The competition for the Premier League table is getting increasingly fierce.
Of course, now that the league has progressed, there are only two teams left competing for the Premier League championship.
Chelsea and Arsenal.
Su Yun felt more and more the aggressive attitude of Arsenal. He didn't even dare to sit down and take a breath, because Arsenal was watching from behind, and he would pounce on you as soon as you sat down.
The league is currently under a lot of pressure.
But the schedule gives Su Yun and Chelsea no chance to breathe a sigh of relief because the Champions League is about to begin.
On December 7, 2001, Chelsea faced the second match of the second round of the Champions League group stage.
At home against Serie A giants Juventus.
What to do?
Juventus is going to play? And Chelsea has another Premier League game two days later. The opponent is Liverpool.
Arsenal are chasing him tighter and tighter now.
The 13-point lead has now become eight points.
The choice is really difficult.
A team like Juventus will lose if you don't work hard. But if Su Yun is asked to put all the main players into this game, Su Yun can't do that.
There is also an Arsenal in the Premier League.
If it really comes down to no choice, Su Yun will definitely abandon the Champions League.
For Su Yun now, the Premier League championship is more important than anything else.
Although Su Yun is now famous in European football, the gold content of the five-time champion is really insufficient. A coach who has not won a top league championship cannot be considered a famous coach.
Coupled with two consecutive seasons of failure, Su Yun realized that he must have a top league championship of his own.
Now Su Yun can give up everything for the Premier League championship.
"I hate the current schedule."
Clark saw Su Yun complaining and smiled beside him.
For a strong team, for a famous coach, he must have the ability to cope with multi-line operations. He must have the ability to rotate. If this aspect is not up to standard, then he will not be able to become a top famous coach.
Because the head coaches of those wealthy and powerful teams with good results are all masters of rotation.
Look at Manchester United's treble.
Ferguson has reached the pinnacle of playing that kind of rotation.
Su Yun only thought that winning the Triple Crown was great before, but when Su Yun experienced the pinch of the league and Champions League games, Su Yun realized how difficult it is to win the Triple Crown.
When the league and the Champions League are squeezed together, the team really has no time for anything else.
Competition. Competition. Besides competition, it is still competition.
During this process, a mature head coach must learn how to rotate players.
There is still a big gap between Su Yun and Su Yun in this aspect.
against Juventus.
Chelsea fans are very positive.
Su Yun likes English football. One of the biggest reasons is that the fans in England are crazy. Playing in the Premier League is very atmospheric. Listening to the cheers and boos of the fans, this is a football match.
Su Yun is very dissatisfied with the home attendance of Lazio and Deportivo La Coruna.
In such a stadium, there is no passion for playing football.
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Back in England it was the same weather again.
It rains today too.
The rain was not very heavy, but it lasted for a long time. Fortunately, although the Stamford Bridge stadium is a century-old stadium, the drainage system is pretty good. The turf is just a little slippery, but there is no water accumulation.
Su Yun came out very early.
When playing away games, Su Yun also learned from Wenger and stepped out at the last moment. But at home, Su Yun usually came out very early.
Come and experience the excitement of the stadium.
Feel the cheers of the fans.
Also waiting for Lippi.
"Hello."
"Coach Lippi, hello."
The 53-year-old Lippi is currently recognized as a famous coach in European football. He is a famous coach comparable to the current Bayern Munich head coach Hitzfeld and Manchester United head coach Ferguson.
In terms of reputation, Real Madrid's Vicente del Bosque, Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, and Milan's Carlo Ancelotti are far behind Lippi.
Most of Lippi's achievements were obtained at Juventus. He did not have any outstanding achievements before Juventus. Of course, this is related to the weakness of the team Lippi coached.
Before coaching Juventus, Lippi was just a wandering coach. He had played in various low-level leagues and also in Serie A. The most proud thing among them was that he led Naples, a team that was on the verge of bankruptcy, to win the league title.
Cup qualification.
Before Lippi took over Naples, the situation in Naples was very bad.
Maradona was involved in a drug scandal and left Naples. And Naples had no money, so many players left Naples. Lippi could only rely on the incomplete lineup and some loaned players to form the team for the new season.
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Unexpectedly, they reached the UEFA Cup.
Later, Lippi arrived at Juventus and started his brilliant coaching career.
Previously the most successful giant in Serie A, Juventus had not won the Serie A championship in nine years. Lippi became the coach of Juventus in 1994 and won the Serie A championship immediately afterwards.
