Chelsea have also reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, with Jose Mourinho's side facing Watford, who have beaten them 2-0 away in the first leg, and it is only a matter of time before they reach the final, with no one expecting a Championship side to beat Chelsea by three goals at Stamford Bridge.

But even so, Mourinho still diligently watched the video of Watford's game in the training base, and from this footage, he saw a player who was quite good, their wide star Ashley Young.

But it's just good, after all, England's young players are really hard to compliment in terms of technique.

The biggest difference between Mourinho and Yang Cheng is that he doesn't care about the youth at all, he came to Chelsea, and the most concerned is the strength of the first team, he has expanded the current Chelsea first team with players to play in the first team to 28 players, and almost every one of them is a famous Premier League player, and there is even no shortage of top stars such as Crespo and Veron on the bench.

With such a hand in his hand, Mourinho could not help but be ambitious.

"He's so stupid!" Mourinho said with a smile, "With so much money in hand, but using it to the management to pay off the debt, if you use that 50 million euros to bring in a few outstanding stars, Liverpool will be more effective this season." ”

Boas smiled slightly, but did not give an evaluation.

Undoubtedly, Mourinho's idea is not wrong, because he is starting from short-term interests, but Yang Cheng's approach is also respectable, and even the reason why he can win such a high status in European football is more precisely because of his stupidity, even stupidity in the eyes of many people.

After he left Kaiserslautern, the Bundesliga Red Devils used the team he left behind to get the Sanya King, and almost won the treble again, and although Kaiserslautern later sold Ballack, Deco, Deisler, Schweinsteiger, Kyle and other core players in the team, but the strength of the Red Devils team has not been greatly affected, and it is still one of the most powerful contenders for the Bundesliga title.

It can be said that if it were not for the team that Yang Cheng laid for Kaiserslautern at the beginning, the current Bundesliga Red Devils might still be sinking in the Bundesliga, but the current Kaiserslautern is the Bundesliga powerhouse with the best business conditions and the best youth training.

Look at Inter Milan again, Bergomi guards the foundation left by Yang Cheng, and is still rampant in Serie A and Europe, although it cannot be compared with Yang Cheng's invincibility when he coached, but at least it can be said that it is a strong party, plus the team's youth training system is working well, the youth team continues to emerge rookies, and the entire Inter Milan is thriving.

From both examples, it can be seen that it is precisely because of Yang Cheng's so-called stupidity that Kaiserslautern and Inter Milan have a foundation for lasting glory, and unless their managers are stupid, they will continue to maintain strong competitiveness for a long time to come.

But that's exactly what Mourinho lacks.

Although he is Mourinho's assistant, Villas-Boas has his own judgment and analytical skills, and he knows it well.

Of course, with Chelsea's current large squad, the possibility of Liverpool wanting to win the league title from Chelsea is very slim, unless Mourinho himself is stupid, but everyone knows that this is unlikely.

Thoughts were racing in his heart, but Boas didn't say anything, he smiled and said: "But I don't think Liverpool is sinking here, it's just a League Cup, maybe they will take this opportunity to focus more on the league and the Champions Cup." ”

"Yes!" Mourinho smiled and praised, "But Vilas, you have to understand that a team's rout often starts when they lose their first title!" ”

Jose Mourinho stepped out of his desk and walked to the window, and in the distance there was a rumbling construction site, where excavators were working overnight, just like Mourinho is today.

"In the first season, I want to trample Yang Cheng's team under my feet, just like he did with Manchester United last season, and beat him completely in terms of strength and psychology!" Mourinho spoke confidently and resolutely. ,

"Then our strategy for this season ......" Boas looked at Mourinho with a wry smile, he was arguably the most knowledgeable of all about the Portuguese, and he knew why Mourinho was so eager to beat Yang Cheng.

Perhaps, even Mourinho himself is unwilling to admit that Yang Cheng has always been his target and idol!

'I'm going to make sure I win the Carabao Cup first, I don't mind humiliating Liverpool with a title!' Mourinho said with a smirk.

In his opinion, he has only one opponent, that is, Yang Cheng and his Liverpool, as for Ferguson and Manchester United, I'm sorry, Mourinho really doesn't take it too seriously.

Villas-Boas noticed a precedent, which is that Mourinho has more ambitions, and perhaps in his mind, the Carabao Cup title is just the beginning, the Premier League, the FA Cup, and finally the Champions League final, Istanbul, Turkey, is where he most aspires to reach the top.

Whoever has won the Champions League once will never forget the feeling of being at the top of Europe, but for Mourinho, it is a humiliating feeling.

Know what the media asked him in person after he led Porto to the Champions League?

"Excuse me, Mr Mourinho, a lot of people say that you are lucky to win the Champions League this season, because Caiser, who has the title of cup king, and Liverpool can only play in the League Cup, what do you think about that?"

Mourinho went crazy on the spot and walked away.

But he knows very well that if he can't beat Yang Cheng and Guang Ming Zhengda to reach the top of the league championship and the European championship, he will live in the shadow of Caesar II for the rest of his life, and everyone who mentions Mourinho will only say, look, that guy is Caesar II, what he is doing now, the honor he has obtained, Caesar has already gotten a soft hand.

