[football] this god

Chapter 90

What happened in Barcelona that day spread quickly without Deco's mouth, and eventually developed to the point where both Cristiano and Mourinho across the sea heard about it.

Although Cristiano was not happy that Messi accused Figo like that, he also knew that Messi was helping Deco out of the siege - he thought about it, and finally pretended to be ignorant of Deco and refused to comment. In private, he thanked Messi cryptically in a text message.

——"I think you handled it well. In the Barcelona locker room, I don't think there is a better way." There are not so many neutral, objective and rational people in this world. Sometimes you just have to give a position.Cristiano is well aware of this.

However, he still avoided Figo's name in this text message, because he didn't know if Messi also cared about this.

——"You're welcome." Messi replied directly to this.

Cristiano pouted, and deleted the word thank you in the next text message.

The reaction from Mourinho was more innocent.

——"So what?" Mourinho didn't take it seriously when he heard the story, "He really shouldn't mention Figo, anyone with a brain should know that Figo cannot be mentioned in the Barcelona dressing room .”

Mendes thought for a while, but said nothing.

Mourinho quickly put this trifle behind him and turned his attention to the upcoming game.

On the day of the game, the weather in Manchester was good-for this season, Manchester was neither too cold nor unusually warm, the air was slightly humid, but there was no rainfall.

Cristiano looked up at the sky with his hips akimbo as he emerged from the dressing room, secretly hoping it was a good omen.

—— Mourinho stood on the sidelines, looking at Cristiano and the other Manchester United players who were warming up near him with a wooden face, not only did he not provoke or even raise his eyebrows.

At the start of the game, possession of the ball belongs to Chelsea.

The ball hit the frontcourt, and Manchester United's defense was very focused from the beginning, quickly forcing Chelsea's players near the touchline and forcing the ball out of bounds.

Mourinho's men were well positioned when Keane took the throw-in, and the players closer to Keane in his own half were almost surrounded by defenders - Keane had no choice but to throw the ball towards Left back near the halfway line.

As soon as this side received the ball, Chelsea immediately had two midfielders pressing over from the left and the right-Manchester United's main force for many years, Sylvester, tried to turn around and pass the ball to the defender, but Chelsea's striker suddenly appeared behind him. Steals on the closest line of play.

Chelsea quickly turned from defense to offense.

——However, he turned too fast and flashed his waist. As soon as the forward raised his leg, the line referee raised a small flag: I ran too much, go back.

Chelsea's striker spread his hands and glanced at Mourinho - Mourinho shook his head coldly, then waved his hand to signal the striker not to waste time.

But soon Chelsea got another chance to attack.

The central defender took the ball and gave it to the returning midfielder - a few Manchester United defenders quickly gathered in the center, and Chelsea immediately transferred the ball to the wing with more space.

Cristiano quickly pushed forward.

Chelsea's players relied on Cristiano to try to squeeze the opponent away, leaving space for the attacker in front of the ball away from the sideline-Cristiano is not very disadvantaged in physical confrontation, and his confrontation is also won by Neville who came over. This gave O'Shea a chance to steal the ball with an imperfect line when the opponent turned sideways and tried to force the ball.

Mourinho is not upset, nor is he even a little bit frustrated.

Neville knocked the ball across to Ferdinand in the middle, and Ferdinand moved to the left again-Manchester United tried to break up Chelsea's defense, but Chelsea looked calm and undisturbed.

Chelsea's centre-back came over and surrounded the ball and the ball was quickly lost.

Cristiano had no grasp of what was happening at the far end, but for the first time "in his life" he felt almost tangible pressure against Mourinho's side.

——It’s not the first time he has met Mourinho’s team, but the heydays of Chelsea and Inter Milan have been too far away from “now”, and he has long forgotten that he occasionally sees the ball once or twice a year What does the team look like? As for when Mourinho was coaching Chelsea for the second time, the Premier League was experiencing its own trough, Real Madrid was in its heyday, and Cristiano was even less likely to see this team.

So this seems to be the first time he faced the masterpiece of Mourinho, the peak with more mature cooperation.

