Chapter 368: Mourinho Strongly Corrects His Mistakes!
Chapter 368 Mourinho strongly corrects his mistakes!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 368 Mourinho strongly corrects his mistakes!
Taking advantage of the halftime break, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also quickly reviewed the first half of the game and analyzed the pros and cons of both sides' tactics.
"The starting lineup that Mourinho put together in the first half was not a big problem."
"But the problem is that the style of play and layout are a bit too conservative. The defense is too far back, allowing Manchester City to calmly hit the edge of Manchester United's penalty area. At the same time, the midfielder is completely suppressed by Chu Zheng, so the counterattack cannot be launched.
Frequently robbed."
"Mourinho chose this opening tactic to allow Manchester City to play like Barcelona!"
Zhan Jun nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, in a top duel like the Manchester City Derby, the strength is between the two, and the final result may be determined by a few details, but now Manchester United's problem is Mourinho
Lost the whole first half.”
"Actually, Mourinho realized in the 15th minute that the defense was too deep, so he directed his players to move the defense forward. Unfortunately, Manchester City had completely controlled the situation by then, and Mourinho's on-the-spot adjustments had little effect.
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"Why?"
"Because he hired people improperly!" Zhang Lu asked and answered herself.
"Mourinho's employment for this game is indeed questionable." Zhan Jun nodded.
"Mourinho made three mistakes in the first half!" Zhang Lu continued: "The first is improper employment!"
"Mkhitaryan and Lingard are on the left and right. The former is still adapting to the rhythm of the Premier League, and the latter has not recovered from injury recently."
"Mkhitaryan's performance can be said to be unsatisfactory. He seemed a little at a loss under the pressure of Manchester City, but he was still bearable. However, Lingard's performance can only be described as tragic. The entire first half
He only touched the ball 13 times."
"So Lingard can be said to have no sense of presence today, spinning around like a headless fly. His enigmatic performance even deceived Luke Shaw, who is known for his assists. Manchester United was already a self-defeating team at the beginning.
Abolish the two side roads."
"The second is the midfielder. Fellaini's physical fitness and interception ability are certainly very strong, and his passing is relatively stable when the pressing pressure is not great. But today Manchester United faces a team and tactics like Manchester City, so he
The speed is slow, the coverage is small, and the weakness in controlling and releasing the ball was immediately highlighted, turning it into a fatal weakness."
"And when Fellaini is in trouble, Pogba, the midfield partner, naturally cannot step in with peace of mind."
"And Pogba is not the kind of player with a particularly strong desire to defend, and his defensive awareness is not that good."
"When Pogba was confirmed to move to Manchester United, I said that he was actually not suitable to play as a defensive midfielder. His advantages and disadvantages are actually very obvious."
"Mourinho put him in the defensive midfielder and was unable to take advantage of Pogba's greatest advantage."
"Pogba is a player who is stronger in offense than defense. It would be okay if he concentrates on defense, but the key is that he is restless when playing as a defensive midfielder. He always likes to move forward and easily loses his position."
"As a result, Manchester City's midfielder is in an embarrassing situation where he cannot attack or defend."
"The third thing is that in the face of Manchester City's advantage in passing and control, Manchester United's forwards are not good at defending and are not aggressive enough to withstand Manchester City's multiple attacks!"
"Manchester City relies on exquisite passing and control to continuously consolidate the numerical advantage in the midfield and comprehensively suppress Manchester United from both sides, the ribs and the center."
"Because there are enough people in the midfield to return to defense, Otamendi and Kolarov in the defense also frequently press up to fill the defensive gaps, making Lingard and Mkhitaryan on both wings every time.
We have to face local multi-player defense and frequently concede the ball."
Hearing Zhang Lu's analysis, Zhan Jun nodded in agreement and said: "Guardiola is indeed amazing. We are actually all familiar with his passing and controlling system and frontcourt pressing tactical system, but it is amazing.
In such a short period of time, he transformed Manchester City's players and created a flexible and smooth operating system."
"How long has it been?" Zhan Jun exclaimed, "Man City has only played 5 official games in the new season. Guardiola's coaching skills and tactical attainments are indeed impressive. He has integrated his football philosophy into Manchester City.
Putting his stamp on Manchester City."
"Now Manchester City's passing and control system has begun to take shape. This Manchester City team has its own temperament, strength and confidence."
