In Xiao Yu's previous life, his biggest impression of Mourinho was counterattacking, he was a counterattack expert!

In my impression, almost all of the teams coached by Mourinho are based on counterattacks as the main tactic, even when he coached Real Madrid, his team still played counterattacks, but Real Madrid's players were so good that they had to attack, so the madman was very interesting to combine counterattacks into Real Madrid's offensive system.

Offensive football with counterattack as the main means may be very contradictory, but in Xiao Yu's view, Real Madrid under the coaching of Mourinho is such a team, with a solid defense and sharp counterattacks, which seems to be very strong, but in fact, it still can't get rid of the concept of counterattack.

However, Mourinho's ability to use counter-attacks like attacking football does not need to be doubted.

Of course, every fan has his own opinion on the tactics of Real Madrid coached by Mourinho, Xiao Yu thinks so, but it does not mean that others are the same, but it is undeniable that Mourinho is definitely a very, very, very good counter-attack expert.

Will such a counterattack expert be beaten and counterattacked?

Apparently unlikely!

When Brighton's No.11 striker was already on the verge of breaking through the opposition defence, a man suddenly burst out of the side, intercepted the through ball that had been passed to him halfway, and then immediately passed it to John Terry nearby.

The No. 11 striker rushed a long way before he found that the ball had not come, and when he looked back, he found that the opponent's No. 25 central defender had actually inserted the ball into Brighton's half, leaving him alone at the back, while his teammates were all back to defend.

Curtis dribbled forward, De Rossi and Essien immediately tacitly conceded space, and Crouch in front of him suddenly retreated, Curtis immediately passed the ball to Crouch's feet.

Crouch was a little thin, but he was tall with long feet, leaning on the opponent's central defender with his body, but his long feet were skillfully playing with the ball, and then saw Palacio step forward and pass it gently to him.

Palacio met the ball and the ball could pass through the gap between the opposition centre-back and full-back, but with a little more force.

But a lightning-fast figure flew past the opponent's defense, and was able to catch the ball before it went out of the bottom line, and passed a quick low flat ball, but the landing point was the far post.

At this time, the opponent's defensive force was attracted to the area near the penalty area by Crouch, coupled with the rapid counterattack of the new Manchester United, Brighton's defense was not organized, so that there was a large gap around the far post.

Hleb was clearly prepared, and when Wright Phillips got the ball out, he slapped his horse and couldn't stop the ball before he volleyed.

Brighton's goalkeeper struck in time, holding the ball in his arms, and even fell to the ground with the ball pressed.

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"It's a shame that Hleb wasted a chance to be close, if he could choose the angle of this shot, maybe it would have been scored!" Scarlett sighed loudly.

Martin Taylor laughed: "It's not easy to stop the ball in that high-speed situation, and you want to choose the angle? ”

Scarlett herself was embarrassed and laughed.

"But the new Manchester United counterattack this time was very sudden, from Curtis breaking the ball to Terry, Terry knocking back, Curtis cutting forward with the ball, to Crouch coming back, Wright Phillips cutting forward, everything happened in the blink of an eye."

"It's a premeditated counterattack, isn't it?" Scarlett asked excitedly.

Martin Taylor nodded: "Of course, and it must have been rehearsed, I thought it was strange at the beginning, why Mourinho would choose Crouch to start, instead of Kitson, now I understand, because Crouch is better at making the ball, he can fight for opportunities for the attack in the frontcourt, and Kitson is a pure center forward, not strong with the ball, and it is easy to be cut off by the opponent." ”

"And in my opinion, Crouch is more comfortable with his team-mates, he has great skills, he has a better sense of teamwork, and he is able to pull up a big gap behind him after he pulls back."

At the time of Martin Taylor's analysis, the new United launched a couple of attacks, basically passing through Crouch, making the ball to the left and right wings, or Palacio, and then they did the final blow.

"But for now, it seems that Brighton have also seen the strategy of the new Manchester United, shrinking the defence and leaving no room for Wright-Phillips and Hleb to move." Scarlett also saw the clue.

Martin Taylor laughed, "Yes, but then Brighton's counter-attack is not terrible, and you don't forget that Palacio is also a hidden danger, this player's small skills are very good, and Mourinho obviously gave him enough freedom to run freely up front." ”

"It's not so much that the new Manchester United are playing 442, it's more that they are playing 4231, Crouch rushes forward, Hleb, Wright Phillips and Palacio attack in the second wave, but because Crouch retreats, the second wave of attack in the back row appears more subtle and more threatening!"

'But Brighton aren't vegetarians either, they've defended very solidly this season, conceding second only to New Manchester United, and they're best at counter-attacking, so it's not easy for New United to break down their goals."

