Midfielder
Chapter 494
The head-to-head clash between Chelsea and AC Milan will definitely be a super collision in the Champions League final, especially since AC Milan is planning to take revenge, so there is no need to predict, this game will definitely be sparkling.
Some people even predicted that this game will be more cruel and intense than the narrow encounter last season.
However, this duel will not start for at least four weeks after the semi-finals. During this short rest period, the two teams will definitely be quietly working hard to prepare for the final showdown.
Chelsea is relatively relaxed. There is no cruel league competition waiting for them at the end of the season. Mourinho's approach of locking the league championship early gives Chelsea enough time to make adjustments at the end of the season.
AC Milan is not as lucky as Chelsea. The competition in Serie A this season is relatively fierce. At the end of the season, Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan all have the opportunity to win the championship in the final rounds.
Although the focus of AC Milan's competition in recent seasons has been on the Champions League, it finally has another chance to win the league championship. Regardless of whether Ancelotti wants to take a chance, at least the bald Italian Prime Minister is. He doesn't want to miss this opportunity, he also wants to compete for the league championship.
"AC Milan will not give up the league title." Ancelotti did not speak, but Berlusconi's speech has already been finalized. They need to give their best to play every game in the league.
And what troubles Ancelotti the most is that at the end of the league, AC Milan faces very tough opponents. Juventus and Lazio are tough opponents, and Juventus is even more of a title rival.
If there is a mistake, AC Milan may be thrown out of the top three at the end of the season. This is not alarmist. The gap in the Serie A standings this season is only five points between the top four.
As long as they lose one game, AC Milan may fall from second to fourth. If they lose consecutively, they may lose their qualification for the Champions League next season. Therefore, at the end of the season, they dare not relax at all.
Moreover, there has been no league title for several consecutive seasons. A boss like Berlusconi who loves success is always unhappy. He doesn't say too much nonsense, but the pressure is always on Ancelotti's side.
This time he has made his position clear, let alone expect the Italian Prime Minister to relax Ancelotti.
If he fails to win the league title or loses again in the Champions League final, who knows if the old guy will take action against Ancelotti, an old minister. Anyway, don't expect the old bald man to be very kind.
Even Ancelotti himself knows that his club president has always been a tough guy.
Perhaps at this time, Ancelotti was a little envious of the Portuguese at Chelsea. Although the pressure was not small, at least the Russian boss did not put pressure on Mourinho at the critical moment.
Moreover, Abramovich rarely evaluates his coach and team in public. For the Russian tycoon, perhaps not saying anything is his greatest support for Chelsea. Silence is golden.
Many head coaches may be lucky enough to have such an owner who is willing to spend money and delegates power to his coach. At least Ancelotti thinks Mourinho is very lucky.
In addition to AC Milan's uneasy league schedule, the Italian Cup also faces a tough battle.
AC Milan, which has already reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, will face its city rivals head-on this time.
Mancini was already simmering with anger. They were eliminated from the Champions League by Villarreal. This made Mancini the target of many fans of his team. Many Inter Milan fans criticized It was this guy's command error that caused Inter Milan to be eliminated by its opponent in a good situation.
If, like last season, we were eliminated from the Champions League by a team of similar strength, that would be fine. This would allow a dark horse team to end its Champions League journey. This is absolutely intolerable!
Inter Milan's performance in the league is quite reassuring, but now it looks weak in the Champions League.
Not only are Inter Milan fans unhappy, Mancini feels the greatest pressure may come from the club's most stern chairman. Moratti's biggest wish is the Champions League!
This chairman, who is bent on reshaping the international era, has been spending crazy money for so many years just to make Inter Milan reach the top of Europe. Such crazy buying of people and building a team has not been able to achieve what he wanted.
Everyone knows that he is not satisfied with Inter Milan's results this season, especially after being eliminated by Villarreal. Moratti bluntly said, "This game was very bad!"
Although Moratti later clarified that this was taken out of context by the reporter who interviewed him, everyone knows that the anger in these reports must exist, and Mancini is likely to be consumed by anger.
It is definitely uncomfortable to live a life of fear, so Mancini is likely to fight hard in the league and cup. The league opponents behind Inter Milan are not strong, so it is not difficult to score points.
As long as they don't capsize in the gutter, maybe this season's league championship can be said to be within easy reach.
But compared with his opponents in the league, Mancini wants to prove his ability as soon as possible, and if he can win a confrontation with his rival in the same city, this will undoubtedly relieve his pressure to a great extent.
So when Ancelotti knew that he was going to face Inter Milan, he knew that this game would not be easy.
And Mancini said, "The Italian Cup is one of the trophies that Inter Milan wants to compete for."
It can be predicted that before the Champions League final, AC Milan will definitely have a series of fierce battles. This is definitely not good news for a team with many veterans. Injuries and suspensions all require their attention.
