Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 365 The Power of the Championship Trophy

During the intermission, Mourinho did not come up to criticize the players' performance in the second half of the game, but encouraged them abnormally.

The Portuguese also knows that in such a passive away game, it is really normal for the team to have such a performance, but this does not mean that he is willing to draw or lose.Now encouragement is more practical than criticism. In this environment, the players already have little morale. If they criticize and attack, it will be even more difficult to play in the second half.

Fortunately, it is only a draw now, and Manchester United has not been able to lead under the advantage. In this way, Chelsea still has a great chance to win.

"The champion is waiting for us!!"

In the locker room, Mourinho behaved very plainly, but his words were not plain: "Today, many officials from the FA came, and they held the championship trophy in their hands. Yes, they are ready. .”

"And what we have to do is try to take it away, that is the most valuable honor in the Premier League, the honor we have worked hard to win throughout the season, if they go back to London after this game, and then go to Hampton to present the award for us, I think we're all going to be unhappy with each other..."

Mourinho's funny words made the players below burst into laughter, but he didn't laugh, but changed his face again, and continued: "To win, we must first defend well!! Manchester United The team will definitely attack aggressively at the beginning of the second half, so what we have to do is to survive the first 15 minutes, and then it will be our turn to counterattack in the following games..."

"Joe, you replace Wayne in the second half and pay attention to the defense of the lower wing."

"Allen, you should pay more attention to finding counterattack opportunities, don't stand too far behind, and know that offense is the best defense."

"..."

After assigning the tasks for the players, Mourinho came to his senses, and concluded encouragingly: "There are many people in the team who have persisted for several seasons, and you all hope to win the championship, but now, it close at hand."

"It's Chelsea's first league title in 50 years and all Chelsea fans want it to be perfect. What I want to see is a win for it and a win over Manchester United will make that title Flawless!! If you lose, not only the champion is not perfect, even the fans will not be satisfied, do you want this!?"

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"Guys, do a good job of defending and leave the offense to me!!" After Mourinho finished talking, Wang Li joked to his teammates.

"That's right, teach them a lesson, Alan, you haven't scored yet!" Joe Cole was also very happy to be able to play.

"Don't worry, they don't want to score goals."

"..."

While the away team's locker room was cheering each other up, in the home team's locker room, Manchester United coach Ferguson was also assigning tasks for the second half. For this game, Manchester United was under even greater pressure. trample! !
"Attack!! Take advantage of their unstable formation at the beginning, we must attack aggressively!!"

"The Portuguese must have guarded against it, but the first few minutes of the second half were the best chance to score, remember, this is Old Trafford and tens of thousands of Manchester United players are watching you!! As long as we can Lead by one goal, then the victory is ours!!"

"They still have the Champions League, they dare not fight, but we don't have any pressure!!"

"You don't want to see a 'sterling team' riding on us, as long as we can score a goal, we will defend with all our strength. Remember, they dare not fight. They will face AC Milan in a few days! !"

Ferguson is obviously very excited. As the iconic head coach of Manchester United, this old man has almost dedicated the rest of his life to Manchester United. Speaking of his feelings for Manchester United, he is higher than any player! !
However, these words are very useful. After the final stage of the first half, these Manchester United players found that Chelsea is not so terrible, they will also be beaten. Right now, as long as they win against Chelsea, they will have no pressure to speak of this season.

This kind of thinking has prompted the confidence of Manchester United players to soar, and they can't wait to start the game.

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In this round of competition, not only the match between Chelsea and Manchester United has received attention, but another match has also received attention, and that is the match between Arsenal VS Middlesbrough.

If there is no Chelsea game, then Arsenal's home game against Middlesbrough must be the focus of this round of battle, but now, it can only become a foil.The reason why the media pays more attention to it is because as long as Arsenal loses, then no matter what the result of the match between Chelsea and Manchester United, Chelsea can get their wish to win the league championship trophy.

However, whether Manchester United's dignity can be maintained or not does not matter much to the two teams, but they have no self-consciousness as the focus of attention.

At this time, the game was also at halftime, and the score hanging on the stadium was 0:1. The home team was behind the former visiting team, and Middlesbrough led Arsenal 1:0.

"As long as we win this game, we still have a chance to qualify for the Champions League next season..." This is the reason why McLaren led Middlesbrough to play desperately.

On the other hand, for Arsenal, this game is irrelevant. Now Arsenal are firmly seated in No.2 in the league. Even if they lose a game, their position cannot be shaken.

So Wenger feels that there is no need for the team to fight Middlesbrough.

In this way, the two teams with some gaps in strength did not see this at all in the score.

This made Sir Alex Ferguson, who knew the current score of the two teams, look a lot more gloomy. As long as Middlesbrough wins, then everything Manchester United has done will be useless.

