If you want to comment on Euro 2004, what is the most popular word used by many professionals?

Defend?

Many people use this word, but it is considered too one-sided!

It's whole!

The French team is full of talents, Zidane, Henry, Vieira and other stars are the top superstars in European football, but these superstars have never been able to make the French team cohesive as a whole, they rely too much on Zidane, so when Zidane is seen to death and fatigued, the French team is finished!

As for England's style of play at the Euros, there is hardly any overall way to speak of; Seth was overly superstitious about Raul, and the frontcourt was almost supported by Raul alone; Trapattoni insisted on reusing Vieri, even if he didn't perform well, he didn't give up.

Gone are the days of superstitious stars who hope to change the outcome of a game and achieve great things through superstars!

"Look at the two teams that made it to the final, do Greece have stars? No, even now, who among you can count the resumes and technical characteristics of five Greek stars? Mourinho playfully waved the fingers of his right hand.

None of the previous coaches and players can tell, even if they are in the football industry, but for Greece, this is definitely the least of the underdogs.

"What about my native Portugal? They have stars, but they are not in great form, like Figo, who only showed a little bit in the semi-finals, but who are the players who played an important role and saved the team many times? ”

The coaches and players alike gave off a thoughtful look.

"Cristiano? Ronaldo, Maniche, Ricardo and Miguel, were they famous before? And how many people who are not Portuguese fans have heard of these people? ”

In fact, in addition to Ronaldo, Maniche and others can be said to be Portugal's biggest discovery in this European Cup, among which Carvalho and Ferreira have even moved to Chelsea because of this.

"Overall, guys, football is not the era of Maradona and Pele, it is the era of emphasizing the whole, only by playing as one, 11 players united, with the same belief on the pitch, with the same goal, with the same determination, can we beat the opponent, the era of Maradona and Pele is gone!"

Jose Mourinho swept the helper and player in front of him, he didn't value the stars, but he didn't rely on the stars, if he was given 11 of the top stars in various positions, through the combination of a whole, then how powerful would this whole be?

But if these 11 players are playing on their own, what if there are more stars?

Looking at Real Madrid's transformation last season, if it weren't for the transfers of Juninho Jr. and Samel, Real Madrid would have been able to win the Champions Cup?

Looking at Inter Milan, although there are many stars, but there is no overall Nerazzurri to speak of, how can there be results that match their players?

"My tactical system does not reject individual play, even on the contrary, I encourage and support the players to show their abilities and characteristics on the pitch to help the team win, but that has to be based on the premise that your performance must be based on the overall interests of the team, otherwise, sorry, you don't deserve to be the main force of the Red Rebels!"

Although none of the players who played in the European Championship and Copa America have yet to return, it is clear to everyone that Mourinho is talking about several stars who have made a name for themselves in the team at the moment, especially Ronaldo and Palacio.

Mourinho has already beaten the compatriot on a number of occasions for the younger Ronaldo, who has been playing more and more on the pitch and was an important part of the Red Rebels on the left side last season, and he has been in excellent form on the left side of the competition with Arjen Robben.

And Ronaldo's performance in this European Championship really made Mourinho happy, because he saw that Ronaldo was more integrated into Portugal as a whole in addition to his individual performances, which made him perform well in the game and bring results to Portugal, even if they lost to Greece in the end.

Palacio is different, Mourinho has not talked to him well, he hopes that Palacio can execute the tactics like last season, of course, he will also take into account the individual abilities of Palacio, Kaka, Ronaldo and others, and adjust the tactics to play their characteristics.

However, Mourinho's floor is clear, and no player can rise above the team as a whole!

…………………… As clear as Mourinho, there is Xiao Yu!

Mourinho personally spoke with Xiao Yu for a morning, all about the players who performed well in the European Championship and Copa America, including Ronaldo and Palacio.

Mourinho likes both of these players, who have excellent individual qualities, but he has to wonder if they will be able to be subordinated to the team and to the whole as they have been in the coming season.

As the boss of the team, Mourinho will not allow any player to dominate the whole, and his attitude is as clear as Ferguson's, but Ferguson is a little old in terms of management, but Mourinho has always managed the dressing room in the way that is most in line with modern players.

Although they were also popular at the European Championships, Robben and Philippe? Ram's surnames are more loyal, especially Robben, after the Red Rebels tempered in the past few years, his style of playing has changed to a certain extent, he is no longer a lone ranger on the field as before, he began to seek more cooperation with his teammates, and he has also improved a lot in terms of technique, and the breakthrough is not as purely dependent on speed and direction as before.

This is also the suggestion of the laboratory, because of explosiveness, speed change and change of direction, which brings injuries to players, so why everyone always says that speed players always love to get injured, it is because of this, and the laboratory fully considered Robben's situation, and asked him to strengthen technical training for his surname to avoid him relying more on change of direction and speed.

As for Ronaldo and Palacio, both of them are the hottest superstars in football today, the brightest stars of the European Championship and the Copa America, with the former overshadowing Figo and the latter surpassing Adriano in one fell swoop.

But no matter how strong the individual is, so what?

Xiao Yu knows very well that Mourinho's attitude is correct, because the next football is more focused on the whole.

