning streaks so far, while Barcelona suppressed Real Madrid in the domestic arena. The Catalans have gained a complete advantage against Real Madrid in the past two years.

In the past two years, Chelsea and Barcelona have been popular, and this season the media believes that the champion can only appear among these two teams. In this way, the collision between the two teams will attract more attention.

However, Chelsea coach Grant talked about the group stage match with Barcelona in an interview, and believed that the game might "lack the tension in the past when the two teams met".

In the past two seasons, Chelsea has met Barcelona, ​​and the two teams have won once each. In the game, red cards, controversial punishments, penalty kicks and verbal battles have filled people's sight, making the two teams' confrontation beyond the scope of the game.

However, since the past two encounters were in knockout matches and this time they were in group matches, the tense atmosphere may not be as strong as in previous years.

Grant said of the game. "There may be a slight difference between this year's game and last year, because we're talking about group games now. This gives people the opportunity to see better football and calmer football. Both teams have a better chance to show themselves because they don't have to worry about the outcome if they are not in the knockout stage. Maybe after six group games, either Barcelona or Chelsea may be eliminated. But not after this game."

Before the match against Barcelona, ​​there is still a League Cup match to play.

Chelsea's opponent is Reading, who has just defeated. No one takes this game seriously because at Stamford Bridge, Reading has no power to fight back against Chelsea.

This League Cup is played at the home court of Reading at the Medeski Stadium.

In order to prepare for the Champions League group stage with Barcelona, ​​Grant rotated the starting lineup again. Zhang Tiehan, Marklele and captain Terry did not play, and the forward line combination was also Shepchenko and Kalu.

It has to be mentioned that Shepchenko is really questioned now. At present, the Ukrainian still has not been able to break his goal drought. On the front line, Drogba's goal is second only to Lampard, and Kalu also scored three goals, while Shepchenko has not scored a goal so far. It is conceivable how much pressure this scorer, worth 50 million, is under. Although it is only a league cup, Shepchenko still expressed his hope that he can break the goal drought before the game.

"I hope to score a goal. The first goal is very important. I don't need to prove myself in the competition. I can do it. I believe that as long as I have the first goal, there will definitely be more goals in the future..." Shepchenko said.

But in the end, Shepchenko failed to get what she wanted.

This game may have been affected by the noise atmosphere of the Mideteski Stadium. Chelsea's overall performance was not very good. The only goal of both sides came from the own defender of Reading. It was precisely with this own goal that Chelsea eliminated Reading.

But that's not the main thing.

Promotion to the League Cup is not a big deal for Chelsea. What's more important is that the opponent's players collided with Chelsea goalkeeper twice on the court--

Once, Cech ended, and another time, Kudicini ended.

Less than a minute into the game, Cech fell to the ground and saved while attacking. Reading's No. 10 Hunter stretched his foot without reaching the ball and kicked Cech in the head. After a five-minute emergency treatment, the Czech was carried out on a stretcher to a local hospital for treatment, and he even fainted at the time.

Unexpectedly, the same scene happened again in substitute goalkeeper Kudicini.

In the 91st minute, Reading's defender Songko hit Kudicini in a corner kick and knocked the Italian over with his elbow. The team doctor performed emergency treatment for about eight minutes. After fixing Kudicini's neck, he was lifted off the field and sent to the hospital.

After the game, no one in Chelsea was in the mood to celebrate the victory.

The night after returning to London, Chelsea Club confirmed that Cudicini had been discharged from the hospital. After diagnosis, the doctor believed that his condition was good and there would be no danger. Now it seems that his condition has stabilized.

However, Cech was left in the hospital and he needed to observe overnight to determine the condition and treatment plan.

"Peter Cech will stay in the hospital all night on Saturday for observation. Kudicini was previously taken to the hospital and has been discharged after examination," a statement from Chelsea's official website said.

