Midfielder

When Chelsea meets Villarreal, many English media have already concluded in advance that Chelsea will easily enter the finals. Other aspects may be comparable, but in terms of experience in the Champions League alone, La Liga's new Champions League team will definitely not have as much experience as Chelsea.

After all, Chelsea was also the champion last season, and after Abramovich took over, it has become normal for them to enter the Champions League. Even in the Agnelli era, they had an amazing performance of entering the Champions League semi-finals, let alone now.

Villarreal's ability to eliminate Inter Milan may have surprised many people, but such results are not enough for the English media to think they can go further in the Champions League. "The semi-finals are destined to be Villarreal's." Terminal.”

This argument is not the rhetoric of one or two media, but most of the media hold this view. Judging from Chelsea's current fierce state, they will not lose to their opponents in the two rounds of the semi-finals and the Champions League final. It is steady progress.

But compared with the optimistic tone of the media, Mourinho has not relaxed his attention to Villarreal. He has even obtained the video of the last fifteen games of "Yellow Submarine" and started Hectic analysis.

"A team that can eliminate Inter Milan, will it be so easy to deal with? A team whose offensive efficiency can rank among the top three in the Champions League this season, shouldn't we pay attention to it?" Regarding the argument that it must enter the final, Mourinho disagreed.

Nothing in this world is certain, especially football matches. There are always variables, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many dark polo teams. Who dared to predict that Porto would win the Champions League trophy? Maybe even he himself Don't dare.

But that’s the fact. Porto slapped everyone in the face with their actions. I really don’t know how many football critics were mercilessly ridiculed after the Champions League. Mourinho didn’t want the dark horse to target himself this time. It's Chelsea.

After watching all of Villarreal's recent and Champions League game videos, Mourinho has a lot more things on his notepad, from the opponent's head coach to the main players, from the lineup arrangement to their substitution habits. , these are accumulating rapidly.

And in the last two La Liga games, Villarreal has obviously begun to retain its strength. They even rested at least six main players in one league game. Mourinho understands that this is Pellegrini's choice. Want to fight Chelsea to the death.

Although the opponent said that by reaching the semi-finals, their task has been overfulfilled, but Mourinho does not believe that the opponent will let Chelsea step on him to advance to the Champions League final. This semi-final will definitely be a hand-to-hand battle. .

Before Villarreal's latest league game, they had taken back all their main players. They even consciously gave up on their league results. It was obvious that they were ready to prepare for Chelsea's visit at the Love Song Stadium. .

With a transfer fee of less than 20 million euros, Villarreal can be brought to the third position in La Liga and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Mourinho will also focus on such an opponent, although he is in Porto I also had such results.

But to be able to achieve such results under the attack of the La Liga duo, it must be said that Pellegrini's coaching level is absolutely first-rate, and he also has his own super personnel, especially in making use of players who have been abandoned by the giants. Integration.

For example, when Riquelme was abandoned by Barcelona, ​​everyone probably thought that this Argentine midfield genius would return to Argentina in such a dejected manner. La Liga is obviously not the place for him to settle down, and he is a bit out of tune here.

But it only took Pellegrini less than half a season to awaken the potential of this Argentine genius. Now Barcelona must regret giving such a midfield general to their opponents, and Villarreal does beat them.

Barcelona lost the game at the Love Song Stadium because of an omission in marking Riquelme, which allowed the silent Argentine to open a gap in their defense, and the score was 1-0 to Barcelona. Remember.

Even Laporta admitted after the game that they gave up a genius, but he did not say that the team had a problem with the use of Riquelme, but that the two sides had not found a consensus. I guess Laporta This is the only way Ta can hide his embarrassment.

Many teams have asked Villarreal to buy the Argentinian during the winter transfer period. There are many wealthy teams among them. It can be seen that Riquelme's performance has won over many teams. respect, or covet.

But Villarreal is not willing to give up the opportunity to create club history for 20 million euros, not to mention that they have already gained a lot by reaching the Champions League semi-finals. As for the so-called transfer fees, they have already been paid generous bonuses. Smoothed.

Not only Riquelme shined brightly under Pellegrini, but also Forlan, who was abandoned by Manchester United, and Jose Mari, who has been lingering outside the first-class forwards. These guys have had very gloomy times. in the past, but now everything has changed.

Forlan has become a famous and efficient killer in La Liga, and Jose Mari's goal number is also the highest in recent years. In addition, Solin, Senna and other already famous guys, Villarreal The team has accumulated a lot but made little progress.

"I would rather face Arsenal or AC Milan than Villarreal." This is what Mourinho said to his coaching staff after a few busy days, and this is definitely not a joke he made in his spare time.

