On the evening of April 6, at the Calderón Stadium in Madrid.

In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Atletico Madrid hosted Chelsea.

As soon as the game started, Atletico showed a completely different mental outlook than when they were at Stamford Bridge in the first leg.

The starting line-up has not changed much, but Atletico's midfield control has improved significantly compared to the first leg.

Xavi Alonso was also more active than he was in the first leg.

With home advantage, Atletico controlled the ball and tempo from the start and kept Chelsea firmly at bay.

The Bed Legion created a number of scoring chances early in the first half, forcing Chelsea to move to the defensive.

This situation was already guessed by everyone long before the game started.

After playing at Stamford Bridge from the first leg, Atletico returned to La Liga, with Yang Hao playing in both La Liga rounds at the weekend and the following weekend, with a rotation and substitute line-up.

As a result, Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 away to Villarreal in the two rounds of La Liga, and then narrowly beat Valladolid 2-1 at home, and the games were not very ideal.

But all the main players were rested.

Even, some media broke the news before that after returning from Stamford Bridge, Yang Hao directly gave Xavi Alonso a holiday, allowing him to rest as long as he wanted.

As a result, Xavi Alonso gave himself three days off before he came back to training.

The rest of the main players also got vacations, more or less twice in the course of two weeks.

But what about Chelsea?

Claudio Ranieri's team is a squad that will play in both the Champions League and the Premier League.

Luckily, they were out of the FA Cup, otherwise they would have played in the FA Cup.

It was fine at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers, but the weekend before the game against Atletico Madrid, they were away to Tottenham Hotspur in London.

Tottenham is still far from being as strong as Yang Hao was when he crossed over, and is now 12th in the Premier League, but playing with Chelsea, it is by no means ambiguous, and after 90 minutes of entanglement between the two sides, Chelsea won 1-0.

The two teams were in a heated battle at White Hart Lane.

Playing almost the same line-up for two games in a row, Vieri became Hasselbaink up front and Diego Forlan became Gudjohnson up front.

The rest of the locations remained largely unchanged.

In this case, the attrition of the Chelsea players is evident.

Yang Hao also made up his mind, so in this home game, he used the word stabilization formula.

Grab the ball, control the rhythm, and fight patience!

The two sides drew 0-0 at half-time, with Atletico having 64 per cent possession, but neither side created good chances.

After the second half of the rematch, the game continued to be deadlocked.

Atletico possessed the ball, organised and planned the attack, while Chelsea defended the counter-attack.

Claudio Ranieri made a substitution at half-time, bringing on Glen Schal for Parker.

The tinker was clearly trying to attack Atletico's left flank through Glen Shire, but it didn't work out much.

Yang Hao was always unmoved.

The first leg was 3-2 away, giving him more initiative in the second leg.

Especially when Xavi Alonso comes to life, Atletico's midfield is alive, possession is coming, and Atletico's consumption is smaller than Chelsea's.

The 0-0 in the previous period was within Yang Hao's expectations.

Now, shouldn't Chelsea be in a hurry?

It wasn't until the 65th minute that Yang Hao made his first substitution.

Kaka replaces captain Baraja.

Atletico's players immediately received signals from the manager.

Calderón counterattack, fire!

……

Ranieri had already guessed Yang Hao's intentions as early as the first half.

Atletico Madrid just wants to use the ball to consume the physical energy of the Chelsea players first, and then counterattack to clean up Chelsea when the physical energy is consumed to a certain extent.

This is a conspiracy.

The bet is on Chelsea's lack of bench depth.

Now, Chelsea's bench depth is seriously lacking, both at the back and in midfield.

It's no surprise that Rome wasn't built in a day.

Chelsea spent a lot of money last summer and brought in a lot of players, but at best they were able to build a competitive squad, so the Blues are currently second in the Premier League, even ahead of Manchester United.

But what about the thickness of the bench?

Needless to say, there is basically no one at the back, just one Geremi barely has some strength.

What about the midfield?

Veron and Petit are big enough names, right?

The former, in the two years at Manchester United, has worn off his sharpness, and he has long lost the confidence of the world's No. 1 midfielder, as well as Petit, who is now 33 years old, plus he has been in Barcelona for a year, and his state has long been much worse than before.

And that's not all.

