Football: Banned for life, forced to travel to Europe

Chapter 468 Evolution

I don't know if it's Chelsea's good luck or the FA's intention. Their FA Cup semi-final opponent is the English Championship team Reading.

On the other side is a strong dialogue between Arsenal and Liverpool.

Facing the English Championship team, Chelsea did not talk about martial arts at all, and the excited Chelsea players almost cried when they were kicked by Reading.

Wish made a hat-trick in the first half, and Hazard and Sanchez also scored. Chelsea, who played at home, led 5-0 in the first half...

Fortunately, Mourinho is more virtuous, and replaced Wish, Hazard and Sanchez during the intermission, but Mitrovic, who came off the bench, was eager to show himself and scored another goal. In the end, Chelsea won at home. Swept Reading 6-0 and advanced to the FA Cup final.

On the other side, Arsenal and Liverpool are different. The two teams are playing inextricably.

The FA Cup is the only trophy that the two teams can compete for this season, which is very important to them.

Especially Liverpool, they are now four points behind Manchester City, the same point as Southampton, one point ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, ranked fifth in the league, and there are four rounds left in the league. The situation is more delicate.

The best case is of course to overtake Manchester City and get fourth in the league, so that Liverpool can participate in the Champions League play-offs next season, but if not, they will compete for fifth in the league and play in the Europa League.

The Premier League is not the same as other leagues in this regard. They are the fifth in the league, the champions of the FA Cup and the League Cup can qualify for the Europa League.

If the cup winner is qualified for the Champions League, the runner-up will make up for it. If the runner-up is also qualified for the Champions League, it will be the turn of League No.6 to play in the Europa League.

Now that Chelsea has entered the FA Cup final, as long as Liverpool can reach the final, no matter whether they can win the cup or not, they already have a guaranteed qualification for the Europa League, so Rogers is so concerned.

Liverpool played very proactively in this game. At 10:[-] minutes into the first half, Coutinho used his iconic long shot to help Liverpool open the scoring.

Then Rogers asked the team to start defending. At the critical moment, he subconsciously chose the way of his mentor Mourinho.

But Rogers only learned the watch, not the inside.

Mourinho's defensive counterattack is not simply to defend, his purpose is to push the counterattack, especially when the offense and defense switch.

Even if you don’t counterattack, it’s only used when there is one less player or the game is coming to an end. Rogers started defending before finishing the first half, that’s just a joke...

However, Rogers was lucky, being under pressure by Arsenal for most of the halftime without conceding a goal.

But his good luck only lasted until 85 minutes, No.806 minutes, Giroud header ferry, Pedro scored in front of the goal, helping Arsenal equalize the score.

The two sides entered overtime. Liverpool, who had defended most of the time, no longer knew how to attack. Arsenal passed a corner kick at 115 minutes. Giroud scored the lore and advanced to the FA Cup final.

But Arsenal and Wenger are not happy at all. They will face Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on May 31, and everyone is numb...

After playing the FA Cup semi-finals, Chelsea will feel at ease to prepare for the Champions League semi-finals.

Due to schedule conflicts, the FA adjusted the Premier League No. 30 fifth round of Chelsea's home game against Crystal Palace to the end of the season, so their championship award ceremony was also postponed to the Premier League's No. 30 sixth round of Chelsea's home game against Liverpool.

Liverpool not only have to line up to greet Chelsea, but also to watch them present awards...

Mourinho and Chelsea don't have time to care about this. Anyway, they have already won the championship and they can't run away. Their minds are all on Real Madrid.

In fact, Real Madrid is no stranger to Mourinho and Wishing. Just two seasons ago, Wishing and Real Madrid played two games in the Champions League group stage. At that time, Real Madrid's head coach was Mourinho.

After Ancelotti entered Real Madrid, he bought Bell, Toni Kroos, Isco and Ronaldo, and promoted Carvajal, but this did not trouble Mourinho. He repeatedly studied Real Madrid The characteristics of the players, also find their weaknesses.

Moreover, both Benzema and Modric were injured in this game, which is good news for Chelsea. These two players are players who can bring about tactical changes.

Of course Modric needless to say, his licensing and scheduling, midfield transition role are very obvious, and there is a long shot.

Not only can execute tactics, but also often make a fortune. He is Mourinho's favorite type of player.

But more importantly is Benzema. Although the fans always blame him, from a tactical point of view, Benzema's role is even more important than Modric.

Benzema is similar to wishing, can be used as a fulcrum, and can also attack independently, but his small skills are better, his passing is more accurate, and he also has a talent for making the ball.

With Benzema at the center position, Real Madrid's offensive routines will be much richer. Ronaldo and Bell also have space to intersperse, which is very difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, he was injured and did not come to London with the team at all. This is Chelsea's opportunity. Mourinho is going to go all out at home and strive to create a big enough advantage in the first round.

"Run." In the conference room, Mourinho tapped the tactical board, "As long as we run, we can beat Real Madrid."

"The intensity of La Liga is completely different from that of the Premier League. They are used to a slow pace, so we have to increase the speed."

"But we can't run around, Modric can't play, the task of Real Madrid's offensive organization is on these two people."

Mourinho circled the names of Toni Kroos and Ronaldo, "As long as the two of them have the ball, no matter who is near them, they must go over and attack immediately. I don't ask you to break the ball directly. Come down, but don't let them pass the ball comfortably."

"Toro, Pepe's ball is average, you have to pay attention to harassing Varane, his speed is not as fast as yours."

Make a wish and nodded, then asked, "What about the attack?"

"I know you're in a hurry..." Mourinho smiled, and pointed to the names of Marcelo and Carvajal, "We're going to play wide."

"Marcelo is very fond of assists and often can't go back, Alexis, you should know that very well."

Sanchez nodded with a smile. When he was in Barcelona, ​​he often played against Marcelo and knew his characteristics well.

"Eden, Carvajal's speed is far inferior to yours, use your rhythm to kill him."

Seeing Xu wishing to scratch his head anxiously, everyone laughed, and Mourinho added, "Then give the ball to Xu, he will solve the problem."

Mourinho has a plan in mind. In order to deal with Real Madrid, he is going to play the three midfielders. Fabregas is in charge of organizing, and Matic and Inle are in charge of sweeping. He wants to surprise Real Madrid's midfielder.

Right-back Mourinho is ready to start Azpilicueta, who is more defensive, and use him to limit Ronaldo.

But what Mourinho didn't expect was that Ancelotti also changed.