Chelsea said in a statement that we confirmed that Cech was sent to the Radcliff Hospital in Oxford last night, where the best neurosurgeons will repair his sunken skull. Although Chelsea won yesterday's game, they paid the price of two goalkeepers being injured. After Cech was injured, Kudicini came on as a substitute. As a result, he was unconscious after colliding with opposing defender Songko in the 90th minute of the game. However, he was discharged that night. In contrast, Cech's condition was much more serious and he had to undergo a long period of cultivation to fully recover after the operation.

To make matters worse, although Cudicini was discharged from the hospital on the night of the game after treatment, he is likely to be unable to play in Barcelona.

"Chech's surgery was very successful, but it's too early to accurately assess his physical condition."

"The whole team sincerely wishes Cech and Kudicini to recover from the pain quickly."

This is said in the statement on the official Chelsea website.

Chelsea head coach Grant was very angry at Reading's Hunter's behavior in an interview, claiming that Hunter was still laughing after causing Cech to fall to the ground.

"I won't be surprised no matter what Cech's injury is. It's a blessing to be alive." Grant said after the game that he also compared Hunter's behavior to the time when Manchester City defender Thatcher knocked Portsmouth player Mendes unconscious. Thatcher was suspended for eight games afterwards. Grant asked the English FA to investigate Hunter's behavior as precedent.

Chelsea club expressed support for Grant's view. Chelsea said in an official statement, "Chelsea has reviewed the game video of the two goalkeepers when they were injured, and we support Grant's post-match remarks about the severity of these incidents. Chelsea will submit our report to the FA in the future."

"I'm not surprised by the behavior that Cech encountered," Grant said. "The opponent wanted to kick like this. I was worried that Cech would be lucky to be alive."

"Breaking a leg or arm is one thing, but the head is another. In sports games, such injuries are the most scary. I watched two accidents through video, and their nature is different. The second time (for Kudicini) was a violent air collision, which should be a foul, but the opponent did not intentionally. But the first time was different. The ball was far away from the player, the goalkeeper came out, grabbed the ball, and then the man came over and kicked, and he obviously lost his mind."

"That invasion is incredible, and professional players should respect each other. If Cech's skull is not broken, then he is a lucky kid. It was a bad invasion, and Cech completely fainted in the locker room. He was taken to the hospital."

"I'm not saying that the opponent deliberately wanted to send my goalkeeper to the hospital, but this was a very stupid invasion. You can usually see the player jumping up to avoid the goalkeeper, but the man's knee went straight toward Cech's face, and he didn't want to avoid it. After that, he turned around and ran back, smiling in front of us, looking like he was not worried at all."

"I'm waiting to hear what the media critics and experts say. I want to wait, because when Essin played Harman last season, the media shouted overwhelmingly, but compared to what happened today, it's a big deal. Only when Thatcher hit Mendes can he compare."

Grant said that he can only wait for the doctor's report now. "Anger can't help, I can only wait for their injury report, and what the FA plans to do."

Grant has always given the media and fans a very polite feeling outside. He is like a gentleman, very polite to everyone. He has a smile on his face and speaks calmly every time he is interviewed. He didn't expect that after the two goalkeepers were injured this time, Grant showed such excitement.

That was a bit omnipotent. It could be seen that this "honest man" was really angry.

After all, Cech's kick was really terrible, and his skull was injured. If he was a little more harsh, he would probably die on the spot.

All Chelsea players were very angry about this.

Zhang Tiehan immediately said, "They should be careful when they compete with us next time." As he said that, he also fiddled with his legs, which made people think of his powerful legs, which was really... very dangerous.

However, some media immediately criticized Zhang Tiehan. Such words were not something that public figures could say. Zhang Tiehan shrugged indifferently and then received a warning from the FA.

Zhang Tiehan doesn't care about this.

He just vented his anger, but if the other party really did this on purpose, he wouldn't mind really avenging Cech. In private, he had a very good relationship with Cech. That kind of private friendship was established for a long time - Zhang Tiehan met Cech when he played for Wigan Athletics. Of course, they met on the court. At that time, Zhang Tiehan poured three goals in Cech, and Cech was deeply impressed by him.

They often meet on the court. When they get more times, they are impressed by each other and naturally become familiar with each other. Not to mention, the two are still teammates and are good friends in private.

