Green Journey

Chapter 473 Contradictory Mourinho!
But as the game time passed, people did not see Manchester United, to be precise, Mourinho's offense.

The 4231 position that appeared briefly at the beginning disappeared without a trace.

Instead, the defensive positions of 451 and 532 are switched back and forth.

Manchester United's overall formation is still in their own half most of the time, which is obviously a defensive and counterattack style of play.

"Damn it, why are you still defending and counterattacking?!!!"

"Who can tell me what happened?!!"

"What is this Portuguese doing?!!!"

"Damn!! I'm done! This is Old Trafford! This is the Theater of Dreams!!!"

Seeing that in the first 10 minutes of the game, instead of a large-scale attack on Manchester City, they were beaten by Manchester City outside their penalty area, and the mentality of Manchester United fans exploded.

Fans are not very sensitive to things at the tactical level, so many people don't quite know what caused the current situation.

They don't think this is Mourinho's intention, otherwise there is no need to arrange four attacking players.

In the 12th minute of the game, after Chu Zheng took the ball in the middle, he saw that Manchester United quickly retracted their formation to the front of the penalty area, forming a 541 formation. Chu Zheng stepped forward and entered the 30-meter area along the middle.

After bringing the ball up, seeing that Carrick in front of him didn't come out, Chu Zheng, who slowed down, kicked his feet, and then fired directly with one step.

For a while, heavy artillery roared.

The ball hit the Manchester United goal guarded by De Gea like a white shell.

In front of the goal, De Gea took a step to the right. After leaning to the right, his feet suddenly rushed out sideways, and his right fist accurately knocked the ball that Chu Zheng sent flying.

"Huh!!!!!!!!!!" Suddenly Old Trafford was in an uproar!
"David de Gea made a timely save, which could have been a wonderful goal!" Ferdinand exclaimed in the BBC live broadcast room.

"Carrick was hesitant. He should have rushed to Chu's body just now, but he didn't do that. He has to be more careful and concentrate!" Lineker watched the slow-motion replay on TV with a smile, "Chu Its range can threaten the goal even if it is 35 meters away!"

"Yes! Chu reminds me of Batty!" Ferdinand nodded in agreement, "Chu's long-range shot can almost be said to be a shot with his legs on the spot, but it still has great strength. It could be a disaster for Manchester United."

"This monster!" On the field, in the restricted area, De Gea got up, shook his right hand several times, looked at Chu Zheng outside the restricted area, and muttered.

"Pay attention to long shots, don't let them kick easily!!!" De Gea shouted to his teammates.

With such strength and angle of shooting, if Chu Zheng is allowed to make a few more shots, he is really not sure that he will be able to throw it every time.

Outside the penalty area, seeing De Gea save the ball, Chu Zheng covered his mouth and nose with his hands, then shook his head and laughed.

In the front row below the stands where the Manchester City fans were, Lin Gou regretted to Chu Ling who was beside him: "If Xiao Zheng's corner kick was a little further to the left, the duck might not be able to catch it."

"Duck?" Chu Ling was stunned, looking at the figure of De Gea in front of the door, "It doesn't look like a duck either! The bamboo pole is almost the same!"

"Eh! Bamboo pole?!" Lin Gou looked at his wife and blinked, then nodded decisively, "It makes sense!"

Soon, Manchester City's offensive resumed, and it was still Chu Zheng.

In the 15th minute of the game, Toure also came up.

After he got the ball transferred from the rib cross in the right half, he quickly moved diagonally from the center to the left rib.

Seeing that Chu Zheng and De Bruyne, who were also on the ribs, were being guarded, he looked to the left again.

Seeing Kolarov coming up, he quickly lifted his feet and parted ways.

On the outside of the penalty area, Kolarov stopped the ball with his left foot and stood still.

The rib De Bruyne quickly ran from the upper corner of the penalty area to the bottom line of the wing.

Valencia quickly pushed out, and Martial also quickly settled in the upper corner of the rear defense line to make up for Valencia.

For a while, Manchester United's defensive formation became 532, which caused the left rib area to change from a two-man defense to a one-man defense.

Kolarov saw that Chu Zheng and Sterling on the ribs in front of him formed a two-on-one local advantage against Carrick, and he quickly passed the ball across to Chu Zheng in front of Carrick.

The moment the ball was played, the experienced Carrick quickly adjusted his position and was directly stuck between Chu Zheng and Sterling, and the three stood in a vertical straight line.

At the same time, Carrick quickly went up to the top, compressing Chu Zheng's holding space.

Smalling, who was in the penalty area line in the ribs, saw Carrick was hit by one and two. He immediately directed Fellaini at the top of the arc to make up for it, and then quickly pushed out of the penalty area to guard Sterling.

