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Chelsea has been addicted to changing formations recently. Mourinho seems to have never considered that frequent changes will disrupt the team's stable performance, but it is indeed a bit too difficult to make these animals lose now.

No matter who it is, they cherish the opportunity to play now. Everyone knows that the competitive pressure in the team is now greater than before. If you don't play hard, you may be excluded from the lineup in this wave of competition.

Players like Gerrard and Lampard have felt a little competitive pressure. The sense of relaxation during the previous winning streak has disappeared in Chelsea after this winter transfer.

But this competition did not ignite the instability in Chelsea. Although there are a lot of balls, there are still no people who dare to make trouble in the team. After all, no one wants to be thrown to the bench by the head coach.

Chelsea's salary level is the highest in the Premier League, or in the five major leagues in Europe, few people can exceed their average salary. Such good treatment is really hard to find.

For example, Cassano in Rome was only about two million, which also includes personal image rights.

But after transferring to Chelsea, Cassano's annual salary has soared to 3.5 million, not including the winning bonus and the championship bonus. The salary difference alone is enough to settle the conflict.

Moreover, Mourinho's recent rotation system can basically ensure that everyone has enough games. Chelsea, which is fighting on four fronts, now has sufficient manpower to fight a war of attrition with any team.

Chelsea is now highly competitive on all fronts, and all four fronts are moving forward in parallel.

Even The Sun, which has always been specialized in publishing celebrity gossip and political scandals, has rarely put Chelsea's crazy state on the headlines of its newspapers to discuss, "Chelsea is now on a crazy winning streak, but can it once again support a banner for the Premier League to dominate Europe?"

The guy who wrote this article put Chelsea's rampage in the Premier League and the Champions League title in the context of the era when Liverpool and Nottingham Forest dominated Europe and began to discuss it.

He hypothesized that if Chelsea's crazy momentum continues, it will create a great opportunity for the English league to dominate Europe again, especially at the competitive level.

You know, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest both won several championships in the European arena. They created an era for England. Can Chelsea do it now?

Many people have participated in this speculation and assumption. For the old fans who miss that era, they really hope that the Premier League can become the best league, sweeping other giants like before.

However, most fans are still unhappy with Chelsea's predatory grabbing of players and championships, so apart from Chelsea supporters who will shout for this goal, there are not many people who follow suit.

Kenyon can only curl his lips at this situation, "Those people are jealous of our wealth."

Although not many people say they support Chelsea, this beast-like team is already an unshakable iron army. At least in the next few years, they will maintain this fighting power.

If Mourinho can successfully defend the title, then the Premier League teams may usher in an era that belongs to them in European football. Although it is a bit anti-traditional, only winning is the hard truth.

Originally, Chelsea was stronger than other competitors, and now they have three armies to fight for their lives. Chelsea's winning streak has continued, and what makes Mourinho most relieved is that competitors are also hurting themselves.

Tottenham and Everton had already met in advance in the previous round of the league, and the battle was very fierce.

Everton was sent off and Tottenham also had one injured. Moyes' team still had the last laugh, but the price was a bit high this time. Cahill's injury made him very melancholy.

And Tottenham's life was not easy. Player injuries were a small matter. After losing the game, the fans of White Hart Lane began to throw debris into the stadium like a collective riot and attacked the visiting team bus outside the stadium.

A fine from the English Football Association not only made White Hart Lane lose tens of thousands of euros, but also had to close for two games.

In this matchup, it can be said that no one is the winner. Such a lose-lose ending can only make the head coaches and fans of both teams unhappy. In addition to the war of words, there is nothing else left in this confrontation.

Many people are waiting to see Chelsea meet Arsenal again. Wenger's recent resentment towards Chelsea always needs a place to vent, and the direct confrontation between the two teams is just an opportunity.

There may be some people waiting to see Chelsea being conquered by Arsenal, at least not winning so many games in a row.

If they continue to win like this, I don't know if Chelsea will be more than 20 points ahead of the second place in the standings at the end of the season. I guess the organizers of the Premier League don't want to see this scene.

But it is obvious that many people have forgotten that Chelsea really needs to continue to maintain its current state in the second half of the season in order to successfully defend the title a few rounds in advance. Manchester United and Arsenal are all obstacles.

Unfortunately, before these two obstacles play their roles, they still have to consider the game between them. In the 21st round of the league, Arsenal did not wait for Chelsea at home, but welcomed Manchester United.

At the most difficult time, running into his old enemy is probably the scene that Wenger is most reluctant to see. Even if he is at home, Wenger does not want to repeat the embarrassment of the last round against Blackburn.

Manchester United is tougher than Blackburn, except that the defense of these guys has now reached a new level.

