As Mourinho expected.

From the start of the second half, Reading once again launched a fierce attack on the new Manchester United defence, using their numerical advantage to firmly control the situation on the field, and launched attacks on the heart of the new United again and again.

The 10 players on the field of the new United were in the same mind, and they did not let Reading score again.

With a trio of Kolo Toure, Abidal and John Terry in the middle, Reading's two forwards were of little use and the two flanks were a frequent threat.

Although Malouda and Hleb frequently retreated to defend according to Mourinho's requirements, they are not professional defensive players in the end, even if Essien and other three midfielders frequently help them fill in the position, but they still allow Reading to seize a lot of opportunities.

Thankfully, Petr Cech was very solid at this time, blocking high and receiving low, and saved Reading's close-range shots on a couple of occasions to save the new Manchester United defence, while also giving the players more confidence as they defended.

Mourinho sat with Xiao Yu in the stands, he kept an eye on the situation on the field, and then used Xiao Yu's mobile phone to contact Faria and direct the team through Faria and Kassel.

After 10 minutes of struggle, Reading's attack reined, but Mourinho felt that this was a precursor to Reading's more fierce attack, so he made a substitution for Faria, replacing Hleb who was a little unable to run, and replacing Bosingwa, the team returned to a back four, and then pushed Malouda to the forward line to partner Drogba.

In fact, from the end of the first half, Drogba was more of a midfielder than a striker, and he was even present in his own penalty area, especially from set-pieces or corners.

As a result, there is only one Malouda left in front of the new Manchester United, which makes it feel as if the new United have given up on attacking and intends to defend to the end.

Not long after the substitution, the relieved Reading coach made another substitution, replacing a striker and a defender, apparently making up his mind to strengthen the attack and vowing to keep the three points at the Midejeski Stadium.

The new Manchester United, on the other hand, proved their determination to be not to be outdone through a tenacious defence.

On the field, whether it was the Redding fans in the advantage or the new Manchester United fans in the disadvantage, everyone did not give up the last hope, constantly creating momentum to support the team they supported, and constantly booing the other side.

Xiao Yu's eyelids in the stands kept jumping, and every time the Reading team launched an attack, his heart followed suit, and he believed that all the people who supported the new Manchester United on the scene would feel this way.

However, the new United players on the pitch were not flustered at all, Cassel frequently released Mourinho news on the sidelines, instructing the players to strengthen the defence, and although Reading also had a lot of chances, Cech was very prominent, and saved at least four of Reading's must-win shots throughout the second half.

"I'm starting to take your word for it now, boss, he's really a genius!" Mourinho said convincingly.

Cech's performance was a real surprise, especially his solidity and the way he interacted with his team-mates on the pitch, and he even reminded his team-mates to run in front of them, and at first his team-mates were a little hesitant, but after a few times, everyone was convinced and happy to hear his reminder.

It was because of Cech's outstanding performance and the tenacious defense of the players on the pitch that although the new United were inferior in numbers and passive on the field, the Reading team was never able to break the deadlock on the field.

This made the Reading players more and more impatient, and they even stepped up their actions to provoke the new Manchester United players.

After Almunia's injury in the first half, the referee didn't seem to dare to be as biased as he did in the first half, and he made a decision in favour of the new United on the occasional clear foul by Reading.

However, in the 68th minute of the game, New Manchester United had a successful counterattack by Malouda against offside, but it was blown offside by the referee, wasting a great scoring opportunity in vain.

Even Martin Taylor has scolded the manager for his quality and ability, arguing that the FA's decision to place such a man to officiate such a key professional league is a big mistake and one that cannot be escaped.

As the clock ticked by, Reading's offensive momentum dropped slightly, as no team could maintain a fast-paced attack for 45 minutes.

At this time, Mourinho decisively let Olic replace Malouda, who performed well.

As soon as the latter came on the pitch, he immediately showed plenty of fitness, running all over the field, participating in the defense, helping the team to fill in the holes, and at the same time observing the holes of the Reading team.

The Reading team, which has been unable to attack for a long time, constantly adjusts the lineup through substitutions, they replace a midfielder, and replace a central midfielder with excellent attacking ability to control the tempo of the game, but Mourinho decisively let De Rossi stand in advance, suppress the opponent's central midfielder, do not give him space to move, and make him useless.

In turn, after De Rossi pressed forward, Drogba and Olic followed suit, and they were positioned closer to the opposition defence, while Reading, who only had one defensive midfielder, were careless about the two active defensive players.

