Chapter 89 The League Ends
Chapter 89 The league ends
May 24th is the final day of the European Champions League. Before that, there is still the last round of the Premier League. Don Eun no longer thinks about the boring things like the "double champion" of the league championship and the Champions League championship. Manchester United leads himself three points, and the possibility of losing the league championship at the last moment is only 0.1%.
The last round of the league will be held on May 13, with eleven days left before the final day of the Champions League, which is good news for Donn, meaning that he can make way for the Champions League final without considering any rotation system, and he can use the strongest lineup to play against Liverpool in the final round.
Although even losing to Liverpool will not affect Forests' qualification for the Champions League next season, Donne wants to continue to suppress Chelsea at the last moment, and he doesn't want Chelsea to grab the second place in the league back.
Of course, this not only depends on the performance of Forests. Now Chelsea plays one less game than Forests. If you want to continue to suppress Chelsea, it also depends on the situation of the make-up game - Chelsea vs. Manchester United at home.
This match will be held on May 10th.
This supplementary game is also a moment to unveil the suspense of the league championship.
Finally, on that day, at Stamford Bridge Stadium, tens of thousands of Chelsea fans saw the scene they least wanted to see, and served as a foil for their opponents' celebration banquet at their own stadium.
In this game, Manchester United tied Chelsea 0-0. Chelsea's points were 82, the same score as Forest, and temporarily ranked second, but it was four points away from the league first. With the last round of the league left, Chelsea could not surpass Manchester United to win the championship in any case.
The result of this match was announced that Manchester United won the 2006-07 Premier League championship in the 2006-07 season.
In this way, the Red Devils Manchester United welcomed their ninth Premier League title amid the booing of Stamford Bridge, which is also the 16th top league champion in their club history.
Ferguson was happy when he shook hands with Mourinho. He fought with Mourinho for a whole season and finally got to the end of his laugh.
In the following days, the English media reported that Manchester United won the ninth league championship. Ferguson became the headline and was in the limelight for a while.
As for Mourinho and Chelsea's failure, most media have a "schadenfreshing" attitude. Although it has been four years since Abramovich took over Chelsea, many people still look down on this "nova" who made a fortune by relying on the ruble.
Although this phenomenon is normal, after all, everyone has more or less a hatred for the rich, but this mentality may not be correct.
Chelsea had already fallen into a high debt and could declare bankruptcy at any time. Bates was unable to repay the high debts, and Abramovich's arrival not only saved him. He also saved Chelsea Club and at the same time saved those fans who loved Chelsea Club. But the fans were not grateful for this. At that time, the London Evening News said half-jokingly and half-sarcastically:
In addition to spending money to buy players, Abramovich is also preparing to acquire fashion master Armani to design jerseys for Chelsea, acquire media king Murdoch to publish Chelsea's "Guide to Watch the Game", acquire Prime Minister Blair's think tank Campbell as Chelsea's public relations consultant, acquire F1 ace driver Schumacher to be the driver of Chelsea's team's bus...
At that time, some media said that if Abramovich's assets were converted into cash and then spread under the mattress, then when he accidentally fell off the bed while sleeping, he must not have fallen to death, but starved to death.
Chelsea has achieved great success in the past two years with the money of Russian wealthy land, but it has never been convinced. The entire English football world refuses to recognize Chelsea's achievements, especially when comparing Chelsea with Arsenal. This may be one of the reasons why Mourinho hates Wenger so much - no one likes to be the opposite of others.
Abramovich knew that if he wanted to block those people's mouths, the best way was to win a championship with enough weight. The league championship was not enough, and the Champions League championship was enough.
For this reason, he invited the championship coach Mourinho, who could win the Champions League championship in a team like Porto. Unexpectedly, luck made people feel bad. After Mourinho came, let alone the Champions League championship, he couldn't even enter the Champions League final for three consecutive years.
This season, Chelsea even lost the league championship.
After Mourinho and Ferguson simply shook hands, they left the court with a sinister face and left people's sight. There were media who wanted to interview him in the next few days, but they couldn't find anyone.
Suddenly, rumors were everywhere. Chelsea planned to change coach next season, but Abramovich could not bear the embarrassment of investing hundreds of millions of pounds in three consecutive seasons, but could not win back the Champions League. Another theory is that Abramovich had an irreconcilable conflict with Mourinho in the use of Shepchenko. Abramovich insisted that the team rank Shepchenko in the starting position, even if he could not score the goal, while Mourinho believed that players who performed poorly and were in poor condition should go to the bench and leave the opportunity to others.
Don N.I. didn't know if Mourinho left Chelsea in the end. At least such a thing had not happened before he traveled through time. When he was a fan, he felt that Chelsea and Mourinho were inseparable. When talking about Chelsea, he would think of Mourinho, and when talking about Mourinho, he would also think of Chelsea.
