Chapter Fifty-One, the Devil's Race
On the evening of August 24th, after Kim Tiger returned from London, he took the time to sort out the team information of Chelsea that Ferran gave him, because on the afternoon of August 26th, Chelsea will be a guest at Old Trafford. Germany Stadium, against Manchester United.
On the morning of August 25, Jin Tiger watched the players on the court during a training match. He complained to Scholes next to him: "Look at our next game, this is a devil's schedule!"
Scholes looked at the game schedule in his hand and couldn't help feeling: "The next few games are not easy to play."
Manchester United will play Chelsea at home in the second round of the Premier League on August 26.
In the third round of the Premier League on August 31, Manchester United will go away to challenge the arch-rival Liverpool.
In the fourth round of the Premier League on September 14, Manchester United will face Crystal Palace at home.
In the first round of the Champions League group stage on September 17, Manchester United will face the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen at home.
In the fifth round of the Premier League on September 22, Manchester United will go away to challenge the same city rival Manchester City.
In the third round of the League Cup on September 25, Manchester United will meet the arch-rival Liverpool again at home.
For a whole month, Manchester United will play Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City in a row in the league, and then there is a Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen, and finally, they will meet Liverpool again at home. The arrangement of this arena is absolutely incredible!
Jin Taige looked at the schedule with a wry smile, he shook his head, forget it, let's think about tomorrow's game against Chelsea.
On the afternoon of August 25th, Chelsea held a pre-match press conference. At the press conference, when the reporter asked what the goal of Mourinho was in this game, Mourinho only said one sentence: "In the old special. Rufford Stadium gets the points it wants."
Everyone knows in their hearts that the "wanted points" Mourinho said is definitely not just 1 point.
Later, at Manchester United's pre-match press conference, a reporter asked Jin Tiger: "Mourinho said that his goal is to get the points he wants at Old Trafford. What do you think of Mr. Tiger?"
Kintag shrugged: "Our goal is to get Chelsea back empty-handed."
The remarks of the coaches of the two sides before the game made everyone very excited, and they are looking forward to tomorrow's red and blue battle.
On August 26, with an hour before the game, the players were warming up on the field, and in the exit passage, Kim Tiger and Mourinho met. They simply shook hands.
Mourinho was expressionless: "We meet again."
Jin Taige nodded: "I said, I will definitely welcome you and your team."
"Mr. Tiger is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. No wonder the media regard you as a new favorite." Mourinho said.
Jin Taige shook his head: "If it comes to dealing with the media, I am far from you. The media can always dig up explosive news from the famous Mr. Mourinho. You alone feed half of England's sports. media reporters."
Mourinho waved his hand: "After I came back from Spain, I have calmed down a lot. It's you, Mr. Tiger, who first said the triple crown, then held the darts league, and then at the cocktail party. You are now the traffic bearer of the English sports media. I heard that many sports reporters now wake up in the morning and have to draw a cross on their chest and say 'thank God for my golden tiger'."
"Hahahaha!" Jin Tiger suddenly couldn't straighten his back with laughter, "I didn't expect Mourinho, who has always been serious, to make jokes."
The two walked while chatting, and in a short while they left the player tunnel.
At this time, the TV broadcast camera just caught the picture of the two people together.
"Let's see who this is? Oh, it turns out that the two protagonists of today's game are here." Sky TV host Raman said excitedly,
"Although these two coaches were at each other's throats at yesterday's pre-match press conference, they seem to be very friendly now. Although it looks like this on the surface, we believe that the two will definitely fight for every inch of land when they arrive on the field. Mourinho has always Known as a 'madman', and judging from Jin Tiger's performance during this period, he is not a good person, and the collision of these two people will definitely be very interesting."
Morris said on the side: "Manchester United beat Swansea 4-1 in the first game, but Swansea is weaker, and Kim Tiger's ability is not enough to convince everyone. If he led Manchester United To be able to beat Chelsea today, that would be..."
"That's impossible!" Maurice said halfway through, and Raman suddenly answered, "I'm still not optimistic about Manchester United in this game. If they can concede fewer goals, it will be thankful."
Morris shook his head helplessly, instead of continuing to talk about this topic, he introduced the starting list: "We have got the starting list for today."
"Chelsea played a 4-2-3-1 formation in this game: Cech was the goalkeeper; Terry and Cahill were in the middle, Ashley Cole and Ivanovic were on the left and one on the left. ; Lampard and Ramirez on the back midfielder; De Bruyne and Schurle on the left and right flanks; Oscar on the attacking midfielder; , Mikel, Azpilicueta, Essien, Schwarzer, Mata and Dembaba."
"And Manchester United's starting line-up today is exactly the same as the previous game, a standard 4-4-2 formation: De Gea in goal; Smalling, Ferdinand, Evra and Rafael in the back line, one from the left. Right; Kante, who performed well in the last game, continues to start, and his partner is Carrick in midfield, Ryan Giggs and Nani are on the left and right; Rooney and Van Persie are on the forward line. The seven substitutes are Alli Pine, Jones, Alonso, Anderson, Mahrez, Valencia and Icardi."
At this time, the stadium was already empty, and the players all returned to the locker room, preparing for the start of the game 15 minutes later.
Jintaig pointed to the tactical board on the wall: "This is Chelsea's starting lineup, which is similar to what we estimated these days. They are determined to play a defensive counterattack at Old Trafford. What does this mean?"
Jin Taige looked at the crowd: "Rafael, tell me, Chelsea are playing defensive back at our home, what does that mean?"
Rafael is young, he has the cheerful and lively character of South American players, and he has always been everyone's joy during training. Hearing Jin Taige ask him this, Rafael stood up: "This means Chelsea is afraid of us, and Mourinho is cowardly!"
"Beautiful!" Jin Taige even happily gave Raphael a high-five, "You must remember, this is Old Trafford, not to mention Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, even Real Madrid, Bayern , Juventus is here, and we will do the same to them!"