——Chelsea at the beginning of the season was also good, but Chelsea at the beginning of the season were not familiar enough with Mourinho's style of play.

The only thing Cristiano can do is to return to his own half to defend again.

Chelsea didn't remember crosses from wide - even though their centre-forward was in a good position, they were clearly aware that their team-mate was surrounded by United, and while he had a good angle he didn't even get one. There is no angle to catch the ball.

Chelsea pressed forward along the wing and the ball was once passed to the baseline.

Cristiano yelled for the full-backs to guard those on the line of the penalty area.

——That may turn into a perfect inverted triangle pass, Cristiano has seen too many lessons like this.

The far end full back heard it, he quickly realized his absence, made up for it immediately and successfully intercepted the ball.

——Mourinho watched the scene that happened right under his nose, pursed his lips tightly but said nothing.

"This curly is not very old, but he still manages a lot..." Someone on the bench muttered to his companion like this-then he was hit on the arm by a water bottle by the assistant coach.

Mourinho declined to comment on the statement from his own players.

Manchester United's long pass was transferred to Cristiano's path-they had realized in the last matchup that Cristiano had an advantage on the wing against Chelsea. What's more, considering that no one is stable with the ball now, his personal ability is outstanding Cristiano might be a better choice instead.

Even if it is eaten raw by speed.

Cristiano accelerated immediately after receiving the ball, but Chelsea's defenders in the middle quickly followed, and the Manchester United teammate who retreated to respond also followed behind the defenders-two against three, more grabs and less.

Cristiano was quickly double-teamed by three people to block the connection with his teammates.

But the frequency of Cristiano's feet is very fast, and none of the three defenders found a chance to break the ball before they got too close-the foul is not worth it, they are in a good situation, and now they are rash. It's not worth taking the cards

Cristiano took advantage of this and slipped one of the defenders in the crotch.

But that line wasn't perfect, so even though he dodged two, the ball ended up at the feet of a third defender.

Mourinho raised his eyebrows slightly, showing a little joy.

Chelsea were back in United's half again - this time, they didn't give United a chance.

Chelsea moved to the other side with a big foot from the wing, and the other side received the ball and then quickly gave it to a teammate diagonally forward and close to the center - when attracting Manchester United's defensive players to move towards the center and approach the center, the ball was played again to the winger near the corner flag .

The winger approaches the penalty area from the baseline, but before entering the penalty area passes to a team-mate on the penalty line with his back to the goal - the team-mate turns again to face the half-way line and plays the ball to the catching centre-back.

United's defense was again forced to follow the ball.

——Mourinho couldn't help laughing, he glanced at his watch, it was already No.40 minutes of the game.

The central defender did not stop the ball and passed directly into the penalty area where the space had been exported-in front of the winger was the goalkeeper who had been paying attention to Cristiano all the way and the defender who was rushing to rush over.

Cristiano wanted to shout, but it was too late.

1:0, Chelsea took the lead at Manchester United's home court.

Mourinho looked at his watch again: the game was going to No. 401 minutes.

——"How long can a person's psychology withstand high pressure?" He remembered chatting with his wife who studied psychology like this before the start of the game.

It might not have been small talk, but Mourinho didn't bother to draw the inconsequential distinction.

"It varies from person to person."

"A very strong man."

"How strong are you?"

"After falling behind in the final of the European Cup, he scored twice in 10 minutes to seal the victory; 19-year-old is now leading the Champions League assists list; the latest European golden boy."

Mrs. Mourinho frowned, "What kind of high pressure is that?"

"I can't do anything about the overall situation. All the passes and receptions are difficult, and even just follow the ball to make a return run."

"How long do you think he can withstand such high pressure?" Mrs. Mourinho asked.

"Four 10 minutes."

The wife raised her carefully manicured eyebrows, "Then I bet you that he can bear it until he wins you - Jose, it's time for someone to teach you a lesson, you lack this."

Mourinho laughed to his wife, "Okay, let's see then."

Thinking of this, he smiled.

He thought that Mrs. Mourinho would soon know that Mr. Mourinho was right and always right.

——But when Mourinho looked up and saw Cristiano with red eyes, his smile suddenly disappeared.