After defeating Brighton with three goals at home and easily advancing to the fourth round of the FA Cup, Tottenham got a week's rest. Moreover, what excites Tottenham players the most is that before February comes, that is, in the remaining half of the month, their schedule is all one game a week!
Such a schedule is undoubtedly a great psychological comfort for Tottenham players who have been playing games across the UK throughout the Christmas and New Year holidays. You know, from December last year to now, Tottenham have played a total of ten games in these thirty-nine days, including top clubs such as Liverpool, Juventus, and Manchester United. The players have already been overwhelmed by such a dense schedule. And exhausted.
It is for this reason that although next weekend is a table battle with Chelsea, and the result of this game will directly determine the ownership of the league leader, George did not immediately win the game the day after defeating Brighton. Instead of starting training, we gave the players a day off so that they could take advantage of this opportunity to relax!
The way of civil and military affairs is relaxed and relaxed. If George keeps the players tightening the string without giving them a chance to relax and rest, then the fully stretched string may break at some point, which will have an extremely serious negative impact on Tottenham. In order to avoid this worst situation, George naturally has to arrange a short vacation for the players from time to time so that they can combine work and rest to play for Tottenham.
As Tottenham's number one competitor in the league, Chelsea players obviously do not have the same good luck as Tottenham players at this time. Because unlike Tottenham, who have bid farewell to the League Cup, they will also participate in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals in midweek!
Although the League Cup is nothing compared to the English champions, having already reached the semi-finals of the League Cup and only two games away from the championship trophy, Mourinho is full of hunger for honors. The thirsty Chelsea players will naturally not give up this game no matter what!
However, it may not be easy for Chelsea to win the League Cup. Because their opponent in the League Cup semi-finals was the Red Devils Manchester United coached by Ferguson!
Although Manchester United has suffered a serious decline in the past two years due to the aging of its core players and unreliable goalkeepers, and its league ranking this season has always been hovering outside the Champions League, Mourinho does not dare to underestimate the former British overlord because of this. Because the momentum for grabbing points at the beginning of the season was so fierce that even Tottenham was left behind by Arsenal, they were defeated by Manchester United. They fell into despair and were countered by Tottenham and Chelsea, whom they coached. Therefore, Mourinho cannot guarantee whether Chelsea can win against Manchester United, a powerful enemy, without using all their strength!
The most annoying thing is that for some reason the Football Association decided to schedule the League Cup semi-finals on January 13th! Two days after this game, there will be a table battle between Chelsea and Tottenham!
Naturally, everyone at Chelsea is extremely dissatisfied with this schedule. Mourinho was even more outspoken in an interview, claiming that the FA was deliberately targeting Chelsea!
Seeing that Mourinho was pointing the finger directly at himself, the Football Association of England did not hesitate and directly issued a fine of 20,000 pounds to the Portuguese for "inappropriate remarks" to maintain their dignity. The British media and reporters, who were often offended by Mourinho, also took the opportunity to add insult to injury and wrote articles to denounce Mourinho. Some tabloids even publicly mocked the Portuguese for persecutory delusions in order to attract people's attention!
"To be able to attract unanimous denunciation from so many media, Jose's temper is really unique." Putting a pile of newspapers back on the table, George said to himself with a wry smile. Although George admires Mourinho's straightforward style, he does not agree with the Portuguese's actions. In his opinion, even if you know some things, it is best not to say them out, let alone make them public through the media!
The reason why George said this is, on the one hand, because those media are likely to deliberately misinterpret the original meaning of certain words for the sake of sales and attention, thus causing Mourinho huge trouble; on the other hand, because, Once these words are published by the media, it is equivalent to putting the contradiction directly on the surface. As a result, the FA, which is both face-saving and vindictive, will undoubtedly regard Mourinho's behavior as a challenge to their authority and regard it as a thorn in their side!
The main reason why Mourinho in his previous life suffered repeatedly in some penalties was that he had the courage to say anything, which made him offend too many people. The most terrible thing is that many of the people he offended were powerful figures in the Football Association and British companies, as well as referees responsible for enforcing British games!
Everyone has a temper. After being publicly criticized by Mourinho so badly, even if these people are not willing to retaliate publicly, they will secretly cause trouble for the madman and make some things that could have been accommodating become unreasonable. Easy to handle.
However, Chelsea players did not have any complaints about Mourinho's actions. Instead, they surrounded the Portuguese more closely, and their cohesion was invisibly raised to a higher level. Abramovich even greatly appreciated the madman's actions in safeguarding the team's interests, and personally made the decision to advance the fine for Mourinho!
Abu is still very confident in his own judgment. Although the Russian tycoon is indeed a complete layman in the field of football, as a successful businessman who also escaped several major purges after Putin came to power, Abramovich's vision is naturally extremely vicious - he can see Come out, Mourinho's outstanding temperament is exactly what Chelsea urgently needs now!
Although Chelsea has won many championship trophies in the past ten years, whether it is Gullit, Vialli or Ranieri, they have not infused the Blues with the temperament that a championship team should have. Mourinho is different. After taking office, the Portuguese successfully built Chelsea into an iron army famous in Europe with his iron-blooded coaching skills and team management strategies!
Therefore, although Chelsea, which invited Mourinho, still has not made it to the top of the standings, in the eyes of Abramovich, the Portuguese is obviously higher than his predecessor Claudio Ranieri. Where have you gone!
In this way, the time came to January 15th. Under the leadership of Mourinho, Chelsea players who had just played against Manchester United two days ago arrived at White Hart Lane on time to welcome this key battle that determines the position of the league table!
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