Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 755 The Great King's Flag Changed at the City Head

A [-]-[-] home defeat to Middlesbrough, Shearer broke the club's historical scoring record, Newcastle can be described as double happiness, but there was such a bad news amidst the jubilation, which made Newcastle's celebration a little less colorful.

Chelsea showed great tenacity in several tough games in a row. They beat Juventus 7-[-] at home and drew [-]-[-] away with Del Piero, Trezeguet, Nedved and Kamo. Ranesi and other first-class attacking Juventus advanced to the semi-finals, and then they scored three points at Old Trafford with the main players extremely tired. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored in the opening [-] minutes. Opened the scoring for Manchester United, but the tenacious Chelsea relied on captain Terry's header before the end of the first half to equalize the score. In the second half, goals from Gudjohnsen and Joe Cole helped Chelsea win this crucial Victory, continue to chase after behind by one point.

"Now the Chelsea team is more and more traces of Rafael." After getting the battle report, Pei Wei sighed and said to Mourinho: "Tough, brave, unwilling to give up... 33 league rounds We have already scored 87 points. You must know that Arsenal’s unbeaten points last season were only [-] points, but they are only one point away from us... It’s unbelievable. With our current points, it should have been a long time ago Won the championship early."

"You must know that Chelsea are still unbeaten now! We still lost one game, they only drew two games more than us. If it weren't for our terrible winning percentage this season, I really doubt whether we would still have the same level. The hope of winning the championship." Mourinho also showed an expression of admiration, after all, he entered the Premier League a year earlier than Benitez, and he is more familiar with the team.But he quickly gritted his teeth: "I don't believe they can win the next game...Professor Wenger will not let him go easily."

"I also believe this. Chelsea will be a guest at Highbury in the next game. Our only game this season was lost there. I think it will be very difficult for Chelsea to get out of there." Pei Wei nodded and said .

"Then we must take Norwich away in the next game. If we can take the opportunity to widen the point gap, then we can relax in the No. 30 five-round game... Chelsea can win the away game against Manchester United. , we can win." Mourinho clenched his fists and said: "Before the semi-finals of the Champions League, expanding the lead in the league will cause huge psychological pressure on them. Don't be confused, I want to see how strong the psychological quality of Chelsea players is!"

Pei Wei understands what Mourinho means. Mourinho intends to create an atmosphere with a huge advantage in the league, so that Chelsea players will be psychologically unbalanced due to excessive pressure. Benitez also has to rely on players to play. , If the morale of the players is frustrated and the psychological blow is hit, it will definitely affect the result of the game.

It’s just that the pressure on Newcastle is not small. Needless to say, the No.30 opponent Manchester United in the fifth round. Mourinho has not lost many games since he landed in Europe. He has not conquered Highbury and Old Trafford. One of the stadiums where Mourinho ate his first defeat in Europe.And the No.30 opponent Norwich in the fourth round is now at the bottom of the points, but they still have a chance to relegation and they will not give up any games. After the last few rounds of the league, this kind of relegation underdog will become The toughest bone to crack - because if they don't work hard, they don't stand a chance.

Compared with them, Mourinho is more willing to play against a mid-range team like Middlesbrough. Such a team has basically been relegated. After you score a goal, you basically disarm and surrender—just like the last round, although Middlesbrough still had to work hard for the UEFA Cup, they basically gave up resistance after being scored two goals by Newcastle , so they ushered in a massacre.

And for a team like Norwich that has no way out, no matter how badly you beat him, as long as he has a breath, he will still pounce on you and bite you. Unless the game is over, you can't relax him in any way.

So in the away game three days later, Mourinho sent most of the main players to deal with Norwich, who was at the bottom. Except for Dawson's sprain and Drogba's rest, the other main players were all on the field, and they were bound to win. three points.

Chelsea's game will be played tomorrow, so Newcastle must win this game, extend the lead to four points, and at the same time force Chelsea to the point where they have to win, so as to unbalance the mentality of Chelsea players and affect the level of performance.

Competition in football matches is not limited to face-to-face matches. Mourinho's wife is a psychologist. Under the influence of this good wife, Mourinho has always paid great attention to psychology in games. of the use of.