All this happened in the last moment of Kolarov's pass.

On Chu Zheng's side, seeing Carrick and Smolin's choice, he was so happy that he couldn't help thinking about it.

So he started to turn to the right before catching the ball, as if he was going to give the ball to the right side before stopping. There was an obvious tendency to face the crossbar after stopping the ball in the middle.

After Carrick saw it, his defensive center of gravity was quickly attracted to the front left side.

He also thought that Chu Zheng was going to turn the ball around before stopping, and then take advantage of the momentum and rush into the middle.

So he was going to block Chu Zheng's horizontal line, and it would be best if he could steal the ball directly.

However, the moment he rushed to Chu Zheng's side, he saw that the moment Chu Zheng turned around and touched the ball with his right foot, it was not a stop and then started to take the ball to the middle, but a kickback.

Immediately, the ball rolled to Chu Zheng's left side, which was also Carrick's front right side.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Zheng kicked heavily on the ground with his right foot, turned his body around in an instant with the help of a powerful explosive force, and then ejected and rushed past Carrick.

This time, there was no one blocking Chu Zheng's ribs.

In the upper corner of the penalty area, Martial, who had followed De Bruyne before, realized the danger and immediately wanted to step up.

But it's too late.

And because Smalling was fished out from the defense by Sterling, a gap in the defense line appeared in the right rib area of ​​Manchester United's penalty area.

What Chu Zheng wanted was Smolin's gap behind him.

He did not make any adjustments after following up, swung his right foot with an outer instep and slanted the ball directly into the middle.

The ball jumped from the right side of Smalling, then rolled behind him in an arc, and went straight to the penalty spot in the middle.

At the same time, on the line of the penalty area before the penalty kick, Aguero started and ran towards the ball.

But Blinder beside him was not slow to react.

In the next second, at the moment when Aguero directly hit the goal with his left foot on the left front of the small penalty area, Blind also stretched out his right foot in time, completing a precise and timely block.

"Huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Dream Theater screamed for the second time, and was terrified by Chu Zheng again.

"A very beautiful turning kick and quick start to get rid of!" LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun praised, "Every movement is almost perfect, and the timing of the ball is not bad, just behind Smalling. .”

Zhan Jun nodded and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Blind's defensive attention is very concentrated this time, and he followed very closely. He predicted in advance that Aguero would directly hit the goal."

"Yes! Manchester City's current coordination of the ribs, the pulling, and the bait are performing their duties, and the coordination is getting smoother and smoother. It is hard to guard against." Zhang Lu praised.

"Chu's starting speed and reaction are very strong, Carrick can't keep up with his movements at all." Lineker also praised Chu Zheng in the BCC live broadcast room.

"This is Chu's physical talent!" Ferdinand pointed to the regretful Chu Zheng in the camera, "Great strength and flexibility appeared on Chu's body at the same time. God is so partial to him. His body is like this. Very rare in football, the last one was Ronaldo."

"Chu, like Ronaldo, is a super genius who combines strength, speed, skill, ball feel, vision, and flexibility." Lineker laughed.

“Excellent!!!”

"Crack, clap, clap!!!!"

On the sidelines, Guardiola smiled brightly. This is the beautiful football he hoped to see, a close to perfect cooperation, but unfortunately no goal was born.

Next to the coaching area, Mourinho frowned.

The current situation on the field can fully explain what it means that the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

As guessed by the media before the game, Mourinho adopted the most primitive tactical strategy of kicking the ball from the backcourt and scrambling for the frontcourt in this game.

The fundamental reason is that neither Fellaini nor Carrick could quickly complete the task of quickly connecting the front and back courts under the huge pressure exerted by the Manchester City midfielder.

Even if he allows Lingard's retreat to help, the role he can play now seems to be very limited.

So he just skipped the midfield and took the risk of sending four good attackers, trying to combine long-distance backcourt delivery to increase the fighting efficiency of the frontcourt, seeking to directly attack Manchester City.

For this reason, he also put Rashford, who is very athletic and tough, on the left side to assist in defense.

Also moved Mkhitaryan, Lingard, and Martial to the right area, hoping that these three can continue to maintain the tacit understanding shown on the offensive end during this period.

Lindega is still slightly behind to assist the double midfielder Carrick and Fellaini.

On the defensive line, due to Bailey's injury, Smalling and Blind are currently the only central defenders he can get.

Damian and Valencia, the veteran left by Ferguson, defended the two wings.

This 4231 is an offensive-oriented adjustment he was forced to make when no one was available.

But the current situation on the court makes his tactics look a bit contradictory.

