After the win over Sheffield Wednesday, the final round of the league has little meaning for the Red Rebels.

In this league game against Derby County, Mourinho has obviously begun to think about the FA Cup final on May 17, and he sent players from a pure substitute line-up to the pitch, Ismael up front, Palacio on the left, Messi on the right, Franck Ribery up front, De Rossi and Yaya at the back? Toure, the back line from left to right is Philippe? Lahm, Vidic, Chiellini and Colo? Toure, goalkeeper Almunia.

Although it is a substitute lineup, whether it is a versatile player like Palacio, or De Rossi and Yaya? Players such as Toure and Nemanja Vidic, and even Almunia have made double-digit appearances this season, with many of the young players often coming off the bench and almost becoming a training ground for substitutes in the Carabao Cup.

Although it was an insignificant league game, the substitutes of the Red Rebels still showed a strong victory**, whether it was Ismael or Messi, or De Rossi and others, they all showed hard work.

In the end, the team relied on a long-range shot from the back row by Ribery in the first half and a corner kick opportunity in the second half. Toure scored with a header from Palacio's corner to give the win 2-0 away to Derby County.

After the final round of the league, this season's League One standings have finally been decided.

The Red Rebels won the league title, Portsmouth finished second, third to sixth in the league, and the four teams that qualified for the promotion play-offs were Sheffield United, Leicester City, Wolves and Nottingham Forest, while this season's promoted Maretti side was once third in the league but lacked stamina and eventually fell to seventh and missed out on the promotion play-offs.

While several other teams are still eyeing the last promotion spot, the Red Rebels have already begun to enter the intense preparations for the decisive battle of the two major cups, the first of which is undoubtedly the FA Cup final on the 17th.

Arsenal have reached the FA Cup final for the third year in a row, losing in '01 to the talented England golden boy Michael Owen, who scored twice to help Liverpool beat Arsenal, they won the FA Cup in '02 and now they are in the FA Cup final again in '03.

As last season's double-winners, Arsenal had big ambitions this season, but in the end they failed to achieve the desired results, leading Manchester United by as much as eight points at one point in the middle of the season, only to be reversed by Manchester United in the end.

They stopped in the second round of the group stage of the Champions League, and the League Cup was eliminated early, and Arsenal, who once shouted at the beginning of the season to defend the league title and compete for something in the Champions Cup, ended up only with the FA Cup.

Many English media hailed this FA Cup final as Arsenal's last fig leaf, because if they fail to win the FA Cup, Arsenal, as the defending champions of the league and cup competitions, will face the embarrassment of not winning anything this season.

However, the situation of Arsenal has not been very good recently, first of all, injuries, Campbell is suspended, Edu has undergone surgery, these two big players are destined to miss this game, and Lauren and Sigan are also recovering from injuries, and it is still unknown whether they can catch this game.

But that's not all, what really made Xiao Yu applaud was Vieira's "rebellion"!

The player has always been linked with Real Madrid, Florentino is very interested in Vieira and wants him to join Real Madrid, while the latter is also arguing with the club over salary, and recently Arsenal president Hillwood has scolded Vieira in the newspapers, believing that he threw the Arsenal that cultivated him into the English Channel for money.

Vieira scolded Hillwood in reverse, and the quarrel between the two made the English media applaud and made Wenger very anxious.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Ljungberg is back from injury, and he should be able to catch up with this key battle!

........................ "According to what we have learned, Vieira has already been punished internally by Arsene Wenger, and with the fact that he has just returned from injury and is not in very stable form, with Wenger's surname, I am afraid that he will not risk starting in the FA Cup final. ”

Speaking at the tactical seminar, Boas spoke about his recent spying on Arsenal.

"Ljungberg is back from injury, and with a lack of players in the middle, Wenger is likely to use Parlour as a central midfielder, and Gilberto? Silva partnered in the middle, attacking the right with Ljungberg and Frenchman Pire on the left. ”

Arsenal's two flanks are very capable of attacking, especially their left flank, where Thierry Henry is used to operating, plus Pire, and Ashley behind him? Cole, not to mention that this left side is placed in the Premier League, even if it is placed in the whole of Europe, which team can beat Arsenal?

'Arsenal have been in great form lately, beating Southampton 6-1 and Sunderland 4-0, they have been red-eyed and I believe that when it comes to the game, it will cause us quite a lot of problems, especially Thierry Henry, who is getting better and better at Arsenal and he will definitely be the target of our focus in this game.

Mourinho didn't speak, just listened quietly, but from his solemn expression, it was not difficult to see that he was thinking of a way to deal with it, and if you look at it according to the position, the responsibility of keeping an eye on Henry will undoubtedly fall on Curtis's shoulders.

To limit Arsenal, you have to limit Arsenal's left flank, and Mourinho is well aware that his team's tactics must be adjusted accordingly.

