Green Journey

Chapter 368 Mourinho strongly corrects his mistakes!

Taking advantage of the intermission, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also quickly replayed the first half of the game, analyzing the pros and cons of both sides' tactics.

"The starting lineup that Mourinho arranged in the first half was originally not a big problem."

"But the problem is that the style of play and arrangement are a little too conservative. The defensive line is placed too late, allowing Manchester City to calmly play to the edge of Manchester United's penalty area. At the same time, the midfielder is completely suppressed by Chu Zheng, so the counterattack cannot be fought. Get robbed frequently."

"Mourinho chose such an opening tactic to let Manchester City play like Barcelona!"

Zhan Jun nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, in a top match like the Manchester Derby, the strength is between equals, and the final result may be determined by a little detail, but the problem for Manchester United now is Mourinho Lost the whole first half."

"In fact, Mourinho realized in the 15th minute that the defense line was too far back, so he directed the players to put the defense line on the premise. Unfortunately, Manchester City had completely controlled the situation at that time, and Mourinho's on-the-spot adjustments had little effect. .”

"why?"

"Because he employs inappropriate people!" Zhang Lu asked herself and answered.

"Mourinho's employment in this game is indeed questionable." Zhan Jun nodded.

"Mourinho made three mistakes in the first half!" Zhang Lu continued: "The first is improper employment!"

"Mkhitaryan and Lingard are on the left and right. The former is still adapting to the rhythm of the Premier League, and the latter is not recovering from injury."

"Mkhitaryan's performance can be said to be unsatisfactory. He seemed a little at a loss under the pressure of Manchester City, but he could barely see it. However, Lingard's performance can only be described as miserable. The entire first half He only had 13 touches."

"So Lingard can be said to have no sense of existence today, running around like a headless fly. His enigmatic performance has even tricked Luke Shaw, who is good at assists. Manchester United has already been a self-made player at the beginning of the game. Abolish the two side roads."

"The second is the midfielder. Fellaini's physical fitness and interception ability are very strong, and his passing is relatively stable when the pressing pressure is not high. But today Manchester United is facing a team and tactics like Manchester City. The speed is slow, the coverage is small, and the weakness in ball control and delivery is highlighted at once, and it becomes an Achilles' heel."

"And when Fellaini was in trouble, Pogba, the midfield partner, naturally couldn't feel at ease."

"And Pogba is not the kind of player who is particularly willing to defend, and his defensive awareness is not that good."

"When Pogba decided to move to Manchester United, I said that he is actually not suitable to play as a midfielder. His strengths and weaknesses are actually obvious."

"Mourinho put him in the midfielder, unable to play Pogba's greatest strengths."

"Pogba is a player who is stronger in offense than defense. If he concentrates on defense, it's fine, but the key is that he is restless as a defensive midfielder. He always likes to move forward and easily loses his position."

"In this way, Manchester City's midfielder is in an embarrassing situation where they can't attack or defend."

"The third is facing Manchester City's pass control advantage. Manchester United's avant-garde defense is not good, and they are not aggressive enough to withstand Manchester City's multi-point attack!"

"Manchester City relied on exquisite pass control to continuously consolidate their numerical advantage in the midfield, and fully suppressed Manchester United from the two wings, ribs and center."

"Because there are enough people in the midfield to return to the defense, Otamendi and Kolarov in the defense also frequently press up to fill the defensive gaps, making Lingard and Mkhitaryan every time on the two sides. We have to face local multi-person defense and lose the ball frequently."

Hearing Zhang Lu's analysis, Zhan Jun nodded in agreement and said: "Guardiola is indeed amazing. We are not unfamiliar with his pass control system and frontcourt pressing tactical system, but it is amazing. In such a short period of time, he transformed Manchester City's players and played a flexible and smooth operation system."

"How long has it been?" Zhan Jun exclaimed, "Manchester City has only played 5 official games in the new season. Guardiola's coaching skills and tactical accomplishments are indeed impressive. He has integrated his football philosophy into Manchester City. Let Manchester City put his stamp on it."

"Now Manchester City's transmission and control system has begun to take shape, and this Manchester City team already has its own temperament, strength and confidence."

