Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 397 Ideological Education Class

Before mid-May, Chelsea still have 5 league games to play against Bolton, Fulham and Newcastle United. Chelsea don't care about the league. The trophy is in the showroom , the league naturally becomes useless.

On May 5th, when Chelsea challenged Bolton in an away game, Mourinho only arranged for a few young players to play, and even three players in the youth team were put on the field by him. , He himself did not go to Bolton with the team at all, but let assistant coach Clark be the team leader.

Bolton is now in danger of being relegated, so they played desperately at home. The aggressive style made Chelsea's young players a little bit confused, so Bolton succeeded, and the final result was 3:1. They snatched from Chelsea. To the precious league points.

And on May 5th, when Chelsea played against Fulham at home, Mourinho still arranged for these young players to play. As a West London derby, this game was very exciting. Chelsea's "Youth Team" finally defeated their city rivals Fulham 11:2, which made Fulham fall from 1th in the league to 6th. Tottenham Hotspur caught up in one fell swoop, so they completely lost the chance to compete for the UEFA Cup place.

The most unlucky is not Fulham, but Liverpool, which is about to enter the Champions League final.

A few days ago, Benitez was still worried about the upcoming Champions League final, but he had to refocus his energy on the league, because Liverpool's performance in the league was not good, and now they will only rank That's all, and Middlesbrough behind him, under the leadership of McLaren, has achieved brilliant results, and now it is only one point behind Liverpool.

And the league on May 5th happened to be Middlesbrough vs. Liverpool at home!

Mars hits the Earth race!

The competition between the 4,5th and 4th places in the Premier League can be compared to the championship battle, because No.5 can participate in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, while the fifth place can only participate in the UEFA Cup, so the two teams are now The situation is the same, and Benitez and McLaren have repeatedly appeared in the media's sight and attacked each other.

What is not widely known is that this game is extremely important for McLaren, because FA officials have assured him that as long as he can make Middlesbrough a top 4 result in the league, then in the summer, he will be able to The temptation to succeed the current Swede Eriksson as the head coach of the England national team is too great!
Even if only for his own future, McLaren must lead Middlesbrough to victory over Liverpool. With only two rounds left in the league, this game has become particularly important.

So, McLaren succeeded!

The Liverpool team played extremely passively in the away game. McClellan first let the team attack aggressively, trying to win a goal, and then defended the goal.With such a tactic, Middlesbrough finally won 1:0. Although the process was a bit disgraceful, in any case, Middlesbrough has now pulled Liverpool down by 2 points and advanced to fourth place in the league.

As long as they can draw a tie in the last round of the game, relying on the goal advantage, Middlesbrough can keep their current ranking, and McLaren can also take over as the head coach of the England team.

Of course, there is joy and sorrow.

Just a few days ago, Liverpool, which was still popular in the league, encountered a crisis in the league. Even if they can beat Chelsea to win the supreme trophy of the UEFA Champions League, it is still unknown whether they can continue to participate in the UEFA Champions League next season. The atmosphere of the whole team has been affected.

However, in this way, for the consideration of Liverpool's next season, Benitez and Liverpool players are even more looking forward to the UEFA Champions League championship, because before that, no team won the championship trophy. Those who are not yet able to participate in the Champions League, if they win the championship trophy, maybe they can apply for a special case from UEFA.

It's a pity that the media didn't know what they were thinking. After the battle for 4,5th and [-]th places, the reports on Liverpool became even more negative. They couldn't even keep their league rankings, and they could be expected to beat the team at the top of the league. The peak Chelsea won the highest trophy?
At this moment, the minds of the Chelsea players have completely flown to the Millennium Stadium in Scotland.

There is only one week away from the 21st, where they will win their third championship of the season --- the FA Cup. Although this trophy is not as important as the Big Ears Cup, for England fans, this The oldest season championship is even more important than the league championship. If you can't get this championship, even if you get the Triple Crown this season, it will not be perfect, because the Football Cup is the most important cup in England.

Although the whole team is yearning for the championship, Wang Li still sees a bad emotion other than self-confidence in this yearning, that is, pride.

Chelsea's achievements this season are too brilliant. Since the opponents in the two finals are Arsenal and Liverpool, most players feel that Chelsea is the champion. If it is loose, it is extremely dangerous.

Before the game against Bayern, Wang Li noticed this problem, and he also mentioned it to assistant coach Clark, but even though the team is doing closed training now, the outside media cannot contact the players, but in fact, this Almost all players have a little bit of this kind of pride.