Captain Terry called the victory a hard-earned battle. "We were very worried at the time that they (Cheh and Kudicini) were both knocked down and were hit hard, and we hope they will recover next Wednesday. It's a battle, and sometimes you have to do that."

Lampard also agreed with this, "It's like a fight, the opponent's posture is very clear, but we broke through."

Reading defended his behavior.

Head coach Kopel said: "I'm 100% sure Hunter didn't mean it. The referee's position was very good. He saw the accident. He was only 10 yards away and didn't take out the cards. Grant said anything to Hunter, but if Hunter smiled, it would definitely not be a laugh."

Hunter also denied that he was interested, "I went 100% to grab the ball. I hope Cech was not seriously injured. I hope he recovers as soon as possible."

Reading's defense doesn't matter. Importantly, it's a crisis for Chelsea. Neither Cech nor Cudicini can play in this week's Champions League match. They can only be forced to use third goalkeeper Hilario, the Portuguese goalkeeper who will celebrate his 31st birthday next Saturday will transfer from the Portuguese Premier League Nationals to Chelsea as a free agent this summer. He has not played yet.

The only benefit from the injury of the two was the third goalkeeper.

Compared with his two teammates, Hilario is much less famous, with zero appearances this season and only three times on the bench (Community Shield and the first two Premier League rounds). This was when Cech had not recovered due to shoulder surgery at the beginning of the season.

Hillaryo will be 31 years old and 193cm tall, and is a tall goalkeeper.

In the 1994-95 season, the 19-year-old Hillaryo joined Porto's first team, and his debut opponent was Wall. He was loaned to Akka Demika by Porto in 1995. After returning to Porto in the 1996-97 season, Hillaryo began to be entrusted with important tasks.

March 5, 1997. Hilario, considered the "Baya successor", suffered the biggest blow in his career. Porto encountered the Red Devils Manchester United, which had a strong upward momentum in the first leg of the Champions League four-player knockout match. As a result, Hilario's goal guarded by the opponent was broken four times. David May, Cantona, Giggs and Cole became the nightmare for Portuguese goalkeepers, especially Cantona, whose 2 passes and 1 shot made Manchester United have a perfect night.

Porto ruined hope of advancement early. Since then, Hilario was thrown into the cold palace and his appearances have become less and less.

In the 2002-03 season, Porto, coached by Mourinho, reached the peak, the League Cup champion, the Portuguese Super League champion and the Champions League champion were all won, and Hillaryo was also one of the members of the championship team. However, his appearances were very few and he was not the main contributor.

In 2004, Hillaryo, who had been loaned several times, joined the Portuguese National Team, helping the team to win the fifth place in the league and qualify for the League Cup. On Christmas 2005, after the contract with National Team ended, he received a call from Mourinho, but he still had a contract at the time, but he still decided to come to Chelsea. But when he signed with Chelsea in the summer, Mourinho had already left Stamford Bridge, but in short, he became a member of Chelsea.

Although Hillaryo and Mourinho had only a short season, the madman had a high opinion of him.

"He is an excellent goalkeeper with high level and ability." This is Mourinho's comment in an interview with Milan, Italy when he learned that Hillaryo signed with Chelsea. "I'm sorry he didn't become a player under my command, but I believe he will be a powerful addition to Chelsea's lineup."

In fact, Hillaryo played in the first official game of Chelsea's new season, but since the game was played in the United States (a match between Chelsea and the United States All-Stars), and it was just a warm-up match, not many people knew about it.

Hillaryo has a clear understanding of his future at Chelsea. "Everyone here celebrates that he must be able to play in the best form at any time. I came to Chelsea to play football and to succeed."

Before Cech and Cudicini were injured, Hilario focused his debut on the third round of the League Cup, but the two teammates continued to "fall" one after another, making the Portuguese likely to realize their wishes in advance, and their opponent was the defending champion of the Champions League Barcelona.

He is not unfamiliar with European stadiums. After leaving Porto, Hilario can play games every weekend. He has two experiences in the League Cup and also has the experience of playing in the Champions League.

