Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 759 Dangerous situation
Pei Wei gave Mourinho enough trust, but Mourinho seems to have failed his trust.

On April 96th, Newcastle was tied [-]-[-] at home by Crystal Palace, and suffered two consecutive [-]-[-] draws at home in three days. In another game, Chelsea relied on their most stable midfielder this season. Lampard's two goals at the core of the game beat Bolton [-]-[-] in the away game, surpassing Newcastle by [-] points with [-] points, and reached the top of the standings for the second time this season!
Perhaps, Chelsea can maintain this advantage until the end of the league...

In this regard, the British media have expressed that Chelsea’s pursuit of Newcastle is the most exciting pursuit of the Premier League in ten years. Look at the points of these two teams. Chelsea has 96 points and Newcastle has 94 points. There are two rounds left in the league. No matter who you are, you still have the opportunity to reach triple digits in your points!

Looking at the European continent, I am afraid that there is no league where two teams can score more than [-] points in one season at the same time!From this point, we can see how great Chelsea and Newcastle have in the league!
Even Arsenal, which ranks third now, has reached 83 points, which is already a point enough to win the championship in previous years.

This season, Newcastle quickly showed good form after starting with a two-game tie. After successfully reaching the top of the tenth round, they have maintained an advantage in the standings. .20 After five rounds of two rounds without victory, Chelsea once surpassed Chelsea by one point, but they quickly regained the lead and kept it until 20 rounds. Unfortunately, the draw in the last round left them with 35 points. The advantage of being ranked first in the first round of the league has been wiped out. Coupled with the draw at home in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, Newcastle seems to be facing a situation where the basket is empty.

There are many examples like this in the European League, leading almost the entire season, and at the last moment, the opponent succeeded in making a comeback-not to mention, in the 02 season alone, Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and Inter Milan in the Serie A encountered such a situation doom.

Reminiscent of Newcastle's "feat" of being overturned by Manchester United with a [-]-point lead, now even Newcastle fans are starting to worry-is it true that we don't have a league title?

"The situation is not that bad." Mourinho said in an interview after No.30's six league rounds: "Don't forget that we definitely have a chance to recover. We still have two games against Chelsea... As long as we win these two games, then we will definitely not end the season with nothing."

Mourinho's tone is very positive, but almost everyone thinks he is talking big - the home game is tied, how much can the away game do?The home game in the Champions League was tied. Can Newcastle really win in the last round of the league at home?You know, as long as Chelsea can beat Charlton at home in the No.30 seven rounds, then in the away game, they only need to guarantee a draw to win the league championship!
Those who can believe Mourinho's words, except for the Newcastle players, probably only the most loyal fans of Newcastle. They have no choice but to choose to believe Mourinho's words, because only these words, to give them hope.

Bringing them the hope of 67 years, the hope of a league title, and maybe one that never was - a league and Champions League double?
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"Look at this stadium!" When leading the team to warm up, Mourinho pointed at the Stamford Bridge angrily: "Even if it rained yesterday, it wouldn't be so wet, right?" He stepped on the lawn: " This lawn is full of water! Is the drainage system of Stamford Bridge so bad?"

"I can figure it out with my knees, it must be an order from Raphael." Pei Wei said with a wry smile, "Who wants us to be better at technology."

This is true. Although Newcastle and Chelsea used more high-pitched and long-pass counterattack tactics in the game, most of their offenses were still initiated by two players with excellent skills, Nie Fei and Ribery. Bu is a center forward whose skills are stronger than his body. For them, the requirements for the field are higher.

And what about Chelsea?Although there are technical players like Joe Cole and Robben, their midfielders are all players with excellent physical fitness, and they are less dependent on field conditions. Benitez is really capable of doing it. Never let go of any small factors that are beneficial to you.

"I found that I started to hate that guy more and more." Mourinho gritted his teeth and said to Pei Wei.

"Don't say that." Pei Wei leaned into Mourinho and said in a low voice, "This is their territory."

Although he was in an extremely bad mood, Mourinho was still so teased by Pei Wei that he almost burst out laughing. He glanced at Pei Wei with dissatisfaction: "Be serious, okay? We are in the important semi-final of the Champions League."

