Among the five major leagues, the Premier League has no winter break because the Premier League has one more League Cup than other leagues, so even if the Premier League does not have a winter break, the schedule is also tight compared to other leagues.

On New Year's Day on January 1, 2005, the 21st round of the Premier League in 2004-05 will kick off again, Chelsea will be a visit to Anfield and challenge Liverpool!

Following the London Derby battle ten days ago, this game also attracted the attention of all the English media. The reason is just two words: transfer!

Just early this morning, Liverpool and Chelsea's official websites announced several player transfers at the same time.

First of all, Chelsea, the official website reported that Chelsea had signed free agents, former Red Devils captain Roy Keane, with a contract of 18 months and a weekly salary of 30,000 pounds. Such a signing undoubtedly surprised all media reporters, and the head coaches of various teams were jealous. And the news of Chelsea's next transfer is a bit ridiculous.

"Chelsea club has reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid club, bid 13.5 million pounds to introduce Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres! And signed a five-year contract with the player, with a loss of 90 million pounds!"

Torres' reputation in England is far less than that of Spain. Although he represented Spain in the 2004 European Cup, his mediocre performance could not attract the interest of the picky English media. Since Chelsea and Atletico Madrid officially revealed this news, major media in England have raised many questions without hesitation.

"The Sun": "Back with the richest man in Russia, Qiao Dapao does have the capital to squander the gold dollar, but I have to say that this yellow skin is irrational and does not understand players! After going to the Maldives for a round of play, the gentle village corrupted his brain, and took the club's funds to serve as the price of growth. I really feel sorry for Chelsea having such a prodigal son!"

"The Guardian": "Jo Dapao has been using various ways to attract the attention of fans all over the world. There is no doubt that this winter he chose to use huge losses to make a gimmick! I heard that Joo Dapao is also interested in Morientes of Real Madrid, Adriano of Inter Milan, and Shevchenko of AC Milan..."

Even the Times published a sigh-wrenching article "No one is perfect, Cannon also makes a fool of himself": "Roonie shines in the European Cup, Torres is unknown; in the first half of the league, Chelsea's Rooney scored a lot of goals, and Atletico Madrid's Torres scored only 4 goals! We really can't imagine that such a huge transfer was actually made by Joe Dapao. He even compared Torres with our great English genius! Think about the introduction of Rooney, Kaka, and Irving in the summer, Torres... is destined to be a stain on Joe's career."

The English media focused on Chelsea's transfer, but did not ignore Liverpool's two signings: 4.5 million pounds to introduce French central defender Galas from Chelsea, and 6 million pounds to introduce Spanish striker Villa from Zaragoza.

Villa is not as famous as Torres, and he is not even qualified to participate in the European Cup a few months ago! Since the media reported that Joe Dapao and Benitez had a good relationship, the English media have been eyeing Benitez, the Spaniard. Taking this opportunity, Benitez also lost Benitez again and again! Even Liverpool's "Echo" said that Benitez and Joe Dapao were too close, and they learned his gambling strategy of only buying a solemn and not buying stars!

At 20:45 on January 1, 2005, the game officially began amid the cheers of more than 40,000 fans at Anfield Stadium. The pre-match press conference was extremely friendly, and the game scene was extremely smooth. The entire KOP stands were filled with joy. Unfortunately, they did not witness the figure of the son of Wind Irving in Anfield again.

For this game, the media is not about the win or loss of the game, but about the performance of the new players of the two teams. They are both forwards introduced from Spain. The reporters really want to compare whether it is Qiao Dapao's vision or Benitez's vision.

I'm afraid they will never know that introducing Villa was the advice that Jovan Xian gave Benitez.

The reason why Qiao Wanxian gave Liverpool such a good and cheap top striker to Liverpool instead of being included in the team is mainly because Villa's football style is too similar to Irving and Rooney, and he is short. Torres is different. He has excellent feet and heading skills and top-notch heading ability. He can break through, pass and play back. He is a representative of a perfect center and is more suitable for enriching Chelsea's tactics.

In this game, Joe Wanxuan used the No. 1 student for Lampard, Kaka and Marklele. Sure enough, Chelsea's control in the midfield has been greatly enhanced and the offensive is thrilling. In the 23rd minute of the first half, Joe Cole cut inside from the right and shot hard, Dudek flew to save, Rooney and Kaka both shot the goal, and Rooney took the lead and stabbed the ball in, 1:0.

