While the first team was given a valuable leave off, the youth team did not receive that treatment and they continued to train.

Jim Cassel helps Mourinho in the first team, but he is more likely to be in the youth training area, telling the youngsters how to move and how to play together.

The academy and the first team should maintain the same tactical surname, which is not so easy to simply say, but there are many complex and cumbersome details to do, and Xiao Yu is not very clear about these, but he knows that Kassel said that it will take a long time, maybe a year, two years, or three, five, or ten years.

Originally from Italy, Alberto De Rossi has been trained as a coach and has studied Italian defence, and is currently teaching young players how to defend at the youth level at the Under-17s.

Among these young players, he is most optimistic about Curtis Davis, this is a strong body, fast strong boy, but his skills are not very good, defensive skills are also very bad, empty brute force, fighting spirit is very tenacious, but useless, he only believes in one principle, can not stop and foul!

This is also a principle that the vast majority of England centre-backs believe in.

To put it nicely, it's called blood surname, it's called bravery, but if it's not good, it's called courage and no strategy.

"Curtis, you should be more calm, don't fight your body at every turn, and play hard, you know that once you meet a player with excellent skills, it is easy to lose!" Old De Rossi spoke earnestly to persuade Curtis.

"So what should I do?" Curtis asked humbly.

De Rossi Sr. stood in front of Curtis and demonstrated in person, "Do the action according to your judgment, the first consideration is to get stuck in the position, and then use your defensive skills, it's really not good, when you really need to foul, you can pull and trip, but you just can't lift your feet, do you know why?" ”

Curtis shook his head.

"That will make you eat cards, the same effect, pulling, tripping is only a foul at most, but once you raise your feet and collide, it is a card!" De Rossi Sr. is constantly demonstrating some defensive skills.

In addition to Curtis, there were a number of young defensive players on the field, all of whom were children of nearby Newton Heath.

Old De Rossi saw Curtis's thoughtfulness, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, motioned for them to continue practicing in groups, and then walked to the sidelines, I don't know when, Xiao Yu and Mourinho have already arrived here.

"Alberto, it seems that you are very majestic in their eyes, and even Curtis does not dare to contradict you!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Old De Rossi shook his head and smiled, "He is a good embryo, but it's a pity that the general environment in England and the series of training he received before have had too deep an impact on him, which has led to his defense always being too English!" ”

"How?" Mourinho has been paying attention to De Rossi's words since just now and is clearly interested.

"To put it simply, it's direct, brutal, and lacks technology!"

Mourinho showed a thoughtful expression, he had just arrived in England, and of course his understanding of the football environment here was not as thorough as that of the old De Rossi, but during this time, he has deeply felt that there is indeed a big gap between what he knows and the reality of English football.

This gap is most evident in the players' ability to execute the tactics he has set.

Of course, it's not because of the attitude, it's the environment and the ability of the players.

"As a simple example, Adams, the heart of Arsenal's defence, was once played by Van Basten, but he was one of England's best centre-backs, and his movements were rough, although the effect was obvious, but it was also not a small cost, especially his additional actions on top of the rough defence, which often directly caused injuries to his opponents."

"In Italy, for example, Nesta, who is currently known as the best centre-back, will skillfully use movements such as tripping and pulling, as well as Redondo, who is one of the best midfielders today; And in order to steal the opponent's ball, I noticed that Southgate's best way is to rush, fight his body, and foul, is this still defense? ”

"Did you find it, it's rare to see a small centre-back player in England, why?" Old De Rossi asked suddenly.

These words suddenly made Mourinho and Xiao Yu feel bright, and they didn't realize that old De Rossi still had this kind of observation ability.

"That Argentine has been complaining to me all day long, saying that the skills of the English players are terrible, maybe you can help him solve this problem, Mr. Xiao Yu!" Old De Rossi said with a wry smile.

Xiao Yu followed his gesture and looked over, just in time to see that old Palacio was patiently teaching some young players how to pass the ball, how to catch the ball, etc., these are very simple basic movements, but it seems that many young players can't do it well.

"I think, I figured out why the team always can't function as I thought, Xiao Yu, in fact, the problem of the players is only secondary, the real problem is me!"

