Chapter 537 and the second round of Rome 1

The next day, a special bus for Newcastle United players went to London.

There are also a small number of fans who follow the team. Unlike usual, these fans are the most loyal fans of Newcastle United, and several of them are even shareholders. Many other loyal fans who want to watch the game have learned through "internal news" that the team will not send the main lineup in this game. As a result, there are many New York. Castle United fans have no intention of going to London with the team.

An indifferent game, except for the real loyal fans, other fans will not watch it.

The London media never thought that Newcastle United's coming to Stamford Bridge will be these substitutes, but none of the main players. Soanes gave up the game completely enough. In the last game, only Taylor appeared in the substitute lineup, and the rest of them stayed in the club. With normal training, many media are very dissatisfied with Sones.

Their long-awaited 'league final' was actually abandoned by Newcastle United. That feeling is really... In the pre-match press release, Sonesse still had a warm smile on his face in the face of a group of angry media. The reason he gave was: "After the team doctor's diagnosis, many players in the club have physical problems. If they are forced to participate in the game, it will have an uncertain impact on their bodies..."

This reason...

Mourinho has an impulse to beat people...

In fact, the media is by no means the most anxious. It is true that Chelsea coach Mourinho is anxious. In the league, Chelsea's points are six points behind. At the beginning, he met Newcastle United in the Football Cup. Mourinho felt that the team was unlucky. For this reason, he also scolded the FA and received a ticket, but now it is different. Chelsea are too far behind. What Mourinho hopes is that the two teams will have a 'war of the century'. No matter whether they win or lose, as long as Newcastle United can achieve their goal, it will be better to lose their vitality, so that Chelsea will have a chance.

Of course, he won't say this to the outside media.

But it was obvious that Mourinho was in a bad mood, which caused the media reporters not to receive his good face before the game. At the press conference, only Sones was talking about the recent 'problems encountered by the club'. But everyone present knows that Newcastle United Club will definitely give up the FA Cup.

Give up the FA Cup... Many media discussed this topic yesterday, and concluded that Newcastle United's abandonment is the best choice. With the depth of Newcastle United's bench, it is very difficult to pay attention to the league results, play well in the League Cup, and then participate in the FA Cup final after the season.

How can the third-line battle be so easy to fight!?

It is very normal to lose one or two main players in a big battle, and other players can't start frequently, which will greatly reduce the strength of Newcastle United!

For the league and the UEFA Cup, giving up the FA Cup is the best choice!

As a result, this is how the long-awaited game began. Obviously, the gap between Newcastle United's substitutes and Chelsea is too big. In the game at Stamford Bridge Stadium, the players who can persist in the whole game are of good quality. Those who give up in the second half and start to take time. The player, Sones did not criticize: whoever saw that his team lost four goals not long after the beginning of the second half, I'm afraid he didn't have the confidence to work hard.

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After losing the FA Cup, Sones did not have any melancholy. After the game, he praised Chelsea's strength and wished them "go further" in the FA Cup.

Maybe, Chelsea is focusing on the FA Cup champion.

Mourinho doesn't look good. Winning is something to celebrate, but he can't be happy. Whenever he thinks of falling behind Newcastle United by six points in the league, his face immediately gloomy. In the past three seasons, whether in Porto or Chelsea, whether in the Portuguese Super League or In the English Premier League, the team he led has always been the league champion.

Are you going to fail this time!?

Mourinho has this hunch that the gap of six points in eight games is really a little big. Although there is a Chelsea game facing Newcastle United later, the team still has a chance to recover three points, but can the Blues win!?

When meeting Manchester United, Mourinho dared to say, "We can!"

The opponents are Liverpool and Arsenal, and he still dares to say, "We can!"

What about Newcastle United!?

Referring to the name, Mourinho immediately thought of the brunette boy in the No. 10 jersey, which was almost like a Chelsea nemesis. With him at Newcastle United, can Chelsea win? So what if you win!? There is still a three-point gap.

Newcastle United will lose in the final league!?

Mourinho hopes so, but expecting his opponent to make mistakes has always not been his style, and the black-haired boy Newcastle Federation will make mistakes!? It's too difficult.

But the game has to continue.

That night, the winning Chelsea went to the FA Cup top four draw ceremony. This time, Chelsea was still not very lucky. They met the most difficult Red Army Liverpool in the top four, which was the 10th collision between the two clubs in the past two seasons. The other semi-final match was the winner of West Ham United's match between Charlton and Middlesbrough.

In addition to creating a great duel again, the result of this draw also means that a non-ritic club will definitely enter the historic FA Cup final this season.

With such a duel, the media is not worried and there is no topic to talk about.

Chelsea is the new hegemon of English football. Even though it has been suppressed by Newcastle United since Christmas this season, it is undeniable that they won the league championship and the League Cup last year, and there is only one FA Cup title missing from the Triple Crown.

