After that league game against Shrewsbury, the new United continued south to Watford near London.

In the first round of the Carabao Cup on August 9, the new Manchester United were unlucky to draw against Watford in League One, who had just won a home game in the first round of the league and were in high spirits.

Although Mourinho did his best in this game, and at the same time faced the League One powerhouse away from home, and planned to use defensive counterattacks to defeat the enemy, but the Watford team's defense was stronger than expected, and it was a home game, and the new Manchester United had almost no chance.

The game ended 1-0 with Watford progressing to the second round of the Carabao Cup, while the new Manchester United, who were playing in the Carabao Cup for the first time, left the Vickenridge Road stadium in disgust.

Grim siders returned to Manchester after being knocked out of the Carabao Cup, but the team did not get enough time to adjust, travelling to Scunthorpe on 12 August to take on Scunthorpe, who had won the first round at Granford Park.

The latter is a relegation team in League Two last season, as the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, although a number of main players have gone before the season, and the promotion situation is not optimistic by senior footballers, but compared to the new Manchester United, which is hailed as a victory for relegation, Scunthorpe's chances of winning are undoubtedly greater.

And you must know that Scunthorpe defeated the opponent 4:0 in the first round of the league, and the strength of the attack can be imagined, so although Mourinho still played 433 in this game, he asked the players to take more defensive postures.

Sure enough, in this game, Scunthorpe launched a fierce attack on the new Manchester United, they obviously want to take advantage of the home advantage in the first two legs, coupled with the lack of strength of the opponents, to establish a promotion zone as soon as possible, as much as possible, in order to return to League Two after the season.

In this case, the new Manchester United's defense is particularly important, especially the players are very tenacious on the pitch, and even the arrowhead Kitson has taken the initiative to return to his own penalty area to participate in the defense, not to mention the two wing-backs.

Scunthorpe's attacking power was indeed strong, but they soon discovered that the new United were not the soft persimmons they had imagined.

In this game, the new Manchester United attack did not pose a threat to Scunthorpe, but Scunthorpe could not find the New United goal either, especially when they entered the new United half, they will find that the area of the new United is almost full of people.

Starting with Kitson in the striker, the new United have three tight defensive lines, and it is difficult for Scunthorpe to get a chance to face the new Manchester United goal, and once inside the opponent's 32-metre area, the new Manchester United players are very decisive for fouls.

However, what Ben Mourinho thought was more of a draw was beaten by a penalty awarded just before the end, and John Terry was awarded three points with no unnecessary foul in the box.

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The result of one draw and one defeat made Mourinho very aware that there was a problem with the team's tactics, especially when switching between attack and defence, as long as the opponent clamped down on Kitterson's bridgehead, then the new Manchester United would be almost incomprehensible, and this is exactly the tactics adopted by Shrewsbury and Scunthorpe against the new Manchester United.

However, although he is aware of the problem, it does not mean that Mourinho has time to solve it.

On August 15, the new Manchester United traveled away again, north to Hartlepool, at Victoria Park, although the team fought desperately, but in the end could not prevent the team from losing, the score of 1:0 can show the intensity of the game.

After returning to Manchester, the new Manchester United host York City on 19 August.

The recent new Manchester United seems to have been cursed, regardless of whether they are superior or inferior on the field, they have not been able to get a victory, one draw and two losses in the league with one point, which makes the new Manchester United 22nd in the standings, although there are a total of three teams with one point, but the new Manchester United can only be ranked 21st due to goal difference and goals scored, only one point away from the bottom team.

In this case, the pressure is on the whole of the new Manchester United, from Mourinho to the players, who are desperately trying to get a win in the hope of turning the current situation around.

York City are also familiar with the new Manchester United, and they have obviously studied the previous games of the new Manchester United and know how to suppress the new Manchester United attack, so in this game, York City is based on the defense and plays defensive counter-attacks from the first minute of the game.

The new Manchester United have once again shown that they are helpless against a stubborn defence against a team, especially against those who are bent on defending to the end, and the new United are completely unable to come up with an effective strategy.

Jose Mourinho stood on the sidelines for 90 minutes and rained for 90 minutes, but the players on the pitch were unable to bring him a victory.

Another dull 0:0!

