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Volume 11 2004 Chapter 750 Go, for the league championship

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    May 14th is the last round of the English Premier League of the 2004-05 season.

    For Premier League fans, this season of the Premier League is unprecedentedly exciting. The championship battle has not yet been decided in the final round. Now after defeating Charlton at home in the last round, Chelsea's points have reached 99 points.  , while Newcastle's points are 97 points, and these two teams will face off at St. James Park in the final round, which means that no matter who wins or loses or draws, they will definitely be  One team will reach 100 points!

    At least in the five major leagues, no team has been able to win the championship with such points, and no team can win the championship with more than 90 points in the final round!

    In terms of relegation, since the establishment of the Premier League, it has never been like this season. Before the end of the last round of the league, no team has been relegated in advance!

    Norwich has 33 points, Crystal Palace has 32 points, Southampton has 32 points, and West Bromwich Albion has 31 points. These are the points of the bottom four in the Premier League. They all still have hope of relegation.  But there can only be one lucky person who successfully lands.

    These four teams will all face different opponents in this round. From now on, Norwich's relegation situation is the best, but they are challenging Fulham away from home, while Crystal Palace is also facing away from home.  Charlton and Southampton are playing at home, but their opponents are Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion are playing against Portsmouth at home.

    ¡°After ninety minutes, whoever goes to heaven and who goes to hell will have an end.

    The match will take place simultaneously at 3pm UK time and as early as around 1pm UK time.  Almost all the Premier League teams' home stadiums are full, and fans will not miss the last feast of the season.

    Of course, for fans of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United, the end of the league does not mean the end of their season. Arsenal and Manchester United will also compete in the FA Cup. For these two established teams,  For them, the FA Cup this season will be their last chance to win the championship.  Chelsea's game is even more important. They will face Italy's Milan team in the Champions League final.

    But this does not mean that Newcastle has any loopholes to exploit.  The Champions League final is held on May 25th, which is eleven days apart from the final round of the league. This period of time is enough for Chelsea's players to recover from fatigue.

    Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Benitez to leave any force in this game - the Champions League is important, but the league is equally important, and no European giants can give up in these two competitions, especially  It was when they only needed one point away from home to win the title.

    Although there are not many teams that can do this this season, it should be very few - the entire season.  Newcastle has only drawn three games at home. In the league, except for being tied by Tottenham in the second round and being picked up by Crystal Palace in the 36th round, Newcastle has won all the other 16 home games!

    ??And in the Champions League, the only draw was by Chelsea.

    Can they still do this?

    "Absolutely impossible!" Mourinho roared, waving his arms in the locker room: "They were able to take away a draw from our home court in that game. That was because Benitez took advantage of our worry about gains and losses!  When he put on a defensive posture, we couldn't attack without any worries because we were worried about losing the ball at home But now, this worry does not exist at all! What I ask you now is to use your offense to break them.  The best defensive line in the Premier League!¡±

    "The whole world knows our excellent defensive ability." Mourinho said word by word: "Now is the time for us to show our offensive strength! What we have to consider in this game is not defense, but how to score one more goal than our opponent.  ball!"

    Of course, when he said this, he did not mean to ask the players to only focus on offense and not defense, but to focus more on offense on the basis of defense¡ª¡ªNewcastle players naturally know this well. Newcastle can transform from a team in two years to  The Ado team that cannot be supported has become a powerful team that everyone in Europe is afraid of. The foundation of the team is defense. Naturally, Mourinho will not be stupid enough to change the foundation of the team just for a game.  "Chelsea's biggest defensive problem is that they don't have a full-time defensive midfielder, and this is our strength, so in this game. We have to maximize this advantage." Mourinho told the players.  Explaining the tactics: "For our offense, the two strongest ones are the two wingers, because our two full-backs and full-backs have strong offensive abilities, coupled with the scoring ability of the two centers,  The biggest headache for any team is how to defend our wings.¡±

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Newcastle FootballThey kept nodding.  This is indeed not Mourinho's boast.  With the strength of Newcastle's wing players, plus the two full-backs with such excellent offensive capabilities.  Especially Maicon on the right, whose offensive ability is already considered world-class, but is still lacking in defense, which is why he has not gained the reputation of Cafu and Zanetti, the two captains of Brazil and Argentina.

