Chapter 34: The Reserve Makes a Name

"That kid on the 25th has scored again!"

Chelsea fans have been mentioning Jonker in the first sentence they talk about the team lately, but there is still no name, but a number, which is not bad, but the sales of Jonker's jerseys have increased!

The first game of the three-game winning streak has also been completed, and Jonker has been very energetic on the training ground recently, and Mourinho has deliberately increased the training volume of Jonk a lot.

After initial observations, Mourinho also found that it was not Lampard who had the best physical fitness, but Jonck!

The most intense training is naturally also Junk.

Part of the reason why Mourinho has been training more and more is also looking at Jonker to see if the kid can stick up or complain.

Surprisingly, Jonk not only didn't complain, but also seemed to be relaxed.

Physical fitness is like a bottomless pit, and the more you try, the more you discover the physical advantage of Jonker.

Recently, Mourinho has also been thinking about how to use his physical strengths and translate them into overall tactics.

If you make good use of it, Chelsea will definitely be able to have an advantage of one more person on the field, and how to use it, you must first find the right tactics and movements.

Jonk's position must be defined, not just a striker, a free man in the frontcourt?

Mourinho thought about many possibilities, but the most likely free man up front made him feel that his idea was a little too bold.

Jonk is too young, and such a position requires vision and on-the-spot experience that a young player cannot have.

However, Mourinho must admit that he had neglected Jonker's ability too much before, and some looked at the young man with colored glasses, and came up to think that Mendes took care of Jonk, and later it was Abu who spoke.

Everything makes Mourinho feel that Joan Kerk is a player who goes behind and plays the upper route, such a player he has not seen before, he plays averagely, but he always has a place in the team.

Or because of the relationship, or because of being a person!

A team is a team, and a team in Mourinho's view exists to win, and everything must be based on winning the criterion, so such a player has no value in existing.

However, Jonk does have his own strengths and characteristics, and his potential is exceptionally good.

In the arena, he can always play unexpectedly, and he can't be completely interpreted by digital things.

This is the first time Mourinho has encountered such a player, and in the past, any player's pre-match stats can directly reflect the state of the real game, but Joanck, the data seems to have no effect.

If you can't be quantified, then you become a special being.

Before and after training, Mourinho always has a report of all the team's stats at hand, but Jonk is already a blank slate.

Jonk quietly became the only player in the Chelsea squad to be exempt from inspection, but the players did not know this information among the players.

The opponent in the third round is the promoted horse Crystal Palace, and there may be little hope that the promoted horse itself can take away the points at Stamford Bridge!

Facing the weak team, Mourinho did not take it lightly, the preparation before the game was still very tense, the players did not have any ease, and the most heard on the training ground was still the voice of Mourinho arranging tactics and directing the players to run.

However, after practicing so much, Jonk found that he did not have his own name in the pre-game squad.

It's a bit confusing, how can I say that I was a substitute before, and I can still score goals, but now I don't even give a substitute?

Jonk can only go to the reserve team, and the first team has nothing to do with him!

It's really a little sudden, Jonke feels that when he is practicing, something is blocking him, and his luck is a little difficult, he needs to vent, vent well.

The hapless Crystal Palace reserve team happens to be the punching bag sent to the door.

The sad Crystal Palace made Jonk a stopper alone, and although it was a reserve game, the news that was reflected in the newspapers at the end was no less than the report of the main game.

Because of what? Jonk scored six goals in one game and wore two hats in the game.

On that day, countless reporters who were not present were fortunate to record the moment when Jonker scored a crazy goal.

According to journalist John's recollection, Chelsea's No. 25 player was simply a butcher with a big knife in his hand rushing into the flock, and the mere look of his eyes could make the lambs of Crystal Palace tremble, and what happened next became normal, a slaughter!

I really don't understand, what Mourinho thinks, a player in such a state, let him play in the reserve team, instead of playing in the official league with the team, is he trying to humiliate Crystal Palace with the reserve team's game!

However, the last game is indeed humiliating enough, 10:0!

The next day, Chelsea also beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho said before the game: "Everybody has their own opinion, he can write and say what they think or feel, but sometimes they don't write what they feel. I believe that other people's opinions should be respected, but again, my personality is not affected by criticism or opinions. There are also people who always want to criticize, some people who say that you have so many good players, that you are a European champion and so on. I think I deserve a little respect, not too much, just a little. ”

Mourinho felt he lacked respect, so he responded in a disrespectful way, refusing to attend the press conference after the game as a silent protest. It was a perfect game, but Mourinho did not praise his team's performance after the game, responding to criticism with Chelsea's on-pitch performance. In the previous two games, Chelsea had just eight or seven fewer shots on goal, but in this game, Chelsea's 16 shots were more than the two in the first two combined, and 10 of them were within target.

Jose Mourinho is well aware that Chelsea are moving in a good direction. In addition to some stiffness after the opening, Chelsea were able to play the game with ease, accurate passing, and a good link between the front, centre and back lines. As assistant coach Clark said after the game: "We knew we were going to bring more quality and I think we took another big step forward tonight. We had a good pass, maybe a little bit of high at the beginning, but we looked a little bit more comfortable with the lead. ”

Winning games that should be won and playing good football on the basis of winning, Mourinho has made his football philosophy clear. Perhaps Arsene Wenger's Arsenal should learn more from the European arena, and I believe that Arsenal fans will not refuse to play a beautiful Arsenal to try to win in one or two crucial games. And there doesn't seem to be any Chelsea fan who wants Chelsea to play good football and fall on the pitch. It is such a proud Portuguese who is leading the team of Russians to prove to the British what successful football is.