In recent years, the gap in the level of the teams that have been able to participate in the UEFA Cup has indeed become more and more obvious.

Not much else, just look at the first leg of the preliminaries, the big scores have appeared frequently, which has to make people wonder, is it because of the decline in the strength of the teams participating in the League Cup?

Indeed, this has a lot to do with UEFA's policy, some club teams from weak football countries are not strong in themselves, and they are okay in the country, but in Europe, not to mention the top teams in the five major leagues, even the second-class teams can easily beat them.

However, such teams can participate in European competitions every year because of their ranking in the country.

But so what?

They are more like a chic walk, just going through the motions, the content is greater than the form!

The new Manchester United draw in the league is the top team in the Luxembourg league, but it is also in the Luxembourg league.

Luxembourg is ranked 100 miles away from FIFA, a small country with a small population, so you can imagine what kind of league such a country will be and what the strength of their team will be.

In the first leg against Luxembourg, Mourinho paid a lot of attention, and he still sent the 4231 tactic, which is also the tactic that Mourinho will resolutely use this season, he believes that the five midfielders can better control the midfield, can give the opponent more pressure, and then control the game.

The striker is still Drogba, the two wingers are Ribery and Hleb, the forward is Kaka, the two midfielders are Juninho Jr. and Essien, the back line is Evra, Terry, Curtis, Kolo Toure, and the goalkeeper is Cech.

It was the first European game in the history of the new Manchester United, and it attracted nearly 5,000 fanatical fans to follow the team to the away stadium, but surprisingly, the Began team's home stadium could only accommodate 4,000 people, which forced many Red Rebels fans to wander outside the stadium when they traveled with the team.

Coupled with the fact that England fans have not had a good reputation outside recently, the local police in Luxembourg have taken this matter very seriously and sent a lot of people to the scene to maintain order.

With the start of the league, the new Manchester United's form was slowly stimulated, they won the league and the League Cup successively, and once again showed a very good technical and tactical level in Luxembourg, suppressing the whole game of the Baygan team, almost treating the opponent as their own tactical drill opponent, and even penetrated the Began team's goal 7 times.

Didier Drogba was a brilliant performer, scoring a hat-trick and providing two assists, while Hleb also scored twice, while the other two goalscorers were scored by Juninho Jr.'s direct free-kick and substitute Villa Drogba.

It was a big win, but it didn't cause much of a stir, and apart from the focus of the English media and local newspapers and television stations in Manchester, there was a bit of silence on the continent, which had a lot to do with the impact of the UEFA Cup, and it was only a preliminary round.

Even if it is the preliminary round of the European Champions Cup, I believe that there will not be many people who pay attention.

A big win from Luxembourg was a great start to the European game, especially with the kind of control that the team displayed over the course of the game, and the Begans were almost completely pulled away by the new Manchester United and could not even organize a decent resistance.

Is this a European event?

The new United players are a little flustered and feel that their team is strong, especially against European teams.

However, Mourinho did not allow this optimism and even some pride to spread quickly among the team.

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"I'm sure you guys should check this out!" Mourinho threw a stack of papers on the table in the conference room of the training building.

This made the players who were in a good mood just now feel trembling, and the conference room, which was originally in an uproar, immediately fell silent.

"I got the stats from Opta, we had 34 shots on goal, wow, that's good, it's just ravage, but we only had a pitiful 14 shots on target, not even half, can any of you tell me why?"

Faria and other assistants, who were standing against the wall around the conference room, all had a playful attitude, and they all knew that this group of poor guys was going to be unlucky, just because after their big victory in the European competition, everyone's mentality was a little fluttering.

It's understandable for a group of players who are mostly in their 20s to have such a mentality, after all, they are still young and have not experienced anything big, but Mourinho does not allow the team to do this, because he knows very well that it will stop a team from improving.

Last year's new Manchester United was full of fighting power, very strong, it can be said that after Mourinho survived the low and hard times of the first year, last year ushered in a big explosion, the team won the treble, which is a very good result, but Mourinho hopes to go further this year.

