super storm

Chapter 569

Almost overnight, the media in the entire UK, Europe, and even the world were frantically reporting Yang Yang's hat-trick and Liverpool's two-game winning streak in the new season.

This is the first hat-trick in the Premier League this season, and it is also understood to be the strongest voice Yang Yang officially hits the highest honor of professional players. Everyone believes that he is full of urgent desire.

And Liverpool's two consecutive victories have also attracted the attention of all parties, because this is the second time in their history that they have won the first two consecutive victories in the Premier League. Before that, they only achieved this result in the [-] season.

At that time, under the leadership of coach Houllier, Liverpool ushered in two consecutive victories at the beginning.

This also makes everyone full of expectations for Liverpool this season. Some people even think that this season's Liverpool has established an early lead, showing an excellent state of grabbing points, and is very hopeful to make a breakthrough in the league.

But for this statement, Chelsea coach Mourinho obviously disagrees.

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"This group of grass swaying in the wind seems to have forgotten to look up the historical data. After Liverpool beat Aston Villa and Southampton one after another, they quickly drew with Blackburn in the third round."

In Cobham, a small town in the southern outskirts of London, Chelsea's training base that has just opened, Mourinho is sitting in the head coach's office, flipping through the latest newspaper, with a worried look on his face, but his mouth is full of disdain.

"And in the season with two consecutive victories at the beginning, Houllier finally brought Liverpool to fifth place in the league. Instead of improving their results, they even lost their Champions League qualifications.

In the office, several of Mourinho's right-hand men looked at each other with wry smiles, obviously they didn't quite agree with the Portuguese madman's statement, but no one would refute him.

Because at Cobham, Mourinho is the one and only king.

Even if his current position has been shaken.

The reason why the Portuguese made such a statement was mainly because the British and European media praised Liverpool too much.

The Red Army is indeed the team with the best start in the Premier League this season, with two consecutive victories, but Chelsea also won two consecutive victories. The only difference is that Chelsea played a bit difficult in both games, unlike Liverpool who had a four-goal victory, but so what?
Can it be concluded that Chelsea will crash at Anfield in the third round?
You know, before the third round, Chelsea had remained unbeaten for [-] rounds in the Premier League!

This seems to be very silent, but in fact it is quite an easy achievement.

What's interesting is that the last time Chelsea lost was precisely at Anfield, to Liverpool. It was also the matchup in January at the beginning of the year that made Chelsea miss the league title.

Therefore, Mourinho is unhappy with Liverpool from the bottom of his heart.

Especially the better Yang Yang performed, the more unhappy the Portuguese madman was with Liverpool.

But Chelsea's current situation is indeed not going well, with too many injuries.

"In January last year, our two starting central defenders were both injured. Carvalho and Terry were unable to play. As a result, the combination of Ferrena and Essien had to be eliminated, but they were beaten by Liverpool in the game. Now, we still have problems in the central defender position." Mourinho seemed unwilling, but very worried.

The biggest headache he has now is that Carvalho is injured again.

The Chelsea central defender strained his thigh in the game against Reading in the middle of the week, which basically sentenced him to death. He will definitely not be able to keep up with this weekend's focus game.

What's more terrible is that Terry's body is also injured. He is injured in the cruciate ligament of his knee.

It’s interesting to say that the last time I played against Liverpool was during the winter break transfer period. Chelsea’s two real central defenders were both injured. Mourinho wanted to introduce a central defender. He took a fancy to Ben Haim, but Abramovich wanted to introduce Alex from Eindhoven.

In the end, both parties suffered losses. Both Ben Haim and Alex failed to help the team during the winter break, but they both came this summer.

During Terry's injury absence, Mourinho has been pressing Alex and reusing Ben Haim, because he wants to make Abramovich see clearly that his choice is correct.

But now, even Carvalho is injured, what should we do?
This question has been placed in front of Mourinho and the coaching staff.

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"I think Alex is a trustworthy central defender, especially now." Boas put forward his opinion.

Mourinho shook his head with a sullen face, "I don't think he's ready yet."

In a word, the Portuguese madman vetoed Alex.

Boas and other members of the coaching staff looked at each other, feeling helpless.

They all know that Mourinho is somewhat impulsive now.

But this is the case in the professional league, as long as you can win, no matter how willful you are, you can be forgiven.

"How is Terry?" Mourinho asked.

Boas looked at the others and replied: "Some troubles, he hasn't healed yet, let him go rashly, I'm afraid it will cause some problems, and may even leave future troubles, and we must find a way to persuade him."

