"Guys, I don't need to emphasize the importance of today's game to us, right?" Mourinho made pre-match speeches with a serious expression in the visiting team's locker room. "If someone dares not do his best in the game, then I can suggest that he first recall the outcome of Crespo and Perron last summer!"

Mourinho's words are not alarmist. You should know that when the Portuguese first entered Chelsea, he did intend to reuse Crespo and Peron. Unfortunately, these two Argentines had a short-circuited mind and dared to act like a big-name star in front of Mourinho. As a result, they were directly thrown into the cold palace by a madman who did not take this trick, and they rented them to the Milanese two heroes before the summer transfer window closed.

Therefore, when Mourinho repeatedly emphasized the importance of this game and the serious consequences of not working hard, no player in Chelsea dared to take the Portuguese's words as a warning - they didn't want to follow the footsteps of Veron and Crespo because of this kind of thing and be driven out of the Stamford Bridge, which is thriving in the meteorological situation by Mourinho.

What's more, from Chelsea players to head coach Mourinho, this game, is extremely important. Because if Chelsea wins in this game, the Blues can counter Tottenham and lead the British standings with a two-point advantage; and if Chelsea eventually loses, they will have to face the unfavorable situation of falling behind the leader by four points!

With the stability and point-making ability shown by Tottenham in the first half of the league, Mourinho is not sure that he can still have a four-point advantage after losing this game. Therefore, the Portuguese madman can be said to be bound to win this list battle!

Now let me introduce the lineups of the two teams here. In the away game, Chelsea, because they had just played a League Cup semi-final with Manchester United two days ago, Mourinho made some adjustments to the roster today - goalkeeper Akinfeyev, four defenders were Gala, Terry, Carvalho and Ferreira from left to right, the midfield trio were Marklele, Smerkin and Lampard, and the Swedish god Taibrahimovic was in the middle and broke in front, and Joe Cole and Irish winger Duff were separated from the left and right wings!

Obviously, after coaching Chelsea for more than half a season, Mourinho has gradually screened out a group of players he trusted and identified them as the main teams in the Blues dominating the British arena and even the entire European football world!

In terms of employment concepts, Mourinho, Capello, Ancelotti and other head coaches can be said to be quite similar, that is, once a set of main lineups and rotation rosters are determined, they will basically not easily make any changes to this. Otherwise, no matter how poor Bridge and Glenn Johnson's abilities are, they will not be so bad that they can't even get a chance to play for Chelsea a few times, and they can only gain some playing time in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

By the way, in order to ensure that the team can face Tottenham Hotspur in the best form in this list battle, Mourinho can be said to have made quite a huge sacrifice. For example, in the just-concluded League Cup semi-finals game, Chelsea, who had already been determined to retain their strength, would actually face Manchester United with a full substitute!

If Manchester United hadn't been fighting hard for the top four in the league and had no intention of investing too much energy in the League Cup, Chelsea would have been beaten to the ground by the Red Devils, and would have lost hope of advancing to the finals after the round of the game, instead of shaking hands with Manchester United!

After talking about Chelsea's roster, let's take a look at Tottenham. After a week of rest, Tottenham players have adjusted their best physical fitness and competitive state, just waiting for the moment when this list battle comes!

There is no doubt that the goalkeeper's position is naturally Peter Cech. The Czech goalkeeper has performed extremely well since joining Tottenham Hotspur, and has greatly improved Tottenham's originally fragile defense. It is naturally impossible for George to put the sick and disaster-free Cech on the bench on this critical occasion.

On the defense line, Patrice Evra is on the left, Stephen Carl is on the right, and Vidic is partnering with the center back with Ridley King wearing the captain armband. Since George was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of captaining the team, Ridley King's leadership temperament has gradually been revealed. Now he has a bit of a general in his every move, and his ability is far from that of Wu Xia Amon. Evra and Vidic are also growing rapidly and have faintly touched the threshold of a world-class star!

In the midfield, Mascherano served as a single midfielder. In front of him, there were Xavi Alonso and Bastulk, a pair of midfield double-core. The reason why Edgar Davis was not selected on the roster was because facing Chelsea's muscle forest, the elderly Dutch Wild Boars could not guarantee enough physical fitness and defensive strength to support the entire game. For this consideration, George finally chose Bastulk, who was inferior in defense but was younger and had better personal skills.

As for the forward line, George sent Robben, Drogba and Ronaldo to form Tottenham's offensive trident in this game. Of course, whether this set of trident can tear open Chelsea's defense line as George imagined will take time and actual combat to prove it!

When the players of both sides walked out of the player channel, the Tottenham fans in the stands on all sides suddenly burst into cheers, cheering the teams they supported with deafening applause and cheering. In addition, Tottenham fans did this invisibly put mental pressure on Chelsea players who played away, increasing the chances of some of the players with poor psychological qualities performing poorly.

In the eyes of Tottenham fans, there is no problem or inappropriate thing about doing this. After all, this is the White Hart Lane Stadium, which is Tottenham's home court! They are not cheering for Tottenham here or trying their best to increase psychological pressure on their opponents. Should they help Chelsea, an outsider, defeat the Tottenham they love deeply?

At this time, I noticed that the players on both sides had already taken their place in their respective halfs and looked at the time displayed on the watch. Howard Webber, who served as the referee of this game, finally blew the whistle in his mouth and announced that the highly anticipated British list battle officially began at this moment!

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