Liverpool's double midfield combination today is still Alonso and Gerrard. Such a double midfield configuration makes Benitez feel more and more worried. Seeing Marclayle's lively performance on the court, he defeated Alonso and Gerrard, making him hope that summer can come early and bring Marclayle, the tiger, into the team.

Sure enough, in the 42nd minute of the game, Maclale intercepted the ball in the midfield and passed Kaka. The Brazilian swung past Alonso, broke through Gerald, and then passed Hypia with an incredible "Marseille Swivel". He swung his left foot and his right foot with a hit, and then passed Carragher, who had just recovered from injury. After passing four people in a row, he calmly pushed the shot and scored in the near corner, completing an incredible goal!

After seeing this goal, Liverpool's commentator Daglish even commented: "This goal is the combination of Ronaldo, Zidane and Piero, and Brazil's next king of football will be born!"

Such a goal is hard for football experts to believe that it comes from the Premier League! In that stadium where the opening and closing, the fierce tackles and the pursuit of physical collisions, such a beautiful picture is impossible! In addition to the low-level league, such a goal method can only happen in a league like Spain that focuses on offense and light on defense!

Of course, Kaka's goal comparable to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho's goal is also due to Benitez's pre-match warning to Liverpool players, and it is strictly forbidden to make malicious injuries to Chelsea players.

In the second half, Chelsea made a simple personnel adjustment, Joe Cole came out and Duff came on the court. The media reporters were a little disappointed. What they most looked forward to was that Torres came on the court and then performed poorly, so they could have full reasons to strongly criticize Joe Da Cannon.

Chelsea continued to launch an offensive in the second half. In the 65th minute of the game, Kaka took the corner kick, Ramos beat Carragher and headed the ball, scoring the third goal of the game!

The KOP stands are still hot, giving them their most fanatical passion, and the fans in the stands have begun to leave one after another. However, they did not show too much disappointment. After all, Liverpool faces Chelsea, which killed the Red Devils this time, and Chelsea, who killed the Gunners, is too strong.

In the 73rd minute of the game, the audience burst into applause, and Chelsea's No. 14 player came on the court - Roy Keane!

Once upon a time, Liverpool hated the Manchester United captain, but now, when he heard that he had broken up with Ferguson and even spoke out to defeat Manchester United in a blue jersey, he undoubtedly received the favor of all Liverpool fans and gave the warmest applause.

Sure enough, good intentions will be rewarded, and this is true!

After 3 minutes of applause from Reds fans to Chelsea's Roy Keane, Chelsea's left back Bridge gave them a big gift. He dribbled the ball from the side, but was cut off by the smart Luis Garcia, and a long pass was found to Barroche who was quickly flew forward.

Barros headed the ball to the second point. Kewell shot and scored a fury. Liverpool finally scored a goal, and the score became 3:1.

However, the commentator on the scene did not seem too excited, and Daglish's tone was relatively plain: "This goal was mainly due to Bridge's mistakes. Two Chelsea's central defenders Terry and Cannavaro are both world-class. I once thought that the 18-year-old Ramos would be the breakthrough of Chelsea's defense, but after watching their games, I found that the Spanish teenager performed well, but Bridge on the left made many mistakes."

Seeing Bridge's mistake again, Qiao Wanxian, who was sitting quietly on the coaching seat, sighed secretly: "No wonder he couldn't play the main player in Chelsea in his previous life. He was also a substitute when he went to Manchester City. In the end, he could only fall into a team like West Ham United and Reading."

Boas saw Bridge's poor performance, closed his eyes tightly, turned his head, then covered his mouth, and whispered to Qiao Wanxian: "This winter, the left-back position must be supplemented, otherwise this position will definitely be a problem in the Champions League!

Qiao Wanxian sighed. How could he not know about this question? It’s just that the position of the left back is scarce, so who else can he introduce?

"Which player do you think is better?"

"Ah?" Boas was shocked by the sudden question, then frowned and asked in disbelief: "Today's world football, the number one left-back... naturally, Robert Carlos of Real Madrid, um... Van Bronthorst, Lizarazu, and Zanetti are all first-class. Ashley Cole has unlimited potential, but the greatest left-back... should still be the one from Milan City - Martini."

"Wait... wait!" Hearing Boas' words, Qiao Wanxian's eyes lit up, and suddenly thought of something, and burst into laughter: "Boas, you are wrong. The greatest left-back is not Maldini, but someone else!"

"Ah? Greater than Maldini?"
Chapter completed!