Chapter 101
Not to mention that Zico was a little puzzled, the Chelsea players who were not brought to the post-match press conference after the Champions League victory were also puzzled.
However, this feeling was fleeting, after all, the joy of victory was so wonderful: when Mourinho returned to the visiting team's locker room after attending the post-match press conference, he saw a group of people celebrating in the locker room.
Mourinho's face turned even darker on the spot, but he said nothing.
Endrit noticed it at the time but didn't think much about it. It was only when he returned to London from Türkiye and Mathilde called him that Endrit realized something was wrong.
"As soon as he came back, he locked himself in the study and I didn't know what he was doing. I asked him to come out for dinner but he didn't say a word."
Endrit looked up at the clock on the wall. "Godfather, he hasn't eaten yet? He just stays in the study and doesn't come out?"
"Yes," Mathilde responded, "Didn't you win the game? He shouldn't be unhappy. Could it be that something happened in private that made him so unhappy?"
Endrit held his chin and thought for a while, but he couldn't think of an answer at all, so he quickly packed up and ran to the study next door, raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Godfather? Godfather!"
"Godfather, are you asleep? If you can sleep without closing the door..."
"Shut up!" Mourinho's rather irritable voice sounded from inside the door, followed by the sound of footsteps.
Mourinho walked to the door, opened the door of the room, turned around without looking back and returned to his desk.
Endrit was not shy either. He walked straight into the study, stood behind Mourinho, and stuck his head out.
"Coach, what are you doing?" Endrit's eyes fell on the notebook, "Some questions about the coordinated offense?"
"Isn't this sentence a bit too awkward?" Endrit frowned and speculated on the meaning of this sentence, "Coach, are you not satisfied with our offense in the last game?"
"It's not that I'm dissatisfied," Mourinho shook his head, "it's just that we missed the target."
"Did you miss the target?"
"It was just a miss," Mourinho sighed deeply. "The attacking method we want to train, in my imagination, can guarantee that every ball can be scored, but in the game against Fenerbahce, Lampard and Anelka's shots did not go in."
"The main purpose of this tactic I proposed before is to determine who will organize the attack during the attack, rather than who will make the final shot."
Endrit took a deep breath. "This... Godfather, you are right. I remember that I wanted to practice like this at the beginning, but I made some changes during the actual training. And we had been scoring goals before, so we didn't notice this problem at all. Sorry, Godfather, I seem to have messed up..."
"No, no, no," Mourinho interrupted Endrit directly, "You didn't mess it up. It just means that the opponents we met before were too weak and we couldn't find the problem."
"And the fact that the ball went off target doesn't mean that all your previous cooperation exercises were wrong. I can only say that the most basic offensive cooperation before was initiated by you. Starting tomorrow, you need to try to pass the ball directly to Lampard or Ballack in front of the goal."
"Before you pass the ball, it's best to determine who should initiate the next attack. If you can't judge, then you pass the ball to the person who can receive the ball in the shortest time."
Endrit exclaimed, "Practice tomorrow?"
"Yes," Mourinho nodded. "Before the next Champions League game, when you stop the ball in front of the goal, you can make two choices."
"By the way, when launching an attack directly from the backcourt, we also need to try a few new coordination routines in the frontcourt."
“Boom boom boom~”
Matilde knocked on the door with two glasses of milk. Mourinho stood up and took the milk from his wife with a smile. Endretri pulled out a chair and sat down. He rubbed his face and began to regret his impulsive behavior of running over.
Impulse is the devil. He will start practicing cooperation with his stickman teammates in the imaginary space starting tonight.
…
On April 5, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth completed the first match of the FA Cup semi-final. Portsmouth led by one goal and advanced to the final.
On April 6, Chelsea played Cardiff City in the second match of the 07-08 FA Cup semi-final.
"Except Chelsea, the other four teams in this year's FA Cup semi-finals are not ranked very high in their respective leagues. The goal of these three teams is obviously to win the FA Cup directly."
"Cardiff City is a Championship team based in Wales. In this match, they played with their best team, while their opponent Chelsea played with a half-substitute team."
"But it will be difficult for Cardiff City to take away the victory because Endrit is still the starting goalkeeper in this game."
"If Mourinho gives Endrit a rest and Cudicini defends the goal, Cardiff City will have a chance to take the victory away from Stamford Bridge."
Before the game, Mourinho said that he wanted to try a new combination in today's game, and the Chelsea players agreed. However, after the game started, Cardiff City's forwards and midfielders found it difficult to break through Chelsea's defense.
In the 21st minute, Chelsea striker Malouda received a pass from his teammate on the left side of the penalty area and scored with a low shot. Chelsea led Cardiff City 1:0.
In the 43rd minute, Cardiff City made a historic breakthrough to Chelsea's backcourt, but the striker's ball was intercepted by John Terry before he could raise his leg to shoot.
