Midfielder.

Chapter 195

Chelsea's two warm-up matches ended with Lin Wing and Lampard's strong performance. Although there were many suspense in the lineup, their desire to fight had been completely ignited. When the Premier League kicked off, These guys will definitely become a headache for all competitors.

Kenyon is not worried about whether these guys can be squeezed into a team now, because Mourinho's control ability is beyond his imagination.

In the two warm-up matches, the personnel structure was switched back and forth, but there was no sense of awkwardness between them, and the operation of the whole team gradually stabilized.

No matter who is on the field, they can implement Mourinho's strict tactical arrangements, attacking or defending, everyone can perform their duties.

Especially in terms of defense, in these two games, not only the offensive players in the frontcourt were sharper than last season, but even the defense line was impenetrable.

Whether it is Metz or Lorient, there is no chance to tear a gap in Chelsea's defense. Carvalho and Terry's defense is strong and fierce.

Moreover, the defense of the two wings also performed equally well. The Frenchman didn't even get a few chances to make a pass from the bottom. In the strict tactical system, each player's personal ability is brought into full play to the extreme.

Cech also showed his strength as the goalkeeper, high and low, so that the football always cruises outside the goal line, and can't get into the goal as he wishes.

Seeing the performance of his goalkeeper, even Mourinho would like to thank Ranieri for his good deeds. After all, Cech was signed by him.

It's just that the Italian old man can't enjoy the powerful performance of the Czech goalkeeper. I really don't know how he feels when he sees this scene.

Makelele's iron waist also erected a natural barrier for the Chelsea team in the midfield, frequently attacking, and continuously blocking the opponent's passing route.

Mourinho needs him to be in such a fierce state. The midfielder, the position that most needs interceptors, must be guarded by a strong heart.

Now Kenyon doesn't have to worry about the team's defense at all. Although Mourinho is a Portuguese, he is much more stable than Ranieri.

At least he can adjust the team's defense in a month's time. Even if this is just a warm-up match, the group of players knows to work hard.

In terms of influence on players, Ranieri is indeed not at the same level as Mourinho. Sometimes a good person is not necessarily suitable for being a commander.

A serious-looking guy like Mourinho can actually change the temperament of the entire team, at least no one dares to make trouble easily.

Although on the return flight, Mourinho did not choose between Lin Yi and Lampard who would be the main force, but the situation of the rest of the players made him quite satisfied. After 30 days, the state of the whole team After adjusting his physical fitness and tactics, he has gotten rid of the negative effects brought about by the European Championship.

Whether it is in terms of physical reserves or in terms of technical and tactical running-in, this group of guys has been able to make a lot of changes from the beginning of the training camp.

No one dares to be a prick at this time, otherwise they would be like Smertin, sitting in the stands depressed in the two warm-up matches.

Mourinho has already used this tactic of killing a chicken for the monkey to indirectly warn everyone that it is no longer the era of Ranieri, and he is not easy to mess with.

Fair, strict, and has a strong tactical awareness when commanding off the field. This vigorous temperament affects every Chelsea player.

And in these two warm-up matches, the atmosphere of competition made everyone in the team work hard, but no one dared to show slack at this time.

Even a veteran player like Makelele, who didn't need to worry about his status as the main force, never slacked off in the game, and he still performed very hard.

Mourinho is worrying about choosing his main lineup, but this, at best, is a sweet worry, at least he still has someone to use.

Although choosing a person to be the core from here will indeed make him feel anxious at night, but compared to those coaches who are not available, he is considered lucky. The current Chelsea can be said to be absolutely strong, no matter which one it is. In terms of position, there are enough substitute players to play.

This alone is enough to make other teams in the Premier League envious. Now which head coach dares to pat his chest and say that he is not afraid of injuries?
Except for Mourinho's Chelsea team, no other team has this confidence. This is the benefit of Kenyon throwing money around.

Especially the level of these guys, everyone is not much different, which allows Mourinho to have enough personnel to rotate in the middle of the league.

In a long season, it is impossible for you to maintain a strong competitive state, but enough substitutes can make up for this defect.

Now there may not be any Premier League team that dares to compare the bench depth with Chelsea. You know, they even have piles of international footballers sitting in the stands.

What is luxury?You should know what Chelsea look like. They probably almost filled their reserve team with all kinds of big names.

This is enough for Mourinho. In his opinion, a functioning team with 21 healthy players is enough. There is no need to keep the team in an overstaffed state. It is impossible to play all football, abolishing many people, and destroying internal unity.

After all, some people don't come to Chelsea just for the salary, they also want to create their own history at Stamford Bridge, and they also want to play the main force.

