Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 708 Respect
Although Newcastle only won one goal against Charlton, both the media and fans gave a very high evaluation of this victory, not only because most of Newcastle's main players were not on the field, but also because Newcastle is a substitute. He is a player with a very high reputation in the Premier League. For Newcastle, it is not uncommon for Newcastle to use a substitute to beat Charlton in the middle and lower reaches. This is not so simple.

It was even suggested that Charlton would not have even had a threatening shot if Bernard hadn't made a low-level error to block the ball into his own goal.

Many people are lamenting that Mourinho is really courageous enough. After sending many substitutes in the last game and being tied, this game actually put the main force on the bench to rest and prepare for the Champions League. He just won the bet. It seems that Newcastle's overall strength is really strong.

And their luck seems to be quite good. Chelsea suffered their third draw in the league. They drew 3-[-] with Manchester City in the away game and gave up the second position after one round. Another competitor Manchester United continued their poor form since their start. They were held to a [-]-[-] draw by Birmingham in the away game. Only Arsenal remained strong. They relied on Adriano's brace and Thierry Henry after conceding a goal in the opening [-] minutes. The icing on the cake was a [-]-[-] win over Aston Villa.

In an interview, Mourinho said: "For me, there is no main substitute in the team. We have 24 players, and every player can play. Why didn't Ibrahimovic play? Because he was tired. , and the state is not good recently, I can't use the players too much, because we have to play more than one game. Who will I play in the next Champions League? This is a secret, but it is certain that if the player's body I wouldn't push them if the conditions weren't enough for them to play to their full potential. Chelsea's draw? That's good news for us, it puts us back in second place, but there are 38 rounds in the league, any time Leading or falling behind is temporary, we can't pay too much attention to these things, let alone we are four points away from Arsenal."

After returning to Newcastle from London, Newcastle ushered in the third opponent in the Champions League group stage, Deportivo. The two teams had a record of confrontation last season. Deportivo and Monaco had two confrontations in a group, and they all fell at the feet of Newcastle. After two rounds of the group stage, Deportivo and Monaco The ranking of Newcastle can be described as very different. Newcastle occupies the first place with two consecutive victories, while Deportivo has one loss and one tie and Olympiacos. Working hard to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

The so-called "sad soldiers must win" is not only understood by Chinese people. It is said that before the start of this game, many gamblers found another way and placed all their bets on Deportivo, hoping that Deportivo would win. Ya was able to realize his shame and be brave, and made an upset in the away game, overturning Newcastle.

And their judgment seems to be correct. Although Newcastle has won two consecutive victories in the Champions League and ranked second in the league, their current state is not as good as their results show. Play hard, and it's not that there is no chance to create this upset.

And Mourinho's formation also gave them hope. The veteran Larsson who scored in the last game was put on the bench, Ibrahimovic and Drogba partnered forwards, Ribery and Column Lennon continued to serve as the two wings, and the midfielder returned to the combination of Makelele and Janus last season, defenders Maicon, Kufuor, Lucio and Hart, and goalkeeper Petr Cech.

After winning the last game, Mourinho replaced five of the main lineup. This makes people think that he has lost his mind. Everyone knows that the team needs continuity. Changing to a completely different lineup is something that only appears in football manager games and novels, which is why sometimes the main player is tired and the coach insists on him playing, but Mourinho does it like this Yes, and it's done with incomparable ease.

Those gamblers were overjoyed to see Newcastle's lineup, but the result of the game made them extremely disappointed-Newcastle completely controlled the situation on the field, and even the final [-]-[-] result was far from showing. their advantage on the field.

It can be said that Deportivo played hard, but since the beginning of this season, Deportivo have continued their "tradition" of selling their main players in the past few seasons. The main defender Nebett terminated his contract and left. The team was very unhappy, and the Brazilian midfielder Dejaminha also chose to leave, and only added a few unknown players to the lineup, which made Irueta feel stretched. field, including the humiliating experience of being bloodbathed [-]-[-] by Valencia at home, if it hadn't been for the [-]-[-] victory over Real Madrid, I'm afraid Irueta would have been fired.

The Deportivo players wanted to use a victory to save the precarious position of the coach. They were basically brought out by Irueta and experienced the glory of "Super Deportivo", but Newcastle used a strong The strength and huge home field advantage told them that strength is the most important thing on the court.

The teenager Lennon performed well. The first goal was just before he forced a breakthrough from the wing and knocked the ball across the goal. Drogba opened the scoring with a swooping header in front of Andrade. After taking the lead, Newcastle still controlled the situation on the field. Although Deportivo created a lot of opportunities, they were blocked by Newcastle's defense and Cech one by one. In the second half, Ribery received a beautiful goal from Ibrahimovic. After the through ball, he went straight to seal the victory.

After the game, Irueta reluctantly admitted his failure, but this coach showed a side that Mourinho respected. He did not say that Depor's current strength has declined a lot, although this fact is everyone It can be seen that at the press conference, he took all the reasons for the defeat on himself, even though he knew that the senior management of Deportivo would agree with this, knowing that after he did so, he was in Deportivo. Life will be even worse.

"Neglecting Lennon was the biggest mistake I made. If I could have paid more attention to him, then maybe we would not have conceded the first goal so quickly. After conceding the first goal, although we played on the pitch. Trying hard, but still can't reverse the loss caused by the conceded goal, after conceding the second goal, the game is over."

"Being able to win this game is very important to us. In the next few games, we may be able to play more easily." Mourinho did not habitually satirize his opponents after the game: "Deportivo The recent situation is not very good, it is only because they have not filled in the new blood in the transfer market. I believe that after this difficult time, Super Depor will still appear in front of us, because they have an impressive team. Dear coach."

Mourinho said this very sincerely, because he has vaguely felt that this respected coach may not stay in the first team for too long.

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When everyone thinks that Newcastle is not good, Newcastle has proved to everyone with two consecutive victories in the league and the Champions League that Newcastle will not fall, at least not in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League and the Champions League group. Collapsed in front of the opponent.

On October 23, Newcastle had a spark-splattering goal battle with Manchester City at home. In the first half, Manchester City used their tenacious defense to score zero to zero with Newcastle. There will be many times, in the second half, the situation will change suddenly.

No.409 minutes, Robert opened the scoring for Newcastle with a beautiful direct free kick. Nine minutes later, Dyer's forced breakthrough created a penalty. Ibrahimovic made the penalty, just when Newcastle fans thought the victory was sealed , Manchester City actually pulled back two goals within 9 minutes!

No. In the 604th minute, Mills crossed from the wing, and Wright Phillips grabbed a point in front of the goal to get back a point. After 3 minutes, Essien kicked Fowler down in the penalty area when he returned to defense, and the referee awarded a penalty The ball, Fowler personally kick hit.

Just when St. James' Park fell into silence, just 2 minutes after Fowler's equalizer, Robert took a free kick from the wing, and Dawson, who assisted in the back row, rushed to the top again to lead the score again, but Eight minutes later, Janus made a mistake while defending. Phillips hit the ball into the dead corner of the goal two meters in front of the goal. Three to three, Manchester City once again tenaciously equalized the score!

But Newcastle was still superior, Mourinho beat Manchester City coach Pierce on the spot command, he replaced Larson, and this substitution proved to be the most wise after the game.

Larsson scored another Newcastle lead with five minutes to go as he deflected Bernard's pass into City's goal, four-three as City lost The ability to fight back.

Before the whistle, Drogba's goal locked the score at five to three, and Newcastle won a hearty victory at home.

It's just that after the end of this round of the league, this wonderful game was ignored, because in another focus battle, there was news that interested fans all over the world.

(End of this chapter)