He could not imagine what Chelsea would look like without Mourinho. Although they are usually stalemates, he still doesn't want Mourinho to leave Chelsea. Because that would make him less fun...
He likes to be a coach. In addition to having the opportunity to win various championship trophys and train those world-class stars, another important reason is that he can compete with the famous coaches who were only seen on TV and newspapers before. Professional football is not a game that can be played by one person. Without good opponents, the fun of this sport is half less.
The rumors became more and more widespread and outrageous. Soon Abramovich and Mourinho appeared in the media to refute the rumors. Abramovich said he admired Mourinho's work in Chelsea these three seasons and promised Mourinho had a bright future in this team. Mourinho said he liked working in Chelsea very much and had no intention of going to other teams to seek development.
Neither of them mentioned that they lost two championships this season, which made many people still doubt Mourinho's possibility of leaving Chelsea next season. Some experts also analyzed that they came out to refute the rumors at this time. But they did not want to affect the morale of the team and let them play the last league game of the season. Wait until the end of the season, it will be time to settle the score in the autumn.
In the last round of the league, all games will start at the same time.
Some people say that the rumors came out before the last round of the league to not affect the morale and fighting spirit of the whole Chelsea team, and not affect their last league game. But the "repairing the sheep" is a remedy after the sheep is dead, no matter how it is remedy. The sheep is the prerequisite.
Chelsea's morale and fighting spirit have been affected. In the last round of the league, Chels was tied 1:1 by Moyes' Everton at home.
Manchester United, who had already won the league championship, lost absent-mindedly to West Ham United at home, helping the team successfully land from the relegation zone, with a score of 0:1.
Nottingham Forest and Liverpool made a striking twists and turns, and Liverpool took the lead at the beginning.
Because in the 37th round of the league, Liverpool lost to Fulham away, while Arsenal shook hands with Chelsea at home. The two teams, which were originally one point apart, now have the same points. Both Liverpool and Arsenal want to get the last ticket to the Champions League. Although Liverpool has also entered the final of the League Cup this season, the opponent is Sevilla. But they still hope to play in the Champions League.
So at the beginning, Liverpool sieges the Forests goal, and they took the lead in the away game.
This game was also broadcasted by bbc5 against the national broadcast.
After scoring the goal, Liverpool became even more excited and they continued to besiege Nottingham Forest. Benitez took the initiative to qualify for the Champions League. But he forgot. What kind of team is Nottingham Forest? What kind of team is Nottingham Forest? What are their best teams?
From the scene, the Forest team, which was playing at home, was in a mess, and the goal that was fluttering in the wind and rain might be pierced again at any time. However, the Forest team fans did not frown and were panicked. This scene was too familiar to them...
In the 27th minute, thirteen minutes after Liverpool scored, Forest equalized the score. It was taking advantage of Liverpool's huge pressure to push the gap behind him, and quickly counterattacked, knocking on the goal guarded by Spanish national goal Reina.
Ten minutes later, news came from Portsmouth that Arsenal scored a goal on the away field.
This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Liverpool people. If the scores of these two games are now maintained until the end of the game, Liverpool will lose the qualification to enter the Champions League for the second consecutive year.
They stepped up their offense and wanted to knock on Nottingham Forest again. But the score did not change until the end of the first half.
In the second half, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool were still in a stalemate, but news came from another stadium that was beneficial to Liverpool.
Just five minutes into the second half, Portsmouth scored a goal and the score became 1:1.
Watching live games at the city stadium, listening to the radio to follow the opponent. The half-hearted Liverpool fans made a huge cheer, almost making others think their team scored a goal.
This news greatly stimulated the fighting spirit of Liverpool players. They bombed the Forest's goal and put further pressure on them. In the 19th minute of the second half, Forest's goal fell again.
Gerald's long shot directly penetrated Van der Sar's fingers. The whole Forest team had no temper for this concealment because it was so beautiful, just like the long shot that Wood shot into Chelsea's goal. What else do you have to say when he was shot like that?
Liverpool fans began to sing loudly in the stands at the city stadium to celebrate the lead. They angered Forest fans, and the singing of Liverpool fans was soon suppressed by the songs of Forest fans.
At the same time, Liverpool's new lead also angered Don and Don't have the team.
Albertini started in this game instead of Wood, which was his last warm-up match before the Champions League final. After Liverpool took the lead, the commentator kept complaining about Donn's rotation decision. In his opinion, the elderly Albertini is no longer used to starting in such a fierce game. His running ability has been greatly weakened and he cannot pose any threat to Gerald on defense. Offensive... The Forest was crushed to the half-time, what else can he do to attack?
In short, the commentator raised questions about Albertini's ability from many aspects, believing that Don't have any reason for the rotation. George Wood was not injured or sick, in a stable state and in a physical condition, and was physically sufficient. He didn't use Albertini instead of him. It was really stupid.
Just as the commentator kept clamoring that Albertini had been eliminated by the times, Albertini scored a goal.