Some people will say that in Xiao Yu's previous life, Kaka in 07 had super personal ability and led AC Milan to win the Champions Cup all the way, but are Pirlo, Nesta, Seedorf, Gattuso and others weak?

08 years of Xiao Xiao Luo, 09 years of Messi, without exception, they all rely on the role of the team's overall tactics, and then give full play to their outstanding individual ability, which has created their achievements!

Cannavaro in 06, isn't it because of Italy's outstanding performance in the World Cup in Germany that he won the World Footballer of the Year? To put it bluntly, this award is given to Italy, not Cannavaro alone!

Looking at Real Madrid in 09 and 10 years in the previous life, it was also full of stars, but it still couldn't beat Barcelona, is it just because the players can't cooperate with each other?

That's!

Just because since the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship, Real Madrid's football style has begun to rely on the individual ability of the stars, as everyone knows, in today's football world, individual heroes have lost their role, even if Pele, Maradona and others are resurrected, they will not be able to repeat the achievements of the year.

So we can see that the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship collapsed, but the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship is still following the old path of the first phase, but Florentino is not stupid, and has made certain adjustments, inviting Mourinho who emphasizes the whole, but this still can't prevent Real Madrid's humiliating 5:0 defeat at the Camp Nou to Barcelona.

One game doesn't explain the problem, it's just Real Madrid paying off the debt for the defeat since the new century, but Mourinho's Real Madrid has embarked on the right path, as long as it continues to persevere, it is not difficult to beat Barcelona!

It is precisely because of these experiences in his previous life that Xiao Yu knows very well that the important surname of overall football is more important than any star, so Barcelona would rather be ridiculed by the world, and send Ibrahimovic to AC Milan at a low price, because Barcelona wants a whole, not a certain star.

And after clarifying this, Xiao Yu immediately understood what kind of position he should have!

…………………… Jose Mourinho returned to the team at the beginning of July and led the group of players who returned from vacation to Ireland, among which the players who participated in the European Championship can make an exception to get the opportunity to take a vacation, but the European Cup players including Ronaldo, Cech, Evra, Curtis, Terry and other European Cup players have returned to the team one after another.

In particular, he did not take a vacation, but chose to travel to Ireland on the same day as his team-mates, and he performed hard throughout the pre-season training, which made a deep impression on Mourinho.

Due to the participation in the European Cup, the physical condition of many players has not yet adjusted, so the laboratory helped Mourinho develop a training plan to adjust the state of the players.

While there is no turnover in the squad this year, that doesn't mean the Red Rebels can afford to let up, as everyone is well aware that their position is not secure and that they could be replaced at any time.

After a two-week training camp in Ireland, the team returned to England, first to play a warm-up match against Wimbledon in London, but also to play a warm-up match against each of the three teams there.

The results of the warm-up matches were not bad, winning all 4 warm-up games, but the scene was not very good, and one of them was beaten very badly, but fortunately won in the end.

Judging from the reaction of the warm-up game, the players are not in the game fast enough, especially those who are participating in the European Championship, they are generally not excited enough, but the laboratory also said that the sequelae of this competition will be alleviated with the deepening of the schedule, and the laboratory has also developed a set of recovery plans for these players to stimulate their recovery.

After playing a warm-up game near London, the Red Rebels returned to Manchester to adjust at the Newton Heath training base.

Judging from the warm-up matches, Mourinho's main lineup will basically continue last season's lineup, with Drogba and Villa competing for strikers, and Ismael as a substitute.

The left wingers are Ronaldo and Robben, and the right wingers are Palacio and Messi who are competing in the Copa America.

In the midfield position, Kaka basically plays the main team, and Aguero is the substitute, the Argentine youngster integrates into the team very quickly, and his ghostly surname also makes him very popular and likable in the team.

The playmaker is basically Beckham, the substitute is Cesc Fabregas, and the defensive midfielder is Essien and De Rossi. Toure served as a substitute, and Michael? Johnson and Mikel will get some bench appearances, as well as a starting workout for cup games.

The position of left wing-back at the back is almost certainly a competition between Patrice Evra and Lahm, who was very good last season, which put a lot of pressure on Patrice Evra to improve his defence when it comes to ensuring attack, and they will continue to compete for left wing-back this season.

Right wing-back Jose Mourinho continues to trust Kolo at the start of the season? Toure, but judging from the Copa America, McConn's performance is also eye-catching, his form is excellent, I believe it will be given to Colo? Toure brings tremendous competitive pressure.

The centre-backs were largely dominated by Curtis, John Terry and Nemanja Vidic, with Giorgio Chiellini on the bench, Petr Cech as the main goalkeeper and Almunia as the second goalkeeper, while Mourinho promoted an Academy goalkeeper from the youth squad to play as a third goalkeeper.

It is precisely because there is a lot of talent in every position, so Mourinho dared to refuse Xiao Yu's request for reinforcements during the transfer period, he is very confident in the current squad, and believes that the main players have been running in for many years, tacit understanding with each other, coupled with strong strength, he hopes to be able to show his strength in the Premier League this season, and can make a difference in the European arena.

But at this time, Xiao Yu received an offer from AC Milan!

(To be continued)