Chapter 743: Pep Guardiola's decision

Chelsea has 12 points ahead of Manchester United, who is second in the league, and Manchester United, who is playing at home, is very nervous, and was scored twice by Tottenham in three minutes in 29 and 32 minutes, and it seems that there is a possibility of guaranteeing Chelsea to win the league title, but in the second half, the situation changed abruptly, with Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo's double goals, 4:2 against Tottenham, and it was the icing on the cake of Bulgarian striker Berbatov in injury time. Giving Tottenham the second game of the season to concede five goals in a row with a two-goal lead.

So Chelsea's league lead is once again nine points, but everyone knows it...... Chelsea's title is out of reach.

Their next four opponents are Fulham, Arsenal, Blake and Sunderland, and three of those games are at home......

And no matter which team they face next, they won't pose much of a threat to Chelsea, with the exception of Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland, who are under relegation pressure, Fulham are now seventh in the league and nine points away from sixth-placed Aston Villa, which is basically an impossible task with only four league games remaining, or it is more practical to play in the International Toto Cup honestly.

Not to mention Arsenal, who are 13 points clear of Chelsea in third place, and even if Chelsea lose all four of their final fixtures, they will not be able to win the league title, plus they have missed out on the FA Cup final, so they can only focus on the Champions League semi-finals.

Even though they are only four points clear of second-placed Manchester United, it is still a bargain for them to make the two-legged Champions League semi-final tie more cost-effective, and it is entirely S.B's behaviour to fight Chelsea away from home for a place in next season's Champions League.

So when it came to the 34th round of the league, even the Manchester media did not mention that Manchester United had the hope of winning the league title on a comeback.

Obviously, it is more important for Manchester United to win the two legs against Arsenal now, and they lost to Chelsea in the final last season, and they will inevitably win the Champions League trophy after a decade with a more reasonable personnel combination!

On the other hand, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid's younger brother Getafe with Messi's goal away from home, and won the game hard, so as to maintain a four-point advantage with Real Madrid, leaving the suspense of the league title to the next leg of the national derby.

Therefore, for the current Barcelona, it can be said that it is a time of life and death, and a slight carelessness is a catastrophe, and the four are empty.

Manager Pep Guardiola is still struggling to use experienced captain Puyol with a yellow card in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at home to Chelsea.

There is no doubt about Eyro's strength, so he fears that Puyol will receive a yellow card for defending Elo at home and miss out on the second leg at Stamford Bridge......

After all, the two-legged Champions League semi-final is a 180-minute game, and the slightest mistake will directly miss this season's Champions League final, which is an unacceptable result for every supporter of Barcelona, plus Mourinho has now completely aroused the anger of the media and fans in Catalonia, if he is eliminated by Chelsea at this critical time, he will most likely not be able to get the support of the team president......

Both teams have just finished their league campaigns, and the media in Catalonia have once again pointed the finger at Jose Mourinho in an attempt to open fire again.

But at a time when they were triggering the 'war', the London media and the rest of England unexpectedly showed solidarity with Mourinho.

Let's not talk about the results of the two Premier League teams of Manchester United and Arsenal, you must know that the entire English media hopes that the English team will meet in the Champions League final for two consecutive years and create a new history of the Champions League.

How will you create a new history of zĂ o when the time comes?

Therefore, Mourinho was defended at the first time, and at the same time Barcelona's various black histories were exposed.

For example, Barcelona of the Dream Team was swept by AC Milan, and the Dream Team II was abused by Valencia where Ello was located, and now the Dream Team III cannot avoid the abuse of Chelsea with Arrow......

A series of well-founded figures were uttered by journalists from the Catalan region.

Against this backdrop, the entire Chelsea squad flew to Barcelona.

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Nothing surprisingly, the entire Chelsea squad arriving in Barcelona was greeted by the whole family of Barcelona fanatical fans, and the most greeted was naturally Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who had recently 'played hot' with the media in the Catalan region.

On the contrary, it was Ello, the 'public enemy' of Barcelona, who was snubbed.

Mourinho, who has experienced countless major tournaments, will naturally not be timid by the 'greetings' of Barcelona fans, but will stimulate the rebelliousness in his bones.