With a typical "Albertini" leaf-falling ball, Reina was out of reach, so she could only watch the football bypass his hand and fall into the net.
Nottingham Forest tied the score to 2:2.
Liverpool fans were not too frustrated now, because there was no news of a goal scorer from Portsmouth. Even if they tied in both games, Liverpool will still rank fourth with a goal difference advantage. Suppress Arsenal.
This result is good news for Liverpool, but Done does not accept the draw. The draw is dangerous when he does not know the outcome of the Chelsea game.
The game continued until injury time, and neither side scored another goal. The same was true for Portsmouth. Arsenal did not score, and Portsmouth did not score.
It seems that Liverpool will get the qualification to participate in the Champions League next season as they wish, while Arsenal will have to participate in the League Cup.
Liverpool fans have already started celebrating in advance. Some Liverpool fans even gave thumbs up to Forest fans, saying that they were grateful for them. In the eyes of Liverpool fans, the result was very happy.
The people from the Forest Team don't think so.
Four minutes of injury time, the first three minutes were calm, Liverpool did not plan to score another goal, and Forests didn't seem to have much intention to continue the game. But in the last minute, the storm changed suddenly!
Nottingham Forest organized a very effective attack by Albertini, and four Nottingham Forest players participated in the attack. After three passes, the football flew to Liverpool's goal. Bentner jumped high and headed the ball to the top. The football flew into Liverpool's goal at a very close distance!
At this moment, the Liverpool fan squad was silent on the city court. At this moment, there were only the Nottingham Forest fans cheering. Obviously, they were not grateful for the friendship Liverpool fans had expressed before. They were the same as the team they supported. They all yearned for victory and did not accept any results other than victory.
When the game ended, the results of another stadium also came. Arsenal and Portsmouth shook hands and made peace, overwhelmed Liverpool by one point, and ranked fourth in the league, thus obtaining tickets to the Champions League qualifying round next season...
All Liverpool fans were in tears, while Liverpool fans stood dejectedly on the court, staring blankly at Nottingham Forest players celebrating the victory. They believed that for Forests, the victory in this game was insignificant and would not lose the qualification for the Champions League just because they lost this game. They did not understand why Forests players still wanted to score goals and win in the last minute.
Benitez shook hands with Done with a gloomy face, and had nothing to say about losing at the last moment - his team was relaxed and his marking against Bentner was not in place.
Donn did not comfort Benitez, and he didn't know how to comfort him. He couldn't say "It's nothing, at least you can play the League Cup again." This is not comfort, it's sprinkling salt on the other party's wound. He and Benitez have no personal grudges, so they can't do this.
After shaking hands with Benitez, Don turned his head and saw the heartbroken Liverpool fans in the stands. He knew that he had another enemy in the league. For a long time, Liverpool fans will not forget today's game, nor will they forget who squeezed them out of the Champions League.
In the Brian Crowf era, the ambition Liverpool was defeated by Nottingham Forest and lost the league championship and the Champions League championship. At that time, Liverpool fans had no good feelings for Nottingham Forest. Later, with the decline of Nottingham Forest, this hatred quickly dissipated in the long river of time.
Now, Tang En is like a demon, allowing them to relive the nightmare from twenty-eight years ago, which is deeply influential.
"Winger must thank Don Ng. If Forests hadn't worked so hard in the last irrelevant game, how could Arsenal be qualified for the Champions League qualifier? At the last moment, only Tony Don Ng could have done such a thing, without saying anything about the slightest..." The commentator murmured.
How did he know that Don Eun was not trying to help Wenger or was merciless, but he just didn't want Chelsea to put him on his head.
"Tony!" Chris Lack's excited voice came from behind.
Donn looked back at his assistant coach, Chris Lack holding headphones in his hand, smiling.
"Good news, Chelsea and Everton tied!"
Tang En clenched his fists and pounded them.
"We are second in the league!" Chris Lack shouted loudly, and everyone heard it.
The league runner-up for two consecutive years was a remarkable result. Everyone cheered.
Tang En looked at them with a smile on his face and celebrated, when Tang stood beside him.
"Don't you look very excited?" Tang En turned around and looked at him, Tang looked calm.
"The season is not over yet." Tang replied simply.
This reminded Tang En that there was still the last final, and now is not the time to celebrate.
"Ah, thank you, Tang." After saying that, Tang En clapped his hands and walked towards the coaches who were still celebrating.
"Don't be too happy too early, guys. We have one last game."
"Athens!" answered him with everyone's shouting in unison.
"Very good, it seems you haven't forgotten yet."
The league has come to an end. Don't have to worry about how to rotate. It can not only keep the players physically and avoid being injured, but also prevent them from losing the feeling of the game. Today is May 13th, and there are eleven days left before the final day May 24th.
Within these eleven days, he still has time to solve some problems and then lead the team to Athens without any worries.
Chapter completed!