Midfielder

Chelsea and Liverpool, AC Milan and PSV Eindhoven, these four teams still have one round of games to play, but in the eyes of more outsiders, Chelsea and AC Milan can now book a ticket to Turkey.

Speaking of the suspense of the Champions League, perhaps the only thing left now is the final champion, the rest? There is no suspense.

However, Mourinho and Ancelotti kept silent about the final battle. They were more discussing the second round of the semi-finals, rather than the peak showdown that will be staged in Istanbul at the end of this month.

Compared with these two teams that are about to advance, PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool are in a completely different state of mind.

PSV Eindhoven coach Hiddink maintained a calm mind. He had said before the second round of the game that PSV Eindhoven, now the Dutch champion, was going on a pilgrimage to the San Siro Stadium.

Especially after PSV Eindhoven won the league championship in advance, the Dutchman seemed to be in a more relaxed mood.

He could even joke with the Dutch media that because of the semi-finals of the Champions League, he earned at least 15 million euros in bonuses for PSV Eindhoven. The club should consider giving him and his players commissions for this money.

There is a reason why Hiddink can be so calm. Anyway, he did not expect PSV Eindhoven's dark horse journey to go all the way. After all, the Champions League miracle created by Porto last season is not so easy to replicate.

And now Hiddink has won the Eredivisie championship and locked the team's place in the Champions League group stage next season.

Not only that, they also completely suppressed Ajax, which has been very popular in the past two years, in three-line operations.

Now PSV Eindhoven is definitely the boss of the Eredivisie, and this relaxed environment does not burden Hiddink.

PSV Eindhoven can be said to have no psychological pressure and is absolutely lightly equipped. As for how they play away, it can be said that their supporters will not have any objections. Even if they lose the game, they will cheer for the team. After all, before the start of the Champions League, they did not think that the team could reach the semi-finals.

Even Cruyff, who has always valued Dutch teams, said that it was a miracle for PSV to reach the semi-finals.

Especially when Hiddink was competing with Lyon for the semi-finals, he did not give his opponent any chance in home and away games.

Although the Eredivisie is not among the top five leagues, PSV has also played a powerful role for Dutch football in the head-to-head confrontation with the French Ligue 1 boss. They have proved with practical actions that they are not worse than Lyon.

However, this miracle is only a flash in the pan. Just like the fate of Porto, the Portuguese Super League boss immediately faced a large-scale loss of talent after winning the championship. In this season's European arena, PSV has created a series of miracles, but this well-staffed team eventually could not escape the fate of disintegration of the lineup.

Now PSV's midfielder Van Bommel has already decided to leave early, and he will leave as a free agent. His target of joining is likely to be Barcelona led by Rijkaard.

After the defeat against Chelsea, Rijkaard obviously noticed the problems in the team's midfield defense. He needed the team to strengthen its hardness while maintaining its technical advantages.

Especially in the defense of the midfield and backcourt, we cannot simply rely on regional defense to stifle the opponent's offense. We must have those professional guys to do the dirty work in the back waist and man-marking. Van Bommel is a natural choice.

It can be seen that after the failure of the Champions League, Rijkaard was not willing to only win the league championship. In the Champions League next year, Barcelona led by this guy will inevitably stage a resurgence of the dream team.

And Alex, the core of the defense of PSV Eindhoven, is estimated to be unable to stay this time, especially his 7 million euros, which is indeed not something that the Dutch team can afford. Originally, this guy was bought from Brazil by Kenyon with money and entrusted to PSV Eindhoven. Now that he performs well, he is likely to be taken back by Chelsea.

However, if the Brazilian returns to Chelsea, the only change may be that he has to accept the fate of being a substitute. His level is good, but compared with Terry and Carvalho, his level is still a long way behind.

Anyway, PSV Eindhoven doesn't care about these. They are too used to such transactions. This is the management idea of ​​PSV Eindhoven. They always try to sell their core players at a good price when they are in the best condition, whether it is Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy in the past or Kezman and Robben last season.

Compared with the free and easy attitude of PSV Eindhoven, the current Liverpool team is obviously much more miserable.

PSV Eindhoven survives by selling players. It is not afraid of the loss of players at all. Even if this group of players leaves, the next group of seedlings may grow up soon, and they can dominate the Eredivisie in two or three years at most.

