In May, the much-anticipated London Flower Show arrived as scheduled.
The Chelsea Flower Show originated in 1862 and is organized by the Royal Horticultural Society. It attracts hundreds of the world's top gardeners every year.
Football and community are an integral part of it.
A morning filled with birdsong and flowers.
David, the London community representative, warmly welcomed Clark, the senior executive of the Football Association.
Their mission today is to give away free tickets to the FA Cup final to charities, schools and other organizations.
"Did you hear that Abramovich won't see the FA Cup final this year?"
"It was not because of the poisoning of the former Russian agent who was sheltered by the British. This fuse put the relationship between Britain and Russia under tension."
"What kind of thinking do those bullshit politicians have? How did they go from the poisoning incident to the old issue of the Brexit referendum? And then extend it to banning Abramovich from renewing his visa?"
Clark touched his bald head that was wet with fog beads.
A look of embarrassment on his face: "Hey, maybe it won't be long before we take over this club worth more than 2 billion pounds..."
David looked confused: Buy it for zero yuan?
The politician's skin color that he imagined in his mind... suddenly turned into pitch black.
"After the World Cup, Chelsea may have a football champion! If politicians buy Chelsea for zero dollars, how will they deal with the issue of whether the football champion will stay or go?"
"Don't be ridiculous, Chelsea's market value determines that Abramovich cannot be driven away!"
The two bald middle-aged men looked at each other, laughed uncontrollably, and walked hand in hand towards the sea of pink flowers.
...
simply put.
The "Spygate" in 2018 served as a trigger and intensified a series of conflicts.
This affected Abramovich's entry into the country and affected Chelsea.
This summer window is the final moment for several major players to renew their contracts.
The media suddenly photographed Abramovich appearing in Israel.
Various phenomena made the BBC and The Times in this historical period believe that Chelsea was going to change hands.
The top brass of the Blues are busy.
The coaching staff and players have not been disturbed and have long been used to it. There have been a lot of news related to "Abra Abramovich wants to sell Chelsea" since about 2006, but it has become more intense in recent years.
...
Chelsea's schedule is very tight.
The day after the first leg of the semi-finals, they had to face the London rival Crystal Palace. Two days later, they had to rush to Munich in advance to prepare for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals. The coaching staff did not have any breathing time.
Speaking of Crystal Palace.
Their current coach, Hodgson, has led three different clubs to defeat Chelsea.
Last season, Chelsea players almost beat up the relics when they challenged Crystal Palace away from home.
Hazard was hit with a series of elbows.
Diego Costa was kicked on the head.
William was poked in the eye and kicked.
Conte was hit on the head by debris from the stands.
The "style" of Crystal Palace is such that even cartoons would not dare to let the protagonist start in this club.
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Selhurst Park Stadium.
Crystal Palace fans held up a banner that read: "The purity of football is polluted by Abramovich's dirty money."
The voices of anger and provocation were endless.
The giant gray-white TIFO image slowly rises.
Sideline.
Li Kang was sitting on the bench, and Dino turned his head warily and scanned the stands with his eyes, fearing that some debris would be thrown down and hit the awning.
Tuchel paced back and forth in the command area.
The coaching staff behind him is preparing intensively for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
The other side.
Crystal Palace manager Hodgson is calm and calm.
His status in football is very high.
To this day, a stadium in southern Sweden is still named after him. The oldest head coach in the Premier League once changed the football of Swedish super giant Malmö.
Unlike Wenger who devoted most of his coaching time to Arsenal, Hodgson has coached eight different countries and more than 20 clubs, from the Swedish second division to the Europa League finals, and took the relegation team Fulham to the Europa League finals. . .There have been ups and downs along the way.
What contribution did this old man make to the promotion of football tactics? Zone marking and "improvement of the offside trap".
People in the world called him: Huo Taigong.
It is worth mentioning that he is 71 years old and still has eight-pack abs.
This temporary fire-fighting appointment as Crystal Palace coach also fulfilled a childhood wish: Hodgson made his debut in the Crystal Palace youth training.
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The style of the competition is different from before.
Crystal Palace under Hodgson has a compact defense, pressing from the midfield, and a clean style of play...
The originally dirty fighting style became 'pure and pure' tonight.
All this is related to Hodgson's tactical style. He requires his disciples to avoid unnecessary fouls behind the 40-meter zone and maintain a compact and layered defense line.
'If you want to switch from defense to offense smoothly, you must get the team into a state of smooth defense and cooperation during the "defense" phase. Only in this way can a smoother and more threatening counterattack be formed!'
In the 15th minute, Cabaye and Bakayoko collided heavily while fighting for the top. The two stood up and clapped their hands in a friendly manner.
In the 28th minute, Chelsea striker Batshuayi received the ball on the left side of the penalty area. Before he could shoot, he was tripped by the opponent's central defender! There was still no dispute...Marcos came to take the dangerous free kick. Get it done in one fell swoop! Break the deadlock!
Crystal Palace 0:1 Chelsea.
53rd minute.
The King of Pucks who belongs to Crystal Palace has arrived!
Crystal Palace's all-time top scorer!
The Premier League tries to win the championship!
24-year-old super genius-Zaha.
The crowd at Selhurst Park cheered for Zaha's push with the ball!
The little black egg with gorgeous footwork and extremely fast speed turned Chelsea's "substitute" defense upside down!
One operation was as fierce as a tiger's.
As a result, the ball was intercepted by Blues rotation center back Christensen.
....
finally.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Crystal Palace 0:1 Chelsea.
The Blues fans who were traveling with the army were escorted by security personnel and quickly left the stadium.
Crystal Palace fans angrily vented their dissatisfaction, with messy debris falling from the stands.
He was obviously beating Chelsea's substitutes, but he couldn't score a goal!
....
Studio.
-[Chelsea won this fierce battle at a very low cost, and all the main players went to Munich in the second round.]
-【Car, come on!】
-[The news said that Abramovich canceled the plan to build a new stadium, which made the city hall very anxious. Why not continue to build it? It is impossible for Chelsea to have no money.]
-[Abra Abramovich cannot enter England now and his visa renewal has been refused. Why build a new stadium? 】
- [The Premier League finally emerged, and a super overlord reappeared. The result...]
-[Don’t think too much, Li Mingdeng will play at Chelsea for at least four or five years.]
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Tuchel and Hodgson shook hands and walked down the tunnel together.
The latter asked the Chelsea manager to buy him a drink.
Although the two had different tactical concepts in many aspects, they still had a good conversation.
Dino hugged the rotation players one by one and said that they also played a vital role in the championship.
Li Kang and Morata held the tactical board together, trying to figure out a new rotation method.