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Chapter 532 Trouble
"The first half is over. In this FA Cup final, Newcastle and Everton drew 2009-[-]. Everton started well, but then Newcastle immediately took advantage of the field and tied the score with top scorer Long Bisheng before the end of the first half. The last time Everton reached the FA Cup final was in [-]. Scoring two goals in a row and defeating them, will they repeat the same mistakes this time? It seems very likely now, after all, with Everton's strength, it is too difficult to stop Newcastle's progress."

The commentator of Sky TV said so, the camera gave a close-up of each of the two coaches, Moyes frowned tightly, and Mourinho still had a smile on his face celebrating the goal just now, which seemed to be the best explanation for these words.

In fact, Mourinho lost the smile on his face as soon as he walked into the player tunnel, where the cameras couldn’t see it—Everton played really well in the first half. If Moyes hadn’t been careful, maybe they would have been able to maintain their lead until the end of the first half. advantage.

However, for Mourinho, playing like this when the overall strength has an absolute advantage, it really makes him feel a little shameless.

He didn't show his emotions in the locker room. No matter how strong his strength is, it is only an advantage on paper. Victory can only be won by his performance on the court. If any team enters the court with the mentality that if we are strong, we will definitely win, then an imbalance of mentality is almost an absolute thing.

"We encountered some troubles in the first half." Mourinho said to all the players: "But I am glad to see that you have not been affected in any way. In the second half, we must continue to perform like this. Pay attention to Everton's counterattack. Their two forwards, Ruo and Vaughn, are forwards with strong personal abilities. Be careful not to give them any chance. This is not a league, it is a cup game that determines the outcome. The number of times, I need your offensive efficiency to be higher."

He raised the notebook in his hand: "According to my personal statistics, we occupied 60.00% of the ball possession time in the first half, shot [-] times, and hit [-] times within the goal frame, but only scored one goal! Everton only shot seven times, hit the goal frame three times, and scored one goal... What does this mean? It means that Everton's offensive efficiency is three times that of ours! Wasted opportunities is equal to giving the opponent too many opportunities. In the second half, we need to strengthen our offense and use offense to let Everton know What is a strong team whose goal is to win the quadruple championship!"

The players waved their arms in response to Mourinho's words, they were full of confidence, they were full of confidence-there have been so many storms in the league and the Champions League, will they still be afraid of Everton, a small wave?

Like Moyes's secrets, Mourinho also made a mistake. What he said during the intermission was intended to boost the morale of the players, but the players themselves were already full of energy. It seemed a bit too much to be incited by him again...

After the start of the second half, Newcastle continued to launch a fierce attack. They continued to suppress Everton in the midfield, and quickly converted the advantage in the midfield into the advantage of the whole game.

Although Newcastle's biggest capital in the Champions League is their solid defense and excellent counterattack, their overall offensive strength is also top-notch in Europe. Several attackers have their own characteristics.

The reality of suppressing opponents from the first half until now has made Newcastle players gradually lose their vigilance against Everton's counterattack. Mourinho did not fail to see it, but he felt that with Everton's offensive ability, it could only harass the defense line at most.

Mourinho has always been very lucky, and his judgment is rarely wrong, but rarely does not mean no.

The game was almost a replica of the second half of the first half. Newcastle firmly suppressed Everton in their own half and got consecutive shots, but they were resolved one by one by the extremely excited goalkeeper Turner and the Everton players who were united.

In this case, Arteta has been calmly observing the gap in the backcourt after Newcastle's defense is pressed up. The two forwards Vaughn and Ruo are constantly running, looking for opportunities to counterattack and Newcastle's weaknesses.

In addition to the high degree of unity of will of the whole team, it also requires luck to attack the strong with the weak, and Everton does not seem to lack luck in this game.

Everton's lack of luck means that Newcastle has no luck in this game. It is not uncommon for the outcome of a football game to be determined by luck.