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The intermission time passed quickly, and the two teams all stepped onto the court with great momentum. From this point of view, the political and ideological work of the two coaches is very good.

And in a VIP box on the stadium, Mr. Cher* Abramovich was also watching the game. Beside him was a middle-aged man with a beard, a bald forehead, and a myopic lens. By the time the players entered the court, the two began chatting again.

"Congratulations, you will win the league championship in a while." The middle-aged man with a 'strange' appearance said.

Hearing this, Abramovich had a grin on his face. He likes people to talk about Chelsea recently, because it is his pride, but out of politeness, he still said: "This is not necessarily the case, the game is not over yet. Woolen cloth."

"You know, in London, Arsenal were behind."

"Oh?" Mr. Abu turned his head, glanced at the person next to him strangely, and said, "Why do you seem to want Chelsea to win!?"

A smile flashed across the face of the middle-aged man. He did not answer directly, but talked about the recent form of Manchester United, "In the past two seasons, the team's results have not been very good, and they have not won any valuable championships. This is not in line with the performance that a rich club should have. Now Manchester United's board of directors is considering restructuring, and I am also planning to acquire other shares."

"Hehe..." Mr. Abramovich laughed directly, and then said bluntly: "You want to use Chelsea to damage the reputation of Manchester United's top management!?"

The middle-aged man didn't answer directly, but a smile flashed across his face, and he stretched out his right hand, saying, "Manchester United's stock is too expensive. If Chelsea wins the league championship here, then I can have a lot of money left. Yes Yes, happy cooperation!"

Abramovich glanced at him and said at the same time: "Happy cooperation!"

The handover of the two hands seems to directly announce the collapse of the Manchester United dynasty...

This middle-aged man is the American Glazer who has been making a fuss in Manchester recently.

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During the half-time break, the Chelsea players decided to defend first and then attack in the second half. As soon as the game started, the team's formation retreated a lot, and even Wang Li's position moved slightly back and shrunk. Defensively.

As a result, the team's offense was not smooth. Wang Li and Joe Cole jumped up the offensive beam. The two of them could not break through Manchester United's blockade in the midfield. The ball was transferred to the feet of Manchester United players.

As Mourinho expected, Manchester United launched a massive attack as soon as they got the ball.

On the two sides, Giggs and Fletcher's dribbling was sharp, and the two full-backs also stepped in. The pressure at this moment and the precise cooperation of a few feet made Chelsea's midfield The blockade fell apart in an instant, and Giggs, who was old and strong, received the ball and flew past the two on the left, before kicking a precise cross.

In the penalty area, Van Nistelrooy once again overwhelmed Terry and succeeded. After returning from injury, he seemed to be sharper. It took only a few games to re-establish the position of Manchester United's No. [-] center forward, but this time he The position is not good, Van Nistelrooy is also very decisive, he headed back and gave the ball to Scholes who came behind him.

Scholes did not continue to pass in, because Chelsea's defense was very solid, he couldn't find the angle of the pass for a while, so he chose a long shot! !
This long-range shot was very powerful, and it also hit the goal frame, but it was still thrown out by Thomas.

The Manchester United players played in full compliance with the head coach's intentions. They hoped to score goals within the first 10 minutes of the second half. According to statistics, goals are most likely to occur in the first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes of the game, because at this time, Most players have not yet entered the game state, or are not focused enough, just waiting for the game to end.

However, during the intermission, Mourinho had already specially instructed the Chelsea players, so the players were extremely serious, and it was not easy for Manchester United to score a goal.

And now, because of Manchester United's heavy pressure, at Old Trafford, they may really try their best to score. Although the rear is empty, Chelsea still can't fight back because the ball is difficult to pass. Manchester United's blockade in the middle, Chelsea's passes were directly intercepted by Manchester United several times in a row.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United had a great advantage.

"Rooney's shot!! It's Thomas again!! It's so beautiful!!"

"Giggs made a follow-up shot!! Gooooooo..., the ball brushed the goal frame and went out of the baseline, what a pity..."

"Headed goal!! The football was held by Thomas in his arms!! In the past few minutes of the game, Chelsea looked too embarrassed. Fortunately, they have an excellent goalkeeper. Now I dare say, the performance of the audience is the best. The good guy is goalkeeper Thomas Clarke, he is so good, he has saved several dangerous balls in a few minutes. It seems that if Manchester United want to maintain their dignity, they must knock down the 19-year-old goalkeeper."

The game on the field was very exciting, and although the anchor of BBC TV was praising Chelsea's goalkeeper, on the other hand, he also expressed dissatisfaction with Chelsea's conservative style of play.

In the minds of many England fans, Chelsea is a team that relies purely on offense to win, but the tortoise-like team on the field is really not like Chelsea's style. Football games are all about offense. Now Many people hope that Chelsea can win the championship at Old Trafford. Of course, they are not satisfied with the conservative play below 1:1.