    Coupled with the fact that two centers with a height of about 1.9 meters are competing for points in the middle, there are indeed few teams that can compete with them in the header competition in the penalty area.

    But Chelsea is not in this category. Terry and Carvalho are both experienced center backs with headers, anticipation skills and positioning experience. They are no less good against Drogba and Ibrahimovic. In the two rounds of the Champions League,  Not allowing Newcastle's attack to score a single goal in the game speaks for itself.

    "It is for this reason that Chelsea will not take our wing attack lightly." Mourinho drew a few lines on the tactical board: "Chelsea's wing defense is not weak. The only thing that is worse is  Their right wing, so we still focused our offensive firepower on the two wings at the beginning of the game, especially Frank's left wing (Chelsea's right wing), which made them focus all their attention on the wing.  Come in defensively, and then quickly shift the attack to the center to give them a fatal blow! If they fail to score, the plan remains unchanged and they will use all their strength to suppress the opponent from the center until they score. Do you understand?¡±

    "Got it!" the players responded in unison.

    ¡°This season will become the most glorious season in Chelsea¡¯s history.¡±

    On the other side of the players' tunnel, in the visiting team's lounge, Benitez was also preparing for the war: "With two games left, we will become the third team in English history to win the league championship and the Champions League.  Triple Crown teams including Chelsea (Chelsea has won the League Cup this season, the first two Triple Crown teams were Liverpool in 1984 and Manchester United in 1999). Chelsea has only won the league once in history.  Champions have never won the Champions League, and after these two games, we will let Chelsea fans feel the joy of the team after winning an important competition.¡±

    Benitez's voice is not as passionate as Mourinho, but it can arouse the fighting spirit of Chelsea players - although Newcastle has won three more league championships than Chelsea in the history of the Premier League, after all  They have been without a championship for too long. After winning two consecutive cup championships last year, the desire for the championship is no longer so urgent. Chelsea has been on a steady rise since entering the 1990s, winning the Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup.  and FA Cup champions, but there is a lack of a heavyweight champion such as the league champion or the Champions League champion¡ª¡ªthe victory in the Champions League has to be said to be largely due to the fact that Chelsea players are even more eager for the Champions League.  For Newcastle players, in the league, the desire of the players on both sides is about the same, but in terms of must-win goals, Newcastle has some advantages - because they were eliminated from the Champions League final by Chelsea, revenge  ** are much more than Chelsea players, coupled with the advantage of home court, so Benitez must find ways to stimulate the fighting spirit of Chelsea players before the start of the game to offset this disadvantage.

    Mourinho and Benitez are both masters of mobilizing players' psychology. Their fighting skills off the court greatly affected the final result of the game.

    "Newcastle's defense is as solid as ours. Although they conceded six more goals than us in the league, it doesn't mean anything. Against the top four teams, we conceded almost the same goals, and  "A lot of the goals they conceded were when the situation was decided and we definitely have to take note of that."

    "Newcastle's right wing is their strength, but also their vulnerability. The right wing combination of Maicon and Nie Fei can tear apart any left corridor in the world, but their defense is also not reassuring, so  In Newcastle's double midfielder, Essien often appears on the right to fill in. He is an excellent defensive player. With him, Nie Fei and Maicon can safely participate in the attack, so they want to start from their right.  It is not easy to score goals from the road, so our final goal is their left wing-Bernard is an excellent full-back, but his ability is relatively average.  After Newcastle's defensive focus is attracted to the right, focusing on attacking their left will definitely have a good effect. "

    ¡°Go, for the first league championship in fifty years!¡± Benitez said to the players.

    ¡°Go, for the first league championship in 78 years!¡± Mourinho said to the players.
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