Updated: 2012-08-26

At the beginning of last summer's season, Chelsea coach Mourinho declared to fans around the world that they will win the championships of all the competitions we participated in this season, and here are four main competitions: the UEFA Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup and the English Premier League Cup. This is ruthless and utterly enough, fully demonstrating Mourinho's flaunting personality and conceited personality.

Since then, many people have been waiting to see Chelsea’s jokes. Now, the Champions League knockout round is about to begin, and Chelsea still survives the Champions League, the FA Cup, and the League Cup. They ranked second in the league by only six points. It can be said that the Blues still have the possibility of winning four championships.

However, the English media generally believe that after the Champions League knockout stage begins, the biggest test for Chelsea begins. In the case of four-line battles, Chelsea's situation is worrying. The Premier League team plays in the fourth line every year, and the other three leagues are at most three lines. In addition, there is no winter break in the Premier League, so the Premier League players have always been the most tired in the world. In addition, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, the Premier League giants participating in the Champions League also gave up the League Cup early. Only Chelsea still has not given up the League Cup. What is really about to strive for four championships. It can be seen that Mourinho and Chelsea's ambitions and domineeringness.

However, what is Chelsea’s most wanted to win? Of course, it is the Champions League champion. The reason why Chelsea’s boss Abramovich chose Mourinho to take over Chelsea’s coach was because Mourinho had just led Porto to the top of Europe at that time. Abramovich built the Blues with money, but this Russian oligarch rich man also knew that only by winning the Champions League and standing at the top of Europe could Chelsea be truly considered a giant. Without the golden color of that championship, Chelsea would still be looked down upon by those super giants.

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The first team players have finished training. Chelsea’s big-name stars, under the flash of countless reporters, have been used to driving their car and left the training ground. Mourinho is not idle. He called assistant coach Wilkinson to go to the team’s home Stamford Bridge Stadium.

Regarding the Marseille team, many people think that Chelsea has drawn a good draw and that Marseille is the weaker team among the top 16 in the Champions League. But is that really the case?

At least, Mourinho has never underestimated this team. He has been focusing on the two games between Marseille and AC Milan in the Champions League group stage. In the group stage, Marseille tied AC Milan 3-3 away at San Siro Stadium and defeated AC Milan at home, which is enough to show that this team is not so easy to deal with.

"What do you think is the biggest feature of Marseille?" Mourinho asked his assistant.

Wilkins thought for a while, "Speed! Their offensive speed is advancing very quickly! Especially Ribery and Zhang Yang, both of them are very fast. Once these two people cannot exert threats, Marseille's offense is not worthy of justice."

"That's right, it's speed." Mourinho nodded, and the two players the assistant coach mentioned were the biggest threat to the Marseille team. Especially Zhang Yang, Mourinho has been studying Zhang Yang's game video and his technical characteristics, and this young man surprised him.

"Then we have to limit their speed." Mourinho said on the side of the court, Wilkins didn't say anything. He knew that Mourinho was talking to himself, thinking, not asking for his opinion.

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The turf maintenance workers at several stadiums were working. When they saw Mourinho, they greeted him. Mourinho also smiled and talked to everyone. He often had a bad face in front of the media, but he had a good attitude towards the team staff and rarely took on the airs of the head coach.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Jace, turn off that thing quickly, there is too much water." A man shouted, and then the worker named Jace quickly ran over to close the water pipe, but he slipped under his feet and fell down. He got up in a mess and turned off the water pipe.

"Hey, Pierce." Mourinho's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted at the shouting worker.

"Mr. Mourinho, what are you going to give?" Pierce said uneasy, "Sorry, this is an accident. We will drain the water as soon as possible."

"Why do you need to be discharged?" Mourinho smiled.

"This..." Pierce was a little confused.

"By the way. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, you water the stadium more an hour before the game." Mourinho said, "If it rains-"

"If it rains, don't have to water it?"

"No, no, no, if it rains, if it is not heavy, you should also water it. However, don't reduce the amount of water by half. Do you understand?"

Hearing Mourinho say this, how could Pierce not understand what happened? He said excitedly, "No problem, Mr. Mourinho."

Mourinho smiled, "Be careful when working, don't sprain your ankle."

