Chapter 392: Lyons of the Cup
Tottenham's ease of crushing Everton at home to an unbeaten run of eight wins and one draw at the top of the table has left a sense of despair in the Chelsea side – can Spurs have such a consistent performance on both fronts, do they really have a chance to overtake their rivals and successfully defend their Premier League title at the end of the season?
"I think there is an extremely serious climate problem in the current Premier League!" At the press conference after the match with Bolton, in the face of reporters' questions, Mourinho finally couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, and took the initiative to fire at Tottenham, trying to cause a wave of war of words, so as to reduce the psychological pressure of his own players, "I don't know if you have noticed that many Premier League teams lack fair play and professionalism." Against Tottenham, they would send a lot of substitutes into the starting line-up or even drop the game early, and when they played against Chelsea, they often did everything they could to prevent us from winning the game. I don't know why they chose the way they did, but it has undoubtedly had a serious negative impact on the value of the Premier League title and has inadvertently reduced the value of the Premier League!"
This is not the first time that similar rhetoric has been made in the Premier League. Before Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger had complained that many teams deliberately gave away points against Manchester United, which greatly increased the difficulty for Arsenal to compete for the league title. Therefore, when Mourinho said these words, the reporters present did not feel much shocked, but worked hard in the audience, intending to make a big news!
"What do I think?" When asked by reporters what he thought of Mourinho's remarks, George chose to be indifferent, "I think that instead of caring about our game, Coach Mourinho should seize the time to find a way to improve the strength of the team." Otherwise, if Chelsea lose to us in the league again, will he still say that it was because Chelsea deliberately let go of water in the game that Tottenham were able to win the duel?"
Although he knew Mourinho's intentions very well in his heart, seeing his hard-earned achievements being smeared like this, it was naturally impossible for George to be indifferent to this. Even if the person who said this was Mourinho, whom he greatly admired, he would definitely not be able to!
I have to say that George's answer can be described as to hit the nail on the head - Mourinho, why do you dare to assert this, is it because some teams did not send all the main players when they played against Tottenham? We have several league games with full substitute lineups, why didn't you say that we are suspected of deliberately releasing water to give points to other teams?
After the media made George's reply public, many fans who originally thought that Mourinho was very reasonable changed their minds in an instant, and instead ridiculed Mourinho, believing that the Portuguese madman was deliberately distorting the facts in order to divert his attention and cover up the fact that he led Chelsea to Tottenham twice this season!
In this way, under George's secret planning, a vigorous war of words unfolded smoothly between various media and fans, and the Tottenham players successfully escaped from this turmoil without affecting their state and pre-match preparations. On the contrary, it was Mourinho who reaped the consequences and was harassed by public opinion, and even the Chelsea players were negatively affected by this!
"It seems that the Lyon fans really have no confidence in this game!" Five days later, on October 20, at the Gerrand Stadium, Ridley King looked around, noticed that the home fans in the stands and the Lyon players on the field were nervous, and said to Vidic on the side in a relaxed tone, "Look at the expressions on their faces!
"Captain, it's not surprising that this is the case. Unlike Ledley King, Vidic shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly and reminded, "Don't forget, Lyon have already lost to Real Madrid and Udinese in the Champions League and are currently bottom of the group. In other words, if they lose to us again today, then their hopes of qualifying will be extremely slim. ”
Although Udinese's lack of strength is already a well-known thing, and the poor performance of the Black Rooster in the Champions League has also disappointed fans who are expecting to see the Group of Death stage a tragic battle for qualification, believing that the lack of progress of the Udinese management led by the old Pozo has ruined a great opportunity for the team, but Udinese has not received too much criticism from the Italian domestic media. Because Lyon are by far the worst team in Group F - in the first two rounds of the group stage that have ended, Lyon are at the bottom of the group with two games!
What's more, those who know the inside story know very well that Udinese will make a strategy of abandoning the Champions League and focusing on the league. You must know that Serie A is not like the Premier League to vigorously promote commercialization and internationalization to enhance its own brand value, TV broadcast fees are also very different from the Premier League in terms of total income and distribution methods, and the club's business philosophy is generally conservative and backward. The result of all this is that if Udinese does not sell people, then its financial income will not be able to meet the normal operation of the club!
In such a situation, it would be difficult for anyone in the industry to laugh at the Udinese management for letting the team play soy sauce in the Champions League. Because it's a matter of a club's survival, not whether the management is ambitious or not!
Will you fight vigorously in the Champions League, and then be relegated at the end of the season like Celta? Or will you focus on the league battlefield to guarantee a place and a European place, and play a round of soy sauce in the League Cup or Champions Cup every season to earn a bonus and broadcast fee? I believe that at this time, most people can make a reasonable judgment!
The situation in Lyon is quite different. Before Monaco's rise, the club was a well-deserved Ligue 1 hegemon. Even after being knocked out of the G14 group by Monaco last season and being sidelined from the G14 group due to stance, it is still one of the strongest teams in Ligue 1!
Therefore, for this direct confrontation with Tottenham, the whole Lyon team has long been ready to fight against the water. Because unlike Udinese, who have no desire for anything, the pride and sense of honor as the strongest club in Ligue 1, as well as the fear of being completely suppressed by Monaco, simply do not allow them to go home early at the end of the group stage!
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