At this time, Wang Li has been standing at the back of the center circle, constantly observing the form of the two teams, trying to find opportunities to counterattack.

Now that Manchester United is on the whole, although it is difficult for Chelsea to break through the blockade in the midfield, if they break through the blockade, then for Wang Li, Manchester United's backcourt is simply flat! !Here comes the chance to score! !

Now Wang Li believes in the head coach Mourinho very much. He feels that as long as he can score another goal, the team will definitely win the championship, and most of the Chelsea players think so. It is this kind of trust that makes the team's defense Being able to keep going, everyone on the court is putting in [-]% effort to keep the goal without losing it.

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In this form of the game, the time quickly passed by 5 minutes. At this time, the intensity of Manchester United's attack eased.

Although the lineup is still very high, the Chelsea players can feel it when defending, "one effort, then decline, three exhaustion". The long-term failure to score has caused the overall momentum of the Manchester United team to decline. up.

In 3 minutes, goalkeeper Thomas Clark held Rooney's header firmly in his arms. After it was safe, he quickly stood up from the grass. When he looked up, he saw Wang Li was watching him near the center line, while walking backwards. ran after.

After a long period of tacit understanding, Thomas immediately understood what Wang Li meant, and he drove the ball towards Manchester United's half without hesitation.

At this time, Manchester United's half was really empty. Even Ferdinand, who was standing at the back, was alone on the line of the penalty area, and the other defenders were almost near the center line.

The moment Wang Li saw Thomas kicking off with a big kick, he ran towards the Manchester United penalty area, turning his head from time to time to see where the football landed in order to adjust his direction.However, Thomas was just a goalkeeper after all, and his pass was really crooked, and the football landed right at Ferdinand's feet, which made Wang Li grinned unconsciously while running.

There is no doubt about Ferdinand's strength. It is not easy to run to catch the ball in such a direct direction. However, Wang Li rushed over with a fluke in his heart.

"Hey, there is no chance this time, the ball is at Manchester United again..."

Before the commentator of the BBC TV station finished speaking, the football had already fallen to Ferdinand's feet, and he stretched out his right foot to unload it lightly—
"Stop it..."

Ferdinand made a mistake! !He stopped with one foot, and the football hit his right foot and rolled to the feet of Wang Li who was running forward! !

Chance! !
"Ah~~~~~~~"

The entire stadium was in an uproar, and most of the Manchester United fans stood up nervously, while the Chelsea fans all cheered, because behind Ferdinand was only Manchester United goalkeeper Howard! !In the eyes of all fans, if Wang Li plays this kind of ball, it is undoubtedly a must! !

"Opportunity!!" At the same time, the commentator of the court platform immediately shouted.

Facing this opportunity that fell from heaven, Wang Li did not hesitate to change the direction of the ball, and he was about to shake Ferdinand away in an instant.

However, when Ferdinand, who passed by Wang Li, realized that he had made a mistake, he did not simply let Wang Li pass by. He knew that it almost meant that Manchester United would fall behind, which was by no means what he wanted to see of.In an instant, Ferdinand stretched his feet directly in front of Wang Li, and at the same time stretched out his hand to grab the black jersey.

For this sudden attack, Wang Li has long been prepared. In fact, in this season, he has to guard his feet in almost every game.

However, Wang Li still failed to react to Ferdinand's two-way offensive. Although he was not tripped, he was still held back. However, at the same time, he looked at the white line behind him, curled his mouth, and decisively Give up and continue to dribble.

"Beep..."

Such an obvious foul, if Riley does not make a decisive penalty, he will not have to enforce the law in the Premier League.

yellow card! !
penalty! !
"Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea!! Allen, Allen, Allen!!!"

Although no goal was scored, all Chelsea fans cheered. In the public impression, a penalty kick is almost equal to a goal! !

The other more than 1000 Manchester City fans also gloated. Their purpose of watching this game is to see Manchester United let Chelsea win the championship trophy at home. Now that Chelsea can take the lead again, they don’t need to mention how refreshed they are ! !

However, the Chelsea players on the field at this time were not very satisfied with the yellow card. In the first half, Makelele gave a red card for the foul, but this time Ferdinand only got a yellow card, which is really uncomfortable.

They stood beside the referee and protested a few words, but Riley ignored them and just signaled Chelsea to take a penalty kick quickly.

This time, Wang Li stood in front of the ball.

This game is very important. In contrast, Chelsea players still believe in Wang Li.

And Wang Li did not disappoint. Facing the nervous American goalkeeper, he volleyed vigorously and let the football fly into the goal in an instant.The ball had no angle at all, but Howard still didn't respond——
The ball is too fast! !
"The ball went in!!! goooal!!!"

(End of this chapter)