Tottenham easily crushed Everton at home and topped the standings with an unbeaten record of eight wins and one draw. This gave Chelsea a sense of despair despite the loss - in a two-front battle, Tottenham all With such a stable performance, do they really have a chance to surpass their opponents and successfully defend the Premier League title at the end of the season?
"I think there is an extremely serious moral problem in the Premier League now!" At the press conference after the match against Bolton, Mourinho finally couldn't restrain his anxiety when faced with reporters' questions and took the initiative to ask Tottenham Hotspur He fired, trying to cause a war of words to reduce the psychological pressure on his own players, "I don't know if you have noticed that many Premier League teams lack fair play and professionalism. When playing against Tottenham, they will send out many substitutes. Entering the starting lineup or even giving up the game early; but when they play against Chelsea, they often try their best to prevent us from winning the game. I don't know why they would choose this, but this will undoubtedly have a negative impact on the value of the Premier League championship. It has had a serious negative impact and has also invisibly reduced the value of the Premier League!"
This is not the first time similar arguments have appeared in the Premier League. Before Mourinho, Wenger had complained that many teams deliberately gave up points against Manchester United, which greatly increased the difficulty for Arsenal to compete for the league title. Therefore, when Mourinho said these words, the reporters present were not very shocked. Instead, they wrote furiously in the audience, planning to make a big news!
"My opinion?" When asked by reporters about Mourinho's remarks, George chose to respond indifferently. "I think Coach Mourinho should seize the time instead of caring about our games. Find ways to improve the team's strength. Otherwise, if Chelsea loses to us in the league again, will he still say that it was because Chelsea deliberately let slip in the game, so Tottenham can win this match?"
Although he knew Mourinho's intentions very well, George couldn't remain indifferent when he saw that his hard-earned achievements were being discredited in this way. Even if the person who said these words was Mourinho, whom he admired very much, he would definitely not do it!
It has to be said that George's answer is to the point - Mourinho, why do you dare to make such an assertion? Is it because some teams did not send all their main players when they played against Tottenham? We at Tottenham have sent out a full substitute lineup for several league games. Why haven't you said that we are deliberately letting go to give points to other teams?
After George's reply was made public by the media, many fans who originally thought Mourinho's words were reasonable suddenly changed their minds and instead laughed at Mourinho, thinking that the Portuguese madman was doing it on purpose. Distorting the facts to achieve his purpose of diverting attention and covering up the fact that he led Chelsea to lose to Tottenham twice this season!
In this way, under George's secret planning, a vigorous war of words started smoothly among various media and fans, and Tottenham players successfully escaped from this storm without affecting their state due to this incident. and pre-match preparations. On the contrary, Mourinho reaped the consequences and was harassed by public opinion. Even Chelsea players were negatively affected by this!
"It seems that Lyon fans really have no confidence in this game!" Five days later, on October 20, at the Gerland Stadium, Ledley King looked around and noticed the home team fans in the stands and the fans on the field. All the Lyon players had nervous expressions on their faces, and they said to Vidic in a relaxed tone, "Look at the expressions on their faces! If you don't know, they might mistakenly think that Lyon has been bloodbathed by us!"
"Captain, it's not surprising that such a situation occurs." Unlike Ledley King, Vidic shrugged indifferently and reminded, "Don't forget, Lyon has already lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League before. And Udinese is currently at the bottom of the group. In other words, if they lose to us again today, their hope of qualifying will become extremely slim."
Although Udinese's incompetence is well known to everyone, and the Udinese's poor performance in the Champions League has also disappointed fans who were looking forward to seeing the group of death stage a brutal qualifying battle. It is believed that the lack of progress of the Udinese management headed by the elder Pozzo ruined a great opportunity for the team to take off, but Udinese did not receive too much criticism from the Italian domestic media for this. Because so far, Lyon is the worst-performing team in the entire Group F - in the first two rounds of group matches that have ended, Lyon ranked last in the group with two games to go!
What's more, everyone who knows the inside story knows that Udinese's strategy of abandoning the Champions League and focusing on the league is a last resort. You know, Serie A is not like the Premier League, which vigorously promotes commercialization and internationalization to enhance its own brand value. TV broadcast fees are also hugely different from the Premier League in terms of total revenue and distribution methods, and the club's business philosophy is generally conservative and backward. The result of all this combined is that if Udinese does not sell people, its financial revenue will not be able to meet the normal operations of the club!
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for anyone in the industry to laugh at the Udinese management's move to allow the team to compete in the Champions League. Because this is related to the survival of a club and has nothing to do with whether the management has ambitions!
Is it to compete vigorously in the Champions League and then be relegated at the end of the season like Celta Vigo? Or should we focus on the league battlefield to ensure ranking and European competition seats, and go to the UEFA Cup or Champions League every season to earn bonuses and broadcast fees? I believe that at this time, most people can make a reasonable judgment!
The situation in Lyon is completely different. Before the rise of Monaco, this club was the well-deserved hegemon of Ligue 1. Even though Monaco ended its consecutive French Ligue 1 championship last season and was excluded from the G14 Group due to stance issues, it is still one of the most powerful teams in Ligue 1!
Therefore, for this direct confrontation with Tottenham, the Lyon team has already prepared for a last-ditch battle. Because unlike Udinese, who have no desires and desires, their pride and honor as the strongest club in Ligue 1, as well as the fear of being completely suppressed by Monaco, do not allow them to return home early at the end of the group stage. !
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