Long Bisheng received Messi's cross and shook his head to attack the goal. The ball had passed Turner's ten fingers, but was blocked by the post. Dutch defender Heitinga immediately made a clearance.

There was a huge sigh from the stands, and many Newcastle fans hugged their heads with disbelief-this is the third time they hit the ball on the goal post in this game!

But Newcastle fans did not expect that this is not the end of bad luck...

After 10 minutes in the second half, Everton played a beautiful counterattack. Arteta made a precise long pass from the backcourt. Essien rarely fell off the top.

Half of the stands at Wembley were silent. The Newcastle fans couldn't believe their eyes. Their team had been attacking for so long without scoring a goal, but the opponent scored with a counterattack. Not everyone was prepared for this.

The other half of the stands were boiling. Although the Everton fans desperately hoped that their team could win the first heavyweight championship in decades, they also admitted that it was really difficult to beat Newcastle. However, Everton brought them a surprise at the beginning of the first half, and now they brought them an even bigger surprise!
It has been less than half an hour since the end of the game. Everton has never been so close to the championship in 20 years!
"Damn it!" The annoyed Mourinho kicked over a bottle of water next to the coach's bench, and the splashed water wet his pants, but he ignored it completely, turned around and yelled at the bench: "Get up! Go warm up!"

After kicking out all the substitute players, Mourinho sat down on the coach's bench, his lingering anger still lingering:
"Damn it! Four times as many shots as them! Instead, they scored one less goal! Could it be that Moyes is destined to win this championship?"

Mourinho has reason to be angry. Luck seems to be on Everton's side today. So far Newcastle has hit the post three times. There are countless other threatening attacks, but they only scored one goal. The opponent's really threatening shots are nothing more than two or three times, but they scored two goals!The chances created, the advantages occupied and the score are completely out of proportion. Any head coach will go crazy in this situation.

Especially Mourinho has reached a critical point now. He has always put the pressure on one person. Whether it is facing the media's troubles or the opponent's disputes, he is on his shoulders. He protects all the players under his wings, but a person's mental strength is limited. A seemingly small mistake may make all the efforts come to naught. Every link must be considered, and no mistakes can be made. It doesn't matter if it's a game or two. How can it be done in the long run?

What's more, although Newcastle's performance this season is brilliant, it has not been easy all the way. They have been forced into desperation several times. Every time this happens, Mourinho's heart will undergo a severe test.

Even Pei Wei next to him couldn't stand the stimulation, let alone Mourinho who bears the brunt of it?

Although Mourinho has a big heart, no matter how good his heart is, it cannot withstand such torture...

If the team really didn't perform well enough, then Mourinho might calmly analyze the reason and find out the root cause to direct the team. But now the team's performance is so good, but it still lags behind. There is nothing Mourinho can do. How can he not make him angry?

"Jose! Calm down." Pei Wei tried to calm down the furious Mourinho. Although he was quite dissatisfied with the current score, as far as he was concerned, he didn't want Mourinho to make something wrong because of being too excited-such an outstanding coach who had a good personal relationship with him was hard to find.

"It's only one goal behind. We have a huge advantage on the field. There is still a long time before the end of the game. As long as we continue to attack, I don't believe they can really put a bus in front of the goal!" Pei Wei said.

The last sentence is a quote from Mourinho. In his first season in charge of Newcastle, Mourinho satirized his opponent with this Portuguese proverb (mostly invented by Mourinho himself) in the post-match press conference because of the opponent's full defense. The opponent's coach was so angry that he couldn't even speak-because Newcastle still won that game, and winning did not make Mourinho change his indomitable personality.

A person who is a good B must have the capital to be a good B, otherwise he will become a stupid B. Mourinho's madness is based on his ability. Although there was a huge psychological imbalance just now, under Pei Wei's persuasion, Mourinho quickly calmed down.

"You're right. What we lack is just luck." Mourinho calmed down and called Captain Taylor to tell the other players not to be affected by the conceded goal just now and continue with the previous performance. As long as the team is not impatient, goals will come sooner or later.

