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Volume 11 2004 Chapter 707 Who is the one who changes the clouds and rains?

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    "At Highbury Stadium, Newcastle suffered their first defeat in the league this season. Relying on Henry's goal, the defending champions defeated last season's runners-up Newcastle. After losing this game, Newcastle still ranked first  First place in the standings, but their advantage has been reduced to one point."

    "Terrible Chelsea! In a game in the 24th round, Chelsea defeated Portsmouth with a clean 3-0 at home. Italian striker Toni scored twice, and Dutch Peter Pan Ruben added the icing on the cake.  , After this round, Chelsea has won seven consecutive victories without conceding a goal. After Newcastle's defeat, they became the only team in the Premier League to remain undefeated in the league this season!"

    "Gorgeous combined with practicality has become the key to Arsenal's victory. The defending champion swept away the decline in the previous round in this game. They gave the leader Newcastle no chance in the game! Wenger proved to everyone with facts that  Arsenal¡¯s tactics are not outdated!¡±

    Mourinho and his Newcastle began to taste what Arsenal had experienced after losing before - just losing one game, except for Newcastle's local media, public opinion began to exclaim, "Newcastle's crisis has already  arrival."

    "If losing a game was the end of the world, then there wouldn't be a great team in the world. I'm happy to see that Newcastle fans are still supporting the team firmly because they know it. For us,  There is something more important than a win," Mourinho said in an interview.

    "It would be unfair to question the hard work of the entire team just because of a loss in one game." Pei Wei also firmly stood on Mourinho's side during the interview: "  We didn't perform badly at Highbury. It's just that Arsenal performed better. That's normal. Sometimes losses can be a valuable asset for the future.  We will definitely win the league championship at the end of the season and any difficulties will only be temporary.¡±

    Mourinho didn't pay too much attention to this defeat. The first reason is that this defeat is a "crime other than a war" in Chinese terms. The Arsenal players are in great shape and Newcastle did not have any problems in the game.  Dadi makes mistakes, and this kind of failure is difficult to avoid.

    Secondly, for Mourinho, he has lost a game now.  It's better than losing at the critical moment of competing for the championship - there is still a chance to make up for the loss now, but if you lose at that time, there is no way to make up for it.

    Mourinho¡¯s only regret is.  After losing this game, Newcastle could not go unbeaten for a season like Arsenal did last season, and they had a chance to surpass Arsenal's 49 unbeaten games - including the two games in the second half of last season.  Ten games unbeaten, Newcastle has remained unbeaten for 43 rounds. If they had not lost in this round, Newcastle would very likely surpass Arsenal's new record. Unfortunately, Arsenal used their performance to maintain it.  own records.

    Mourinho also noticed that the main players were not excited enough on the court and the main players needed to rest.  So in the FA Cup match on the following Sunday, Mourinho sent out most of his substitutes, and the team naturally lost to Liverpool in the fifth round of the FA Cup and was eliminated.  FA Cup.

    So far, Newcastle have been eliminated from both the League Cup and the FA Cup.  Mourinho can now focus all his energy on the league and Champions League.

    Three days later.  Newcastle travel to Manchester for the first time this season.  But their opponent is not Manchester United, but another team in Manchester, Manchester City.

    The situation in Manchester City is not very good this season. They also lost their top scorer Anelka during the winter transfer. This weird-tempered French genius began to become restless after spending two and a half seasons in Manchester City.  Keegan could no longer tolerate this free and so-called genius. After paying a price of seven million pounds, Turkey's Fenerbahce became the sixth club for the Frenchman in his career - and he was only  Only twenty-five years old.

    However, after getting rid of this trouble, Manchester City achieved a good record of two wins, one draw and one loss in four league games in 2005, including a 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the away game. Young winger Wright Phillips won in the third round.  Four goals were scored in the league, and veteran Fowler was also in good form. Their outstanding performance made Manchester City fans quickly forget about the Frenchman.