Being arrogant before the game is definitely not a good sign. The atmosphere of the team will directly affect the performance of the players. It's too late to regret it.

Just as worried about the team as he is the head coach Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho has the experience of winning the Champions League. He saw this from the last match against Bayern. However, facing Wang Li's reaction, he just smiled, but did not say any countermeasures , But after that, Wang Li saw the Portuguese's wrist.

In the last round of the league on May 5th, Chelsea played against Newcastle United at home.

In this game, except for Wang Li, Mourinho sent all the main players to play, but the team finally played 2:0 at Stamford Bridge in front of more than 2 Blues fans. During the game, Chelsea players were completely out of shape, and the atmosphere of the team directly affected the state of the game.

Although many players can attribute the loss to Wang Li not playing, indeed, Mourinho has to admit that as long as Wang Li plays, at least Chelsea will not lose, but even Chelsea without Wang Li, in terms of player configuration and At the tactical level, it is at least one grade higher than Newcastle United. It is not normal to play this kind of situation.

After the game, Mourinho said to the reporter with a dark face: "I don't need to explain anything. If you lose, you lose. Now there is a problem within the team. I think I should solve this problem as soon as possible. .”

Mourinho's attitude was very straightforward, and the reporters also wondered what happened to the team. The "Daily Times", which supports Arsenal, directly broke the news that the conflict between Wang Li and ordinary players broke out. Judging from the fact that he sat next to assistant coach Clark but didn't get a chance to play at all, he and coach Mourinho must have some conflicts.

This kind of comment has been recognized by many fans. Judging from the scene of the game and Wang Li's solemn expression, it is indeed very possible.

In order to clarify this matter the next day, Wang Li took the initiative to accept an interview. He said: "I have a good relationship with my teammates and the head coach. Please don't make random guesses."

But at this time, the Spanish media broke the news that Real Madrid had already started the summer transfer process, and the first signing target of their superstar plan this year was Wang Li. According to the "Madrid Sports" disclosure——
"Real Madrid's board of directors has held a special meeting for the summer transfer. They have prepared a huge amount of 3 million euros and intend to invest all of it in the transfer market. The first signing target of this Galaxy battleship is Chelsea's young player Allen. Wang, they have already submitted a transfer application to Chelsea. According to a staff member of the club, the transfer will cost at least 2 million euros, and Real Madrid has prepared an annual salary of 3500 million euros for Alan Wang. The Super Jumbo contract, this contract lasts for 5 years, and the liquidated damages have reached a staggering 5 million euros, that is to say, if Alan Wang transfers to Real Madrid in the summer, he will at least earn in the next 5 years. It will exceed 2 million euros!"

This amazing report has driven fans all over the world crazy!
Before the summer transfer window opened, Wang Li's value directly messed up this year's transfer market. According to statistics, this report by "Madrid Sports" directly increased the value of many players by 20%.

This is not surprising, the transfer market is dominated by wealthy clubs, and when those small clubs hear that a player's worth has risen to 2 million euros, then of course the value of their good players should also rise. None of them can compare to Alan Wang.

And amidst this vibrancy, some smart media even thought of the recent internal problems of Chelsea. They felt that they had found the real answer, so reports about Wang Li's upcoming joining Real Madrid were published one after another.

Every newspaper will be chasing rumors, and they will make a big deal out of a little thing, not to mention that it is related to the transfer of England and even the world's number one talent!
However, nothing happened in the Chelsea club at this time, but on the second day of the last round of the league, Mourinho secretly gathered them together and gave a purely ideological education class.

The main lecturer of this class: Jose Mourinho, assistant: assistant coach Clark, coordinator: Wang Li, auxiliary tools and the 'pointer' used in a tactical class in Mourinho's hands, all frontline Both team and reserve team players need to participate, and the time is after the afternoon training.

In this ideological education class, Mourinho's face turned black, and all the players in the audience lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything, "Do you think that the task is completed by reaching the final? We can relax and go to Scotland , Istanbul, take a trip, and then the two trophies will float to the club's showroom obediently, and you can also easily get these two championship medals?"
None of the players who can get into Chelsea is a fool. Of course they understand what Mourinho means.

"Do you guys think the season is over? Look at what you played last game, shit! Shit! You know? That's what describes you! Look at the fans who come to the game, they every There is a disappointed expression on everyone's face, does the team pay you salaries just to make you appear on the stage and make a fool of yourself?"

