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Chapter 531 Wembley, here I come

Chapter 531 Wembley, here I come

After the league ended, Newcastle's players were not like other teams preparing to disband and start their own vacations or go to the national team to report. They only had one day of rest, and then immediately concentrated again to prepare for the next two finals.

Of course, they will not have any complaints, and other players will not think that Newcastle's players are more unlucky than themselves-the team with games to play after the end of the league will always be one of the few lucky ones, which means that they have entered at least one of the finals of the game.

Newcastle has entered two, one is the FA Cup final, which many English fans believe is more important than the league and the Champions Cup, and the other is the European Champions Cup, which is recognized as the highest honor of European clubs.

The rest of the day is very short, and everyone is hurrying to enjoy this moment of peace.Because they will soon face two fierce championship battles.

On the day when training resumed, Mourinho stood sternly on the training ground waiting for the players, then greeted everyone and observed their expressions.The result made him very satisfied. These players did not play crazy. When they relaxed themselves, they still kept in mind that there were two key battles waiting for them.

Obviously, the rest period of almost four days is enough for most of the main players to recover their physical fitness, and judging from their expressions, in the past few days, they have not completely relaxed their body exercises after rest, which can be seen from their movements after the training started.

Seeing this, Mourinho nodded in satisfaction. It seems that although they have been given a rest time, they are faced with the possibility of winning unprecedented honors. The players of Newcastle do not want to relax now-it is okay to relax at other times, but it would be foolish to relax at this time.

In the following training, Newcastle will still focus on restorative training and adjustments. So far this season, there is no need to make any tactical adjustments. The next two opponents, Everton and Arsenal, are both Premier League opponents. There are at least two direct encounters in each season. Any team is already familiar with each other. There is no secret between each other. In this case, adjusting the state is more important than rehearsing tactics. , Newcastle's winning percentage should account for more than [-]%.

Although Moyes is a very good coach, in Mourinho's view, the most outstanding coach in England is still a little petty. He is conscientious and sincere. The saying is that a master of success, it is no problem to hold on to one-third of an acre of land, but it is still a little too late to expand the territory.

Although Moyes has coached for much longer than Mourinho, this time entering the FA Cup final is only the second time he has played in the final. The last time he led the team to the FA Cup final was in 2009. That time Moyes led the team to the final and was likely to win the first heavyweight championship in his coaching career. The fastest goal in the game, but in the next game Chelsea relied on the goals of Torres and Lampard to overtake the score. As the most famous local coach in England, Moyes has not been able to lead the team to win a heavyweight championship so far. It really makes Moyes feel ashamed.

So although Mourinho’s official coaching time is shorter than Moyes’, but the experience of leading the team to the final is much more than Moyes. Moyes’s only final experience is the FA Cup loss to Chelsea, and Mourinho has won nine cups in Europe. Moyes is simply the reason for the rave reviews in England.

The only thing that makes Mourinho a little worried is that in an environment like the FA Cup final, maybe Everton will burst out with more fighting spirit and energy than usual because of the final.

Of course, Mourinho will not regard opponents as meat on the chopping board, and will be slaughtered by him at will. Everton is also a team that ranks in the top ten of the league every season. Although this team rarely makes amazing moves, it wins because it is stable enough, just like their head coach.

Like Mourinho, Moyes also made his own deep imprint on the Everton team, stable, solid and tenacious.

Therefore, in the few days before the game, the time for training on the field has been significantly reduced, and the time for watching game videos has increased. Everton will not have so many players who can play the main force. Mourinho can report their main lineup with his eyes closed.

Moyes’ trouble is much bigger, because Mourinho’s main lineup is not fixed. For example, in the midfield, maybe Carrick will play with Essien, maybe Bostock will play, or even Gerrard will move to the center, and Walcott will be on the right. The workload is much larger.

However, Everton took much longer to prepare for this game than Newcastle. Newcastle would not consider the match against Everton before winning the league championship, while Moyes started preparing for the game on the day he reached the FA Cup final.

For Everton, although Newcastle is very strong and their overall strength is a level higher than Everton, in football games, strength is often not a tool to determine the final outcome. Fighting spirit, desire and physical fitness are all important components in determining the outcome. They are not without effort.

Mourinho doesn't want to be capsized in the gutter in the FA Cup final. Although he didn't put all his mind on this game and allocated part of his energy to consider the Champions League final against Arsenal, he still put in a lot of work for this game. Newcastle's perfect assistant coaching system played a role at this moment. Almost every player who is going to start the game has an assistant coach who is responsible for explaining the situation of Everton's possible opponents, breaking everything about the opponent and stuffing them into the players' heads Go inside, let them feel what the opponent is going to do almost by instinct on the court.

All this work is just for victory. For Mourinho, what he wants is the quadruple crown. Losing the FA Cup will be an unthinkable thing.

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On May 1000th, Newcastle United left Newcastle. The whole team drove to London and stayed in the hotel they had already booked. They were preparing for the FA Cup final on the 1000th. Although it was not the first time they entered the FA Cup final, Newcastle still attached great importance to this game. Pei Wei went with the team. As early as a month ago, Pei Wei announced the amount of prize money after winning this season. bonus!If all four championships are won, then Pei Wei will also add an additional bonus of 5000 million euros, that is to say, if Newcastle can win the quadruple championship, then he will spend [-] million euros in bonuses!Looking at the history of European football, it seems that no club has paid so much bonus after the end of the season. Everyone is feeling, Pei Wei, this guy is taking money for money!

