Mourinho's ability to target Descartes was not a whim.

Chelsea were also one of Descartes' many suitors in the first two seasons. However, according to the description of the media, it is Chelsea's big owner who wants to marry Descartes back to the house, Mr. Abu, the "big player of real football managers", and as for their second leader Mourinho, he actually does not have much interest in Descartes.

As for why Mourinho is not interested in Descartes, we can see it from his recruitment ideas.

In June 2004, the Magic Bird took charge of Chelsea, and less than a week later he opened a transfer list for the owner, Veron, Petit, Crespo, Hasselbaink and other famous players were eliminated from the team, the Magic Bird wrote down the purchase list is Cech, Ferreira, Robben, Drogba, Thiago, Carvalho, counting a free transfer of Moraes, 5 of the 7 players in the list are blue-collar players who do rough work.

But it was these blue-collar players, plus Frank Lampard, John Terry and other muscles, that contributed to Chelsea's victory over Arsenal that year.

The Magic Bird that tasted the sweetness intensified the following year, with Wright, Essien, Del Horno, and two of the three being stout big-footed men, and Chelsea's muscular forest was already beginning to take shape.

The following year, they toppled Manchester United again and won the Premier League for the second year in a row.

In the 06-07 season, that is, this season, Chelsea's reinforcements reached **, Ballack, Ashley. Cole, Kalou, Sinclair, Bolaruz, Mikel, Bridge, this list doesn't show how precise Mourinho's vision is, but it does show how much he has a preference for muscles.

I believe that if it weren't for the boss Abou Shoehorning in at the end of the summer window, Mourinho's purchase this season could really be called a "sea of flesh and bones".

And these big men have indeed shown excellent quality under the tutelage of Mourinho, Chelsea has become the team with the fewest total goals conceded and the toughest style of play in the Premier League in three seasons, and even West Ham United, known as the "Hammers", is willing to bow down in the rush, which shows Uncle Bird's tough style.

And Mourinho, who is so partial to muscles, certainly doesn't like a skinny little man like Descartes, who has famous players like Drogba, Crespo, Shevchenko in his striker, and an Italian kid who has never proven himself at the top level.

However, Descartes' performance quickly made Mourinho realize his mistake, yes, Chelsea, which has Drogba, Lampard, Ballack, Makelele, and Terry as the central axis, is indeed tough, but it has become a lack of change, and the players who can control the belt in the team are becoming more and more rare. After Cole's departure, Robben, the only one who could break through, continued to suffer injuries and was firmly pressed by Manchester United in the league this season, which must be said because Premier League opponents have become familiar with Mourinho's muscular pressing style of play and are beginning to become immune to him and his Chelsea.

In this case, if no changes are made, Chelsea's future this season can only be described as worrying.

However, in view of Uncle Bird's preference for the same type of players and the singleness of recruitment, Chelsea lacks players who can bring about this change, Robben can't count on the glass man for the time being, Shevchenko, who was shoehorned in by the owner, is in a slump, and no one in the Chelsea team has the ability to break the deadlock.

Although Uncle Bird is still tough on his lips, he doesn't know how much he regrets it in his heart.

At this time, he also noticed the Italian boy that the boss couldn't put down, Descartes. Mondillo.

Mourinho is a coach who is very good at doing his homework before the game, he watched a lot of videos of Descartes this season, and found that this kid is not as weak as he imagined in the forward line, on the contrary, his attitude towards the game is very positive, and he is also very desperate in counter-attacking, and gradually, Mourinho began to appreciate Descartes a little.

But the more he admired, the more he wanted to defeat Descartes, lest he lose face in front of his boss and make the boss feel that he had no vision.

Therefore, before this game, when it was found that Arsenal's squad had Descartes' name, he made corresponding arrangements for Descartes.

Compressing Descartes' space as much as possible, countering his awareness and dexterity with muscle and strength, is what Mourinho gave to the Chelsea men.

Sure enough, when Descartes came on the court in the second half, his two attempts to break through were destroyed by Makelele and Terry, and if he wanted to pass the ball, as far as the eye could see, it was all a group of big men in blue, and Descartes was firmly locked in the muscle forest by Uncle Bird.

Unconvinced, Descartes made a few more attempts, but Mourinho was a defensive guru and his Chelsea left Arsenal without leaving any chances.

In the 78th minute, Descartes tried to make a long pass over the top at the edge of the penalty area, but Carvalho, who was in time to fill in the position, intercepted the ball before Henry; In the 81st minute, Descartes cooperated with Xiaofa in the midfield, and then made a long pass to the side, but Ashley, who was firmly in position. Kerr blocked Rosicky's run behind him, allowing the ball to slowly roll off the sideline; In the 85th minute, Descartes forced a breakthrough with the ball, and the ferocious "Ghanaian Buffalo" Essien directly put him down and only gave Arsenal a free kick close to 45 meters outside the big penalty area.

Thierry Henry's free-kick flew high over the crossbar and left Arsenal with just over five minutes left.

The more Descartes played, the more irritated he became, the Chelsea players constantly sought physical contact with him, leaving him with pain everywhere, and even more so that they were always in very close positions, almost completely leaving Descartes with no room to play, such a defence was nothing short of suffocating, and Descartes could not break through their trenches even with all his might.

This feeling of powerlessness has not been seen for a long time, and it was only in the junior team match against Inter Milan that Descartes had this feeling of powerlessness. However, he had already been sent off at that time, and he could only watch his teammates work the field, but he couldn't do anything, so he was depressed alone.

But now that he is on the field, he is still like his teammates, unable to do anything, which makes Descartes feel like crazy.

