Top football and the story of 'laughing at people yesterday...'

That is, in less than a week, winners become losers and losers become winners, winners today suddenly become sinners tomorrow and vice versa... Why is that?

Rising team Chelsea failed to win for the fourth match.

Let's start fromPremier League – Premier League, the most attractive tournament on the planet for many years. Before the 6th round, experts and fans gave all the praise and predicted the upper door, winning for coach Tuchel's team - Chelsea Club against the opponent Manchester City. In the previous three consecutive matches in 3 different tournaments, surprisingly to the point of no longer being surprised, the underdog Chelsea all won against Manchester City, so there is no reason why the rising team Chelsea should not win the 4th match?

But strangely, Chelsea, with its strong army and generals, no weaknesses, and home field advantage, could not have a single shot on target during the entire match and had to accept defeat, the first loss of the new season and the second goal conceded in 6 matches.

There are many things to say about this match, but the most important thing is about a top star of Chelsea, the holding midfielder Kante. He was the star of Chelsea's match in round 5 in the away match against neighbours Tottenham, even though he only came on in the second half. But in the very next match, the holding player who had made many opponents afraid had to "swim" with sweat in front of the smooth and flexible coordination of Manchester City, under the command of the skillful, left-footed player B. Silva and eventually had to leave the field early.

Whether the sudden loss of strength of Kante's stopper leads to the loss of strength and helplessness of Chelsea or vice versa must be carefully considered, but that shows that top-level football and star form are always truly unpredictable, if not very difficult to maintain peak form in the face of fierce competition from opponents.

The second match of the Champions League group stage between the two powerful teams PSG and Man.City recently was a typical example. Pep Guardiola's strategy along with a series of big and small stars, the excitement after the victory over Chelsea did not help the team get a favorable result, even having to lose early and be convinced by a star player who had been somewhat disadvantaged for a long time, that is L. Messi.

That is the story mentioned at the beginning of the article, Man.City won gloriously today but lost miserably the next day, Pep was a genius today but the next day became... mediocre because he thought too much, too carefully like Tuchel before. Kante entered the field and immediately changed the situation of the match today but the next day, the next match was a different story. Silva is good at everything when holding the ball, dribbling and passing the ball to his teammates in the most receptive, open way, but when he needed an accurate shot to score from a distance of 2m, those magical feet handled it awkwardly...

Even the genius Messi when he first came to PSG also appeared… normal, even mediocre like any other average star. But then in the match against his old teacher, Messi returned to his old self, received the ball, dribbled skillfully, coordinated with his teammates and scored a beautiful goal as if this star was playing for… Barcelona at Camp Nou!

Surprises are a specialty of football, but the developments surrounding Man.City and Pep, Chelsea and Tuchel, PSG and Messi... once again urge fans to wait and hold their breath to see what other unpredictable surprise the top ball will bring?

Unseen image, Messi for the first time lying on the field to support his team while acting as a wall. Photo: Thanhnien

Winning a match is extremely difficult, but it seems that maintaining a win is even more difficult, sometimes even impossible. Therefore, everyone understands the simple truth "Laugh at others today, others will laugh at you tomorrow"! The time when someone dared to boast about this and that seems to have passed. The time when the whole team served one individual has also passed. Then the genius Messi, the shortest player on the PSG team at the time of receiving a dangerous penalty, had to accept... lying right behind the fence! That's football or life, only reality answers without anyone having time to think, to consider the pros and cons. That is an opportunity for those who want to move forward, to do something, countless opportunities are always shared equally for anyone, at any time...

Chau Phu