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"The situation is not good. I knew Norwich would be tenacious, but I didn't expect to be so tenacious."

In the second half of the game, Newcastle had a good start. In the 10th minute of the first half, Nie Fei assisted Ibrahimovic to open the scoring, but Norwich was not shaken by the conceded goal. Instead, he was present Fight harder.

The crossbow in the nick of time, not for the mole, the son of a daughter, not sitting down, this is Newcastle, and Norwich is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. Newcastle players are too afraid, afraid of injury, afraid of Affecting the following games, afraid of ruining my career...

The Norwich players, on the other hand, did not have any concerns in this regard. The situation of people turning their backs on the field continued to appear. Although Norwich had received four yellow cards in the second half of the game, they did not restrain themselves because of the yellow cards. action.

In this fierce game, Norwich slowly regained the disadvantage, and in the No.604 minute of the game, the Moroccan Safri blasted a world wave from 25 meters away from the goal. Even the score!

This is the first goal of the Moroccan player this season, and it is such a wonderful world wave. From this perspective, Cech's luck is too bad.

Cech, whose sight was blocked by players from both sides in the penalty area, waited until he saw the ball fly into the penalty area, and it was too late to react.

"We must not be tied." Mourinho stood up decisively: "Otherwise Chelsea will see the hope of surpassing us, and we must not give them this hope...Henrik, warm up, we must strengthen the attack Yes. Tell all the players not to be frightened by the opponent’s fierce moves, we are not fragile porcelain, don’t be afraid of collisions, if this game is tied, then maybe our efforts for a season will be in vain.”

Two minutes later, Newcastle replaced the defensive midfielder Makelele with Larson, desperate to strengthen the attack.

Mourinho's adventure succeeded. After adjustments, the Newcastle players were no longer afraid of the opponent's collision, and began to use their own skills and courage to deal with their opponents, and quickly regained the initiative on the scene. attack.

Finally, in stoppage time, Franck Ribery made a cross from the left, and Lucio, who assisted in the penalty area, volleyed and broke the net between the two defenders. It was [-]-[-], and Newcastle won the game with difficulty. .

What you pay for is what you get. The team that won the game and returned to Newcastle to rest received good news on the second day. Chelsea failed to replicate the miracle of the last away victory over Manchester United. Zero to zero, Newcastle's lead expanded to three points.

"What the hell is this Rafael doing? Last game he played with all the main force, but this time he hid nearly half of the main force and defended with all his strength in the away game. Could it be that he wants to score a point? But there is no reason, just watching We have expanded our advantage to three points, and we have already reached this level, there is no way he will give up the league and focus on the Champions League... This guy, really calm."

Mourinho can't figure out Benitez, but he knows one thing very well, that is, as long as he is strong, it is useless for the opponent to use any tricks.

"In the next game, we will continue to use the main force to attack. I will let the main force win the game until the semi-finals, so that their state can reach the peak. They have already rested for the third round of No.30, and now it is time for them to move on Time." Mourinho confidently made the tactical arrangement for the next game.

Manchester United is now in the throes of renewal, and it can be regarded as the most vulnerable time. Mourinho believes that since Benitez can win Manchester United in the away game after just fighting with Juventus, then he can also be done.

It's a pity that there is often no reason to talk about football games.

Newcastle, who played with all the main players, lost the away game, not much, and only lost one goal, but this one goal was enough to wipe out the points advantage that Newcastle had accumulated so hard in the front.

Manchester United played at a high level in this game, Newcastle took the lead in the first half relying on Didier Drogba's goal, but in the second half, Rooney first equalized the score, and then in No. 705 minutes, Brown sent Giggs out The corner kick hit the goal hard.

In the rest of the game, although Newcastle went all out to attack, they still couldn't shake the gate guarded by Van der Sar. Newcastle suffered their second defeat this season.

In another game, Chelsea was at home, relying on the goals of Joe Cole, Lampard and Deco to beat Fulham [-]-[-], tying Newcastle's points.

This season's battle for the top spot in the Premier League, the situation is changing, and the king's flag is changing at the top of the city, as it is said.

(End of this chapter)