Chapter 471 The expedition is coming

As soon as the media reported on this game, some coaches jumped out to support Liverpool.

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is the first to take the brunt!

"Liverpool has won in a row in recent days. I appreciate the Spanish coaching style very much. He is very gentlemanly. I gave him a bottle of whiskey in the last game." Mourinho smiled and talked about his 'personal relationship' with Benitez.

Mourinho seems to like it very much. He has a good relationship with Ferguson. In the game against Manchester United, who wins, giving the other party a bottle of wine has become the crown gift for the two. But it's really the first time for Benitez.

After that, Benitez also confirmed the matter in an interview.

But the Spaniard's support for Mourinho said, "I have a common language with him in football, but I hate him, because he always shouts his theory loudly, and he doesn't respect others." He said so.

But Mourinho didn't care. He thought the winner of Liverpool and Newcastle United would be Liverpool.

"Newcastle United is very strong. Their performance has been a little crazy recently, but I have found their weaknesses. As you think, their defensive ability is seriously insufficient, which can be seen from the fact that they conceded almost every game." Mourinho said: "And Liverpool have not conceded a goal in nearly eight games. It is normal to lose a goal in this game, but it is not difficult to win. They also have excellent strikers."

Mourinho naturally refers to Crouch, who has scored consecutive goals in the recent game. The latter's first season in Liverpool has not scored many goals so far, but it is true that Crouch has scored goals in the first two games.

Such a speech surfaced Mourinho's attitude. He stood on Liverpool's side, at least he was optimistic that Liverpool would win.

From the perspective of competition, Mourinho certainly hopes that a team can block Newcastle United, and he also wants to defend the league championship this season!

Correspondingly, the old Jazz of Manchester United are also optimistic about Liverpool.

"I agree with him (Jos. Mourinho), I also hope Raphael can find a way to limit Newcastle United's goals. Ferguson said so, but it was much more straightforward than Mourinho's.

It is not like Mourinho's style of pointing out the matches between Newcastle United and Liverpool. This kind of serious personal speech makes the English media feel very boring. They also asked about Chelsea's winter transfer. At this stage, there is Chelsea's transfer news everywhere, and many players His name is linked to Chelsea, such as Barak, who is one of the most likely players to join Chelsea.

If Barak can join Chelsea, Barak, Makele, Essien, Lampard... It's really chilling to think about this midfield combination. I'm afraid that Makelele is going to sit on the bench, because there are too many strong midfield competitors.

The media that support Chelsea are obviously looking forward to it.

In addition, the names linked to Chelsea include Torres, Kuyt and other stars. Yesterday, the Mirror just revealed that the Blues were going to buy the Spanish golden boy Torres with a large price of an amazing 25 million pounds, about 37 million euros. Considering that winter transfers are often not as popular as summer transfers, this price is enough to become a king-level deal. Thinking that Drogba will return to China to participate in the African Cup in January, he has been absent for six weeks, and another strong striker Crespo is injured. The specific comeback date has not yet been determined. The former third striker Good Youngsen has changed to playing in midfield and the fourth striker Carlton. Cole is too young and inexperienced, so it is logical for Chelsea to buy a famous striker.

Unfortunately, Mourinho denied rumors that the team intends to introduce stars in the winter.

"I'm not interested in anyone!" For those stars who want to join Chelsea in the winter, Mourinho's words are like a bolt from the blue, which means that the defending champion of the Premier League has closed the door before the transfer market starts. "I know I will lose a few players after the start of the African Cup, but in January, I don't want to see new faces. " Drogba, Essien and Gremi will return to their respective national teams next month to play in the African Cup. The first two are the absolute main force in the Blues. Although Gremi often linger on the edge of the list, he is a reliable alternate. His debut on behalf of Chelsea in the new season helped the team break the deadlock and finally helped The Blues took all three points.

The absence of these three people is bound to have a great impact on Chelsea. However, Mourinho didn't seem to be worried at all. He said, "I didn't plan to, and I didn't even think about it. When the transfer window opens in January, I don't want anyone, because at this moment, I put all my energy into the team. Some players will play in the African Cup, but in my plan, there will be no new players joining this season, and I don't want anyone to leave.

Perhaps Chelsea's rich and expensive "staff reserve" is the reason why Mourinho is full of confidence.

Taking the winger as an example, even the Dutch Peter Pan Robben can't ensure a main position. The fierceness of the competition within the team can be imagined. The location of Drogba can be by Crespo and Carlton. Cole made up for it. The latter is the top scorer in the England youth team, but he often can't even get into the list at Chelsea. Some time ago, Carlton. Cole also lost his temper about this, and there were many clubs that stared at him.

However, Mourinho finally stabilized him. Although it is unknown what promises the Portuguese gave him, in the Champions League, Cole replaced the injured Crespo. It was not difficult to find that Mourinho was ready to give him a chance.