If it wasn't for Mourinho to stop Kenyon in time, it is estimated that the guy will continue to cast a big net, recruiting players in the entire European League. Anyway, Abramovich did not set any upper limit for him this time. In exchange for the championship trophy, the Russians are ready to go all out.

You know, Abramovich once asked Mourinho in private if he needed Kaka and Zidane to join. If necessary, he could pay the liquidated damages required by the opposing team. This money, but this guy's boldness was suppressed by Mourinho in time.

"Here you only need one star is enough, and that is me!" Mourinho does not want any unruly guy under his command.

Especially after the two matches against Real Madrid, the news that broke out in the opponent's camp made Mourinho take a wait-and-see attitude towards recruiting big names.

One or two big names on the field may not necessarily play a decisive role in the outcome, but they will have a devastating blow to the order in the locker room.

Mourinho does not want to fill the locker room with uncertain factors, and he thinks that his soldiers are already enough and there is no need to increase them.

What team is this?From top to bottom, he is almost an international player. Even if Lin Yi is not an international player, he seems to be more dangerous than others.

Mourinho will definitely not worry about the injuries of the players now. Anyway, he has enough chess pieces in his hand to supplement personnel at any time.

Compared with him, Ferguson is obviously not so relaxed now, especially when the Premier League is about to start, he is a little bit worried.

Although he got a strong support like Rooney in the transfer market, the age structure of the entire Manchester United team did not satisfy Sir Alex.

Old old, young young, lacking enough backbone, especially when Giggs and Scholes began to gradually fall from the peak of their competition.

Except for the old guys like Keane, there is no absolute core on the field. This is what Ferguson is most worried about now. Among the young players of the Manchester United team, there is no qualified leader. If the veterans All injured, Manchester United will fall into a leaderless situation.

It's impossible to let Ferguson play on the field by himself. There is no doubt about his commanding ability on the sidelines, but don't expect his roar to replace everything.

And on the forward line of Manchester United, Ruud van Nistelrooy's state has been very unstable, with major injuries and minor injuries, and he has been pestering this guy for a summer.

In the pre-season training camp, this unlucky Dutch striker fell on the turf again. The team doctor's diagnosis made Ferguson feel helpless.

"At least three weeks of rest, this is the most conservative estimate." Although the team doctor knew that Ferguson was disgusted to hear this, he had to tell the truth.

three weeks!This is still the most conservative estimate!Although the old man didn't stare immediately, his expression had already betrayed his thoughts.

After Ferguson returned to the office, he already had a sad expression on his face. Before the start of the new season, he had already lost a strong striker.

Lacking the most stable scoring point in the frontcourt, I really don't know if I can support my appearance with young guys like Rooney and Ronaldo.

He is too aware of how heavy his first opponent is, although the Manchester United team, which is training, has shown a good competitive state.

Young people like Rooney and Ronaldo who have just joined the team have shown a strong upward momentum in the last two or three warm-up matches.

Especially Rooney, a stocky little fat man, has scored three goals in a row in the last two warm-up matches, and his state is indeed a little hot.

Although Lin Yi also played a beautiful game in France, many British media are still very happy to vote for their own people.

After all, Rooney is still an international player of the England team, so he can be regarded as his own child, and among these people, many of them hate Chelsea very much.

So no matter how good Lin Yi performed in the warm-up match, they will selectively ignore it, or try to brag about it for Stamford Bridge as little as possible.

"Rooney will prove with facts that Manchester United has done a good deal, and he will make the money the club spends valuable."

This is Ferguson's unsparing boast when he talked about his proud skills during the transfer period. Maybe he wanted to give that little fat man more confidence.

What can we do otherwise?Now there is no one who can support Manchester United's forward line except this little fat man, Ruud van Nistelrooy must lie on the hospital bed.

Before the Dutch killer returns, it seems that Manchester United's striker must be Home Alone. Compared with others, Rooney is more reliable.

Although there is now an extra Rooney on the front line of Manchester United, it always feels a little less stable because of this fledgling chubby pairing with Saha and Alan Smith. At least Ferguson will not naively think that , this combination can be more efficient than Van Nistelrooy.

If these guys together can contribute to the terrifying scoring efficiency of Ruud van Nistelrooy last season, Ferguson will already feel thankful.

After all, it is not so easy to find a striker who can score more than 30 goals in a season. The most important thing is that not many people have the stable performance of Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Especially Saha. Since the end of last season, this guy will often have convulsions, and there will be a goal shortage or something.