Now not only can they not compete for the long pass from the backcourt in the frontcourt, these people also seem a little awkward because they have left the familiar area.

Especially Martial and Mkhitaryan, they struggled a bit on the right, and haven't seen much tacit understanding yet.

If it's just that, that's all, but the problem is that Kolarov on the left of Manchester City has not been continuously attacked due to their incompatibility on the right, so that Manchester City's left remains active.

The athletic ability of Damian and Fellaini is also weaker than that of Manchester City. When they meet Sane and Walker behind him, who is both physically and fast, Damian and Rashford are also weaker. I couldn't go up at all, so I had to frequently recover to help the team defend.

In this way, the tactical effect that Mourinho hoped to receive before the game was not achieved, and these two offensive lines were abolished.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were also analyzing Manchester United's chaos from the opening to the period.

"On the surface, Manchester United has increased their attackers, but because of Pogba's absence and the lack of the fulcrum of Ibrahimovic, they cannot get more offensive opportunities."

"And the change of one person that Mourinho invested more in the offensive end did not work at all because of the full dedication of Manchester City's Chu Zheng, Yaya Toure and De Bruyne on the defensive end. The first point of field delivery is suppressed, and the second point of fighting is at a disadvantage, which leads to the problem of extremely low attack delivery efficiency."

After listening to Zhang Lu's analysis, Zhan Jun grinned and said, "So in today's game, Gua Shuai took the upper hand again."

"It's a good move for Chu Zheng not to press forward frequently. It not only strengthens Manchester City's air defense capability, but also improves Manchester City's ability to intercept and steal in the midfield. It's just above Manchester United's seven inches." No matter how Zhang Lu looked at it, Zhan Jun seemed to be a little gloating.

But from the point of view of his die-hard Liverpool fans, it is not surprising.

No way, Manchester United does have a lot of enemies in the Premier League, but this just proves how good Manchester United was once.

On the field, Manchester United's chaos continued, giving people the feeling that this was not a Manchester derby at all.

Manchester United fans are worried.

The fans of Manchester City are full of excitement. This is the scene they want to see, and it is best to kick the noisy neighbor opposite to death.

But after all, Manchester United is also a wealthy team composed of a large group of stars. Although the overall performance is not very good, the individual players still have some flashes.

In the 19th minute of the game, Lingard received a long pass from the backcourt in the midfield and quickly turned around and took the ball into the Manchester City half.

But when he came to the front of the 30-meter area in the middle, Otamendi chased back and was on the left side of Lingard, and he was about to lean over and entangle him.

At this time, Kompany had already settled in front of the two, staring at Rashford who was leaning from the left side to the center.

On the right side of Lingard, Kolarov is also running across, preparing to pinch and steal the ball with Otamendi left and right.

Lingard saw that it was difficult to pass to Rashford, so he suddenly slowed down and changed direction flexibly to the right. Not only did he successfully catch Otamendi by surprise, but he also made Kolarov miss the air.

Taking advantage of the short time difference between Otamendi's deceleration and restart, and Kolarov's turning around, he quickly brought the ball to the left rib area of ​​​​Manchester City on the right.

But as soon as he entered the rib area, before he could stand on his heels, a huge force suddenly came from the right back, and Lingard fell to his stomach immediately.

Seeing Lingard being overthrown by Chu Zheng in one round, Mourinho looked helpless.

This is one of the scariest things about Chu Zheng, participating in competitions all the time.

Whether it's offensive or defensive, you can always find him in the camera.

It was at this moment that Mourinho realized that he could not wait any longer.

A change has to be made!
Otherwise, let Manchester City play without pressure and calmly, they will definitely be in bad luck.

So taking advantage of a dead ball, he quickly called Manchester United captain Carrick to the sidelines, and then Mourinho's new tactical instructions were quickly passed to the ears of every Manchester United player on the field.

Now that this line of thinking has been proven wrong, he will change it.

In terms of on-the-spot adjustments, both Mourinho and Guardiola have had magical on-the-spot commands, and the two can be said to be evenly matched.

But there is one thing Mourinho is better than Guardiola.

That is Mourinho's paranoia is reflected in the pursuit of victory.

And Guardiola's paranoia is tactical. Sometimes there is a problem but he just remains unmoved, making it completely unclear what he is thinking in his marinated egg.

It soon became apparent that Manchester United's chaos had disappeared with the delivery of Mourinho's new tactical instructions.

Mourinho, who doesn't do anything and concentrates on defensive counterattacks, is back.

Immediately afterwards, there were frequent accidents, with strong uncertain factors, fierce collisions, and the Manchester Derby, which was full of gunpowder, also came late after that!
(End of this chapter)