"If it is Arsenal and AC Milan, I may be more familiar with them. A strange and lethal dark horse team is often the most difficult to deal with. What's more, our opponents have no pressure at all, and they will show different combat effectiveness."

Mourinho is not just talking, he really thinks so. If he is asked to choose, he will definitely choose to fight with Arsenal or AC Milan in the semi-finals, rather than facing a group of ambitious and capable potential threats.

After all, compared with the somewhat unfamiliar Pellegrini, Wenger and Ancelotti are old enemies, and Mourinho is more familiar with them. Even if Wenger's current Champions League strategy has become pragmatic, Mourinho is still confident of fighting with the other side.

As for Ancelotti, Mourinho always thinks that this opponent is sometimes too affordable. His conspiracy and tricks can always take advantage of the opponent when fighting to the death. As for Pellegrini, that guy is unfamiliar to everyone.

Mourinho's caution is not just talk. After successfully defending the Premier League title, Chelsea also began to make large-scale rotations. Players who may play in the Champions League began to adjust their status to prepare for the big battle with Villarreal.

Chelsea, who only lost one game in the league, no longer pays attention to their winning rate. For them, the Premier League is over, and winning or losing is no longer important. Now everyone's focus has shifted to the competition for the Champions League and the FA Cup.

However, even if Chelsea no longer has a strong desire to win, those Premier League opponents will not get any advantage from them. Bolt originally thought that he could get some benefits from Chelsea, which successfully defended the title, but these guys obviously estimated wrong.

Even if Chelsea rotates the entire team, they can still cause a lot of trouble to their Premier League opponents. Cassano, Anelka and Ribery are in such good form recently that Chelsea continues to win under their crazy leadership.

Bolton originally wanted to make a sneak attack, but the final result was that they were defeated by Ribery's sprint and Cassano's ghostly attack in front of the goal. Facing Chelsea, who had more than half of their substitutes at home, Bolton still lost an embarrassing 0-2.

Although Bolton did have a certain advantage in the first half, and two shots threatened the goal guarded by Cech, and their defense line was strong for nearly 75 minutes, they were still defeated by Chelsea in the last 15 minutes.

In fact, Bolton's full-court pressing and destructive style of play did make Mourinho frown on the sidelines for more than 70 minutes, but Chelsea is so domineering now. As long as they are given a little chance, these people can make the opponent want to cry without tears.

Ribery seized such an opportunity in a defensive counterattack. Cassano used his personal skills in the midfield to get rid of the entanglement of two defensive players in succession, and sent a very beautiful through ball to Ribery before the opponent kicked hard.

Now in addition to Robben, a wing madman, Chelsea's lineup has another guy who can attack freely on the wing. Even Duff, the absolute main force last season, has been successfully squeezed to the bench by this young Frenchman.

Ribery did not live up to Mourinho's trust in him. Just like this sprint-like counterattack, Cassano's precise pass and his smart running made a standard offside, and the opponent's goalkeeper became helpless in front of him.

With a goal, the rhythm of the game was automatically controlled by Chelsea, and Cassano's supplementary shot in front of the goal seemed natural. Anelka's header also came from Ribery's cross. The opponent's goalkeeper missed the ball and Cassano made a supplementary shot.

Mourinho did not comment too much on such a game. He and Chelsea have already won the Premier League championship. He and Chelsea are used to such a victory. However, there are still many things in this game that he needs to summarize after the game.

"Chelsea's current offense often accelerates suddenly in such a dull pass. They are still mostly substitutes. If they replace the pure main lineup, they may not give Bolton any chance."

In the game between Chelsea and Bolton, no one may pay attention to other people in the stands. Pellegrini is not the kind of person who attracts others' attention no matter where he is. He dresses more like an ordinary fan.

It's just that the eyes of this Argentine coach are always on his next opponent, Mourinho, who has been on the sidelines but always seems very quiet. That guy will take this Chelsea team to the Love Song Stadium in two weeks.

Although Pellegrini knows that Chelsea cannot play with a full lineup in this game, he still hopes to observe his next opponent up close. Sometimes the game video can only see the performance of the team, but ignores the head coach.

Pellegrini, who graduated with an engineering degree, has always believed in the fact that the quality of a team, in addition to the players, what a coach can bring to the team will determine the success or failure of the team. Mourinho is obviously the cornerstone of Chelsea.

Only by observing the other party closely can he understand some of the thinking methods of this colleague, but Mourinho's calmness surprised him. You know, everyone in England knows that you must not provoke Mourinho because he is a madman.

But today Pellegrini saw what Mourinho's calmness is. Even when Bolton was bombarding so fiercely in the first half, Mourinho did not say a word, just stood on the sidelines calmly, observing every detail on the field.

