Legend of Green: Rise of the Red Rebels

Jose Mourinho is not currently in charge of how FC United prepare for the League Cup final, and United have not finished in the top four after losing to Manchester City in the fourth round of the league. Although the league has been unbeaten in 16 consecutive games (in reality, from October 29, 2016 to May 7, 2017 a total of 26 unbeaten matches), but 16 games with seven draws, the league ranking has been in sixth place, if not for the good results of the League Cup and Europa League, I am afraid Mourinho would have caused the dissatisfaction of Manchester United's senior management.

Mourinho is also unhappy with his players, often criticizing them in post-match interviews.

"The second goal conceded, when Amrabat took the ball, our left-back was 25 metres away from him, he should have been within five metres. But even at a distance of 25 meters, you should have pounced and pressed, but no, he was just waiting and watching.

"Smalling believes that the body can't give 100 percent of its state with pain. Luke Shaw told me this morning that he couldn't play. "

Some people will go out of their way to play, they're brave. Some players don't play with a little pain. "

If I talk to a lot of amazing players in this team in the past, they'll say there are a lot of times they've played when they're not 100 per cent fit."

These are Mourinho's critical words to the players in his post-match interview, arguing that the players simply did not give their full strength in the game, otherwise the team would not have had so many draws.

With one foot already on one foot after winning 3-0 at home to Saint-Etienne after the first leg of qualifying for the Europa League, United can also have the mind to prepare for the FA Cup and League Cup.

Mourinho just glanced at Blackburn's information in the office and threw it aside, and in the eyes of the madman, Blackburn was not worried at all, opened a folder on the computer with "FC United" written on it, opened one of the videos, and watched it.

After a long time, Mourinho's assistant Rui Faria walked in, saw Mourinho watching the video of his opponent in the League Cup final, took two glasses of water from the water cooler and put it on the table, pulled a chair and sat next to him to watch the video of the FC United game together.

"Rui, what kind of team do you think this FC United is?"

After watching a video, Mourinho asked his assistant.

Rui Faria has been with Mourinho since Porto in 2002 and naturally knows what he wants to ask.

"Very strong, they are not an ordinary Championship team, they don't have stars in the team, but they feel that everyone is a star, you see this high school forward, whether it is heading or foot ability has the Premier League level, and the speed is not slow, the counter-tackle is also very positive, it is simply a weakened version of Torres, and their two full-backs, can go up and down, one can score a goal and one can cross, and you can't find a few better attacking full-backs in the Premier League than them."

Faria was more and more surprised, after knowing that the opponent in the Manchester United final was FC United, Faria did not pay much attention to this opponent, he did not understand the connection between Manchester United and FC United, and did not read much about the Championship, at this time, when he saw that FC United had many players who were better than ordinary Premier League players, he immediately put away his thoughts of underestimating the enemy.

"And their goalkeeper is also very good, not the Finn, who is almost retiring, but the African, good bounce, quick reflexes, good positioning, that is, the technique under the feet is a little rougher, if we don't already have David, otherwise I would really want to buy him." And the young Nos. 14 and No. 7 gave me a glimpse of Frank Lampard and Duff.

Mourinho looked at the computer and smiled, as if remembering his old subordinates.

"Not only that, but I actually followed them three years ago, you know? The team was an amateur team five years ago and would have been able to meet them in the Premier League this season if it hadn't been for an accident last year.

Mourinho drank all the water from his glass, leaned back in his seat and said to Faria.

"Amateur team? Oh, I remember, at first I thought they were just in Manchester, they were the same team that was founded by Manchester United fans.

"That's right, it's them, I've watched the video of these games and I already know the level of this team."

"What do you say?"

Mourinho looked at his assistant and said every word very clearly.

"The lower limit is the middle table of the Premier League, and the upper limit is the Europa League qualification."

Faria was stunned, is this a review of a Championship team? He is very skeptical of Mourinho's judgment, but over the years, he rarely makes mistakes, is this Championship team really so strong?

Mourinho saw the doubts of his assistant and pulled out a video and said.

"You look at their goal, the full-back comes out of the ball and then cuts forward, a few people in the middle quickly pass the ball into the air, and then the full-back crosses, the striker grabs the goal, these balls are the same, but the direction and passing method have changed, and the point that makes me think more highly of them is here, the full-back inserts the assist, and their midfield immediately separates one person to move closer to that side, protecting the full-back assist in the space left by the front, and the mobile protection of the back, their defense line is almost one."

"Hiss."

Faria gasped, this perfect tactical system and defense method he is certainly no stranger, in the top league for more than ten years, many teams do not have such a mature tactical system, let alone really achieve on the field, and see them play so tacitly, I am afraid that this team began to build a tactical system very early.

As the head coach of the team, leading the team and building the team are two concepts, and the team only needs to buy players who can improve the team's strength according to the existing staffing, and find a way to win with the right tactics. The establishment of the team is to develop in the long term, not only to consider the current achievements of the team, but also to cultivate the young people in the team and build a set of core that belongs to the team.

From the current point of view, FC United has achieved the point of team building, step by step upgrade, immediately on the Premier League stage is proof of their success, and Manchester United, since Ferguson's retirement, Moyes, Van Gaal have not been able to lead the team to play well, what results can Mourinho make?

The more Faria thought about it, the more he felt that this team was not simple, looking at the introduction of the FC United head coach, he turned out to be an Asian coach, and he was not yet 30 years old!

Mourinho turned off the video and looked solemnly at Faria.

"Rui, we have something to do, immediately gather all the information about FC United, try to analyse as much as possible the starting line-up and tactics they will send in the Carabao Cup, we can't underestimate them just because they are a Championship team, we have to prepare them as an opponent on a par with Manchester United.

"Yes!"