56 Jose Mourinho
More than 6,000 Chelsea fans came from England. The first-leg reversal by Inter Milan meant that Chelsea had to beat Inter Milan by two goals in order to advance to the quarter-finals.
For Chelsea, their best news is that the last round of Serie A Inter Milan and Lecce have already consumed a group ahead of schedule, Inter Milan's deputy team Cordoba's repeated injuries caused Inter Milan's defensive lineup to be incomplete.
Mourinho opted to use the substitutes in last weekend's Premier League game, which was held to a draw at home by Chelsea, because of the almost irreversible situation that has been established in the Premier League.
As usual, Jose Mourinho was still wearing the Armani coat that his wife bought him with the first month's salary. When Mourinho stepped onto the Meazza stadium with a grim face, no one Discover, the eyes of all Chelsea players.
Today, both Inter Milan and Chelsea chose a lineup that surprised everyone. For Inter Milan, the 19-year-old Luka Modric represented Inter Milan in the Champions League for the first time.
Modric, wearing the No. 37 jersey, is known as the hope of Croatian football. On Chelsea's side, Drogba and Kežman partnered up front. Mourinho turned Chelsea's usual 433 adventure into 442. And Inter Milan is also a 442 formation. They did not choose the 343 that they have played for a long time.
"The coaches on both sides have ideas." Commented on Sky Italia, commentators Palmer Terry and Roberto Baggio.
"Mourinho wants to play on the ground at Meazza, isn't it scientific at all?" England's Sky TV, Martin Taylor and Gary Lineker were puzzled for a long time after they got Chelsea's starting lineup.
Joe Cole, Robben, Kezhiman, what is Mourinho going to do in Meazza, where the turf is in extremely bad condition?
Even Inter Milan coach Mancini was stunned after getting Chelsea's starting list.
Where does Jose Mourinho's confidence come from? Is he crazy? Don't hold high and fight high, but still want to play ground flow? Speaking of the Premier League, who can play ground coordination except Arsenal?
So Mancini believes that Jose Mourinho sent such a formation to confuse Inter Milan.
"Don't be afraid, guys, this is just Jose Mourinho trying to confuse us, they will definitely hit high, so you must pay attention to the control of the high-altitude ball, and you must avoid chaos." Mancini Still, as always, he arranged the tactics he had already thought about.
Perhaps in the eyes of everyone, it is impossible for Chelsea to play a smooth ground coordination at San Siro.
In the previous life, the reason why Barcelona kept defeating Meazza and San Siro was that, in addition to the strong tactics of the Italian team, there was another point that they relied on the timing of Meazza and San Siro stadiums!
Because this is indeed a veritable vegetable field!
Here, as "Gazzetta dello Sport" said, there is no third team in the world that can play smooth ground coordination here, except AC Milan and Inter Milan.
Jose Mourinho, however, doesn't think so.
Since the game at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho has been premeditating this game. For more than fifteen days, Chelsea's players have been in a bad piece of work that Mourinho asked the turf warden to prepare. Limit, practiced on the training ground that almost replicated the turf of the Meazza Stadium.
Although the result of this is that Chelsea have tied for two consecutive rounds of the Premier League, because after playing on such turf, it is difficult for Chelsea players to play smoothly on other venues.
However, when Chelsea came to the Meazza turf to warm up fifteen days later, the Chelsea players felt too good.
Mourinho is a person who races against time. He will never waste a single chance. Some people say he is a utilitarian. Mourinho does not object to such a statement at all, because only victory is what Mourinho wants of.
Leon guessed wrong, Mancini also guessed wrong, the whole world was cheated by Mourinho.
When the second round of the UEFA Champions League match between Inter Milan and Chelsea started, everyone discovered that the Ruble Legion led by the handsome middle-aged Portuguese uncle firmly controlled the ball with a skillful ground attack!
Robben's breakthrough like walking on the ground...Kezman's super strong ball and turned directly, Drogba's involvement, Lampard's organization, Chelsea almost regarded Meazza as Stamford Bridge.
Everything that Inter Milan prepared has turned into its own weakness. No matter how much Modric runs, it is useless, because Chelsea's style today has become the gunner brought by the professor.
It's not that Chelsea can't play on the ground, but it's just that Mourinho usually asks them to play fast offense.
In fact, in the Premier League, your speed alone is useless, how can you win the game without skill? Chelsea's players are by no means a bunch of rough guys like the outside world thinks, at least they proved in today's game that they can play like Arsenal!
On the pitch, the players of Inter Milan felt that they were being targeted everywhere. Mourinho used Makelele and Lampard to limit Lionwell's attack.
Robben and Joe Cole, two skilled players, used their skills and speed to tear apart Inter Milan's defense, and Modric became Inter Milan's failure at this time.
