55 Mourinho's Confidence

March 8, 2005, Inter Milan training base.

There are still two days before the knockout match against Chelsea in the Champions League Round of 16. Today is Inter Milan's last training session, and tomorrow the team will have a day off. Because it is a home game, Inter Milan does not have to compete with Chelsea for the time to adapt to the venue before the game.

Even Inter Milan has already said that it doesn't matter how long Chelsea want to train, after all, Meazza is that vegetable field.

After coming to Milan, Mourinho also publicly bombarded the turf condition of the Meazza Stadium. Of course, this level of bombardment will not allow UEFA to let Inter Milan change the venue.

In fact, the turf of the Meazza Stadium is like this, so Mourinho can only let the players adapt as much as possible.

"How is it, Luka." After the training that day, Leon also saw Luka Modric who was training alone on the court. This young Croatian teenager now gives himself extra training after every training session. .

When Modric saw Leon greeting him, he also smiled at Leon. Speaking of Modric's joining Inter Milan, until today, Magic Flute feels that all this is like a dream.

"Don't tire yourself out. You must know that UEFA strictly forbids teams to force players to undergo devil training." Leon patted Little Magic Flute on the shoulder, saying that Modric has been training for the past three months. He has made rapid progress, and his comprehension ability is very good. He really deserves to be the core midfielder of Tottenham in his previous life. He is the successor of Scholes that Ferguson has always dreamed of. Modric is a player who uses his brain to play football.

Although the style of Modric in this life has changed a lot from the Modric in the previous life, damn it, if you want to blame it, you can blame your own little wings, why did you make yourself Modric's idol?

What is Leon's style? So far no expert has dared to give an accurate definition, but everyone has one thing in common, that is, Leon's style is total attack and total defense. , Physical fitness has been practiced very well, and Modric knows how to use physical energy reasonably, and will never waste a single bit of physical energy for unnecessary running.

It seems that if you continue to play like this, Modric can grow up in less than a year or two.

"Well, I will pay attention." After three months in Italy, Modric's Italian is still a bit blunt. In comparison, he can barely communicate.

In his previous life, Modric could survive in the high-intensity rhythm of the Premier League with his small body. Now in Serie A, where the rhythm is slightly slower, Modric is naturally more comfortable.

The biggest shaping of a young player in Serie A is the brain, so many Italian players will not break out until later in their careers. In terms of playing games, they are the late peak type.

Take the Italian forwards as an example, Inzaghi, Toni, and Vieri all survived by super consciousness.

In Serie A, you have to fight wits and courage with your opponents, you can't just rely on brute force. Don't think that Toni and Vieri are invincible by relying on their bodies. Their scramble and anti-offside are absolutely top in the world.

"By the way, Luka, what do you think of our opponent Chelsea the day after tomorrow?" For some reason, Leon suddenly asked Modric before leaving after training.

Modric didn't seem to have any preparations either. Little Magic Flute scratched his hair with his paws and said timidly: "I think Chelsea will very likely use the long pass tactic."

"Because of Meazza's turf?" Leon smiled, looked at Modric and asked.

"Yeah." Modric nodded.

Not surprisingly, it was exactly as I thought. In fact, after talking with Mancini, Leon had confirmed that Chelsea would definitely play high at the San Siro.

There is no other reason, Meazza's turf condition, except for the hosts AC Milan and Inter Milan, there is no other third team that can play a smooth ground coordination here.

So Chelsea will definitely make use of Drogba's high point to make a fuss. Leon feels that Robben and Duff, who played well in the first game, will change their strategies in this game...

closure

Jose Mourinho, the reason why this madman is so confident in making an away game comeback is because he bullied us just after the weekend against Lecce. For this game, Mourinho will definitely take a war of attrition and spend most of the game Time has come to force Inter Milan to speed up. Mourinho's real killer move must be after Inter Milan's physical fitness declines.

Physical fitness? Thinking of this, Leon suddenly glanced at Modric in front of him, maybe it would be a good idea to let Modric start? Leon knows Modric's physical fitness, and his physical fitness is quite good. In the Inter Milan team, besides himself, Modric is second.

