Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 692 A Bad Start
After the first round of the match, the focus of the media's attention was on Arsenal's No.40 consecutive unbeaten match and Chelsea's victory over Manchester United. There were very few comments on Newcastle's draw, and even the comments were only Newcastle's Hasselbaink's goal was indeed bounced into the goal on the upper arm, but Newcastle did not play well in this game, except for Nie Fei and Ibrahimovic who performed normally , the two veterans, Robert and Shearer, were not excited enough on the court, especially Robert, who was not at all as good as he was on the left at the beginning of last season. Can pass the ball to create opportunities for forwards.

After Woodgate left, Newcastle's defense seemed to lack a bit of stability. Dawson and Lucio performed well individually, but overall they always felt that something was lacking.

Although Newcastle fans regretted the draw, they didn't think there was anything wrong with the team. Compared with last season, although Newcastle transferred ten players in the summer, they were basically substitutes. The main lineup has been retained except for one Woodgate. This team won the Champions League last year. Does a draw mean that they are over?

Mourinho naturally doesn't think so, and Newcastle players don't think so either!

So when the second round of the game a week later, [-] Newcastle fans poured into St. James' Park Stadium, hoping to see the team win the first victory of the season at home!
But after nine and 10 minutes, the Highlanders were disappointed to see that the score on the electronic display above St. James' Park was one to one!

Newcastle suffered two consecutive draws!
In the first half, the two sides scored a goalless draw. Janus and Ibrahimovic each had a good chance and failed to grasp it. Only 6 minutes into the second half, the Cameroon international Atuba, who represented Tottenham for the first time, shot a wonderful shot from the left side of the penalty area. Curved ball, the ball flew over Shay's head, and then flew into the dead corner of the goal!

In the ensuing game, Newcastle launched a tide-like attack, and Mourinho also changed tactics frequently through substitutions. Finally, in the No.80 minute, Ibrahimovic's shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Robinson, and Nie Fei in the penalty area suffered from eye problems. A quick shot from the foot equalized the score.

But it was just an equalizer - Newcastle created countless opportunities in the next ten minutes, but they were resolved one by one by the opponent's goalkeeper and defender. Newcastle's luck was also relatively bad. A header from Drogba almost He was about to enter the goal, but was hooked back from the goal line by the opponent's defender Jin desperately.

Mourinho looked helplessly at the players who were also downcast. This season was not as good as last season. Last season, some newcomers from Newcastle were not very familiar with other teams, so they were beaten by themselves in many games. The loophole was exploited, and this season, the loophole may not be so easy to exploit.

But luckily for Mourinho, he has a good boss. If he is replaced by another boss, as the European champion of last season, he lost two rounds at the beginning of the new season. I am afraid that the boss will talk to him. As for Pei Wei, he was looking for it, but he came to discuss the team's tactical issues with Mourinho.

"I don't think we have a big problem now, and even if there is a problem, it's not like the idiot media thinks it's because of the defense." Pei Wei said to Mourinho: "On the contrary, I think it's about the offense. Last season, our tactics were very simple to put it bluntly. It was to disrupt the opponent's defense by breaking through the two sides, and then organize the attack after Ibra got out of the penalty area. , the assists after the two wide players cut in and Janus's long shot from the back row are basically all the scoring methods in our sports warfare... To be honest, it is a bit monotonous."

"I also know this." Mourinho nodded: "Although we achieved good results last season, it was based on the outstanding performance of several strikers from Hille Ib and the others. Since the start of the season, Shearer's state has obviously dropped a lot compared to last season."

"This is inevitable. After all, he is already 34 years old. For a standard center forward, this age is indeed a bit older." Pei Wei nodded: "So I always think that Shearer should reduce his appearances now. The number of times, put all your energy into more important games, I think he has no regrets after last season, he should be able to accept such a request, the same situation is with Robert, he did not recover to My peak period has passed, after all, I am a 30-year-old player, and my speed has dropped significantly."

