mtl008 Chapter 1004 Farewell, Mourinho!
Chapter 1004 Farewell, Mourinho!
Chapter 1004 Farewell, Mourinho!
On the weekend, in the fifth round of No.30 in the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Wolves away.
In order to better prepare for the second round of the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona next week, Guardiola did not bring the main lineup south this time. Including Su Dong, many players who participated in the first round of the Champions League were all left in Manchester.
Against the Wolves, who have basically locked in a relegation spot, Manchester City really doesn't need to be too mobilized.
The process of the game was a little twists and turns, mainly because half an hour before the opening, Manchester City created a lot of opportunities, but Aguero and Dzeko failed to grasp the opportunities, resulting in the team's delay in scoring.
Until later, Leighton Bynes put in a back and sent a wonderful pass. Aguero sent the ball into the bottom of the Wolves goal net with no defense at the front of the small penalty area.
After changing sides in the second half, Dzeko sent a through pass in the 704th minute. Hazard broke into the penalty area to form a solo goal. He scored again and sealed the victory for Manchester City.
With goals from Aguero and Hazard, Manchester City beat Wolves [-]-[-] away.
After losing this relegation battle, the Wolves have been relegated three rounds ahead of schedule.
With this victory, Manchester City is one step closer to the season's unbeaten record.
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When Manchester City beat Wolves [-]-[-] in the away game, the Clasico was also ignited at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, Spain, and Barcelona played Real Madrid at home.
Both teams attach great importance to this game, because Real Madrid currently has four points more than Barcelona. As long as they win this game, there is basically no suspense about the La Liga championship this season.
Barcelona, on the other hand, hopes to reverse the situation, win Real Madrid at home, shorten the point gap between the two sides, and at the same time get out of the shadow of losing to Manchester City at home, and boost morale for the second round of the Champions League semi-final in the middle of next week.
But the result of the game is still very surprising.
Barcelona, who played at home, once again deployed a three-back formation. Mourinho is obviously determined to justify his midweek Champions League defeat at home, and even did not hesitate to adopt the same tactics to face Real Madrid.
Pellegrini learned lessons from the midweek Champions League match. As Cruyff said in his column, he clearly saw Barcelona's problems and weaknesses. He played a [-] formation in the away game, and he used a more defensive and counterattack posture to face Barcelona.
The two sides fought fiercely in the game, and no one held back.
Barcelona had the ball while Real Madrid defended and waited patiently for Barcelona to make a mistake.
This time it took only 7 minutes, and Real Madrid took advantage of a corner kick and Khedira scored a goal for Real Madrid.
Afterwards, Barcelona counterattacked wildly, but Real Madrid defended as firmly as Mount Tai.
In the No. 70 minute of the second half, Messi dribbled the ball and inserted a sudden cold arrow, successfully equalizing the score for Barcelona.
But only 3 minutes later, Yaya Toure's dribbling was cut off, Harvey Alonso moved to the left in a wide range, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly plugged in, stopped the ball and drove straight in, breaking Barcelona's goal again.
Two to one!
Subsequently, no matter how Barcelona counterattacked, Real Madrid defended impregnably and did not give their opponents any chance.
In the end, Real Madrid beat Barcelona [-]-[-] in the away game with goals from Khedira and Cristiano Ronaldo.
As a result, the La Liga championship this season has basically been locked in Real Madrid.
The only battle for Barcelona now is the Champions League.
After losing two games in a row at the Nou Camp, Mourinho received a flood of accusations, especially his formation in these two games, which was even more criticized. The Catalan media even directly asked him to dismiss get out of class. Many fans also protested at the Nou Camp, demanding that Mourinho be responsible for the two recent defeats.
Not to mention the godfather of Barcelona, Cruyff, directly bombarded Mourinho's formation in the media, and at the same time pointed the finger at Barcelona's management.
Cruyff believes that Mourinho's success in Barcelona is not due to how good his coaching is, but because Barcelona has a group of outstanding players. As long as the head coach is on the level, it is not difficult to lead this group of Barcelona players to win the championship.
But now, the differences between Mourinho and Barcelona have become more and more obvious, and have even become Barcelona's negative equity, and the management is paying for the wrong decisions of the year.
Mourinho didn't think too much about his future. He even directly stated at the post-match press conference that he would not take the initiative to resign. If he left Barcelona, he must be fired.
This once again sparked an uproar in the media.
The reason is simple. There is no compensation for resigning voluntarily. If fired, Barcelona will have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages.
The Catalan media directly bombarded Mourinho for staying at the Nou Camp for money, and did not respect Barcelona at all.
For a time, the whole world paid attention.
