Four hundred and seventieth chapters helpless Benitez
For teams in the third and fourth tiers this time, the group Inter Milan is in can be regarded as a group of death. Needless to say, there will definitely be a fierce battle with Chelsea. Anderlecht is a perennial participant.
A Champions League team, even if it does not have the strength to qualify, is still capable of becoming a touchstone. Betis played quite well in La Liga last season and was placed in the fourth tier because they had hardly participated in the previous five years.
After European competitions, in such a group, Inter Milan and Chelsea not only have to compete with each other, but also have to be wary of cold arrows shot by Anderlecht and Real Betis... In this regard, Inter Milan and Chelsea
They are all equally uncomfortable.
But now all eyes are focused on Mourinho and Dick - these are the two most outstanding new generation managers in European football, and they have something in common - arrogance
, Arrogant, eclectic, needless to say what Dick did, and Mourinho's first words after coaching Chelsea were "I am the European champion, you are nothing, so you have to listen to me."
, such two controversial coaches will naturally get more attention when they play against each other.
What's more, their performance is not bad. Dick has won five league championships and four European championships in the past five years, and Mourinho has almost won three league championships and two European championships in the past four years.
, in terms of performance, they can only be regarded as slightly inferior to Dick. Both of them are the targets of media coverage. In terms of private life, neither of them is particularly scrupulous. Mourinho broke the news when he was coaching Porto.
Although no one has come up with any real evidence about the extramarital affair, and Dick used to be a clubbing addict and a prodigal son who played every night, his image has only improved slightly in the past two years...
Compared with these two, Benitez, the Champions League winner last season, seems a bit worse. Although his results are not bad, he won a league championship and a UEFA Cup championship in Valencia last season.
He won the Champions League again, but his face lacked some star quality. In addition, he was not that controversial, so it was very unfortunate that he could not become the center of attention.
More importantly, Dick has competed with all the famous head coaches in Europe in the past few years and has the upper hand in them all, whether it is the old-school Ferguson, Wenger, Hitzfield, the younger Del Bosque, or Capet.
Ronaldo, the younger Benitez, and Ancelotti all lost to Dick, but they only had one confrontation with Mourinho, which was the 2003 European Super Cup. In that game, Dick used
The defensive counterattack defeated Mourinho's Porto 1-0. From that encounter, Dick won. However, in the following Champions League, Dortmund stopped in the knockout rounds, but Mourinho miraculously won.
After winning the Champions League that season, I really can’t say who will win and who will lose.
Now these two top managers will meet in the Champions League. Last season, Dick led Inter Milan to win the UEFA Cup undefeated, while Chelsea, led by Mourinho, also won the Champions League.
It was soul-stirring. The game of defeating Barcelona 4-2 with a quick counterattack is a classic in recent years. If he had not been defeated in the semi-finals by Benitez's wretched counterattack, Mourinho would most likely have become his successor.
The second head coach after Dick to lead two different teams to win the Champions League for two consecutive years!
It is precisely because of this meaning that UEFA arranged for the teams led by Dick and Mourinho to be in the same group. For this reason, they even gave up the gimmick of Chelsea and Liverpool competing in the same group.
Knowing that this may be the first and only time in the history of the Champions League that teams from the same league compete in a group! They would rather give up such a gimmick and let Inter Milan and Chelsea be in the same group. It can be seen that these two
Confrontations between individuals are highly anticipated.
When the lottery ceremony ended and Dick walked out of the hotel door, he was immediately surrounded by reporters. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or something else. Mourinho walked out of the hotel door with Dick almost at the same time, and also at the same time.
Surrounded...
"What do you two think about the results of this lottery?" a reporter immediately asked.
Dick turned to look at Mourinho, and then found that Mourinho was also looking at him, so he smiled, turned to reporters and said: "There are two qualifying places in the group stage, right? This
What other ideas can you have..."
The reporters were in an uproar.
"Yes, there is nothing to say about the qualifying spots in the group stage. There is just a little difference between first and second place." Mourinho said shortly after.
"Yes, there is a little difference, but I am always very good at premonitions. After the draw ceremony, I had a strong premonition that the first place in this group will finally win the Champions League this season.
And the second place in the group will lose in the first round of the knockout rounds... I don’t know if my hunch is working.”
Although Dick said this with a smile, reporters are not fools. Everyone knows what he means. This is a kind of psychological warfare, and it is also a demonstration. Since he has the confidence to say this, it means that he has the confidence.
Suppress Chelsea in the group and become first in the group!