    In this game, Mourinho sent out the double-talented partnership of Shearer and Drogba, supported by Robert and Nie Fei behind them. This offensive lineup achieved miraculous results at the beginning. After a period of siege, Shearer  After receiving Nie Fei's long pass from midfield, Le usedA move similar to Gascoigne's dribbling pass in the championship game against Scotland shook Thatcher away, and then used a trademark heavy right foot to break through the door guarded by James.  It's Shearer's 250th goal in the Premier League!

    This is Shearer's 250th Premier League goal and the 190th goal he has scored for Newcastle in all competitions. The 34-year-old Shearer is still continuing his scoring streak.  Myth continues its own legend of immortality.

    But in the subsequent games, Manchester City dominated the field, especially Wright, who has performed well recently. Phillips also performed equally well in this game. His breakthrough on the right was full of threats. Berner  Although Germany tried its best, it was still unable to defend the young winger's breakthrough.

    Mourinho's two substitutions were all used to deal with Phillips. He first replaced the veteran Robert with the faster, younger and more impactful Jordan Stewart, hoping to suppress him through his breakthrough.  Stop Phillips' attack, and then replace Bernard, who has already received a yellow card, with Hart to ensure the defensive strength on the left.

    But even so, it couldn't restrain Phillips, who was already playing crazy. The young Englishman turned the right wing into his own corridor, and his outstanding performance not only restrained Newcastle's attack and defense on the left wing, but also allowed Newcastle to  The attacks from the center and right also weakened.

    In football matches, either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. Therefore, although "offense is the best defense" may not be entirely correct, it is at least half correct. An excellent offense can at least contain the opponent's offense to a certain extent.  .

    Mourinho¡¯s face was ashen as he watched Phillips playing vigorously on the court, almost single-handedly turning the whole situation around - this situation is the most helpless for the coach.

    Finally, in the 75th minute of the second half, Phillips broke into the penalty area, Lucio fouled in desperation, the referee decisively awarded a penalty kick, and Fowler took the penalty kick to equalize the score.

    In the end, Newcastle could only accept the result of being tied by Manchester City in the away game. In another game, Chelsea did not miss this opportunity. They relied on Deco's long-range shot in the fifth minute to beat Blackburn 1-0.  While achieving the longest eight-game winning streak of the season, he also reversed Newcastle and climbed to the top of the standings!

    After this round, all the praise fell on Chelsea. Public opinion unanimously believed that with Chelsea's current state, after reaching the top of the list, it would be difficult for other teams to catch up with them. However, they had enjoyed great success before and recently.  However, Newcastle, which has been winless in three consecutive games (including the FA Cup), may repeat the mistakes of 1996 and lose the advantage in the previous games in one fell swoop. Historically, Newcastle is such a psychologically fragile team.  !

    But they forgot one thing. The character of a team is often determined by their head coach. Newcastle's current head coach is not the somewhat fragile Keegan, but Mourinho who is as strong and calm as a piece of granite.  profound!

    Four days later, Newcastle relied on Jenas's goal in the last minute to beat Charlton 2-1 at home, ending their two-game winless run in the league. Chelsea, who had previously won eight consecutive games without conceding a goal, despite  They maintained their clean sheet record, but ended their winning streak - they were tied 0-0 by Manchester City at home, once again giving up the top spot in the standings to Newcastle!

    The media who were still boasting about Chelsea's "difficult to shake advantage" in the last game were speechless. They didn't expect that Chelsea would only maintain the lead for four days, and forget what they said within a few days.  It's a little too difficult

    In desperation, the media can only focus on Manchester City - this team from Manchester performed well when facing the top four in the standings. In the last five rounds, they encountered Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle.  The top three teams all drew with their opponents. There are really not many Premier League teams that can do this. They also tied with Manchester United in the Manchester derby in the first half of the league. It is no exaggeration to say that they are currently ranked tenth.  Manchester City's performance in these rounds has earned it the title of "touchstone for the league championship".

    From this perspective, this blue army is the game-changer in the Premier League this season.

    A week later, the results of the Premier League once again made these media want to slap themselves in the face - the top four in the league all won. They considered the touchstone Manchester City to lose 0-2 at home to Manchester United without temperament, and the points fell to third place.  Twelve.

    "These guys, they are the ones who can change everything." Pei Wei said sarcastically.
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