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Chapter 619: FA Cup Final


Each of the 20 Premier League teams has 38 league rounds in each season, and the first 37 rounds have all ended, which means that only the last round is left.

In the final round of each season, a series of words such as competing for Champions League places, UEFA Cup places, Intertoto Cup places, relegation, etc. will always appear on the headlines of major newspapers.

The same is true for the Premier League this year.

In addition to the Champions League four In addition to three places firmly occupied by Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, the UEFA Cup, Intertoto Cup and relegation have all reached a white-hot stage.

In order to ensure the fairness of the Premier League, the final round of the league will kick off at the same time.

It will be three o'clock in the afternoon on May 11th local time in the UK, which is 11 o'clock in the evening Beijing time.

This time period is just suitable for the schedule of Chinese fans.

According to Mourinho's idea, the main players will have a good rest in the last round of the league, and then prepare for the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium five days later, and also warm up for the Champions League final on May 22.

Prepare.

In other words, Mourinho has made sufficient preparations and plans for his second Champions League final.

But in this case, Aiello still started.

Because the player Mourinho relies on most now is Aiello.

The team has basically won every game with him, and another reason is that if Chelsea wins this game, then they will tie Wenfa.

He led Arsenal to a record of 49 unbeaten league games.

Mourinho Chelsea lost to Manchester United 0:1 in the 27th round of the 2006-2007 season until the 37th league round of this season.

A total of 48 league games remained unbeaten.

If this game remains unbeaten again, then Chelsea It will tie Arsenal's undefeated win in the 2003-2004 season, and also tie Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten run across seasons.

Although Mourinho always says that he doesn't care about records, when it comes to the real record, no one will refuse, especially the most popular young coach in Europe.

In addition, the last round of the league is an away home game, Mourinho has no reason to let the team lose at his home court, and after the game, the English Football Association will also hold a simple award ceremony, and they will award Chelsea the 20072008 The Barclays Trophy, the Premier League championship trophy of the season.

In the last round of the league, Chelsea's starting lineup only had two absolute main players, Aiello and Lampard.

The other positions were players who rarely played in the league and members from the reserve team and youth team.

But this lineup was enough to defeat Bolton, who had no desire this season.

In the end, with Aiello and Lampard scoring a goal in each half, they defeated Bolton 2:0 at home, thus raising the league record to 33 wins and 5 draws.

With 0 losses, the points reached 104 points and the league points record set in the previous round was improved by three points again.

Aiello's personal scoring record this season has also reached its peak.

He contributed 43 goals in a single season in the league, 8 goals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, the second best scorer, and won the Premier League Golden Boot Award and the European Golden Boot Award this season.

But at this time, no one paid attention to the so-called record, because they were all focused on regaining the league championship.

As soon as the game ended, all Chelsea players surrounded Aiello with ill intentions.

They all knew that Chelsea's results this season were inseparable from this man.

"Ya Zhu Die" Not long after, there was a miserable cry for help.

The staff of the Premier League Organizing Committee were very efficient.

They simply set up a temporary podium in the center of the stadium in a short time, and the Chelsea players also finished making a fuss and put on the team's championship jerseys.

This is Chelsea history.

The fourth Premier League championship trophy in the game is also the third league championship trophy in Mourinho's four years of coaching Chelsea.

It is worth mentioning that when Terry placed the trophy in the trophy slot provided by the sponsor to take pictures, head coach Mourinho took off the crown from the Barclays Trophy and put it on Aiello's head.

CCTV Premier League commentator Zhan Jun was extremely excited when he saw this scene: "I really didn't expect that Mourinho, who gives a serious impression, would take off the crown on the trophy head and wear it when the team won the championship trophy.

However, this is very reasonable.

Manchester United, the runner-up in the league this season, is very tight.

If it were not for Ai Luo's super performance throughout the season, it is still unknown whether Chelsea can win the league championship this season."

As the biggest contributor to the team's championship, Aiello was once again attacked by his teammates after returning to the locker room.

Champagne and beer were poured on him for free.

The league is all over, which means Chelsea has won two of the four trophies in the 2007-2008 season, leaving only the FA Cup final five days later and the Champions League final ten days later.

The opponent in the FA Cup final is Portsmouth, a weak opponent.

However, the FA Cup winner can directly participate in the UEFA Cup next season.

This is a great opportunity for Portsmouth, which has not qualified for the European competition.

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It's a big temptation, so Portsmouth head coach Perrin doesn't want to give up easily.