Even many Italian media said, "If AC Milan wants to win the game against Chelsea, maybe they should give up something." But this is easier said than done.
Which one to give up? The league championship? Or the cup? Who dares to guarantee that giving up these can guarantee that AC Milan will win Chelsea in the Champions League final? Perhaps only the old crow Pele dares to make such a prediction.
So no matter how many fierce battles he knows ahead, Ancelotti can only bite the bullet.
Win whatever you can. Looking back at Chelsea, Mourinho's crazy point grabbing at the beginning of the season now seems too wise. They now have plenty of time to rest.
Maybe starting from next season, the end of the season will only belong to those teams that are trying to stay in the league, and the beginning of the season will be the time for those giants to fight each other. Whoever can seize the opportunity will be able to take the initiative in the game.
But such a situation can only start from next season. This season, AC Milan can only watch while playing. After all, the final outcome is not up to them, and it depends on luck.
The league has entered the final stage, and every team will sprint desperately, but Chelsea is now very relaxed. They are not burdened by the league, and only a FA Cup final is waiting for them.
Even those bookmakers have lowered the odds of Chelsea winning multiple championships again and again, especially the shocking six-crown champion. At the beginning of the season, many people still thought that this was an impossible task.
But now it seems that if Chelsea is determined, they have a chance in the FA Cup and the Champions League.
Six crowns sounds far away, but if it really happens, the Chelsea team may not have too much pressure. Although it is still unknown whether Lin Yi can play in the Champions League final, even if this kid does not play, it will not be easy for AC Milan to beat Chelsea.
Mourinho has the final battle of last season as a bottom line, and he may set up some ambush for AC Milan.
The FA Cup final is still two weeks away, and the contest between Mourinho and Ferguson will be staged again on that final field, but before that, Mourinho and Ferguson will meet once in the league. The league battle between Chelsea and Manchester United would have been the highlight of the end of the season, but after Chelsea won the championship in advance, this so-called highlight seems to have lost its due excitement, and there are inevitably fewer highlights. This is probably the most depressing thing for those who arrange the schedule.
It was originally a strong confrontation, but because the league championship has been finalized, it lacks a little confrontation.
However, whenever Mourinho and Ferguson meet, there will be no lack of topics, and this game is no exception. Without Lin Yi, Robben is also recovering from injury, and it seems that Chelsea's situation is not optimistic.
Manchester United has all its elite players, from C Ronaldo, Rooney to Van Nistelrooy, all of whom are ready to fight.
What makes Lin Yi most depressed is that C Ronaldo, that bastard, called him before the game in a boastful manner, "If you can't play in the FA Cup, I won't be polite and will definitely take the championship."
"Damn it, don't expect me to pass the ball to that kid after returning to the national team!" After ending the call, Lin Yi cursed C Ronaldo fiercely, which made the old coach who brought C Ronaldo to debut with a dark smile on his face. The little guy he brought out personally is not much worse than Lin Yi.
Thinking that Lin Yi still needs to go through his own forging before he can come out, perhaps the two main players of the Portuguese national team in the future will come from his door, and Aurelio Pereira will inevitably be a little complacent.
However, Ronaldo's bold words did not come true in the league, in this confrontation between Manchester United and Chelsea.
The final result of the game was beyond many people's expectations. Manchester United was a guest at Stamford Bridge. After 90 minutes of confrontation, the score was 0-3. Ferguson's Red Devils were defeated at Stamford Bridge.
Such a result may not be predicted by anyone, 3-0! The loser turned out to be Manchester United! Although Mourinho has always maintained a perfect record against the old Sir Alex, no one could have imagined that Manchester United would lose so badly.
This may be the biggest point difference between Chelsea and Manchester United in the past two seasons. Even Chelsea fans are a little uncomfortable with Ferguson losing so much, and all three goals occurred in the first half.
In other words, Chelsea had already locked the victory in the first half, and Manchester United's resistance only existed in the first fifteen minutes of the game. When Joe Cole shot from outside the penalty area, the balance had already tilted.
Then Carvalho and Terry scored two goals in the penalty area from corner kicks, which seemed a bit logical.
After halftime, Ferguson had given up his command on the sidelines and sat back in the coaching booth. However, it was obvious that the old man looked unhappy and he might get angry after the game.
In the second half, Manchester United showed some improvement, but this was only because Chelsea's attack was not as fierce. Anelka and others were replaced by Mourinho, and Duff and other substitutes came on.
Even so, Manchester United only managed to maintain a balance. Only Ronaldo's shot after a breakthrough in the second half was a bit threatening, and Cech's side dive almost didn't touch the ball, but this was only the only highlight of the game. Manchester United only had seven shooting opportunities throughout the game.