"I knew you would definitely have a problem with Ribery and Didier Drogba not playing much." Mourinho laughed, seeing that Pei Wei was about to refute, he immediately blocked his words: "What you said I have thought about it, but the positions of Robert and Shearer cannot be moved easily. If the replacement players are not able to perform well immediately, the fans' opinions will be even greater, and it will also create unnecessary pressure on Frank and Didier... This also has to be done slowly, the most important thing is that Shearer's position...is too sensitive."

Pei Wei nodded and approved Mourinho's words. Mourinho continued: "I will send them out at the right time. I think they also understand my painstaking efforts. It depends on whether they can seize the opportunity." themselves."

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Two games and two draws. To be honest, Newcastle's current situation is very bad, especially losing two victories against two mid-range opponents. This will have a great impact on their future competition for the championship. Now they are only ranked No.12 This makes the reporters look forward to what news will be revealed inside Newcastle.

In these two rounds of the league, Mourinho sent basically the main force of last season, without any change, and the team spent 5000 million to buy people, it is definitely not for these players to be used as substitutes, and these players who are burdened with high net worth are also I definitely don't want to be a substitute, and now I've sat on the bench for two games, and I'm a bit complaining no matter what, as long as something happens, I don't have to worry about having nothing to write about.

The result disappointed them. When they secretly watched from the sidelines of the Newcastle training ground, they found that the Newcastle team was still not nervous. There was no clear distinction between old players and new players. Instead, they saw talent Ribery, who joined, talked and laughed with Drogba and Nie Fei, and Essien and Makelele kept talking in training.

Mourinho's control over the team has always been very strong, and his prestige in the locker room is quite high, so despite two consecutive draws, the atmosphere in the team is still very good, and everyone believes that the difficulty is just Temporary, victory will soon follow.

But Mourinho also knows that if he is still unable to win in the league, if the point gap with the top team is widened in a short period of time, then no matter how strong his ability to control the team is, the ball The team will inevitably have negative emotions, and it will not be so easy to return the atmosphere in the team to a good cycle.

Especially when several competitors in the league performed very well. Arsenal and Chelsea both won two consecutive victories. Arsenal still maintained their excellent offensive state. In the last game, Henry scored a goal and was defeated. Middlesbrough scored three goals in a row. Everyone thought that Arsenal was about to collapse, but they quickly turned and scored four goals!With nine goals scored in two games, Arsenal's offensive power made all teams panic!

And Chelsea won the most affordable victory with two one-to-zero. Benitez's steady strategy has gradually begun to play a good role in Chelsea.

The other two biggest competitors in the Champions League, Liverpool and Manchester United, also won the second round. If Newcastle is still stagnant, then it will be much more difficult to catch up with the four opponents than it is now.

Fortunately, Newcastle had a more favorable schedule in the early game. In the third round, they met the best opponent to get them out of the woods - the newly promoted Norwich City, and they are still playing at home. state to meet this opponent.

As a newly promoted horse, Norwich's current ranking is in line with their status. Two games have one loss and one draw and only one point. After two losses to Manchester United, they will face Newcastle at St. James' Park three days later. Public opinion agrees that this is the best chance for Newcastle to win the first victory of the new season and turn things around.

Of course Mourinho thinks so too, but he also knows that newly promoted horses like this will definitely try their best in every game, because they have no ability to plan for the future-it is precisely because of this that such balls often The team is not easy to play, because they can fight one game at a time, and the giants naturally cannot fight with them. Just like the last game, although Manchester United won the game, it was not easy to win. After leading by two goals, they were defeated by the opponent. In the No.705 minute, they pulled back a goal, and then they were pressed like crazy by the opponent. If Norwich didn't have a good striker, then maybe they could take a point from Old Trafford.

Mourinho thought that what happened to Manchester United was enough to make him sound the alarm, but he still didn't expect that the process of the game was still so difficult.

PS: Today is the girl’s birthday, and the electricity at home was cut off for a day, but I won a small 50 in the card game with my relatives in the afternoon, which can be regarded as making up for the loss of not having code words during the day. I will definitely update two chapters tomorrow.

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