Red Rebels

After the national team match, when the players returned to the club for their first public training session, many fans saw a scene that surprised them.

Captain Beckham's right knee was covered with a rubber band. He was walking in circles outside the training ground by himself. He would stop from time to time and apply an ice pack to massage his right knee, which seemed to be in some pain.

Beckham's right knee has always been the focus of the club, because the club had previously raised doubts about his way of taking free kicks, fearing that his way of taking free kicks would cause damage to his feet. Before joining, he My toe bone was once fractured.

Now it’s the right knee’s turn, a very troublesome area!

In a friendly match between the England national team and Japan, Beckham collided with an opponent's player. As a result, he was substituted midway through the game. This will also keep Beckham out of the game for at least a month until the laboratory. Make sure he can play his position.

Xiao Yu and Mourinho are very concerned about Beckham's injury, and the laboratory is tracking him all the time. After all, he is already 30 years old and has begun to enter the twilight years of his career. Any injury at this time is his fault. The biggest enemy.

But we need Beckham very much!

Fabregas and Michael Johnson are undoubtedly talented. Both players have high hopes from Redondo, who believes that they can become an organizational midfielder who is not inferior to Beckham. It can even be said that they will Overtaking Beckham in this position, but that will take time.

Judging from many games this season, Fabregas's performance is not stable enough, and his state fluctuates greatly. Michael Johnson is more stable, but his ability to read the game is not as good as Fabregas's, and his playing style is tougher. , he is hailed as the new Gerrard, and it is not without reason. His development direction is the most similar to that of Beckham, especially the windy mid-to-long pass.

But looking at the team as a whole, Fabregas is undoubtedly more suitable for the position of organizational midfielder. He has excellent personal abilities and excellent passing awareness. He is especially good at short passes and medium and long passes, especially his ability to read the game. His ability and insight make him more comfortable on the court.

Michael Johnson has stronger offensive ability, and Cesc Fabregas has better organizational and planning abilities. The two of them can be said to be good at winning each game. It is difficult to say who is better, so how to use it depends on Mourinho. Austria's strategy against the enemy.

In addition, De Rossi can also play and form a double defensive midfielder with Essien. His organizational skills are also good, and his passing skills are also good. He is fully qualified for this role and is still trustworthy at critical moments.

If the defensive midfielder position is easier to solve, then at the center position, Drogba's muscle sprain will bring huge losses to Mourinho's team.

Drogba strained his right foot muscle in Cote d'Ivoire's match against Sudan. At that time, he played for 80 minutes and scored 2 goals to help Cote d'Ivoire defeat Sudan 1:3 in an away game. However, in one During the emergency stop, he suddenly fell to the ground. Later, according to the diagnosis and treatment of the Ivory Coast team doctor, Drogba suffered a strained thigh muscle in his right foot.

After getting the news, they rushed to Africa as soon as possible, took Drogba back to Manchester, and sent him to the Royal Hospital for a comprehensive test. The results showed that he had a serious muscle strain and would be sidelined for at least a month, and if serious, it may even exceed 2 months.

This will undoubtedly bring huge losses, but it does not give Côte d'Ivoire any right to seek compensation because the country's national team is too poor.

The injuries of two important players, coupled with the minor injuries of many players, and the intensive schedule of the league, will lead to a difficult schedule ahead, especially with the arrival of Ramadan, the team will face Essien. The use of will no longer be as bold as before.

The Ghanaian buffalo is known as having double lungs, which is the best reflection of his almost abnormal physique, but with the advent of Ramadan,

He will go from having two lungs to being half disabled now. Isn't there a saying that people are like iron rice and steel. Essien can't be strong if he doesn't eat.

However, it is not that there is no good news in other aspects. The best news comes from g14. After consultations, UEFA and FIFA decided to invite g14 to send a representative team to participate in the UEFA executive committee. Both parties can definitely Sit down and talk.

Since the failure of the G14 claim for 800 million, the EU is fully reviewing the legality of the Belgian court's submission on whether the national team can unconditionally recruit players. This has also put UEFA and FIFA under tremendous pressure.

It can be said that this matter is of no benefit to both FIFA and the club. For FIFA, once the club refuses to recruit players, it will lose the appeal of these stars from the mainstream European leagues. Who else will watch it? European Cup? Who would regard the World Cup as a football feast?

For the club, forcing the players to refuse to participate in the national team competition will undoubtedly put themselves on the opposite side of the fans and even the players. This is also something the club does not want to see, so the two sides decided to sit down and negotiate.

In a modern society, negotiation may not be able to produce the best result that is most consistent with the development of football, but negotiation can resolve all conflicts and disputes and avoid a life-and-death fight.

g14 has also actively responded to the concessions made by FIFA and UEFA. In the latest internal meeting, g14 asked Liverpool to temporarily shelve their plan to sue UEFA because Owen was injured in the national team. , this can also be regarded as a positive signal to FIFA and UEFA.

Once both parties are willing to sit down and talk, there is nothing that cannot be agreed upon!

……………The day after the players returned to the club, they welcomed the powerful rival Arsenal at home.

Both teams were tortured by the national team, which made this game that was supposed to be exciting ended up being a depressing 0:0. This also made many people speculate about whether they would insist on fighting on multiple fronts. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on anymore.

Looking at the history of home games, there are very few games without goals, but in this game, Arsenal limited their offense in the away game. Although the double defensive midfielder composed of Cesc Fabregas and Mikel performed well. Good, and Mourinho stayed in preparation for the Champions League group match against Barcelona, ​​but in the final analysis, it was still affected.

After the game, Mourinho said in an interview with the media that the team had an advantage in the game and created several good scoring opportunities throughout the game, but the players were too tired, resulting in poor performance. This is all The national team competition caused trouble, but he believes that after adjustments, the team will regain its fighting strength.

