[football] walk side by side

"Abramovich is obviously crazy! Indeed, compared with the glory of Chelsea in the past few seasons, three wins, two draws and one loss are much worse, but this will not let a meritorious coach get out of class! The Russian It's too impatient, he even chose to let Mourinho go in less than half of the season - so who is he going to replace Mourinho?"

"Respect for the manager has always been the tradition of Premier League clubs, but obviously, this Russian guy doesn't understand anything, when he stepped in Mourinho's job, he should have expected such a day, and I bet if If Mr Abramovich has been so involved in the manager's job, then he will never get what he wants - no matter how much money is paid."

It has to be said that although on weekdays, it is the English media who are the most ruthless with Mourinho, but when Mourinho is about to leave England alone, it is also the English media who fight for him the most.

Although the two sides still look at each other with disgust, and the English media also hate this arrogant madman as always, but it is undeniable that the arrival of Mourinho has indeed brought a lot of changes to the Premier League. The results also successfully made the proud Englishman bow his head.

Chelsea fans were even more taken aback by this sudden news. They rushed to tell everyone that they planned to keep Mourinho, or asked Abrahimovic to change his mind.

At this time, Mourinho also appeared in Chelsea's dressing room for the last time.

At this moment, the serious and stern head coach, who had been in countless training days, finally took off the mask of a madman when facing these disciples whom he had been with for three years.He walked up to each player, hugged them tenderly, and wished them luck.

After passing a circle of players like this, he finally stopped in front of Cyril.

"Sir..." Cyril didn't know what to say, he just stood there, looking helplessly at the head coach who was about to leave, with rare confusion in his eyes.

Mourinho stared at him, with a thousand words in his eyes, but in the end he didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand and patted Cyril's shoulder lightly.

……

A week later, Chelsea ushered in a new head coach, Afrahan Grant.

For the new Blues coach, Chelsea fans gave their reactions in the fan forum:

"The best coach for my car is Thespecialone. I will never recognize any coach other than Mourinho! Is Abramovich sick? If it weren't for Mourinho, the number of league titles in my car would be zero even now? For meritorious service Coach, can't you be patient?"

"Afraham Grant... Who is this? Has he won the Triple Crown? Forget it, he must not have won this... Should he always win the Premier League title? Or other top league titles? .”

"I looked it up and answered upstairs. I'm sorry that this new coach really doesn't have a top league champion. He doesn't even have a decent honor—if the Israeli league champion can be called an honor."

"...What?? What exactly does Abramovich want to do? Let alone Mourinho is the most suitable head coach for us. Even if we want to change a new head coach, at least we should change to a top-level coach, right? Where did this Mr. Grant come from? Coming out of the corner? Is he a relative of Abu?"

"Stop it, I'm a bit worried now - we're not going to be relegated this season, are we?"

The Chelsea fans were boiling with excitement, but the English media unanimously chose to stand on the sidelines. Now is not the time for them to speak. They are waiting for the next league game, waiting for the bloody facts to beat Abramovich and Grant. Face, this game will also be the best round to test Chelsea's ability-they will challenge the defending champion Manchester United away.

When Mourinho existed in the Premier League, the entire Premier League was his enemy.

When Mourinho was sacked by Abramovich and left alone, when Chelsea, led by Grant, lost 0-2 to Manchester United, the entire Premier League immediately "betrayed" and became his ally.

"Frankly speaking, I may really not understand the thoughts of the new Chelsea coach. In such a heavyweight game against Manchester United, he didn't let Slade play? Maybe I need to remind this Mr. So far, he is only a temporary head coach, and now he is starting to deal with Mu Jiajun, is he a little anxious?"

"From 2004 to now, Slade has proved his ability in countless games, but Grant chose to abandon him? Joe Cole? Well, I admit, he is also an excellent midfielder, In the offensive position, he may not be worse than Slade, but does he know how to organize the offense? You know, even Lampard is inferior to Slade in this regard!"

"This match was a disaster!"

"I don't understand what Chelsea are playing in this game, oh well, I admit that this game is indeed a little better than before, yes, maybe this is the art football that Abramovich wants, maybe... this is these What's the point? 0-2! Damn it! When did Chelsea lose to Manchester United by two goals when Mourinho was here? It's a massacre!"

"I suggest that Abramovich better replace this Israeli immediately, if he does not want Chelsea to be directly reduced to a relegation team this season."

The overwhelming doubts rushed directly to Grant, and perhaps the only one who believed in him at this moment was Abramovich... Amidst the doubts from the media, the fans also felt deeply worried, and they even began to think desperately. Dao: Could it be that this season, are they really going to be reduced to a relegation team?

However, amid all the irony and ridicule from the outside world, this Chelsea team, led by Grant, really started to get better!

