Chapter Seventy-Four: Courtois's Worries

"Are you hungry?"

Hiddink's words sent the Chelsea players up their heads.

Terry's hand stiffened as he was inserting his shin guards, and then he looked up at Hiddink.

When Guus Hiddink first walked into the Chelsea dressing room seven years ago, he threw the question at the players.

It's certainly not about trying to find out how efficient Chelsea's kitchen is.

Hiddink walked into the dressing room and asked the question of whether the players still wanted to be honored, and he wanted to know clearly that these players did not want to succeed under his leadership, and he needed an affirmative answer from the players.

Seven years ago, Guus Hiddink received a satisfactory answer – at that time Chelsea players still had a desire to win.

Seven years ago, Chelsea had Didier Drogba, Petr Cech, Frank Lampard, John Terry and they still had a desire to win.

Now, Chelsea still have John Terry in their squad, but without Frank Lampard, without Petr Cech, and without Didier Drogba.

But now Chelsea, there are Eden Hazard, Pedro, Willian, and Courtois.

They all looked up at Hiddink.

"I'm still hungry, boss!"

Terry stood up and looked at Hiddink and said. It's like seven years ago.

"Me too!"

Azpilicueta also stood up.

This was followed by Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic, Thibaut Courtois...........

Until all the Chelsea players stood up......

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At this moment, in the home team's dressing room, Carlo Ancelotti is also making the final mobilization of the team.

In the end, he sent Rooney to the starting line-up, but before that, he had a long conversation with Rooney.

Ancelotti tactfully pointed out to Rooney that the current offensive core of the team is Li Qingshan, and he hopes that Rooney can run and pass the ball as much as possible with Li Qingshan, and change the way he played as much as possible.

After all, the team is no longer an attacking system with Wayne Rooney at its core.

Wayne Rooney was aware of this, and he was silent for a while, but he still made a compromise between starting and coming off the bench.

He promised Ancelotti that he would do what Mata could do. It's unfortunate that Juan Mata is injured, but for Wayne Rooney it's also his chance to start and he doesn't want to give up.

According to the pre-match starting line-up, Rooney was still in the starting line-up and it seems that Rooney has not completely lost Carlo Ancelotti's trust. I just don't know what kind of performance he will be able to perform in this game. Sky Sports' ace commentator Andy Gray is sitting in the box at Old Trafford at the moment.

Both sides fielded their strongest squads in this game, and despite Chelsea's poor season this season, that doesn't mean anything and United don't dare to take it lightly.

Except for Diego Costa, who was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, Hiddink really sent out the strongest team he could send.

Thibaut Courtois was in goal, the two centre-backs were Terry and Gary Cahill, Azpilicueta at left wing-back and Branislav Ivanovic at right-back. The two midfielders are Nemanja Matic and Mikel, left midfielder Pedro, central midfielder Oscar, right midfielder Willian, and the arrow at the front is Eden Hazard.

Such a line-up, if you don't take into account their poor record this season, no opponent dares to take it lightly.

The live broadcast at Old Trafford introduced the home team's starting line-up, and the names of the two men were shouted and the cheers were loudest.

One of them was the captain Wayne Rooney. The other one is Li Qingshan.

Rooney's contribution to Manchester United is evident despite his dip in form over the past two seasons, and he is destined to become a legend.

And Li Qingshan has only been in the team for less than half a season, and he has already won the hearts of fans with his actual performance.

In the jersey sales list, Li Qingshan's No. 9 jersey is even higher than Rooney's No. 10 jersey sales, of course, there are many reasons for Li Qingshan's domestic fans.

When Di Maria is called, although the boos have largely disappeared now, if we talk about the enthusiastic cheers............ That's a pitiful minority.

It seems that the Argentines still have a way to go if they want to mend their relationship with the fans.

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When the players on both sides shook hands with each other, when Li Qingshan passed by Courtois, the two hugged each other very friendly.

After all, he has been teammates at Atletico Madrid for more than a season, and the relationship between the two sides is not bad.

By the time all the players had walked by, Courtois's expression became serious.

He turned to Terry, the captain next to him.

"Captain, we must be very, very, very vigilant against Li Qingshan."

Courtois used several times in a row to show how serious he was.

has been teammates with Li Qingshan for more than a season, and Courtois knows Li Qingshan's strength best. And he has also had a profound impact on Li Qingshan's progress for more than a season.

Li Qingshan was already quite powerful in La Liga, and now in the Premier League, Li Qingshan looks even more powerful than when he was in La Liga.

Terry sorted out his captain's armband, and when he saw Courtois's serious expression, Terry smiled: "Don't worry, he's amazing, and he's just a player." ”

Terry hadn't fought against Li Qingshan, so he didn't have an intuitive impression of how powerful Li Qingshan was.

He knew that Mourinho wanted to get Li Qingshan before, and even Mourinho said that Li Qingshan was the closest to Drogba.

The media has also been exaggerating how strong Li Qingshan's body is, saying that as long as he is strong, he can score goals.

Terry is also very confident in his physical fitness, although he admits that maybe his physical fitness is a little behind Li Qingshan, but no matter how strong his body is, he must use it reasonably to be able to exert his power, and he doesn't think that he is inferior to Li Qingshan in physical confrontation.

And Drogba is his former teammate, Drogba is very powerful, but Terry also knows that Drogba is not a god, as long as the defensive tactics are reasonably arranged, it is not a strange thing to block Drogba.

As for Mourinho's "the closest young player to Drogba", it is naturally regarded by Terry as proof that Li Qingshan is not as good as Drogba.

Since Li Qingshan is not as good as Drogba, it is not that there is no way to prevent Li Qingshan.

As an experienced centre-back, John Terry is confident in his abilities.

Courtois couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he saw that Terry didn't seem to be too alert.

However, his status at Chelsea is obviously not as good as that of Terry, and since Terry feels that it doesn't matter, then he can't ask Terry for anything.

It seems that I am busy with this game.

Courtauchu looked at Terry, who had gone to pick a side before the game, and thought with some concern.