In the 67th minute of the second half, Cole made a lob shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball went straight into the upper right corner of the goal. Chelsea 2:0 Cardiff City.
In the 79th minute, the Cardiff City defender made a lob shot from the backcourt, and the ball flew from the left wing to Chelsea's backcourt. Just as it was about to fly into the goal, Essien jumped on the spot to block the ball directly, and the ball bounced off the ground and was caught by Makelele.
In the 83rd minute, Malouda volleyed in the penalty area, but he used too much force and the ball went directly out of the far corner.
At the end of the game, Chelsea successfully entered the FA Cup final with a record of 2:0.
After the game, the end of this match triggered a very heated discussion, but the focus of the discussion was not Chelsea's easy victory, but whether Chelsea would win the quadruple championship this year?
They have already won the League Cup, their opponent in the FA Cup final is Portsmouth, and they are far ahead in the Premier League standings. They have been blessed with luck in this year's Champions League, as their opponents have all been weak teams. With Endrit, it is very likely that they will break the record and win four championships.
Chelsea fans: It’s like a dream. When I woke up, the quadruple championship seemed to be just around the corner.
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On April 8, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals was held at Stamford Bridge. Before the game, Mourinho told Endrit alone to try a new tactic after the game started.
Endrit nodded without hesitation.
The home team Chelsea maintained the starting lineup of the first leg, while the visiting team Fenerbahce changed three starting players: right-back Gokhan, winger Kazim and forward Semih got the chance to start in this game.
"In fact, Fenerbahce's winger David was in good form in the first leg, but that own goal made head coach Zico dare not entrust David with important tasks again."
At the beginning of the game, Ballack had a small conflict with the opposing midfielder Aurelio in the frontcourt. The German referee Van der Vaart gave a verbal warning and blew the whistle to start the game again.
In the third minute after the opening, Fenerbahce captain Alex made a diagonal pass from the free kick on the right and passed the ball to the starting winger Kazim. The latter headed the ball towards the goal from nine meters in front of the goal. Endrit took the initiative, jumped up and took the ball into his arms.
At the moment he bent down and put the football on the grass, Endrit's sight quickly swept across the front court. When he stood up, he directly shot the ball to Lampard with a long shot.
The football drew a parabola in the air and hit Lampard not far in front of his position. It rolled forward a few meters and was stopped by Lampard. Looking at the Fenerbahce defenders who were surrounding him, Lampard kicked the football directly diagonally forward. After receiving the ball, Ballack headed the ball in front of the goal.
The football hit the ground. Before Fenerbahce goalkeeper Volkan could even breathe a sigh of relief as he watched it hit the grass, the football bounced directly towards the goal. Volkan rushed forward, but it was too late.
Chelsea 1:0 Fenerbahce!
When Chelsea players began to celebrate the goal, Endrit turned his head and looked at Mourinho standing on the sidelines: Coach, was that pass just now considered a cooperation? If it was a collaboration, wouldn't this goal be a bit simple? Was it because the opponent was in poor condition in this game and failed to stop us at all?
Mourinho is not a mind reader. He thought Endrit was asking for praise, so he gave Endrit a thumbs up from the sidelines.
Endrit: So what he just thought was right?
In the 20th minute, Fenerbahce organized another attack. Kazim volleyed in the front half of the penalty area, but the ball went directly wide of the right goal post.
Two minutes later, Fenerbahce attacked again. Forward Semih received a cross from Alex in the middle and made a low shot with his left foot outside the penalty area. The ball went directly past the left post, forming an axially symmetrical shape with the shot two minutes ago.
In the 88th minute after the opening, Chelsea finally succeeded in expanding the score: Essien cut in from the right, broke through the double-team of two Fenerbahce defenders and knocked the ball back at the bottom line. Lampard received the ball in the small penalty area and shot, and the football hit the post and flew into the goal.
Chelsea successfully secured a place in the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 4:0. In the next Champions League match on April 22, Chelsea will play in the semi-finals against Liverpool, who are in the same upper half and defeated Arsenal.
"We don't have much time left. I don't want to see any player take leave in these 13 days," Mourinho looked around at everyone in the locker room. "Please remember, we have only one goal, the championship."
The two teams in the lower half are Manchester United and Barcelona.
The Premier League media tried hard to suppress their smiles, hoping that the final would be a Premier League derby.
Ronaldinho called Endrit right after the game and made an appointment with Endrit to meet in the Champions League final.
Endrit flipped through the calendar and said in confusion, "But on the 26th, isn't our opponent in the Premier League, Manchester United?"
"Huh?!" Little Luo sounded even more surprised than Endrit, "Is that so? I didn't even notice..."
Endrit hissed, "How about I buy some walnuts tomorrow and have Mendes send them to you?"
"Walnuts?" Xiao Xiao Luo was even more confused. "Why are you giving me walnuts?"
Endrit, who had already marked the match between him and Ronaldo on his calendar, said: "You should study hard and remember everything like me next time."
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