Chapter 598

Mourinho's preface to the game is quite low-key and pragmatic, and avoids the outside world's hatred about whether his fight with situ Yunbing again will evoke former hatred.

The two first met in the 2010 Champions League final. In a flash, only three and a half years have passed. During this period, the two also met in the Champions League. At that time, he led Real Madrid and situ Yunbing coached Hamburg.

Now, it is a great coincidence that the two meet in the Premier League, because they led different teams in different seasons.

Monaco vs Inter Milan.

Hamburg vs Real Madrid.

Now Liverpool vs Chelsea.

At least to illustrate, the two managers are still active on the top stage in Europe!

Situ Yunbing expressed cautious optimism about the upcoming battle at Stamford Bridge at the pre match press conference. He said: "we are ready to face the game with another attitude. Chelsea is a pragmatic team. They have not changed in the past decade. Just like them, he has been one of the backbone of the Premier League in the past decade.

Will there be pressure against Mourinho? I never thought about it.

If Liverpool have pressure, it will only come from ourselves.

Because we have higher and higher requirements for ourselves. "

Chelsea are 11 points behind Liverpool. It's hard to say that this gap can put pressure on the leader Liverpool!

The outside world is not optimistic about Liverpool's visit to Standford bridge, because less than 48 hours from Manchester to London, Liverpool visit in a row, and Chelsea are two consecutive home, in terms of physical strength, Liverpool has too much disadvantage.

Moreover, the impact of azpiliquetta's suspension can not be ignored. In the absence of Cantor, Liverpool's solid defense has actually exposed defects in the top-level confrontation. Chelsea is just a strong team with strong pertinence to its opponents on the basis of conservatism.

Mourinho will not miss the opportunity, but he will not be particularly eager to win the game. He may be the coach who can best explain what is called "the premise of winning the game is not to lose" in the whole European football world.

When the Liverpool generals dragged their exhausted bodies to London and rode on the bus to Stamford Bridge Stadium in West London, situ Yunbing looked at the busy streets of London and felt some regret.

The situation is so that Liverpool can't do their best to fight Chelsea, which makes him more or less unhappy.

But Mourinho may not mind stabbing Liverpool when they are weak!

In fact, Mourinho's second visit to the palace, Chelsea's record in the first half of the game is not particularly brilliant. At least there is a certain gap between his terrible stability and continuous victory when he first coached Chelsea.

So it's hard to say that Liverpool did too well, just set off the performance of their competitors.

Because of this, Chelsea met Liverpool in the half-way end of the league. Of course, Mourinho will expect to win a victory to boost his morale!

What he said before the game is more or less from the bottom of his heart. Now Chelsea is not the Chelsea he was able to push down and come back, nor is it a thriving Chelsea. Just seeing that Torres is useless in the center position of Chelsea, he needs to find Eto'o's front line for emergency, so he can imagine the embarrassing situation of Chelsea at this time.

Each coach has his own championship team puzzle, but basically few people can have the most perfect puzzle, but we all have our own standards in evaluating this puzzle.

Like Liverpool's lineup puzzle, the room for improvement that can have better and actually have the possibility of obtaining is very low.

Everyone knows that Ronaldo and Messi are stronger than the wingers Liverpool now have, but can Liverpool get Ronaldo and Messi?

No!

After excluding Messi and Ronaldo, Liverpool actually have the best.

The same is true of the center position and the midfield position. The area that may be in doubt is the central avant-garde or midfield position, but it can take time to change space, and it doesn't have to wait for three or five years. If the team can afford it, it is also the best.

The same problem is in front of Chelsea. There is too much room for them to improve. From guard to striker, there is room for improvement in at least one or two positions on each line. At least Mourinho thinks so, so Chelsea's championship puzzle is still some distance from forming.

Stamford Bridge, the moon is bright and the stars are rare.

When situ Yunbing walked into the stadium, there were still boos and insults against him in the stands.

Chelsea's two European finals in the past two years have successively lost to the team led by situ Yunbing. Naturally, the Blues fans will not give situ Yunbing a good face.

However, situ Yunbing didn't care. He accidentally saw Mourinho coming to say hello on the sidelines. The picture of the two shaking hands made the photographers pay special attention and take pictures frequently.

Mourinho said to situ Yunbing: "fate is changeable. I didn't expect us to meet again in the Premier League."

Situ Yunbing raised his eyebrows and said, "I think you are indispensable in my memory autobiography."

Mourinho smiled and said, "anyway, Merry Christmas, the battle has just begun."