"A guy who is so calm that it makes people feel terrified." When Pellegrini saw Mourinho constantly writing something on the notebook and then continued to look up to observe the game, he felt that this was really a madman who paid attention to details.

However, Mourinho did not let Pellegrini come in vain. His three substitutions in the second half could not be said to have reversed the situation instantly, but Bolton's bombardment in the first half was indeed gone, and Marcheni and others stifled the opponent's offensive.

"Precise substitutions, always looking for the opponent's loopholes and flaws." Pellegrini has always recognized one thing, a coach who can make the right adjustments in the game will cause trouble to the opponent and easily break the balance point.

Know what you lack and know what you should make up for. If such a coach has rich experience as a support, then he will be able to accurately grasp the team's tactical rhythm at home and away in the tournament.

"At home, we must keep the home court without losing the ball, otherwise we will not have too many opportunities at Stamford Bridge." Before turning around and leaving the Sharp Stadium, Pellegrini whispered to his assistant that he was a little stressed facing Mourinho.

Mourinho certainly didn't know that this insignificant game could make Pellegrini so important, and he didn't know that the Argentine coach would keep his eyes on him during the 90-minute game, and he had already started to think about future games.

After successfully defending the Premier League title, Mourinho is now just using such a game to test some things, or starting to adjust the players' game status. When the season is coming to an end, the players' status will always be a little ups and downs.

However, Lin Yi's desire for battle has always been crazy, as if he was sharpening his own knife, waiting for the moment to meet Riquelme, but Mourinho did not intend to let Lin Yi appear in such a meaningless game.

Good steel should be kept on the blade, this is the principle Mourinho has always believed in, and between the two semi-finals with Villarreal, they still have to fight in the FA Cup. With Manchester United, Mourinho dare not take it lightly.

He fell once in the FA Cup last season, and he doesn't want to repeat this situation this season. The League Cup and the Premier League have been won. The FA Cup and the Champions League are Chelsea's next game tasks, and he doesn't want any accidents.

However, Lin Yi, who was hidden by Mourinho, did not have a peaceful life. In this round of games, Lin Yi, who stayed in London, was targeted by those unscrupulous tabloid reporters. I don’t know why these guys have such a keen sense of smell. They can always find some explosive news, such as when Lin Yi was dating Selina, he could still play the trick of cheating off the court on the streets of London.

When Lin Yi saw the report of The Sun, he just wanted to say, I will torture your uncle! You are cheating! Your whole family is cheating! I was just sending someone home after shooting an advertisement, okay! But Lin Yi’s roar had long been ignored.

"As a man, everyone wants to have a little affair, we understand." Looking at the shameless expressions of Lampard and Gerrard, Lin Yi was really speechless. He could only raise his middle finger in response. This time he really felt that he was shot while lying down.

He really didn't know how many reporters with cameras would follow him every day when he went out, but this time he knew it, because the group of photos of him sending people home were all from multiple angles, and there was more than one reporter.

That was a day ago, after he had finished the second advertising shoot for the fashionable old Lafayette. With the experience of the first time, he was not tortured for too long this time, but after leaving the studio, Emma still asked to take his car home.

Lin Yi rarely refused others, especially he thought that he and Emma had known each other for more than a year, and they were friends anyway. For such a simple thing, he had nothing to resist, although there was a little ambiguity when they parted last time.

After the last delay, Lin Yi, who already knew the way, didn't spend so much time on the road this time, but after arriving at the destination, Emma invited him to her house for a cup of coffee, and her clear and harmless eyes made Lin Yi not know how to refuse.

A cup of coffee didn't take long, but it was enough to cause subtle changes between the two people. It was estimated that no one could bear to have a delicate beauty staring at him intentionally or unintentionally, not to mention the ambiguous mood.

Lin Yi finally finished the cup of coffee that was still a little hot at the fastest speed, and chose to retreat before Emma wanted to refill it. Being alone with a delicate little beauty under the same roof was really difficult for a novice in the love field like him.

However, watching Lin Yi leave in a hurry, Emma's eyes did not show too much disappointment. Instead, she had a little smile on her lips, "That idiot, he is always so at a loss in front of girls, just like the day he sent me back."

Emma still hasn't forgotten the time when he gently held her waist. That ignorant guy was stiff all the time, as if he was afraid that she would be dissatisfied. Emma, ​​who has been in Hollywood for a long time, rarely sees such a shy boy. But compared with those flattering guys, perhaps this shy idiot can make people feel safer.

"I won't lose to her so easily." Emma pursed her thin lips and whispered softly as she watched Lin Yi leave.

Just one day later, Lin Yi looked at those damn photos, and he didn't feel any joy, just cursed.

Damn the gossip, damn the reporters, you uncles!

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