Chapter 345 There is no way out!
There is no problem with Solskjaer's plan. Manchester United has been giving their main lineup a good rest for the next week, but... Conte's plan has gone wrong!
Three days after the match against Manchester United, Chelsea will go to Goodison Park Stadium on the weekend. They will have a big fight with their direct competitors at Everton. As long as they can win away, the "Blues" will at least rise to fifth place in the standings.
However... the "Toffees" who played at home, led by their Argentine head coach Martino, never thought of surrendering. Moreover, they also used the rough and barbaric "killing tactics" to fight Chelsea at Goodison Park Stadium!
It's just a desperate fight...a death fight!
Martino just wanted to force Conte to make a choice, and he also wanted to see if this Italian would eventually choose to fight Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals, or to compete with his Everton here for fifth place in the league!
As a result, when the game was thirty minutes old, Conte was... scared!
It's really not to be timid!
These Everton players are not here to play football in the game, they are here to play people, fouls, fouls... or fucking fouls!
After only thirty minutes of the game, Everton paid the price of three yellow cards, but he did not restrain their "rough" style at all. On the court, I still couldn't stop you and I would kick you. When I attacked, I only used my physical confrontation.
Speaking of which, the "Blue Army" is also known for its iron-blooded tenacity, but that's when it's time to score!
In matches with Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal, even if the opponent is Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea will never retreat. Isn’t it just a fight... Who is afraid of whom?
But if this opponent is replaced by Everton, Chelsea will be so...that it will be a desperate situation!
Conte thought about it over and over again, but he still couldn't let go of the Champions League semi-finals that were about to play with Manchester United. Even if he competed for this game to ensure that the team could reach the Champions League next season, he would really lose to Manchester United in the semi-finals. Will the person who led Chelsea next season still lead him?
Now Conte has known some news. If he can lead the team to the Champions League final this season and lead the team to the next season's Champions League qualification, he will still be Chelsea's coach next season, but if he does not qualify for the Champions League in the league, he has to win the Champions League trophy back, otherwise he will still be fired.
In this case, Conte can make few choices. If he really fights Everton here and suffers both sides, then... there will be no hope in the Champions League semi-finals and he will still be fired!
After thinking about it, Conte finally decided to give up this game first, otherwise what would Chelsea use to fight against Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals?
When the "Blue Army" did not fight against their opponents on the court, Everton quickly took the initiative in the game and eventually crushed the opponent with his momentum, and finally scored a 4:1 score at Goodison Park Stadium.
However, everything went well on Manchester United. With goals from Manchester, Demale Gray and Pereira, they beat Aston Villa three goals away.
After 36 rounds of the Premier League, Manchester City has firmly ranked second in the standings. Liverpool and Everton ranked third and fourth, and Tottenham, fifth, has a four-point difference between Everton, fourth.
As for Chelsea, who are still ranked sixth, they are one point less than Tottenham Hotspur, and they still have a chance to hit the fifth position in the last two rounds, but the 5-point difference between them and Everton makes it difficult for Chelsea to catch up.
On May 7, Solskjaer came to London Stadium again with the neatly lined up "Red Devils"...
The Manchester United coach still got off the car and went to attend the pre-match press conference. When he arrived at the scene, he directly announced the team's roster and substitute list.
As for Manchester United's roster, it did not surprise the reporters...
Attack line: Chinese Yang, Martial, Rashford
Midfielder: B Fe, Mark Tominayi, Aliyu
Defence: Joe Riley, Tuanzebe, Varane, Wan Bisaka
Goalkeeper: De Gea
After knowing Manchester United's roster, the reporters immediately started asking questions: "Mr. Solskjaer, can you tell me why you didn't let Maguire? Even his name did not appear on the 18-man roster. Is it a conflict between you and him?"
Solskjaer laughed and said, "You have a lot of imagination. Did you write science fiction novels before? The reason why Harry was not arranged to play in this game, and even the 18-man roster was not included. This is mainly because Harry's personal style has no room for playing in today's game. As everyone knows, Lukaku is injured and he will miss this game, so we don't need to let Harry solve this biggest problem!"
Yes, in the last Chelsea match against Everton, Lukaku was injured. He found that his ribs had cracks in his post-match physical examination and needed to rest for at least half a month, which means... Lukaku's season has ended early.
In the past two days, the English media have been paying attention to Lukaku's injury. Even when the news was revealed, some people said that Everton was "opening the way" for Manchester United, who had a good relationship with him. They used a rough game to injure Chelsea's main center, which also led to the "Blue Army" being at a disadvantage before the start of the next Champions League semi-finals.
Someone interviewed Everton coach Martino with such rumor that could be said to be speculative. As a result, the Argentine coach started to squirt: "The person who can say such words is simply on his butt, and those who believe this words are even more on his butt! Why would we Everton fight for the benefit of Manchester United? Didn't you see it? Now we Everton is still fourth in the league, and we are four points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, who is fifth. My team and I are fighting hard for the qualification for the Champions League next season, and have nothing to do with others!"
No matter what Martino said, the outside world still saw it... Manchester United made a profit!
But this matter has nothing to do with Manchester United. Instead, Martino and Everton took advantage of Chelsea's fear of fighting with him, and gained benefits from the previous 4-1 victory, ensuring their ranking fourth in the league standings.
Chapter completed!