Volume 4 The Storm Chapter 89 The League Ends
May 24 is the final of the UEFA Champions Cup, and before that, there is still one final round of Premier League fixtures. Done doesn't think about the boring "double" of the league title and the Champions Cup, with United leading him by three points and only a 0.1 per cent chance of losing the league title at the last minute.
The final round of the league takes place on 13 May, with 11 days to go before the Champions League final, which is good news for Donne, meaning he can use his strongest squad to make way for the Champions League final without thinking about what rotation system to make way for the Champions League final.
While a defeat to Liverpool won't affect Forest's Champions League qualification next season, Done wants to keep Chelsea pressed at the last minute, and he doesn't want Chelsea to regain second place in the league.
Of course, it's not just about Forest's results, Chelsea are now playing one game less than Forest, and if they want to keep Chelsea at bay, it's also up to them to see the replay – Chelsea at home to Manchester United.
The match will be played on May 10.
This make-up match is also the moment to unveil the suspense of the league championship.
Eventually, on that day, at Stamford Bridge, tens of thousands of Chelsea fans saw the last thing they wanted to see, serving as a foil to their opponents' celebrations at their own stadium.
In this game, Manchester United drew 0-0 with Chelsea, and Chelsea's points became eighty-two, the same as Forest, temporarily in second place, but four points away from Manchester United at the top of the league. With the final league game remaining, Chelsea will not be able to overtake Manchester United in any way to win the title.
The result announced Manchester United's 06-07 Premier League title one round ahead of schedule.
In this way, the Red Devils welcomed their ninth Premier League title and their sixteenth English top-flight title in the club's history amid boos at Stamford Bridge.
Ferguson was overjoyed when he shook hands with Mourinho, with whom he fought for an entire season, and finally had the last laugh.
In the days that followed, the English media were full of news reports about Manchester United's ninth league title, and Ferguson made headlines and was in the limelight for a while.
As for the defeat of Mourinho and Chelsea, most of the media have a "schadenfreude" attitude. Although it has been four years since Roman Abramovich took charge of Chelsea, there are still many people who look down on this "nouveau riche" who made their fortune on rubles.
Although this phenomenon is normal, after all, everyone has a hatred of the rich to a greater or lesser extent, but this psychology may not be correct.
Chelsea were already in debt and could declare bankruptcy at any time. Bates was unable to repay his high debts, and Roman Abramovich's arrival not only saved him, but also the club, and indirectly the fans who loved the club. But the fans didn't appreciate it, and the "Evening Standard" in London at the time said half-jokingly and half-mockingly:
In addition to spending money on players, Abramovich is also preparing to buy fashion maestro Armani to design jerseys for Chelsea, media magnate Murdoch to publish Chelsea's "Spectator's Guide", Blair Prime Minister Campbell to be Chelsea's public relations consultant, and F1 ace Schumacher to be the driver of Chelsea's team buses......
At that time, there were also media that if all of Abramovich's assets were converted into cash, they would be laid under the mattress. Then when he accidentally fell out of bed while sleeping, he must not have fallen to his death, but starved to death.
Chelsea have enjoyed two years of great success with the money of the Russian rich, but have never been able to convince the public, and the entire English football scene has refused to recognise Chelsea's achievements, especially when comparing Chelsea and Arsenal side by side. This may be one of the reasons why Mourinho hates Wenger so much - no one likes to be the opposite of others.
Abramovich knows that the best way to silence those people is to win a trophy of the weight, and the league title is not enough, the Champions Cup is enough.
For this reason, he brought in championship coach Jose Mourinho, who can win the Champions League with a team like Porto. I didn't expect that creation made people, after Mourinho came, let alone the Champions Cup, for three consecutive years, he couldn't even enter the Champions Cup final.
This season, Chelsea even lost the league title.
After a brief handshake between Mourinho and Alex Ferguson, he left the pitch with a gloomy face and out of sight. In the days that followed, the media tried to interview him, but no one else could be found.
Rumours swirled that Chelsea were planning to change managers next season, and Abramovich couldn't bear the embarrassment of spending hundreds of millions of pounds for three consecutive seasons without being able to win the Champions Cup. There is also a theory that Abramovich has an irreconcilable contradiction with Mourinho in the use of Shepchenko, Abramovich insists that the team put Shepchenko in the starting position, even if he can't score, while Mourinho believes that players who are not performing well and are not in good form should be on the bench and leave the opportunity to others.
Don doesn't know if Mourinho left Chelsea at the end, at least it didn't happen before he crossed over. When he was a fan, he felt that Chelsea and Mourinho were inseparable, and when he talked about Chelsea, he would think of Mourinho, and when he talked about Mourinho, he would think of Chelsea.
He couldn't imagine what Chelsea would be like without Mourinho. Although the two of them are usually bitter rivals, he still does not want Mourinho to leave Chelsea. Because then he's going to have a lot less fun......
