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Mourinho did not give the team a holiday after his first [***] win over Manchester City, as the Red Rebels had a tight schedule throughout August, especially against tough opponents including Manchester City, Chelsea and Birmingham, as well as a UEFA Super Cup against Liverpool. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is precisely because of the tight schedule that Mourinho used a rare few days of relaxation after playing Manchester City to try to adjust the state of the players, so that they can better meet the goal-to-door challenge of Portsmouth.

This is a team that has performed relatively steadily after promotion, there is no danger of relegation, but there is no big surprise, the first two seasons have always been around 15, and there has not been much action in terms of recruitment, which is not very impressive.

Portsmouth's 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur in the first round was not a surprise as this team has never been the kind of team to surprise and the same was true against the Red Rebels.

Although the opponent is not strong and it is playing at home, Mourinho still paid enough attention to it and arranged the usual 4231 lineup, the goalkeeper is Cech, the back line is Evra, Terry, Curtis and McConn, the double back is Fabregas and Essien, the front is Kaka, the two wingers are Ronaldo Jr. and Messi, and the center is Drogba.

Although Beckham has returned to normal training before the game and is also considered likely to appear in the starting lineup, judging from Mourinho's line-up, he still does not want to use Beckham too quickly, although it is only a minor injury, but in the end he is 30 years old, no more than a young man.

There is no big problem in winning Portsmouth, refrigerated Beckham waiting for Chelsea, letting Cesc Fabregas play the main role, exercising, in the end, no matter how much you watch on the sidelines, no matter how much you teach in training, it can't compare to a real Premier League fight.

Cesc Fabregas was still entrusted with the task by Mourinho after two poor performances, which made the Spanish youngster grateful, and he was very active in the game, running and responding very actively, although there were a few mistakes after the opening, but as he gradually entered the game, the Spanish youngster quickly showed his strength.

In the 17th minute, after Cesc Fabregas successfully withdrew the ball, a long pass with a big foot found Drogba, who pressed the defender and knocked the ball to Kaka, who had performed well in the first round, did not hesitate and sent the ball directly to the vital position.

The ball passed through Portsmouth's centre-backs and full-backs as if they had eyes, and Messi and Ronaldo pierced Portsmouth's defence like two sharp bolts of lightning.

Messi received the ball on the left side of the penalty area, gently rubbed out an arc cross, and the little Luo at the back point appeared with a sharp heart, jumped to the top, and blasted the ball into the goal, 1:0!

The entire Red Rebels stadium immediately turned into a sea of cheerfulness, with fans screaming and cheering on the team.

After taking the lead, the Red Rebels were more imposing, first in the 24th minute, Drogba successfully tackled the ball in front, Kaka was judged to have committed a foul with the ball, which was an area about 30 meters away from the goal, Xiao Luo stood on the penalty spot and blasted the ball into the door of Portsmouth again with his hard-working defoliation, 2:0!

Ronaldo, who scored twice, was unusually excited, not only on the left side, but also frequently switching positions with Messi and Kaka, coupled with Drogba, who had excellent playmaking ability, and the four of them almost completely stirred up the Portsmouth defence.

In the 41st minute, the Red Rebels went to the next city, Cesc Fabregas sent a scalpel-like through ball in the middle, Messi successfully countered offside and entered the penalty area, crossed the goalkeeper and pushed the empty goal, 3:0!

After the half-time break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, the Red Rebels still firmly controlled the situation on the field, Portsmouth made adjustments, stuck to their own half, and had a few similar counterattacks at the beginning, and then saw that the counterattack did not work, so they simply saved the counterattack and kept it.

Encountering a stubborn team, the Red Rebels couldn't come up with too many solutions, and could only frequently cross the ball through two wings, using Drogba in the middle to create a threat, but Portsmouth also knew Drogba's power and focused on taking care of the monster, but Drogba still managed to get a few chances.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Messi switched to the left side, Evra stepped forward, and after the two cooperated with each other, the French left-back crossed the bottom, and Drogba scored with a header in the middle, 4:0!

