Chapter 412 This Was Not a Reversal
[Why did Mourinho get fired? No, is fourth place in the league a bad result? Why did he get fired? ]

[I feel like Abramovich has fainted from doing business. If you fire Mourinho now, can you find someone who can coach Chelsea in a short time?]

[I think you are confused, the media said Mourinho wants to leave]

[I don't know why some people are praising Mourinho. Mourinho was really strong when he first coached Chelsea, but now his tactics of parking the bus and playing defensive counterattack are no longer suitable for the top five leagues, let alone the Premier League. Now the Premier League and La Liga are all about passing and controlling the offense. The full-backs of other teams are always going down the bottom, while Chelsea's full-backs can only pass the ball at 45 degrees. Moreover, Chelsea's 45-degree crosses are never passed to the center forward, but only to the wingers.]

[It's not that Ibrahimovic is slow to react. But I also think Chelsea's tactics this season are a bit too old-fashioned, giving me a feeling of the past era. With such a luxurious lineup, why not play against each other? ]

Mourinho, stay!

[Still here, get out of class quickly, learn from Guardiola, who also played defense and counter-attack when he first came to Manchester City, but now he is gradually leaning towards offense. In the rhythm of modern football, offense is better than defense and counter-attack. Mourinho is only suitable for middle-class or upper-middle-level teams. It is really difficult for him to coach a top giant like Chelsea.]

[Why are some people who are attached with Chelsea still criticizing Mourinho? Wasn’t it Mourinho who brought Xiao Jiang to Chelsea? ]

[His vision is good, but his tactical level is poor. Mourinho's ceiling is there. It is basically impossible for Chelsea to rely on him to win three consecutive championships]

Because of the presence of Jiang Yuan and Mourinho, topics related to Chelsea have always received the highest attention in the country, even surpassing traditional giants such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and United.

Fans have different opinions on Mourinho's staying in office, but in the end, the majority of people want Mourinho to leave.

The composition of people in Dongqiudi is very complex, with fans from various leagues and teams. The only thing that is certain is that they are all Chinese.

Fans of Dongqiudi hope that Jiang Yuan can be improved and go further. However, the fact is that if Mourinho continues to coach the team and continues to implement his defensive counterattack tactics, Jiang Yuan’s room for improvement will not be great.

Counterattack is a style of play that creates opportunities, but Jiang Yuan himself is a player who can create opportunities. When you play counterattack, the only thing you can activate is Jiang Yuan's speed and shooting skills.

The club originally planned to tell reporters about Mourinho's impending departure after the 38th round match against Sunderland, but unexpectedly an insider leaked the news, so the club was forced to hold a press conference.

Faced with dozens of questions raised by reporters, Ms. Marina, the team's transfer window manager, remained very calm and cooperated with other executives to answer the reporters' questions one by one.

The entire press conference lasted about 50 minutes. Reporters asked many questions, and Mourinho's departure was basically confirmed.

When reporters asked about Chelsea's new head coach, the team leader was vague and no information about the new coach was obtained after a long time.

"Why did Mourinho leave the team? Is it because Chelsea has regressed this season?"

After the reporter asked the question, Marina grabbed the microphone on the table in front of her: "This is the result of many considerations. I have said just now that this is a 'peaceful breakup'. Since it is a peaceful breakup, the reason is not just related to the team's performance. Our current results are good, but Chelsea needs to pursue higher results."

……

“I feel like I need to apologize to you.”

Mourinho had a private chat with team captain Terry during lunch.

"Apologize, why? Because you want to leave? If it's because of leaving, I don't think you need to apologize because it's your own decision."

Terry stuffed a big mouthful of vegetable salad into his mouth. He was very surprised when he learned that Mourinho was leaving three days ago, but after calming down for so many days, he has almost adapted to this fact.

In a conversation three days ago, Terry learned of Mourinho's determination to leave Chelsea. He wanted Mourinho to stay, but he knew there was no need for him to do so.

The Portuguese will not easily listen to other people's advice.

"No, John, you misunderstood. What I meant was that I should have told you these things after you signed the contract extension. But I'm sorry, I didn't have enough determination at that time."

