Chapter 086 Drogba
At the beginning of last summer's season, Chelsea coach Mourinho declared to fans all over the world that they want to win all the games we have participated in this season. There are mainly four games: the UEFA Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup and the English Premier League Cup. It is cruel and exquisite, which fully shows Mourinho's flamboyant personality and conceited personality.
Since then, many people have been waiting to see Chelsea's jokes. Now, the Champions League knockout match is about to begin. Chelsea is still surviving in the Champions League, the FA Cup and the League Cup, and ranks second in the league after the leader Manchester United by only six points. It can be said that the Blues still have the possibility of winning four championships.
However, the English media generally believe that after the start of the Champions League knockout match, it is the beginning of the biggest test for Chelsea. In the case of the four-line battle, Chelsea's situation is worrying. The Premier League team fights on the four-line battle every year, and the other three major leagues are at most three-line. In addition, the Premier League has no winter break. Therefore, the Premier League players have always been the most tired in the world. In addition, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, these Premier League giants who participated in the Champions League, also gave up the League Cup early. Only Chelsea still did not give up the League Cup. What is really to hit the four championships. The ambition and domineering of Mourinho and Chelsea can be seen.
However, what is the championship Chelsea most want to win? Of course, it is not the Champions League champion. The reason why Chelsea's boss Abramovich chose Mourinho to take charge of Chelsea is precisely because Mourinho just led Porto to the top of Europe at that time. Abu used money to build the Blues, but the Russian oligarch also knows that only by winning the Champions League and standing on the top of Europe can Chelsea really be regarded as a giant. Without the golden color of that champion, Chelsea will still be looked down upon by those super giants.
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The players of the first team have finished their training. Under the flash of countless reporters, these big stars of Chelsea left the training ground with their favorite car, but Mourinho was not idle. He called assistant coach Wilkinson to go to Stamford Bridge Stadium, the team's home stadium.
For the Marseille team, many people think that Chelsea has drawn a good draw and that Marseille is a weak team in the top 16 of the Champions League. But is that really the case?
At the very least, Mourinho has never despised this team. He has been focusing on the two games between Marseille and AC Milan in the Champions League group stage these days. In the group stage, Marseille drew 3-0 at San Siro Stadium and defeated AC Milan at home, which is enough to show that this team is not so easy to deal with.
"What do you think is the biggest feature of the Marseille team?" Mourinho asked his assistant.
Wilkins thought for a moment, "Speed! Their attack speed is advancing very fast! Especially Ribery and Zhang Yang, both of whom are very fast. Once these two people can't play a threat, Marseille's attack is not enough.
"Yes, it's speed." Mourinho nodded, and the assistant coach said that these two players were the biggest threat to Marseille. Especially Zhang Yang, Mourinho has been studying Zhang Yang's game video and his technical characteristics. This young man surprised him.
"Then we have to limit their speed." Mourinho walked on the edge of the court and said that Wilkins didn't say anything. He knew that Mourinho was talking to himself and thinking, not asking for his opinion.
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The turf maintenance workers on several courts were working. When they saw Mourinho, they all greeted him. Mourinho also talked to everyone with a smile. He often has a black face in front of the media, but he has a good attitude towards the team's staff and rarely takes the head coach's air.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Jess, turn off that thing quickly. It's too much watered. A man shouted loudly, and then the worker named Jess ran to close the water pipe, but he slipped and fell down. He got up awkwardly and turned off the water pipe.
"Hey, Pierce." Mourinho's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted at the worker who shouted.
"Mr. Mourinho, what can I do for you?" Pierce said uneasily, "Sorry, this is an accident. We will drain the water as soon as possible."
"Why should it be discharged?" Mourinho smiled.
"This..." Pierce didn't understand.
"Yes. If it doesn't rain tomorrow. You water the court more an hour before the game. Mourinho said, "If it rains--"
"If it rains, you don't need to water it?"
"No, no, no, if it rains, if the rain is not heavy, you should also water it, but don't halve the amount of water. Do you understand?"
Hearing what Mourinho said, how could Pierce still not understand what was going on? He said excitedly, "No problem, Mr. Mourinho."
