Extraordinary coach

"Playing against each other. This is really surprising. So, Allardyce, who do you think will have the advantage in this situation?" Martin Taylor sighed.

Allardyce frowned and said, "Well~ If it's a head-on attack, Manchester United should still have the advantage."

"Why?"

"Overall strength. In terms of the lineups of both teams on the field today, Manchester United still has the advantage. Moreover, Manchester United's bench also has Rooney, Lingard, Martial and other offensive players. Mourinho can adjust the offensive direction at any time. But Sun is not so lucky. It is currently the best formation of the Nice team."

Allardyce's words are quite insightful.

In terms of overall strength, Manchester United really has a big advantage.

Manchester United's side is: center forward Rashford A-level, midfielder Mata, Fellaini, Mkhitaryan are also A-level. The double defensive midfielders are much more powerful, Herrera A-level, Pogba reached A+ level. The defenders are relatively weak. But the central defenders Smalling and Herrera both have A-level strength. The two sidebacks are weaker, Valencia and Damian are only B+ strength.

Obviously, Manchester United has the strongest waist and relatively weak defenders.

Of course, this weakness is only compared with other giants. If it is against Nice's defense line, it is still better. Nice has only one A-level, one B+ level, and two B-level defenders. This defense line looks a bit weak.

And the midfield is far inferior to Manchester United. Seri is A-level, Tamezer is B-level, and Sprian is B-level.

The only thing that Nice can compete with Manchester United is the forward line.

Salah is A+ level, Balotelli is A-level, and Adriano is B-level. Adriano is special here. His real strength is only B-level now, but once he is stimulated to the peak state, Sun Yi can't say what level it is. Conservatively estimated, there should be at least A+.

It was precisely because he understood the strengths and weaknesses of both sides that Sun Yi made Nice's tactics tend to attack.

"I can't believe it. Mourinho actually dared to attack." Dio said with a sigh.

"It seems that everyone wants to play a surprise! This is a real surprise." Sun Yi said with a smile.

Originally, for Nice, it was really a very good choice to park the bus. It was just that Sun Yi did not park the bus in order to achieve the surprise and make good use of his team's offensive firepower.

Unexpectedly, Mourinho had the same idea.

"If that's the case, then the next step is to fight for offense. This is good for us." Dio said happily.

"That's not necessarily the case. Now this game looks like it's a fight for offense on the surface, but it's actually a fight for defense. It depends on who makes fewer mistakes. Especially in the first half." Sun Yi shook his head.

"Even so, I still think it's more advantageous for us. We have Salah, Balotelli and Adriano on the front line. No one can stop our attack. Mourinho's Manchester United can't either." Dio seemed very confident.

"Then wait, you will understand." Sun Yi didn't say anything more.

"..." Dio was even more confused after hearing what Sun Yi said.

Soon, the two of them returned their attention to the field.

The situation on the field was also very clear, and both sides were playing offensive football.

Although Manchester United's offense also created a lot of threats, it was still a long way from scoring. Moreover, Manchester United seemed a little less sharp to set up a formation to fight a positional battle. This is the characteristic of Mourinho's coaching.

It should be said that offense has always been Mourinho's weakness.

Nice's offensive organization is much smoother. But their offense today is far from the strongest.

The reason is that Adriano failed to perform as expected by the outside world, but instead became a member of the Nice team's offense.

"What is Adriano doing? How come he is addicted to playing dumb? Everyone knows his strength now. Even if he plays dumb, no one will believe him." Seeing Adriano's performance that couldn't keep up with the rhythm, Dio said unhappily.

"..." Sun Yi didn't know how to explain to Dio.

In fact, Adriano's performance is just the best portrayal of his current B-level strength. It's not a question of playing dumb or not.

Don't look at Adriano as the captain on the field, and he also wears the lucky clover captain's armband. But the "Peak Inspiration" on the captain's armband does not meet the activation conditions at all. Therefore, Adriano can't have a good performance now.

Sun Yi is the one who knows the situation best. This is why he didn't agree with Dio's words before.

And knowing that Adriano will not have a good performance for the time being, he still lets him start. In fact, just like in the last French League Cup final, it is just to bluff. To help Balotelli and Salah attract defensive firepower.

At present, this trick is still quite effective.

Like Emery, Mourinho also attached great importance to Adriano. A large number of defensive forces were arranged next to him.

This made Nice, which secretly focused its offensive focus on other places, more threatening in attack.

Unfortunately, although Nice created a great threat in attack, it was temporarily unable to score a goal.

In this way, in the comparison of offense and defense between the two sides, Nice naturally had a slight advantage.

However, the good times did not last long. After only 20 minutes of play, Mourinho seemed to have seen through the situation of Nice.

He hesitated for a moment, then took advantage of the dead ball to come to the sidelines and called Pogba over and told him: "Go down and tell the others to stop focusing on Adriano. Focus on defending Salah and Balotelli instead."

After Pogba went back to pass the message, Manchester United soon gave up focusing on Adriano. They shifted their attention to Salah and Balotelli.

As Manchester United changed, when Nice organized an offensive, they encountered significantly greater resistance. It became obviously more difficult to attack. This caused Nice's offensive threat to begin to decline significantly.

The offensive threat of Nice declined, and the containment effect was not as good as before, which in turn increased the pressure on their own defense.

The situation on the field gradually leaned towards Manchester United.

Seeing that his team began to gain the upper hand, Mourinho raised his mouth.

Sun, you take it for granted. You are still too young. Experience is something that needs to be accumulated. Haha.

Sun Yi was already frowning at this moment.

I didn't expect to be discovered so quickly. I thought I could fool them for half the game, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. You are really experienced.

It has come to this, let's change it.

Sun Yi's brows were relaxed, and then he came to the sidelines and made a commanding gesture.

"Abandon the No. 2 tactic, and start playing the No. 1 tactic now!"