In their view, the team has firmly suppressed the new Manchester United, and the most important concern should be how to break the goal of the Czechs, rather than worrying about the counterattack of the new Manchester United, even if the Reading manager on the sidelines frequently reminds his players, but this view cannot be changed.

On the field, Reading had already attacked, and they couldn't shrink back because their core of controlling the rhythm was restricted.

On the surface, Reading still took the initiative, and waves of attacks poured into the new Manchester United on the field, but in fact, the new Manchester United's defense seemed more solid than at the beginning of the second half, and almost did not give Reading a chance to face the goal directly, and the central defender combination of Terry and Kolo Toure performed equally well, especially Toure, who was not very tall, but had good bounce, and good physical confrontation, speed, and flexibility, which made people shine.

Seeing Toure's outstanding performance on the field, and then looking at Cech's high block and low reception, repeatedly saving New Manchester United from fire and water, Mourinho had to look at Xiao Yu next to him with admiration, it was he who decisively reminded Mourinho that Toure was also very good at playing central defender, and it was he who overrode public opinion and gave the special genius clause to Cech, for which he also endured a lot of criticism.

Now, however, both players have proven their abilities with ironclad facts and saved the new Reds.

If this game really wins as planned, the biggest contributor will not be Cech who performed well throughout the game, nor will it be Toure, who can play well on the sidelines, and it will not be the solid captain Terry.

It's the boss sitting next to him, Xiao Yu!

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Reading went on a rampage for more than half an hour, watching the minutes tick by, Reading used up the last substitution, and then planned to make a desperate bet to try to get the three points.

But the new Manchester United players are also very tenacious, and they don't give the Reading team a chance, first De Rossi fought to cramps in both legs, and then even the outstanding Essien also had cramps, which made the fans in the stands of the Reading team boo dissatisfied, thinking that this was the new Manchester United players deliberately delaying time.

But in fact, the team doctor of the new Manchester United knows very well that the players are really working hard, and their fitness has reached a critical point.

But as soon as Essien and De Rossi came to their senses, they jumped a few times, made sure they were okay, and ran back onto the field.

It is precisely because of the players' will to never give up that the Reading team could not pry open the goal of the new Manchester United, and in the last few minutes, they even involuntarily pressed the defense line to the midfield, and pressed the new Manchester United to play at half time, which made the fans almost hold their breath and worry about the team.

Olich gasped for breath and stuck out his tongue, which was his habit, and they all said that it was like a dog, which could regain its breath faster, and usually such people were more able to run and have more staying power.

Olic knew he wasn't a very technical player, and he knew he wasn't very talented, so he worked hard, and every time he came on the pitch, even if the manager only gave him a few pitiful minutes, he ran hard.

He knew that being able to run was his only advantage now.

Then on the training ground, he continued to increase the amount of training for himself, he knew that his skills were poor, so he took the initiative to find Moniz, hoping that he could help him improve, for which Moniz tailored a set of technical strengthening training programs for him, and let him follow this plan by himself, repeatedly contacting some basic movements.

It's super annoying, those are the things that the ** year old kids on the youth team are practicing, but Olic has persevered, he knows that if he wants to improve, he must persevere.

He is not Zidane, nor Ronaldo, he can only improve himself bit by bit from this subtlety.

Whenever he got bored, he would go and see Drogba, the big black man who was also doing some basic exercises, but he was also persistent, and then the two would make fun of each other, and occasionally the little boys would come over to join them, and they were all very good and enviable.

The atmosphere where everyone practiced together made Olrich feel very comfortable and liked it very much.

So he doesn't want that feeling of comfort to slip through the training base and the best thing to do is to help the team win.

Constantly running back to his own penalty area to participate in the defense, Olic is like a tireless machine, running back and forth.

In the 88th minute, Olic took advantage of an oversight by a Reading player to suddenly come out from behind, steal the football at the opponent's feet laterally, and the ball came to the feet of Essien.

"Bigfoot, Michael!" Olich shouted, then turned and ran.

Without even thinking about it, Essien raised his foot and passed it out, with a lot of force, slightly to the right.

Olic is like a supercar with the accelerator pedaled to the bottom, constantly running, constantly running, passing through the opponent's back and overtaking the opponent's defender.

Reading's goalkeeper was measuring the speed of the ball and the coming Olich, and he didn't have to attack because he didn't think Olic could catch up with the ball.

But no one thought that Olich didn't give up, he got rid of the opponent's defender, almost urged Gu to show his fastest and fastest speed, gritted his teeth and insisted, and finally stopped the ball in front of the bottom line.

At this moment, regardless of whether he scored or not, the new Manchester United fans at the scene responded with a round of applause and cheers!

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