Maybe he can take advantage of Chelsea's lack of success in winning the league championship.

On the second day after Chelsea won the championship, he said very low-key in an interview with reporters: "Chelsea this season can be said to be legendary, so the Football Association The cup title is still very far away for us, but we will try our best.”

The reporter then interviewed former Chelsea player Glen Johnson, and his answer was not much different from head coach Perrin: "I stayed at Chelsea in the first half of the season, so I know the strength of this team very well, plus they With Ai who can do everything, the FA Cup championship is still a bit far away for us.”

Therefore, most of Chelsea's teams are confident of winning the FA Cup As one of the two teams in this season's Champions League finals, how could it not even be able to deal with the domestic scumbags?

Soon, the players' contempt was reflected in training before the FA Cup final, even Aiello.

All this was seen by Mourinho.

Maybe with the strength of the team, it will be a bit troublesome at the beginning, but as the game progresses, the players' condition will definitely slowly pick up, but if this mentality continues until the Champions League final, it will be troublesome.

Manchester United is not a kind person.

It won't give the team much breathing space at all, and the team must be given a warning.

But if you give a direct warning, the players will definitely not take it seriously, and it may also affect the team's morale, so we have to wait until the FA Cup final before making any plans.

After Mourinho thought clearly, his brows relaxed.

The 2007-2008 English FA Cup final officially kicked off at 4:30 pm local time on May 16 at the new Wembley Stadium.

As early as three months ago, Chelsea defeated local rivals Tottenham Hotspur at this venue to win the League Cup, and three months later they came to the new Wembley Stadium again to start another championship.

The FA Cup final.

Before the FA Cup final, the vast majority of fans and media in England were very optimistic about Chelsea's prospects of winning the championship, because the strength they had shown since the beginning of the season was among the top in Europe, and Portsmouth could only be considered a top player in the Premier League.

How can a team that barely survives relegation compare to Chelsea, the domestic double champions?

But the actual game was shocking.

At the end of the first half, Portsmouth, who was not expected to lead, was leading 2:0.

If Kanu's foot shot hadn't hit the crossbar in the 42nd minute, Chelsea would have trailed Portsmouth 3-0 at the new Wembley Stadium.

"Chelsea, who have already won the Premier League championship, clearly underestimated their opponents in the FA Cup final, which is why they fell behind by two goals in the first half.

Even their top scorer Ai also had problems.

You know, six days later They still have to play this season's Champions League final at the Luzhniki Stadium.

If they continue in their current state, they will never be able to defeat the Red Devils and Manchester United."

BBC commentator Lineker mercilessly criticized Chelsea's performance in the first half.

Other commentators also kept criticizing Chelsea's performance in the first half at this moment.

In the words of Andy Gray: "Their performance in the first half was their worst performance this season."

The Chelsea dressing room was surprisingly quiet, no one dared to speak.

"Why haven't you been very happy these past few days without talking?

Do you really think that you are invincible?

Do you really think that you are invincible?

Do you think that winning the Premier League championship and League Cup championship can guarantee the FA Cup championship?

I tell you that this is impossible.

Champions must be created with their own feet.”

Mourinho closed the locker room door and immediately started swearing mode.

"Look at what shit you played in the first half. 394 ball possession, 245 passes, 20 turnovers.

This is the data you handed over.

You are lucky that the opponent was Portsmouth and not Arsenal or Manchester United. , Liverpool, otherwise you would not be 2:0 now but 3:0, 4:0 or even more.”

Mourinho ranted for nearly five minutes before he stopped.

At the same time, he also found that his efforts during this period had been rewarded.

The players were no longer in the same depressed mood as when they entered the locker room before, but had adjusted their mentality and looked high-spirited.

Seeing this, Mourinho nodded with satisfaction before starting to explain the tactics of the second half.

The second half changed sides and the game resumed.

Portsmouth head coach Perrin had already made a good prediction about Chelsea's tactics in the second half, but Chelsea's offense was more intense than he expected.

In the first half, he was basically lost in the grid.

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Aiello, who was in Len Johnson's defense, was extremely active at the beginning, and Glen Johnson was swaying and couldn't find his way.

"Oh, this is so exciting.

This is what we remember about Ai.

He stopped suddenly, accelerated, and then stopped suddenly and cut inside.

He didn't knock the ball with his heel and shoot.

He entered the penalty area and fell down.

Ai fell.

Referee Dunn gave Chelsea a penalty kick.

A penalty kick” With the wonderful performance in the camera, Lineker also became active again: