King’s Landing in Nottingham

Chapter 422: What **** secret weapon

The podium and medals needed for the award ceremony are now lying in a corner of the Meiduo Lane Stadium that is not easily noticed.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the staff of the Notts County Club quickly set up the podium.

The championship trophy has been placed in the center of the end of the player channel along with the game ball at this time. A large red square base with a height of 1.5 meters is made into the shape of a hand, and the trophy holder of this competition is raised.

Under the shining of the lights in the Meiduo Lane Stadium, the metallic luster of the trophy and the designed lifting base give people a feeling of heartbeat.

Due to his advanced age, the award-giving guest of this Magpie Cup Charity Invitational is no longer the respected Mr. Derek Parvis. The elderly are not in good health and will basically not come out to participate in activities in the future.

If Wei Xun himself came to present the award, the coffee flavor is still not enough. Therefore, Wei Xun invited the new Mayor of Nottingham, Mr. Aronson, to present the trophy to the final champion team.

As for the awarding of commemorative medals, small gifts, and bonuses to other participating teams, referees and staff, the management of the two clubs of Notts County and Chelsea jointly completed.

After all, Ambramovic also provided a prize of 1.4 million pounds for this charity invitational tournament.

What happened to the master's father who wanted to come on stage to present an award?

This is not the practice of later generations.

So when the Russians put it forward, Wei Xun said very simply that Abramovich would also give it to him.

Wei Xun generously gave this opportunity to show up to the Russians. After all, this white, fat and scumbag guy really likes to show off.

Since he wants to show the limelight, let it be, Wei Xun is happy to take it easy.

Mourinho has described it as an early Premier League title battle, and the opponents of the Magpie Cup Charity Invitational Finals are no longer hiding, and they have pulled out the strongest players in their various positions.

What **** secret weapon?

What do you want to keep?

Do it directly!

Unlike Notts County, where the lineup is relatively stable, Chelsea has a lot of new faces in various positions. Many experts believe that Chelsea will have a period of pain. After all, they need time to adjust the lineup.

The six players in the front court of the Blues are Malouda, Charistrias, Duff, Deco, Lampard and Makelele.

Judging from the position, it looks like a four-three-three formation, but in fact this is a four-two-three-one with a double midfielder. Makelele is a full-time engineer who does dirty work.

Gallas, Terry, Samuel and Paul Ferreira formed Chelsea’s back line. In front of the Blues’ goal stood the Czech’s Peter Cech, who was selected to the Portuguese European star lineup.

Guardiola, who has been tinkering with new formations and tactics during this period, has new ideas for player collocation.

A few days ago, after studying more than a dozen video games of Mu-style Porto, Guardiola still chose a dual-organization core formation for this game, and sent all the main players in his mind:

The left winger is Brazilian Ronaldinho, the right winger has Oviemas, and the Ivorian Didier Drogba is the one who smashes the header and eats the cake.

The three players in the midfield are familiar again, Rivaldo and Sneijder, and Harvey Alonso who returned from Chelsea to Notts County.

The Spaniard stood behind them to consolidate the defensive position, and at the same time needed to retreat to the back line to deliver the ball to the two front midfielders and wide players.

In the eyes of many people, the defense of the midfield line formed by these three players is almost zero, and a black and hard one can make them cry.

Normally, Notts County’s single midfielder is played by Dutchman Edgar Davis. If not, there are George Grant, Anthony Elt or Thiago Motta.

Many people predict that if these three play the starting midfield, Notts County's defense will inevitably choose some strong defensive players, Ram and Alves may not have a chance.

I don’t know if Guardiola thinks the same, but his defense in this game is indeed made up of four people with stronger defensive capabilities:

Fabio Grosso and Lichsteiner are responsible for the defense of the left and right sides. The center-back combination of Carvalho and Lucio will also undergo a huge test in this game. He is still the Dutchman in the goalkeeper position. Desa.

Abramovich and some officials of the Chelsea club, Wei Xun, Zhao Tai, Mendes, Marotta and others were chatting and laughing in the VIP box. On the bench at Meadow Lane, the players of the two teams, The assistant teacher is very serious.

Good friends and good buddies, let's not mention it for the time being. In today's game, the brothers just want to win.

This is a bit like the Sichuan warlords in the early twentieth century. They did not attack the city. Senior generals played mahjong at the card table. The army fought in the field. Sometimes the victory or defeat at the card table can determine one city and one village. The gains and losses.

In short, it is very harmonious.

"Tighten me up. Everyone has to look at the person and area they are responsible for. If it doesn't work, use tactical fouls to bring them down!

When switching offenses, pushing and counterattacks, we must pay attention to being fast, fast, and speed is always the first..."

Before the start of the game, Mourinho was still instilling his ideas into the players with all his heart, and he didn't know how many Chelsea players around the Portuguese could really listen.

In any case, Terry, Gallas, Makelele and other players who were in Chelsea last season have gained something.

After Jose Mourinho instilled in them a brand new tactical concept for a long time, their understanding of defensive counterattacks has gained new insights compared to the time when the former coach Ranieri.

Less than two minutes after the start of the game, Gallas received a yellow card for a tackle behind him. This is to implement the coach's tactics with practical actions.

"You wait for me, dog stuff!"

Edgar Davis, the Dutch midfielder sitting on the bench, raised his **** and spit viciously in the direction where Gallas was running.

He will be replaced in the second half. If Gallas is still on the court by then, Davis will definitely avenge Sneijder, who is holding his leg and crying!

It's also because Davis is not on the court, otherwise it's possible to fight Galas, and Terry and Samuel are not easy to provoke.

"José, it seems that he can't hold on anymore, let's substitute..."

The elder Mertesacker has been Guardiola's assistant for several years, and now he has seen Georgia make a substitution gesture, and at the same time that he suggested to Guardiola, he has taken the information of Kaka in his hand. .

"Change people, let Kaka go up, the tactics remain the same..."

In this way, Kaka, who was sitting on the bench for only three minutes, was given the chance to appear after Sneijder was injured.

Dutch midfielder Sneijder was lifted from the field on a stretcher by the staff. His destination will be the Notts County Medical Center.

With less than a month to go before the start of the match, I hope Sneijder's injury is not serious, otherwise, Guardiola can only give up his double midfielder style of play.

After weighing the pros and cons, although the double defensive midfielder will increase a bit of defensive hardness in the midfield, the creativity of the frontcourt will also decrease a lot.

After all, Sneijder is the only midfielder in Notts County who has been able to score double-digit assists every season.

Before the arrival of Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and others, Sneijder was the core of this well-deserved frontcourt organization in Notts County.