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At the press conference at the Red Rebels Stadium, reporters gathered, and the spotlights flashed frequently. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Mourinho sat on it, smiling, answering reporters' questions, while next to him sat a somewhat embarrassed Mark? Hughes, whose team was just beaten 4-0 by the Red Rebels at the Red Rebels Stadium.

"I've always thought, Mark? Hughes has done a great job at Blackburn, and he's proven it all for a few years now. "Mourinho, as the winner, did not get carried away, but praised his opponent.

I have to admit that under the subtle influence of Xiao Yu and the Red Rebels, the current Mourinho has gradually distanced himself from the madman in Xiao Yu's previous life, but this is only an occasional thing, and most of the time, he is still the magic bird.

'Ismael got the start this time and he proved himself with great form, two shots and one pass, is that proof that he will continue to be the team's main striker in the next games?' A reporter asked with a smile.

Mourinho pouted, "Maybe, but I don't know what will happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but I know that Ismail wants to prove his quality, he still has a lot to do, and he can perform better and better." ”

"But he almost dominated the game today!" A reporter wearing glasses reminded.

Mourinho's face immediately pulled down, "It's the Red Rebels who really dominate the game, the 11 players on our pitch, not Ismael, not Cristiano? Cristiano Ronaldo, and no one, and I've always stressed that we are a team that emphasizes the whole. ”

Several reporters nearby immediately rolled their eyes at the reporter who asked the question, obviously complaining about his ignorance, knowing that Mourinho hates others to praise one of his players alone, and deliberately said so, making it clear that he was coming to dismantle the stage.

Fortunately, at this time, there was a shrewd reporter who immediately shifted the topic to Mark? Hughes.

"Excuse me, Mark, you were a good striker when you were a professional, what do you think of Ismail's performance?"

Mark? Hughes looked at Mourinho, who shrugged his shoulders, the relationship between the two is actually quite good, Mark? Hughes also had a good relationship with the Red Rebels, although he was once an opponent of the Red Rebels, but he had a close personal relationship with Xiao Yu.

'It's outstanding, physical, technical, conscious, everything, and from the last few games, his improvement has been very obvious, he has become more consistent, he has been more calm in his shots, he has scored four goals in three games, and each one of them is a sports goal, and the way he scores is very balanced, with his left and right feet, with his headers, you can see his progress.

"But as Hosse said, I don't think Ismail should be satisfied with the status quo, he has the potential and the talent, and he can improve to a higher level through his own efforts, and besides, he is only 20 years old, so there is still a lot of room for improvement."

"So as a senior, do you have any advice for Ismail?"

Mark? Hughes smiled modestly and shook his head, "I can't give him any good advice, I'm sure the Red Rebels' coaching staff knows better than I know what is best for Ismael, but if it's from my personal point of view, I would advise him to avoid becoming a hunter in the box as much as possible!" ”

Vanney is a hunter in the penalty area, but he was very comprehensive when he was young, with speed and skill, but then gradually turned into a goal machine in the penalty area, but also because of his almost invincible sense of goal in the penalty area, many people ignore Vanney's comprehensiveness, you know, when he was young, Vanney had many long-distance runs, and the speed could not be said to be top, but at least it was good.

A box hunter makes players rely on their team-mates, they are always looking for opportunities in the box, so they rely more on the passing of teammates to score goals, so Wenger questioned Ferguson back then, arguing that Ruud van Nistelrooy's role at Manchester United is not really big.

"There are so many chances created in the whole game, even if it's not Ruud van Nistelrooy, you can score a lot of other people!"

Arsene Wenger's words must have meant to belittle Ruud van Nistelrooy, after all, Henry and Ruud van Nistelrooy's rivalry in the Premier League was very exciting, but from this point of view, the role of a box hunter in the current football environment is really getting smaller and smaller.

Ismael's current trend is very balanced, and the coaching staff has a clear plan for him, as is the case with Mark? Hughes said that he should try to avoid being a box hunter, and should use his physical strengths more to his strengths, and be more likely to be roaming around looking for opportunities, and be able to cooperate more with his teammates, rather than just playing in the box.

Ismail still needs to improve in this area, even if he has been excellent in recent games.

…………………… Two days after playing Blackburn, the Red Rebels host Middlesbrough.

The latter, like the Red Rebels, had just gone through a Premier League game, beating Portsmouth away and winning 0-1, but Middlesbrough did their best.

Middlesbrough was very dissatisfied with the FA's adjustment of the 17 rounds of league matches with the Red Rebels to a busy year, and even appealed many times, but the FA finally considered that the Red Rebels must participate in the Club World Championship, and after the winter break, there will be a League Cup, FA Cup and league, followed by the Champions League knockout round, the schedule is very dense, and Middlesbrough can only be rejected.

So in this game, Middlesbrough came to the Red Rebels stadium, and it was obvious that he had a dead mind from the first minute.

Just finished playing Blackburn, in addition to a few physical players such as Ronaldo, Aguero, Ismael, etc., Mourinho has rotated the starting lineup to a certain extent, including right winger Messi was replaced by Di Maria, and Beckham was also replaced by Michael? Johnson replaced, and Mikel qualified to start.

Right wing-back Mika? Richards was given the start, Zambrotta was the starting left wing-back, John Terry and Thuram formed a double centre-back, and Cech continued to be the first-choice goalkeeper.

Middlesbrough have been fighting hard since the first minute, and Southgate, a defender, is clearly trying to frighten the Red Rebels with this tactic, after all, the current situation cannot afford to be injured.

But Southgate still underestimated the Red Rebels.

