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When the players returned to the club's first public training session after the international break, many Red Rebels fans were surprised by the sight. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Captain David Beckham, who had a rubber belt around his right knee, walked in circles outside the training pitch alone, stopping from time to time, looking a little painful with an ice pack and massaging his right knee.

David Beckham's right knee has been a key concern for the club as there have been doubts about the way he takes free-kicks, fearing it will damage his foot, which he fractured before joining the Red Rebels.

Now it's the turn of the right knee, which is a very troublesome area!

Beckham collided with an opposing player during a friendly match between England and Ben, resulting in him being substituted in the middle of the game, which will also keep Beckham out of action for at least a month until the lab determines that he is fit to play.

For Beckham's injury, Xiao Yu and Mourinho are very concerned, and the laboratory is tracking all the time, he is 30 years old and has begun to enter the later years of his career, and any injury at this time is his biggest enemy.

But the Red Rebels need Beckham badly!

Cesc Fabregas and Michael? Johnson is undoubtedly talented, and both players have high hopes from Redondo that they can be a playmaker who doesn't lose to Beckham, and it could even be argued that they will overtake Beckham in that position, but that will take time.

Judging from the many games this season, Cesc Fabregas's performance is not stable enough, and his form has fluctuated greatly. Johnson is more consistent, but he is not as good as Cesc Fabregas in terms of his ability to read the game, his style of play is tougher, he is hailed as the new Gerrard, not for nothing, his development direction is the most inclined to Beckham, especially the wind-scratching mid-length pass.

However, in terms of the team as a whole, Cesc Fabregas is undoubtedly more suitable for the Red Rebels' playmaking midfield, with excellent individual ability, excellent passing awareness, especially short passing, good mid-length passing, and especially his ability to read the game and that insight, which makes him more comfortable on the pitch.

Michael? Johnson's offensive ability is stronger, Cesc Fabregas is better at organizing and planning, the two can be said to be good at winning, it is difficult to say who is necessarily better, so how to use it depends on Mourinho's strategy against the enemy.

In addition, De Rossi can also play, forming a double midfield with Essien, his organizational skills are also good, and the passing is also of a standard, he is fully qualified for this role, and he is still trustworthy at key moments.

If the midfield position is easier to solve, then in the central striker position, Drogba's muscle sprain will bring a huge loss to Mourinho's team.

Drogba strained a muscle in his right foot in the Ivory Coast game against Sudan, when he played 80 minutes and scored two goals to help Ivory Coast win 1-3 away to Sudan, but at an emergency stop, he suddenly fell to the ground, and then according to the Ivory Coast team doctor, Drogba suffered a right thigh muscle strain.

When the Red Rebels got the news, they rushed to Africa as soon as possible, took Drogba back to Manchester, and sent him to the Royal Hospital for a full examination, which showed that he suffered a severe muscle strain, and was out of action for at least a month, and in severe cases, it could even exceed two months.

This will undoubtedly cause huge losses to the Red Rebels, but they will not have any right to recover compensation from Côte d'Ivoire, because the national team is so poor.

With injuries to two key players, coupled with a number of minor injuries on the side, the league schedule is so dense that the Red Rebels will face a difficult schedule ahead, especially as Ramadan approaches, and the team's use of Essien will not be as bold as before.

The Ghanaian buffalo is known as the double lungs, which is the best embodiment of his almost perverted physique, but with the arrival of Ramadan, he will change from the original double lungs to the current half-waste, isn't there a saying, people are iron rice is steel, and Esin who doesn't eat can't be tough.

However, it is not without other good news, the best news comes from the G14, UEFA and FIFA have decided to invite the G14 to send a representative team to participate in the UEFA Executive Committee, and the two sides can sit down and talk.

Since the failure of the G14 claim of 800 million, the European Union is fully examining the legal surnames submitted by the Belgian court on whether the national team can unconditionally call up players, which has also put UEFA and FIFA under great pressure.

It can be said that this matter is not in the slightest benefit to both FIFA and the club, for FIFA, once the club rejects the call-up, then without the appeal of these stars in the mainstream European leagues, who will go to the European Cup? Who would think of the World Cup as a football extravaganza?

For the club, forcing the players to refuse to participate in the national team will undoubtedly put themselves in opposition to the fans and even the players, which is also undesirable for the club, so the two sides decided to sit down and negotiate.

In a boiled society, negotiation may not be able to negotiate the best and most in line with the laws of football development, but negotiation can resolve all contradictions and disputes invisibly, avoiding a life-and-death fight.

The G14 also gave a positive resumption to the concessions made by FIFA and UEFA, and at the latest internal meeting, the G14 asked Liverpool to put aside the original plan to sue UEFA because of Owen's injury to the national team, which can be regarded as a positive signal to FIFA and UEFA.

Once both sides are willing to sit down and talk, then there is nothing that cannot be discussed!

…………………… The day after the player's return to the club, the Red Rebels hosted strong arch-rivals Arsenal.

Both teams were tormented by the national team, which made this game that should have been exciting turned into a depressing 0:0 in the end, which also made many people speculate that the Red Rebels, who insisted on fighting on multiple fronts, were afraid that they would not be able to support it.

Looking at the home history of the Red Rebels, there are few games without goals, but in this game, Arsenal limited the Red Rebels' offensive on the road, although there was a poor performance of the two backs of Cesc Fabregas and Mikel, and Mourinho stayed in order to prepare for the Champions League group stage against Barcelona, but in the end, the Red Rebels were still affected.