Three minutes later, the Red Rebels were back again, Messi's cross from the right was too far off the line, and was cleared by a header from Portsmouth's centre-back.

The goalkeeper at Portsmouth didn't even have time to react when he saw the ball go into the net, 5:0!

Portsmouth then made a change, and Jose Mourinho was also ready for the trip to Chelsea three days later, bringing on Sergio Aguero for Kaka, Ismael for Didier Drogba and Mikel for Essien.

After successive substitutions, although the Red Rebels grasped the situation on the field and created several good opportunities, they failed to score again, and the final score was locked at 5:0!

In two league games, nine goals were scored and zero goals conceded, which suddenly made the Red Rebels the team with the highest call for the Premier League title this season, especially in another game held at the same time, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 1-0 at home with the only goal of Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The next day, Chelsea beat the visiting Arsenal 1-0 thanks to a goal from Shevchenko, who returned from injury, and after Vieira's departure, Arsenal's midfield control plummeted, and the game was pressed by Chelsea.

Manchester City, which has just experienced a heavy defeat in the first round, ushered in the second round of the Premier League's famous hard stubble Birmingham. Bruce's side have been a headache for the team, and although there are currently rumours of an acquisition in Birmingham, they still cause a lot of problems for Manchester City when they play at home.

With Van der Vaart scoring the first goal, Birmingham stubbornly pulled back the score, and then pressed Manchester City for a while, and one of the goals was blown offside, and Van Gaal's team after a difficult 45 minutes in the second half, in stoppage time, with a free kick from Sneijder assist, Kolo? Toure scored the winning goal with a header.

Unlike several other rivals who won hard, Liverpool, who surprised in the first round, played a hearty victory in the second round, and although Benitez was still worried about Kuyt's arrival, the central axis of Aimar and Alonso made Liverpool crazy.

A 7-0 win over Sunderland saw Owen score a hat-trick to lead the scorers' charts, with Gerrard scoring twice and Cisse and Hyypia scoring a goal each in a massacre at Anfield.

Two consecutive [***] wins, Liverpool in the Premier League limelight straight to the Red Rebels, especially Benitez tailored for Liverpool's pressing style of play, after the defense is pressed, Owen, Cisse and Gerrard are closer to the opponent's goal, plus there is Aimar's passing and command behind him, and then Xavi? Alonso's coordination and organization.

All of this makes Liverpool look like they are on fire, with 13 goals in two games, which has already broken the Premier League's opening record, and it also makes people look forward to what amazing strength the Reds will burst out.

…………………… For Liverpool, the Red Rebels are very serious from top to bottom, especially after two league games, it is absolutely surprising that Liverpool have shown such amazing quality.

In Xiao Yu's previous life, he had the impression that he should be regarded as a very stubborn idealist, and his tactical literacy can definitely be said to be the richest of all coaches in today's football, but he failed to reach the peak in Liverpool, and he also suffered Waterloo at Inter Milan, the reason is very simple, he is very stubborn.

Benitez has always advocated pressing the surname play, which has been the case since he was in Valencia, and he has done the same since coming to Liverpool, so he bought Alonso, in the hope that Alonso and Gerrard will form a double midfield to help Liverpool's defensive front press, but the result is that Gerrard is not Alonso's best partner.

In addition to the lack of midfield, Liverpool also lacked a frontcourt commander who could take the ball, play the ball, deliver shells to his teammates, and direct his teammates' attacks, so Benitez brought in Aimar during the winter break last season.

This can be said to be the biggest difference between Benitez and Xiao Yu's previous life.

Don't underestimate Aimar, if he goes to another team, under another manager's account, maybe he will be abandoned, but under Benitez, he is almost tailor-made for Benitez, so as soon as he came to Liverpool, he immediately became the core of Liverpool's attack.