In the 27th minute, Maika? Richards suddenly stepped forward on the right side, passed a good arc of 45 degrees cross, Ismael retreated from the front, grabbed the header before Woodgate, Xiao Xiao Luo stabbed out from the left side, stopped the ball and went directly into the penalty area, faced the hesitant goalkeeper, and scored with a clever shot, 1:0!

After the goal, Ronaldo was the first to run to celebrate with Ismael, because he really found that after Ismael returned to the field, he could get more opportunities on the left side, whether it was cutting forward or relying on individual ability to break through, the opponent's defense would no longer gather too much on his side.

It can be said that having a strong center forward in the middle and at the front can dilute the defensive pressure on him to the maximum.

There was a bit of confusion at Middlesbrough after conceding the goal, and the Red Rebels seized the opportunity to add a goal three minutes later.

This time it's Michael? Johnson made a deft straight plug in the middle, Aguero was in the right position in the middle, inserted in the back row, successfully countered offside, pushed directly, and the football grazed the left post into the net, 2:0!

Although Ismael was not involved in the entire goal, it is not difficult to see from the slow-motion replays that in Michael? When Johnson passed the ball, Ismael, who was originally at the front, suddenly dropped back and attracted the Middlesbrough defender, which created a chance for Aguero's counter-attack.

With two goals in three minutes, Middlesbrough began to be afraid, especially Southgate, who began to make the players pay more attention to the defense, and the three lines retracted even more, after all, too much space can only give the Red Rebels more opportunities to see the seams.

And for a giant team like the Red Rebels with a few superstars with excellent individual ability, even the smallest space can be converted into opportunities and then score.

That's why there are always so many teams that come up against the Red Rebels and stick to it as soon as they come up!

But not to mention, although the Red Rebels are strong, but when it comes to the stubborn team, they are like most of the big teams, there is no way, so after Middlesbrough began to hoard the back, the Red Rebels' offensive was also contained.

In the second half, the long-lost Red Rebels began to make substitutions, Pato came on in place of Ismael, Theo Walcott replaced Rowe, and then Jack? Rodwell replaced Thuram and got his first chance to play in the league.

When Rodwell came on as the team's centre-back, partnering captain John Terry, the Red Rebels fans immediately responded with the warmest applause and cheers for the Red Rebels Academy youngster, because everyone knew that he represented the future of the Red Rebels.

Rodwell's Premier League debut was not too surprising, as Middlesbrough had been suppressed at this time, and the attacking side could not form an effective threat, and Rodwell was a young player, not as bold as Curtis, and did not dare to leave his defensive position easily, so he did not show anything in attack.

However, in the 81st minute of the game, when Tonchay counterattacked on the side and was ready to get to the middle to cooperate with Mido, Rodwell broke the ball in a beautiful position, and counterattacked with a long pass to the front, helping the Red Rebels form a counterattack, and finally Aguero assisted Pato to score the third goal of the game.

This has also become the most brilliant part of Rodwell's Premier League debut, but no matter what, the most important thing for a defensive player is to be steady.

The Red Rebels beat Middlesbrough at home 3-0 and won four in a row around Christmas, the toughest of the seasons.

Originally, before this make-up game, the Red Rebels had caught up with the second place in the league with three consecutive wins, only three points behind Manchester United at the top of the table, because Manchester United lost 2:1 away to West Ham United in the 20th round, which allowed the Red Rebels to recover three points, and it was Ferdinand's younger brother who scored the winning goal for the Hammers. Ferdinand.

As a result, after a 3-0 win over Middlesbrough, the Red Rebels have caught up with Manchester United in the standings, and with an impressive record of scoring 60 goals and conceding 8 goals, they are overtaking Manchester United and occupying the top position in the league table.

In fact, Manchester United's attack and defense this season are also excellent, their current goal tally is 52 goals, conceding 10 goals, which can be described as very good, if it were not for the Red Rebels against Reading as if cheating 13 goals, it is estimated that the Red Rebels will not be able to hold Manchester United down at present.

It is precisely because of this that Ferguson, after learning of the result, told the media that he did not think his team lost to the Red Rebels, even if they lost 0:2 at Old Trafford, but he still refused to admit that Manchester United lost.

In addition, Ferguson also said that although the schedule for Christmas is very challenging and difficult, the situation this season is somewhat special, and the real decision will be after the winter break, when the three players of the Red Rebels will be called up by the national team to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, especially the two strong midfielders of Essien and Mikel.

"The real finals should belong to February and March!" Ferguson commented.

Contrary to Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho believes that the Red Rebels have been able to keep Manchester United down, which makes him very happy, knowing that the Red Rebels have been fighting on multiple fronts throughout December, especially before and after the Club World Championships, and the team has been able to overcome fatigue and repeatedly win in difficult situations, reflecting a strong victory**.

"Those who think that after we win the seven crowns, we will completely lose the desire for victory and glory can shut up, because I always believe that my players will never refuse honor, refuse to win championships, we are still eager to be able to attack every honor, we want to continue the glory of 2007!"

Incidentally, Reading, a team that has been spurned by almost countless Premier League teams, have now been relegated to the position of vice-captain of the Premier League, and have not shown good form since the 0-13 bloodbath by the Red Rebels, and they have not won a single victory since.

Home games are no different for them as away games, as they have to move to nearby Newbury to loan a dilapidated stadium with outdated facilities to serve as their temporary home stadium, as the proximity to Reading would attract many Reading fans to drive to Newbury.

If it's far away, it is estimated that few people in Reading really want to watch the game, because their reputation in the Premier League is terrible!

Perhaps at this moment, Reading Club will regret that they did not regulate their fans and their manager's words and deeds, which caused their decline today.

There is even news that a number of key players in the Reading team have decided to submit transfers during the winter break, and at that time, Reading's situation is believed to be even worse!

(To be continued)