Chapter 937
Chapter 937
(Sitting with a cold and typing in front of the computer is almost like suffering)
With a happy mood, Manchester City embarked on a special plane back to Manchester. There is only the last round of the Champions League group stage, and it is still a home game. The opponent is a big team. Manchester City really does not need to pay attention to the Champions League now.
Therefore, Manchester City's attention is now on the league, because as long as they win the next game, Manchester City will tie Bayern Munich's 18-game winning streak.
Of course, Manchester City's goal is not just to tie the winning streak record created by Bayern Munich, but to surpass and completely refresh this record.
Moreover, Chelsea's state is still very poor recently, and even many media have revealed that the Russian oligarchs are already dissatisfied and want to find someone to replace Mancini.
You know, since Mourinho left Chelsea, Chelsea has experienced Grant, Scolari, Hiddink, Ancelotti, Villas-Boas, and Di Matteo. If you count Abramovich’s first Chelsea coach Ranieri, in just nine years, Chelsea has changed a total of nine world-class coaches.
Among them, Mourinho can be said to be Chelsea's longest-serving head coach. From 04 to 07, there is no doubt that Mourinho is also the most successful head coach.
Chelsea can be said to have truly become an army under Mourinho, becoming the giants that dominated the Premier League and entered the Champions League. Although Chelsea also won many championships afterwards, they have never been able to compare with Mourinho's Chelsea.
And because of Li Feng's appearance, Chelsea did not reach the original height, which also made Drogba leave Stamford Bridge with endless regret.
Today, Chelsea is even likely to usher in a tenth head coach. At present, there are rumors that the Russian oligarchs secretly met the former Red Army coach and Spanish tactician Benister.
It is precisely because of this rumor that before the start of the game, almost all the media focused on whether Chelsea was changing coaches.
After all, with the disparate record and state of the two teams today, most of the media are obviously not optimistic about Chelsea. You must know that in the middle of the week, Chelsea was still fighting for the right to qualify for the UEFA Cup group, but Manchester City was staying for the league.
Of course, anything is possible in the world of football, and being favored by others does not necessarily mean that you can win. The real outcome still has to be decided on the field.
For this point, Van Basten is very clear, and he also made his disciples clear, so, in the past few days, Manchester City's training has not been slack.
While Manchester City focused on training to meet the game, Chelsea's attention was attracted by all the media's so-called revelations, so the attention of both sides was not at the same point.
Even though Mancini always wanted to bring the topic to the game in the interview, the media ignored Mancini's words at all, and kept involving rumors about the coaching change.
This kind of result is to anger Mancini, and everyone breaks up unhappy. As for the players, they will naturally not talk nonsense before the result.
You know, Mancini's temper is not very good, so this topic can be said to be a taboo for Chelsea. After all, before the real boss has spoken, none of this is true.
As for Manchester City, anyway, they hope that the media will continue to hype this way, so that it will not affect themselves, but also hinder Chelsea's preparations. This kind of good thing is naturally happy to see it come true.
Ever since, in such an atmosphere, Manchester City came to London and Stamford Bridge to challenge the owner of this stadium to welcome the No. 13 victory in the league this season.
The main force is out, goalkeeper Joe Hart, defender Clichy, Kompany, Boateng, Zabaleta, midfielder, De Jong, Yaya Toure, Li Feng, striker Silva, Van Persie and Aguero.
Obviously, although Chelsea's recent record is not good, and there are rumors of a coaching change, Van Basten did not take it lightly at all, and played with all the main players.
Moreover, there is still good news for Manchester City, that is, Richards, who has been injured for almost half a year, finally appeared on the training ground. Although it is only the training ground of the reserve team, it also indicates that Richards can really come back without accident.
Unlike Manchester City's main force, Chelsea have had a lot of injuries recently, and perhaps this is the most important reason for Chelsea's recent poor record.
On the defensive line, captain Terry and Cahill were both injured and lying on the hospital bed. In the midfield, Lampard was also injured. You know, Terry and Lampard are both the backbone of Chelsea.
Chelsea lineup, goalkeeper, Cech unchanged, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, midfielder, Arza, Mikel, Ramirez, Mata, striker Torres, Brazilian teenager Oscar behind Torres, as the attacking midfielder.
The best Torres was still left in Liverpool. At the beginning of Mancini's tenure, Torres performed well, but as the league progressed, although Torres' state was not as exaggerated as it was before, it also became ups and downs.
Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why it was rumored that the Russian oligarchs secretly met with Benister. After all, when Torres was in Liverpool and under Benister's account, he was the real golden boy of Spain.
Although Chelsea has an absolute advantage in the previous record, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past two years, especially the arrival of Van Basten and Li Feng last season.
The previous so-called record suppression has no advantage. It can be seen from Manchester City's recent games that many people were able to suppress Manchester City before, but now, the situation has completely reversed.
And before the start of the game, the Chelsea boss was caught in the live broadcast. From outsiders' point of view, this meant supervising the battle, and even many people couldn't help but have such an idea in their hearts.
If Chelsea wins this game, maybe Mancini can continue to sit as Chelsea's head coach, but if Chelsea loses, then it is estimated that Mancini is about to pack up and leave.
"It seems that this game may really be a life-and-death battle for Mancini. Of course, it is equally important for Manchester City. This is related to whether Manchester City can contribute to the honor of the longest winning streak in the five major European leagues with Bayern Munich, and even surpass Bayern Munich in the next game."
Just as the commentators talked about Kai Kai, the players from both sides officially debuted. Under the leadership of the referee Chris Foy, they were in the eyes of hundreds of millions of fans all over the world.
Of course, in Korea, in Girls’ Generation’s dormitory, it was rare for nine people to gather together when they were young, sitting together in the lobby, and the guest table was filled with all kinds of late-night snacks and snacks, just to watch the battle.
(End of this chapter)