The most low-key superstar

Chapter 337 The Crucial Showdown!
However, Rubin Kazan once again played the role of a super dark horse in this round of the game. The Barcelona team, aiming to avenge shame, was a guest in Kazan, but still failed to break through the opponent's gate. The score of 0:0 has been maintained until the end.

After this game, the whole of Europe was in an uproar!

When Mourinho commented on this group of opponents, he said, "Don't underestimate any opponent, they always have something to respect, otherwise, you will be the one who gets hurt."

Mourinho said these words are definitely not ridiculing Barcelona, ​​because in the second round, Inter Milan also failed to beat this humble opponent.

"I don't know how to evaluate my opponents. They are real fighters. However, my players are a little arrogant. They forgot how we lost the championship in the finals last season. If they still can't wake up, I dare Guaranteed, Barcelona will not enter the final venue." Guardiola severely criticized his players.

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Rooney returned to the team with joy, and Nicole did not become the godfather of Rooney's son, because there was a more suitable candidate, but obviously, Nicole was not, because, since Nicole woke up, he never went to church again, Let such a person become the godfather of a devout believer, that is simply a joke.

Wayne Rooney's return brought joy to the team, but the joy was so short-lived, because the league came again, and this time their opponent was Chelsea.

In the pre-match press conference, Ancelotti, who has been initially recognized at Chelsea, repeated a sentence many times, "This will be an important game." In fact, this is really an important game , if Chelsea wins, it will be a victory enough to change the future pattern of the Premier League.

"No one can give up the game. This is very important. Maybe this will not be a simple three-pointer." Coach Ferguson also believes that this game will determine a lot.

Ancelotti's battle against Manchester United reminds people of the game where Mourinho, who had just entered Stamford Bridge, led the Blues to a 5-1 victory over Manchester United five years ago.That game marked that the Premier League has since entered the era of Chelsea and Manchester United duo hegemony.

At that time, Mourinho led the Blues to two consecutive Premier League titles in the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 seasons, opening the most glorious period in the history of the Chelsea club.

Time has passed, and 5 years later, Ancelotti once again led the Blues to face Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.Compared with the game 5 years ago, this game may be more convincing.

First of all, the "opening game" of the Mourinho period was also the first round of the season, and the result of the game was more accidental.The game Ancelotti faced was a double-horse meeting after one-third of the season.Judging from the past few seasons, the time point of one-third of the season is often an important period that determines the trend of the entire season.

After more than 3 months of running-in, the tactical systems of each team have basically taken shape, and there will be no major adjustments.After the Italian Ancelotti came to Chelsea, he made substantial adjustments to the team's style of play, and his thinking became more and more obvious.In this sense, if Ancelotti's team can win this game, it will be more convincing.

In addition, in terms of personal character, Ancelotti is a low-key person.Moreover, judging from the experience of coaching AC Milan, Ancelotti is the giant coach who relies the least on club signings.This means that, whether within the club or in the Premier League as a whole, Ancelotti is less likely to have conflicts and quarrels with others than Mourinho.

In this way, Ancelotti is more likely to become a long-term head coach.Among the semi-finals of the Premier League, Liverpool coach Benitez with the shortest tenure has also entered his sixth year in the Red Army. In Chelsea, the last coach with a tenure of more than four years was Sykes more than 6 years ago. pause.

The stability of the head coach is an important condition for the stable performance of giant clubs, which has become an obvious trend.Compared with Mourinho's bright personality, outspokenness, and making enemies everywhere, Ancelotti's character is more stable, which can also be proved from the scene after each game.After many games, Ancelotti took the initiative to walk near the opponent's bench and shake hands with the opponent.

In stark contrast, Mourinho arrogantly threw the medal into the stands after the 2006-3 victory over Manchester United in 0.However, that championship also became Mourinho's last Premier League title.

After Chelsea won the Premier League title, Nickel came to Manchester United and gradually became the core of Manchester United's tactics. The Premier League returned to the Manchester United era.The three consecutive championships pushed Ferguson's dominance to a new peak.

Since Abramovich has been in charge of Chelsea for 6 years, no matter how the head coach changes, Chelsea has always maintained the top three rankings in the Premier League.In addition to the stability of the main lineup, this largely lies in the thickness of the bench lineup.At present, except for the relatively special position of goalkeeper, Chelsea's real iron main force is only the left back Ashley Cole, and other positions can be rotated.Especially in the midfield, Malouda, Zhirkov, Deco, and even Ballack all need to compete for posts.