In the second season, Lippi led Juventus to win the Champions League.
Of course this is just the beginning.
From then on, Juventus established their dominance in the country and began to become strong in the European arena. In the following two consecutive seasons, Juventus reached the Champions League finals. Unfortunately, they lost both times.
However, this did not prevent Juventus from becoming the most powerful club in Europe at that time.
At that time, Juventus was definitely the most dominant team in Europe. No European club wanted to meet the Juventus at that time. This was the Juventus created by Lippi.
It is the results of these few seasons that have completely established Lippi's position in European football.
Not just great results.
Lippi promoted many young people, including Ferrara, Cannavaro, and Del Piero. They all received Lippi's guidance and became the current stars of Serie A.
Compared to Lippi, coaches like Su Yun are just kids.
There are a lot of coaches with Su Yun's achievements in European football. But coaches like Lippi are very rare.
When Lippi shook hands with Su Yun, there was no expression on his face. You couldn't see whether he was happy, angry, nervous or paying attention to these expressions.
Su Yun didn't care.
As Su Yun's performance at Chelsea gets better and better, there will be more and more opportunities to compete with European giants in the future. And there will be more and more opportunities to meet those famous European coaches.
Su Yun is no longer the Su Yun before.
In the past, when Su Yun met those famous European coaches, he felt a little nervous. But now he has long thrown his nervousness into the sea.
Su Yun's current goal is to defeat these so-called world-famous coaches.
Only by defeating them all can you replace them.
Players from both sides are already on the court waiting for the referee's whistle.
"The second match of the Champions League group stage is about to begin. The opponents are Chelsea and Juventus. In the first game of the group stage, Chelsea tied with Deportivo La Coruna away. Juventus played at home.
A 4-0 win over Leverkusen.”
"Currently, Juventus has the greatest chance of appearing. They are also the strongest and have the richest experience in the Champions League. On the contrary, Deportivo La Coruna, Leverkusen, and Chelsea are better than Juventus.
Champions League experience is very lacking."
Mortensen introduced the basic situation of the group.
"Well, it should be said that judging from the first game, it is not a big problem for Juventus to get a qualifying spot. The remaining Deportivo La Coruna, Leverkusen, and Chelsea have to work hard for another spot."
Alan Hansen also agrees with Mortensen.
Juventus are the favorites to emerge from this group.
Who makes Juventus a giant?
Deportivo La Coruna, Bayer Leverkusen, and Chelsea are all teams that have become strong recently.
When commenting, people are of course biased towards Juventus.
"Look at the lineups of both sides. Juventus' goalkeeper is Buffon, the defense is Pessotto, Iuliano, Ferrara, and Thuram, and the midfielder is Nedved and Tacchinadi.
Conte, Gianluca Zambrotta. The strikers are Del Piero and Trezeguet."
"After watching Lippi, he takes this game very seriously. Juventus is playing its main force without any reservations."
Juventus.
All the main players appear in the lineup for this game.
"Chelsea's goalkeeper is Cudicini, the defense is Solin, Panucci, Terry, Melchiot, the midfielder is Kewell, Williams, Parker, Grenchar, and the striker is
It's Eto'o and Fussell."
After reading it, Mortensen himself was doubtful.
"Coach Su Yun, is he looking down on Juventus? Or is he doing it for the Premier League?"
"Definitely for the Premier League."
Alan Hansen smiled and said: "Arsenal's form has improved recently, and now it is only eight points behind Chelsea. It seems like a lot, but it is not much at all. Twenty days later, there will be a direct collision between Chelsea and Arsenal.
.This gap is not even an insurmountable gap.”
"Well, that should be it."
After getting the lineup, Lippi was also satisfied.
Lippi doesn't care what Chelsea are doing?
Whether it's for the league or anything else.
Lippi only knows that this group is a group of death. Every opponent is very strong, and only by establishing a points advantage as early as possible can there be a chance to appear.
He likes Chelsea's lineup.
If they win against Chelsea, Juventus will basically be able to appear in this group.
"Dududu——"
The referee's whistle sounded.
The game has begun.
"Hello, audience friends, this is at Stamford Bridge. The second game of the second round of the 2001-02 season has begun. This is a death group, and every game is a final."
It's the final.
Although Su Yun sent some substitute players, Su Yun did not give up on this game.
Su Yun also hopes to win the game.
So after the game started, Su Yun stood on the sidelines.