Modric in this life is a trotting immortal. Because of his admiration for Lionwell, Modric has always paid attention to exercising his physical fitness when playing football in Zagreb.

Chelsea acquired nothing more than using compressed presses and long passes to consume Inter Milan. If Modric ran with him in the midfield and the two sports cars started at the same time, how would Mourinho respond?

There is also Zanetti who has rested for a week. There is no doubt about the physical fitness of the teenager Zanetti, and Cambiasso can also run... Tsk tsk, use a lineup that can't run to kill Chelsea? How will Mourinho respond?

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Leon doesn't know, he is not the first person to think so, because Mancini has already planned in his heart to adopt a 442 formation in the game the day after tomorrow, that is, the striker is Tevez and Adria, who are tall and fast. Now, there are four players in the midfield who are Stankovic, Leonwell, Cambiasso and Modric, who can go up and down.

On the defense line, continue to use Nowotny to partner Materazzi, Cannavarola to the right, and Zanetti as the left back...

Cordoba's injury made German veteran Nowotny have to stand up. Burdisso is really an unreliable master, even Leon dare not trust him.

"Oh! Mancho, so you think so too?" The day before the game, Leon was invited to Mancini's house as a guest. While enjoying the pasta made by Mancini's wife, Leon chatted with Mancini. Looking forward to tomorrow's game.

"Well, I think Modric's first start will be more effective than Recoba, because Modric has shown a strong running ability in training. To put it bluntly, tomorrow's game is to run better than the two sides. I think Modric has an advantage over Recoba in such a match," Mancini said at the dinner table.

In fact, foreigners rarely discuss at the dinner table. Small talk is fine, but it is rare to talk about business. However, the soul of Leon's physical fitness comes from the country that eats culture, and Mancini is not a rigid person, so the two are also enjoying the food while chatting under the helpless eyes of Mancini's wife Tomorrow's game.

"It's just that the only bad thing is that Modric has too little game experience, so I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand the pressure." Mancini also said his only worry.

"On this point, Mancho, I think you should trust Luka, he is ready to play for Inter Milan." Competition experience? Leon is not worried about Modric at all, because Modric is famous for his big heart, and he became famous at a young age, he will definitely not be as frightened as other young people.

On the contrary, the bigger the scene, the better Modric's performance may be, so since Mancini has the same idea as himself, why not give it a try?

There are not many resources available to Inter Milan now, and Modric is also a resource of the team!

"Well, you're right, Leon." After getting Leon's support, Mancini also boldly took a gamble.

Mourinho is full of confidence, so why isn't Mancini full of confidence?

Mourinho wants to play run-and-gun tactics at Meazza, so Inter Milan will of course have to accompany him to the end. The game against Chelsea must not be cowardly. If you are cowardly, Chelsea will always press you.

The players of Inter Milan have already experienced it in the last game. The game against Chelsea means that if he wants to play, you have to play with him, then resist him, and then give him a combination punch.

While Leon and Mancini, the master and apprentice, were discussing tomorrow's tactics, in the hotel where Chelsea stayed in Milan, Mourinho was also making the final tactical arrangements.

Looking at his assistant Boas, Mourinho smiled after watching the video for two consecutive nights: "I think Inter Milan will definitely think that we will play long balls with them, and they will definitely think We couldn't get used to the turf situation at San Siro..."

Mourinho's assistant, another well-known young marshal in Leon's previous life, Boas looked at Mourinho helplessly at the moment: "Who would know, Chelsea has been in a very bad situation for the past half month. What about training on turf? Meazza is heaven for a turf that you ask yourself to mess up."

"That's why I want to bombard Meazza's turf before the game. I want the whole world to think that Chelsea will only play long passes at Meazza." Mourinho nodded and said.

"But the whole world has forgotten that you are a Portuguese, and Portugal is the Latin faction of Europe." Boas said looking at the confident Mourinho.

""Gazzetta dello Sport" said that there is no third team in the world that can play smooth ground coordination at Meazza (San Siro), then Chelsea will become the third team." Rinho wrote his starting lineup to Boas.

"It's crazy, Jose." Although Boas was prepared, he still took a breath.

"Of course, how can it be reversed without being crazy?" Mourinho said confidently.

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