After the game, even Scarlett, a reporter from the Manchester City Evening News, who has recently changed a lot of views on the new Manchester United, criticized in a column, believing that the new Manchester United's attack is unorganized, and once Kitson's bridgehead is imprisoned, the new Manchester United's attack will not be able to play tricks at all.

And Scarlett also believes that the new Manchester United has invested too few troops in the attack, basically relying on Kitson, Malouda and Hleb three players, and the second echelon has not caught up, resulting in the new Manchester United's attack looks like a hammer deal, okay, okay, no defense.

Such a team may be able to make a difference when playing in the amateur league, but when entering the professional league, it is bound to be seen by those professional managers and then restrained.

The Reds have scored just one goal in four games, the fewest of any of the 24 teams in League C, and even fewer than the current bottom-placed Banlet, which raises concerns that the Reds could not escape relegation this season if they do not make changes.

In addition to Scarlett's more pertinent assessment, other local Manchester newspapers, and even some other newspapers that focus on the League C, have expressed pessimism about the prospects of the new Manchester United, especially the ability of manager Jose Mourinho.

According to one of the Sun's reports, look at the current Birmingham City, who have won four consecutive League One games under Steve Bruce, which is Birmingham's best start in recent years, and Novick has scored one goal and two assists in four games, and is the team's best performer.

Looking at the high-priced transfer to Chelsea, Kicic has won the love of Chelsea fans despite only getting two substitute opportunities in three league games, but he has played his header advantage, scoring a goal and providing an assist.

The release of Steve Bruce, the release of Novik, and the release of Kicic are seen as the most important factors in the lack of attacking strength of the new Manchester United this season, especially Steve Bruce, who is known for his attacking efforts, and even forced Arsene Wenger to be helpless at Highbury Stadium.

However, looking at Jose Mourinho's side at the moment, who have scored a measly one goal in four games, it is the worst start to the new United's history, even though the team's history only goes back two years.

Outside comments and pessimism have put great pressure on the new Manchester United, especially some local newspapers grabbed Mourinho's pre-season sentence "Please fight for the runner-up!" ] has been heavily criticized for the performance of the new Manchester United in the last four league games, and Mourinho has become the culprit of the team's winless run.

Fortunately, after the match with York City on August 19, the new Manchester United finally ended the previous stage of the season's devil's schedule, you know, from August 5, the new Manchester United played 5 games in two weeks, which is undoubtedly the most difficult for a team in the run-in period.

Thankfully, the team survived and had a week's rest.

In order to allow the players to better adjust to their condition, Mourinho took a day off on 20 August and then continued training on the 21st.

But he himself did not take a holiday, but came to the training base as usual.

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"Maybe you should take a break, Jose!" Xiao Yu passed by Mourinho's office and said with a smile when he saw that he was still distressed.

Mourinho was not surprised by Xiao Yu's appearance at all, except for his business trip or vacation, most of the other time, Xiao Yu would come to the training base every day, and his attendance rate might even be higher than that of the old security guard at the gate of the training base.

"In the fifth round of League C, we are away to Chesterfield, who are currently second in the table, also on a four-game winning streak, and although they have scored fewer goals than Cardiff at the top of the table, they are better defensively, it is a tough battle!" Mourinho said with some heaviness.

When he was Van Gaal's assistant, he never worried about the team's victory or defeat, that was what Van Gaal was worried about, he only cared about whether he did his job well, whether he could learn anything from it, and in the last year, he even began to think about how he would adjust the team if he was replaced by Van Gaal.

At that time, he looked at Barcelona with a very calm attitude, which made him seem to not care about the team's victory or defeat at all, and he did not feel the slightest pressure after the team's defeat, because it was all on the manager and the players.

This makes Mourinho seem like a sane and calm spectator.

However, when he came to the new Manchester United, he clearly felt the pressure of the team's winless streak, he was criticized by the outside media, and at the same time he was skeptical of his coaching ability, and he even suspected that he might not be suitable to be a manager, but more suitable to be an assistant.

Two draws and two losses, to put it nicely, it is to pay tuition for the adaptation period, and if it is not good, it is terrible, and it can even be said to be the performance of a typical promoted horse relegation team.

Jose Mourinho had to admit that he had overestimated his pre-season approach to coaching the professional league and overestimated his own abilities, which made him completely sober up in the early games of the season.

It's a professional league, Mr. Jose Mourinho!

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