For Wolfsburg players, in the Champions League and meet the team of Jose, is a very headache. After the draw, the whole team was depressed. And this kind of mood, after learning from the news the next day about the speech made by Chelsea after the draw, reached the peak.
"You read the news, do you know what Jose told the media?"
After the draw, when the next day before the game against Augsburg, in the dressing room, pericic asked Gao shunyao questions in a low voice, Gao shunyao saw the same frown as himself from pericic's face. He gently nodded his head, but also with a wry smile, saying that he had known what he had said, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Just yesterday, after the draw, Jose immediately got an interview from the English media, and his interview enabled the Wolfsburg players in Germany to smell the danger.
"I've played against Wolfsburg and I'm very familiar with this team. They are a very strong team, especially their physical fitness. Under the guidance of coach Magat, they are impressive. It was in last year's match with them that I saw Mattic, the most outstanding midfield player, bring this worthy player to Chelsea. And he will also be very good to supplement my experience of Wolfsburg, let me in the game with Wolfsburg, get the first chance
In the words of Jose, he is not too much ridicule. At first glance, his words seemed to be very polite to Wolfsburg. He not only praised the Wolfsburg players' dedication and serious attitude, but also affirmed their strength. However, if we analyze it carefully, we can see that there is some irony in his words.
He was impressed by the physical strength of Wolfsburg, but did not mention the tactics of Wolfsburg. To put it bluntly, he ridiculed that magate was just an individual coach, and there was nothing unique about the tactics. He said that Mattic was the best player of Wolfsburg, which was worthy of his attention. Undoubtedly, he also said that other people in Wolfsburg were not worthy of playing for Chelsea. And he mentioned last year's match with Real Madrid and said that he poached the best player, Mattic. In the final analysis, he was also reminding Wolfsburg: don't forget that you lost in my hands last year, you are just my losers, your good players, I can dig if I want, we are not a high-grade team.
His words seem to be very gentle evaluation of Wolfsburg, but in fact, the information revealed in the words, but every sentence with irony and sarcasm. The eloquent coach mocked Wolfsburg with seemingly praising words, which naturally made the Wolfsburg players very unhappy.
What's worse, his words are enough to deflect the comments of the media. In fact, after he spoke, almost all the media immediately thought that Wolfsburg would definitely fall behind in the match with Chelsea.
There will be some media speculation about the outcome of this game. In their opinion, the experience of the game is very abundant, his attitude is very correct, and the strength of Chelsea is very strong, these reasons are enough to make Chelsea win - the words of Jose made the media all stand on his side, and also made the players of Wolfsburg very discouraged.
"This guy, he's really very talkative."
The Wolfsburg players in the dressing room can only grumble about what he said. For them, the most depressing thing is not the hidden irony of Jose, but that he has declared war in his words.
As a coach, he has always been famous all over the world for his outstanding psychological ability and eloquence. Launching psychological warfare before the game is also one of his best things. Before the game started, he had already started the war against Wolfsburg. Through one seat of speech, he exerted psychological pressure on the players of Wolfsburg. By reminding the players of the gap between the two sides, Wolfsburg clearly realized that their game with Chelsea would never be easy.
And his words really played a great role. After listening to his speech, Wolfsburg are really a little uneasy: the reason is not him, the words of Jose are basically telling the truth, and after saying a lot of truth, he said that he will be able to beat Wolfsburg, which sounds very reasonable.
He has really defeated Wolfsburg, Chelsea are really stronger, and he has Mattic who knows Wolfsburg tactics very well These are the truth, and it also makes people feel more and more that the declaration that Jose wants to win over Wolfsburg is very serious.
And his attitude, also seriously affected the media's view.
In fact, before he spoke, some media were quite optimistic about Wolfsburg. Because before the start of this game, people can't be sure what the real purpose of this season is - do they want to win the league, or do they want to go further in the Champions League, or do they really want to play this year without any pursuit, as Jose said? Any of these conjectures is possible, but none seems to be true.