What's more, because of the striker, Ranieri uses 442, and there are only two central midfielders in midfield.

Frank Lampard is a notoriously iron man, with full attendance in all games this season and good form, as well as a strong desire to play on his own, which is a characteristic of England's players.

Minor injuries do not get out of the line of fire.

As Dalglish once said: fatigue and injuries, that is a sign of weakness, a really strong player can overcome it with a strong will, this is the blood of England players!

That's pretty much what it means.

The Liverpool legend is blaming many of the players who are not performing well due to the fatigue of playing on multiple fronts.

Rotation seems to be a normal thing on the continent, but in the Premier League, for a player like Frank Lampard, you have to rotate him, and he really doesn't like it.

Makelele is a staple and has been almost full this season.

In this case, the state of Veron and Petit can be imagined.

If it's a young player, it's actually okay to do it, just throw it into the reserve team to play and find his form, but these two are big names, especially Veron, can he play in the reserve team?

So, Ranieri didn't even bring the two of them over.

In this game, he was originally determined to fight Atletico Madrid to the end.

But in the first half, the ball and tempo were controlled by Atletico, and Chelsea were forced to play defensive counter-attacks.

Several times they tried to press out, but Atletico broke through the defence, forcing the Blues to retreat.

Now Yang Hao has replaced Kaka, this is to reap the results.

As soon as Ranieri saw Atletico Madrid's substitution, he immediately walked to the sidelines and signaled to Makelele and Lampard that they must keep an eye on Kaka.

Note! Note! Note!!

……

After Kaka came on, Atletico significantly increased the tempo of the game.

Especially in the front court.

Xavi Alonso was the hub and he began to speed up the motion, especially towards the two wings.

Evra and McCone have also stepped forward more aggressively.

In the 67th minute, Xavi Alonso first tried to attack from the right.

Joaquin took McConn's pass and tried to cross the ball diagonally into the box to find Drogba, only to be blocked by Bridge.

The ball flew out of the thirty-meter area.

Xavi Alonso stopped the ball and quickly moved to the left.

Patrice Evra stopped the ball and crossed diagonally into the box.

John Terry got ahead of Drogba and headed the ball over.

But the ball didn't fly far, but landed on the edge of the box.

Deco chased after him, stopped the ball, and shot angrily.

In the exclamation of the Atletico fans in the stadium, the ball went slightly wide.

However, Atletico stepped up their pressing and pressing of Chelsea in midfield, and immediately organized another wave of attacks.

With Fernando Torres out and Baraja substituted, Xavi Alonso wore the captain's armband, constantly encouraging his team-mates while also distributing the ball to the wings.

This time, it was still playing on the left side.

Patrice Evra spotted a chance and tried to get the ball behind the defence with a diagonal cross.

Didier Drogba burst out between John Terry and Desailly's centre-backs to get ahead of goalkeeper Jonathan Cudicini and put his foot on the ball into the back of the net.

However, there was a deviation in the part where the ball of the foot touched the ball, and the ball was completely off the bottom line.

Kaka and Deco, two Brazilian players, are also playing more and more in the middle of the frontcourt.

In the 72nd minute, it was the cooperation of the two players in the middle of the front, Kaka passed to Reyes diagonally, and the latter broke through unsuccessfully and passed back to Deco.

Deco cut inside with his right foot, shook off Glen Shire, and crossed diagonally into the box.

Kaka turned his back to the attack, stopped the ball, turned and hit the goal with his feet.

The shot was played, but the angle was too positive, and he couldn't kick the force, and was directly saved by goalkeeper Cudicini.

But when Cudicini threw the ball and launched an attack, Glen Charles on the right just got the ball and was about to rush forward, Deco suddenly fell to the ground and tackled the ball directly.

Reyes dribbled forward down the left flank and passed the ball to Deco when Gallas had come up to defend and Glen Charles came to flank the ball, who then crossed to the middle.

Unguarded, Kaka fired another shot 30 meters from goal.

The quality of this kick is also very high, but unfortunately, it is a little higher, otherwise, it is another kick of the world.

"After Kaka came on, Atletico Madrid's attack was fierce."

"In just seven or eight minutes, they've had a lot of shots in a row."

"Although it was said that it failed to form a direct goal, Chelsea still have to pay attention, and it is not a good thing to continue to let Atletico Madrid attack like this."

