No. 394: Divine Mourinho?
In order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Arsenal's warm-up was not arranged at Inter's training base, but at AC Milan's training base. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
At 9 o'clock in the morning, reporters gathered at the AC Milan training base, who did not come to see Milan train, but wanted to get a glimpse of Arsenal's starting line-up tonight.
More importantly, they want to see which position Arsene Wenger will let Chen Fan play.
Will you play with Song at the back or up front with Robin van Persie?
The reporters looked at the watches on their wrists, it was already nine o'clock, could it be a traffic jam?
They were talking and predicting tonight's big game while waiting for Arsenal.
"It's not going to be a big traffic jam, is it?"
After waiting for half an hour, they got a little impatient.
'Did Arsenal cancel the morning training? But why not notify us? ”
An hour later, the reporters were furious because after their investigation, there was no traffic jam in the city.
A London-based journalist thought for a moment and said: "It may be that Wenger didn't want us to know the starting line-up tonight in advance, so he cancelled the training at the last minute. ”
Journalists in the London area nodded their heads as they made sense.
But a Spanish journalist voiced their concerns: "Maybe something happened at Arsenal and the morning training session was cancelled at short notice. ”
A Danish journalist raised his eyebrows and said: "If this statement is true, Arsenal should come to training in the afternoon!" ”
The reporters immediately turned their attention to the local Milan reporter present, and one of the Milanese reporters thought about it and went to the side to make a phone call.
Soon after, he returned, looked at his peers and said: "That colleague was right, Arsenal must have had something happen this morning or last night. They changed the training time. At three o'clock in the afternoon, they will come to warm up! ”
As soon as the words fell, the group of reporters let out a "Boom! ......", and then the reporters immediately used their imagination and began to guess what was really going on at Arsenal.
The London reporters left worriedly, and then they called someone at Arsenal.
Some people go directly to Arsene Wenger, some people look for team staff, and some look for players who have good relationships.
Their phone calls went through, but none of them answered their calls.
Arsenal's reaction made them even more worried.
At noon, rumours began to appear in the press group, some people said that Arsenal had several players go to nightclubs last night and Wenger found out, so the Frenchman lost his temper and stopped training in the morning.
Some people say that Arsenal had a large flu in the team before coming to Milan, so they cancelled the morning training.
There is some evidence to support this statement, and a few days ago there was a flu on a large scale in London, and when Wenger was interviewed at the airport yesterday, his nasal voice was quite heavy, and he was suspected of having the flu.
It was also said that Arsenal wanted to avoid reporters and deliberately changed the training time, the purpose of which was not to let reporters know tonight's starting lineup and tonight's tactical arrangements in advance.
The last statement, without much thought, is spread by a London reporter, as for the first few statements......
Maybe it was spread by Spanish journalists, or maybe it was spread by local journalists.
Arsene Wenger led his players to the AC Milan training base at 3pm and to their surprise, they were greeted by a large number of journalists.
Arsene Wenger had to sigh at the energy of the journalists.
Under the intense fire of reporters, no one in Arsenal, including Arsene Wenger, was interviewed.
To add to the annoyance of the reporters, they were told by the stadium security that they were not allowed to enter the training base to watch Arsenal practice.
They can only hope that after training Wenger will open his mouth and give them an interview.
Arsenal's training session took just an hour to complete, but Arsene Wenger still hasn't finished their interview.
They had to pin their hopes on two hours later, in the pre-match press conference.
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At the moment, Mourinho is still working with his assistants on tonight's tactics.
"Alright, guys, let's figure out how to defend it."
After discussing the attack, Mourinho focused on defence.
The Portuguese knows that the main reason why he can replace Roberto Mancini as manager of the Serie A giants is the owner's desire for the Champions League.
Mancini led Inter Milan to three consecutive Serie A titles, but did not achieve outstanding results in Europe, nor did Moratti see the hope of winning the Champions League, so he let Mancini roll up and leave.
No matter how many Serie A titles he wins, Moratti is not so satisfied, after all, the current Serie A is no longer the era of the three giants competing for hegemony, and Inter Milan is outstanding.
Now that they have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, the Portuguese certainly want to reach the final and compete for the title.
Now he has to face the opponent not the "Cosmos", the six-time champion Barcelona, but the shocking Arsenal who have been unbeaten in three competitions so far this season.
To eliminate Barcelona, Arsenal is enough to shock the world, let alone eliminate Barcelona with a score of 9 to 5.
Thinking of the scoreline at Camp Nou, the Portuguese has a few points on his shoulders.
Five goals, Arsenal scored five goals at Camp Nou!
'I think Chan is the focus of our defence, but we can't underestimate Van Persie, his role in Arsene Wenger's attacking system is irreplaceable.
The tactical coach threw out his opinion.
Mourinho exhaled and said: "Van Persie's problem will be discussed later, now we will discuss the defense against Chen first." ”
The tactical coach, of course, was the main speaker in this discussion, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "Actually, we have already thought about the way we can think of it, so it is better for us to let Materach keep an eye on him." ”
The room immediately fell silent.
Since returning from the '06 World Cup, Italy's backgate has been in trouble with injuries, and its form has been up and down, and now it can only appear in Serie A as a substitute.
In the Champions League, Materazzi has only played four games so far, and three of them have come off the bench.
The performance after playing is also average.
"Here's a way!"
The goalkeeper coach breaks the silence in the room.
The coaches who replaced him looked at each other and did not speak, and then everyone's eyes turned to Mourinho.
Wait for him to make the final decision.
The Portuguese walked to the window, opened the curtains, and the sunlight instantly entered the room, and it was bright.
Mourinho, bathed in the sun, was like a holy son, shining with white light.
At this moment, his body was filled with divine light......
"Okay, just let Materacci come up and put Lucio on the bench."
Mourinho's voice is very calm and devoid of any emotion.
The people in the room could not imagine how much the Portuguese had struggled in the last moment, and what kind of ideological struggle he had to go through to finally agree to such a plan.
Maybe it's "victory first"......