Compared with Chelsea's six shots, it feels similar, but Mourinho's team can maintain a 50% goal rate, while Manchester United only had two shots within the goal frame.
A tragic defeat, although the defeat did not change Manchester United's league ranking, but many Manchester United fans were still very frustrated. Without Lin Yi, their team is not as good as Chelsea? This is the gap between the two teams? Has Manchester United been surpassed by so much by the opponent?
Such questions come not only from fans, but also from the media. They really don't know why Ferguson played with all the main players, but still got such a bad situation. How can the FA Cup final be played?
But Mourinho is not so naive. It can be said that the reason why they were able to take the lead so quickly in the first half was because luck was on Chelsea's side. Joe Cole's shot outside the penalty area was not very threatening.
But Vidic, who was unlucky, did not properly intercept the ball with his foot, which directly changed the trajectory of the ball. Although Van der Sar rushed out in time, the angle of the ball after refraction was too weird.
A standard lob shot, even if Van der Sar was almost two meters tall, he could not prevent the ball from falling into the net from his head. Such a goal really made the Manchester United players who had previously dominated the offensive very depressed. Even Ferguson cursed on the sidelines for a long time after the ball went in.
It can be seen that Ferguson did not want to release any smoke bombs, he really wanted to conquer Stamford Bridge.
But luck was not on his side this time. Joe Cole's goal cheered up the Chelsea team.
Leading and then starting to defend and counterattack, this is Mourinho's core strategy in recent games.
The veterans who were used to this style of play last season also played this almost familiar tactic with ease this time. Manchester United could only bite the bullet and fight against the opponent, but Ribery's two powerful penetrations from the wing allowed Chelsea to win key corners at critical moments.
Carvalho's header hit the back of Gary Neville and hit the net. Terry's high-altitude bombing also made Van der Sar's attack meaningless. These two goals made Manchester United's morale completely lost.
It cannot be said that Manchester United's psychological quality is very low. It can only be said that Ferguson did not make any major adjustments in the second half. The old guy did not even have his usual angry expression, and it seemed more like he accepted his fate.
"This is not the style of that old Scottish man." Lin Yi, who was watching the TV broadcast, muttered, and Aurelio Pereira agreed, because he also knew that Ferguson did not intend to do his best.
A game that already seemed a bit insignificant, with a score of 0-3 behind, they still had to fight to the end at the opponent's home court. This was not about courage or not, it would only be reckless.
Ferguson's lack of power did not mean that the old guy was timid. Not saying anything at the press conference did not mean that he would continue to stage such a big defeat in the FA Cup. He was still retaining his strength.
Mourinho knew that his old opponent would not bow his head and admit defeat so easily, so he also ignored a victory lightly. The game had to be played, and the FA Cup opponent would definitely fight desperately.
But Mourinho's audacity also made Kenyon see this guy's rebelliousness again. Although Chelsea wanted to win the FA Cup, before the final, Mourinho still did not recruit Lin Yi to play with the team. He once again set up a three-midfielder defensive counterattack formation in front of everyone.
This time, even the scouts of AC Milan believed that Lin Yi's injury might be really serious, because this kid has never missed a game for more than a month, from the second round of the Champions League semi-finals to the FA Cup final.
Lin Yi has not shown up, and when he showed up a few days ago, he seemed to have a plaster cast on his right leg.
According to the current situation, Lin Yi's injury may be more serious than the Spanish media estimated.
He may even miss the World Cup this summer, and he may also miss the Champions League.
If you want to set up a bet, it may not be necessary to play it so thoroughly, and Mourinho is not sure of winning the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United. The whole game process is also full of twists and turns, from Manchester United's lead at the start to Drogba's header equalizing before the end of the game, until the end of overtime, the two sides did not decide the winner, and only the penalty shootout final can decide the champion.
Mourinho frowned on the sidelines throughout the game, especially when the opponent led for nearly 80 minutes. If it weren't for Drogba's header at the last moment, Chelsea might have been defeated by Manchester United.
The final penalty shootout was played until the eighth round to decide the winner. Gary Neville's shot was firmly caught by Cech's side dive, and Chelsea won the championship at the last moment.
If a normal person still deliberately hides his strength under such circumstances, it can only be said that this guy's mind is a bit too crazy. He will devote everything to a trap, even at all costs. AC Milan's scouts don't know if Mourinho is such a person. At least in their opinion, there seem to be few normal people who can do this, except for lunatics.
Only in the training ground of Chelsea's youth team, a little madman who was struggling with the football under his feet had already revealed his white teeth. . .
(Alas, Allah can't stand the boasting of the Iranian team. Go ahead and brag about beating the Chinese men's basketball team. You've been blackened first. Let's see if you can still brag!)
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