Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 620 Europe Chapter 2003 The Era of Young People 【End】

Newcastle is still in fourth place after beating Liverpool [-]-[-] at home, but this fourth place seems to be not much different from the first place—Arsenal is tied again, missing Henry, Vieira and Sun Chenghai After the main players on three lines, arsenal led leicester city with Adriano's goal in the second half, but Ashley Cole's rough tackle after [-] minutes gave him a goal The red card, this is Arsenal's four red cards in the league since the beginning of the season. Leicester City, which has the superiority in numbers, finally relied on substitute Shinnett's shot in front of the goal to equalize the score before the whistle. The away game encountered Leeds' tenacious resistance. In the end, they could only rely on Duff's shot in front of the goal to shake hands with the opponent. The biggest winner of this round was Manchester United. They relied on Forlan and Ruud van Nistelrooy's double goals at home. Defeated Aston Villa for the second time and climbed to the top of the list relying on the advantage of goal difference.

After fifteen rounds of the league, Manchester United and Arsenal have 35 points, Chelsea 34 points, and Newcastle 33 points-this is the top four points, and the biggest gap between the first and fourth places is only two points, which is the beginning of the Premier League. It has been unique since then, and No.5 Fulham has only 23 points, and the league has not yet passed halfway. The teams that are eligible to compete for the championship are only the top four. It is too slim that all four teams will not be able to continue.

The power of money-everyone thinks so. It is no longer news that Manchester United and Arsenal are chasing each other at the top of the standings, and now the two new forces joining are all Newcastle, which received huge financial support before the season With Chelsea, it proved once again that in modern football, money is absolutely a must.

In the final round of the Champions League group stage three days later, Chelsea, who had already qualified ahead of schedule, did not force themselves to compete for the top spot in the group. Real Madrid may value this position, but Newcastle don't care much. After all, after entering the top [-], With Newcastle's experience in the Champions League, there is no difference between any opponent.

Therefore, in this game, Mourinho sent most of the substitutes, such as Taylor, Speed, Solano, Bellamy, Stewart and other players who rarely played, but these substitutes did not perform well. Competitive, Bellamy's goal helped Newcastle draw Marseille [-]-[-] at home, and won the second place in the group with an unbeaten record of three wins and three draws. Team first.

The top four of the Premier League all qualified in the group. The Premier League has become the league with the most teams in the Champions League. Serie A Inter Milan and Lazio both fell into the sand. Lazio even failed to qualify for the UEFA Cup. Juventus and AC Milan entered the top [-], La Liga occupied three seats, Real Madrid, Deportivo and Real Sociedad all won the right to qualify, but Valencia led by Benitez lost a crucial game. After losing to Ajax in the away game, they ranked third in the group with a one-point gap. Benitez can only use his on-the-spot command ability in the UEFA Cup.

The other six teams are Monaco and Lyon in Ligue [-], Bayern Munich and Stuttgart in Bundesliga, Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia and Sparta Prague in Czech Republic. The Czech League One and the Russian Super League each have one team. Except for the accidental elimination of Inter Milan and Valencia, most of the strong teams have entered the round of sixteen.

The reason why Mourinho did not let the team go all out to win the first place in the group, apart from training the newcomers, the biggest reason is that the Premier League schedule gets tighter as December progresses, and Newcastle will play 31 games throughout December. One league game, one Champions League game, two League Cup games, eight games in just [-] days, this schedule is simply outrageous.

Therefore, Mourinho has to do everything possible to allow the players to get a certain amount of rest, so after qualifying early, Mourinho's practice of resting the main players has also been understood by the fans.

This adjustment is still effective. Three days later, they swept Tottenham [-]-[-] at home, surpassing Chelsea, which unexpectedly lost to Bolton at home in this round, by two points, and won the same round as third. Manchester United and Arsenal are eyeing each other.The two veterans showed good form in the game. Robert and Shearer both scored twice and scored [-] goals in [-] league rounds. Shearer surprisingly suppressed countless younger superstars on the scorer list. shooter!

Look at the names behind him, Arsenal duo Henry and Alder, Dutch killer Ruud van Nistelrooy, French geek Anelka, England golden boy Owen, Irish genius Robbie Keane... Now, these shooters All the scenery was overshadowed by an old gun!