Mourinho smiled, "When you work, be careful and don't break your ankle."
Pierce was stunned and laughed, "Don't worry, sir, we know what to do."
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This is the day after the Marseille team arrived in London.
Nasri looked up out of the window for a while and looked up for a while, which made him very angry. "Samir, can't you be honest?"
"In this damn weather, I was going to go out to exchange feelings with the little girl in London."
Zhang Yangqi said, "It doesn't seem to have anything to do with you going out on a rainy day."
"Rainy days affect my performance." Nasri grabbed his hair in distress.
Zhang Yang almost spit out the coffee he drank in his mouth. Damn it, the first time I heard that a rainy day would affect sex. Ability. He only heard that in ancient times, there was no entertainment. If he couldn't do anything on a rainy day, he could only build people in the house.
However, speaking of the weather in London, Zhang Yang also has a headache. He has been in London for two days, and the rain has not stopped. This makes the publicity that is used to the sunny weather in Marseille a little uncomfortable.
"This damn weather! I think I'm moldy, and I can smell the smell on my body. It's really bad enough!" Ribery also shouted, "Do you know why I don't like London? It's because of the damn weather. Anyway, I won't come to London to play football anywhere in the future.
At this time, head coach Fernandez hurriedly passed by the door, and Ribery quickly shut up. If the head coach heard it, he thought it would be bad to make a transfer, although Ribery also had the idea of transferring and leaving. In fact, last summer If it hadn't been for the persuasion of his good friend Zhang Yang, he would have moved to Bayern Munich.
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Fernandez is working with his coaching staff on the final details of tonight. He also looked out of the window and learned about the weather in London today. Now it seems that this game is probably a rainy battle.
If you play on a rainy day, it will definitely have an impact on the Marseille team. Marseille is not without rainy days, but there is still less rain in this season. In addition, in any case, the players of Marseille are not as adaptable to the rain battle as the indigenous people of the home team Chelsea.
From this point of view, the Marseille team was at a disadvantage from the beginning.
He has to adjust his tactical arrangements for this weather. Marseille is a fast attacking team. In addition, because of Ribery and Nasri, the team's attack also pays more attention to controlling the ball under his feet, but if the field is slippery, it will definitely have an impact on the team.
In this situation, coupled with his fear of Chelsea's strong strength, Fernandez has made a decision, that is, to adopt the defensive counterattack tactic at Stamford Bridge Stadium. The primary goal is not to lose the ball. On this basis, if he can score, it will be God's blessing. Because the first leg of Marseille is an away game, so to speak, as long as they can get a draw, it will be a victory for Marseille.
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In every game, the media will find enough gimmicks to hype.
Regarding this game, the focus of the English media hype is the confrontation between the two strikers of the Marseille team.
Mourinho fell in love with Drogba when he was still in Porto, but Drogba was bought by the Marseille team. After coaching Chelsea, Mourinho decisively took action and introduced Drogba with a sky-high transfer of 32 million euros, the second record in the Premier League.
In the summer of 2004, Drogba moved from Marseille to Chelsea for 32 million euros and became the main force of Chelsea's front line, helping Chelsea win the Premier League title last season.
'Iorte d'Ivoire Elephant' has strong physical fitness, strong explosive power, good at running, and difficult for the defender to defend. Drogba is the nightmare of the top defender, because he is not famous for his fancy movements with the ball, but for his strong impact, cheetah-like speed, and a lion-like strong physique that keeps the defensive player far behind, which is very practical.
In the first season of the Premier League, Drogba became famous. With its strong impact, terrible destructiveness, and repeated scoring at critical moments, he was nicknamed "Warcraft" by the fans.
Now, after Drogba, Zhang Yang has become the striker of Marseille. His limelight in Ligue 1 has even surpassed the original Drogba. In addition, in this season's Champions League, Zhang Yang's ten goals lead the scorer list, this young man shocked Europa.
Although Drogba scored only four goals in the Champions League, they are worth a lot of money. He is also the hero of Chelsea's entry into the top 16.
Therefore, in this game, the confrontation between Drogba and Zhang Yang's two Marseille front-line chiefs is particularly eye-catching.
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PS: The first update.