Once Cudicini cannot recover immediately, Hilario will appear on the Stamford Bridge field wearing a No. 40 jersey and be tested by Barcelona stars such as Ronaldinho and Goodyanson.

"Hilalio is no longer a child. He is 30 years old. He has played many games in the top league and has played the Champions League. He is very calm and has good preparations. He will have his own time."

"It was only last Saturday that Hillaryo discovered that he might play because two goalkeepers were injured. He has been busy preparing for the homework that goalkeepers should do. When he came here, he knew that he was the third choice and the third goalkeeper would not usually play. If you ask me the third goalkeeper of Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester United or Arsenal, I might not be able to answer. They are usually unknown, but now Hillaryo has a good chance to play against the European champions. He will enter the game with complex feelings. On the one hand, he will be very excited and sad for the absence of his two good friends."

In addition to Hillaryo, Chelsea's fourth goalkeeper, young man Kalambe, is also actively preparing. He was told to be ready to contribute to the team. The 20-year-old Belgian young player has been promoted to the first team by Chelsea and will serve as Hillaryo's substitute.

"The head coach told me that I have to be prepared. He will choose between me and Hilario. My advantage is that I have played all the games in the reserve team, so I hope there will be a chance."

Kalambe joined Chelsea at the age of 17 and has been playing for the youth team. Now he may have a turnaround.

For these teams' marginal players, starting in the European game against Barcelona is indeed very attractive. No one knew who Chelsea's third goalkeeper and fourth goalkeeper were, but now everyone knows it. They have been reported by various media and their information has been interpreted in detail. This is because they are likely to start in the game against Barcelona.

What is naturally striking about Barcelona is Ronaldinho. Grant believes that Ronaldinho may find his best form in the game against Chelsea.

"Barca is an excellent team with excellent players. I don't see Ronaldinho's games this season, but even if he only reaches 70 or 80 percent, he is already better than many players in this world. Even if he is not 100 percent in form now, playing in the Champions League will give him motivation, especially when playing against Chelsea."

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This is the pre-match between Chelsea and Barcelona.

But just like Grant said, the two teams were not very popular before the game, perhaps because it was just a Champions League group match. Although the victory or defeat can determine the first and second rankings in the Champions League Group A, in fact, there are two teams in the group that can qualify. The situation in Group A is very clear. Chelsea and Barcelona are too much ahead of Werder Bremen, not to mention that the Bulgarian team Sofialivski, who was filled with twelve goals in two games. This team wants to qualify in Group A, and there is no chance at all.

That being the case, the collision between Chelsea and Barcelona is not as passionate as it is now.

However, the game is still very important for both sides. For both teams, winning the game means gaining greater advantages in the group, and the next group stage will be much easier. For both players, this kind of battle is also an opportunity to show themselves in front of fans in Europe and even the world.

For Zhang Tiehan, this is a fight with a strong team.

It's a challenge!

Barcelona is quite strong this season. Many media believe that Barcelona is the strongest team in the world now. Chelsea has many stars, but they are still a little worse than Barcelona. Even Zhang Tiehan can only compete with Ronaldinho.

Both of them are the world's top players and two different types of players.

Zhang Tiehan is a player who can score goals. He scored quite a few goals and his skills also focused on playing in front of the goal. Ronaldinho focused on the overall player. He is the core of Barcelona, ​​organizing offense, creating opportunities for his teammates, and the motivation for the whole team to launch offense.

When talking about skills, Ronaldinho is better. When talking about goals, Zhang Tiehan is obviously more outstanding.

Anyway, this will be a head-on collision between Zhang Tiehan and Ronaldogno.

The two of them had fought before, and that time Zhang Tiehan won. More importantly, Liverpool defeated Barcelona last season, and the two teams had a victory or defeat, which meant that the two had a victory or defeat, not to mention that Zhang Tiehan performed very well in the game.

Now the two have a chance to meet again.

The report about the two before the game is the main theme of the media. They are looking forward to a collision between Mars and Earth. For fans, the fight between the two is also the biggest highlight of the game. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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