Chelsea's performance this season is not bad. Whether it is the FA Cup, the league or the Champions League, they have the opportunity to win the championship. In the nearly nine encounters between Chelsea and Liverpool, the Reds have only defeated the Blues twice, one is the league where Don Jack played, and the other is the championship of Liverpool and Chelsea last year. Military league semi-finals.

Such a game immediately replaced the so-called 'the topic of Newcastle United giving up the FA Cup'. The news of English football passed one after another. After the game, many media skipped this topic and reported on the draw of the top four of the FA Cup. In England, this event is the focus. Reported.

And Newcastle United has also begun to work hard for the league championship and the League Cup championship.

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On March 25, Newcastle United played against Tottenham Hotspur at home. The match between the two offensive-style teams suddenly attracted the English media who came back from the FA Cup draw.

The last time the two teams played against each other was at Christmas, Newcastle United easily won away, and this time Tottenham seemed to come with a 'revenge' heart. Unfortunately, they underestimated St. James's Park Stadium and the Newcastles' determination to win the league championship.

The final score was three to one, and Tottenham Hotspur only scored a face-recovering goal in the last time.

In the second minute, Newcastle United's young player Nzobia passed the ball on the left side of Tottenham's goal and assisted Bowyer's close-range shot to open the team's record. In the 25th minute, Don Jack's strong shot was saved by England's goalkeeper Robinson, and Ameobi followed up with a make-up shot and scored again.

Newcastle United led by two goals in the first half.

It was time to start the second half. Don Jack made a diagonal pass to the left, Enzobia pushed back into the penalty area, and Owen followed up with a strong shot, scoring the third goal for Newcastle United.

While Newcastle United is in the next city, Chelsea also easily won the game against Manchester City. Originally, Chelsea played against Manchester City, and many media did not hope, but this game was better than expected. After the game, people who are picky after the game will admit that it is a beautiful game.

After a 2-1 easy victory over Manchester City, Chelsea showed the strength that they still have the hope of competing for the championship.

But the media is more interested in Mourinho's news about leading the team. In order to better compete for the league championship and let the team do everything better, Mourinho canceled the press conference in the last two weeks. He made it clear in the manual before the match with Manchester City: Now I only have the FA Cup and eight victories in front of me. Naturally, it means that the FA Cup should be played well, and the next eight league games will be played. If the West wants to win, then they have the hope of winning the league championship.

On the tactical issue of Chelsea's team, Mourinho has three tasks to do recently. First, the team's defense should return to the immeable old road; the second is to strengthen the attack; and the third is to raise the team's best state from the second half to the first half. Now, the first change has begun to bear fruit, and Chelsea has not conceded goals in two consecutive games.

Since January, Chelsea have only conceded two games without a goal. Terry said last week that he must make the defense stable.

Sure enough, in the last two games, Chelsea not only did not let the opponent score goals, but also did not even give the opponent any chance. In the game against Manchester City, the opponent had a chance to be relieved by Terry in front of the goal. In this game, Manchester City only shot twice from beginning to end, but there was no threat.

In the offense, from the game against Fulham, Chelsea began to let Crespo and Drogba appear more on the field at the same time. If the 65 minutes with Fulham can also be explained by rushing to attack after conceded the ball, then 33 minutes with Manchester City is enough to give everyone a signal, and Chelsea is trying a double striker again.

In last season's 4-2 victory over Barcelona, Mourinho used a double striker, which was also Chelsea's fixed formation in the first half of last season. In the second leg against Barcelona this season, Chelsea must also win, but Mourinho's attempt was a three-sided instead of a double forward, and the result was not ideal. It is difficult for Chelsea to find the opponent's goal. So in the next three games, Mourinho frequently used double strikers to try.

Interestingly, Crespo and Drogba scored an average of one goal in 21 minutes when they played together, but they have achieved nothing in the last three games. In fact, after the game with Fulham, Mourinho recalled Gudi Angson again, making the Icelanders a shadow striker behind the first striker, connecting the striker and the midfield position.

The cooperation between the two cannot be said to be seamless, but if you look at Chelsea's performance in this game, you can see that the effect of the two together is very obvious.

At the beginning of the game, Drogba's offside ball was blown off. Soon Goodenson missed the single-knife ball that Lampard passed to him, and then the Icelander missed Ferreira's cross. Carvalho's long-range shot was saved by James, and Drogba also missed Del Orno's long pass and Lampard's single shot.

This is just a must-have opportunity created by Chelsea in the first 30 minutes!

In the thirtieth minute, Good Youngsen received a direct pass from Lampard, pulled the ball horizontally and passed it to Drogba, who shook Sommer and sent the ball beautifully. This was a rare wonderful goal for Blues Chelsea! Although Drogba's goal in the first two minutes before the end of the game, Terry's header hit the crossbar before!