What's even more annoying is that not only others say this, but Yang Cheng himself also says so.

However, the more they say that, the more Mourinho has to prove himself!

And in the eyes of the Portuguese, the best way to prove yourself is to defeat Yang Cheng!

On this point, he and Abramovich maintain a high degree of agreement, which is why the Russian super-rich are willing to throw so much money.

"Don't break the plate too soon, I've got a big meal for you, Caesar!" Mourinho gritted his teeth and said, as if Yang Cheng was standing in front of him.

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On January 29, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool welcomed Wolves at home.

Liverpool, who had just been eliminated in the League Cup the day before yesterday, Yang Cheng surprisingly did not make the slightest adjustment to the lineup, and the lineup for the second leg of the game against Manchester United, except for a Robben who was unable to meet the requirements of the medical team due to physical fatigue and was prevented from playing, was replaced by Arshavin, and all the other players were re-obtained.

The same lineup, the opponent is different, the strength shown is also different, and the result is naturally different.

3:0, Liverpool did not have the slightest mercy, this group of substitutes with a bloody victory, announced that they had walked out of the quagmire of defeat, out of the shadow of being eliminated from the League Cup, and won the FA Cup.

On February 2, in the 25th round of the English Premier League, Liverpool defeated Charlton Athletic 2-0 away, but due to Chelsea's narrow 1-0 win over Blackburn, the two teams still could not close the gap, while Manchester United beat Arsenal 4-2 away.

Three days later, Liverpool hosted Fulham.

The defense of this Chelsea London colleague has always been very good, Van der Sar is Fulham's anchor, but Liverpool played a fast break with the team in the opening 2 minutes, and Drogba received a cross from the left side of the small Ronaldo and hit the goal from close range, 1:0.

Fulham then defended steadily, and Chelsea failed to find the back of the net for a while.

But in the second half, Liverpool's long-lasting ability was obviously better, first Hyypia took the opportunity of a corner kick to make it 2:0 for Liverpool.

After that, Liverpool launched a round of fast attack, Xiao Xiao Luo in the 77th minute, from the left side of the air cut to the front of the penalty area, Robben knocked on the assist, the Portuguese penalty area front in one fell swoop, Liyun with a long shot, the score was fixed at 3:0! ,

After this game, Yang Cheng said as always that Liverpool will try to win every game, and he will leave all the pressure to Chelsea.

'I feel like I've seen the day Chelsea collapse!'

As a result, Mourinho's team played a 0:0 straight game at Stamford Bridge!

"Wow~~, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Mourinho was obviously mad on the sidelines, he directly kicked a water bottle on the sidelines, venting the anger in his heart."

'This draw has cut the gap between Chelsea and Liverpool to three points, and the Reds have once again seen the light of day, and Mourinho has every reason to be angry at the result, as his side squandered chances and squandered at least three crucial chances throughout the game.

'Obviously, the whole situation at Chelsea is very serious, especially their mentality, with Liverpool behind them chasing after them and trying to close the gap on points, which puts a lot of pressure on Chelsea.

"Perhaps, the happiest person now should be Liverpool's manager Yang Cheng, who predicted that Chelsea would collapse, but he didn't expect the Blues to play 0:0 at home, and he got what he wanted."

Andy Gray's teasing made Yang Cheng, who was listening to the radio while driving, very depressed, turned his head sideways, and asked Charlize Theron and Charles, "Do you think I seem to be happy?" ”

Charlize Theron giggled, and Charles kept nodding.

"Daddy, you've been snickering!"

The child's words were unscrupulous, Charles unveiled Yang Cheng's new clothes, which made the two people in the car couldn't help laughing, and Yang Cheng even made a gesture to pinch his face, so scared that Charles hid directly in his mother's arms and didn't dare to come out again.

"Charles, live with your grandparents, be good, you know?" Their mother and son are going to take a plane to Beijing tonight, and then transfer from Beijing to Xiamen, and someone has already arranged a trip for them.

Charles was young and didn't know why, but he just knew to nod.

Charlize Theron, like all mothers in the world, hurts very much, and even dotes on her son a little.

In order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, she also made some disguises tonight, such as wearing a hat and a large scarf around her neck, so as not to be recognized.

When they arrived at the airport, Yang Cheng waited for the plane with them for nearly an hour, until he put them on the plane and kissed Charlize Theron reluctantly goodbye, and then he drove home alone.

Along the way, he's analysed the current state of the Premier League.

Although Chelsea drew in this round, Liverpool's situation is still not optimistic, especially considering that the Champions League knockout round is about to start, and Liverpool will inevitably have to fight on multiple fronts.

With Liverpool's squad, give him a little more time, he can coach a team that is not inferior to Chelsea in terms of strength and squad, but the problem is that the current schedule is very dense and he will not be given that kind of time at all.

If you want to let players such as Ribery and Arshavin grow up as soon as possible, it will take a year and a half to be fast, and three or five years at the slowest, who knows?

