Chapter Seventy-Three: Are You Hungry?

Despite being at the bottom of the league today, no one dares to underestimate their squad.

There is no doubt that Chelsea are a formidable opponent.

Especially after the change of Chelsea manager, those stars who were questioned by fans for "betraying" Mourinho will definitely show 100% attitude and quality in this game.

In fact, Chelsea fans were furious at the decision to sack Jose Mourinho and even booed the player in the game against Sunderland following the sacking of Jose Mourinho. Many fans believe that it was the players with evil intentions who forced Mourinho away.

Fans previously identified Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Eden Hazard as the "three rats" in the team, who teamed up to finish off Jose Mourinho.

Interestingly, after Mourinho's dismissal, Chelsea's performance seemed to pick up immediately, in the eighteenth round of the league, after Hiddink took office, Chelsea drew 2-2 with Watford in the last round, and Diego Costa scored two goals.

In the previous round of the league, Jose Mourinho had just been sacked and Chelsea immediately won 3-1 at home to Sunderland, and the desire to win was very different from the previous one.

This seems to confirm the rumors of "inner ghosts" even more.

For Chelsea's stars, the match against Manchester United is a key battle for them to clear their name.

It's just that Blues striker Diego Costa received a yellow card against Watford, accumulated yellow cards and was suspended, missing this red-blue matchup, which made the media regret missing the gimmick of "two former Atletico Madrid strikers face off".

Dutch coach Guus Hiddink has taken over Chelsea as a firefighting coach.

This is the second time Hiddink has done so.

The 2008/2009 season was in dire straits for Chelsea, and since late November 2008, Brazil manager Scolari has been unable to stop Chelsea's decline, and they have been heading for destruction at an alarming rate. Chelsea have won just four of their twelve Premier League games, and during that time, Chelsea lost 4-0 to Manchester United, away to Liverpool and held to a draw at home to Hull City.

Whether it's the fans, the players, or the club's hierarchy, they have lost faith in Scolari in this situation. Because of this, Abu slammed the killer and told Scolari to pack his bags and leave Stamford Bridge in a hurry.

And the successor Abu found was Hiddink, who led the Russian national team to a good performance at that time.

Three months later, Guus Hiddink had set a staggering league win rate, making him the most winning manager in Premier League history – a record that excludes, of course, Ray Wilkins, who won one game in 2008/2009.

Under Guus Hiddink, Chelsea have won 16 of their 22 games and lost just one, a 73 per cent win rate. In the Premier League, Chelsea have won 11 of their 13 games, a win rate of 85 per cent. Judging from these figures, the Dutch coach's results are really not bad.

Meanwhile, with the help of Guus Hiddink, Chelsea reached the semi-finals of the Champions League that season. Unfortunately, in the semi-finals, Barcelona eliminated Chelsea with Iniesta's goal.

Guus Hiddink's last game in charge of Chelsea was at Wembley Stadium, the 2008/2009 FA Cup final, which Chelsea won. Obviously, it was great for Hiddink to leave Stamford Bridge in this way.

And this time, when Chelsea were in the middle of the quagmire, Abbu once again approached Hiddink to take on the role of the firefighting coach.

In his pre-match press conference, Guus Hiddink also expressed his confidence in his players.

'When I saw my players, I didn't feel like they had any attitude issues, and even if they did, I was able to fix them very quickly.

"If someone is complacent, then they get lazier and lazier. Of course, this is a big question, but let's be honest, no matter how famous you are, or how glorious your past is, we should keep moving forward, and we will not be afraid of challenges! ”

These are, of course, Hiddink's words in the media.

And what did he say to the Chelsea players?

The game against Manchester United was Guus Hiddink's second in charge of Chelsea. His first game in London didn't really have much to do with Guus Hiddink – he was just sitting in the Chelsea dugout and it was the start of the game that really begins.

In the away dressing room at Old Trafford before the start of the game.

The soundproofing was pretty poor, and the sound of the United fans in the stands was unobstructed, filling the slightly cramped dressing room.

This is deliberately designed to cause problems for the visiting team.

Guus Hiddink was standing alone in the dressing room, his assistant warming up on the pitch outside with his players.

Hiddink pulled out a cigar and tried to light it for himself.

He looked around and put the cigar back in his suit pocket.

On his tactical board, the do's and don'ts of this game are densely written.

For example, how Pedro and Willian crossed their positions, and how Oscar took care of the defense in the front area of the midfielder's midfield. How Hazard is going to make contact with Pedro and Willian.

Hiddink is in no detail and has a tactical board written all over it.

He could already hear the footsteps of the players preparing to come back – the damn away dressing room wasn't soundproofed at all.

Hiddink took a deep breath and wiped everything off the tactical board before the players came in.

These things have been stressed and practiced on the training ground this week, and in the last ten minutes before the game, Hiddink decided not to waste any more time on it.

Is Chelsea's problem a tactical one?

Apparently not!!

Is it a problem with the technical ability of the Chelsea players?

This is even more nonsense.

It is clear to almost everyone that the real problem at Chelsea is in this dressing room, between players and coaches, between players and players!

Guus Hiddink had his back to the goal in the dressing room as the Chelsea players rushed in after their warm-ups.

John Terry, Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic, Thibaut Courtois, Willian, Pedro, Cesar Azpilicueta, Braanovic, Oscar.

These are some of the big names, and with Abu's infusion, Chelsea's squad now has plenty of strength.

It's hard to imagine that such a team of people is actually relegated!

The players knew that the coach had to say something before the game started, so they sat down in their places.

Hiddink turned, his expression serious.

Then he looked around and spoke slowly.

"Are you hungry?"