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When Mourinho walked into the dressing room, he could hear the players chattering about the corner. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Taking advantage of the halftime, the live TV agency specially made a slow-motion replay, combined with the latest FIFA rules, and analyzed them one by one, and finally came to the conclusion that this corner kick was indeed effective.

Perhaps, the only thing that has been damaged is Manchester United's demeanor!

A dignified top Premier League giant, when facing the opponent, there is not much to say about the shrinking defense, and even putting on this kind of trick, which is really contemptible.

However, the words of the on-site commentator made many people who watched the game change their opinion of Manchester United.

"Since the rise of the Red Rebels, looking at all these years, is there a team that can really play the Red Rebels in an open and honest manner? No! If it weren't for Barcelona knocking out the Red Rebels with acting skills last season, I believe that last season's Champions League would still be in the bag of the Red Rebels, and this season, Manchester United will make another surprise move! ”

"For countless non-Red Rebels fans, they pay attention to the Champions League, often they are concerned about who can use what kind of tricks against the Red Rebels, and now it seems that Manchester United's strategy is not surprising, they just take advantage of the gaps in the rules, but there is no false element at all."

"Perhaps, the Red Rebels will be angry and regretful for such a goal, but they should also be satisfied, because their opponents can only beat the team they support under such circumstances, so this is tantamount to a compliment to the Red Rebels, a kind of affirmation!"

"Of course, the vast majority of Red Rebels fans won't want to see this kind of compliment and affirmation, they would prefer the team to win!"

"But, that's football!"

Mourinho also didn't think it was a compliment and affirmation, so he was still angry and slammed the door of the dressing room directly, and all the players saw a manager with an angry face, and they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to speak.

The Portuguese was the first to comment on his players' performance in the first half, scolding a number of Red Rebels players who had wasted their chances, demanding that they should have played more aggressively and focused in the second half, but he was considerate of some.

For example, Michael? Johnson, like Curtis and others, are either out of fitness or injured, and although they didn't perform well, they did give it their all, and Mourinho really couldn't ask for more.

"That bunch of scumbags, who earned a goal with a dirty and despicable means, but who are we? We are the Red Rebels, even against Manchester United, we have the ability to win 0:3 away from them, now it's just a goal conceded, we can equalize, we can reverse! ”

"The best way to deal with this kind of hypocrite is to defeat them, trample them under our feet, and tell them that it is useless to play tricks, or they will fight in the open!"

…………………… Jose Mourinho didn't make any changes at half-time, he was still watching and waiting for his moment.

United didn't change at half-time, but Wayne Rooney dropped back clearly deeper after the start of the second half, and it was clear that they were starting to consciously play on the counter-attack.

Robinho and Quaresma were the arrowheads of the counter-attack, with Wayne Rooney, Senna, Muntari and Fletcher in midfield, followed by O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Mexes and Taiwo, plus goalkeeper Adler, United were clearly looking to counter the Red Rebels with an impregnable defensive counter-attack.

After the break, the players' physical fitness has been recovered to a certain extent, and after the second half restarted, the Red Rebels played wave after wave of attacks, while Manchester United set the interception area more at the front of the penalty area, and the midfielders launched crazy interceptions, not allowing the Red Rebels' possession of the ball to easily enter the Manchester United penalty area.

If you make a mistake, foul it immediately!

For many minor fouls on the periphery of the penalty area, the referee will not give a yellow card, at most a warning, so Manchester United have cleverly used this to form effective interceptions and interruptions in the midfield.

Michael? Johnson and Ozil teamed up to organize, but the former played several tough battles in succession, and his physical fitness was a little lacking, and Ozil was slightly immature, not mature enough, and his ability to control the game was not good, making the organization of the Red Rebels look messy under the impact of Manchester United.

De Rossi was a man who was in a good game, as he and Essien were both of the kind of boxtobox players who could play between the two penalty areas, and they played a role in balancing the Red Rebels line-up, and Mourinho also valued the players in that position.

Know Michael? Johnson was out of form and Mesut Ozil was immature, with De Rossi taking on more responsibility in this game, rampage through United's defence on a number of occasions, and even once receiving a cross from Alves on the edge of the box and heading it into the box, but Aguero's volley was saved by Adler.

From the field, the Red Rebels have the advantage, but Manchester United's defense is not to be outdone, once the Red Rebels attack in a hurry, Manchester United can find an opportunity to play a counterattack, and the threat is not small.

As the minutes ticked by, Kassel was gradually unable to sit still, but Mourinho was still as steady as Mount Tai, not only in, but also Ferguson in the dugout of Manchester United's home team.

Cassel knows that the head coach wants to have this kind of calm kung fu that Taishan collapses forward and does not change, but this does not mean that he is not in a hurry, he is about to go crazy.

Manchester United's tactics are very clear, to put it bluntly, it is conservative, first ensure that they do not concede a goal, and then do everything possible to score a goal, and then defend to a victory, I believe that if the Red Rebels cannot score in this game and let Manchester United win the first leg, Ferguson will definitely play a hundred times more conservative in the second leg than now, or even a thousand times.

Don't say it's ugly, don't say utilitarian, because that's what modern football is!

If you want to defeat the Red Rebels, that's all you can do!

"Are you going to make a substitution?" Cassel was hallucinating and suddenly stood up from his seat.

Mourinho looked at his assistant in some surprise, and Cassel immediately realized that he had misheard, and sat back muttering, "TMD, this group of fans of Manchester United is so noisy that my ears are almost deaf!" ”

The Portuguese smiled, and he also knew that Kassel was under a lot of pressure until now, not just him, but also the players on the Red Rebels pitch.

"When?" Mourinho asked, staring at the pitch.

"It's been 15 minutes in the second half!" Kassel replied, in the 60th minute.

