"Checked!"

At Chelsea's Harrington training ground, Mourinho's assistant coach Boas quickly walked into the head coach's office and shouted excitedly to Mourinho, who was sitting behind the computer at the desk.

Mourinho, who was slightly gray, raised his head and looked at the approaching right-hand assistant, but his brows frowned.

It took him three days to get the answer he wanted, which was a bit too low.

"Where is it?" Mourinho asked in a deep voice.

"A golf club dozens of kilometers away from the suburbs of Athens, Greece. I heard that they had booked the entire club and arrived in Athens four days in advance. Not only did the media reporters not get the news, but even the fans didn't know it. The confidentiality work was quite strict."

Mourinho's brows became even tighter, "I actually went to Athens four days in advance."

This is not a good phenomenon.

As early as May 12, Chelsea finished the last round of the British League, which means that from the British League to the Champions League final, the Blues had ten days to prepare, and they exhausted everything to prepare.

In contrast, Inter Milan is much worse. At least they have to be distracted by the Serie A and the Italian Cup final against Roma, so Chelsea is slightly ahead in preparation.

But this is only one aspect, and it can be said that Inter Milan is easier to maintain and adjust.

There was no match for ten days, which was also a big test for Mourinho and the coaching staff. Therefore, during the preparation period, Mourinho secretly organized an internal game, which was a real 90-minute regular match.

Mourinho did almost everything he could think of before the game as best as possible, but just as he was preparing to go to Athens, the media suddenly revealed two days ago that Inter Milan's Pinetina training base was already empty and there was not even a single first-team player.

This shocked the media and fans throughout Europe and even the world.

Inter Milan's official reply was quickly given, and the team left in advance and went to the training site.

But Inter Milan did not give a specific statement on where to train.

The omnipresent media reporter immediately dug three feet to dig out Inter Milan's hiding place, but he never found it. This surprised Mourinho, who was far away in London, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The battle is imminent, but the opponent suddenly gives you such a trick. I will be uneasy.

What's more, this time his opponent is Gao Han.

"According to my guess, they should have gone to Athens in advance, and they have less back and forth." Boas guessed.

Mourinho nodded, it was not difficult to guess.

In fact, he had such an idea before and communicated with the club. On the one hand, he avoided reporters and focused on preparing for the battle. On the other hand, he also considered that the facilities at the Harrington training ground were indeed not good enough.

At that time, he chose a coastal city in southern Spain, with a climate very similar to Athens.

However, the management finally considered the budget and believed that the team's ten-day overseas training camp was very expensive. In the end, it rejected Mourinho's proposal and believed that it was more practical to concentrate on staying in London to prepare for the battle.

What's more, Mourinho still needs to play an internal game in the middle of the training camp.

Thinking of this, Mourinho sighed inwardly, wiped away all the troubles in his heart, and looked at Boas again.

"The media reporter has received the news. Is anyone going to investigate?"

"How could it not be?" Boas smiled. Media reporters were omnipresent. "However, they were all blocked by the security guards of the golf club. I heard that some reporters wanted to sneak in, but were arrested and sent to the police station."

Mourinho could imagine the tricks of those reporters, and he could also imagine the scene of them being sent to the police station. He sneered disdainfully in his heart. He looked down on those reporters who were making trouble.

But Gao Han and Inter Milan specially chose such a place to prepare for the war, but they had to attract his attention.

For Chelsea, whether it is playing Inter Milan or Atletico Madrid, there is only one way to go, that is, to grab the siege, because physical fitness and physical confrontation are Chelsea's advantages and opponents' disadvantages.

No one in the world is so stupid that he uses his weaknesses to collide with his opponent's advantages?

It is completely different to playing Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid.

Heinx is more conservative than Gao Han in his bones, and is more balanced in offense and defense. Gao Han seems to be very balanced, but in fact he is extremely obsessed with offense. He is the kind of head coach who wants to hold the initiative firmly in his hands.

What's even more terrifying is that he can always defeat his opponent with offense.

Therefore, in the past period of time, Chelsea's focus on defensive tactics was not the same as when playing Atletico Madrid, but paid more attention to the overall compact formation, and even preferred to give up offense for the sake of defense.

People outside want to scold him for being conservative or saying that he is against football, but as a professional head coach, he knows very well that only this method can defeat Gao Han, and he will persist without hesitation.

"In the first leg of the semi-finals, Gao Han and Guardiola were in the stands. If I was not wrong, he should have seen our tactics, and they will definitely learn from Atletico Madrid's targeted tactics in the second leg."

Everyone knew the close relationship between Gao Han and Atletico Madrid, and Boas had no doubt that they would communicate with each other.

