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Chapter 1340 Chelsea's Dilemma
The elimination of Schalke is finally over, and Schalke can also put all their energy into the league wholeheartedly. Although it is not possible to defend the title, there is always a chance to retain the qualification for the Champions League next season, but it is difficult for Chelsea There are many.

The recent games have been played one after another, basically every two days. This kind of high-intensity game has caused big problems for Chelsea now. Many people even began to predict that if Chelsea If you don't give up some games strategically, then it is very likely that there will be an unpredictable collapse at the end of this season.

In fact, these words are not groundless, let alone nonsense. Chelsea's biggest weakness this season is that the gap between the substitutes and the main players is too large. It's simply too bad to be useful, and a new game is about to usher in Mourinho, at least he has begun to drum in his heart.

It's not that he doesn't want to give up the FA Cup, but that Abramovich is not willing to give in at all. Thinking about the next season, he will continue to buy players. Now these problems can only be daring. After all, Manchester United Not an easy team to deal with.

What's more, there is the so-called dream theater curse, which makes Mourinho feel uncomfortable. In the FA Cup, Chelsea has never won at Old Trafford, and the record is only one draw and four losses. But it was just a goal, so this FA Cup is also considered by the outside world to be a means for the FA to control Chelsea.

But Chelsea also has an unbeaten record. So far, Chelsea's unbeaten record in the FA Cup, excluding penalty shootouts, has been expanded to 28 games. It is currently the longest unbeaten team in the FA Cup.Moreover, Chelsea's record in the past 39 FA Cup games is 31 wins, seven draws and only one loss. The Blues lost to Barnsley in 08 was the last regular time failure.

What's more important is that now Chelsea has Ai Huan. This person exists to break records. Since he appeared, I don't know how many records have been broken by him one by one. Will this game be played again? His break will also be something to watch.

The total record of Manchester United against Chelsea in the FA Cup is eight wins, one draw and two losses. However, the last time the two teams met in the FA Cup was in the 2007 final, when Chelsea defeated Manchester United. , the only time the two teams met in the FA Cup.

In fact, from the heart, Mourinho does not want to lose. He would rather lose to a bad team in the next league than to lose to his direct opponent Manchester United. This is a duel between wills. It has been proved countless times that whoever relaxes first will die first, and it is still the tragic situation of death without a place to die. Mourinho is not willing to lose to his biggest opponent at this most critical moment.

Manchester United is in good shape now. They have won seven consecutive victories in the league. Although they are still nine points away from Chelsea, who dares to say what kind of miracle Manchester United can create?You must know how many times Manchester United under the rule of Sir Alex has completed impossible tasks.

But these are all nonsense, because after continuous hard work, many Chelsea players have exhausted their physical strength.One game every two days basically means that everyone has less than 48 hours of rest time at most. For some young people, they may be able to recover with a sleep, but for some old players, this Time simply wasn't enough for them to slow down.

Terry, Lampard, even Mikel and Ivanovic are already unbearable to fight again, and Ai Fan's recent physical problems have also appeared. This is also a situation that Mourinho must face, so this game In the game, he actually put on a style of play that completely denied himself, playing a 4-4-2 that they had never used this season, which also shocked the outside world.

The goalkeeper still sent Cech. Although as a goalkeeper, his physical fitness should not have any problems, but Schalke did not let him idle in the last game, which also led to Cech's exhaustion. Huge physical reserves, but the problem is that Chelsea still depends on Cech if they want to be stable. After all, Turnbull is still a grade behind him. He can barely support some ordinary teams, but facing Manchester United. Such a super team, Mourinho does not dare to take risks.

Mourinho made a change at the back, full-back Azpilicueta replaced Ivanovic, and Ashley Cole, who has always been known for his physical strength, once again appeared in the starting position.Central defender Marcos still started again. As a young man, his physical recovery is still good, and the person standing next to him was replaced by Cahill. This game has to face the impact of Rooney A very strong striker, it is not a foolish move to use Cahill.

There are still two defensive midfielders, one is Ramirez, he must replace Lampard's metronome, and the other is Brazilian central defender Luiz, who has not been reused recently. It is the first time for him to start in this position, but he is still good as a defensive midfielder, not to mention he also has a very good header ability, and he may have a chance to steal one for Chelsea.One left and one right are Moses and De Bruyne. Mata is suspended for this game and cannot play, and Ai Huan is also placed on the bench by Mourinho. This is also a countermeasure to deal with Ai Huan's excessive physical consumption .However, De Bruyne's recovery is still very good, which is also the one Mourinho is most assured of.

On the front line, Mourinho sent a double forward for the first time. He also followed Ai Huan's suggestion in the previous game and added a Huntelaar to Lukaku as a double insurance.

In contrast, Sir Alex also made relative reservations. The two world-class coaches seemed to have a good understanding and made similar arrangements.

Manchester United also set up a 4-4-2 formation, goalkeeper De Gea, defenders Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans and Evra, midfielders Carrick, Nani, Claywell and Shinji Kagawa, strikers Rooney played above, and Hernandez, known as Chelsea's nemesis, cooperated with him.

People like Van Persie, Ashley Young and others were placed on the bench, but Manchester United is still an aggressive team. No one dares to underestimate them at any time, let alone at Old Trafford.

(End of this chapter)