And Solskjaer's old injury has plagued this baby face for a long time. It is simply unrealistic to expect him to make a big improvement in the near future.

Now the old man has to arrest people from Manchester United's youth training camp, but now Manchester United's youth training is not his class of [-]. There are not many available people at all. After most of the young players are selected , and can only show up occasionally in the League Cup, and spend the rest of the time on the bench.

At this time, when Ferguson thought of Lin Yi, his teeth itch with hatred, especially when compared with the group of boys under him, he felt even more depressed.

"Hey, when will my Carrington appear such an evildoer." Looking at his youth army, alas, this is not an ordinary gap.

Now thinking about meeting that kid in the first round, Ferguson felt melancholy, he really didn't want to see that bastard Lin Yi play.

In the two games of the Champions League last season, this kid had already tossed Manchester United's defense to pieces, and he didn't want to experience this feeling again.

Especially after watching the kid's warm-up match in France, Ferguson felt more and more that this kid was the most dangerous in the entire Chelsea team.

"Damn it! If this kid is in my hands, how well he will play with Ronaldo and Rooney!" But this can only be hypothetical, and now Ferguson must score [-] points To prepare mentally for the first game of the Premier League, it is not only a test for Mourinho, but also for Manchester United.

If they lose to the same opponent again, it will definitely be a devastating blow to Manchester United, and it will also be a devastating blow to Ferguson himself.

The club is already in an unstable situation. If the team's performance does not improve, Ferguson does not know what will become of Manchester United.

The rumored wave of acquisitions has gradually become a reality. Ferguson has been melancholy over the transfer fee throughout the summer. Although in the end he can spend a large sum of money to snatch Rooney from Everton, but let Manchester United go from the already frenzied. It is impossible to find another supplement in the transfer market.

Otherwise, now Ferguson would not have to spend every day trying to polish the guys from the youth team for the sake of team personnel.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and this time Ferguson has lived through an embarrassing life, and it's all because of Chelsea's troubles in the transfer market.

Kenyon would bid for any player Ferguson had his eyes on, and it was much higher than Manchester United's offer, which made Ferguson very angry.

But that doesn't change anything, because Kenyon is just messing with these competitors, even if he doesn't need that player, he will wantonly raise the price.

Those clubs and the players themselves seemed noncommittal about this practice, anyway, it didn't have a big impact on them, and the higher the price, the better for them.

This posed a problem for Ferguson. Those who want to buy, he can't spend so much money, because those clubs are purely taking advantage of the fire.

This dragged on, and throughout the summer, Manchester United also got such a valuable player as Rooney, and the overall strength still did not change much.

Even Manchester United fans are worried about whether their team will continue to maintain a kind of dominance over the Premier League, or whether the Manchester United dynasty has come to an end.

But last season's two-round match against Chelsea has made Ferguson realize how strong the gold dollar team is. If the head coach at the time was not Ranieri, maybe Manchester United would not be able to take advantage of it at all, but now he The opponent is not the Italian.

Mourinho's lightning joining in the summer not only snatched Lin Yi away from Manchester United, but also created a new opponent for Ferguson by the way.

The pain of Porto beating Manchester United in two games has not yet dissipated from the hearts of those Manchester people, and now he is standing in front of them again.

Including Ferguson, many teams are wary of what the Portuguese did in London, and Chelsea, whose lineup is getting stronger and stronger, has also made Sir Alex Ferguson start to target the opponent in intelligence and war of words. Now even Arsenal have been placed in the second most dangerous position by Ferguson.

Unfortunately, God arranged for Manchester United to open the first game of the new season, and it happened to select the team that Ferguson listed as the number one rival.

Although many Manchester media are advocating that this is a battle of revenge arranged by God, Ferguson knows that this time the duel is not so easy to deal with, especially at the opponent's home court, and his team is still far from running-in Without reaching a level of tacit understanding, this is a big trouble.

Many media are paying attention to the first round of the Premier League this season. In the eyes of many people, this is an excellent opportunity for Manchester United to maintain their authority.

Especially the opponent has just undergone a major change of blood. If they can seize the opportunity when the opponent's foothold is not stable and overturn Chelsea heavily, then Manchester United's journey to the Premier League this season may become much easier. In one game, they will have a psychological advantage.

But the premise of all this is to win the game. Ferguson doesn't think the Portuguese will bow his head easily. The old man knows what kind of person the opponent is.

For both sides, this game is a battlefield that cannot take a step back. . .

(Thumping rockets, other than that, what else to say, now Houston is no different from a bunch of psychos, who may be unlucky when they run into them.)
(End of this chapter)