"It's a big battle against Liverpool, the championship preliminaries, Carvalho is injured, we need an experienced central defender to stabilize the backcourt, Alex and Ben Haim are new players, we need Terry." Mourinho made a decision.

His meaning is very clear, he needs Terry to go into battle with injury.

Boas thought for a while, nodded and said, "I'll tell him."

But soon, Boas thought of another question, "How can Yang Yang defend?"

This is also the most troublesome thing in this game. It can even be said that it is a problem that all teams will encounter when they encounter Liverpool, and that is how to freeze Yang Yang.

Is there a special arrangement for man-to-man?Or rely on the team as a whole?
"What do you think?" Mourinho asked.

Boas has always been his right-hand man, dedicated to making suggestions for him.

"Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Essien played well as a right back. If he is allowed to stare Yang Yang all the way, it is not impossible, but our defense will definitely be affected, and Essien's ability to insert assists on the right is also good. He is one of the best players on the team in the first two rounds."

In the first round against Birmingham, it was Essien's lore goal, which helped Chelsea score three points at home.

"But if we don't specially arrange people to mark and rely on the whole team, we may not be able to restrain Yang Yang, and we have to guard against the tacit understanding between Terry and Ben Haim. So far, they haven't even played in the same game once."

Boas's hesitation is not unreasonable. The lack of tacit understanding between the two central defenders is a terrible thing.

Why doesn't Mourinho know?

Sometimes, this dilemma must be faced.

His choice of Terry is not just a matter of emotions, but also his trust in Terry. He believes that the more at this critical moment, the more he needs the support of an experienced veteran like Terry.

Let Ben Haim and Alex start, God knows if they will become soft-footed shrimps at critical moments and be completely blown away by Liverpool's super striker?In case of a big loss, Mourinho will have to dismiss get out of class the next day and apologize.

Yang Yang is a problem, and so is Crouch!
Liverpool's striker this season is indeed very good, but also quite difficult to defend against.

"Yang Yang is in very good form recently, we must restrain him, one-on-one..." Mourinho shook his head when he said this, "I don't think even if Essien is allowed to mark him full-time, he may not be able to defend."

Let Essien go to mark him specifically, but he can't defend?

Boas and other members of the coaching staff couldn't help being a little surprised. Isn't this too high of Yang Yang?

You know, Essien is the premier defensive midfielder in the Premier League today. He is known for his running and defensive ability. He is nicknamed the Ghanaian Buffalo. Let him hang around Yang Yang.
Mourinho knew the doubts of his assistants, but some things didn't happen, so he wasn't convincing at all.

It's impossible for him to say that this is a feeling of his own, right?

In fact, in many cases, running and defensive ability alone are not enough to freeze a player.

Yang Yang himself is known for his running ability, and he runs extremely smartly, taking the initiative to beat the passivity. Essien may not be able to defend him, because the Ghanaian buffaloes often appear distracted and are not stable.

On the contrary, like Ferreira, it is easier to give Mourinho confidence.

"Then we can only rely on the whole." Boas said helplessly.

This is just Yang Yang. Behind Yang Yang, Liverpool also has Benitez who is best at playing targeted tactics.

This guy seems to have never lost to anyone at the tactical level.

Mourinho nodded helplessly, "I will not attend the pre-match press conference tomorrow."

"Why?" Boas was a little surprised.

In Chelsea's pre-match press conference, Mourinho has always been the protagonist. He was even nicknamed Troublemaker on Fleet Street in London.

"Before this game, we need to remain stable and calm." Mourinho said lightly.

Boas has worked with him for many years, and he can vaguely hear his overtones.

It seems that he is also full of worries about this game.

"In addition, you urge Stamford Bridge to speed up the transfer of Daniel Alves as soon as possible. We need him."

Daniel Alves, who plays for Sevilla on the right side of Brazil, can play all positions from right winger to right back. Last summer, he was very close to Liverpool, but Sevilla's asking price was too high. After the Red Army introduced Yang Yang and Dirk.

Chelsea want to strengthen the right side this season, and Mourinho is determined to win Alves.

Before, Suarez, the agent of the Brazilian right back, had publicly announced that 90.00% of his players would join Chelsea, because the difference in transfer fees between the two sides was only 450 million pounds, which was not a problem at all for the wealthy Chelsea.

Mourinho is also full of expectations for Alves.

(End of this chapter)