Shearer highly praised coach Mourinho's tactical arrangements in an interview after the game: "He always sends me out when my body is at its best... so that I can bring out my best side In front of everyone, and this year I have a lot of reliable teammates around me, and it is with their help that I can improve my scoring rate to the level of when I was 23 years old."

In short, Newcastle is in the best situation now. All players are striding forward for the same goal. Even as a substitute, there is no complaint. Even Bellamy, who has a weird temper, obediently waits for an opportunity on the bench. , work together, work hard... this is a golden age.

Three days later, they defeated the League One team West Bromwich Albion 3-47 away and entered the semi-finals of the League Cup. Although they were tied 45-43 by Charlton in the league next, but after Christmas , they won two games in a row, defeated Leicester City and Blackburn in a row, and firmly occupied the No.[-] position. After halfway through the league, Manchester United jumped to the top of the list with [-] points through a wave of five consecutive victories. Naruto remains unbeaten, but six draws make them second with [-] points, Newcastle third with [-] points and Chelsea fourth with [-] points.

In the past half season, the fans of Newcastle were undoubtedly the happiest. The performance of Newcastle this year made them taste the tension and sweetness of participating in the championship competition for the first time after 96 years, and this taste , it was Pei Wei who brought them, because he brought the head coach Mourinho and brought this group of new players.

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On New Year's Eve, Pei Wei booked the largest hotel in Newcastle and held a big party for the whole team. The reason why the party was not held on Christmas Eve, which is preferred by Europeans, was because the FA was too insane , They all arranged a round of matches on the second day of Christmas, and there was another round of league matches just two days later. No one was thinking about this Christmas. The next game will not be an FA Cup match until January 28 next year, so Pei Wei chose this night for the club party.

During the party, Pei Wei sent a small gift to everyone in the club, including the staff - all kinds of exquisite small gifts from China, which are not of high value, but very popular.

Pei Wei also didn't make any lengthy speeches at the party - Europeans don't like this, and Pei Wei himself doesn't like to come to this set, so after distributing the gifts, Pei Wei announced to make everyone happy Carnival orders for cheering - you can drink as much as you want, play as much as you want, anyway, there is no training tomorrow, and the training will start from the day after tomorrow...

The players were having a carnival outside, while Pei Wei was in a quiet place with the two former chairman John Hall and Freddie Shepard, as well as the head coach Mourinho and the technical consultant Bobby Robson who had just recovered from illness. own celebration in the private room.

It seems that after Sheppard left the chairmanship of Newcastle, the relationship with Sir Hall has improved again, but it is no wonder that the relationship between the two of them is very good, and the drifting away is also for the management of Newcastle. It started after the disagreement, at least they are people who love Newcastle.

"Pei, I have to toast you." Hall smiled and poured a glass of wine for Pei Wei: "You are right, you are in charge of Newcastle, and you will indeed bring new hope to the people of Newcastle!"

Pei Wei picked up the cup: "I just did what I should do... Jose's command and the hard work of the players are the biggest reasons for the current results. I just provided a stage."

"Needless to say, Pei." Shepard also picked up the cup: "Honestly, I was really unwilling at the time, but after half a year, I am convinced, you have done better than me."

Robson praised Mourinho: "Jose, you have become an excellent head coach... At least, you have surpassed me now, cheers, Jose!"

"Teacher, I hope that you can guide me in the second half of the season so that I will make fewer mistakes." Mourinho does not have the demeanor of a madman at this time. After all, Robson can be regarded as the first teacher of his coaching career.

"I think we should have a drink together...to the future of Newcastle, cheers!" Pei Wei raised his glass high.

The five people drank all the wine in their glasses at the same time. Hall put down his glasses and pointed to Pei Wei and Mourinho with a smile: "Look, old guys, young chairman, young coach... Now, it really is It's time for young people, we old guys, but we are waiting to see you young people can do things that we haven't done before!"

Pei Wei and Mourinho smiled at each other, seeing each other's ambitions in each other's eyes!
That's right!Now is the age of youth!Whether it is the chairman, coach, or player!

PS: Update for ticket 640.

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