Because Chelsea has no intention of fighting a war of attrition with Inter Milan. They are attacking like mercury, and Modric's role is limited to the minimum. How about attacking? Inter Milan has Leonwell as a support point. Most of the time, teammates will not choose to give the ball to Modric. Perhaps Modric's only role now is to fill the position when defending. However, the young Modric Odd's biggest weakness is his defensive positioning.
If Chelsea is reckless with a long pass, then Modric can show his characteristics by running up and down. Modric is prepared by Inter Milan for Chelsea's disruptive battle.
However, with Chelsea's stern kicking, Modric's inexperience was completely exposed!
Mancini's choice became a failure, and Leon's guess became Inter Milan's biggest loophole!
In the 37th and 41st minutes of the first half, Chelsea scored two goals in a row. The goals of Drogba and Kežman made Chelsea overtake Inter Milan 6-5 on the total score.
Throughout the first half, Inter Milan was tightly restricted by Chelsea, and Chelsea actually had 61% possession rate in the first half!
This is beyond the dream of the whole world.
"Jose Mourinho is indeed a person who is good at creating surprises." Martin Taylor and Gary Lineker couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Leon doesn't know what method Mourinho used to adapt Chelsea to Meazza's turf. In short, now Mourinho has done it, his Chelsea has done it, and Chelsea has become the third team in the world that can play against Meazza. Acha played a smooth and coordinated team on the vegetable court.
What Barcelona Mengsan never did in the previous life, Chelsea did.
Crazy Jose Mourinho, he won.
Throughout the second half, Inter Milan tried their best to attack but failed to get back a victory from Chelsea. Obviously, only one goal from Inter Milan can eliminate Chelsea, but that goal is far away from Inter Milan.
Chelsea played too calmly, whether it was offense or defense, they really showed the appearance of champions.
And this is something that the young Inter Milan does not have. Inter Milan gives people the feeling of being young and energetic. This season, after the introduction of Lionwell, they blew up a youth storm. Young people like Biaso, Adriano, and Tevez let people see the hope of revival in the era of the big international.
Today, however, a more composed Chelsea proved that their success in the Premier League was no accident, with Jose Mourinho's frantic sacrifice of two league rounds in exchange for this precious victory.
They defeated Inter Milan 2-0 in the away game at San Siro.
When the game whistle blew, Leon couldn't help walking towards Chelsea's bench, "Can you tell me, what method did you use to adapt Chelsea to Meazza's turf?"
Mourinho looked at his "big brother" with a smile, "I used almost two weeks to let the players play on a training ground similar to the Meazza turf. Because I know, you will think that I'm going to put all my eggs in one basket and play long balls to decide the outcome."
Completely suppressed tactically, Mourinho won, and Leon smiled helplessly. At this moment, he remembered a man named Tony Twain, who also did such a thing. "It's crazy. I won last year, and I lost this year. If I meet you next year, I will definitely win." Leon said after taking a last look at Mourinho.
He had to go and comfort Modric, and as soon as the game was over, Modric, who had been full of hope for the game and his own future, felt his world collapse.
Reality has completely crushed the Croatian teenager. He made 27 passes and succeeded 10 times...the success rate is even less than 40%. Modric can almost imagine how the media describe himself. Chelsea Undercover? Chelsea's twelfth man? God of Mistakes?
Thinking of this, the young Magic Flute felt wronged, he wanted to cry, he didn't dare to look at his teammates...
Until Leon patted himself on the shoulder, "Let's go, Luca, we are out, Chelsea won, Mourinho won."
"I'm sorry... Leon, I..." Tears welled up in the eyes of the young Magic Flute, and at this moment Leon hugged him, "Don't think too much, Luca, the sky is falling, I will bear it for you Don't care about other people's eyes, you played great, but we were wrong, I was wrong, Mancini was wrong, the whole world was wrong, we were too self-righteous to guess Mourinho's tactics, it turns out , Mourinho is a person who can never guess. No one can know the process of the game against him. Perhaps from the beginning, we should focus on ourselves, and our tactics have been messed up from the beginning. So, next year Come again."
Seeing Leon comforting himself, the young Modric nodded, "Come again next year!" When he said this, Modric clenched his fists.
"Mancho, don't look, we are out." Leon said, looking at Mancini who kept looking at the scoreboard after the game and refused to leave.
"I lost, but he is still better than me." Mancini's words were a bit bitter. He knew that he had to take full responsibility for the loss. Inter Milan originally had a huge advantage, but they were still overthrown by Chelsea.
Leon patted Mancini on the shoulder, "Then if you meet him again next year, you have to prove that you are better than him."
Mancini breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Perhaps being out is not necessarily a bad thing, Juventus, you go further and further in the Champions League, the league title, I must win it."
"That's for sure, because we are Inter Milan." Mancini did not notice that Leon's habit of "I am Leonwell" has become that we are Inter Milan.
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