With Aimar in front and Alonso in the back, Benitez's tactics had a central axis, so he used Owen to play left midfield and Gerrard to play right midfield, but they always roamed the holes in the opponent's defensive line, and the position was not fixed.

As for Sissoko, the defender, who has been hailed by Benitez as the new Vieira, has plenty of energy, and although his technique is a little rough, it doesn't matter, as long as he can protect Alonso well and be a sweeper in front of the defence.

In this way, Liverpool's tactics are finally beginning to take shape, and Benitez's tactics are beginning to play a role.

The pre-season warm-up performance was poor, Benitez was still adjusting and running-in, and when it came to the official game, his team immediately sacrificed their most powerful weapons, and the pressing style of play brought by the forward pressure of the defensive line made Middlesbrough and Sunderland feel very uncomfortable, and they were quickly stunned by Liverpool's several axes, and the result turned into two big wins.

The first meeting between the Red Rebels and Liverpool of the new season was in the UEFA Super Cup, but this game Mourinho had to make a trade-off, because before that, the Red Rebels had to deal with Chelsea, and after that, the Red Rebels had to face Birmingham, both games were hard-hitting, and Mourinho also wanted to win the UEFA Super Cup, but he would not give it his all.

However, this Super Cup is a good opportunity for the Red Rebels to take a good look at Liverpool.

…………………… After playing Portsmouth, the Red Rebels travelled south to London to take on Chelsea, who have been in poor form of late.

Carlo Ancelotti's team has won both league games since the new season, but the performance is not convincing, if the home game against Arsenal, 1:0 is acceptable, then De Roysden was forced to 0:1, it is indeed a little disappointing, but anyway, in the end, the win.

For the third round of the home game against the Red Rebels, Ancelotti also attaches great importance to it, because before Liverpool did not break out, he always regarded the Red Rebels as the biggest obstacle to winning the Premier League this season, so Ancelotti did not allow his team to make mistakes when facing the Red Rebels at home.

Both sides are determined to score and have all arranged the main line-up to play, Mourinho put Beckham in the starting line-up, partnering Essien in the back two, while Carlo Ancelotti once again put Ballack back in the midfield position, with Deco as the core of the organization, with Chelsea's Christmas tree line-up against the Red Rebels.

At the beginning of the game, neither side had any temptation, and they were really involved in the battle.

The Red Rebels took the lead in scoring at Stamford Bridge, in the 6th minute of the first half, Curtis's backfield big foot, Kaka successfully countered offside, and after receiving the ball, he entered the penalty area, faced the attacking Hildebrand, and easily picked up the goal to score, 0:1!

But Chelsea quickly adapted and launched a counter-attack, with wave after wave of attacks pouring towards the Red Rebels.

In the 22nd minute, Curtis's header was cleared wrong, the ball was stopped by Ballack, who picked up a pass in the penalty area, Shevchenko pressed Terry, stopped the ball on his chest and turned to hit the goal, Cech couldn't reach it, 1:1!

After that, both sides fought fiercely, especially in the midfield, you played back and forth, even Andy, who was in charge of broadcasting this game? Gray was amazed that the game was arguably the best game of the Premier League so far this season, and that both sides were not at all conservative because of the importance of the game.

The pace on the field was very fast, and with the non-stop cheers of the fans, the game went into halftime.

Neither side made any adjustments in the second half, and Mourinho did not even replace the underperforming Robben in advance, but trusted him and continued to keep him on the pitch, hoping that his performance could improve.

Helpless, in Ashley? Under Cole's key care, Robben didn't get too many chances throughout the game, but the little Ronaldo on the left side was active, killing Ferreira several times one-on-one, creating a lot of chances, but his teammates failed to score, and Robben even failed to score once.

Although the game was very exciting, the final score was still 1:1, and neither side could score again.

And after this match, the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the new season has also begun!

(To be continued)