"I'm worried that they will make a fuss about Marklele, especially that Yaya Toure."

When talking about Yaya Toure, Mourinho's eyes flashed with a hint of strange color.

That player was also a type he admired very much, but he was used by Gao Han.

This season, Gao Han reused Yaya Toure as the team's midfielder, but his position was relatively flexible and often adjusted according to the opponent's different positions. However, he basically played against the opponent's midfielder and even stepped forward to the front of the penalty area to get the ball when attacking.

In the arc top area, Yaya Toure's ability to get and make balls is excellent.

Playing AC Milan, Manchester United, Yaya Toure all bear the burden of suppressing the opponent's organizational midfielder. Pirlo and Carrick both hate him deeply. Therefore, Mourinho has no doubt about Gao Han's arrangement to play Maclale.

"Then we will shrink the formation and let Barack and Lampard retreat and protect Marklele."

Marklele is of extraordinary importance to Chelsea.

Back then, Mourinho moved many players after joining the Blues, but he didn't dare to move only four players.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar is the team's defensive pillar, he dare not move. Terry and Lampard are the team's local core, and Mourinho dare not move, and the last one is Marklele.

However, in the past two or three years, Van der Sar's performance can no longer be reassured. Mourinho had the idea of ​​replacing him when he transferred in the summer, and the Dutch himself also intends to leave Chelsea, but it is delayed for various reasons.

But in any case, protecting Marklele is Mourinho's only choice.

At least, Mikel is far from replacing Marklele.

"I don't care much about the midfield. What I worry about the most is the right back."

"Paul Ferrera?"

"Well, he can't defend against Cristiano Ronaldo."

"But in recent times, isn't Cristiano Ronaldo's condition very bad? The media and fans are almost scolding him to death. Do you think he can adjust during this period?" Boas asked in confusion.

Mourinho looked at his assistant and shook his head and smiled. He was still inexperienced.

"I tell you that Cristiano Ronaldo's condition is not only not bad, but can be said to be the best in Inter Milan. It's just that he was under the key guarding of his opponents in the game, and he likes to get the ball too much, so he seems to make frequent mistakes and is in poor condition."

Speaking of this, Mourinho reminded his assistant, "Think about it, what's going on with the red cards of Aveloa and Panucci? Finnan had cramps before the game ended and almost cried after the game. What's going on?"

Boas is frustrated.

After being awakened by Mourinho, he really realized that things did not seem to be what the media and fans said.

They just stared at goals and assists, but in the game, Cristiano Ronaldo's goal and breakthroughs caused the impact and harassment of the opponent's defense line, which is not something simple can summarize.

Finnan is a famous British player, and Panucci is also an experienced veteran. It goes without saying how strong these two people are.

Aveloya is the least famous among the three, but he completely stared at Robben's right-back in Liverpool's game against Chelsea. With this, it is difficult for Boas to ignore his defensive ability.

But these three players were probably considered to be just right in front of Cristiano Ronaldo, but they still couldn't help but receive red cards, which shows how outstanding the Portuguese is.

"Not only Cristiano Ronaldo, but also Ibrahimovic, Adriano, and Yaya Toure. Inter Milan is a club composed of a group of freaks." Mourinho cursed angrily.

These four players need to be skilled, have body, and have impact force, which is simply too strong.

Let's put it this way, these four guys are both soft and hard.

"Defending them, we can only rely on the whole, not individual forces, and Ferrera cannot defend Cristiano Ronaldo."

Boas was startled, "What should I do?"

Mourinho narrowed his eyes and looked forward firmly. He had already made a countermeasure.

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May 23, 2007, Athens, Greece.

This legendary city has returned to the eyes of the world because of this Champions League final.

In the past two days, more than 60,000 fans have flocked to Athens and occupied the streets of Athens.

Especially on the 23rd, all the fans were in place, and the battle was about to hit, and the fans of the two teams were also tense, and the whole city was filled with a tense and exciting atmosphere in the finals.

A bus with a bus of Inter Milan's color was sprayed, driving quickly on the suburbs to the Olympic Stadium. Along the way, you can see the flags representing the two final teams regressing rapidly. Inter Milan and Chelsea stars have boarded the billboards on the street, with the momentum that they will never look back until they kill their opponents.

When the bus drove out of the viaduct and entered the streets to the Olympic Stadium, countless fans seemed to emerge from the ground and rushed up frantically. Through the car window, they kept shouting the names of the head coach and players, and shouting various slogans to encourage the team.

The closer you get to the Olympic Stadium, the more fans there are and the slower the car will be.

Everyone who was so slow that they could make eye contact with the fans outside the car.

Tonight, everyone, whether it is a fan or a player, has only one goal.
Chapter completed!