For Chelsea, this is an extraordinary forty-five minutes.

On the second day of the game, the famous British Observer commented: "This Chelsea has something respectable. Drogba not only has the opportunity to perform a hat-trick, but may even score five!" Manchester City has no power to fight back.

But the Sun saw something else, "Mourinho's frequent self-exploding of 'advantages' and 'work' may be sending a message to their players: we still have a chance!"

"Yes, they still have a chance, but in itself, it means that the Portuguese are afraid!"

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"He's scared!"

The Newcastle Morning Post uses this title to analyze the form of English football. They think Chelsea is really scared!

For three consecutive seasons, Mourinho has won the league championship. Up to now this season, the form has been completely reversed to Newcastle United, which no one dared to imagine at the beginning of the season or even two months ago. At Christmas, many media are still analyzing the depth of Newcastle United's bench. Many media think that Newcastle United will 'drop the chain' in the second half, but what's the result?

Newcastle United only didn't win one game!

It was an accident. Losing to the Premier League will be a trouble for the giants. Chelsea lost one more game, and the situation turned upside down. Now more and more media are beginning to report Newcastle United, which seems to be paving the way for Newcastle United to win the league championship.

What about Chelsea? They became the supporting role of Newcastle United to win the league championship.

Thirty-first round... There are still seven rounds and seven games. Can Chelsea catch up? In fact, many London fans are desperate. Since Christmas, Chelsea has won a lot, but the points have been overtaken by Newcastle United. This feeling that the opponent will never make mistakes is desperate.

"The Portuguese must think so too."

Mourinho may have been used to being the protagonist of the league, and now he will be very unwilling to be taken away by others!?

No matter how the media analyzes it, another round has passed. Chelsea's hope of winning the championship is slim but it is true. There are still seven rounds left. Newcastle United, a team that has been winning the league, is not likely to make mistakes, that is to say, Chelsea's hope is not great. And Chelsea, it is also very difficult to maintain a complete victory in the last seven rounds. Now some betting companies have begun to introduce the odds of Newcastle United winning the championship several rounds ahead of schedule. Obviously, many fans are interested in this, and more fans who hate Chelsea are gloating. The Blues have been vigorous for a season. At the end of the season, they are as if they want to lose the hope of winning the championship... This is really a very ironic thing.

Naturally, some media interviewed Newcastle United coach Sonnes on this issue.

If it were Mourinho, he would definitely predict the team's next development. After all, this is a good thing. With his personality that he likes to be in the limelight in front of the media, he will definitely say something to express Chelsea's confidence. However, when he comes to Sones, he will be much more low-key: "I always tell the players that we are not League champion, we have to be nervous at any time. This tension makes us face every opponent seriously and continue to the moment we win the league championship trophy, which is the time for us to slow down.

"It's too early to discuss this issue. I don't think it's necessary. We are confident that we will win the league championship, but we never discuss getting it a few rounds in advance. That doesn't make sense.

Soness's words obviously poured cold water on the media who came to interview. Such an answer really made many reporters dissatisfied: Newcastle United is about to win the championship, but the old man is still so 'low-key'. Low-key is right, but too low-key is a little annoying.

But naturally, some people like it.

For example, Manchester United coach Ferguson commented on Sones: "He is a hard-working person. I appreciate him very much. The results of Newcastle United, which he coach, are inseparable from his personal ability and attitude. I think I have a general understanding of the reasons for Newcastle United's success this season."

With this, he did not forget to sarcastic about Chelsea and Mourinho, who continued to 'disgrace' Manchester United last season, "... He (Mourinho) can only talk big to the guy who doesn't talk to London. I remember that at Christmas, he was even talking about them that they would win the championship a few rounds ahead of time, but now, unless God helps him. It's a pity that he is not a believer.

At the same time, the Newcastle United team has come to Rome for the first time in Italy. They are going to compete with Roma in the second round of the UEFA Cup at the Rome Olympic Stadium.

This time the team came with the confidence to win.

In the top 16 of the UEFA Cup, in addition to Newcastle United among the 16 teams, Rome is definitely one of the strongest teams. The only one who can compare with this team is Sevilla in La Liga, followed by the two teams of Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. After the round, Seville is in a good form. They only lost one goal away to Ligue 1 Lille in the first round, but when they returned to Spain, they had a good chance of qualifying. In comparison, the form of Schalke 04 was not very good. They met Palemo in Serie A. In the eyes of most fans, the name Parelmo was very strange, but it was not in the Serie A 'Little World Cup'. The weak team, although it is a very strange team, the team that can participate in the League Cup will never be too weak until now. Palmo defeated Schalke 04 by two goals at home in the first round. Even if he returns to Germany, it is very difficult for Schalke 04 to move back with two goals.

