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There is a saying that can be seen in the off-field commentary, as a profession and a world-class manager, Mourinho has no reason not to see it.

What's more, the first time he saw it, Mourinho began to think about how to deal with it.

Against the traditional English style of long passes, Mourinho has as many methods as a basket of methods as a Premier manager.

The main reason why this game was caught off guard by Dortmunho was that Mourinho did not expect Dortmund to play so simply and did not check for a while.

Now that you have the preparation, the next step is simple.

As we all know, the best way to deal with long pass rushing is two points.

The first point is to curb the offensive initiation point, that is, the player who starts the long pass, through the high pressing of the frontcourt player, so that the opponent has no way to comfortably shoot the ball, even if it cannot block the opponent's long pass, as long as the pressing is in place, it can greatly reduce the quality of its passing and improve the possibility of its mistakes.

Specific to this game, it can be seen that Mourinho, who currently holds his own must-kill book, has refined this first tactic.

As we all know, the long pass is actually the weakness of most players, such as the current Dortmund squad, there are actually only 3 people with such footwork - Kyle, Gundogan, Hummels. Don't be afraid that Piszczek had a seemingly successful long pass in the first half to help the team score, and that goal seemed to Mourinho to be more accidental and difficult to replicate.

The next arrangement is simple, and later in the game, Real Madrid will focus on the three mentioned above in front of the midfield, and the others will take the ball at the back and give the right pressure, and the first point will be completed.

Then there is the second point, the offensive reception point in the front. Change the previous strategy of staring at people, limit the space for their activities through regional joint defense, and pay attention to protecting the second landing point when competing for the landing point. If it is a fast player, it can be pressed to move to the wing, because the overall coordination ability of the long pass rushing team is poor, it is easy to cut the connection between the midfield and the striker, and the point-grabbing attacking player is difficult to cause a threat to the goal once it is pressed to the wing.

This point is simpler to implement, Dortmund's front court receiving point is full of one Mu Yun, one person is not enough, I am on the double bag always line, right?

Well, by the way, at present, the frontal air defense ability of several defenders in the back of Real Madrid is only average, especially the 2 backs Alonso and Modric are not defensive players, plus 272 This game is also very confused in the offensive end, so thinking of Mourinho here is no longer entangled, a call over the bench Khedira, his own small book tactics to the former completely recounted, next, depending on his adjustment, useful or not is over.

After a simple warm-up on the sidelines, in the 15th minute of the second half and the 60th minute of the game, the home team Real Madrid played their third card of the game.

And as soon as this card came out, it was Florendino in the stadium box, even Klopp in the stands, and he didn't understand for a while which one Mourinho wanted to play.

The team is behind in the score, it is precisely when it is necessary to strengthen the attack to chase the point madly, the Real Madrid manager actually did the opposite, not only did not strengthen his own attack, but used a pure defensive back Khedira to replace the most creative 272 in his own front court, what medicine is sold in this gourd, Klopp really can't guess.

What medicine does Mourinho sell?

To put it bluntly, it is actually quite simple, this game to the current situation, he is responsible, before the game analyzed that the opponent's physical strength should not be as good as Real Madrid, Mourinho, who wanted to win the game too much, started 2 wrong points.

One is not using Benzema, the attack has scrapped an arm, and the second is the point of the back, there is a sentence, the team 3 lost the ball, it seems that it did not eat through the opponent's long pass rush this out, was caught off guard, in fact, the back back is not enough protection of the defense, 3 lost the ball, Alonso and Modric both assisted forward, resulting in Dortmund fast attack counterattack is, is simply facing the Real Madrid defense, either 3 to 3 or 3 to 2, such an opportunity, not scoring is strange.

Therefore, at this point in the game, for Mourinho, before strengthening his own attack, stabilizing his own defense is the first priority, otherwise I score one opponent and two goals, and in the end, I will face a big defeat.

As for the replacement of 272 will lead to the weakening of the team's offensive ability, Mourinho does not think so, in terms of the performance of the usual training matches, at this time in the Real Madrid team, but there is a person, creativity is not lost to 272, more importantly, unlike the famous 272, every game must be strictly defended by the opponent, this time the remaining master on the Real Madrid stadium is so insignificant.

And what can often kill people is not the kind of weapon that looks powerful, but this kind of dark weapon that is not visible.

As for whether the course of the final match can proceed as he guessed, Mourinho is not very sure, but today is a group stage, he still has room for trial and error, right? Even if he loses Dortmund in this game, he hasn't lost, Mourinho is a bachelor, are you afraid of this?

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So can Mourinho's another change of presence make a difference?

On the pitch, after the game returns, Dortmund, who has tasted the sweetness of the long pass, can tell you very responsibly that it is useful and useful.

Dortmund are professional footballers after all, and the long pass in this game is accurate one by one, and they naturally continue to use this trick without Klopp bringing any new instructions.

After a simple substitution by Mourinho, Dortmund's long pass punching tactics before were instantly unpleasant.

For the first time, Hummels' back line took the ball, still facing the pressing of the opposing 2 forward players, and in a hurry, Hummels' long pass went directly to the touchline, adding a mistake to himself.

Subsequently, Kyle, who did not believe in evil, finally got rid of the opponent's frontcourt pressing, a big foot strength was not well controlled, and the ball was directly taken by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 25th minute, Dortmund, who wanted to use a long pass for the third time, encountered a new problem, Gundogan ran well, got rid of Real Madrid's entanglement, and had a stable mental quality, sent a precise long pass, how did he expect that Mu Yun in front of him had not received the ball, first by the opponent's back Hedilla came to a football field to block, engaged Mu Yun detoured for a while, but it can be regarded as running to the point where the ball landed, Pepe and Varane had already swept each other.

Ben was in a hurry, plus 1V2, even Mu Yun, in the end, did not receive the pass from the back of his teammates as he wished, and the ball was easily pushed to Khedira on the side.

Then, before Dortmund could sigh and the good tactics suddenly disappeared, the Hedira, who had the ball, instantly took speed and started Dortmund's counterattack.

Knowing that moving forward is not his specialty, Khedira does not come nonsense, and as soon as he gets the ball, he accurately hands the ball to the feet of Alonso, who is not far from him.

After Brother Long took the ball, he didn't ink with you Dortmund, just on the edge of the center circle, he kicked a 45-meter oblique pass comparable to Rui Costa.

Seeing that the ball was about to penetrate his entire defense and accurately find Ronaldo who pulled to the right side, Schmelzer did not repeat the mistake of hesitation made by Varane this time, and when Ronaldo just got up to speed to pass by him, Schmelzer did not hesitate to stretch out a hand and pull Ronaldo out outside the corner of Dortmund's right penalty area.