It turns out that Mourinho was talking about Terry's one-year contract extension. After Chelsea changed its new coach, the status of Terry, the meritorious veteran, is likely to plummet.

If Mourinho had told Terry in advance that he was leaving the team, the Blues captain might not have chosen to renew his contract with the team.

“No, no, no, it doesn’t matter.”

Terry laughed out loud when he learned the truth about Mourinho's apology: "The fact is, whether you leave or not, I will stay at Chelsea for another year. A new coach is not a bad thing for me. I don't want to wear the captain's armband because I have a relationship with the coach."

"I need to perform well enough next season for the new coach to keep the armband on my arm. That's what I need to do."

Terry stood up from his chair and looked down at Mourinho in front of him: "This is what I prepared before renewing my contract"

Chelsea now needs a big player who can control the players in the team. Although Terry is a bit old, with his brotherly relationship with Hazard, Jiang Yuan and Azpilicueta, Terry's presence can become a stabilizer in the Chelsea team.

This kind of stability is not achieved through the relationship between captain and players, but through things like friendship.

To put it bluntly, as long as there are no problems with Hazard, Jiang Yuan, Pogba and Azpilicueta, other teams will not be able to directly affect the Chelsea locker room.

"Yep...that's right."

Mourinho looked at Terry's passionate expression and recalled the scene when he set the goal of winning the treble after winning the championship in the 14-15 season, and he felt a little touched.

Two years have passed and Mourinho is no longer a necessity for the team!

……

At the end of the 37th round of games, Kane had not scored a goal in the game, so he was still one place behind Jiang Yuan in the Premier League scorer list and was temporarily ranked second.

However, Tottenham Hotspur was the first to play in the 38th round, and their opponent was the newly promoted team Hull City.

Spurs are usually ruthless against newly promoted teams, and this time was no exception, with a 3:0 lead at halftime and a 7:1 lead at full time, which was a direct blow to Hull City. As the team's main center forward, Harry Kane completed his hat trick in the last game of the season.

With one more game played, he has scored 31 goals in the league, one place ahead of Jiang Yuan in the scorer list!
This is Harry Kane!
At 5 pm on May 21st, London time, in order to respond to reporters' questions, Chelsea held a pre-match press conference for Jiang Yuan, who had just arrived at Stamford Bridge.

The standard pre-match press conference should be the head coach, but Mourinho chose to say what he wanted to say after the game today, that is, after the end of this season's Premier League, so only Jiang Yuan attended the press conference.

Click!

Click, click, click!

Escorted by staff on both sides, they entered the familiar press conference room, and the reporters standing at the back immediately began to take pictures of Jiang Yuan.

"Jiang, I have a question for you. What do you think about Mourinho's departure?"

"You only have one league game left, but your total league goal tally is one goal less than Kane's. Will you take advantage of the last game to surpass him?"

"Jiang, please don't avoid my questions, thank you!"

"..."

Sitting down on the chair, Jiang Yuan switched on the microphone on the table: "I am not avoiding anyone's questions, I am just used to sitting down to talk."

The scene fell silent.

Jiang Yuan briefly glanced at all the reporters attending the press conference, and then found a white man who seemed to rarely come here.

"You were overtaken by Kane, can you give some comments?"

Sure enough, although these reporters each have their own set of words, in fact, the questions they want to ask are similar, it’s just that each person speaks differently.

"He's scored more goals than me, so he's number one now, it's as simple as that"

The reporter thought Jiang Yuan would say that Kane surpassed him by relying on penalties (Kane has 3 more penalties than Jiang Yuan this season), but he didn't expect Jiang Yuan to say that.

"So you're admitting defeat?"

"Give up? No, I'm just stating the facts just now."

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "We still have one more game to go. Am I right?"

……

2 hours later, Stamford Bridge.

"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, dear audience friends. This is the live broadcast of the 2016th round of the 17-38 English Premier League, Chelsea's home game against Sunderland. We can see that the game has already started. In today's game, William appeared in the team's roster, but he eventually sat on the bench. Mourinho did not let him start."

The introduction of the starting players has ended, and the director's camera turns to William sitting in the stands.

"wowww!"

This is a scream from the stands of the stadium. Although William came back late, he has recovered after all. This is a very critical first aid for Chelsea, which is now unbalanced on both sides of the offensive end.