"Everyone knows what Manchester City was like last season. Manchester City, Manchester City, gradually became better. The pace of the game was like that of a classic car."
"De Bruyne, Sterling, Silva and others are all here, but they just can't get up."
"But this season, Toure has been relegated to the sidelines. Chu Zheng's joining is like giving Manchester City a super strong heart, allowing Manchester City to instantly transform from a classic car to a supercar."
"Chu Zheng is in Manchester City's midfield. He can organize, control speed, distribute the ball, dispatch, organize, break through, and defend. There is no job that he cannot do. He is simply omnipotent. He has mastered everything.
The whole Manchester City team..."
Amid the discussion between the two, the fifteen-minute intermission passed in an instant.
In the second half, as expected, Mourinho directly replaced Lingard and Mkhitaryan with Herrera and Rashford at halftime.
After the game started, the position of Manchester United players on the field also changed very obviously.
The first is the change of Rooney's position, he came to the right wing.
Herrera and Fellaini partnered as a defensive midfielder, Pogba was moved to the No. 10 position by Mourinho, and Rashford was substituted in the opposite position.
These two substitutions are actually equivalent to Mourinho denying his formation in the first half.
Seeing Mourinho's adjustments, Manchester United fans suddenly became excited.
And Manchester United did not continue to disappoint the fans.
After the start of the game, Manchester United's back line was premised, they implemented a high-position man-to-man press in the frontcourt, and competed with Manchester City for control of the midfield in an attempt to prevent Manchester City's smooth passing and control system from running smoothly. The performance was extremely aggressive and crazy.
Mourinho's tactical adjustment put tremendous pressure on Manchester City's midfield and backfield.
Fernandinho, who was lagging behind, obviously became more difficult after Chu Zheng came up, and frequently needed Chu Zheng to retreat or support from the central defender.
Starting from the 47th minute of the second half, the hidden dangers in Manchester City's defense began to make mistakes under the tremendous pressure exerted by Manchester United.
Facing the ball sent by Bailis to the wing, Sagna obviously seized the position, but was unbalanced by Rashford behind him and fell into a squat, allowing the ball to slip from his feet and behind him.
Rashford took the ball and drove straight in. After crossing the left line of the penalty area, Stones, Fernandinho and Sagna lined up in front of him.
Seeing that there was no possibility of a breakthrough, Rashford waited for Ibrahimovic in the center to follow up, and then directly took advantage of the opportunity to pick the ball over.
Ibrahimovic once again swung his leg sideways, raised his foot on the line of the small penalty area in the middle and hit the goal directly in the air.
Kolarov couldn't touch Ibrahimovic at all, so he had to stretch his foot to block it. In the end, he successfully interfered with Ibrahimovic, causing the ball to be shot into the stands.
In the 49th minute of the game, Manchester United's high pressure in the frontcourt once again had an excellent effect.
On the right side of the midfield circle of Manchester City's half, Stones took the ball and was pressed forward by Ibrahimovic immediately.
Stones was so frightened by Ibrahimovic's size and momentum that he quickly turned around and played the ball to the left half.
As a result, the moment he took off, Otamendi, who was standing parallel to him and on the left side of the center circle, made a huge tacit error.
On the arc of the center circle, Rooney quickly accelerated and moved forward.
Otamendi also rushed over to meet the ball, fell to the ground and made a tackle.
But Rooney is closer and very thief.
Rooney came to the ball and stretched out his foot to feint a shot. He didn't touch the ball at all, but let the ball continue to roll to the right.
This caused Otamendi to misjudge the ball and let Rooney jump over him.
When Rooney came to the upper right corner of the penalty area, Fernandinho also promptly entered the right rib area at the top of the arc to fill in, and Otamendi took advantage of the situation and moved into the middle.
Rooney saw Fernanho, Otamendi and Stones immediately forming a line of defense. He was very determined and directly kicked the ball across the top right corner of the penalty area.
This kick was of extremely high standard and landed on the left sideline of the small penalty area.
The next second, Ibrahimovic was in place and jumped directly to head the ball towards the goal.
"fool!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing Ibrahimovic hammering the ball directly into Bravo's arms near the goal post, short exclamations suddenly sounded from the stands on all sides of the Dream Theater.
Countless Manchester United fans hugged their heads, looking annoyed and regretful.