He loves to be a coach, and in addition to the opportunity to win all kinds of trophies and train those world-class stars, another important reason is that he can play with famous coaches who have only been seen on TV and newspapers before. Professional football is not a one-man game, and without good opponents, the sport is half as much fun.
The rumors are getting wider and wider, and they are getting more and more outrageous. Soon Roman Abramovich and Jose Mourinho appeared in the media to refute the rumors. Roman Abramovich says he admires Jose Mourinho's work at Chelsea for three seasons and promises that Mourinho has a bright future ahead of the team. Jose Mourinho said he enjoyed his job at Chelsea and had no plans to move elsewhere.
Neither mentioned that they had lost two titles in a row this season, which left many doubtful about Mourinho's departure from Chelsea next season. According to the analysis of experts, coming out to refute the rumors at this time is just not wanting to affect the morale of the team and let them play the last league game of the season. When the season is over, it will be the time to settle accounts after the fall.
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In the final round of the league, all matches are played at the same time.
Some people say that they came out before the final round of the league to refute the rumors so as not to affect the morale and fighting spirit of the whole Chelsea team, and not affect their last league game. But this kind of thing is "making up for the dead", after all, it is a remedy that is done after the dead sheep, no matter how it is remedied, the dead sheep is the prerequisite.
Chelsea's morale and fighting spirit have taken a hit. In the final round of the league, Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at home by David Moyes' Everton.
Manchester United, who have already won the league title, lost absentmindedly at home to West Ham United, helping the team to successfully climb the relegation zone with a score of 0:1.
The game between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool was full of twists and turns, and Liverpool took the lead at the beginning.
Because in the crucial round of 37 of the league, Liverpool lost away to Fulham, while Arsenal drew with Chelsea at home. The two teams, which were separated by one point, are now tied on points. Both Liverpool and Arsenal want to get their hands on one last ticket to the Champions Cup. Although Liverpool have also reached the final of the UEFA Cup this season against Sevilla, they are still hoping to play in the Champions League.
So from the start, Liverpool laid siege to Forest's goal, and they dominated away from home.
The match was also broadcast nationally on BBC5.
Liverpool got even more motivated after the goal and they continued to lay siege to Nottingham Forest. In order to qualify for the Champions Cup, Benitez gave up. He had forgotten what kind of team Nottingham Forest were and what they were best at.
Judging from the scene, the Forest team playing at home was embarrassed, and the stormy goal could be penetrated again at any time, but the fans of the Forest team did not frown and panicked. This scene was all too familiar to them......
Forest equalised in the 27th minute, thirteen minutes after Liverpool's goal. It was the use of Liverpool's big pressure on the void behind him, playing a quick counterattack, knocking on the goal guarded by the Spanish international Reina.
Ten minutes later, news came from Portsmouth that Arsenal had scored.
This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Liverpudlians. If the current score of these two games is maintained until the end, then Liverpool will lose qualification for the Champions League for the second year in a row.
They stepped up their attack and wanted to knock on Nottingham Forest's goal again. But until the end of the first half, the score did not change.
In the second half, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool were still in a stalemate, but news came from another stadium in Liverpool's favor.
Just five minutes into the second half, Portsmouth scored and the score became 1-1.
Watching a live game at the City Stadium while listening to the radio and following the opponent, the half-hearted Liverpool fans let out a huge cheer that almost made others think their team had scored.
The news boosted the morale of Liverpool's players, who bombarded Forest's goal and put further pressure on them. In the nineteenth minute of the second half, the Forest goal was conceded again.
Gerrard's long-range shot went straight through Van der Sar's ten fingers. The whole Forest team lost their temper about the goal because it was so beautiful, like Wood's long-range shot into the Chelsea goal. What else do you have to say about being scored by a shot like that?
Liverpool fans began singing in the stands at the City Stadium in celebration of the lead. They infuriated the Forest fans, and the Liverpool fans' singing was quickly overshadowed by the Forest's fans.
At the same time, Liverpool's re-emergence also angered Done and Donne's team.
Albertini started in place of Wood in the final of the Champions League. After Liverpool took the lead, the commentators have been complaining about Donn's rotation decision. In his opinion, the aging Albertini is no longer fit to start in such a fierce game, his running ability has been greatly weakened, and he is unable to pose any threat to Gerrard defensively, attacking ...... The Forest team was crushed in the half, what attack was there?
In short, the commentator questioned Albertini's ability in many ways, arguing that Donne's rotation made no sense, George. Wood is uninjured, healthy, fit, and full of energy, so it's stupid to use Albertini without him.
Just as the commentator was babbling about Albertini having been eliminated by the times, Albertini scored.
A typical "Albertini-esque" defoliant kick was beyond Reina's reach and could only watch as the ball went around his hand and crashed into the net.