However, these have nothing to do with Cyril.

Although in that game against Manchester United, Grant caused unanimous doubts from the fans and the media because of the 0-2 score and the abandonment of Cyril, but the Israeli coach seemed determined not to use Cyril. In the last ten games, Cyril didn't even get even 1 minute of playing time.

It would be fine if Grant lost a complete defeat in the game without Cyril, but under his leadership, Chelsea has achieved 10 unbeaten with 6 wins and [-] draws. , and the fans who felt depressed and dissatisfied, all materialized.

In other words, if the team's performance is poor, then it's fine for them to protest, but the problem now is that Grant's coaching results are quite good, although Cyril is useless... But from this point of view, does it mean that Cyril In fact, the existence of it is not that important?

Although no one said it out loud, this question still quietly surfaced in the minds of countless fans.

But these didn't seem to have the slightest impact on Cyril himself.

Witnessing that Cyril was calmly training again as usual, and then after the training, he silently packed his luggage and prepared to go home, Lampard thought so.

Regarding Grant's abandonment of Cyril, the Chelsea team is not without objections. No one knows what a game with Cyril is like, and what a game without Cyril is like, no one knows better than them as teammates.

To put it bluntly, when Cyril is around, they are like having an extra senior assistant. The out of touch position exposes the gap, and Cyril can regulate the rhythm to make up for you. If he is not good at catching the ball, Cyril can comfortably hold the ball The service is passed to the foot, so that you only need to be responsible for raising your foot to shoot.

After getting used to Cyril's assistance, the Chelsea players who lost Cyril had a feeling of returning to the pre-liberation, and felt that everything was a little bit worse.

But on this matter, the Chelsea players can't do anything.

Based on their observations during this period of time, Grant belongs to the kind of action group that "talks less and does more". The head coach's direct descendants were the ones who performed the surgery. In this way, the reason why Cyril couldn't get a chance to play was very simple.

Abu doesn't like it.

This is the real reason why Chelsea players are powerless.

Not knowing that Lampard was thinking about his own affairs, Cyril habitually nodded at him, turned and left the field.

Along the way, he was not in the mood to worry about the bench period during this period. At this time, Cyril's attention was all focused on the conversation between him and Mourinho last night.

"Decided?"

On the other end of the phone, Mourinho's voice is rare and gentle. Although most of the time, Mourinho has always been gentle and quiet in private, but this will often become cold and serious when facing Cyril. , the gentleness at the moment is already very rare.

"Yes. I'm sorry, but sir..." Cyril pursed his lips and nodded seriously: "I want to stay in Chelsea."

Mourinho was silent for a moment, then he asked softly: "Do you know what that means?"

Without waiting for Cyril to answer, he went on to say: "No one will trust you unconditionally and give you a chance. You will meet a head coach who doesn't like you, a team owner who hates you, and laugh at you. Your media, booing your fans... even if it's okay? Are you ready, mentally prepared to face it all?"

At that time, how did you answer it?

"I don't know." Cyril replied honestly, "But I want to give it a try. What would I be like without my husband?"

Chelsea is not Porto.

There will be no fans who love him unconditionally here, only fans who judge whether he is worthy of love or not based on his performance; there will be no teammates who are unconditionally towards him here, only those who weigh the pros and cons to decide whether to intersect with him There will be no more coaches who believe in him unconditionally and give him opportunities to make mistakes and try.

And he wanted to know what would become of him who lost all of this.

***

Thousands of miles away at the London airport, Mourinho put away his mobile phone with a faint smile on his face.

Faria glanced at him: "I said...Actually, you didn't intend to take Cyril away from the beginning, did you?" She also pretended to be serious about taking him to Italy.

To Faria's surprise, Mourinho admitted this very happily: "Yes."

"...Why?" Faria couldn't help but blurted out, how much Mourinho likes and values ​​Cyril, perhaps no one knows better than Faria, and it is precisely for this reason that Mourinho When Neo invited Cyril to transfer to Inter Milan, he once thought Mourinho was serious, but now...

Mourinho didn't take it seriously: "Isn't this a normal thing?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"I raised a young eagle," Mourinho said, following the crowd in line, he slowly boarded the plane, his tone was very calm, as if he was telling a story: "This eagle is a bit Stupid, but fortunately, he is very obedient, and he is not afraid of hardship and tiredness. Whatever you teach him, he will learn obediently."

"In this way, slowly, teach him to fly, teach him to prey, shelter him from the wind and rain, and prevent the fierce birds and beasts outside from hurting him, so that he can grow up healthy and slowly step by step."

The plane gradually went up into the sky, leaving the whole of London behind.

His eyes wandered over the rolling clouds, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was extremely shallow and soft: "Now, it's time to let go."