"Arsenal's attack is very strong, but their defense is very hidden, Campbell's absence will be their most fatal flaw, Sigan should not be able to catch this game, the absence of two central defenders, this will be our chance, I guess, with Wenger's spleen, he will use the veteran Keown, the other player is likely to be Lughani, and then use Lauren on the right side."

Lu Yuni is 35 years old this year, Keown is 37 years old this year, plus the 40-year-old goalkeeper Seaman, Arsenal's back line has suddenly entered the aging, which is also the biggest drawback of Arsenal in recent years, and the back line players are older.

"The attacking partner should be Thierry Henry, Bergkamp and Wiltord are one each, and I personally think it should be Bergkamp."

Mourinho pinched his brow with some difficulty, and he felt the pressure on his shoulders as the team's hopes were pinned on him all season.

"Okay, José, you haven't had a good rest these days, it's almost time to eat!" Seeing him like this, Cassel took the initiative to stand up and end the tactical discussion.

After seeing off Cassel and Boas, Mourinho sat in his office for a while and read some of the reports on Arsenal that Boas had sent him, but it looked like they were all that.

In fact, the Red Rebels have not relaxed their spying on Arsenal since the FA Cup final opponent was decided, and it is believed that Arsenal is the same, both sides can be said to be very familiar with each other, and the only trouble is who can suppress the opponent tactically.

There is no doubt that Mourinho has a better hand than Arsene Wenger because he now has at his disposal all the players in his squad, with the exception of Redondo, who always has several games to rest after a game.

Speaking of Redondo, Mourinho suddenly wanted to see him.

I walked out of the office of the training building, went downstairs, and went directly to the swimming pool next to the training building.

The swimming pool is built next to the indoor soccer hall, which is dedicated to the recovery of players, and the indoor swimming pool can be adjusted to the depth, and many of the recovery training sessions in the laboratory are arranged here.

One of Redondo's most recent training plans is to walk in the water, which he heard would help him with his knee injury.

Walking into the indoor football stadium, in addition to Redondo, unexpectedly, Xiao Yu was also there.

"Haha, I just happened to talk to Fernando about you, and you're here!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Mourinho came to the edge of the pool and found a place to sit down, "What do you say about me?" ”

"The boss is saying, you have more gray hair recently, and you are also haggard, and you are decrepit before you get old!" Redondo said with a smile, but the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Mourinho was old.

"It seems that this head coach is really not a job that anyone can do, the pressure is too great!" Redondo sighed.

"But there's also a great sense of achievement, especially when you're standing on the sidelines, looking at the players on the field, and beating the opponent again and again according to the tactics you've arranged, and that sense of accomplishment is something that outsiders can't understand." Mourinho retorted.

Xiao Yu laughed, "So it depends on the person, if you are like me, you can't adapt to the life of a head coach, but you, Jose, I think you were born to eat this bowl of rice!" ”

After Mourinho heard this, he seemed to want to see through the deep meaning of Xiao Yu's words, but the latter quickly changed the topic.

"I recently heard from Professor Fryer that walking in the water is a great help for the recovery of his legs, and he said that this is because in the water, the buoyancy of the water can reduce the burden on the feet, but I don't think it seems to work very well because the water itself has a lot of resistance to the feet."

Mourinho and Redondo are a little confused, they don't understand why Xiao Yu suddenly got involved in this, and he looks like an expert, could it be that he is suddenly interested in the recovery of sports injuries?

"I mentioned to Professor Flair that I was thinking that maybe we could wrap a treadmill in a new sealed material, and then inject air pressure into it, so that the air pressure can lift the body, and then reduce the burden on the feet, and the air is not like water, so the feet can still move freely, which has a therapeutic effect."

Mourinho and Redondo still couldn't understand, which made Xiao Yu feel very defeated, this was once again he plagiarized the principle of the low-gravity treadmill in his previous life, and then asked the people in the laboratory to find a way, or find a cooperative manufacturer to develop, after all, this is quite helpful for the recovery of any kind of sports injury.

In the previous NBA, there were many basketball players and athletes in other fields who used this equipment, and it was said to work very well.

But no matter how good the effect is, for Mourinho and Redondo, they are undoubtedly ducks listening to Lei, and they don't understand it!

"Well, guys, I'll admit it, I played the piano to the cow, but when you see the real thing in the future, you'll find out how great this is!" Xiao Yu rarely surrendered.

Seeing him like this, Mourinho and Redondo immediately burst into laughter.

The former undoubtedly greatly diluted the pressure brought by Arsenal in laughter, and many troubles were also swept away in laughter, and this is exactly what Xiao Yu deliberately wanted to achieve.

He couldn't help Mourinho tactically and in the game, so he had to find a way out of the way.

In addition to that, he also prepared a special gift for Arsene Wenger!

(To be continued)