The Red Devils' offensive power is also the reason why they have been able to occupy the second place in the league standings this season.

Looking at his fragile defense, and then looking at Luke and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Wenger was so melancholy. Before the game started, he didn't even have the mood to have a war of words with Ferguson, but just prepared.

Wenger also knew that his team couldn't lose again, and he couldn't even afford a draw now.

If he couldn't win, not only would the gap with the top of the list get bigger and bigger, but it would also be a difficult task to get into the top four. Arsenal hasn't played in the Champions League play-offs for a long time, and he doesn't want to try it once.

Besides, the pressure from all sides is really great now, and Wenger can't lose in any game.

Facing his old enemy this time, Wenger can only hope to have the advantage of home court and make a reversal.

This game is also the last match between these two old rivals in the Premier League at Highbury. Arsenal, who will move to the new stadium next season, needs to defend the glory of Highbury and win this game.

But Ferguson is not an unknown rookie. He knows how to deal with such a situation.

Since 2002, Ferguson has not lost to Wenger in the league, and he doesn't want to make an exception this time.

But Ferguson also knows that this is Highbury, this is Arsenal's territory, so he will use all his elite players.

But Manchester United did not attack as fiercely as when they ended their opponent's unbeaten streak last season. Instead, they took it back in the opening stage, tightened the fence in the half, and began to compete with Arsenal for midfield control.

Mourinho sat in his office, watching the game on TV. He talked to several people around him with a teasing tone, "It seems that Ferguson has also grasped the pulse of the Arsenal team."

The style of play that Ferguson arranged for Manchester United was just like a replica of Chelsea's tactics at the same time. He did not seek to kill the opponent with one blow, but began to use soft and hard tactics in the midfield, seize every opportunity, and play a quick counterattack.

Arsenal's current weakness is that the defensive strength in the midfield and backcourt is very weak. Ferguson does not press the opponent, but wants to drag Arsenal's midfield to the arc of the center circle to fight hard and increase their defensive distance.

This is how Mourinho dealt with Arsenal at the beginning, but Chelsea's midfield has a stronger ability to strangle, and with Lin Yi's interlaced running in the frontcourt, every counterattack can pose enough threat.

Ferguson does not have a midfielder like Lin Yi who can deliver a fatal ball, but he has two very fast wingers, Giggs and Ronaldo. The middle is not good, but the two wingers can sprint.

Lauren and Xigan were like two decorations. Under such an attack from the opponent, they could only defend passively.

And they couldn't defend. Only Toure was busy in the middle. Gilberto often had to retreat to add some defensive strength to the middle. Such defense was not only very passive, but also a weakening.

Without Gilberto's interception in the midfield, Fabregas alone could hardly withstand the repeated attacks of Park Ji-sung and Scholes, especially the Korean, who ran very hard.

If the midfield could not be controlled, the pressure on the back line would gradually increase. It might not be defeated by the opponent at once, but such repeated attacks were a very dangerous signal after all. However, Wenger could not find a better way to resolve the crisis at this moment. There were too few people available under his command.

Only Pires and Henry could seize some counterattack opportunities and form cooperation on the left.

The only few attacks of Arsenal in the first half were created by these two guys, but under the collective blockade of Manchester United, Henry, the king of Highbury, did not really create any threat.

Just before the halftime break, Fabregas's long shot made Van der Sar miss the ball, giving Henry a chance to make up the goal, but Henry's shot was cleared by Vidic on the goal line.

This was also the only chance Arsenal had to score the closest in the whole game. In the second half, their offensive was completely controlled by Manchester United. This was the first time the Red Devils were so crazy at Highbury.

However, Lehmann was simply the patron saint of Highbury in this game. He shot the ball in front of the goal twice, and the guy rushed out like a god, leaving the opponent with nothing.

The score of 0-0 remained until the end of the game. Although Ferguson was unwilling, he was able to take a point away from the opponent's home court and nail Wenger's team to the fifth place in the league again. The old Scottish man was in a good mood, and at the last moment, he escaped a penalty.

Arsenal had a chance to win the game at the last moment, but referee Boll's whistle did not sound at Highbury, and Fabregas, who was knocked down in the penalty area by Neville, failed to get a penalty.

Despite the boos and curses from the whole stadium, Wenger's protests and the roars of Arsenal players, Boll still insisted that it was a reasonable collision and there was no extra action, and refused to give a penalty.

This may be the only time in this game that Highbury broke out so loudly. Most of the time, it was a dead silence here. Even against Manchester United, they couldn't shout.

No wonder, watching their team gradually decline, no one is in the mood to continue shouting loudly.

Even if the throat is broken, it will not make the team return to the time when they won the championship undefeated overnight.

In fact, even if Boll gave Arsenal a penalty at the last moment and let them take all three points, Arsenal fans might not feel excited, because they never took the initiative in the whole game.

Winning by penalty kicks may be said by more people that Arsenal has fallen to the point where they have to rely on referees to win. Can the gap in strength only be saved by one or two penalties?

Although there are still many debates about this penalty kick after the game, more people are asking, will the current duel between the two heroes still have the exciting and sleepless feeling of the past?

Without the two leading brothers Keane and Vieira, this duel between the two heroes will only have Wenger and Ferguson.

But these two old men can not instill that kind of bandit spirit in the team. They just fight for victory under the pressure from Chelsea and strive to resist under heavy pressure.

The Premier League is now Chelsea's world. Maybe it belonged to Arsenal and Manchester United in the past, but from this moment on, they can only be a chaser, a lost noble whose crown has been taken away by others.

It is estimated that many fans watched this game with a trace of nostalgia and sympathy. The opponents who fought to the death for the championship in the past can only fight to the death helplessly to compete for the second place in the league.

Just like what the commentator of Sky TV said in the post-match summary, "Ferguson and Wenger can no longer really threaten the arrogant Mourinho, at least they can't do it this season."

The duo, which has already faded a little, can only try to maintain their past honors as much as possible.

But Chelsea continued to go full throttle a day later and left behind these competitors chasing behind.

Chelsea now has the strength to kill everything in seconds. In fact, their start was a bit stumbling away. Robben, who was too excited, made a wrong defensive move and got himself a red card.

Ten minutes after the start, there was one less player, and Drogba returned to his country to participate in the African Cup. This situation seemed a bit passive, but after 20 minutes, no one was worried about Chelsea. More home fans were worried about whether Sunderland had angered these animals and whether they would suffer a massacre.

Lin Yi, Anelka, Crespo, three people passed the ball six times, two singles, this is Chelsea's response to one less player, taking advantage of the opponent's attempt to press forward with more people, two standard counterattacks.

After 30 minutes of the game, even if Sunderland had one more player, they all retreated to the midfield obediently.

They didn't want to be beaten into a sieve by Chelsea. At this time, the wisest way was to consolidate the defense.

The score of 2-0 was finally fixed because of Sunderland's lack of ambition, but even if Chelsea was one less player, they still took the absolute initiative on the scene, making it seem like Sunderland was one less player.

However, in the next two games, Mourinho did not let Lin Yi play, but Chelsea's road to promotion in the League Cup and FA Cup was still unstoppable. Just like the plan they booked before the start of the season, Chelsea had to maintain the momentum of winning before entering the quarterfinals and could not lose easily.

In one of the FA Cup matches against Tottenham, Mourinho was not even on the sidelines, and Brito's command was enough for Chelsea to step over the opponent and advance to the FA Cup round of 16.

Tottenham, who have been unlucky recently, had no intention of resisting. Their game tasks were more focused on competing for the top four in the league. The FA Cup was no longer a trophy they could compete for.

With Manchester United and Chelsea blocking the way, the remaining teams could only sigh at the trophy.

Brito made three substitutions throughout the game, but that was when the overall situation was decided. The score of 3-0 was enough for Chelsea to advance to the next round. As for how miserable the opponent was, who would care?

This was not that Mourinho despised his opponent, but Mendes asked his old friend to participate in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year with Lin Yi. This was the first time for Lin Yi.

Although Mendes could not say who would be the final winner before the announcement, such an experience was beneficial to Lin Yi. This was also the first world award he had experienced. Although Mendes did not dare to say that he could win the title, it was no surprise that he would be in the top three of the selection.

Regardless of whether he can get the title or not, it is a good opportunity to attract attention. After all, among so many professional players, only three can stand on that stage every year. It is an honor.

But Lin Yi has no interest in this kind of activity. Recently, under the training of Aurelio Pereira, this kid has become obsessed with free kick training. If he doesn't kick one or two hundred a day, he will feel uncomfortable.

"Forget about this activity. I might as well save time for training instead of dealing with that group of people."

Although Lampard and Mourinho also flew to Switzerland with Lin Yi, Lin Yi has no interest in this kind of selection that makes people criticize him. It is better to practice more free kicks with this time.

What's more, this time, he will have to meet Ronaldinho with a mouth full of buck teeth. If he loses to that guy, Lin Yi dares to bet that guy will be very proud to show off in front of him.

Rather than defeating the other party in this selection, it is better to wait for the duel in February. That is a head-to-head fight. Whoever can step over the other party's corpse and advance to the quarterfinals will be the real winner.

World Footballer of the Year, if that is just a so-called honor, Lin Yi wants a real victory. . .

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