……

Atletico Madrid's continuous attacks made the fans on the scene addicted.

If the first hour of the game was more than intense, but not exciting, from the 65th minute substitution, Atletico's performance was almost like being reborn.

The offensive on the pitch is wave after wave, wave after wave.

Ranieri couldn't sit still on the sidelines, and kept walking to the sidelines, signaling the team to hold on.

Now, he doesn't even dare to think about how to break down Atletico's goal.

His only thought was how to stabilize the goal and make sure the team didn't concede any more goals.

But in the 75th minute, the Atletico Madrid central defender took the ball, and Vieri stepped forward to press.

Lucio played the ball straight to Xavi Alonso, who was interfered with by Diego Forlan but still dribbled sideways to the right side.

Diego Forlan has played for Atletico, so he knows the importance of Xavi Alonso and knows that he is the tactical pivot of Atletico, so he has always focused on pinching him.

But Xavi Alonso dodged Diego Forlan's pressure and crossed diagonally to Joaquín in front right.

The Spanish winger turned sideways in the direction of the attack, stopped the ball and turned towards the right touchline and crossed to the right touchline.

McCone cut in at high speed down the right and strode the ball down the line to the right side of the Chelsea penalty area, glanced inside the box and whipped in a cross.

Didier Drogba met at the front post and Kaka from the penalty spot, both of whom caught the attention of a number of Chelsea defenders.

Especially Drogba.

However, McConn's cross did not go to the two of them, but went over the heads of Drogba, Terry, and Gallas behind them, and fell to the left side of the front of the small penalty area where no one was around.

At this time, the unguarded Reyes rushed to the ball, did not stop the ball, and faced the falling football, which was directly a volley.

A muffled thud was heard as the ball hit the left side of the Chelsea goal like a cannonball.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！”

"75th minute !!!"

"Atletico have finally broken the deadlock on the pitch!"

"Reyes !!"

"It was a really brilliant volley!"

"A talented winger from Spain, Reyes!"

After Reyes scored, he was also very excited, and the whole person turned around and quickly rushed to the sidelines, running and shouting all the way, which was warmly cheered by the Atletico Madrid fans all over the field.

1 to 0!

4-2 on aggregate!

The whole Calderón stadium is like a frying pan.

All the fans rushed out of their seats, frantically chanting Reyes' name.

The Spanish prodigy has been getting better and better in recent seasons, especially after Vicente's departure, and he has become Atletico's king on the left!

In the first leg at Stamford Bridge, it was his brace that helped Atletico Madrid win away.

Now, he's scoring again!

……

"This is our Atletico football!"

In the Grandstand of the Stade Calderón, Cerezo, Junior Hill and several owners of the MSM Group, are receiving a very special group of guests.

They are the two founders of Herzog and de Meuron Design in Switzerland, and the entire design team behind them, who have just signed a formal partnership agreement with Atletico Madrid and the MSM consortium.

Next, Atletico Madrid's new stadium, as well as the renovation of the entire area, as well as the design of the two skyscrapers, will be designed by their team, which will be a key project for fans throughout Spain and even around the world in the coming years.

Atletico Madrid and MSM Group have already invested more than 100 million euros each.

Herzog and de Meuron have won numerous awards in recent years, notably the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize, which made them famous, followed by the '08 Olympic stadium, the '06 World Cup stadium and the St. Jakobs Park Stadium in Basel.

Atletico Madrid chose the design firm because their St. Jakob's Park Stadium for Basel, Switzerland, is more than just a football stadium.

This project is actually a redevelopment of a rectangular plot.

The plot is flanked by the river to the east, the main road to the west, the train tracks to the north, and the tram tracks and road to the south.

Herzog and de Meuron have built a modern stadium with a capacity of 40,000 people in this dense and narrow plot, and the south stand next to the stadium is a long high-rise building, in addition to a public welfare project for the elderly community that provides the transformation of the area, and 107 apartments for VIP fans in Basel.

The whole building is designed to be integrated with the south stand of the stadium.

But most specially, the apartment building and the bottom three floors of the stadium south stand are connected to another shopping mall in the southeast of the site, forming a commercial area along the street.

In the north-east of the plot is the headquarters of the Club Basel, which is very designed, not only for Basel, but also for rent.

