Red Rebels

Since this period of time, the two-line battle has played a game in about three days, which makes the team's training more focused on recovery, trying to help the team recover their physical fitness and state.

Mourinho's rotation system is relatively successful. Although he once experienced three consecutive draws in the final stage of the league, he still maintained the pressure on Arsenal very well, and at the same time kept all games unbeaten this season.

This is the most proud pride among players!

"Even if we don't get anything this season, I'm like, guys, this is a great season for us!"

Xiao Yu spoke loudly to the players at a regular dinner party of the team.

"Although we won the UEFA Cup last year, it was hailed as the most insignificant UEFA Cup in history. At the same time, the loneliness of the UEFA Cup cannot conceal the fact that we are newly promoted, but this season, we started from the very beginning. It showed amazing strength!"

As Xiao Yu said, he walked slowly behind each player, and patted the players' shoulders with both hands, as if to convey his belief and hope.

"Some people say that we should give up one of the honors, but I didn't. Is it because I am too greedy for honors?"

Xiao Yu's words made all the players present shake their heads. Obviously, in everyone's mind, Xiao Yu is not such a person.

If he is greedy for honor, then there is no need for him to guard it. He has led the team to today step by step. With his financial resources, he can buy a Premier League team and win the championship directly.

But he didn't!

"I want to tell all our players and coaches, guys, in our tradition, there is absolutely no defeat without a fight! When we meet in a narrow road, the brave wins, even when we are the weakest, we meet the unattainable Arsenal, We all have the guts to compete with them, so we are stronger now, but our guts are weaker?"

The players were still shaking their heads vigorously.

It is impossible for those who play football not to know the proud past, which is a passionate and legendary history. From his birth to today, he has always adhered to a belief!

"We are the only team in the Premier League this season that can beat Arsenal, no doubt they are very strong, but we doubled them in two games, if it was a knockout round, they would have been knocked out by us, but this is the league !"

"I know the players have worked hard, and I know you have all put in a lot of hard work, but I believe, guys, our hard work will pay off, and we shouldn't think about defending the UEFA Cup and the league title. We shouldn't worry about what will happen to our opponents, we only need to care about our next opponent!"

After saying these words, Xiao Yu just returned to his seat, Zhuo stood on it, and glanced at the first-team players and coaching staff below.

"Play every game and trust me guys, Arsenal will make mistakes and we'll be right behind them!"

Xiao Yu raised his wine glass. Since the players were forbidden to drink alcohol during the league, their glasses were filled with plain water, but everyone raised it in unison.

"for!"

………………… On May 1st, in the game against Everton at home, Mourinho made certain adjustments to the main lineup in order to reserve strength for the second round of the UEFA Cup away game against Valencia. adjustment.

The forward is Villa, the two wingers are Ronaldinho and Ribery, the central midfielder is Cesc Fabregas, the double midfielders are De Rossi and Yaya Toure, and the defense is from left to right. Mu, Vidic, Curtis and Maicon, the goalkeeper is Petr Cech, and Ismail, Messi, Michael Johnson and others are sitting on the bench.

The game was very hard. Everton's performance this season has been very ups and downs. They failed to reproduce the dark horse qualities of last season. They are currently hovering in the relegation zone, and they have Li Tiejia Gravesen's double midfielder in the midfield. combination.

Gravesen, a tough midfielder, played dirty in the game,

The action was very big. At the beginning of the second half, there was a vicious foul that injured Yaya Toure, causing the latter to end due to injury, but the referee only gave him a small warning.

Mourinho was very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty, and kept protesting to the line referee on the sidelines, thinking that the action was not an exaggeration to be sent off with a red card, but he didn't get a card, which is simply incredible.

But Mourinho is not stupid. Now is a critical moment. He just complained, but he didn't get too entangled. He doesn't want to be sent off for this reason, which will make the team's current situation even worse.

Yaya Toure's injury forced an adjustment and Mourinho glanced at the bench before deciding to bring on Michael Johnson.

This local star from Manchester is known as the new Gerrard, but his characteristics are somewhat different from Gerrard, especially his stopping and passing are very characteristic. He is good at attacking and defending, and at the same time has a good free-kick footwork. He is another youth training player who attaches great importance to it.

Less than 3 minutes after Michael Johnson came on the field, he found an opportunity in a forward drive and decisively kicked a long shot.

This shot hit the top beam of the goal, and the whole stadium could almost hear a bang, the goal trembled, and at the same time, it shocked the opposing goalkeeper into a cold sweat.

Afterwards, the midfield controlled by Michael Johnson and De Rossi restricted Everton very well. The two never gave in to Gravesen and Li Tie in many head-to-head encounters, which also made the offensive gradually come to an end. out.