Liverpool does not have such a solid personnel base. For many of them, when the transfer market opens this summer, they will pack their bags and start another wandering journey.

Benítez is definitely going to leave. Regardless of whether he leaves or not, the players he brought from Spain will probably also leave. After all, they are his confidants, and the next head coach may not use them as much as he wants.

Besides, Luis Garcia's performance this season is very average, and only Alonso can win the recognition of fans.

Blood transfusion is probably inevitable, and not only blood transfusion, but also the issue of Gerrard's stay or departure has been pending.

Although Gerrard himself said that he did not want to affect the team's normal games because of the consideration of renewal, anyone with a brain can hear the hidden meaning. It is no secret that Gerrard wants to leave.

After all, a player's peak period is only seven or eight years. Everyone wants to get a decent championship trophy when he is in the best condition. Gerrard is also a human being, and he also needs to fill his honor room with various trophies.

It is very difficult for Liverpool to have such strong competitiveness in the short term, especially under the three-line attack of Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea. It is almost empty talk for them to get the league or Champions League trophy.

Although the club is now acquired by Americans, don't expect those Americans to come up with hundreds of millions of transfer funds to enrich the team's lineup. They are pure businessmen, not rich people like Abramovich.

The Americans bought the Liverpool club with a large amount of high-interest loans. They just saw the benefits it can bring. It is definitely not realistic to expect them to throw a lot of money into the transfer market.

In view of this, Gerrard wants to leave, there is nothing to say, the only thing he has to consider now is the feelings of the fans.

But the call of trophies and honors seems to be difficult to change the pace of this Liverpool soul leaving. Although Gerrard has not said that he will definitely leave, many people believe that their captain has entered the countdown to leaving.

Although in front of the media reporters, Mourinho and Ancelotti said very low-key, "If we want to enter the Champions League final, we must play the second round at our home court. Everything is still undecided."

"These two guys are low-key and pretentious." This is Lin Yi's evaluation of Mourinho and Ancelotti.

Hypocrisy, absolute hypocrisy, and completely playing low-key in front of the media, and pretending to be very cautious. Lin Yi certainly didn't know what was going on with AC Milan, but Chelsea had already prepared to go to Turkey, and even the service staff who went to the front station had already set off.

And Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea Club, had already sent invitations to his new friends in England. He wanted to enjoy the victory with them at the final venue in Istanbul.

Although Mourinho never said that he would definitely win the championship, the Russian was now 100% confident in Mourinho. In his eyes, the guy he hired for five million in the summer now seemed to be really worth it.

This year happened to be Chelsea's 100th anniversary, and now Chelsea has two crowns in hand and is striving for the treble.

The League Cup trophy has been brought back by them. This weekend, they will be at Bolton's home ground, welcoming the first top league championship in 50 years. This is something worth celebrating anyway.

Although many people are now praising Mourinho's greatness, Lin Yi's outstanding performance, and Chelsea's strong overall strength, no one will forget that all of this was brought by Russia with a lot of money.

"Abramovich, this name that was very difficult to pronounce at the beginning, has now become a milestone in the history of Chelsea Club. It is his generous investment that has made the club begin to step into glory."

Is there anyone who still says that this Russian is a sucker? I guess no one will say that this guy is just a spendthrift speculator, including those media critics who looked down on this Russian at the beginning, and now they have begun to sing praises for this guy, because with the addition of such a business giant, more chaebols have set their sights on the Premier League, especially those small and medium-sized clubs, who also hope to replicate the miracle.

However, the legendary Abu Dhabi consortium, as well as those buyers from the Middle East or the Americas, how many people will eventually throw bundles of euros into the Premier League, that is still unknown.

At least now, the Premier League championship belongs to Chelsea, as for the future ownership, we'll have to wait and see.

Chelsea is now preparing to lift its first league trophy in 50 years on Bolton's turf.

The soon-to-be-crowned double champions are waiting for the ceremony in 90 minutes. When the double crown is already in hand, will the treble be far behind? Ask God, that old man likes such guessing games. . .

(The Grizzlies are a little angry about losing... The foul was called, alas, a little too harsh...)