The camera returns to the game. Chelsea, under the instigation of Kante, launched an advancement from the backcourt to the frontcourt. Facing the pressure from Sunderland's forward, the team's two French players kept running and cooperating. Finally, Pogba passed the ball directly to Fabregas on the right side.

Snapped!
Fabregas made a straight pass, Ibrahimovic headed the ball to Jiang Yuan, who came in from the left and rushed to the position. He volleyed the ball directly into the Sunderland goal defended by Pickford.

"holy shit, fast, too fast for Chelsea"

"Too fast for Jiang (The same goes for Jiang Yuan who scored the goal)"

"Oh my god, it's only been 4 minutes since the game started and Chelsea has already opened up Sunderland's defence"

"Compared to the other 19 Premier League teams, Chelsea is slow to warm up this season, even at home. But in today's game, they scored a goal within 4 minutes of the start, breaking the record for the fastest goal scored by a home team in the Premier League this season!"

"Yes, that's right, and..."

Huang Jianxiang was about to say something when the camera turned to Jiang Yuan who was celebrating near the corner flagpole. A line of words popped up in the middle of the bottom of the CCTV live broadcast screen.

[Jiang Yuan, 2016-17 English Premier League Golden Boot winner]

The match between Chelsea and Sunderland was the closing match of the entire Premier League this season. Jiang Yuan scored a goal and defeated Kane with fewer shots from penalties, and also directly won the Premier League Golden Boot this season.

The camera turned to Mourinho on the sidelines. The Portuguese first stretched out four fingers, made a "4" to the camera, and then spread his hands flat on his chest, making a gesture of holding something.

There is a huge display screen in the Chelsea locker room, and Mourinho can see the entire content of Jiang Yuan's pre-match interview.

The reporter asked Jiang Yuan how he felt about being overtaken by Kane and no longer being the top scorer. Jiang Yuan didn't say anything at the time, so Mourinho expressed it for him.

He defeated Kane and won the Golden Boot in the first 4 minutes of the game. What do you think I feel?
"Oh!"

"wowwaa!"

Mourinho was making a gesture of holding something to the camera, and the Stamford Bridge, which had just calmed down from the joy of scoring a goal, became restless again.

The fans of the visiting team were so embarrassed. They were ranked last in a small league and had already been confirmed to be eliminated, but now they had to become victims of the PK between Jiang Yuan and Kane.

Kane is the most pitiful one. He failed to defeat Jiang Yuan last season and he failed to do so this season.

damn it!

The game continues, 25th minute.

"Although we are ranked last in the standings, we can see that Sunderland's wing attack still has many highlights"

"Januzai comes to the wing, walks on his own, passes the ball horizontally, and gives it to Cattermole!"

"Catmore stopped the ball, beautifully, and looked for an opportunity to bring the ball into the penalty area. This should be Sunderland's best chance so far. If they can score, they can equalize the current score."

"Sure enough, walking inside by myself is a very good choice."

It was almost the same as He Wei guessed. Cattermole chose to do it himself when he had the chance to pass the ball to the left baseline.

As a side with relatively weak hard power, Sunderland should simplify their offensive process, switch to the wing and move towards the penalty area little by little, or it would be better to be bold and rush into the penalty area.

However, just as Cattermole was about to step on the penalty area line with the ball, David Luiz suddenly took a step forward and blocked Cattermole with his body. Zouma on the side reacted quickly and kicked the ball to the front court with a big kick.

Did Zouma clear the ball in a hurry? He clearly raised his head before kicking the ball, which shows that it was definitely not a hasty clearance!
coming!

Jiang Yuan kept running in the frontcourt and finally deceived the Sunderland player who was defending him. After getting rid of him, Jiang Yuan came to the middle and stopped Zouma's long pass with his chest, and the ball came to Ibrahimovic's feet.

"Just go!"

Ibrahimovic pushed the ball to his right side with the outside of his foot, and Jiang Yuan rushed out directly, stepping out with his right leg first, then moving his center of gravity forward with his right leg, and successfully controlled the ball before the Sunderland players.

Face the goalkeeper!

"This is a standard one-on-one chance. Let's see how Jiang Yuan handles it. He shoots with his right leg. Oh, fake shot!"