"So what?" Pei Wei shrugged his shoulders: "There is no eternal victory in professional football, so what if we lose today? Can we come back next season? Anyway, as long as you and Rafael are still alive In the Premier League, you are not afraid that you will not have the chance to get back on the field... Are you so young, are you afraid that you will not have the opportunity to play against each other in the future?"

"That's the way it is said...but if I think like this every time I play, then I will have no future." Mourinho said stubbornly: "I will not allow me to fail, nor will my team Fail because that's what I'm about as a manager."

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The weather in London seldom has clear days. The fog in the sky is the weather that Londoners are most used to seeing. Although there is a semi-final of the Champions League today, God did not give the two Premier League teams any face. It was already dark at seven o'clock in the evening, but thanks to the bright lights above the Stamford Bridge Stadium, it made the stadium look clearer.

Under the illumination of the lights, the lawn of the Stamford Bridge Stadium looks quite good, reflecting the green light, but only when you step on it, you can perceive how much water is under the lawn.

London itself has rainy weather, and it has not been a day or two for Chelsea players to play on such a lawn. They are obviously more adapted to such a venue than the Newcastle players from the seaside city of Newcastle.

Benitez also arranged a four-three-three formation in this game. Goalkeeper Reina, Cameroonian Gremi replaced Johnson as the right back, left back Gallas, center backs Carvalho and captain Terry .Midfielders Alonso, Deco and Lampard, forwards Ruben, Duff and Toni.

Although Duff is a very good winger, but his technique is not very good, physical fitness and speed are what he is best at, while Robben's technique is not inferior to Joe Cole, but his speed is still far behind Joe Cole. Above Cole, from the point of view of the choice of the two wingers, Benitez's intentions are obvious.

Mourinho has no changes in the starting lineup, Cech, Maicon, Dawson, Lucio, Bernard, Makelele, Essien, Ribery, Nie Fei, Ibrahimovic, Drogba, he It is impossible to replace the two main full-backs with substitute full-backs Robert, Stewart, Lennon and Dyer. Even if Benitez dug a hole in front of him, he has to jump down.

Stamford Bridge can accommodate more than 4 fans. In the previous ticket sales, Chelsea only provided about 5000 tickets to Newcastle fans. Although Newcastle fans got a lot of tickets through other channels, the combined income There were less than 3 Newcastle fans in the stadium. Amid the shouts of more than [-] Chelsea fans, they were as fragile as small sailboats in the tide and might be submerged at any time.

When players from both sides entered the field, only the cheers of Chelsea fans could be heard throughout Stamford Bridge, making the Newcastle players feel that no one here welcomes them.

"I once heard a saying in China, that is, the fact that the enemy does not welcome you is what you are most proud of - because you must be a threat to them." Lucio, wearing the captain's armband, turned his head and said with a smile said a word.

Now Newcastle's starting lineup, except for Bernard, are all players bought after Pei Wei took over and Mourinho took office, so when Shearer is not on the field, it is a bit troublesome to choose the captain, Lucio Because he is the oldest and most experienced, Mourinho handed over the captain's armband to him, and he has been doing well. After all, he is a veteran who has won the World Cup and has seen big scenes.

"That's right, the more unfriendly Chelsea fans are to us, and the more they play tricks like spraying water on the lawn, the more they show that they are afraid of us... In this case, shouldn't we give them some face? Do something to let them What they are afraid of is coming!" Nie Fei said.

"That's right!" The other players responded one after another, and for a while, the bad mood caused by the bad situation caused by the two consecutive home games seemed to disappear.

In fact, none of Newcastle's players are fledgling rookies. Of course, they know how stupid it is to cause a disadvantageous situation in the game because of their bad mood when there is still hope. With the words of encouragement from Lucio and Nie Fei, they He quickly adjusted his emotions and devoted himself to the game with the highest fighting spirit.

Competition is sometimes like life, there will always be success and setbacks, only those who can survive the setbacks can make their own world in the vast world, otherwise they can only fall into an unknown life.

Newcastle's players are able to achieve today's status and fame, naturally they are people who understand these principles.

(End of this chapter)