Pierce was stunned and laughed, "Don't worry, sir, we know what to do."

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This is the second day after Marseille arrived in London.

Nasri looked up at the window and looked up at the other moment, which made Zhang Yang angry, "Samir, can't you be honest?"

"This damn weather, I was going to go out to communicate with the little girl in London."

Zhang Yangqi was so funny, "It doesn't seem to matter if you go out for a mess on a rainy day."

"It affects my performance on a rainy day." Nasri grabbed his hair in distress.

Zhang Yang almost spit out the coffee he drank in his mouth. Damn, the first time I heard that it would affect sex on rainy days.

Ability. He has only heard that in ancient times, there was no entertainment. If he couldn't do anything on a rainy day, he could only stay in the room to create a person.

However, when it comes to the weather in London, Zhang Yang also has a headache. He has been in London for two days. The rain has been getting bigger and smaller, and the rain has never stopped. This makes Zhang Yang, who is used to the sunny weather in Marseille, feels a little uncomfortable.

"This damn weather! I think I'm already moldy and I can smell the stench on my body. It's so bad enough!" Ribery also shouted, "Do you know why I don't like London? It's because of this damn weather. Anyway, I won't come to London wherever I play football in the future."

At this time, head coach Fernandez hurriedly passed by the door. Ribery quickly shut up. If the head coach heard this, he thought he would be bad for a transfer. Although Ribery had already had the idea of ​​transferring and leaving in his heart. In fact, if it weren't for the persuasion of his good friend Zhang Yang last summer, he would have transferred to Bayern Munich long ago.

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Fernandez is conducting the final details with his coaching staff tonight. He also looked at the situation outside the window and learned about the weather in London today. Now it seems that this game is a rain battle.

In the rainy day game, this will definitely have an impact on the Marseille team. It is not without rainy days in Marseille, but there is still less rain in this season. In addition, no matter what, the Marseille players' adaptability to rain battles is not as good as those of the indigenous peoples of the home team Chelsea.

From this point of view, the Marseille team was at a disadvantage from the beginning.

He has to adjust his tactical arrangements for this weather. Marseille is a team with fast offensive speed. In addition, because of Ribery and Nasri, the team's offense also pays more attention to ball control under his feet, but if the field is slippery, it will definitely have an impact on the team.

Now, coupled with the fear of Chelsea's strong strength, Fernandez has made a decision, that is, to adopt a defensive counterattack tactic at Stamford Bridge Stadium, the primary goal is not to lose the ball. On this basis, if you can score a goal, it is God's favor. Because the first round of Marseille is a away game, it can be said that as long as you can get a draw, it will be a victory for Marseille.

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In every game, the media will try their best to find gimmicks that are enough to hype.

Regarding this game, the focus of the hype in the English media is the showdown between the two scorers in the Marseille team.

Mourinho fell in love with Drogba when he was still in Porto, but Drogba was forced to buy by Marseille. After coaching Chelsea, Mourinho took the lead and introduced Drogba with a transfer price of 32 million euros in the Premier League.

In the summer of 2004, Drogba transferred from Marseille to Chelsea for 32 million euros and became the main player of Chelsea's forward line, helping Chelsea win the Premier League championship last season.

The "Ivoire Elephant" has strong physical fitness, strong explosive power, good at running, and it is difficult for defenders to defend. Drogba is the nightmare of the top defender, because he is not famous for his fancy moves, but with his strong impact, cheetah-like speed, and a strong body as strong as a lion, he leaves the defensive players far behind, which is very practical.

In his first season in the Premier League, Drogba made a name for himself. With his powerful impact, terrifying destruction, and repeated scores at critical moments, he was nicknamed "Warcraft".

Now, after Drogba, Zhang Yang has become the main player of the Marseille team. His popularity in the Ligue 1 even surpassed Drogba at the time. In addition, in this season's Champions League, Zhang Yang's ten goals led the scorer list, and this young man was very impressive to Europa.

Although Drogba scored only four goals in the Champions League, each of them was worth a thousand gold. He was also a hero for Chelsea to reach the top 16.

Therefore, in this game, the showdown between Drogba and Zhang Yang, the two former and second-placed Marseille forwards, was particularly eye-catching.

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ps: First update.


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