In the 65th minute, Mourinho saw that the situation on the field had not changed. He replaced Fabregas, who was not doing very well, with Messi, and let Ribery return to the center, while Messi went to him. Best on the right.

Messi continued to maintain his outstanding performance after coming off the bench in recent rounds of the league. As soon as he came on the field, he frequently used his excellent personal skills to play with Everton's defense, especially Michael Johnson cooperated with him tacitly. The medium and long-distance passes are given very comfortably, which makes Messi feel like a fish in water in the frontcourt.

After trying to break through a few times, Messi took the ball in the 76th minute and passed it to the back point. Ronaldinho followed up and hit the goal vigorously. The goalkeeper reacted quickly and saved the ball. Villa followed He shot again, but it hit the center back Yabo.

But when the opponent's goalkeeper was about to save the ball, Ribery, who was ambushing behind Villa, suddenly showed his edge, stretched his legs and stabbed the ball into the goal, 1:0!

After scoring the goal, Ribery was very excited. Although he is a rotation player this season, he performed very well after coming off the bench. Whether he is on the left, the center or the right, he can play well. Strength is a rare all-rounder in the midfield.

Another player from the youth academy saved the team!

This was obviously the first reaction of everyone present, but it was just the beginning!

Considering Villa's physical fitness, Mourinho replaced the Spaniard with Ismail in the 81st minute. Scored 17 goals in this event, the number of goals even surpassed Drogba.

Ismail was very active after he came on the field. His strong body and excellent explosive power, as well as his amazing footwork, made the Everton defenders who marked him feel depressed. He was almost seized by him several times. .

In the 87th minute, Messi received the ball from Ribery on the right, broke through the defense of the opponent's full-back, and made a pass. Ismail used his excellent explosive power to get rid of Yabo's defense, and rushed ahead of the attacking goalkeeper. After kneeling down, he headed the ball into the far corner of the goal, 2:0!

This goal also completely made the game no suspense!

In the slow-motion broadcast, Andy Gray repeatedly marveled at Ismail's anticipation and speed. Yabo is a well-known central defender with a tank shield in the Premier League, and his speed, explosive power and flexibility are all excellent, but The moment Ismail started, Yabo was completely left behind.

"He is more comprehensive than Drogba, with more ingenious techniques, faster speed, stronger explosive power and better impact. He is simply a new World of Warcraft!" Andy Gray exclaimed.

It was with the goals of Franck Ribery and Ismail that they defeated Everton 2-0 at home.

However, since Arsenal defeated Fulham 0:1 away, the league points still have not changed!

…………………… On May 6th, Benitez was a guest at Valencia, hoping to make a comeback at home, hoping to keep the total score of 2:0. The two sides played very fiercely.

Valencia played very active at home and took the lead in attacking at the beginning of the game. The frontcourt attack combination composed of Vicente, Aimar and Mista brought a lot of trouble to the defense. The team led by Terry There were several mistakes in the defense. Among them, in the 26th and 31st minutes of the first half, Valencia broke the goal twice. It was Vicente and Albelda who inserted in the back row.

Two goals behind, long-term two-line battle, the physical condition of the players is very bad, and the state is generally not exciting.

Mourinho made certain adjustments during the halftime break, allowing the two full-backs to more actively insert assists. At the same time, because Valencia's Vicente always stuck to the defense line to make a fuss, two goals were conceded They all started from him, but they were initiated at the feet of Aimar, so Mourinho retracted the three lines to limit Aimar's room for movement.

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Once the three attacking players are close to the defensive line, once they retract, they must push forward, which causes their midfield and defense to press forward. As a result, Valencia's defense left a lot vacancy.

This is nothing at all, because Baraja and Albelda exist to make up for ball possession and interception, but Mourinho resolutely gave up the previous advancing tactics and adopted the British long pass to directly find the ball. Drogba this point.

The role of Drogba as a bridgehead was vividly reflected in the second half of this game. In his confrontation with Ayala, the Argentine central defender once again experienced the humiliation. Racio and Villa, who replaced Robben, scored goals, and then he himself received a through ball from Kaka at the last moment of the game, overwhelming Ayala and scoring a goal!

In Valencia staged a classic big reversal, from 2:0 in the first half to 2:3 at the end of the game, once again won a game with his strength and will, And Mourinho's adjustments during the halftime break of the game were also appreciated by many experts.

After winning Valencia, they entered the UEFA Cup final with a total score of 2:5. Their opponent was Barcelona, ​​which had just defeated Bayern Munich 1:0 at the Nou Camp. It was questioned, but at the last moment, their efforts in the second half of the league and their triumphant progress in the UEFA Cup did earn him a lot of impression points.

On May 20th, Barcelona will play against the Ulivi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden!

But before that, there are still two league games to play.