Football’s First Defender
Chapter 218: Silence before the game!
After the second round of the match with Barcelona, there are still three weeks before the UEFA Champions League final on May 27. This also makes it possible to ensure that the players are in their best condition on the day of the Champions League final. DINK’s top priority!
After the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, in the 36th round of the Premier League three days later, Hiddink continued to insist on the team's rotation to ensure that the main players would not be excessively fatigued due to continuous battles!
Although this game was against Arsenal’s London Derby, Hiddink’s attitude still didn’t care. He would rather lose to his rivals in the same city in the league, but also to ensure that his players can be the best in the subsequent Champions League finals. status!
However, what is unexpected to everyone is that at Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, even if Wenger sent the main players to start, it may be that the knockout match with Manchester United a few days ago was too exhausted, or it may be in the results. The game is irrelevant, the Arsenal players played extremely badly, and many players seem to have entered a holiday state!
Although Arshavin scored a goal for Arsenal in the second half with his personal ability, Arsenal's overall defense was terrible in the game. The striker combination of Anelka and Kalu completely penetrated Arsenal's defenses. Chelsea finally beat Arsenal 4-1 in the final game!
Continue to maintain his winning streak in the league!
Even the substitute players have proven their strength in this Chelsea team!
However, Chelsea's winning streak did not bring the team a counterattack in the league. Manchester United easily defeated their city rivals Manchester City 2-0 in the weekend game. After winning, they harvested in the midweek make-up match. Victory, defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 away, and finally won the Premier League this season two rounds ahead of schedule.
In the next two league rounds, Manchester United can also give players a certain amount of relaxation and prepare for the Champions League final two weeks later!
In the penultimate round of the game, Chelsea played all the main players and used the Premier League game to ensure the player's condition. In the end, they easily defeated the visiting Blackburn 2-0 at home! Drogba and Anelka each scored a goal, continuing the season's good shooting status!
The final game of the Premier League this season, all teams kick-off at the same time on May 24, three days later is the Champions League final!
In the final round of the league, Hiddink continued to send all the main lineups to play. Chelsea scored three goals in the first half, which fully proved the players' recent good condition!
Although in the second half of the game, the Chelsea players obviously saw a certain degree of decline in their performance in order to save their energy and avoid injury. Sunderland scored two goals, but Chelsea ended the 08/09 season with a victory. Ranked 3rd in the league with the champion Manchester United by 7 points!
After the match with Sunderland, the Chelsea team flew to Rome, Italy, to prepare for this Champions League revenge battle with Manchester United!
The Stadio Olimpico in Rome is the host site of this UEFA Champions League game. As one of the most famous stadiums in Italy, it has hosted many major events!
It is also the common home of the two teams of Roma and Lazio, and it is well known by countless fans who have watched the game!
The Olympia Stadium in Rome can accommodate 105,000 people, including 80,000 seats and 25,000 standing seats!
In order to take care of the fans on both sides, Chelsea and Manchester United fans each get more than 30,000 seats, and the other seats are sold by local stadiums for local and worldwide fans!
Also after the end of the final round, Manchester United, which had already celebrated the league championship at home, was just like Chelsea, flying directly to Rome to prepare for the Champions League match!
Manchester United rented the training ground in Rome, while Chelsea chose the training base in Lazio!
The two Premier League teams will play in the finals of this UEFA Champions League on Italian soil!
Countless English fans have also poured into Italy and the ancient city of Rome!
In addition to watching the UEFA Champions League final on the spot, they can also take a slightly longer holiday to travel to Italy!
Many Chinese fans also came to Rome to cheer for Yang Feng, Chelsea and Manchester United! Chinese elements have also begun to appear on the stage of the Champions League final!
After arriving in Italy, the Chelsea team immediately entered the mode of concentrating on preparations. Except for some official interview tasks, the Chelsea team refused outside interviews before the game!
On the other hand, Ferguson's interview before the game was to comment on Chelsea and Hiddink's results in the second half of the season. Although Chelsea's results were generally affirmed, there is no sense that Manchester United are superior!
"Chelsea did a good job, but it was easy for us to win 4-1 in the two rounds this season!"
"Thank Chelsea, at least we are more willing to meet them than we face Barcelona!"
"A head coach who led the team for half a year and relied on his former Yize for most of his tactics. I don't think he can beat me!"
Numerous quotations from Ferguson's pre-match interviews were reported, but Chelsea did not respond, just keeping silent!
In a subsequent routine interview, Hiddink revealed that he was very reluctant to fight saliva, thinking that it had no meaning to football, and it was an insinuation to Sir Ferguson!
Hiddink also revealed that ~lightnovelpub.net~ During this week, in addition to collective entertainment, the team has been closed to outside news, so that players and the coaching staff can concentrate on preparing for the game. It's not a waste of energy on something meaningless!
Sir Ferguson has hit a soft nail!
Although many good news media relayed Ferguson's words to Hiddink, they were all rejected by Hiddink as having nothing to do with the game!
Hiddink’s plan is very simple. If you have a pre-match confrontation with Ferguson, an old fox who has been in the center of the professional football whirlpool for many years, he must not have any advantage, so it is better to cut off the interference of the opponent directly. Ways, so that players and themselves have a quiet space, concentrate on dealing with the game, instead of being recruited outside the game, causing psychological shock and emotional changes!
The Chelsea players also understood and agreed with Hiddink's suggestion to cut off communication with the outside world and concentrate on the game!
For most Chelsea players, Manchester United has been Chelsea’s biggest opponent in recent years, whether in the Premier League or in the Champions League!
In the previous two years, Chelsea was a few points behind Manchester United and lost the league championship! And last year's penalty shootout in Moscow on a rainy night lost the Champions League, and it is the eternal pain of many Chelsea players!
This year, their goal is to take revenge and bring the Champions League trophy back to Stamford Bridge!
For this championship, in order to wash away the pain of defeat in the Champions League final last year, the Chelsea players are willing to give up everything and concentrate on preparing for the game!
Many players understand that there are not many opportunities left for themselves to create brilliant in the European arena. They must seize this opportunity to compete for the championship!