"This is a fake shot. Jiang Yuan shook Pickford's center of gravity. He can switch to his left foot and shoot again!"

"Hmm? With a horizontal pass, Jiang Yuan gave up the chance to shoot directly at the goalkeeper and passed the ball to Ibrahimovic on the side."

"Ibrahimovic, just shoot! The ball goes in! The ball goes in! Ibrahimovic's shot into the goal extends Chelsea's lead to 2:0!"

"Roar--!!!"

Ibrahimovic jumped at the same time, then raised his right arm and roared.

Before the Chelsea players could run over to celebrate with Ibrahimovic, the Swede hugged Jiang Yuan immediately after returning to the ground.

The opportunities you fight for and the chances given by your teammates are two completely different things, and Ibrahimovic knows the difference clearly.

This is the cake that Jiang Yuan gave him!
"Ha ha!"

Jiang Yuan opened his arms to welcome Ibrahimovic who was rushing towards him. In the previous rounds of games, Chelsea's forwards had sacrificed too much in order for him to score goals. Now that Jiang Yuan has secured the league's Golden Boot, of course he has to repay his teammates.

Jiang Yuan is good at using his running awareness and speed to create opportunities, but the truth is, when your own cake is not made, you have to eat a lot of cakes that others bring to your mouth. Now that you have made the cake, you should share some with them.

"the best!"

Ibrahimovic gave Jiang Yuan a big kiss on his hair.

Bang bang bang bang!
"Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine~~"

"We can shine all the time~~"

"Home or away come and see us play!"

The familiar song sounded again. Sunderland, who had just been promoted to the Premier League for a few seasons, once again felt the momentum of the Premier League giants before being relegated. Although Sunderland was completely suppressed in their own half, they still found an opportunity. At the end of the first half, the team's midfielder Javier Manquillo scored a header from a set-piece opportunity. Begovic sat on the goal line and touched his head, completely unable to react to how Manquillo had just run to this position.

"wwowww!!"

When Chelsea scored a goal, their fans celebrated for 5 or 6 seconds. When Sunderland scored a goal, the away team's stands celebrated for nearly half a minute.

"shit..."

Fabregas hugged his head. It was his mistake that allowed Manquillo to break into Chelsea's penalty area without being marked.

Fabregas needs to be responsible for this goal. Of course, Begovic also needs to be responsible. As the Chelsea goalkeeper, he should have reacted quickly to that distance and speed of the ball.

“It’s ok! It’s ok!”

Just as the players were feeling depressed, Mourinho's voice came from outside the field.

Their goal for today's game was 3 points + Golden Boot. Now the goals have basically been achieved, so there is no need to be so stressed. Just relax and play.

“Let’s go!”

"Well, the first half is over, and Chelsea, playing at home, is temporarily leading the visiting team Sunderland with a score of 2:1. Through the 45 minutes of the first half, we can see that the gap in hard power between the two teams is still relatively large, but Sunderland still scored a goal. This is an interesting aspect of the Premier League compared to other leagues. The weak teams in the Premier League are not completely powerless when playing against strong teams."

"Because he has helped Jiang Yuan win the Golden Boot, Mourinho will most likely stop Chelsea from slowing down their attack in the second half. This is Sunderland's chance. Because for Sunderland players, a slightly lower intensity of play can help them score goals."

After the CCTV broadcast ended, the fans who had watched the first half opened the Dongqiudi APP, ready to contribute their own comments to the half-time report. However, when they opened the APP, they found that Dongqiudi was a bit slow today and the half-time report had not yet come out.

But it doesn’t matter, the game dynamic pictures and real-time comments are still pinned at the top.

[1' Players from both teams enter the field, and the game is about to begin. Comment count: 192]

[3' Pogba and Azpilicueta connected perfectly, Chelsea's attack was smooth. Comment count: 263]

[4' Ibrahimovic headed the ball to Jiang Yuan, who shot in and surpassed Kane to win the Premier League Golden Boot this season. Comment count: 2895 (Little Flame)]

[19' Hazard made a cold shot from outside the penalty area, but it was just a hair's breadth away. Comment count: 543]

【…】

……

[Damn, I was shocked. I bought Xiao Jiang's Golden Boots for 800 yuan at the beginning of the season. I almost thought I was going to give money away. Haha, I made a profit from this wave]

[After the game against Tottenham yesterday, those who spent a lot of money to buy Kane the Golden Boot are all idiots. It is not a big deal for Jiang Yuan to fall behind by one goal with one game less. In addition, Chelsea played against the second-to-last team in the Premier League in the last round (i.e. the last in the league). It was too easy for them to score one goal.]