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In fact, the course of the game was the same as Martin Taylor had predicted, with the new Manchester United dominating, Brighton defending and counter-attacking, and the two teams fighting well, but because the new Manchester United were too aggressive, Brighton had to retract the defensive line, so that their counter-attacks always failed to achieve the desired effect.

However, the new Manchester United could not break through Brighton's goal, the opponent's defense was indeed tenacious, coupled with the goalkeeper's excellent performance, several close opportunities could not be grasped, making the new Manchester United players on the field look a little impatient.

'Mr Mourinho said that the first half will decide the outcome of the game, and if you can't break down Brighton in the first half, then the second half will be even more difficult, what should I do?'

Curtis was a little anxious in the back, although from the field of view, the new United took the initiative, but in fact there were very few real shooting opportunities, and none of them could take advantage of it, and the first half of the game was almost over.

Although the game was very close, the fans in the stands continued to cheer for the team, and even though the new Manchester United fans were outnumbered, their voices were concentrated and transmitted to the pitch as well.

"Michael!" Taking advantage of an opportunity to return to the defense, Curtis took Essien in his mouth and crossed his hands in front of his chest.

The two have been friends for a long time, and they are more familiar with each other, so they naturally know the meaning of Curtis's gestures, and after talking to Essien, Curtis looked at Terry, who nodded knowingly, and Essien also explained to De Rossi.

After a few more minutes, the pitch was still deadlocked.

Brighton made a long pass and Terry's header over the opposition's high striker was fed to Abidal next to him, who immediately passed to De Rossi in front, who quickly passed to Palacio not far away.

The Argentine's delicate technique and small but fast pace made it difficult for the opposition to get the ball away from his feet, but he was unable to break through the opposition defence and had to pass back to Essien, who saw an opportunity to pass to Hleb, who had moved to the right.

Facing the defense of the opposing full-back, Hleb immediately accelerated and dribbled along the baseline, but the opposing full-back was not slow and turned to follow.

Hleb made a sharp stop at high speed, a button, turned around, and then accelerated to retreat, crossed, and the whole action was very fast!

The new Manchester United also had crosses before, but basically Crouch, who received in the middle, failed to grab the ball, and this time, Brighton's central defenders also watched Crouch firmly and stuck his position to prevent him from grabbing the point.

But at this moment, a majestic figure suddenly rushed from the backfield at a gallop, met Hleb's pass, jumped high, and smashed the ball into the opponent's goal before the opponent's central defender got up to clear the siege.

The goalkeeper looked bad, reacted, and made a save, but because the ball speed was too fast, he could only watch the ball roll into the goal, 0:1!

In the 42nd minute of the first half, the new Manchester United relied on Curtis's goalkeeper who was inserted in the back row to grab the point and score with a header!

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"It's too sudden, it's really too sudden, Curtis, he's very fast, from the moment Terry's header cleared, he was still behind Terry, but in a blink of an eye he appeared in the opponent's penalty area, too suddenly, this attack ...... Wait, what's going on? ”

Martin Taylor was halfway through his commentary when he found the referee calling for a team doctor and a stretcher to the sidelines.

"It's Curtis, Curtis accidentally touched the opponent's spike when he was fighting for the ball with the opponent just now, we can see that he bled a lot, the referee signaled that he must leave the field to stop the bleeding, and I don't know if he was seriously injured, but don't affect the game!" Scarlett said with concern.

"Yes, Curtis's performance in this game was outstanding, his organization at the back made Brighton's counterattacks useless again and again, his attack helped the new Manchester United open the door to victory, if he was injured because of this, it would undoubtedly be a blow to the new Manchester United fans!"

'As the game continues on the pitch, we can see that the attacking style of the new Manchester United who are playing with fewer men for the time being has eased, while the falling Brighton have taken the opportunity to raise the banner in attack, and they are clearly trying to take advantage of the temporary numerical advantage to get back on the scoresheet.

"Eh, we can see that Curtis is standing on the sidelines, and the team doctor and assistant coach next to him are pulling him, it seems that he wants him to be bandaged before playing, but Curtis can't stay, he just stands on the sidelines, waiting for the dead ball opportunity, while letting the team doctor bandage him, obviously he can't wait to come on the field to help the team!"

Martin Taylor on the side watched it, not only admired and praised: "He is really an iron-blooded tough guy, he reminds me of Steve Bruce back then, I heard that Curtis grew up under the tutelage of Bruce, and now I see the shadow of the steel defender from him, he will definitely become a new star in the England backline in the future!" ”

And when Curtis stepped into the stadium, the fans at the scene applauded, and the fans of the new Manchester United stood up and sang the Curtis song in unison!

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