Although both the first and second players can qualify, in this case, if they are eventually moved to the second position, it will have a great impact on Chelsea.
This is a challenge, and it is an unavoidable challenge.
Mourinho raised his eyebrows, and then sneered: "Is that so? Let the facts after the group stage prove it and see if your words are accurate!"
"My words are always accurate." Dick chuckled: "Don't forget, at that time I said Barcelona couldn't win any championship, but they really didn't win it... Oh, I almost forgot, you were also involved at the time
One of them."
Mourinho did not answer any more, but walked away from the scene. Dick was not in a hurry to leave, but answered a few more questions from reporters, and then left the hotel door.
"What's the point of such a provocation?" Marina asked in confusion.
"It doesn't make any sense. It's just that UEFA wants to push Mourinho to fight against him. I can only fight against this kind of thing. There is only one best head coach. In terms of performance, age and image, there is no one else."
There is no one more suitable than Mourinho to come against me. In fact, among the many head coaches in the entire European continent, only Mourinho is the only one who can pose a threat to my position, so I must fight against it."
Dick replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
He said this loudly, but it is also true to a large extent. The total number of honors received by Ferguson and Hitzfield is still more than Dick. However, how many years did it take them? Not to mention Ferguson's championship in European competitions.
But there are not so many in the Premier League. Hitzfield only has two Champions League championships. In the long run, Mourinho, who is also very young and has also won a lot of championships,
is the most suitable opponent to fight against Dick all the time. Head coaches like Ancelotti, Benitez and Rijkaard may also be suitable, but from all aspects, they are not suitable to fight against Dick.
.
"Is this an early suppression?" Marriner asked.
"It doesn't count, it doesn't count." Dick shook his head: "In the world of football, there is no permanent suppression. This is just a confrontation. Mourinho and I will definitely have a long time together in the future.
If you want to be the best head coach, you have to achieve better results than any opponent in all aspects. I have a lot of confidence in this."
Others may not know Dick's thoughts, but now UEFA has indeed pushed Mourinho to fight Dick - after all, it is not what they want to see for a Chinese to be so famous on the European continent.
Things, or that they are not racially discriminatory, but the European competition is occupied by a head coach or a team for a long time, which is something they do not want to see. So the embarrassment for Dick has become
It has become a natural thing.
The biggest news on the next day is naturally that Inter Milan and Chelsea are in the same group. The two most popular head coaches in recent years will face off. To a large extent, this year's match is the fairest.
Contest - In the first meeting before, Dortmund's strength dropped sharply, and Porto did not reach its peak. But now? Last year, the two coaches have established an unshakable relationship with Inter Milan and Chelsea.
Prestige has also made its team complete through two summer signings. The matches in the group stage will not be affected by the home and away games. Only such matches can be considered truly fair!
This made Benitez quite unhappy. You must know that when he was in Spain, the Valencia he led was suppressed by Dick just like Real Madrid. It was not until Dick left that he won the league in the 03-04 season.
The double champion of Cup and La Liga. Although he won the Champions League last season after defeating Mourinho, his Liverpool were defeated by Mourinho's Chelsea in the league. Dick did not participate in the championship.
Cup, which makes his Champions League content somewhat insufficient...
So he worked hard to give Dick a good look in the next European Super Cup, and Inter Milan is now missing Materazzi, which also gives him hope.
So in the European Super Cup the next day, Liverpool played very well. Benitez led the team to defeat Inter Milan with a score of 3 to 2, ending Dick's period of leading the team at Inter Milan.
Undefeated record in all official matches!
After this outcome, Benitez's reputation began to reach its peak - last season he defeated Mourinho and Ancelotti in the Champions League, and now he defeated Dick in the European Super Cup...
Among the head coaches of the same generation, it is indeed gratifying to achieve such results!
"Well... losing this game is not a good thing for us, but it is also good because we know some shortcomings. Chiellini made some mistakes today, but for such a young player, in
Learning from failure is a good thing, and we don’t need to carry the baggage of being undefeated going forward... Didn’t win the Super Bowl? What’s the problem? We couldn’t win the Sixth Championship anyway, and we didn’t win the Super Bowl.
If we don’t win the Super Cup, I believe we still have a chance to win the Super Cup next season.”
Dick's understatement in the post-match press conference made Benitez a little helpless. He worked hard to defeat Dick, but the opponent said that the defeat was no big deal...
"If I beat you after meeting you in the Champions League, I don't think you have anything to say!" Benitez said inwardly as if he was furious.