Situ Yunbing nodded and said, "only time will give the answer to who will stand up in the end.

Merry Christmas. "

The two coaches went to the coach's command area and remained the focus of attention.

It has to be said that in the post Ferguson era of the Premier League, Pellegrini's reputation is not loud enough. Wenger's reputation without a title has fallen sharply for many years. The two most prestigious managers in the Premier League are situ Yunbing and Mourinho. Their confrontation may not be a classic war, but it definitely has a burst of popularity!

The starting players of the two teams came into the field with their heads held high. The Liverpool generals seemed to have a normal posture, but the Chelsea generals seemed to have high fighting spirit and fighting spirit. They completely wrote their faith and desire to win on their faces.

Stamford Bridge was full of people and the fans cheered enthusiastically.

"Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the top game in the 19th round of the Premier League. Yes, the last round of Liverpool's visit to Etihad stadium and Manchester City was the top game. 48 hours later, Chelsea's home game against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge was the top game again!

Chelsea climbed to second place in the League after the last round, falling behind Liverpool by 11 points.

There is no need to say how much attention this confrontation has attracted. Chelsea and Liverpool had as many as five meetings last season. Liverpool has an overwhelming advantage in the record. I don't know whether Mourinho can lead the team to rewrite this embarrassing situation today.

Liverpool fought 90 minutes with Manchester City in the last round. They paid the price of physical fitness and azpiliquetta suspension. Facing Chelsea today, the outside world is not optimistic that Liverpool can continue its strength. It is unrealistic to hope that the Red Army can challenge the two strong teams and continue its strength in 48 hours of continuous visiting games!

So the initiative of today's game is naturally in the hands of the home team Chelsea.

Let's look at the starting lists of the two teams.

Chelsea started 433 today

Goalkeeper: Cech.

Defenders: Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Ashley Cole.

Midfield: Essien, William, Lampard.

Forwards: Oscar, Eto'o, Azar.

Liverpool start 442 today

Goalkeeper: telstegen.

Defenders: Flanagan, Van Dijk, benatia, Robertson.

Midfield: Henderson, Eriksson, Gerrard, Camero.

Forwards: Suarez, Gareth bell.

Situ Yunbing's platoon today is obviously to focus on defense, but their hidden dangers in full backs are so conspicuous. How many people believe that Flanagan can withstand the impact from Azar?

But maybe situ Yunbing has other arrangements for this. Let's wait and see. "

Chelsea's squad is basically old guys.

Cech, 31, can be ignored. After all, the position of goalkeeper is special.

Ivanovic, who will turn 30 in two months.

Terry, 33.

Cahill, 28, is at his peak.

Ashley Cole, 33.

Lampard, 35.

William, 25, has just reached his peak.

Essien, 31, has lost his impact in the past due to injury.

Eto'o is 32 years old in the front line. It's a pity that he went to Anzhi for gold in the past two years. As a result, his strength and state have decreased. If he can stay in the top league, I'm afraid he will be stronger and maintain a better state than now, but since he chooses money, it's understandable.

As many as seven players in Chelsea's starting lineup are veterans over the age of 30, we can understand why Mourinho led the team's record after his second visit to the palace.

However, with this in mind, Chelsea's games are often full of utilitarian style. Mourinho has been avoiding serious consumption of the team, but they are more prone to overdraft than other teams.

But if they have any advantages, it is of course experience. Compared with Chelsea seven or eight years ago, they lack a certain impact, but they are more cunning than then.

In the enthusiastic cheers of Stamford Bridge, the game officially opened.

Situ Yunbing carefully observed the overall performance of Chelsea and explored the technical and tactical methods adopted by his opponents today.

In fact, Chelsea has never been complicated in playing. Successive managers have failed to build Chelsea into a gorgeous team, but their spiritual strength is particularly strong. One thing Mourinho injected into the team when he first coached Chelsea is to wait patiently for opportunities, so even when Chelsea performs badly, It is almost impossible to see that they collapsed in a panic.

Mourinho is also actively observing Liverpool's technical and tactical posture. In fact, he expects Liverpool to attack as actively as they did in the last game against Manchester City and give Chelsea a good counter attack environment.

Unfortunately, situ Yunbing is not stupid. Liverpool can compete with Manchester City because they have soldiers, generals and physical strength. However, when visiting Stamford Bridge today, Liverpool is short of major generals. Many players have not recovered from the fatigue of the war the night before yesterday and come to Stamford Bridge to compete with Chelsea?

I really want to fight with my life!