If the main stadium of the '08 Olympic Games and the main stadium of the '06 World Cup convinced Atletico of their design ability, then the St. Jakobs Park stadium in Basel makes them a perfect fit for Atletico Madrid's current needs.

It is worth mentioning that Herzog himself is an avid fan of Basel and a member of the Basel Board of Directors.

When Yang Hao heard that he had invited this design company, he immediately agreed.

Allianz Arena, that's pretty for all the fans, not to mention the Bird's Nest.

As for the St. Jakobs Park in Basel, it was really not famous in the previous life.

On the contrary, now, when Yang Hao hears everyone mention it, he seems to be very good.

After the negotiation, Herzog and the design team came to Madrid to conduct field visits and mapping, and at the same time, they also wanted to feel the atmosphere of Atletico Madrid's home stadium, as well as the passion of the fans, and feel the football culture of Atletico Madrid.

The second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals is naturally a wonderful game that they cannot miss.

So, there is this scene of them sitting in the stands.

"Played very intelligently." Herzog touched his bare skull and smiled and praised.

"Use the pass to wear down the opponent first, and when the time is almost right, then switch to Kaka and further impact the opponent's defence, Chelsea will not be able to hold on."

As a veteran fan, as soon as he saw this wave of offensive after Atletico Madrid's substitution, he couldn't help but be amazed.

"And your home atmosphere is really good, the fans are very enthusiastic, with your strength, this season really has a chance to rush for the Champions League, or even the treble."

Cerezo and Little Ciel looked at each other and laughed in unison.

The bosses of MSM Group are secretly in their hearts and have a higher evaluation of Atletico Madrid.

Anyone can see that the days of Madrid football have changed.

Real Madrid is no longer a monopoly.

Atletico Madrid is now ready to challenge, and even has begun to overpower Real Madrid.

For MSM Group, which is rooted in the area around Greater Madrid, radiates to the whole of Spain, and looks forward to the global market, Atletico Madrid is now also a partner that must be taken very seriously.

……

Inside the pitch, Atletico quickly snatched a pass from Chelsea up front.

With the physical depletion, under this pressing pressure of Atletico Madrid, Chelsea's passing errors began to increase.

After stealing the ball, Atletico took the lead from the right and McCone pressed up.

But this time the right side didn't get through.

Joaquin took it back and crossed it to Deco, who then picked up behind Gallas and let Reyes charge.

The Spanish winger rushed to the left side of the box and swung the ball into the box with a left-footed cross.

John Terry clears the ball with a header and heads it out.

Patrice Evra cut in to stop the ball and then crossed to Deco, who in turn passed to Kaka, who was retreating.

Makelele was stuck behind Kaka to prevent him from turning, and Kaka couldn't find a spot around him, so he crossed to the left and gave it to Patrice Evra.

As soon as Patrice Evra got the ball, Glen Charles lunged down on him, but Evra sent in a through ball.

Reyes received the ball on the edge of the left corner of the box and drove straight in.

Almost at the same time, Drogba pressed forward quickly at the front post, while Joaquin cut in diagonally at the back post, also closing in the direction of the goal.

In addition, Deco on the left side of the rib was also in front, which suddenly made the entire Chelsea penalty area feel like a big enemy, and everyone followed back to defend and beware of Reyes's cross from the left.

But at this time, Reyes did not pass the ball to them in the small penalty area, but crossed to the penalty spot.

Chelsea's defenders are retreating too quickly and too far back.

Makelele realised something was wrong, especially after Reyes' cross came in and he realised the problem and immediately pounced on Kaka.

Cockaca rushed to the penalty spot, didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, met Reyes's cross, stopped with his right foot, and was able to avoid Makelele, who grabbed the foot, and before the ball fell to the grass, he stood on his right foot and shot with his left foot.

The whole process can be described as a one-stop process.

Kaka's movements are like flowing water, very crisp and neat, very chic.

When everyone reacted, it was seen that Kaka's shot had gone through the gap and into the Chelsea goal.

Cudicini's attention was drawn to Drogba and Joaquin, and by the time he reacted, Kaka's shot had already come to him, and it was too late to save.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！”

"79th minute! 79th minute!! ”

'Kaka has scored Chelsea again!!'

"I'll just say, I just said, Atletico will definitely score again!"

