438 Fateful encounters
"Hello."
After losing to his opponent on penalties, Drogba was frustrated. Drogba is already 26 years old, and although he has participated in the Champions League before, his performance is average. PSV Eindhoven dominate the Eredivisie but have struggled in the Champions League for more than a decade. Only this season, Guus Hiddink's PSV Eindhoven have been so invincible in the Champions League.
Didier Drogba, as PSV Eindhoven's number one striker, has also performed very well this season. Not only is he the current top scorer in the Eredivisie, but he has also scored six goals in the Champions League. Didier Drogba is at his best. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals, and it was in the disappointing way of penalty kicks.
As a result, Drogba was very frustrated when he entered the tunnel. Therefore, he lowered his head, ignored the reporter next to him, and walked slowly. Suddenly, someone greeted me. Drogba didn't want to deal with it, but the man was standing in front of him, so Drogba looked up.
The moment he saw the person in front of him, Drogba couldn't help frowning. Because this person Drogba knows, it is the coach of the opponent Porto in this game, Jose. Jose Mourinho.
For Mourinho Drogba, I was not too impressed. In the two games, Mourinho was very arrogant, not taking PSV Eindhoven in his eyes at all, or even Hiddink. And when it's time to play, it's like a monkey, and there's not a moment of silence. Jumping up and down, he is more concerned by everyone than the competition. Anyway, Drogba is the first time I've seen a manager like this. He really doesn't really like such coaches.
Hiddink is a coach that Drogba has a lot of respect for. During Hiddink's two years at PSV Eindhoven, it was clear that Drogba was feeling the growth of his strength. In the past, at PSV Eindhoven, he played more on his own body. Although only by virtue of their own body. But he is still invincible in the Eredivisie, because his body can crush most of the Eredivisie's defenders.
But since Hiddink took over, Drogba's various abilities have developed very comprehensively. Guus Hiddink isn't just about developing his ability to shoot and pass the ball, it's about showing him how to use his body. Didier Drogba now has a clearer head up front and knows how he should play.
Therefore, Mourinho has repeatedly provoked Hiddink, and Drogba certainly does not have a good impression of him. And this game was lost, how could he be in the mood to deal with Mourinho, so he greeted very casually: "Hello." β
"Didier, you're outstanding."
Mourinho didn't mind Drogba's attitude at all, he was still standing there so cool. Mourinho was really surprised. Didier Drogba was outstanding in the knockout rounds. Defending him on Porto's side is Portugal's golden generation. Costa. But in the game, he was completely blown up by Drogba. If it weren't for Drogba's bad luck in the game, Porto would not have been able to take a penalty. That's why he admires Drogba so much that he's waiting for him here. "I'd love to have you play under me, but I can't afford you right now. Do you have any brothers in Africa who are as good as you? β
Drogba was stunned. Because Mourinho is completely different from what he imagined. Mourinho smiled and said: "If the club I coach has money in the future. I'll definitely buy you. β
Sometimes it's amazing between people. It's like Drogba and Mourinho, Drogba had a bad impression of Mourinho before. But Mourinho's simple two sentences made Drogba feel very comfortable. So Drogba said, "One day." You're going to coach at a club that can afford me. β
"Hehe, Xiexie."
Mourinho Haha smiled. In fact, Mourinho has already met with Abramovich. Since Lister and Mendes have been in a good relationship, they have been talking to Pini first. Zahavi meets. Only two people began to woo people, from Peter. Kenyon to Abramovich's private scout Piette. Dvisel, along with some heavyweights in Chelsea's transfer department and scouting system, have been brought in. Rist and Pinny. Zahavi and the two brought almost all the heavyweights who could be pulled in this case.
For them, this matter is also hopeful. After all, although their salaries are very high, the money blown by such a strong wind should not be in vain. That's why I've just come into contact with them, and they're willing to take the initiative.
They are a huge force within the Chelsea Football Club, and they are all blowing the whistle directly or indirectly on Roman Abramovich, telling him that the best fit for Chelsea is the current Porto manager Jose Mourinho. Abramovich is a super-rich man, a Russian oil tycoon. But there is still a gap in football, so many people recommend Mourinho, and Abramovich is also moved.
Abramovich hosted Mendes on his luxury yacht. Mendes is a very powerful person, very smart, very capable. Although he returned home with a big defeat last season, he was not discouraged at all. Talking eloquently in the face of Abramovich, a tycoon, really moved Abramovich. Of course, it wasn't Mendes who really impressed Abramovich, but Pini, whom he trusted the most. Zahavi, Wadeser, and Rist's assurances.
So Abramovich met Mendes and Mourinho on his luxury yacht. This has also been favored by many reporters, and many newspapers are vying to report it. It's a well-known thing in English football, but Drogba doesn't know it in the Eredivisie.