All that's left is Rome and Newcastle United.

So before the two teams play against each other, there are many European media who think that this game will be staged in advance of the UEFA Cup finals. The meeting of the two teams in advance is both good and bad for the two teams themselves. As long as they can advance to the next round, the pressure of the next game will be greatly reduced.

However, the result of the first round is almost a desperate result for Rome.

This makes Roma fans hostile to Newcastle United who come to challenge. After all, the team that came to Rome is the 'culprit' that will soon be eliminated from the League Cup. As for believing that Rome can win!? If it is investigated, I'm afraid that 95% of Roma fans will not believe the team, and more importantly, the difference between the two teams is too big.

When Newcastle United got off the plane, many Roman fans demonstrated against them.

In this situation, perhaps the only one who can laugh is Jack Don... Because while these Roma fans are demonstrating against Newcastle United, there are many fans in the team who come to welcome Don Jack to Rome. From here, it can also be seen how influential Don Jack is now in Europe. It can almost be said that many European fans regard Don Jack as the world's first star. Maradona, the former Argentine champion in Italy, commented on Don Jack's influence just a few days ago.

"When I saw him, I thought of myself 20 years ago. When I followed the Naples team to play in other cities, many local fans would welcome me. Now, he is the same..."

However, Maradona's words ushered in the contempt of the English media. Perhaps for other players, it must be an honor to get the king of the ball, but many media in England believe that Don Jack's influence now is much greater than that of Maradona at that time. After all, the times are different, and there was no information and communication in the world at that time. Now that it is so developed, many fans know Maradona, but they don't know more, because there was no computer as a daily tool at that time, and 'Jack. The name 'Li' is a household name. Not to mention Europe, even in Africa, Asia and South America, few fans over the age of ten have never heard of Don Jack's name... If you haven't heard of it, it means he is not a real fan.

The Roman fans' welcome to Don Jack is not very enthusiastic, which is related to Don Jack's identity and the purpose of his coming to Rome, but these welcome still makes other Newcastle United teammates jealous. They don't get much welcome. They are only abuse...

This kind of differential treatment makes Jack Don a little embarrassed.

Everyone is in the same team, but the treatment when they come to other cities is so different. As a party, it is not very good. He seems to be a little detached from the team, but with his current mentality, he can easily face these. In terms of football, he doesn't care more.

After a busy night in Rome, the whole team went to training the next morning, and then the whole team came to the Olympic Stadium at noon.

This stadium can accommodate more than 100,000 fans!

Thinking about this number, you will know how magnificent the stadium is. Maybe it is not the oldest, but it is one of the largest stadiums in the world.

The Rome Olympic Stadium is the main stadium of the 17th Olympic Games. It is the main stadium in Rome, Italy. It is also the home stadium shared by Serie A clubs Rome and Lazio. This Olympic Stadium, located in the northern suburbs of Rome, is designed by architect E. Del DeBio, C. It was jointly designed by Rokatli and A. Vitlozi.

This stadium is very modern. The design fully takes into account the needs and convenience of athletes and spectators. The functional design is complete and humanized, and the architectural style is also very novel. The entire Olympic Stadium can accommodate 105,000 spectators, including 80,000 seats and 25,000 standing seats. Because when the runway here was changed from the original 500 meters to the standard 400 meters, a field was left at the north and south ends, which was for the audience to stand and watch the game.

At the same time, because the seatless audience is placed in the open space between the stadium and the stands, there are too many seats behind the two goals in the football field, so that the distance between the last row of the stands and the corner of the football field is up to 216 meters, affecting the line of sight. At the same time, the circular channel for the audience to enter and exit in the stands also destroys the cross-sectional nature of the stands and hinders some of the sitting audience from watching the game when the audience walks.

When they come to the Olympic Stadium in Rome, many Newcastle United players have to be fascinated by the grandeur of the stadium. Compared with the St. James Park Stadium, the history of the stadium may not be outstanding, but the scale of the stadium is unmatched by the former.

However, today Newcastle United came to conquer here...

"100,000 fans... I'm nervous when I think about it..." Taylor said around the stands.

Jack Don smiled and said, "Have you ever been to Camp Nou?"

Taylor rolled his eyes and said, "I've seen it on TV. He has never been to Barcelona's home court, and Newcastle United has not had any contact with the Spanish team recently.

"Go and have a look when you have time. It's more magnificent, and the voices of the fans will deafen your ears..."

Don Jack's words made Taylor a little confused. At this time, Owen roared in Taylor's ear, which scared the latter back a few steps, "What are you doing!"

"Haha, Taylor, you are also afraid sometimes." Many teammates laughed.

The atmosphere here is indeed a little deterrent to the team that comes to challenge, but Newcastle United is here to win today, to eliminate Rome, not to be afraid.