Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 630 Best Coach Curse

Victory over Leicester City not only brought a perfect end to Newcastle's perfect January trip, but also brought Newcastle a tangible benefit-although in this round, Newcastle's three biggest rivals The opponents have won, but they are all very close to winning, Chelsea beat Blackburn 809-[-] away, Manchester United beat Southampton [-]-[-] at home, Arsenal beat Manchester City [-]-[-] at home - Newcastle should thank Manchester City's Arnel Card, his No. [-] goal didn't help Manchester City score a single point, but it helped Newcastle climb to the top of the standings with a goal difference advantage-if he hadn't scored this goal. , Arsenal and Newcastle have the same points, the same goal difference, and the same number of goals, but they defeated Newcastle in the first round of the game, and they can still rank first.

Newcastle fans only heard the good news after the victory over Leicester, so this ordinary league victory became extraordinary. After the game, Newcastle City fell into a huge carnival, Fans gleefully poured into the streets, knocking down bottle after bottle of beer as if they had won the league title.

All members of the Newcastle club also joined in the carnival-this slightly petty move may make fans of Manchester United and Arsenal scoff, but apart from Newcastle fans, how can others feel the carnival of Newcastle fans Contains the pain!
Seven years, this is not just a simple number!

Maybe they are too easy to satisfy, just because they get too little, maybe they are too aggressive, just because they want for too long, too long...

"I suddenly felt that Newcastle fans and Chinese fans are very similar..." Looking at the brightly lit street and the laughing fans, Pei Wei suddenly felt a little moist in his eyes.

"Oh my god, boss, you are scaring me." Mourinho said with a bit of exaggeration: "Newcastle has won four league championships...Has the Chinese team won a World Cup championship?"

"Jose, you still don't understand the history of our Chinese football. Our ancestors are much richer than yours..." Pei Wei said in a Q-like way: "Do you know Cuju? It was invented by the Chinese. If it was put in the Song Dynasty The World Cup is held, and the Chinese team can rule the World Cup for 100 years... Do you know what the goal looked like at that time? It was a net not much bigger than the Nets. Do you know what the rules were for scoring at that time? The one who hit the ground kicks the ball into the net, compared with the Cuju masters at that time, the current world superstar is only at the level of a street performer."

Mourinho rolled his eyes, and Su Mei next to him covered her mouth and laughed.

"But Jose, it seems that I want to congratulate you in advance." Pei Wei looked at Mourinho's puzzled eyes and laughed: "January won all seven games, including the one in the league. Six consecutive victories...Jose, you are definitely the best coach in the Premier League in January. You didn't run...Both Manchester United and Chelsea have encountered a lot of trouble this month. Although Arsenal performed well, they still can't compare with us, let alone They haven't won the Carabao Cup yet and no one deserves it except you."

"I don't want to get this award. In the Premier League, getting this award means bad luck." Mourinho shrugged and said.

Pei Wei thought for a while before he understood what Mourinho meant. In the Premier League, there is a so-called "best coach curse". The team must be both flat and rich - just take a recent example, Sir Alex Ferguson led an incomplete Manchester United to win five league games in December last year, and won the last month. As a result, the Red Devils Manchester United lost all but the first of the first three league games this month. They wiped out their four-point advantage in one breath and fell behind Arsenal and Newcastle. two points.

"I don't think you need to worry too much about these things..." Pei Wei explained Mourinho: "A team always has ups and downs, and it can create a very good result within a month. The next month will definitely not be so good, this is normal, whether you get this award or not - it is better than nothing, isn't it? And this is also a way for you to prove yourself."

"Of course." Mourinho laughed: "However, I will try my best to make this curse disappear..."

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There was a League Cup semi-final second leg match this Wednesday, but Newcastle didn't take it seriously at all. Mourinho even left all the main players in Newcastle, bringing sixteen semi-main players, half substitutes, The substitute among the substitutes arrived at Barnsley's Oakwell Stadium before finishing the game with a tedious goal-less effort to comfortably reach the Carabao Cup final.