'It's a particularly strong feeling because after conceding a goal on 75 minutes, it's clear that Chelsea have lost some of their fighting spirit and they are nowhere near as fit as Atletico.

'In this situation, Chelsea have little ability to stop Atletico!'

"2 to 0!"

"Now the total score is 5-2!"

"This is definitely a strategy that Yang Hao made before the game, so Atletico Madrid will completely change the trend of the game after Kaka comes on the field!"

……

No one expected that in the final moments of the game, Chelsea would be forced to collapse by Atletico.

In particular, three minutes after Kaka's second goal, it was Atletico who broke the ball near the halfway line and passed it to Xavi Alonso, and then sent a through ball to Deco on the edge of the box.

Deco turned with his back to Frank Lampard and crossed diagonally to the left side of the box.

Reyes slotted diagonally into the left side of the box as fast as he could, got ahead of Gallas and crossed with his left foot down the middle.

Drogba was sandwiched by the two strong central defenders of Terry and Desailly, and relied on his strong body to break away from their pinch, and jumped high in the front of the small penalty area, facing Reyes's pick-up pass, pouring all his strength into his forehead, facing the incoming ball, and directly blasting down.

The ball was hammered into the Chelsea goal by Drogba's header again!

The Ivorian centre-forward roared in the box, turned and rushed off the pitch, slipped on his knees in the corner kick area, and slid two bars on the ground!

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！”

"Atletico scored again!!"

"In the 82nd minute, with an assist from Reyes, Drogba used a ferocious and powerful header to break through the Chelsea goal again!"

"Defeat is like a mountain!"

"3 to 0!"

"Claudio Ranieri's team can't stand up to Atletico's bombardment!"

"They struggled to hold on for more than an hour, but in the last twenty minutes or so, they completely collapsed!"

'Now that the aggregate score is 6-2, Chelsea have no hope of turning the tables around!'

……

Atletico are playing harder and harder.

Especially in the 86th minute of the game, Deco pulled directly to the left side and formed a one-two cooperation with Evra, helping Evra quickly advance to the left side of the periphery of the penalty area.

Glen Schal and Frank Lampard were both in the area, while Reyes was shrewd to move out of the left flank and into the left-hand corner of the box to see Patrice Evra's next move.

When he saw Patrice Evra stop, he knew his team-mate wasn't sure to get past Glen Shire.

Reyes immediately raised his hand for the ball and pointed it in front of him.

Patrice Evra crossed, but not directly to Reyes, but to follow Reyes' gesture and pass in front of him.

Reyes ran back from the left corner of the box and forced his defender Gallas to follow.

But when the ball came, Reyes, who was one step ahead, turned sideways, stopped the ball behind Gallas with his left foot, turned around himself, suddenly took a lunge, started quickly, and passed Gallas directly.

Gallas didn't expect Reyes to stop the ball like this, and when he saw the Spaniard sprinting, he reached out and was about to grab it, wanting to foul, but Reyes was so fast after rushing up that he didn't catch it at all.

Reyes sprinted past Gareth on the left and into the left side of the Chelsea penalty area, catching up with the ball he had just stopped and facing John Terry as he rushed over to help.

John Terry ran sideways to block and Reyes went straight to the left side of the box, and the two were running at an obtuse angle.

But Reyes reacted quickly, and after catching up with the ball, he suddenly made a sharp stop, smashed the ball with his left foot, and cut in horizontally, just past Terry, who pounced, and let the Chelsea captain make a save.

In the big forbidden area, even Terry didn't dare to stretch out his hand.

But without reaching out, he could only watch Reyes slip past his eyes and could not do anything.

Desailly shook off Drogba as soon as possible and pounced on Reyes, but his running line blocked Reyes' direct pass to Drogba.

If the pass is higher, goalkeeper Cudicini can get it.

Reyes's reaction was also fast enough, and he shouted directly, "Right! ”

Before he could finish speaking, the inside of his right foot pushed the ball towards Drogba's right.

The ball slid past Drogba and rolled to the right.

Drogba hurriedly stopped his figure, turned and chased after him, but before he could catch up, he saw a familiar figure already killed.

Joaquin cut diagonally into the penalty area, rushed to the right side of the penalty spot, kept the ball, met the boccia ball passed by Reyes, and fired a furious right-footed shot.