In fact, if we analyze it rationally, the best way is not to waste our energy in the Champions League, but to concentrate on playing in the league.The game in the Premier League is faster than that in the Bundesliga, and their competition in the league has entered the final countdown stage. Now, Chelsea are still leading the Premier League with 60 League points. If they take back their tentacles and work harder in the league, maybe they will touch the Premier League trophy after this season. It is not that Chelsea have no chance to fight for this honor.
But if they want to survive in the Champions League, they will not be so smooth in the next league competition. After all, the competition they are facing will be very fierce: after all, their three main competitors, Liverpool, have no Champions League to play, Manchester City and Arsenal, have all ended their Champions League task. They are close to Chelsea and are likely to catch up. Go all out and Chelsea may win, but it's hard to get distracted in the Champions League.
From this point of view, the most rational way should be to stop caring about the Champions League and play in the league. This is also the biggest reason that many media think that Wolfsburg may win over Chelsea. Compared with the top four of the Champions League, the Champions League is a real cup. It's stupid to put the cup away.
However, the attitude of Jose seems to be to do so once. And if you take into account some of the other circumstances of Chelsea, this is indeed the way to do it.
Since Roman Abramovich took over, the team of Chelsea has been on the rise. And they have been pursuing, in addition to the championship, but also to become a rich family of this rather long-term pursuit. As a big team, long-term stable play is very important. I'm afraid that Chelsea won't allow their team to perform too badly in the Champions League, especially considering the embarrassing situation last year, they may force themselves to go further in the Champions League.
Last year, as the defending champions of the Champions League, Chelsea were eliminated from the group in the Champions League. As a result, they were forced to play in the Europa League, which can be said to be a big shame for them. After the humiliation, the image of the club has been seriously damaged and has become a laughing stock. If you want to restore this image, it's not enough to be in the top eight of the Champions League. In order to save the image of the club, maybe Chelsea will work harder in the Champions League, which is also possible.
Of course, the long-term development of the club sometimes will not be valued by the coach, more coaches choose to see the short-term benefits, to be able to win the championship in the short term, it is more in line with their pursuit. However, the situation of Jose is slightly different: first of all, he did say that he wanted to stay at Chelsea for a long time, and after the farce with Real Madrid, it is estimated that he is tired and unwilling to move around. After all, he has a close relationship with Chelsea in the past. There is a deep relationship with him here. In addition, in the past few years, Chelsea have been playing the farce of changing managers. It is estimated that they have been tired. Moreover, Abramovich's desire for the Champions League has been satisfied. Now they meet each other. I'm afraid they won't think about the short-term championship, and they will really think about some long-term things I'm in love.
On the other hand, as we all know, he doesn't get along well with former head coach Rafael Benitez. Although he is just a fire coach and left after half a year at Chelsea, he still cares about the impression he left when he was in charge of the club.
Since taking office, he has always looked down upon the champions of last year's Europa League. He has repeatedly said that it should not be regarded as an honor for a team like Chelsea to play in the Europa League - the big talk has been let out, and he must achieve some decent results by himself - and he is quite arrogant and stubborn. In order to prove himself, I'm afraid he won't easily admit defeat in the Champions League.
Different from Manchester City, although they are also upstarts, the original accumulation of Chelsea has been basically completed. Now, it's no longer the time for them to attach great importance to the championship. What they need is more fame and stable results. It is precisely because of this pursuit that Chelsea will never relax. This is also the most important message in the speech made by Jose before the match.
This game, will definitely be a tough battle - before the game, this is the message that mussini wants to convey to Wolfsburg. In this game, he didn't mean to ignore anything. Last year his team beat Wolfsburg, and this year, he wants to do it again.
He told Wolfsburg about his choice through the media. He wanted to put pressure on Wolfsburg and make Wolfsburg feel afraid. But, perhaps what he didn't think of was that Wolfsburg had other feelings besides fear after he spoke.