Chapter 296: The League Ends
Ahead of the match between Valencia and Monaco, another Champions League semi-final was decided.
Jose Mourinho's Porto knocked out Claudio Ranieri's Chelsea in the semi-finals to reach the final.
If you want to say that the most eye-catching young coach right now, it must be Mourinho and Chang Win.
The two young coaches also met successfully in the Champions League final, fulfilling the wishes of many people, who wanted to see who was better than Chang Sheng or Mourinho.
He has been outstanding in the domestic league and has been able to lead the team to three consecutive league titles in La Liga, one of Europe's top five leagues, which is remarkable.
Jose Mourinho, on the other hand, has been even better in European competition.
He led Porto to the UEFA Cup and the Triple Crown that season.
Jose Mourinho's side have been on a good run of momentum in the league this season and have basically secured the league title.
The Portuguese Cup also reached the final against Benfica. They, like Valencia, have hopes of winning the treble. If Porto win another treble, Mourinho will lead the team to two trebles in just three seasons! This is quite an achievement!
Jose Mourinho has already become the manager of interest across Europe as early as the season when he led Killtu to the UEFA Cup triumph.
Don't look at him young, in fact, he is famous. He used to work as a translator for Robson Sr. in Barcelona and became Van Gaal's assistant.
So his success today is traceable, and everyone has watched him grow step by step from a translator to a good manager.
But everyone also knows that this small temple in Porto can't keep his great god.
Now everyone doesn't know it, but Chang Sheng is very clear. Just after the semi-final between Porto and Chelsea, Mourinho was picked up on Roman Abramovich's luxury yacht, where Mourinho signed his name and was confirmed to join Chelsea before the season was over.
As for why Abramovich chose Mourinho instead of choosing to win.
Because Jose Mourinho's Porto and Chelsea have been so impressive, Abramovich can get a close-up look at Mourinho's coaching ability. He thinks Jose Mourinho is a very good manager.
Of course, he is also very good at winning constantly, otherwise he would not have won three consecutive titles in La Liga.
But there was one very important factor that Abramovich had to take into account. That is, whether it is in Getafe or Valencia, it will be very unpleasant with the club's hierarchy. He seems to be the president's nemesis, and he has a bad relationship with the club's president and general manager.
Roman Abramovich believes that winning is difficult to discipline, and that such a man is a scourge to manage Chelsea, and that he cannot keep .......
So he chose the relatively obedient Mourinho instead of winning constantly.
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This season's Champions League final was played on 26 May, at the home of Schalke 04 in Germany.
There are three rounds left in La Liga before that.
These three rounds of league wins are intended to be abandoned all.
It is mainly used as a warm-up match for the Champions League final to adjust the condition of the players.
As for the result or something, I don't think about it so much.
Anyway, even if it is a loss of 1, Valencia has already won the league title.
And the preparation for the final against Porto also began at this time.
The training plan has all been changed to set up for the Champions League final, with Porto becoming an opponent that every Valencia player needs to know about. The coaching staff made clips of Porto's matches in the league for the players to watch over and over again to understand their characteristics and know their weaknesses.
Only if they get acquainted with Porto on the TV screen will they be able to build a complete image in their minds.
As for the league opponents? That doesn't matter at all.
Anyway, Valencia is not pursuing anything unbeaten this season.
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In the 36th round, Valencia challenged Sevilla away.
Before the match, Sevilla FC players lined up on both sides of the tunnel to welcome the Valencia players, as a courtesy to the champions.
Valencia has been through this scene for three seasons. Because every season, they are able to win the championship early.
And it's a coincidence, Valencia beat Barcelona at home last season, and after winning the championship in the first round, the final round opponent is Sevilla, who have been in a team to welcome the title last season......
The match against Sevilla ended in a 2-2 draw. It's a joy for all.
In the 37th round of the league, Valencia challenged Villarreal away. In this match, Valencia ended up losing to the Yellow Submarine with a score of 1:2.
The 38th round of the league will be played on 23 May, and three days later will be the day of the Champions League final.
In order to ensure that the main players do not get injured and do not suffer from physical exhaustion. In this game, all the players on the winning team were substitutes and players from Team B.
At the end of the season, the injuries were finally slightly lessened, and there were no major injuries like the half-year one.
But even so, Chang Sheng didn't dare to take it lightly, and injuries often appeared inadvertently.
Valencia, who came on as a full substitute, lost 1-0 at home to Albacete.
Ended the season with two straight defeats.
But no one blames Chang Sheng for this.
Even the president of the club, Soler, has nothing to say.
Although two consecutive defeats are something that Valencia has never seen before this season.