Speaking to the media after the game, Jose Mourinho said that the team dominated the game and created a few good chances throughout the game, but the players were too tired and did not play well, which was the fault of the national team competition, but he believes that after the adjustment, the team will regain its fighting power.

"Yes, Arsenal drew at home, but it wasn't a disaster, we can see that Liverpool won 1-0 at home to Blackburn Rovers, and it was a tough game, Chelsea won against Bolton, it was just as tough, and so was Manchester United, but we were unlucky, and after a two-week suspension, we met Arsenal, but it's not the end!"

Arsene Wenger has the capital to play at home against the Red Rebels in midweek against Sparta Prague but not against a strong Barca.

The absence of David Beckham and Didier Drogba has left the Red Rebels lacking change in both organisation and attack, with Villa being fast and capable of scoring, but he is tired of dealing with the centre-back combination of Hangrand and Gallas, lacking Drogba's impact.

Another striker with a strong impact, Ismail, who Mourinho did not include in the squad, has been speculated to be the secret weapon against Barcelona in midweek.

Sure enough, in the midweek game against Barcelona, Ismael was the starter, Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka also started, and behind them was Michael? Johnson and De Rossi, Lahm at the back, Nemanja Vidic, Curtis and McCone respectively, goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Compared to the previous round against Arsenal, the Red Rebels made changes in the attacking combination up front, with Franck Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben, who started in the previous round, both on the bench, and it was clear that Mourinho was consciously abandoning in the last round of the league in preparation for the Champions League in midweek.

For Barcelona, Mourinho is unwilling to give up, because every time he meets Barcelona, he always has an urge to win, especially at home.

In this game, the Red Rebels pressed heavily from the beginning, emphasizing fast-paced passing, emphasizing physical confrontation, and from the beginning they included the game in their favorite and most adaptable rhythm.

Barcelona just played a bloody game away from La Coruna last weekend, and the two sides also drew 3-3, in which Ronaldinho and Eto'o played the whole game, which led to these players not being at their best, especially Ronaldinho, who scored twice against Laco, was completely frozen by McCone on the left side.

Michael? Johnson's first time at the heart of the team's playmaking in such an important game was a challenge for him, but it was also a trust, and he lived up to the trust Mourinho placed in him.

On the defensive end, Michael? Johnson was almost everywhere on the pitch, his fitness allowed him to extend his range of movement, and he kept a lot of pressure on Xavi and Iniesta in midfield, and with De Rossi behind him, the England teenager was even more unscrupulous.

On the offensive end, Michael? Johnson frequently used his precise passing, either directly to the commanding heights of Ismael, or a diagonal pass to the ribs, because Mourinho had clearly formulated the tactics before the game, playing Barcelona, that is, to play their two wings.

Barcelona's flanks have always been stubborn, and they haven't been alleviated this season, so they wanted to bring in Kolo? Toure also coveted Sevilla's Sergio Ramos, but in the end neither player was able to make it to Barcelona.

Michael? Johnson is physically good and not afraid of confrontation, but he is not blindly brute, he has a super ability to stop the ball and get rid of it on the spot, which makes the ball at his feet and not easy to lose, which is an essential requirement for a playmaking midfielder.

There is a good saying, you only need to make a point to grab the ball, but after grabbing the ball and then losing the ball, if you want to grab it again, you must at least three points, or even ten points.

The Red Rebels have high requirements for both midfielders, the most important of which is the ability to stop and protect the ball, after all, in this position, once you lose the ball, you will face the defense directly.

In the first half, the two sides played very intensely, although it was a 0:0 draw, but both sides created a lot of chances, but in the second half, the Barcelona players were obviously a little poor, but the Red Rebels, these players basically did not play in the league, their physical fitness was good, and they gradually gained the upper hand in the game.

In the 63rd minute, Michael? Johnson pressed Andres Iniesta with his body and handed it to nearby De Rossi, who knocked back, Michael? After Johnson's diagonal pass, Messi inserted at high speed along the right side, received the ball at the edge of the penalty area, passed into the penalty area, and Ismael scored with a header, 1:0!

The Red Rebels took the lead at home, and then the team went on a fierce attack on Barcelona's hinterland.

In the 71st minute, only a few minutes after the last goal, the Red Rebels launched another attack, and it was the teenager Michael? Johnson advanced with the ball in the middle and fired a shocking long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area, penetrating the gate guarded by Valdés, and the Barcelona goalkeeper once again showed his inconsistent side, despite making a save, but let the ball pass through his hands to form a goal, 2:0!

But after this goal, Barcelona launched a counterattack, and in the final moments, the Swedish veteran Larsson, who came on as a substitute for Samuel Eto'o, took a chance in a corner kick and scored with a header to help Barcelona pull back a point.

After that, Barcelona was like a shark that smelled blood, chasing the Red Rebels, but with Michael? Johnson and De Rossi's double midfielder held on to the final victory.

2:1, the Red Rebels defeated the visiting Barcelona at home, with this victory, the Red Rebels jumped to the top of the group, but Mourinho was very unhappy with the team's performance in the last 20 minutes, especially in the dressing room, focusing on criticism including Michael? Johnson, including quite a few players.

But back at the press conference, Mourinho was full of praise for the players' performances, believing that they were excellent, but refused to evaluate a single player, even Michael, who was considered outstanding by the media. Johnson.

As for Rijkaard, although he was once again unable to win at home of the Red Rebels, he still smiled and said that he was still satisfied with the result and would do his best to get a win back at the Camp Nou.

According to the schedule, in the fourth round of the group stage, the Red Rebels visited the Camp Nou, and these two games have a bit of a knockout stage.

(To be continued)