Before Abu entered Stamford Bridge, who could imagine that Chelsea did not have its own training base, and they often needed to use it together with Imperial University. When people always say that Chelsea is a nouveau riche, who knows what Abu and his team did for this club?

In Cobham, Surrey, about 50 minutes' drive from Stamford Bridge, Abu rebuilt a fully equipped and scientific base for the team, specifically to train players of all ages of the club. The Cobham training base is not open to the public, and Chelsea's open training classes are only arranged at Stamford Bridge Stadium.[]

The fully equipped Kobham base covers about 130 acres, with 15 football fields and an indoor football field for winter training. It integrates the functions of wounded rehabilitation, medical care and media services. Chelsea's first team, reserve team, youth team, and even community football activities are carried out here. In order to ensure the safety of players and club staff, Kobham base also loses the questioning and scanning verification system.

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

As the "big rear" of the club, the most important task of Cobham Base is to cultivate more local outstanding players for the club, which is consistent with the Blues' gradual transfer to youth policy. The most relished success story is John Terry, who went from a terrible school child to a first-team captain, and then to becoming the captain of the England national team.

Anyway, this is what makes Chelsea people proud of.

At the Cobham base, the Chelsea players had just finished the team's training match. The main team led by Qin Tian defeated the substitute players effortlessly 3:0. The group sat on the side of the court and chatted. There was still some time before the next round of the game. It was enough to maintain the rhythm of the training during this period, and the amount of exercise was not too large. The team won the first few rounds, so the internal atmosphere was very active.

Qin Tian sat slightly backward, wiped the sweat on his face with a towel, while Ozil, who was sitting in the middle of everyone in the distance, was chattering about an own goal given by Arsenal in the last round of Manchester United and Arsenal. At that time, Manchester United won a free kick in the frontcourt, Giggs took the ball, and Arsenal player Diaby sent the ball into his own goal without anyone being guarded. After the lucky Manchester United received a big gift from his opponent, he also overtook the score and won the final victory.

Lampard moved around Qin Tian and began to share his training experience with Qin Tian. Although the two are quite different in age, there are still many topics in the face of football that everyone likes. Moreover, the tacit understanding between the two people during the airport competition has been established a little. I believe that as the game progresses, the tacit understanding that the coach is happy to see will be more and more.

After the training, the players cannot disband. Everyone should gather in the conference room to summarize today's training and plan to watch a video of a game. After Dimateo took over Stamford Bridge, this regulation was formulated. Players should learn to summarize and absorb nutrition from past game videos.

Without games, training is the theme of the players. Such a life is undoubtedly boring, but for all professional athletes, being able to endure loneliness is one of the compulsory courses. However, Qin Tian’s life has been pretty good these days. Michelle Lauderup came from the United States for a small vacation, and the two people who rarely meet each other have also lived a good life.

However, not everything went smoothly during this period. Before the game against Stoke City, a scene that was not very harmonious happened. After Di Matteo announced the starting list of this game, he said meaningfully, "I hope everyone will pay attention to their words and deeds in normal times. If you have any questions or anything, you can communicate with me directly. But I don't want you to say something to destroy unity in the locker room, and of course, don't say it in front of the media, otherwise, I don't mind sending him away."

After saying this, Di Matteo turned around and left. The head coach who got angry for the first time made the Chelsea players look at each other. The locker room was so quiet that everyone noticed that Anelka's face changed. No one was a fool. Di Matteo's words were obviously directed at the passage Anelka complaining about his playing time in the locker room two days ago. It seemed that someone in the locker room told the head coach.

Anelka is usually alone in the team and does not communicate much with other players, but some things are the secrets of the locker room, but the head coach actually found out. Is there an insider? Everyone's coward immediately emerged this idea. Anelka looked around with a dark expression for a week, threw the towel in his hand heavily on the stool and slammed the door out.

However, the final result of such a thing can only be left in vain. Because the game task is so heavy, who has the leisure to investigate this kind of thing? The fifth round of the Premier League has begun. The away game against Stoke City is not too easy. Besides, it is wrong to talk nonsense in the locker room, and it is normal for someone to dislike it.