But having said that, Newcastle's players on the field also worked hard to calm themselves down, but no matter what, the impact of the conceded goal just now still exists.

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Moyes did not make a substitution. Everton's morale is high now, and the defense just now was quite in place. A rash substitution may cause confusion in the team's defense. As long as the defense is done well, Newcastle's offensive spirit will be gradually worn down, and the counterattack will be used to completely hit the opponent after the opponent shows impatience. Then this game is tantamount to winning!

After the game re-kick-off, Newcastle's offense is still fierce, but in the eyes of insiders, Newcastle's offense at this time is a little less tricky than the previous offense. The players are obviously still affected by the score behind. The offense began to look a little eager for success.

Under Newcastle's fierce suppression, Everton's defensive formation has shrunk so much that it can no longer shrink. They have almost given up all the areas outside the 30-meter area. The ten members of the team are surrounded by the penalty area, and the entire penalty area is densely surrounded, which makes Newcastle's offense encounter great trouble.

Moyes showed a smile on the corner of his mouth. Newcastle, who are so madly attacking, is nothing to be afraid of. The tight defensive formation makes it difficult for Newcastle players to play wonderful cooperation, and their personal breakthrough ability is not very good. In the case of man-marking Long Bisheng, even if Long Bisheng can win a few headers, it will not help.

Watching Messi being submerged in the crowd, watching Long Bisheng's futile confrontation in the penalty area, watching Newcastle's two wingers returning in vain again and again, watching long-range shots from the outside of the penalty area being repeatedly blocked by Everton's defenders... The smile on Moyes' face became more and more intense.

Before this game, he spent three weeks tuning the team's overall defense, and now it's time to blossom.

The overall height of Everton's defense is good, and the height of goalkeeper Turner is even better. Except for Arteta, the midfielders are all players with excellent running ability and strong defense.

And they're right now in the lead.

"It can't go on like this, Stephen."

Taking advantage of a ball going out of bounds, Long Bisheng approached Gerrard, wiping off his sweat: "Continuing to suppress will only make their defense line more and more backward, and our offense will become more and more difficult. In this situation, it is better for us to recover a little bit, so that we have more room for movement."

Messi next to him nodded in agreement with Long Bisheng's words. In the situation just now, his skills were completely useless. When Gerrard was thinking about it, Mourinho off the field also changed.

Gerrard was originally thinking about what to do if the other party was not taken in.Now that the head coach had given instructions, he agreed to the proposal without hesitation.

Bell threw the ball out of bounds, Ribery stopped the ball, turned around and forcibly broke through the opponent's defense, and when he was about to break through to the bottom line, Gerrard shouted: "Frank! Pass back and transfer!"

Gerrard is the core of the offense in the midfield, so Long Bisheng just talked to Gerrard just now. After hearing Gerrard's shout, Ribery gave up his idea of ​​continuing to break through with the ball. Instead, he turned around and passed the ball back to Bell. After receiving the ball, Bell transferred it laterally to Gerrard.

After the onslaught failed, Newcastle's players' personal adjustment ability came into play. Under Gerrard's command, Newcastle slowed down the rhythm of the attack and began to dispatch back and forth in the midfield to expand the attack range and let Everton's defense line also expand to create opportunities.

Moyes touched his chin. He could see Newcastle's offensive intentions. He looked at his watch. There were only about ten minutes left before the end of the game. Should he take this opportunity to attack for a while? It's best to score goals, and it can kill some time if you can't.

After observing Newcastle’s passing for a while, Moyes dismissed the idea. Newcastle’s short pass scheduling between players is quite proficient, and it is not so easy to steal the ball.

"Since they refuse to come out, let's continue to dispatch! Grinding back and forth! Let's see if his players can make no mistakes in the next time!" Mourinho thought viciously in his heart.

This game has reached the point where Newcastle really did not expect it, but they still have a chance now, and it is not time to lose hope.

(End of this chapter)