It is said that it is relegation, but in fact, Mourinho knows very well in his heart that his team does not allow failure, so when he talked to Xiao Yu in private, he mentioned that his goal this year is to upgrade to the Premier League, if he can't be promoted, it is a failure, a complete failure, even if the team wins the UEFA Cup, it is still a failure.

Everyone looks at the new Manchester United game, the biggest impression is that this team has a good grasp of momentum, this is a team that is very good at creating and using momentum, and since Xiao Yu decided to set up the Red Rebels to inject the first soul into the team, to Bruce's promotion for two consecutive years, to Mourinho's promotion, and last year's treble, the team's momentum has become more and more vigorous.

The reason why they were able to beat Ipswich and Began completely is because the new Manchester United has such a momentum from beginning to end, one strength, suppressing the opponent, playing with life, completely crippling and destroying the opponent, so that they have no way to fight back.

The quality of the team is one thing, but momentum is very important.

But if because of a heavy defeat, the team's momentum will likely be completely dispersed, and at that time, it will be difficult to remix, and once the momentum is lost, what is the difference between the new Manchester United and Ipswich?

You know, the new Manchester United beat Began 0:7, but on the second day, Ipswich slaughtered another opponent 9:0 at home, such a game is meaningful?

'You should reflect on it, we've been playing very efficiently, but in this game we made a lot of mistakes and if you think that the team was just trying to ravage the opponent in the UEFA Cup qualifiers and then in turn they were ravaged by other teams, then I'm sorry, otherwise you should think about why we got to where we are today.

After saying that, Mourinho straightened up from the table and glanced at the players below, some of them were still very sane, but some were carried away by the victory, which is not terrible, Mourinho feels normal, because they are still young and have not experienced anything, so they need him to stand up.

"In my opinion, you don't have anything to be proud of, I don't have any, and neither do they," Mourinho pointed to his assistant, "and we have always had a belief in wanting to prove ourselves, and fighting for this team, I even thought, our whole club, except for the owner, everyone has nothing to be proud of, but do you think the owner has ever been proud? ”

"He was named the most influential person in the world last year, he was on the cover of Time magazine, he has an astonishing fortune, but have you ever seen him proud? He is as humble as ever, and he is as pursuing as ever, but what about you? What are your pursuits? If you don't figure this out, then I tell you, you don't deserve to stay at this club! ”

With that, Mourinho turned and left the room, leaving behind a group of players who were thinking about each other.

They're all young, but that doesn't mean they're stupid, on the contrary, the players who can get into the new Manchester United are smart, they know how to think, they know how to analyse, they know what is good for them and what is not good for them.

At the same time, when they reflect, they will find that the club has been able to get to where it is today, and what they have gained is only a very small part of it compared to the club.

What are they without clubs?

Everyone couldn't help but recall Mourinho's words in the dressing room after the Ipswich Town game.

"Hold your chest, Cristiano, look at the crest and the name on it, and then think back to why your own name is printed on the back, to remind you, my fellow citizens, that the name in front is always more important than the name in the back!"

Curtis was the first to stand up, glanced at his teammates, he walked out of the conference room, knocked on Mourinho's office, and after entering, he stood in front of the head coach and said solemnly: "I was wrong, sir, I have nothing to be proud of, I am willing to accept the punishment, and I promise that I will never go clubbing again!" ”

He was photographed by reporters going to a bar in downtown Manchester after the big win over Began, and he now regrets it.

Then Evra walked in, and he admitted his mistake, and he was also a member of the clubbing clan, along with John Terry, Essien, and others, and they were usually friendly, so they went to celebrate together that day, and it made the front page of the newspapers.

Then, at the end, all the first-team players poured into Mourinho's office, one by one, to confess their mistakes and apologize to Mourinho.

Mourinho kept nodding his head, and he was still very satisfied with his players, because compared to the scandals and scandals of young players from other clubs, the new Manchester United players are very positive, but he still hopes that they can be more professional and more loyal to the club.

"Well, according to our agreement, if you make a mistake, you will be punished, all clubbers will be suspended for three games, and at the same time a week's salary will be deducted, if you do it again, then I'm sorry, you will be in the transfer market!"

Mourinho said non-negotiably.

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