"Joaquin's shot !!"

"The ball is in again!!"

"My God, 4 to 0!"

"In the 86th minute of the second half, Atletico scored again!"

"4 to 0!"

"In just 20 minutes, Atletico scored four goals in a row!"

"If the first hour or so of the game was very dull, then the last 20 minutes or so of time definitely made all the Atletico Madrid fans who came to the scene, all the fans who squatted in front of the TV, worth the ticket price!"

"This is Atletico! This is Atletico's offensive storm! ”

"It's so exciting!"

"We know that Yang Hao will definitely not give up in this game, and we have always said that Atletico Madrid is attritioning the opponent."

'But we're more expecting one, or two, goals.

"I never expected that Atletico Madrid had scored four goals for Chelsea in one go, and in just over 20 minutes, which is unbelievable!"

"How depressing the first 60 minutes were, how crazy the enthusiasm of the fans is now!"

The whole Calderón stadium is in complete frenzy!

All the Atletico fans rushed out of their seats, cheering and shouting hoarsely.

4 to 0!

7-2 on aggregate!

What is Massacre?

This is the slaughter!

……

Canary Wharf, London.

'Chelsea suffered one of the worst defeats of the season tonight at Calderón!'

When the commentator of the TV game said this sentence in a voice that was slightly trembling with excitement, Abramovich closed his eyes and leaned back on the soft sofa behind him, his face full of two words.

Disappointed!

But a middle-aged man sitting next to him smiled slightly and comforted: "It's normal to win or lose on the football field. ”

Abramovich opened his eyes, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and said with a faint smile: "But I don't like to lose, I like to win, and I only like to make friends with those who win." ”

"Coincidentally, that's what Jose said."

Abramovich knows that Jose is Jose Mourinho, the manager of Porto.

He will face Monaco tonight at the Stade Louis II in Monaco and, judging by the score of the first leg, it is a high probability that he will progress to the semi-finals.

In front of him, in addition to Chersea's would-be CEO Peter Kenyon, who has been poached from Manchester United but is not yet officially in charge, there is also Portugal's agent who has made a name for himself in recent years, Jorge Mendes.

"Then you tell me, Jorge, how can you win the Champions League in the shortest possible time?"

Mendez listened to Abu's words and smiled confidently again.

The Portuguese has a unique charm for his confidence when he laughs.

"Quite simply, there is a ready-made example."

"Who?"

"Inter!"

Abramovich glanced at Peter Kenyon next to him, who nodded slightly, and the Russian suddenly sat up straight on the couch, indicating that he was listening.

"Inter Milan's results have been terrible in the past few years, especially in the 01/02 season, and in the end they only won the second place in Serie A, and the main players Ronaldo and Cooper fell out, which caused Inter Milan's strength to be greatly affected."

"In this case, Moratti's choice is to increase investment and bring in a group of strong, young and suitable backbones, such as Adriano, Nesta and other players."

'It proved that the recruitment paid off quickly, with Inter Milan winning the Serie A and Champions League double last season, and this season they are also going hand in hand on all fronts, and are currently sprinting towards the treble.

"Coincidentally, Chelsea are likely to be runners-up in the league this season."

Abramovich has heard about Inter Milan, and naturally knows that this is the number one favorite in European football to win the Champions League, and he has to fight with Atletico Madrid.

Mendes laughed when he saw Abramovich's intentions, took out a proposal and handed it to Abramovich, which contained his analysis of Chelsea this season and his transfer proposals for this summer.

He strongly recommends that Chelsea bolster reinforcements in a number of positions, but there is one important point.

"I think another important factor in Inter's success is that they signed three players from Atletico Madrid in the summer of '02 and Nesta from Lazio, so the players didn't fit in."

So, in this proposal, Mendes suggested that they sign several players from Porto in response to Chelsea's signings.

Midfielders such as Maniche and Thiago could strengthen Chelsea's midfield and bench depth, while also easing the pressure on Chelsea's midfield, not least by allowing the Blues to change their style of play from 442 to 4231 or 433.

At the back, Mendes strongly urged Chelsea to sign Paolo Ferreira and free up Gallas at right wing-back to replace Desailly and partner John Terry at centre-back.

The central defender was replaced by the signing of Portugal international Ricardo Costa, who is Porto's main centre-back this season, and has performed well alongside veteran Jorge Costa.