He was interviewed by the London media at the hotel where he was staying, and took the initiative to target Barcelona fans and the media, once again relieving the pressure on the players and attracting hatred.

It is worth mentioning that on the day Chelsea arrived in Barcelona, Messi cut off his long flowing hair and replaced it with a crisp short hair.

Being a star means that there is almost no privacy at all, so not long after Messi changed his new hairstyle, he was forced to give an interview to the local media, saying: "I learned a Chinese proverb at last year's Beijing Olympics, which is called 'start from scratch', so I want to start from scratch before facing Chelsea who has him, and forget all about the previous losses!" Win the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals! ”

When Messi's words reached Iro's ears, the latter was really a little crying and laughing, and he couldn't imagine that the proverbs he had said to Messi and Aguero in the Olympic Village were remembered so clearly, and he was really drunk......

Interestingly, after the Chinese media got the relevant reports, the famous football star Messi adopted Chinese proverbs and hyped them up, and later the more mysterious it became, it was rumored that Messi admired traditional Chinese literature and wanted to study traditional Chinese literature at Peking University after retiring......

The day before the game, the odds of the three major European bookmakers were adjusted again, reducing the odds of Chelsea winning away again, but the odds of winning the championship were still 1:1.25, unchanged.

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Until the day of the game, Pep Guardiola was still working with his assistant Torrent on how to limit Eiro, and from the defeat of the previous manager Rijkaard, it can be easily concluded that Ello is the key player who crushed the Barcelona Dream II team, scoring a staggering 27 goals in the past two and a half seasons against Barcelona, including six hat-tricks, which is simply a result that is difficult for any world-class club to accept.

Pep Guardiola, who took over as Barcelona manager at the beginning of the season, naturally didn't want to repeat the same mistakes, so the first thing he had to deal with was defense.

Especially in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals on your home turf, you can't afford to lose!

Because conceding a goal at any home stadium is a disaster! Add to that the fact that Jose Mourinho's side have not lost at home for almost seven years.

Although many of the numbers on the football field cannot be taken seriously, some of them are very practical, especially since Mourinho's team has not lost at home for many years, which can make them glow 12% combat effectiveness when they return to home, and it will be difficult to turn the tables when the time comes.

"Josep, I think we should fight them!" Torrent suddenly said to the pensive Pep Guardiola.

"Why?" Pep Guardiola once wanted to play against Chelsea, but he didn't have the courage, after all, Chelsea is no longer that purely defensive team, with Iello and Modric, they already have the ability to play with technology, and they also have a deep knowledge at the defensive end, they are not afraid of their own attack, and ...... As the head coach, he knows more about his own defensive depth, so he instinctively asked.

Torrent coughed twice, then looked at Guardiola, stretched out his right index finger and said: "First of all, even if we defend hard, we can't limit the opponent's No. 9, because his personal ability is too strong, plus our characteristics are not defense, our core tactic is tiki-taka, we should be more active when we are good at ball control!" ”

Speaking of which, Torrent stretched out his index and middle fingers at the same time and continued: "Secondly, don't forget the other role of our tiki-taka when switching from attack to defense! That is to collectively counter-rob on the spot after losing the ball, relying on the player's running awareness and body to cut the opponent's passing line, complete the counter-robbery of the ball, and replace the defense with grabbing, so as to realize the monopoly of the ball and offensive opportunities. ”

As assistant Torrent explained, Guardiola's eyes became brighter and brighter, and there was a feeling of opening up.

"Last but not least! Camp Nou is our home stadium, so how can we afford to play defensively with Chelsea at Camp Nou? Don't forget that we also have a phenomenal star like Messi, his ability to break through with the ball is not weaker than Chelsea's Ai, and even in the face of tall and strong Chelsea defenders at the edge of the penalty area, he will have a certain advantage, and Henry on the front line has played in the Premier League for many years, and is very familiar with Chelsea's backline. ”

Torrent, who stretched out three fingers, also became more and more excited, and finally his right hand clenched into a fist and hit his left palm, saying hideously.

At the same time, Pep Guardiola nodded vigorously, Torrente deserves to be his chief analyst, and he has decided to attack with all his might in the first leg!