After returning from London, the new United played five warm-up games in a row, and the team's performance had its ups and downs, which obviously had something to do with the fact that the team was not fully in the game, and Mourinho often tested the team's attacking routine after replacing Drogba with Villa in the second half of the warm-up game.

To put it simply, Drogba's role for the new Manchester United is obvious, whether it is a high ball or a low flat ball, he can be a good fulcrum for the team's frontcourt, but Villa can't, once he is on the field, the four players in the front court of the new Manchester United must play more ground cooperation.

According to Mourinho's idea, playing ground coordination requires faster and more concise short passes, and through small range of crossings and cutting coordination, tearing apart the opponent's defense, which requires a high level of skill from the players.

The players up front, Franck Ribery, Ronaldo Jr., Hleb, Palacio, Kaka and the injured Arjen Robben, are the kind of players who have great skills, and when they are working with Villa, they don't have much technical problems, the key is to build a tacit understanding.

That's why Mourinho always brought on Villa in the second half of the warm-up game.

To put it bluntly, the warm-up game is a training in which the process is more important than the result, and if there is no trial at this time, do you have to wait until the regular game to test?

The first round of this season's Championship fixtures kick off on 10 August, so the new Manchester United travel to the Butcher's Knife Stadium on 3 August for the Newton Heath Cup, which is also the annual match between the new Manchester United and Droisden.

In the wake of the game, the new United announced a series of philanthropic initiatives, such as the foundation will work with Essien to set up a malaria charity in Ghana, which he almost died of when he was a child, so he is keen to help his fellow Ghanaians avoid the disease.

In addition, the Red Rebels Foundation, together with the Drogba and Toure brothers, will set up two hospitals and three orphanages in Côte d'Ivoire, and they will also set up a football school to help more Ivorians receive formal football training from an early age, and the football school will also cooperate with the Mimosa Club in Abidjan.

In addition, the new United have also announced a series of charity activities to serve the community and fans, which will be implemented in the coming year, and the announcement of these initiatives further counters previous criticism of Xiao Yu's stinginess.

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The month of August is packed with three league games, two League Cup and two legs of qualifying for the UEFA Cup, with a total of seven games to be played over three weeks, making it a big test for the new United.

However, in this regard, the new United have been relatively easy to deal with after the experience of the previous three seasons, and with the full squad of the squad, except for Arjen Robben, who will miss part of the game in August, the rest of the players will be able to play and train in the best condition, which also gives Mourinho a lot of confidence.

New Manchester United's opponent in the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup is the Luxembourg First Division Bergen team, which is a relatively weak team, but it can represent Luxembourg in the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup, which makes everyone breathe a sigh of relief for the new Manchester United, and feels that it is no problem to meet such a team and qualify for the main round, right?

However, as Mourinho has said, no team that can play in the UEFA Cup will be underdogs, so he asked Boas to keep a close eye on this team, especially when they travel to Luxembourg in the first leg, and he hopes to get more information and clues about this team.

The new Manchester United will face Ipswich Town in the first round of this season's League One, who reached the FA Cup final last year but lost to Arsenal, but since Arsenal won the league title, Ipswich Town also qualified for the UEFA Cup.

It is indeed interesting that these two League One teams, who represent England in European competitions, actually met in the first round of the match, and it is not known what kind of game the collision of the two teams can bring to the fans.

Before the game, as a relegated team in the Premier League, Ipswich admitted that the strength of the new Manchester United was particularly strong in several games in the Carabao Cup last year, when the new Manchester United caused considerable problems for Tottenham and Blackburn, but they believe that this year's new Manchester United will not be able to compare with last season.

Mourinho also said in an interview with the media before the game that as a promoted horse, the new Manchester United aims to avoid relegation this season, and then strive to make a difference in the European arena, or more extravagantly, to win in the League Cup or FA Cup, and continue to participate in next year's European competitions.

This ambition is indeed not too big for the Red Rebels, who won the treble last year and killed many Premier League teams, but this is also understood by the media as Mourinho's lack of confidence in the quality of first-team players.

But in reality?

At Portsman Road in Ipswich, the new Manchester United taught Ipswich a hard lesson why the Red Rebels were considered giants last year because they were always stronger and stronger.

Mourinho used a 4231 lineup in this game, but Kaka was in the middle of the 3 and the position was further back, between the central midfielder and the forward midfielder, the position was more flexible, Drogba played the center forward, and the two wings were Ronaldo and Hleb.