The goalkeeper is Portugal international Ricardo, who signed Sporting Lisbon.

Up front, Simão and Quaresma are on the flanks.

Mendes highly recommends Quaresma.

'He's recognised as a super-talented player in European football, but as you've seen with Barcelona this season, they simply don't have the patience to develop young players, but if you hire Jose in charge and bring in Quaresma and Simao, I'm sure Chelsea's two wings will take off!'

In addition to being a very confident person, Mendes is also extremely eloquent.

When they say this, it seems that it is not so difficult to win the Champions League.

Especially considering that many players are from Porto, which is tantamount to directly dismantling Porto's team and transplanting it to Chelsea, even saving the time for running-in.

I have to say, it's really attractive.

"Porto have confidence to win the Champions League this season?" Abramovich was somewhat surprised.

Mendes laughed, "Last season, they won the Little Treble and won the League Cup, what do you say? ”

Abramovich nodded cheerfully, "Very good, then I'll wait and see!" ”

"Jorge."

Mendes looked happily at the wealthy Russian man, who smelled of pounds, and listened to his further instructions.

"As I said earlier, I like to win, so I only make friends with people who win!"

"Understood."

……

While the world was amazed and cheered at Atletico's 4-0 home win over Chelsea, a 7-2 aggregate thrashing of the Blues, Porto drew 0-0 with Monaco at the Stade Louis II.

In the end, the overall score was 3-0 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

The day before, the other two matches had already been decided, with Deportivo reversing AC Milan 4-0 at home to advance to the semi-finals 5-2 on aggregate.

Deportivo La Coruna's opponent in the semi-finals is Inter Milan.

Atletico against Porto and Inter Milan against Deportivo La Coruna.

This is the semi-final of this season's Champions League.

But few people in the world knew that while they were cheering, a Portuguese stepped out of the yacht moored at Canary Wharf in London, got into a car parked on the side of the road, and made a phone call.

"Hey, Jose, congratulations, you're finally in the semifinals."

The call went straight to Monaco.

The match was long over and Mourinho was not happy with the result.

0-0, Porto couldn't break through Monaco's goal, but Monaco also failed to break through Porto's defense.

'I just met the Russian and he's very pleased with your results this season and he has shown a desire to bring a couple of Porto players to Chelsea to further improve the overall quality of Chelsea.

"What else did he say?" Mourinho knows that things will certainly not be so simple.

But he's desperate to get a job coaching the top flight now.

For Jose Mourinho, taking charge of Chelsea is undoubtedly the most satisfying of all the offers from the big four leagues.

Not only because Chelsea are in a good position in the Premier League, but more importantly, the owners behind Chelsea are extremely ambitious and want to build Chelsea into a big club.

This gives Mourinho a stage to show his talents!

'He wants you to win the Champions League and prove what you can do.

Mourinho on the other side of the phone groaned a little, and after a few seconds of silence, he said: "Atletico Madrid is not easy to deal with. ”

"Sure, but you have a way, don't you?"

'We couldn't find a good way to attack and counter-attack against Monaco, especially in the second leg.

'In the first leg, we took advantage of Monaco's mentality of wanting to score away goals and broke through their defence with a counter-attack, but in the second leg we really couldn't do anything, the midfield lacked a consistent passer, and the back line was not very stable.

'It was so hard against Monaco in the quarter-finals, against Atletico Madrid, to be honest, I wasn't very sure.

Mourinho is also very honest with his agent about his thoughts.

With the current Porto, to face Yang Hao's Atletico Madrid, if he says that he is full of confidence, it would be a strange thing.

"It's okay, do your best, I'll find a chance to talk to him again, don't worry, in the new season, I will guarantee you to coach in the four major leagues, if you can't do it, go to Real Madrid!"

Mourinho on the other side of the phone couldn't help but laugh, "Are you planning to kill me?" ”

Mendes also smiled on the phone, "Don't worry, with the current situation, Chelsea can't find a better manager than you." ”

Mendes is still very confident about this.

I finally had time today, I watched some of the full-time videos and highlights of the game, Reyes was really strong in those years, when I watched the game back then, I really didn't have any special feelings, I just felt very talented, and now I look back and don't play it, it's a shame.

(End of chapter)