'Didier, I hope you can play under me next season. Because I'll have money next season. β
Mourinho didn't wait for Drogba to answer, he patted Drogba on the shoulder and walked out. Drogba looked at Mourinho's back in a daze, not knowing what to say. Drogba has only one thought, this Mourinho is special. But soon he shook his head and forgot what Mourinho had just said.
There is no doubt that Didier Drogba is leaving PSV Eindhoven. Drogba himself does not want to stay in the Eredivisie, and Drogba knows that his strong agent will not allow him to stay in the Eredivisie. After the end of this season, he will definitely go to a certain strong team, and as for which Drogba will depend on Rist's operation.
"Hey. Didier. What did Jose Mourinho say? β
Robben came out of the dressing room just in time to see Mourinho photographing Drogba. Drogba was disappointed with the game, mainly because he was already 26 years old. But Robben was different, there was some frustration at the beginning, but he recovered quickly. Because Robben is only 20 years old now, and he has performed extremely well in this Champions League, he is satisfied enough with himself.
And unlike Drogba, Arjen Robben has already agreed a contract with Chelsea. So I also know that Mourinho will be the manager of Chelsea right away.
"Nothing. This coach is interesting. β
Drogba shook his head and didn't say what he had just said. Before entering the dressing room, Drogba looked at the players' tunnel again. Although Mourinho was no longer visible, Drogba couldn't help but take a look.
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It's April. In other words, this season has reached its most exciting moment. With the end of the quarter-knockout rounds of the Champions League. The Champions League semi-final list is also out. The 0304 season is really a dark horse season, and the list of Champions League semi-finals is Chelsea, Liverpool, Porto, and Deportivo La Coruna.
Chelsea beat Arsenal to reach the last four of the Champions League, Porto beat PSV Eindhoven and Deportivo La Coruna beat Milan. Liverpool won against Lokomotiv Moscow.
If it was ten years ago, twenty years ago. Such a list of the top four is not surprising at all. Among the top four, Liverpool is the top giant in Europe. Porto is also a giant in the Portuguese Super League. They all qualify for the last four of the Champions League. As for Chelsea and Deportivo La Coruna, they came to play soy sauce.
Unfortunately, it's not ten years ago, twenty years ago, and the Boseman Act has been going on for more than eight years, almost nine years ago. After the implementation of the Bosman Act over the years, all the good players have poured into the giants. As a result, the strength of the giants is getting stronger and stronger. It's hard to come up with a team that can shake the big clubs. But this season has appeared.
Liverpool, although known as the number one giant in England, has entered the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since the "Heysel tragedy". The "Heysel tragedy" and "Hillsborough tragedy" are absolutely fatal blows to Liverpool, otherwise Liverpool would not have won a Premier League title in the Premier League. There is no performance in the Champions League, which is the first time in nearly 20 years that it has reached the last four of the Champions League.
As for Porto? Porto is a head, just pretend in the Portuguese Super League, who is still the same thing as you. Otherwise, Porto won't surprise European football by winning the UEFA Cup last season.
It's time for the Champions League semi-finals, and whoever wins the Champions League is a huge surprise now. Porto won the Champions League, that is, the minor league counterattacked the mainstream European league, and Deportivo won the Champions League, which is a copy of Valencia's Champions League that year.
However, the Champions League titles won by their two clubs are surprising at best, and they have not had a big impact on the order of European football. Because Porto is a minor league club after all, once they win the Champions League, their players will be divided by the strong teams in the mainstream leagues of European football, and they will not have the strength to stay at all. After all, a minor league is a minor league, and it cannot be compared with the mainstream European leagues at all.
And A CoruΓ±a is at best a return to the light. Deportivo La Coruna, a small club in a small part of Spain, is financially poor and has no chance of developing even if they win the Champions League.
But the remaining two clubs are completely different. Liverpool won the Champions League, and it was a declaration of a down-and-out giant's regrouping. Liverpool, as a giant that swept European football in the seventies and eighties of the last century, has not performed much in the Champions League in the past two decades. But giants are giants after all, even in the entire European football world, they are giants clubs that can enter the top five.
Liverpool has been thinking about how to rise all these years and has spent a lot of money to rise. If you can really win the Champions League, it will definitely have a huge impact on the order of European football. After all, the rise of an old wealthy family will definitely affect the interests of a large number of other giants.
In addition to Liverpool, Chelsea will affect the order of European football. Chelsea are nouveau riche, nouveau riche who rise on money. If Liverpool are a down-and-out giants looking for their place in history, then Chelsea are a complete visitor. Relying on strong financial ability to break a way out of the traditional order of European football, this is a threat to all giants. Because Chelsea's model will show all clubs that money can buy titles.
Who will be able to win the championship of Zuihou? Everyone is waiting to see. (To be continued......)