The two midfielders are Juninho Jr. and Senna, the former's organisation is key to the new Manchester United winning the game, and his free-kick threat is great, and the latter is getting better and better, especially with his defensive ability, aggressive fighting, and more experience and composure than Essien.

From left to right, the backline is Patrice Evra, John Terry, Curtis and Kolo Toure, with Petr Cech in goal.

Ipswich grabbed Evra's side from the beginning, obviously seeing Evra's shortcomings in attack and defense, but what they didn't expect was that Evra's defense has improved a lot, especially in the sense of position, he showed good improvement last season, which is why Mourinho dared to let go of Abidal.

Juninho Jr. and Senna also frequently supported Patrice Evra, so Ipswich's strategy of attacking the new United from the left did not work, but the right side of the new United completely crippled the left side of Ipswich.

Hleb, Kaka, Drogba, almost grabbed Ipswich's right side of the onslaught, especially Kaka, who made his first appearance for the new Manchester United and was very active, frequently breaking through in the middle to create a threat, of which he assisted Drogba and Hleb in the first half.

After leading by two goals, the new Manchester United played more calmly in the second half, whether in attack or defense, the new Manchester United firmly grasped the situation on the field, Juninho Jr.'s control in the midfield, coupled with the active Kaka, made the new Manchester United completely suppressed Ipswich, and Kaka also used a mid-field dribble in the middle to break through the long shot, scoring his first goal since joining the new Manchester United in the second half.

0:3, a near-perfect win from Portman Road, the new Manchester United enjoyed a lot of media fanfare, especially their excellent form throughout the game, as well as the outstanding individual ability of the players, which made the media chase that this is a real quasi-Premier League team.

However, the fly in the ointment was the left winger's Ronaldo, who was sticky in the game, which caused his presence to affect the team's forward speed, and he also missed a few chances in the game to form a tacit understanding with his team-mates.

In the dressing room after this game, Mourinho directly criticized his Portuguese compatriots by name, he hoped that Ronaldo could be more capable, fancy skills will not bring victory, obsessed with technology will only sink him, he should become stronger and take more responsibility.

At the same time, Mourinho also asked Moniz to develop a set of shooting training for Xiao Xiao Luo, he thought that Xiao Yu was right, Xiao Xiao Luo's skills are very good, but his shooting ability needs to be improved.

On the other hand, Drogba, after receiving Kaka's through ball in the first half, did not even stop the ball and scored directly on goal, which was not seen before, proving that his improvement in shooting is obvious.

The outside media gave high praise to the new Manchester United's first win in League One, especially Kaka, who shined in the World Cup, as the core of the new Manchester United's attack, he passed two passes and one shot, which was a perfect interpretation of the skills and creativity of Brazilian players, but at the same time he also has a rare ability to adapt to Brazilian players.

As everyone knows, Kaka has often flown from Brazil to Manchester to participate in the team's training camp in the past two years, and he is more familiar with the team's tactics than several other new teammates, which is why Mourinho dares to entrust him with important responsibilities.

In addition to the glittering frontcourt players, the media also paid attention to the midfielder Juninho, whose control of the tempo of the game at the back and his ability to distribute the ball were excellent, especially with his low-key style, but which was indispensable to the new Manchester United.

As for Patrice Evra, the media rated him as mid-range, which fills the hole after Abidal's departure, and as a new Manchester United academy player, he is likely to be another player in the first team after Curtis.

Although Patrice Evra was 17 years old when he arrived, everyone still regarded him as a new Manchester United academy player, because he only started to be known when he came to this team, and when you count, he has been with the team for four years and is now starting to mature.

The win over Ipswich Town was undoubtedly a good start to the new Manchester United's journey in League One, as manager Jose Mourinho said in his post-match press conference.

[It has long been destined that I can only pick flowers among the thorns, but the important thing is to be persistent in victory and faith! 】

Then Mourinho also mentioned the team, he believes that this season's difficulties will only help the team to grow faster and better, after last season's tough games, the team is now very tenacious, he believes that the team can still win this season, but the key is that all the players must remain consistent.

When asked why Jose Mourinho has been able to lead his team to glory every season, the Portuguese stood up proudly, leaving behind an unruly back and a word.

"Because we're Red Rebels!"

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