In the Premier League, no team thinks they can easily defeat any league opponent, this is true for giants, and for mid- and lower-level teams. Some people say that every game in the Premier League is fierce because the benefits obtained after each game are huge. In England, fans generally accept pay TV, game broadcast dividends and advertising revenue, which makes every team flock to it.

In such a situation, it is very natural to become intense in the game, and coupled with the support of crazy English fans, it has created a crazy English football culture.

Take Chelsea's next opponent Stoke City as an example. Last season, this team was the first choice for relegation that fans agreed that was unanimously resigned, but they must not underestimate any opponent. At the end of the season, the league was 12th, which was enough to surprise all the experts and media.

Coach Prix made an indelible contribution to such a huge success, and their unique goal-scoring method is actually the "grenade" tactic (side throwing ball offense). Such retro traditional English football can only be used by Prix, who has been coaching the English Championship for many years.

This season, the Premier League's top players are basically familiar with Stoke City's offensive strategy. If you want to achieve good results, you need to pay attention to teams with similar or slightly inferior strength to lose points. As the team's star, Ricardo Fuller has a height of 1.90 meters, and his skills and skills to take the ball and feet are also quite good. At critical moments, the team's grenade tactics and set-piece tactics make Fuller a considerable threat in the penalty area.

September 12th is Stoke City's home game against Chelsea. Stoke City people's retro tactics have also opened Qin Tian's horizons. Moreover, the resilience of England's mid- and lower-level teams that are not inferior to German teams has also allowed Qin Tian to learn a lot. He also reminds himself at any time in his future career that no matter who the opponent he faces is, no matter who he faces, he will fight to the end.

There is no suspense about the outcome of this game, but the process of the game was quite twists and turns. It should be said that Chelsea played well at the beginning and end of the game, while Stoke City performed better in the middle.

First of all, the first is the opening game. The new fastest goal score record in the Premier League was born. Sometimes, in addition to strength, the biggest factor is luck. When Drogba normally passed the ball to Qin Tian after the whistle sounded, Qin Tian just looked up and observed the opponent's goalkeeper's position. After dribbling the ball, he kicked the ball with a kick.

With the help of the wind and Qin Tian's skill, the ball flew over goalkeeper Sorensen's head and fell into the net. At this moment, 9 seconds had passed. When the referee's whistle sounded, the whole audience was silent for about 30 seconds, and the thunderous applause burst out like a tide.

At this moment, both Stoke City fans and Chelsea fans stood up and paid tribute to Qin Tian. The previous record of the fastest goal in the Premier League was completed by Tottenham defender Jing Zhi on December 9, 2000, when Bradford played against Tottenham, and after September 12, 2009, Qin Tian also left his grand in the history of Premier League records.

The score of 0:1 has been maintained throughout the first half, but the situation on the court is relatively excellent for Stoke City people. When the game reached the 69th minute of the second half, Qin Tian also saw the opponent's retro tactics. Although he did not score directly by grenades, it was definitely the effect of indirect blowing of grenades.

Ricardo Fuller's tall figure in the penalty area is too obvious. In addition, the team is too familiar with this cooperation. Chelsea's defense is not completely in place, so the goal becomes quite natural. 1:1, the Stoke City people did not choose to give up. They stubbornly tied the score. The Stoke City fans in the stands fell into madness.

After equalizing the score, Stoke City people played more proactively and frequently created murderous intent in Chelsea's hinterland. Many times, Qin Tian also retreated to the penalty area to defend. Fortunately, the team's defense line was very good. In the 81st minute, Chelsea finally completed the overturn. After Cech confiscated the opponent's shot, he threw his hand to Qin Tian. Qin Tian moved forward with a big foot. After Drogba took the ball in the middle line, he rushed into Stoke City's penalty area alone. The Stoke City defender had no choice but to collapse Drogbara on the lawn.

Drogba took the penalty kick personally. In the 83rd minute, the penalty kick was scored and the score was changed to 1:2.

Although Chelsea won, major media in England gave applause to their opponents after the game, believing that Chelsea was just a little lucky. If the Blues continued this game, they would not be far from losing.
Chapter completed!