Mourinho glanced at nearby Ferguson, "The old man still has a lot of cards to play!" ”

The game was a battle of wits between the two managers, and Ferguson must now be waiting for Jose Mourinho to play his cards before he makes changes to his surname to prevent the Red Rebels from scoring.

"Is it going to launch a second plan?" Cassel asked again.

Mourinho thought about it and saw Michael on the pitch? Johnson couldn't even run a little, and immediately realized that his physical estimation was almost at the limit, the 21-year-old midfielder has been doing very well this season, but he is not an iron man after all, and it is impossible to play many tough games without blushing and breathing.

"Let Didier warm up!" Mourinho nodded.

Cassel immediately agreed, beckoned to the bench behind him, and shouted, "Didil, warm up, quick!" ”

Three minutes later, the Red Rebels made their first adjustment.

"Drogba replaced Michael, who was a little out of fitness? Johnson, Mesut Ozil retreated to the midfield position, and the Red Rebels played a 442 tactic, with Drogba and Aguero forming a forward combination! ”

Jose Mourinho is going to fight!

This is a crucial moment, if the Red Rebels fight for an away goal, then Manchester United's situation is in jeopardy, so Ferguson also immediately made an adjustment, he used Weiss? Brown replaced Quaresma and the formation immediately changed to 541, a three-centre-back tactic, which was clearly a tactical change made by Ferguson.

Didier Drogba has a lot of experience, and although he is the Red Rebels' third centre-forward so far this season, he still has a high level of weight in Mourinho's mind and has come on a number of crucial occasions this season to save the team.

This time, Mourinho used him in the hope of using his experience and ability to cut through Manchester United's iron wall at this critical moment, so that the Red Rebels' offensive could pour in.

Although it is 442, in fact, Messi is more like a false shot on the right side, he is more cross-cutting and in-cutting, and then vacates the entire right side and hands it to Alves.

Alves is the most powerful right-wing in Europe this season, although he is a full-back, but in fact his attacking ability is not lost to the winger at all, and even his forward insertion and assists are more subtle and deadly than the winger.

Messi leans more into the middle, acting as a false No. 9, taking care of the organization and participating in the attack, while Alves has control of the entire right side, and De Rossi and Curtis will frequently help him fill in and help defend, so that he can be more comfortable in attacking.

But at this time, Ferguson suddenly made an adjustment, so that Muntari acted as a free man on the court, specifically responsible for dealing with Messi, as soon as Messi got the ball, Muntari immediately kicked down, or fouled, that is, he did not give Messi the opportunity and space to take the ball easily.

In this case, although the Red Rebels attacked fiercely, they were unable to play an effective offensive coordination, making the team's attack seem to be scoreless, on the other hand, Manchester United, after freezing Messi, coupled with the three-line tight defensive tactical system, the defense suddenly became solid again.

Messi's goals and assists have steadily improved this season, and he is an important member of the Red Rebels' squad, and in the absence of Ronaldo and Kaka, Messi is very important, and Mourinho's second plan revolves around him, with him acting as the attacking core of the front.

But under the personal care of Muntari, Messi looked very depressed, as soon as he got the ball, he was close to him, or was fouled, prompting him to always be unable to take the ball easily, and Ferguson also did a very good job of restricting Messi in this game, several breakthroughs and passes of the Argentine genius were not ideal, and the threat was not limited to the lowest point.

Without Messi's breakthrough and threatening passes, Alves was active on the right flank, but lacked a connecting point in the middle, and the Red Rebels' attack was inevitable.

However, the Reds also came back at a terrible price to restrain the Red Rebels, even having to set up an impeccable bucket formation at the edge of the penalty area, while playing a ungentlemanly corner in the first half in order to secure a home victory.

As the clock ticked by, Ferguson made no more substitutions and Jose Mourinho made no further changes to the line-up, and it was clear to both sides that this was the best change they could make so far.

A team is like a sports car, 11 players are like the parts of a sports car, the surname of a sports car depends on the combination of parts, a good coach can assemble a super sports car according to the characteristics of these parts, but no matter how good the head coach, it is impossible to assemble a supercar from the defective parts.

There is a limit to the parts, and there is a limit to the sports car assembled from the parts!

In the same way, there is also a limit to what a team can do!

As things stand, both the Red Rebels and Manchester United have made the most adjustments to their existing players, bringing out the best in both players, which is the limit for both teams.

If there are further substitutions, it will only weaken the team's combat ability.

Mourinho wants to score, so he has to maintain the attacking combination that is most likely to score; Ferguson wants to hold on to the 1-0 scoreline, so he will have to maintain the defensive combination that is most likely to prevent the Red Rebels from scoring.

This is a contradiction, but the two sides tacitly did not make a substitution.

But Mourinho has been standing on the sidelines, his fists clenched, his teeth clenched, and his eyes are about to eat people.

The last time they met Barcelona, this time they met Manchester United, both teams used this extremely ugly way to kill the game, while Barcelona used acting skills, and Manchester United used trickery, and both won disgracefully.

But what can he say?

Is he going to complain that Manchester United are clever?

Don't be stupid, after the game, everything is a foregone conclusion, and if you complain, you will only be teased and say that you can't afford to lose!

In the world of football, the most effective way to get revenge is to win!

Mourinho is confident in the second leg, but he also knows that Ferguson will definitely play an ugly bucket formation again in the second leg, and it must be a more conservative bucket formation than this one.

But in this case, Mourinho has to keep his faith!

If even the manager loses confidence, can the players be expected to have confidence?

As Mourinho crossed his mind, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Red Rebels lost the first leg of the Champions League semi-final 1-0.

But this score is very suspenseful, and it will only make all fans pay more attention to the next second leg of the game!

(To be continued)