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On the second day of the game, after the morning recovery training, Guardiola left the coaching staff and Su Dong. The topic of discussion was of course the next round of the game, and the most important thing was Barcelona's response.
Guardiola is guessing what kind of tactics Mourinho will adopt?
The current situation is extremely unfavorable to Mourinho, it can even be said to be very, very bad.
According to the Spanish media, he may dismiss get out of class anytime, anywhere.
The Daily Sports Daily has even selected the team members, that is, Mourinho's assistant Tito Vilanova.
The assistant coach is said to be Guardiola's assistant back then, but in recent years, their contact has become less.
Changing coaches is like changing knives.
Chelsea's reborn performance after the coaching change happened right before our eyes, and they directly reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
If after replacing Mourinho, Barcelona can really reverse the situation and reverse Manchester City in Manchester, I believe that the Barcelona management will never hesitate.
Today's Mourinho can be said to be betrayed by everyone. Except for his core coaching team and a few humerus players in the team, basically no one supports him, and even Yaya Toure has complaints about him.
It's no wonder that the character of the Ivorian midfielder has never been a nice man.
In this case, what kind of tactics will Mourinho adopt?
Mourinho has always claimed to know Su Dong very well. Every time he meets Su Dong, he will tell the outside world that no one knows Su Dong better than him, because he has watched Su Dong grow from an unknown kid in Portugal to the No. 1 in active football in the world.
He said that he knew Su Dong very well, and he was right.
But Su Dong also knew him very well.
"The more we get to this kind of time, the more cautious we have to be, because Mourinho is a very gambler."
Su Dong talked about his understanding of Mourinho. This is definitely not his word, but real evidence.
Mourinho has a heavy gamble, which is reflected in many aspects, including his coaching career, including some of his formations, especially in some games, he even did not hesitate to give it a go.
Of course, the bets here are also differentiated.
Generally speaking, Mourinho is seeking stability, he will choose the most sure way, and he is a head coach with a strong desire for control, so most of the time, he is slightly conservative.
But once he was forced to the point where he had no way out, or when his temper flared up, he would not hesitate to take a big gamble.
"You mean, he will bet on the second round?" Guardiola asked with concern.
Su Dong nodded, "I think it's very possible."
After a pause, Su Dong explained: "Now everyone is accusing him of being conservative, but Mourinho has always insisted on his point of view. He thinks that if he presses out against us, he has no confidence in defense, but it will be obviously different in the next round."
Manchester City has an away goal at the Nou Camp, which requires Barcelona to score in Manchester.
If Mourinho still adopts conservative tactics, this will be very unfavorable for the second round.
Therefore, Su Dong believes that Mourinho is likely to go all out directly, take a big gamble, attack a wave in the away game, grab away goals, and at the same time reverse the unfavorable situation in the first round.
If he wins the bet, Mourinho will definitely say that he did it on purpose in the first leg, just to grab the second leg; if he loses the second leg, he will tell everyone directly, look, it’s not that I don’t want to take the initiative to attack, but you have all seen it. Taking the initiative to attack Manchester City is killing yourself.
Anyway, he won anyway.
Guardiola and his assistants looked at each other in blank dismay, and couldn't help being a little surprised.
Mourinho always said that he knew Su Dong better than anyone else, but now it seems that Su Dong also knows him very deeply.
It's not surprising if you think about it carefully. After all, when Mourinho coached Leiria, Su Dong already knew him. Later, Su Dong played for Sporting Lisbon and Mourinho coached Porto. The two often met on the court.
It is said that the team that Mourinho led to play for Su Dong has never won.
"When you say that now, we all feel that Mourinho knows you far less than you know him." Estiat laughed.
Guardiola and others couldn't help but smile too.
This kind of targeted match in the Champions League knockout round is, to put it bluntly, a guess about what tactics the opposing coach will adopt.
In order to guess the opponent's coach's tactics, in addition to the objective factors such as the game situation and lineup configuration, the subjective factors of the coach are also very important. Some coaches are naturally adventurous, while some coaches always seek stability.
For this kind of Champions League knockout match, it is not only a contest of strength and tactics between the two sides, but also a battle of wits between the coaches of the two teams.
After seeing off Guardiola and others, Su Dong turned around and looked to the south.
In Carrington, of course, Barcelona cannot be seen, but he can guess the situation of Mourinho at this moment.
As an old acquaintance, even a friend, Su Dong felt sympathy for his situation, and even felt a little bit wronged for him, but this is the cruelty of professional football, and he was mentally prepared from the day he coached Barcelona.
But as an opponent, he will help Manchester City and do everything possible to beat Mourinho and his Barcelona.
This is not only for Manchester City, but also for himself!
Farewell, Mourinho!
(End of this chapter)