"Yes, we were tied with Arsenal at home, but this is not a disaster. We can see that Liverpool beat Blackburn 1:0 at home. This game was also very difficult. Chelsea's win against Bolton was equally difficult, and so was Manchester United, but we It was unlucky that we met Arsenal after a two-week layoff, but this is not the end!"

Wenger has enough capital to play with all his main players at home because they faced Sparta Prague in midweek, but it was not possible because they faced the powerful Barcelona.

The absence of Beckham and Drogba has led to a lack of changes in organization and offense. Villa is fast and has strong scoring ability, but he is exhausted when dealing with the central defender combination of Hangeland and Gallas. Lacks the impact of Drogba.

Another striker with strong impact, Ismail, was not included in the squad by Mourinho. Some people speculated that he was the secret weapon to deal with Barcelona in midweek.

Sure enough, in the game against Barcelona in midweek, Ismail served as the starter, Ronaldinho, Messi and Kaká also started together. Behind them were Michael Johnson and De Rossi, and the defense was Lahm. , Vidic, Curtis and Maicon, the goalkeeper is Cech.

Compared with the previous round against Arsenal, substitutions and adjustments were made in the frontcourt attack combination. Franck Ribery and Robben, who started in the previous round, both sat on the bench. Obviously, Mourinho was in the last round of the league. It is a conscious decision to give up and prepare for the Champions League in midweek.

Regarding Barcelona, ​​Mourinho is unwilling to give up, because every time he encounters Barcelona, ​​he always has the urge to win, especially at home.

From the beginning of this game, he pressed hard, emphasizing fast-paced passing and physical confrontation. From the beginning, he put the game into his favorite and most adaptable rhythm.

Barcelona just had a bloody battle with Deportivo La Coruña in the away game last weekend, and the two sides also tied 3:3. Among them, Ronaldinho and Eto'o and other main players of the team played the whole game. This resulted in None of these players were able to perform at their best, especially Ronaldinho, who scored twice against Deportivo and was completely frozen by Maicon on the left.

Michael Johnson took on the important role of the team's playmaker in such an important game for the first time. This was a challenge for him, but it was also a trust, and he lived up to Mourinho's trust in him. trust.

On the defensive end, Michael Johnson is almost everywhere in the game. His abundant physical fitness ensures that he can expand his range of activities and always maintain huge pressure on Xavi and Iniesta in the midfield. With the help of De Rossi, the English teenager is even more unscrupulous.

On the offensive end, Michael Johnson frequently used his precise passing to either directly find the commanding heights of Ismail, or pass diagonally to both sides, because Mourinho had clearly formulated the tactics before the game. Barcelona wants to hit both of their wings.

Barcelona has always had a stubborn problem on the wing, which has not been alleviated this season, so they originally wanted to introduce Kolo Toure and also coveted Sevilla's Ramos, but in the end this Neither player made it to Barcelona.

Michael Johnson has excellent physical fitness and is not afraid of confrontation, but he is not blindly reckless. He has super ability to stop the ball and escape from the spot, which makes the ball at his feet difficult to lose. This is for an organizational type. For the midfielder, it is an essential requirement.

There is a saying that goes well, you only need one point of force to grab the ball, but if you lose the ball after grabbing the ball, if you want to grab it again, you have to use at least three points of force, or even ten points of force.

The requirements for both defensive midfielders are very high, and the most important point is that they must have the ability to stop and protect the ball. After all, in this position, once the ball is lost, they will directly face the defense line.

The two sides played very fiercely in the first half. Although it was a 0:0 draw, both sides created a lot of opportunities. However, in the second half, it was obvious that the Barcelona players were not physically fit. On the contrary, these players basically did not play in the league. He was in good physical condition and gradually gained the upper hand in the competition.

In the 63rd minute, Michael Johnson used his body to overpower Iniesta to steal the ball and handed it to De Rossi who was nearby. The latter knocked back. Michael Johnson passed the ball diagonally behind him and Messi came in at high speed along the right. He caught the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed it into the penalty area. Ismail scored with a header, 1:0!

The team at home took the lead, and then the team went all out and launched a fierce attack on Barcelona's hinterland. Sister-in-law {half-/-floating=(.*)+生-Red Rebel

In the 71st minute, just a few minutes after the last goal, the offensive was launched again. It was young player Michael Johnson who drove the ball from the center and shot a ground-breaking long-distance shot from the front of the penalty area, piercing the goal guarded by Valdez. At the gate, the Barcelona goalkeeper once again showed his unstable side. Although he made a save, he let the ball pass through his hands and formed a goal, 2:0!

But after this goal, Barcelona launched a counterattack. At the last moment, Swedish veteran Larsson, who came on for Eto'o, took a corner kick and scored with a header, helping Barcelona regain a point.

After that, Barcelona was like a shark that smelled blood, chasing and fighting, but with the double midfielder composed of Michael Johnson and De Rossi, they firmly held on to the final victory.

2:1, defeated the visiting Barcelona at home. With this victory, he jumped to the top of the group. However, Mourinho was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the last 20 minutes, especially in the locker room. The key point Criticized many players including Michael Johnson.

But back at the press conference, Mourinho was full of praise for the players' performance and thought they performed well, but refused to evaluate a certain player individually, even Michael Johnson, who was considered outstanding by the media.

As for Rijkaard, although he once again failed to win at home, he still smiled and said that he was quite satisfied with the result. When he returns to the Nou Camp, he will try his best to win a victory.

According to the schedule, in the fourth round of the group stage, we will be a guest at Camp Nou. These two games have a bit of a knockout feel, so we will see who will win!