On the forward line, Anelka, who was introduced in January 2008, is a crucial signing. Now, he has formed a stable partner with Drogba; while Kalou and Sturridge despite their fame Not as good as Drogba and Anelka, but the results of qualifying for the Champions League two rounds ahead of schedule can fully explain Kalou's strength.

From this aspect, Manchester United is completely at a disadvantage. Compared with Chelsea, their substitute lineup is too far behind.

In terms of play style, Chelsea has formed a stable 442 system after Ancelotti's training.The coexistence of Drogba and Anelka, which plagued the previous three coaches, was also solved by Ancelotti. Five years ago, when Mourinho first entered Chelsea, he tried the 5 formation.However, the original 442 was not smooth. After changing to the 442 system, Mourinho finally determined the striker configuration of Robben, Drogba, and Gudjohnsen, and finally won the league championship.

The Blues' home stadium, Stamford Bridge, is also a strong guarantee for their good results.Although Stamford Bridge, with a capacity of only 4.2, seems to be some distance away from the home of the 'Devil', it is not magnificent enough compared with Manchester United's Old Trafford, but if it is called the home of terror, I am afraid there will be no objection.At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea once created a league record of 86 unbeaten games at home.In those 86 unbeaten games, most of them were achieved during the Mourinho period.

Since the beginning of this season, Chelsea have won all 5 games at home, scoring 15 goals and only conceding 1 goal.Such a record will make every opponent who is a guest at Stamford Bridge feel difficult.In addition, in the past two seasons, Chelsea has been the "away king" of the Premier League. The away results are also an important basis for the Blues to secure their leading position in the standings.

However, what encouraged the Blues the most was a decision announced just last week: Chelsea's transfer ban was suspended.This means that the Blues can buy people in the winter.As the Africa Cup of Nations will be held between January and February next year, Chelsea's Drogba, Kalou, Essien and others will be absent for at least 1 weeks.By then, Chelsea's strength will inevitably be weakened.Since the transfer ban has been suspended, Ancelotti can definitely introduce ideal players during this period to minimize losses.

For the Blues, though, the 'respite' of the ban is itself a piece of morale-boosting news.If they can beat Manchester United, they will have a 4-point advantage in the standings. Chelsea can completely break Manchester United's monopoly on the Premier League title again, and Ancelotti's team can also start a new era from now on.

Compared with the thriving Chelsea, their opponent Manchester United is much more dangerous.Just the day before the game, there was an explosive news.

According to British media reports, "Real Madrid took away Ronaldo from Manchester United for 8000 million pounds, but this transfer fee world record may be broken by another Manchester United player, not Nickle. Rafford is taken away, but others are not necessarily, he is Rooney."

"News of the World" said, "Barcelona is planning to acquire Rooney at a price of 8500 million pounds next summer. If successful, this will make the Englishman the most expensive player in the world." '

The newspaper said, 'Barcelona regards the 24-year-old Rooney as the star of the next World Cup, and they hope to use such an acquisition to counteract Real Madrid's big money to poach Ronaldo and Kaka.Barca believe United's huge debts mean the Red Devils are under enormous financial pressure to consider big offers for their top players.After confirming that Nicole was difficult to sell, Rooney became a new target. '

According to sources, 'Manchester United did not spend the 8000 million pounds that Ronaldo sold because a large part of the money was used to repay debts, and the team's financial situation was a mess. '

But even if Barcelona really bid, unlike Ronaldo, whether Rooney is willing to leave Manchester United is unknown.His wife has just given birth to a child, and the family relocation may not be what Rooney's family is willing to do.Unlike Ronaldo himself who wants to go to the Bernabeu, Rooney has never expressed the idea of ​​leaving Manchester United. Coach Ferguson can easily keep Rooney.

However, "Team Daily" claimed that although Rooney once expressed his desire to stay at Manchester United for life, the prospect of playing with Messi, Harvey and Iniesta is attractive to any player.

Manchester United came to Stamford Bridge at the moment, a large number of their injured and sick could not play, Rooney, the core player in the frontcourt, was deeply involved in transfer rumors, Chelsea's morale was high, and all unfavorable conditions existed. Ferguson brought such a Manchester United.

(End of this chapter)