The opponent in the final was Middlesbrough. They beat Bolton [-]-[-] in two rounds to enter the League Cup final and also won a pass to the Millennium Stadium in Wales.

Pei Wei's words are not wrong. Before the start of the away game against Birmingham on the weekend, the FA announced the winners of the Premier League's double best in January.Both are from Newcastle. The best player is Zlatan Ibrahimovic who scored three goals in four rounds of the league and both opened the scoring for the team. The best coach is undoubtedly won by Jose Mourinho. Before the start of the game, I received a prize from the FA - a bottle of champagne.

Originally, awards like this are of an encouraging nature, and no one would care about just a bottle of champagne—compared with honors, this bottle of champagne is insignificant. You admit, admit that you are a very good coach, that's why Pei Wei congratulated Mourinho a few days ago.

But things in this world are really a hell - these so-called "curses" are basically unsustainable, but sometimes they really work - Newcastle's winning streak ended. Resistance, in Newcastle in the first half of the season, or Savage, who suffered a big loss from Ibrahimovic, worked extremely hard. He rushed from left to right and was extremely brave throughout the game. He prevented Newcastle from attacking several times, and Newcastle's offensive players seemed to have forgotten to bring their shooting boots, and there were several chances in the first half that they missed by chance.

Even so, Newcastle still broke the deadlock in the second half. Nie Fei's shot hit the opponent's defender and popped out of the penalty area. Janus suddenly appeared in front of the ball, gritted his teeth and shot the ball hard. With a wonderful arc, he quickly got into the upper left corner of the goal - a wonderful world wave!
"Nice job!" Everyone on the Newcastle bench jumped up and cheered, yes, you defended very tenaciously, and the damn spell seemed to work - so what?Didn't we get the lead first?Still such a long shot of nearly 30 meters!

Then Newcastle's players started to defend. After all, this is an away game, and winning one goal is enough.

They kept the score 90-[-] up to No. [-] minutes with a solid defense, but in stoppage time a Birmingham free-kick changed the scoreline, Cannin's free-kick from the right wing, behind their right-back Johnson. Overwhelm Trabelsi with a header to equalize the score!

The three points in hand turned into one point. Newcastle launched a crazy counterattack at the last moment, but it still failed to change the score again. One to one, Newcastle's winning streak was fixed at six games.

"The curse of the best coach has appeared again!" After the end of this round, the major media in the Premier League used this sentence as the headline.

Newcastle was very helpless with this result. Newcastle's performance in this game was still very good, but they had nothing to do against Birmingham's goal when they had the advantage. They only scored the first goal with a long shot, and at the last moment A mistake that was not considered a mistake allowed the opponent to equalize the score-it seems that this can only be explained with a "curse".

Mourinho can't wait to slap himself in the mouth-what kind of curse is it, and now the curse is really coming, isn't it?The three points in hand flew away, and the points also slipped to second place. Arsenal, who defeated Wolves [-]-[-] away, surpassed the score again by two points. At the same time, Manchester United, who defeated Everton [-]-[-] away, tied the points. , just enjoyed the first position in less than three days and then disappeared again, this feeling is really uncomfortable.

Pei Wei in turn comforted him: "This has nothing to do with you... If you want to come, you will come whether you mention it or not... We didn't play well enough, so we only scored one point, there is nothing to say."

In an interview after the game, Mourinho took these words out: "It's just an ordinary draw... No team can win forever. We spent too much energy in the six-game winning streak. , including the consumption in the League Cup and the FA Cup. This is the most difficult moment in the league. I can't ask my players to do some difficult tasks. It's just a draw. Curse? I don't think there's a magic spell, it's just a draw because we're at our weakest and when we recover we'll still be able to attack on all fronts."

The reporters scoffed at Mourinho's words-of course, the phrase "initiating an impact on all fronts at the same time". You have always played with substitutes in the Finals, who are you kidding?Who doesn't know that the Champions League and the league are much more important than the FA Cup.

PS: The update of the 20th vote of this month... Damn, it's really difficult, halfway through this month, I only paid off the debts of last month...

(End of this chapter)