As for Essien, Icelander Goodensen is a good backup, as well as Diarra.

Now Chelsea's rival is only one team from Newcastle United, which is no worse than Chelsea's performance, while the third-placed Manchester United has opened a very wide gap with Chelsea. It is almost difficult to catch up with such a gap. No wonder Ferguson is not very good at the game between Liverpool and Newcastle United. I don't care, because there is little pressure for Manchester United to stay in third place. There are not many opportunities to catch up with Newcastle United's points. The second place is still the third place, and there is almost no difference in the Premier League.

Mourinho's decision will also disappoint fans who want to enjoy Barak's style. It was reported that Chelsea was ready to intercept the Bundesliga king halfway and grab Barak from Real Madrid. Now it seems that this is just a rumor.

In fact, if you think about it, Ballack's joining Chelsea may not achieve a win-win situation. First of all, Chelsea already has a midfield killer Wang Lampard. Considering the chaotic performance of the two offensive midfielders, Lampard and Gerrard in the national team, placing another midfielder next to Lan Tieren may not reach '1+1=2'. In terms of effect and defense, Mourinho has high hopes for Essien. Maclelet's knife is not old, and there is a younger Diarra on the bench.

Anti-Guan Barak, not to mention his age alone, the potential for the 29-year-old Bundesliga king to continue to improve is very limited. No one will question the thickness of Chelsea. At present, the biggest problem Mourinho needs to solve is running-in. How to put the eleven people on the court together is the focus of the Portuguese. As he said, he has no energy to think about new players.

Such a decision also made Newcastle United Club breathe. If Chelsea has a lot of money, the competition between the team and Chelsea will be more stressful. After all, looking at the opponent's lineup, there are 30 to 40 million heavyweight players on the bench, and the team's main force is only three or four million players. The gap will be desperate, even Don Jack feels a little like this.

Who doesn't want to have good teammates!?

Don Jack also thinks that if the defensive iron players such as Lampard, Essien and Maclele are all in Newcastle United, he can't use retracement defense, just stand in the front court and prepare for the goal. Then there will be more opportunities, mainly because the team's strength is guaranteed.

I felt a little like this in Liverpool last season, but in fact, the reason why Don Jack competes for the position with Gerrard is that Liverpool's midfield is still not good enough. There is not much support for Don Jack's front court. The disconnect between the front and back court causes Don Jack to perform better in the midfield, but if such a big player is In this case, Don Jack can steadily get a chance in the front court, so that he may not be able to perform better.

The difference is here.

Perhaps after hearing Mourinho's words, the happiest thing may be Real Madrid.

Chelsea and Manchester United have publicly rejected Barak. The Spanish media believe that the day when the Bundesliga king joins the Galactic Battleship is not far away. They began to report on the topic of Barak, as if Barak already belongs to Spain.

Time passed quickly, and Christmas had arrived in a blink of an eye.

Previously, Newcastle United also played three UEFA Cup matches. The group matches of the UEFA Cup were Dniperro, the opponent of the Ukrainian Super League, Alkmaar of the Dutch League and Letex of the Bulgarian League. However, Donjak only played one game. These games are interspersed in the league, and Sones attaches importance to the ratio. The game, but the opponent is too weak. Some teams and even the youth reserve team can easily win, so these games seem to have nothing to do with the main force of the first team. This situation makes Sones not focus on this, but it is worth mentioning that Newcastle United lost the game against Letex before Christmas. Despite this, the result of three wins in four games still makes Newcastle United easy to qualify first in the group, so the club can participate in the official knockout match of the League Cup after Christmas. This time, it can't be careless. Although there is no draw, the remaining 16 teams are eliminated in the Champions League group stage. Although the team is an eliminated team, those who can participate in the Champions League are among the best teams in the world. Maybe any rich team can't play well. It is not sure if they are eliminated to the League Cup and want to compete for a championship.

However, these are the problems after the close schedule of Christmas. At present, the team must consider the next league against Liverpool.

Recently, the English media have praised Liverpool because of Liverpool's victory in the league. Liverpool and Manchester United are the best teams in the recent period. Both teams are constantly winning, although they are with Chelsea and Newcastle. The gap between Syr United is still significant, at least such a performance makes the media feel that they still have hope to win the league championship.

Seven consecutive wins!

Before this game, Liverpool had won seven consecutive victories.

For Reds Liverpool, the last two months have been quite sad and happy. Benitez's team has maintained a surprising stability in the league, but in the World Champions Cup (Toyota Cup), they were not only broken without conceding a goal, but also passed by the top of the world again. However, on December 26 local time, Liverpool received a belated Christmas gift - London's authoritative actuarial consultancy EMB released a conclusion through statistical historical data: Liverpool is the greatest team in British football so far, and Manchester United can only temporarily take the second place with a slight disadvantage.