[Mainly, some people said that Mourinho would not let Jiang Yuan start against Sunderland because they had to prepare for the upcoming FA Cup. I almost laughed to death when I saw this comment. Is the Premier League Golden Boot a rubbish award? ]

[Premier League Golden Boot + Champions League Silver Boot, Jiang Yuan has also achieved full marks this season, and his value is expected to increase again]

[Really? If the price goes up again, Xiao Jiang will be the world's number one]

[Awesome, this is the advantage of being young, you can fill in the net worth as you like]

[Fuck you, fill in whatever you want. You won the Premier League Golden Boot for two consecutive seasons at the age of 19. Let's see if those Germans will give you a 2 million euro valuation]

[Don’t pay attention to that idiot. This is the first time I’ve seen someone post the Japanese team logo on QQ.com. I’m sure he’ll explode if he sends me a private message soon.]

[It’s over. The five major leagues are almost over. There are almost two months left without any games to watch. How can I live like this? ]

[Little-known fact: There are Asian and European qualifiers in June and July. Aren’t World Cup qualifiers more interesting than league matches? ]

[Although I am a fan of Mourinho, I have decided that I will be a Chelsea fan from now on. Jiang Yuan, go, go! ]

[Are you a Jiang Yuanren fan or a Chelsea fan? ]

……

At halftime, Mourinho spent 5 minutes quickly explaining the problems the team needed to deal with in the second half, and then let the players relax in the room.

"We don't need to play that hard in this game. We just need to do what we should do and win. It's that simple."

After saying this, Mourinho called out Fabregas who made a mistake in the first half.

"the Golden Boot~!"

Zouma squeezed Hazard aside at some point and sat next to Jiang Yuan.

"Hey come on, I also won the Golden Boot last season, is this something surprising?"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands to show his innocence. Hazard, who was sitting at the far end, reminded him: "He spoke the same way when you won the Golden Boot last season. The words and tone were the same."

"Jiang, I have very high standards and generally don't praise others."

Zuma raised his eyebrows at Jiang Yuan: "But the Premier League Golden Boot is really amazing, good job!"

"So, little Kurt, you know what you want to do?"

Jiang Yuan pushed Zuma to the side, and then moved his butt to the other side.

"Hey, what are you talking about? I just wanted to compliment you."

Zuma waved his hand: "But there is indeed a small matter, a very small matter, it doesn't matter. Um...are you going to return home immediately this season?"

"I don't know, probably. Maybe I should go travel somewhere else? I don't know either."

Jiang Yuan pouted, not understanding what Zuma meant for a long time.

"Well, then I suggest you go back to China directly, take me around China and eat the breakfast there. You know, I like fried dough sticks with soy milk."

“It’s soy milk!”

Jiang Yuan corrected him. He had corrected Zuma almost 10 times, but this guy just couldn't figure it out.

Soy milk and soy milk, can these two things be the same?

“It’s all the same”

Zuma waved his hand: "I have never been to China, I just want to go there and take a look"

"BJ, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, well, they all sound great, I'm going to take my wife there. By the way, you know, have some fried dough sticks and...soy milk?"

“Fuck”

"I don't want to talk to you anymore"

Jiang Yuan stood up from the stool and ran directly to the other side of the locker room.

Zuma also stood up: "Jiang, are you serious about taking 10 steps back? This will hurt me."

"Ahem, the location of our exhibition match this summer has not been determined yet. If you like to go to China, we can contact China, but I don't know if they are willing. We can set the location in Tokyo. I heard that there are more people there."

Brown suggested.

"No!"

Jiang Yuan almost shouted: "If you want to hold an exhibition match in China, the venue cannot be in Tokyo"

"why?"

Zuma spread his hands towards Jiang Yuan.