Even Su Mei felt a little distressed, that's 5000 million euros!Newcastle now spends a lot of money every season. The annual salary paid by the team has reached 50.00 million euros. This time, they will pay a bonus equivalent to half of the team's salary.But Pei Wei didn't care too much, not to mention that after winning the league and the Champions Cup, the sum of various broadcast expenses and bonuses was almost the same amount, and the honor brought by winning the quadruple championship was simply not something that could be measured by tens of millions of euros. It was an invisible asset of a club!

With a lot of money, there must be a brave man. Although the honor of fighting for the quadruple crown is enough to stimulate the players, if the stimulus brought by the huge bonus is added, the morale of Newcastle immediately reached a peak.

The sense of honor cannot be eaten, and the desire to win cannot fill the stomach. There is no essential difference between professional players and other workers. They all rely on their own labor to earn income. If a team cannot guarantee timely payment of salary and bonuses, how can players have the motivation to perform well?

In the world of football, maybe money is not everything, but without money, it is absolutely impossible. This is an old-fashioned saying, but often the old-fashioned words are the most correct words.

The best hotel, the most bonuses, the most complete system, and the most thoughtful service are the kingly ways to adjust the team to the best state.

In order to keep the players from being distracted, all members from Pei Wei to the coaching staff set an example by not drinking alcohol during this period and living a regular life.Although for most of the assistant coaches in England, telling them not to drink alcohol is tantamount to killing them, but for the sake of serious discipline, the coaches can only endure it. They all abide by the discipline, so the players can only control their own desires and put all their minds into games and training.

The day before the game, the head coaches of both sides sat together for a press conference in the FA Cup final. Mourinho and Moyes are the two head coaches who have coached the same team for the longest time in the four major European leagues except Wenger. Mourinho is 11 years old, and Moyes coached Everton a year earlier than him. Apart from fighting to the death against rivals Liverpool in the same city, Moyes often saves his strength to deal with a team with a closer strength when the team is not doing well and encounters a strong team, but this time it will be different. He does not need to preserve his strength.

The atmosphere at the press conference was very friendly. Mourinho did not use his proficient language offensive to deal with Moyes. For a resolute head coach like Moyes, the verbal offensive did not have much effect. Anyway, Newcastle’s overall strength is stronger than Everton.

Mourinho will not do things that are not very useful, and Moyes is a low-key head coach. The two basically only talked about their own team at the press conference, and did not comment on the other team. The reporters on the scene were greatly disappointed.

For reporters, the best press conference is not what it is now. It should be two head coaches facing each other. You belittle me and I belittle you.

Unreconciled reporters began to ask Mourinho if he was more concerned about the Champions League final a week and a half later, but Mourinho directly pushed back.

"The FA Cup is the oldest competition in the world and the most important event for English teams. Although the Champions League is the club's highest honor, the charm of the FA Cup is unique and irreplaceable. Newcastle has an excellent tradition in the FA Cup, which is a very important event. If the Champions League final is considered before the FA Cup is over, it is not only disrespectful to our opponents, but also to the tradition of English football."

Mourinho's serious answer stunned everyone. Although his emphasis on and praise for the FA Cup made the reporters in England very happy, they felt a little weird and disappointed-hell, when did Mourinho respect the tradition of English football so much?

You must know that Mourinho’s attitude towards some ancient and old traditions of English football is the same as Wenger’s. Just as Wenger doesn’t think it’s meaningful for two head coaches to sit together and have a drink after the game, Mourinho is also quite dismissive of some traditions of English football.

These words made Moyes very happy. Being valued by others always makes people happy, let alone such a rebellious head coach like Mourinho, but Moyes was also vigilant while he was secretly refreshed. Could this guy have some tricks?

The press conference ended in the disappointment of the reporters and the vigilance of Moyes. Mourinho shook Moyes's hand gracefully, as if the game had ended and he had won.

May [-]th is coming soon.

The weather in London was very good on this day, and the temperature was relatively suitable. There were a few cool breezes blowing in the sky. In this environment, it was a good weather for playing football.

The Newcastle players on the bus seemed very relaxed. It is true that they have experienced the FA Cup final. Everton lost at their feet a lot. On the bus, some players were listening to music, some players were chatting, and some players even played poker at the end of the bus.

Mourinho is very satisfied with this situation. Relaxation does not mean slack. He believes that his players will converge all their minds and become brave fighters on the court the moment they step on the court.

As the bus approached Wembley Stadium, the players put down what they were doing and looked up at this iconic stadium in England.

In another hour, they will play the last game of the season in England on this stadium.

Long Bisheng looked at the stadium curiously. This was his first visit to Wembley. For him, there was still a little awe of the FA Cup, a game with a long history. The Chinese also respected tradition.

Long Bisheng closed his eyes and recalled what the coaches said before the game about the opponents he might encounter in this game. He believed that he would definitely perform well, and Everton's defenders could not stop him.

The third championship of this season, wait for us to get it!

The bus parked in the dedicated passage, and the fans waiting nearby rushed to cheer for their team before the game started.

The players greeted the fans one after another and made victory gestures, which not only boosted the confidence of the fans, but also boosted their own morale.

Long Bisheng took a deep breath and strode into the passage.

Wembley, here I come!

(End of this chapter)