Nottingham Forest levelled the score at 2-2.
At this moment, Liverpool fans were not too upset, because there was no more news of the goal from Portsmouth. Even if both games are drawn, Liverpool will still be fourth on goal difference, overpowering Arsenal.
The result was good news for Liverpool, but Done did not accept a draw. A draw is dangerous when the outcome of the Chelsea game is not known.
The game continued until injury time, with neither side scoring again. It's the same for Portsmouth, Arsenal didn't score, Portsmouth didn't score.
It looks like Liverpool will be able to qualify for next season's Champions Cup, while Arsenal will have to go to the UEFA Cup.
Liverpool fans have already started to celebrate in advance, and some Liverpool fans even gave Forest fans a thumbs up and thanked them. In the eyes of Liverpool fans, the result was a happy one.
The Forest team doesn't see it that way.
With four minutes of stoppage time and the first three minutes of uneventful, Liverpool were not planning to score again, and Forest looked like they had little intention of continuing the game. But at the last minute, the situation on the field changed abruptly!
Nottingham Forest organised a very effective attack by Albertini, four Nottingham Forest players were involved in the attack, and after three one-kick passes, the football flew in front of the Liverpool goal, Bendtner jumped high and headed the ball overhead, and the ball flew into the Liverpool door at a very close distance!
At this moment, the phalanx of Liverpool fans on the city stadium was silent, and at this moment, only the cheers of Nottingham Forest fans were there. They clearly don't appreciate the friendliness that Liverpool fans have shown before, and they, like the teams they support, are hungry for victory and don't accept anything other than victory.
When the game ended, the results from the other stadium came as Arsenal and Portsmouth shook hands to beat Liverpool by one point and move up to fourth place in the league and thus secure a ticket to next season's Champions League qualifiers......
All the Liverpool fans had tears in their eyes, and the Liverpool fans stood on the pitch with their heads down, stunned as they watched the Nottingham Forest players celebrating their victory. They believe that for Forest, the victory in this game is not significant, and they will not lose this game and lose this game to qualify for the Champions League. They don't understand why Forest's players still want goals and want to win until the last minute.
Benitez shook Donn's hand with a grim face, and he had nothing to say about the last-minute defeat – his own team had slackened and Bendtner's marking was not in place.
Don didn't comfort Benitez, and he didn't know how. You can't say, "It's nothing, at least you can go to the League Cup again", this is not comfort, this is rubbing salt in the wounds of the other party. He and Benitez don't have a personal vendetta and can't do that.
After shaking hands with Benitez, Donn turned his head to look at the heartbroken Liverpool fans in the stands, and he knew he had another enemy in the league. For quite some time, Liverpool fans will not forget today's game and who squeezed them out of the Champions Cup.
Brian. During the Clough era, the ambitious Liverpool was defeated by Nottingham Forest and lost the league title and the Champions Cup, and Liverpool fans at that time did not have much affection for Nottingham Forest. Later, with the decay of Nottingham Forest, this hatred quickly dissipated over time.
Now, Donn is like a demon, making them relive the nightmare of twenty-eight years ago, which is deeply impactful.
'Arsene Wenger has to thank Done, if it weren't for the fact that Forest worked so hard in the final game, how could Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League qualifiers? The last-minute decisive defeat against Liverpool is probably only Toney. Don can do such a thing, without the slightest emotion...... "The narrator muttered.
How did he know that Done wasn't trying to help Arsene Wenger, nor was he unsympathetic, but he just didn't want Chelsea to weigh on his head.
"Tony!" Behind him came the excited voice of Chrislac.
Donn looked back at his assistant coach, Chris Rac with headphones in his hand and a big smile.
'Good news, Chelsea and Everton are drawn!'
Don clenched his fist and pounded it.
"We're second in the league!" Chrislak shouted, and everyone heard it.
Runners-up in the league for two years in a row, which is a remarkable result. There was a cheer from the crowd.
Don watched their celebration with a smile on his face, and Don stood beside him.
"You don't look excited?" Don glanced back at him, and Don looked calm.
"The season isn't over yet." Don replied simply.
This reminds Don that with the final game in hand, now is not the time to celebrate.
"Ah, thank you, Don." Don clapped his hands and walked over to the coaches who were still celebrating.
"Don't rejoice too soon, guys. We have one last game. ”
"Athens!" He was answered by the shouts of all in unison.
"Very well, it seems that you haven't forgotten yet."
The league has come to an end, and Don doesn't have to worry about how to rotate, which can keep the players physical to avoid injuries and not let them lose the feeling of the game. Today is May 13, and there are still 11 days left before the final, May 24.
In those eleven days, he still had time to solve some problems and then lead the team to Athens without any worries.
There, a gleaming silver trophy was waiting for him to lift. This time, no one else will be allowed to interfere again!
(To be continued)