But with the league title already won, what's wrong with giving up the league in order to prepare for the Champions League final?
If you jump out and criticize Chang Sheng at this time, I'm afraid that many people will be treated as idiots, right?
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Although they lost the last two rounds and have not won since winning the title early, Valencia are still the best performing La Liga team this season, and they deservedly won the La Liga title.
In 38 league games, 27 were won, seven were drawn and four were lost. Scored 83 goals, the most in the league. Twenty-one goals conceded, the fewest in the league.
Fifteen wins, three draws and one loss at home, with the best home result.
Away from home 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats, the best away result.
All technical statistics are the best, and such a league championship is indisputable.
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The Champions League final is just three days away.
Before the game, the two sides had to have a war of words as usual. What's more, neither Mourinho nor Chang Sheng is a fuel-efficient lamp.
Jose Mourinho appears confident as his side have been preparing for the Champions League final since 9 May.
Although the defeat to Benfica in the Portuguese Cup on May 16 was shattered in the treble dream.
But when you think about the Champions League final, even if you lose the Portuguese Cup, it's not a big deal.
In addition to a Portuguese Cup match, they have been preparing for the Champions League final, and Mourinho has also arranged a number of warm-up matches to keep his players in shape.
It's really all ready, only the east wind is owed.
But Chang Sheng has to pour cold water on the other party.
"Porto? Yes, their season ended on May 9th, but so what? I doubt how long a team will be able to maintain their form after a long period of time...," Tsunekatsu said in an interview.
Mourinho, naturally, is not a fuel-efficient lamp, understanding that this is psychological warfare.
In fact, he is very good at psychological warfare.
This season's Porto met Alex Ferguson's Manchester United in the knockout stages of the Champions League, and the two sides had a psychological battle before the game. As a result, the young Mourinho did not lose to the old and spicy Ferguson, and Porto eliminated Manchester United 2:1 at home and 1:1 away with an aggregate score of 3:2 and broke into the quarterfinals.
Now that Chang Sheng has taken the initiative to provoke the war, Mourinho is naturally not to be outdone.
In an interview with reporters, he talked about his opponent in the final, Chang Victory, the young head coach.
'I listened to his story and it wasn't a big deal, he was great in the league, Porto won the league for two consecutive seasons under my leadership and we won the treble last season. In European terms we have more experience than them. As far as I can't think Valencia is better than us. We had a long break and the players were injury-free, unlike Valencia....... ”
The implication is that Valencia have serious injuries, so their strength will be greatly reduced.
In fact, Mourinho should have hated Chang Win to the core.
Because Chang Sheng robbed him of the heart of the midfield.
Seeing Deco play so well in Valencia, he was even more upset that such an excellent Deco should belong to Porto!
Without the core of the midfield, Mourinho had to modify his tactics to adapt to the new squad.
As a result, they came close to missing out on the treble last season.
But on the other hand, Mourinho does have the capital to be proud of. With the core of the midfield, and being able to lead the team to the treble last season, Mourinho's level is indeed extraordinary.
There was a war of words between the two sides, and the fire of war easily spread to the players.
Mourinho took the initiative to mention Deco's name this time.
'Deco should have been at the heart of me, I like and appreciate him a lot, he has an absolutely important tactical position in Porto. But alas, he went to Valencia. I don't think it's a better option for him to go to Valencia. Because we won the UEFA Cup last season and Deco is yet to win a European title at Valencia. ”
Mourinho's remarks were a bit of a rhetoric.
Isn't the La Liga title as good as the UEFA Cup winner?
There are different opinions on this issue, but to insist that it is better to go to Valencia than to stay in Porto is obviously nonsense.
Everyone knows that Valencia is better than Porto because La Liga is a bigger stage.
It is impossible for Mourinho not to understand this, and the only purpose of saying this is to upset the Valencian army.
Deco is the heart of Valencia, and if Deco can be distracted by this, it will definitely affect his performance in the game, and thus Valencia's results.
That's Mourinho's good idea.
In fact, if you want to talk about feelings, Mourinho has no feelings for Deco, after all, they only worked together for half a season, and then Deco left.
This plane is no longer the plane that Chang Sheng has experienced. During that time and space, Deco spent two-and-a-half years under Jose Mourinho, transforming himself from an obscure nobody to one of the best midfielders in Europe, and a proud move to Barcelona.
Mourinho in that time and space had the grace of knowing Deco, and he was like Deco's reinvention teacher.
And in this time and space, the emotional connection between two people naturally does not exist. Chang Sheng replaced Mourinho as Deco's mentor, and his feelings for Porto have faded and Deco enjoyed everything he had in Valencia. (To be continued.) Wonderful Novel [Net] Remember our website: