Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 766 The Battle Begins

"In another 10 minutes, the No.04 eighth round of the English Premier League in the 05-30 season, which is the last round, will begin."

The bearded Mark Lawrenson said to the microphone in front of him: "More than half of the ten games in this round are related to the fate of each team this season...except for the four teams that are fighting for relegation. In addition to the four games, Bolton vs. Everton, Liverpool vs. Aston Villa and Middlesbrough vs. Manchester City are related to which of the five teams: Bolton, Everton, Liverpool, Middlesbrough and Manchester City. Three teams will participate in the UEFA Cup next season...Of course, among these games, there is no most important one. The most important game is Newcastle's game against Chelsea at home. If Newcastle can win this game, they will win the league championship this season with triple-digit points, and whether Chelsea wins or draws, they will also win the league championship this season with triple-digit points ——By the final round of the league, both teams contending for the championship have the opportunity to score triple-digit points, which is unique in the history of professional leagues in the entire continent. The chase will become the most beautiful scenery in the history of the Premier League!"

"Gary, Mark, who do you think is more likely to win the league championship after the game?" Alan Hansen turned to his two partners after listening to Laurenson's words.

Gary Lineker smiled: "I think most fans will be optimistic about Chelsea... After all, they only need to get a draw...Mark, how about you?"

"My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours." Lawrenson maintained his usual "contrary" style with Lineker: "I am more optimistic about Newcastle, precisely because they must win to win the championship, so that there will be Enough courage to persist until the last moment of the game."

"But it will also make it easy for them to collapse after losing the ball first or panic after the first goal is equalized." Lineker disagreed and said: "Benitez is very good at taking advantage of this."

"Mourinho is also good at fighting tough battles." Laurensen said: "Don't forget how they taught Barcelona and Bayern Munich at home. At home, they have not lost a season."

"But Benitez took away a crucial draw from St James' Park in the Champions League," Lineker retorted. "And who's to prove he can't do it again? Let alone Chelsea. Only one game in the FA Cup has been lost so far."

Seeing what Lineker wanted to say, Lawrenson immediately interrupted him: "But Chelsea still have a Champions League final to play! Newcastle is the last game of the season, and they can take advantage of it." This, I don't think Mourinho will let this go."

"OK, now the players from both sides have played... Now, let us see whether Gary's judgment is more correct or Mark's judgment is good enough, or let's see if Mourinho can play in this game. In the game, he defeated Benitez, who he had never defeated... In the whole of Europe, there are only a handful of famous coaches he has not defeated. In the Premier League, there is only Benitez who has not defeated the only opponent. I think it is impossible for the arrogant Mourinho to remain indifferent to this point."

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At St. James' Park, Newcastle fans wearing Newcastle black and white sword-striped jerseys can be seen everywhere, and Chelsea fans are concentrated in a small stand to compete with the Champions League semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge. Come to think of it, the aura shown by the current Chelsea fans at St. James' Park is even more pitiful than that of the Newcastle fans in that game.

There was almost no blue in the stands of the stadium, only black and white filled everyone's eyes.

The reason for this situation is that St. James’ Park can accommodate 1 more fans than Stamford Bridge. The bigger reason is that Pei Wei can do better than Abramovich. There are only a mere [-] tickets provided, and the sale of loose tickets is strictly controlled, making it impossible for Chelsea fans to buy tickets.

So when Pei Wei greeted Abu into the box with a smile, the Russian's expression was not good.

Pei Wei doesn't care if Abu looks good or not. In his opinion, since the chance of winning the Champions League has been given up to Chelsea (in Pei Wei's opinion, that's the way to go), then you can't win the league championship from me. Snatch it from your hand?It is good enough to give you [-] tickets and give your chairman a box with the best position. If the FA hadn’t stipulated that the home team must provide tickets to visiting team fans, Pei Wei would not even give up the [-] tickets. Woolen cloth.