"Everyone knows what Manchester City was like last season. Manchester City, Manchester City, slowly becoming, the rhythm of the game is simply a classic car."

"De Bruyne, Sterling, Silva and others are all there, but they just can't get up soon."

"But this season, Toure has been sidelined. Chu Zheng's joining seems to have replaced Manchester City with a super strong heart, allowing Manchester City to transform from a classic car into a supercar in an instant."

"Chu Zheng is in Manchester City's midfield. He can organize, control the speed, distribute the ball, schedule, sort out, break through, and defend. There is nothing he can't do. He is omnipotent. Manchester City team..."

Amid the discussions between the two, the 15-minute intermission passed in a flash.

In the second half, as expected, Mourinho directly replaced Lingard and Mkhitaryan with Herrera and Rashford at halftime.

After the game started, the positions of Manchester United players on the field also changed significantly.

The first is the change of Rooney's position, he came to the right.

Herrera and Fellaini partnered in the midfielder, Pogba was pushed to the 10th position by Mourinho, and Rashford made a counter-substitution.

These two substitutions are actually tantamount to Mourinho denying his formation in the first half.

Seeing Mourinho's adjustment, Manchester United fans immediately looked forward to it.

And Manchester United did not continue to disappoint the fans.

After the start of the game, Manchester United's back line premised on high-post man-marking in the frontcourt, competing with Manchester City for control of the midfield, trying to prevent Manchester City's smooth pass and control system from running smoothly, and their performance was extremely aggressive and crazy.

Mourinho's tactical adjustment put tremendous pressure on Manchester City's midfield.

Fernandinho, who was delayed, obviously became more strenuous after Chu Zheng went up, and frequently needed Chu Zheng's retreat or the support of the central defender.

From the 47th minute of the opening of the second half, the hidden dangers in Manchester City's defense began to make mistakes under the tremendous pressure exerted by Manchester United.

Facing Bailishe's ball to the wing, Sagna obviously seized his position, but was carried by Rashford behind him, his center of gravity was unbalanced and he squatted, allowing the ball to slip from his feet to his back.

Rashford took the ball and drove straight in. After crossing the left line of the penalty area, Stones, Fernandinho and Sagna lined up in front of him.

Seeing that there was no possibility of a breakthrough, Rashford waited for Ibrahimovic in the middle to follow up, and picked the ball directly.

Ibrahimovic swung his leg sideways again, raised his foot on the small restricted area line in the middle and hit the goal directly in the air.

Kolarov couldn't move Ibrahimovic at all, so he had to stretch his feet to block. In the end, he successfully interfered with Ibrahimovic, causing the ball to be shot into the stands.

In the 49th minute of the game, Manchester United's high frontcourt pressure once again had an excellent effect.

On the right side of Manchester City's halftime center circle, Stones took the ball and was pressed by Ibrahimovic's forward rush for the first time.

Stones was so frightened by Ibrahimovic's figure and momentum, he quickly turned around and played the ball to the left half.

As a result, the moment he kicked, Otamendi, who was standing parallel to him and to the left of the center circle, made a huge tacit error.

On the arc of the middle circle, Rooney quickly speeds up and advances.

Otamendi also rushed towards the ball, fell to the ground and shoveled.

But Rooney is closer and a steal.

Rooney came to the ball and stretched out his foot to feint a shot. He didn't touch the ball at all, but let the ball continue to roll to the right.

This caused Otamendi to make a misjudgment, let it go without a tackle, and let Rooney jump over him.

When Rooney came to the upper right corner of the penalty area, Fernandinho also entered the right rib area at the top of the arc in time to make up for it, and Otamendi took advantage of the trend to move inward.

Rooney saw Fernando, Otamendi, and Stones immediately set up a line of defense. He was very resolute, and directly kicked a cross from the upper right corner of the penalty area and clicked.

The ball was of a very high level and landed on the left sideline of the small penalty area.

In the next second, Ibrahimovic was in place and took off with a header.

"fool!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing Ibrahimovic hammering the ball directly into Bravo's arms next to the approach post, there were short exclamations from the stands on all sides of the Dream Theater.

Countless Manchester United fans hugged their heads one after another, looking annoyed and regretful.

(End of this chapter)