At this time, the captain of the team, John Terry, stood up and said, "Sorry, boss, but the league is not important..."

In the team, only Terry and Wang Li are two privileged figures, and only they dare to talk back to Mourinho.

However, in the face of Terry's question, Mourinho did not get angry with him. He just said lightly: "If you don't perform well now, you can guarantee a good performance in the next final? Arsenal is not a weak team. You really Are you 100 percent confident of winning?"

After Mourinho finished speaking, he stared at the players with their heads down, and did not continue. In fact, Mourinho is best at launching psychological warfare and arranging team tactics. He is not good at reprimanding players. He doesn't know what to do to make these players change their minds and increase their confidence and motivation in the game without resistance.

At this time, the Portuguese took the cigar from Clark and started to smoke, while Wang Li stood up and said: "Before we achieved the current results, no one believed that we had a chance to win the quadruple crown, even those who strongly supported The same goes for Chelsea’s media, and the fans took this goal as an inspiration for the team. But everyone knows that we have established this goal at the beginning of the season.”

"And now, we are very close to it." Speaking of this, Wang Li's face showed a burst of desire. In fact, his purpose in coming to the football world is to strive for championships one after another. "Before we did everything It's good, we won the league title, but I don't think people can relax, even if it's against Arsenal and Liverpool, we shouldn't underestimate them, only after beating Liverpool and getting that trophy, that's when we should relax moment!"

"Brothers, the celebration should be placed after winning the championship. Now we can't afford to lose! Think about it, as long as we win all the championships, we can definitely say to the outside world, 'We are the quadruple champions!', those reporters also There will only be a lot of praise, and there will be no more doubts. Wait until that moment, it is time for us to celebrate, you can travel if you want to travel, pick up girls if you want to pick up girls, do whatever you want, no one will Tube!!!"

"And if we lose, the fans walking down the street will blame us, they'll say 'look at this guy, he's a Chelsea player, they've had a great season and we've won the title', would you like that? Accept this kind of ridicule!?" Wang Li said with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

"I don't want to! Ai... Boss! Boss!"

After Wang Li finished speaking, Lampard was the first to stand up and respond. However, he suddenly found that Mourinho was here, so he looked very embarrassed.

"We will be the champions!!"

"They are not opponents, beat them three to zero!"

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After that, almost all the players stood up and responded one after another. They felt that what Wang Li had said was deep in their hearts.
Seeing this situation, Mourinho couldn't help but give Wang Li a thumbs up, and he realized that this black-haired kid actually has the ability to stir people's hearts.Originally, he wanted to have a good talk with the players and tell them the importance and difficulty of these two finals, but now the attitude of the players seems to have changed, and they have become more important, so he doesn't have to say much Nonsense.

At the end, assistant coach Clark concluded: "Only by treating each opponent seriously can we ensure that we can play to our full strength in every game. What we need to do is to work hard and pay attention, and we will be the winners!"

The meeting ended successfully in this way. The next few days proved that the results after the exchange were good. At least the players were not so loose in training and became more serious, and the atmosphere of the team finally returned to that level. A normal atmosphere on the eve of a war.

At this time, the Arsenal team in North London was also preparing for this game. Coach Wenger also called the players to give them psychological guidance and pre-match arrangements.

Compared with Chelsea, Arsenal's performance this season is not very good. They only won the league No.2, and the League Cup and the UEFA Champions League were also eliminated. Therefore, the Football Cup at the Millennium Stadium The final is their last game of the season, and the Football Cup championship is the only championship they still hope to win.

Therefore, Arsenal couldn't attach more importance to this game.

In the face of Chelsea, a team with a remarkable record, Wenger actually does not have much confidence, but the will of the team is unquestionable.

Before this game, Cesc Fabregas, who was injured in the 33rd round of the league, also returned from injury, which gave Wenger more chances of winning. After a season of hard work, this young player has firmly occupied Arsenal. main position.

At this time, Henry's condition is also very good. In the last two rounds of the league, he scored 4 goals. This hot state also brought some hope to Wenger.

In any case, the curtain of the Premier League has fallen, other teams have been disbanded directly, and various players have also gone on vacation. Only Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea are still in the tense preparations. They have to prepare for the Football Cup, Preparations for the European Championship final.

For Chelsea, now is the highlight of the season.

In order to win the quadruple, they must first go to the Millennium Stadium to defeat Arsenal!
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(End of this chapter)