You must know that the tickets for this game are very expensive. As the most popular club in England, many wealthy fans in other parts of the UK saw that Newcastle had a chance to win the first league title in 78 years. Everyone couldn't sit still, and they all tried to get a ticket, and the price of the ticket was raised to an unbelievable height. As a profiteer, Pei Wei naturally would not let go of this opportunity. Anyway, these Newcastle fans from other places Usually it is difficult to go to the scene to watch the game, and if you don't kill it, you don't kill it.

One is willing to play, the other is willing to suffer, so Pei Wei is quite reluctant to squeeze out the thousand tickets to Chelsea fans.

"It's our turn to maximize our home court advantage this time." After leaving Abramovich's box, Pei Wei thought as he walked towards the stadium.

In order to prepare for this game, Newcastle made the lawn extremely smooth. Even if Newcastle only had a slight technical advantage when facing Chelsea, they must maximize this advantage.

When Pei Wei appeared on the sidelines of the court, players from both sides had already stood in the center of the court, waiting for the start of the game.

Pei Wei took a deep breath, the hot air in the stadium seemed to excite him - the fans of Newcastle were as lovely as the fans of Yunjia Tianyu, he liked this city, although he couldn't compare with Yunjia, but Pei Wei knew that from now on, this city would become an important part of his life.

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The lineups of the two sides have not changed much, Mourinho is still the same, goalkeeper Petr Cech, four defenders Maicon, Lucio, Dawson and Bernard, midfielders Makelele, Essien, Ribery, Nie Fly, the forwards are Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Drogba. After a week of rest, Newcastle's main force is complete, no one is injured, and the morale is high-they have been waiting for this game for ten days. They have been eliminated by Chelsea They have been waiting since the day the Champions League final came out and Newcastle fans have waited even longer for this game - they have waited 78 years.

For Chelsea, Robben, who performed well this season but was always plagued by injuries, appeared in the starting lineup, forming Chelsea's offensive line with Duff and Tony, behind them were Lampard, Germany Co and Harvey Alonso, the defense consists of Johnson, Terry, Carvalho and Gallas, the goalkeeper is Italian goalkeeper Cudicini, Spain's No. [-] goalkeeper Reina failed to play because of injury.

But this does not mean that Newcastle has an opportunity to take advantage of. In the entire Premier League, the goalkeeper configuration of Newcastle and Chelsea is the most luxurious. After Schmeichel retired, Manchester United has been troubled by the goalkeeper position and guarded for Arsenal. The door is also the old German goalkeeper Lehmann, and the substitute is very weak. Only the two upstarts of Newcastle and Chelsea can be so generous in the goalkeeper position with two goalkeepers who can play the main force. Needless to say, Cech and Shay of Newcastle, Petr Cech The excellent performance of this season has made him compared with Buffon, the world's number one goalkeeper. Given has also been one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League, and Chelsea's two goalkeepers Reina and Cudicini are also good players Although Cudicini was squeezed to the bench by Reina this season, he is a very qualified goalkeeper substitute.

Before the start of the game, according to the usual practice, the two head coaches should shake hands to greet each other. Just when everyone thought that Mourinho and Benitez would just touch hands like they did in the Champions League match and it would be over. The hands of the people are tightly held together.

"Having lost the Champions League, I will not lose the league again." Mourinho said first.

"It depends on the result of the game." Benitez immediately shot back.

Mourinho laughed, but Benitez rarely hits back at him so sharply. His eloquence is not bad, but most of the time he hides the needle in the middle of the road—it seems to be related to the competition for the league championship. Nitus wasn't that calm either.

The two took a deep look at each other, then let go of their hands, and strode towards their positions.

After Benitez sat down in his seat, he inadvertently glanced at the Newcastle coach's bench, just in time to see Pei Weiyang greeting him with a bright smile.

Abu in the box saw this scene, and his brows could not help but wrinkled.

"You want to drive them apart? Impossible, now Raphael and Abramovich are in their honeymoon period." Mourinho moved his lips and said calmly.

"I'm not that naive." Pei Wei laughed: "I just want to add a little embarrassment to Abu."

At this time, the referee on duty, England's famous referee Ball confirmed that the players from both sides were in place, and then blew the whistle to start the game.

"The game has begun! The decisive battle has officially begun!"

(End of this chapter)