And Davies has started to have more injuries this season, and the Dutchman performed very well last season, but this season with the increase in age and the severity of the Premier League, he has many more injuries than before.

But the problem is that there is still a certain gap between Essien and Davis in terms of strength.

From the time the two came to Liverpool to the present, Yang Cheng has been coaching Essien, and at the same time letting the Ghanaians learn more from Davies, although Essien has improved a lot, but the gap between Davies's level of midfielder is still obvious.

"The future is bright, and the road is tortuous!" Yang Cheng smiled bitterly and muttered to himself.

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In the 27th round of the league, Chelsea started a day earlier than Liverpool, they beat Everton 1-0 away with Gudjohnsen's goal. ,

However, on the second day, Liverpool beat Birmingham City 2-0 away and still did not fall behind.

Manchester United and Arsenal also beat their opponents, especially Arsenal, who slaughtered Crystal Palace 5-0 at home, and once the Gunners burst out with strong attacking power, it is still enough to dominate the Premier League.

In the round of 16 knockout round of the FA Cup, Yang Cheng arranged a semi-main and semi-substitute lineup to play, defeated Blackburn Rovers 1:0 away and successfully advanced to the top 8 knockout round.

After this game, Liverpool soon ushered in their first game against Barcelona.

Unlike in the past, Yang Cheng would always have a war of words when he met Barcelona, this time Yang Cheng seemed to be very well-behaved, and he didn't make any news during the preparation, nor did he accept interviews, and even took closed training because of a lot of injuries in the team.

There was no action on Barcelona's side, that is, the fans were touting Barcelona vigorously, constantly encouraging the team, attacking Yang Cheng, Rijkaard and the team itself were not involved.

But Barcelona's godfather Cruyff couldn't sit still, and he bombarded Yang Cheng in his column in the [Daily Catalunya] every Monday, thinking that if he thought he could beat Barcelona with a psychological advantage, it would be a big mistake, and insinuated that Yang Cheng's Liverpool is not as strong as it seems.

Laporta also stood up and publicly supported Cruyff's remarks, "It's time for Yang Cheng to repay his debts!" ”

'He's obviously scared, he said he wanted to meet Barcelona before the knockout draw, but he was actually scared of Barca, so we're confident that we can beat them at Camp Nou.'

In addition, Laporta also said that Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero will come to the Camp Nou to watch the game, "Obviously, even the prime minister thinks that we will win!" ”

Yang Cheng's personality has always been the kind of person who is not afraid of causing trouble, since everyone has run to his head to poop and pee, if he doesn't fight back, he can't say it, and he looks too soft.

"I've been at odds with Barcelona for years, in 1997 I won my first European Championship trophy from Barcelona and I'll always remember that night when I was so excited I couldn't find my way." At the press conference before the game, Yang Cheng smiled and analyzed the grievances between himself and Barcelona with reporters.

"8 years later, Barcelona is still the same Barcelona, but I am no longer the same 8 years ago!"

Yang Cheng's words full of hints made many reporters present laugh, and everyone was willing to hear some hints from these words, that is, Yang Cheng was insinuating that Barcelona was exactly the same as 8 years ago, with no trophy and no championship. ”

Indeed, these 8 years are definitely the most turbulent 8 years for Barcelona, they almost missed the championship trophy, and even the head coach and coach of the club club have changed one after another, but what has not changed is the grievance between Barcelona and Yang Cheng.

"Say I'm scared?" When the reporter relayed Laporta's words to Yang Cheng at the press conference, the Chinese people looked very indignant, "Am I still afraid of them?" ”

A group of reporters immediately raised their attention to the highest level, and they all paid attention to every word and even every letter of Yang Cheng, because everyone could see that he was about to start bombarding.

"To be honest, I never think there's anything dangerous at the Camp Nou, I almost think it's my back garden, and as for those words that say Barcelona are going to beat me, I've been listening to them for the past few years, but please go and look at my record against them, who wins and who loses?"

After a pause, Yang Cheng didn't seem to be enjoying it.

"Maybe you don't believe it, but I don't mind betting with them, I'll announce the list in advance now, I'll just tell you my hole cards, and then I want to see if they can beat us?"

After a pause, Yang Cheng smiled and provocatively said: "If there is still a man on Barcelona's side, there is a kind of jump out and make a bet with me to see if Barcelona can beat me this time?" ”

Soon, less than two hours after the press conference, Cruyff responded.

"Obviously he's looking for a way out, because if we win, he's going to say, look, if I don't tell you the list in advance, can you win?" Cruyff sarcastically mocked Yang Cheng for seeking a way out.

Yang Cheng directly posted a message on Weibo, "Bet a game, when I lose in a draw, the loser will do one thing for the winner, do you dare?" ”

Immediately reporters from all over Europe followed suit, and Cruyff finally nodded in response, "Bet!" ”

People have let you go so far, and if you don't dare to gamble, you will be ashamed.

But Yang Cheng is not for nothing, at least he is really sure, because he has the strongest killer move to defeat Barcelona at hand!. ）