After the FA Cup fixture, Chelsea had only three days off before taking on La Liga giants Barcelona at Stamford Bridge in what was a rare fixture.

So much so that in the week before the game, the whole European football world was hyping this game, Messi and Jones, who are now in the limelight, played at home, and the opponent was Barcelona, and Chelsea of course had to go all out.

Kodic is also cheering up, because the next four games are very important, needless to say the first leg of the game with Barcelona in 3 days, the away league against Manchester United on the 26th, the League Cup final with Manchester City at the end of the month, and the 29 rounds of league matches with Manchester City on the 3rd of next month, every game must not be lost!

He's in a good mood, he's very happy with the current situation of the team, he wasn't the first-team manager last season, when the first team won the league title, he didn't expect to take over the team, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to lead the team well.

Now his team has enough manpower for every position, of course, he is most satisfied with the frontcourt, he already knows Jones's talent, he feels that there is basically no problem with the attack in the frontcourt, as for the midfield, Cesc Fabregas and Kante are also injured, Moses and Bakayoko are in good shape, and the back line now has Emerson as a knife defender, and the lineup is perfect.

At this time, the players can not improve their skills again, and there are only 3 days left, and there is no need to cultivate tacit understanding, and what he does every day is to try to ensure that the players are not injured, not overly fatigued, and the amount of exercise is well controlled.

Training for two hours in the morning, resting until 2 o'clock at noon, and then practicing the team's tactical cooperation, the players are free to move around in the evening, but at 10 o'clock in the evening they have to go back to their accommodation to rest, after all, the next few big battles are about to start, and he doesn't want to go wrong at the most critical time.

The time soon came to the 20th, today is the preparation for the competition, Kodic said in the conference room: "Tomorrow is the 1/8 match with Barcelona in the Champions League, and 4 consecutive games are very important games, how to play the game, I think everyone has a score in their hearts, here, I won't say more."

This season, the club's bonuses have been increased, and everyone's salary and game bonuses have been greatly improved compared to last season.

If we can win the Premier League and Champions League trophies this season, plus the League Cup final that is about to start, and win the treble, plus the FA Cup, then each player will get a seven-figure prize money of £1 million. Kodic knew that the huge prize money would spur the players to sprint towards the title.

Every season, the Premier League's biggest clubs set up a prize pool that the players will split equally after the team wins the title, and last season, when Chelsea won the title, the total prize money was only £4 million, which was not much for each player.

As soon as Kodic's words fell, the players exploded, everyone didn't expect this number, and no one could hold back the churning fireworks in their hearts, which was simply a must-do!

After seeing it, Kodic lowered his voice and said: "Qian, this thing is really good, now I will put these in front of you, as for whether you can take it or not, it depends on your ability, everyone tells me whether you have the confidence to take him." ”

Everyone immediately shouted, "Yes." ”

Kodic nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, in that case, then we will take Barcelona first tomorrow." ”

In the manager's office, although Kodic was very sure when he was mobilizing, he was actually a little worried about the next game, and when he asked the players to go to training, he took Ossi and several other assistant coaches to watch the video of the Barcelona game.

After reading it, Kodic said: "Barcelona's possession is really good! ”

An assistant coach shook his head and said, "Yes, their passing and controlling football doesn't look uncomplicated, but it's very powerful on the field!" ”

Ossilai also nodded, in fact, they also got a lot of information about Barcelona!

An assistant coach said after listening: "But we don't have to be too nervous, in the Champions League we and Barcelona have an absolute advantage, from 2005 to the present, we have played with Barcelona in the Champions League 10 times, we have won 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, of which Barcelona was also eliminated in the 2012 Champions League semi-finals, missed the championship." ”

Kodic nodded and said, "Yes, but this is all in the past, and we should give it our all." ”

Another assistant coach also said next to him: "Although Messi is 31 years old, he is still in peak condition, if he is in good shape after playing, it will be a big test for our backline!" ”

Messi is still famous, Kodic also sighed and said: "In this case, I think we have to change our tactics, we can't meet them, let's play defensive counterattack, well, try to let Jones and Hazard in front, that's it, tomorrow's game will be real." ”

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It was one of the most high-profile matchups in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with Chelsea and Barcelona also rivals in the Champions League, with the last meeting coming in the 2011-12 Champions League semi-finals, when Chelsea eliminated Barcelona 3-2 over two legs to lift the Big Ears Cup.

After 5 seasons, Chelsea and Barcelona will meet again in the Champions League 1/8 finals, Chelsea is the Premier League champion last season, and Barcelona has been extremely stable under the leadership of new coach Valverde this season, and their two teams are currently two unbeaten teams in the five major leagues, and this game will be a big competition between the two teams.

Chelsea are six points clear of in-form Manchester City in the league this season, and with the title defence hopeful, Chelsea will not want to give up in the Champions League, with the last two games beating West Brom 3-0 and Hull City respectively.

The team got rid of the previous sluggish form of the players, they will be in the best form to face Barcelona, this game David Luiz will be absent due to injury, Bakayoko and Ross Barkley are likely to be unavailable, Cesc Fabregas, La Masia Academy left Arsenal and returned to Barcelona, but Barcelona has Xavi and Xiaobai in the team, Fabregas is still not reused, and came to Chelsea again.

There is also Pedro, who was originally in Barcelona with Messi and Villa, known as MVP, was Barcelona's terrifying trident at the time, and now Pedro represents Chelsea and Barcelona games.

Recently, Pedro also gave an interview to Spain's "Radio Zero", he looked forward to the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 final with Barcelona, and he commented on Messi.

"Messi is the best player in the world right now and it's very difficult to stop Messi on the pitch.

I don't know who will start against Barcelona, Jones has been in good form, and the duel between Jones and Messi must also be the focus of media attention!

And for me it's going to be a special game and I think it's going to be a strange feeling to be against Barcelona on the pitch. ”