There is no doubt that the Champions League crown won by Liverpool in 2005 has become one of the important weights for them to reach the top. With this title, Liverpool topped the list with 615 points in this statistics, and Manchester United, with two European top championship titles, ranked second with 605 points, although the data shows that The Sennar team is the most successful team in the English domestic league in the 20th century, but because of their poor record on the European battlefield, the Gunners can only rank third with 540 points.

Such statistical results will raise questions from Manchester United fans around the world, but according to EMB's actuarial consultant Patrick. According to Nolan, Manchester United actually took advantage of the scoring rules: "According to the existing scoring system, the farther away the score, the lower the weight. Manchester United's dominant record in the 1990s has brought them a great advantage. If the historical results have equal weight, Manchester United will lag behind Liverpool. A lot, a lot." Patrick Nolan also said that he had expected that this statistical result would cause widespread controversy, but he also believed that Liverpool should be the well-deserved NO.1 in Britain from any perspective.

"Even in the most glorious period of Manchester United in the 1990s, his continued dominance of the league was still different from that of Liverpool." Indeed, if compared vertically in time, Liverpool, which dominated Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s, made more glory than Manchester United in the 1990s.

Nolan also revealed some details about the scoring system. Every year, the top five teams in the league will get points, but the longer the history, the lower the corresponding points.

Take the league championship as an example. The champion before 1915 will get 5 points, 7 points from 1916 to 1939, 12 points until the 1992 championship, and 15 points for the Premier League champion in 1993. The European champion will win an additional 8 points before 1987, and after 1987, it will rise to 10 points... The winners of other kinds of cups will also get corresponding points.

It is worth noting that the "value" of the League Cup champion is a special case in this statistic. The League Cup championship won before 1999 will bring more points than winning the championship after that. Obviously, this is based on the declining gold content of the League Cup.

EMB statistics are based on a long history of more than 100 years, so the Chelsea team can only rank seventh. After all, they just won the second championship in their history last season, while Newcastle United can only rank eighth, compared with Chelsea. In contrast, through this ranking, it is easy to see the status of the old strong teams in history. Everton, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur, three teams with a long history, are ranked 4th to 6th respectively.

For the fans of these teams, this list will remind them of their team's glorious years.

This honor makes Liverpool people proud. The release of such data at Christmas may be exciting to welcome the arrival of a tight schedule. The current home game against Newcastle United is also a serious challenge.

In fact, the feeling of Liverpool fans is complicated!

Not only because of Don Jack, but also Owen is also in this team. The Golden Boy of England, who has played for Liverpool for so many seasons, has always been one of Liverpool's most popular stars. Owen and Don Jack have both come to Newcastle United, and this is their first time to play against Liverpool in the Premier League, which brings There is some drama and publicity, and more media tend to use players to promote the game.

"Jack, Owen VS Liverpool!" Such a title is eye-catching.

In fact, on Christmas Day, Sones also publicly said that in the game, Don Jack and Owen will start: "I don't think it's a big deal. Every professional player has a face to his old club. This is normal. The point is that they are Jack, Michael, that's all."

For Liverpool fans, this is a complicated problem, but for Newcastle United, Owen and Don Jack, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

A long as early as a month ago, Don Jack was looking forward to the game. He also asked Owen what he thought. Owen only smiled and said, "I'm a Newcastle United player now." Everything is so simple.

Now the rest of the Newcastle United team don't want to think about defeating one league opponent. No matter who the opponent is, it's right to win. There is no need to think about anything else. Owen and Don Jack can't show mercy because their opponents are Liverpool, and they can't prove themselves by playing better.

This is a bit like proving themselves to the old club, but it's better than nothing to prove. When Owen and Don Jack return to Anfield, they must face the Liverpool fans who once supported them. If the fans don't pay attention to them at all, it shows that they used to do a bad job in Liverpool. Now many media The revelation shows that the performance of the two is very good.

That's right. The two players, the first and second in the shooter list, facing their former owners together, are really worth a big book!

"Strive for victory as much as possible. This is the first game after Christmas!" Sones hasn't finished speaking, that is, after playing against Liverpool, the team's next opponent is Arsenal. If the first hard game is not good, it will definitely affect the game against Arsenal.

"They will definitely strive for eight consecutive wins, and you don't want the other party's eight consecutive wins to be based on our loss!" When leaving, Sones thought about losing the morale of the players again. "Now we have no choice but to win. If we lose, wait for the Londoners to see the jokes. Arsenal doesn't mind beating the water dog. It must be hard to lose the second game!"

To the media, Sones said: "The good news is that our staff is very complete. Not only Michael and Jack, but also Shearer can play. I hope to have good luck in Anfield."