He is a man with such pride at heart, how can he allow himself to perform like this on the court?

Descartes gritted his teeth and rushed into Chelsea's position like crazy.

In the 88th minute, Arsenal broke the ball at the back, but in the face of the Chelsea defense that had already stood in position, Gilberto was very helpless after taking the ball, and could only choose a blind long pass, because where his sight swept, there seemed to be more red and white jerseys.

And in this area was King Henry of Highbury, and Descartes, who was cruising not far from him.

Faced with the ball flying high, Descartes couldn't help but shout to Henry, "Give it to me!" ”

Henry was so busy struggling with Chelsea's right-back Pacos Ferreira that he didn't even care about what Descartes was yelling about, he just heard his team-mate's voice and subconsciously wanted to push the ball in that direction.

As a result, Henry, who was stuck in the front position, finally won the header, and although his top position was a little off, the ball still flew in the direction of Descartes with difficulty.

But one figure got ahead of Descartes and ran towards the bouncing ball.

Makelele again. This player, who has always seemed to be very inconspicuous, but always makes crucial tackles at crucial moments, only made the world realize his value after Real Madrid let him go, and now, in this game, he has once again shown excellent anticipation and tackling skills.

But Descartes was not one to give up easily, and he rushed out after Makelele, and the two of them were like two Ferraris racing at great speed, rumbling towards the football with full power.

Makelle ran in front of the football first, he was secretly happy, and was about to clear the siege with his big foot, but he was caught off guard and slipped out of his legs and hooked the football back before him.

When he looked back, he saw Descartes getting up from the ground and impatiently stabbing the ball forward.

The ferocity on Descartes' face shook Makelele, and by the time he came to his senses, Descartes had thrown him two or three paces away.

But Descartes was not easy, because he immediately blocked up in front of him, it was Portuguese central defender Carvalho.

Carvalho is definitely a very low-key defender, his height is not prominent, his size is not prominent, his speed is not prominent, his technique is not prominent, when people talk about world-class central defenders, they hardly think of this ordinary Portuguese, but I think that after Summerer and Baresi, Carvalho is definitely one of the three best "scavengers" in the world.

Whether he was in Porto or at Chelsea, including later at Real Madrid, he played as a central defender, in this position, his defensive and positional awareness is simply perfect, whether he is in front of Terry or Ramos, these two central defenders have a reputation for being very reckless, but Cava silently fills the hole for them, making the whole defense complete.

Just like now, Makellele's ball was snatched by accident, but Carvalho, who was highly focused, was always on the lookout for such an accident, and when Descartes had just got the ball, he rushed up, and by the time Descartes adjusted his body, he was already a step away.

Descartes' attack immediately stalled.

After only a second's delay, Makelle pounced on him again, completely unprepared to give him any chance.

This is Mourinho's team, he allows no talent, no skills, but absolutely no lack of fighting spirit, whether it is Deco or Ferreira, whether it is Lampard or Terry, whether it is Motta or Zanetti, whether it is Ronaldo or Benzema, Mourinho can tolerate arrogance, can tolerate blandness, but never tolerate not working hard.

After Mourinho left, Chelsea's results became up and down, because they did not have the high pressure of Uncle Bird and lost this desperate energy, but the result is still the same group of people, but the soul is no longer the soul.

Descartes, once again caught in the bag, did not appear to be flustered, he now only looked at the football and the opponent's goal, and everything else had been ignored by him.

In the face of Carvalho, who was waiting for him, Descartes flicked the ball to the left, and when Carvalho adjusted his body and center of gravity slightly, he suddenly picked the ball back with the instep of his foot, and it was another "bull's tail"! Although this action has been performed by Xiao Luo in La Liga, this is the first time people have seen this action in the Premier League.

Carvalho, who had also seen this trick for the first time, was caught off guard by the subtle movements, and before he could turn his center of gravity, Descartes had already passed away from him, and Carvalho reached out in vain to grab a handful, but only caught a trace of air, and on the other side, it was Makelele, who was also looking at him with stunned eyes.

Descartes was in a very different mood after the breakthrough, and now he was in front of a sea and a vast sky, and although the captain of the Blues, John Terry, was abandoning his guard Rosicky and rushing at him, no one could stop him from doing so recklessly for at least a second or two.

Descartes lived up to the expectations of the 60,000 fans in the stadium and finally salvaged a point for Arsenal with a blast that opened the door open for Cech.

The goal also left Mourinho speechless on the sidelines, and his players had done their best in the goal they conceded, if Makelele hadn't been paralyzed in the moment of clearance, if Carvalho hadn't been deceived by Descartes' 'bulltail'...... Unfortunately there weren't so many ifs, it was a brilliant goal of individual heroism, and from start to finish, Descartes single-handedly beat the entire Chelsea defence.

For the first time, Mourinho began to feel that having such a player was actually a blessing.

And the happy Wenger is not as happy as Uncle Bird thinks at this time, even if he pulls back a goal, Arsenal is still one goal behind, there are still a few minutes left in the game, seeing that Arsenal is going to be empty-handed again this season, how can he be happy?

Jose Mourinho then responded, replacing the opener Sheva with another centre-back, Bora Luz, and Chelsea switched to 541, clearly trying to hold the score until the end.

In the face of Chelsea's steely defence, Arsenal's players eventually tried their best to knock on Petr's door again.

The 2006-2007 League Cup final ended with Uncle Bird and his muscular forest having the last laugh. The young Descartes, who had scored a brilliant goal in the game, fell a stone's throw away from his first English trophy.