Xiao Yu looked at this self-reflective man curiously, he felt that Mourinho was really smart, and at the same time very diligent, thinking and self-reflecting without listening all day long.

"Thank you, Xiao Yu, I think I should reset the team's tactics, from tomorrow, we must carve out the technical details of the players, which will make our team's cooperation more fluid, and I think we should work with Kassel to overturn the previous setting of the youth training plan and start all over again."

"That's a big job!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

'That's right, but this time, I think I'm on the right track, as Alberto said, the English players are not as skilled as Spain, or even as good as Italy, not only our team, but the overall environment outside is like that, we need to adapt to this environment!' Mourinho is a hundred miles and draws inferences.

"I think you should attract more technical youth coaches from abroad, it will help our academy, and I believe that Manchester United's academy should also pursue technical details, otherwise, their cooperation will not be so smooth, even if their off-ball running system is not good!"

Xiao Yu immediately figured out that Mourinho's previous mistake was that he overestimated the overall environment of the English league, you know, when he later took charge of Chelsea, the Premier League had already set off a wave of technology under the leadership of Arsenal, and the Chelsea team at that time had long since broken away from the traditional English style of play.

"By the way, I want Alberto and that Argentine to join our youth program!"

After saying that, Mourinho seemed to have found a breakthrough to solve his troubles, and turned around to leave the training ground.

"Hey, Jose!" Xiao Yu felt that he was right to encourage him to come out for a walk, but it was impossible to just let him go back and work hard, and immediately catch up with him, "Are you interested in going to a place?" ”

Mourinho is a little strange, he is full of work and he has a lot to explain to his assistants.

"I promise, it's also a great help in your work!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Mourinho thought about it, nodded, and followed Xiao Yu.

The two went to the parking lot to pick up the car, and then went directly out of the Newton Heath training base and headed towards the city.

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Although it was afternoon, there were quite a few customers at Walsh's bar.

In the past two years, it has become a gathering place for new Manchester United fans, and in addition to this pub in the Manchester metropolitan area, more and more pubs have changed their flags to the red rebel flag with green and gold lines.

Manchester City is undoubtedly the most popular team in the old industrial city, and Manchester United is still the most powerful club in England, but the rise of the new Manchester United is bound to become the third force of fans in Manchester.

Xiao Yu's car was parked in front of the bar, he believed that Mourinho must be the first time to come to this kind of place, but he could guess what the new Manchester United diehards inside were talking about without going in.

He'd been doing these things all day, so he knew it very well.

"Hey, Jack, how are you getting your big drum ready?" As soon as I walked into the bar, I heard someone shouting inside.

"Ready, I'll make sure to show the bastards at Chesterfield that we're awesome! Hey~" someone else replied.

"That's right, don't let their turtle grandsons think that our team is on the verge of the relegation zone and are easy to bully, we are a team that is determined to win the championship, the league has just begun, we have to give them a taste of it, let them know that we are the Red Rebels, the Red Rebels who will never say die!" Someone else shouted.

"Eh, what do you think we're going to do to that Portuguese then? Do you want to boo him? ”

"Yes, yes, the media outside say that he is incapable, much worse than Bruce......"

"Nonsense, the words of those media can also be believed, the more they say this, the more we should support the Portuguese, remember what Xiao Yu said at the beginning? He got us a better manager than Bruce, and he also said that the Portuguese will become the Ferguson of our new Manchester United in the future, it is Ferguson, guys, do you think the fans of Manchester United will boo Ferguson? ”

"Shall we give him a round of applause, then?"

"Of course, the team is in a difficult phase at the moment and we should all work together to get through it!"

"Okay, I'll tell you guys, and we'll surprise those Chesterfield guys who are going to watch the show!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter in the bar, and it was obvious that the fans of the Red Rebels still maintained great confidence in the team, even when the outside world was very pessimistic about the new Manchester United, but their enthusiasm for the team remained unchanged at all, and they always supported the team.

"Would you like to go in and have a drink, José?" Xiao Yu looked at Mourinho defiantly.

They were standing in the doorway, through a hidden door, and they could hear the conversation clearly before the music had even begun.

"Of course, why not?" Mourinho laughed, "I'll go in and treat them for a drink and tell them by the way that in the next game, we're going to win and it's going to be beautiful!" ”

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