"Why? How can I tell you why? Tokyo just won't do!"

Jiang Yuan is overwhelmed
Brothers, please read some books.

"You must be biased against Tokyo. You shouldn't be biased against cities in your own country. This is unfair to Tokyo fans..."

"Ok, pause. Let's pause this topic for now. Can we finish today's game first? We'll talk about the China trip later. We'll talk about it later. Anyway, we're not going to Tokyo."

……

As soon as the second half started, Sunderland used up two substitutions, and the original 2 formation became 5311.

The purely defensive 532 was transformed into a more balanced 433. Sunderland's desire to reverse Chelsea was clearly written on their faces.

And they did just that. In the 47th minute, just 2 minutes into the second half, Manquillo, who had scored in the first half, cut inside and made a threatening shot. Fortunately, Begovic reacted this time, jumped up and pushed the ball over the crossbar.

“Oh!!”

There were exclamations from the stands and Mourinho's body shook twice.

It must be said that Manquillo played this ball very well, with both speed and threat.

Sunderland's idea of ​​equalizing the score was not just talk.

In this case, there is no need for Chelsea to be polite to Sunderland.

"Fight back!"

"Fight back!"

What?

"What do you mean?"

Jiang Yuan looked at Hazard on the side and said, "Didn't we say we should play defense in the second half?"

"I don't know, it seems like we won't play defense anymore."

"Not playing defense anymore?"

Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up, and after finishing his conversation with Hazard, he ran straight to the front.

"We can see that Sunderland's attack is indeed very powerful."

"Yes, if they continue like this, the visiting team might really catch up. Even though they have already been confirmed to be relegated, drawing with several top teams like Middlesbrough means this season has some highlights."

"Januzai, Januzai here!"

"..."

"Here it comes, Jiang Yuan, shoot directly, it goes into the far corner"

“GOOOOO—AAAAAAAAA—LLLLLLLL!!!!”

"The ball goes in! This is Jiang Yuan's second goal in this game. Unlike the first goal, which was helped by his teammates, this time the opportunity was created by Jiang Yuan himself through his positioning."

"This was a huge mistake by Sunderland defender John O'Shea, and it was also a complete display of Jiang Yuan's personal ability!"

After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan slid to his knees towards the home team's bench, stood up, turned around and hugged his teammates in front of him. Mourinho, who happened to be standing nearby, came over and patted Zouma and Luiz on the buttocks respectively.

In fact, Mourinho originally wanted to pat Jiang Yuan's butt, but Jiang Yuan was surrounded, so he could only pat the defensive player with a bigger butt.

After the players' excitement subsided and they slowly dispersed, Mourinho grabbed Jiang Yuan's arm and said, "Do you want to come down and rest? Or a hat trick? It's up to you."

Go down and have a rest?

hat trick?

Jiang Yuan thought about it carefully, and finally circled his hands in front of his chest.

There is not much point in continuing to score goals in this game, so let's save our energy for the FA Cup later.

"Chelsea made a substitution, the one who came off was... Jiang Yuan!"

"Well! Mourinho wants Jiang Yuan to take a break."

"There were whistles in the stands and the fans seemed a little dissatisfied because Jiang Yuan played less than 70 minutes today, while his average playing time per game this season is 87 minutes."

When the whistle sounded, the fans wanted to stop Mourinho from making substitutions, but after the substitutions were confirmed, the whistle turned into applause.

"Jiang, good!"

"Come on, come on! There's another championship to be won in a week!"

"Golden Boots!"

At the end of the game, Chelsea, playing at home, finally defeated Sunderland 5-1 with Jiang Yuan's two goals and goals from Hazard, Kante and David Luiz, perfectly completing the last league game of the season.

After the game, Mourinho attended the press conference alone.

"Jiang completed a reversal against Kane in today's game and finally won the league's Golden Boot. As the head coach, do you have anything you want to say?"

"Um……"

Mourinho leaned forward and put his mouth closer to the microphone, so that his words could be heard more clearly by the reporter: "In fact, I don't think this is a reversal. In the same number of games, Jiang has always scored more goals than Kane. This has not changed since the 7th round of the league."

"Well, I remember Harry (Kane) has been second in the scorer list since the seventh round."

……

(End of this chapter)