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Chapter 126 Lin Yi's Melancholy

After the Champions League group ended, the outside news and comments did not really affect the internal order of the Porto team. Although the players were also sad for their next opponent, Mourinho showed it in front of the media and players. Calmness allowed them to gradually settle down.

"Even the boss doesn't think about the game, why should we worry about it?" Those players who were a little nervous also began to concentrate on themselves.

And Mourinho will never hide his ambition to win the opponent when he faces the team, so he told his players without reservation.

"Even if our opponent is Manchester United, I still need you to maintain a winning heart. Timidity will not help you."

"The first game was at our home court. This season, the Dragon Stadium has never been captured. I hope this record will continue."

Mourinho's determination made this group of guys who were already eager to win ignite the flame in their hearts. What can Manchester United do?win it!

Real Madrid can't take advantage of us, neither can Manchester United!No one can really conquer this dragon from Porto!

What's more, the first game is still on our territory, so give the group of Englishmen a grand welcome ceremony, of course, with goals!
Mourinho's confidence in wanting to win the game was transmitted to the Porto players, and the virus of winning began to spread within the team.

Igniting the team's desire to survive is only the first step for Mourinho, but he will not naively think that such a simple move can easily subdue a team of Manchester United's level. Two months seems to be more than enough.

During this period of time, Mourinho must find out the loopholes in his opponents, even if there is any problem, he will not let it go easily.

Mourinho now needs all kinds of information about Manchester United, even if it is the efficiency and physical condition of the opponent's main players, he needs to figure it out.

Especially the opponent's main players, their injuries are what Mourinho needs to know most. Any reduction in the opponent's combat strength is good news for the Porto team. Mourinho is not dead yet. The mind is so keen to bring down a complete Manchester United team.

Mourinho even asked da Costa to go to England to collect all kinds of news, as long as it was related to Manchester United, he wanted it all.

Even the number of times the group of Manchester United guys went out to have fun, he needs to know clearly, knowing himself and the enemy, in order to win the game.

In the current football game, this kind of off-the-board tricks sometimes gives the team an advantage in details. Mourinho also believes that details determine everything.

Now Mourinho's daily task is to get into his office with Brito to study the common lineups, conventional offensive tactics and main offensive routines of Manchester United in the last dozen games, and even the running routes of the main goal scorers. He has it all listed in his notebook.

He needs to sort out the most efficient offensive method for Manchester United. For a team with Ruud van Nistelrooy as the king of the small penalty area, Mourinho does not want to make mistakes.

Whether they can hold their own defense at the Dragon Stadium will be a severe test for Porto's defenders, Ruud van Nistelrooy is not so easy to watch.

But Mourinho will not put all his energy on defense. For the Porto team, he must require an offensive deterrent.

If the group of Englishmen are allowed to rush up, then what is waiting for the Porto team can only be passively beaten, or even accept the opponent's bombing in embarrassment.

You have to be entangled with your opponent near the arc of the middle circle, and you have to let the sharp knife in your hand always threaten the opponent's goal. It is definitely the most stupid way for the Premier League team to choose to defend with all their strength in their own half. In practice, what the England team lacks most is impact.

Especially when the height of his defensive players does not have an advantage, Mourinho will not passively choose to defend in his own half.

Waiting to be bombed by the English from high altitude at the front of your own penalty area?That's something only idiots would do. He is the originator of the long pass.

The battle must be carried out in the midfield. Facing veterans like Giggs and Scholes, Mourinho still has a lot to do.

The few offensive cards that Mourinho still has in hand will be an important means for him to defend the honor of the Porto team at the Dragon Stadium. In the next two months, the lore knife was honed to be more precise.

Manchester United's luxurious lineup is not the biggest headache for Mourinho. His biggest opponent now is not those players, but the opponent's coach.

Ferguson is the toughest opponent Mourinho has encountered so far. He has more experience than Mourinho, and he is also very cunning.

This kind of confrontation between the team commanders made Mourinho feel a little impulsive in his heart. To play an intellectual wrestling with this kind of green coach, perhaps it is more like a kind of enjoyment for Mourinho , he wants to beat his opponent, because only in that way can he prove his excellence.

"If you want to kill your opponent, you must understand him in all aspects, so from now on, you must let yourself think like the opponent."

Mourinho did not let go of every little move made by Ferguson. It can be seen that the old fox on the coaching bench gave him a lot of pressure.

Facing such an old fox on the green field, Mourinho can't expect him to make the same mistakes as Queiroz, he can only fight with each other.

Even Mourinho needs to confuse his opponents, just like they are studying Manchester United, the opponents must also be thinking about everything about the Porto team.

But now the Porto team has an advantage. Unlike Manchester United, they have to do their best to fight every opponent in the league. The current Porto team can squander their leading advantage in the standings. Mourinho You can change your team's formation at will.

Manchester United does not have this condition. The fierce confrontation in the Premier League forces Ferguson to go all out in every game. Even so, the points gap between them and Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool is still only one or two points. There is no slack.

Even in the rotation of the main lineup in the league, Ferguson needs to be extremely careful, otherwise, he will lose his points advantage in the league.

But the Porto team is not afraid. They are now [-] points ahead of the second-ranked Benfica team. Even if the Porto team loses five games in a row, they will not be surpassed by the chasing opponent. In this case, Mu Rino can do whatever he wants.

4-4-2, 4-5-1, 3-5-2, 4-3-3, in the following four Portuguese Super League games, the Porto team under the command of Mourinho almost every game In changing the style of play, there is an oppressive full-scale attack, a slow and steady defense of the midfield, and a comprehensive control style of play in the midfield.

Almost every game, the Porto team's tactical play is changing, which makes those opponents in the league unprepared to deal with all this.

The Porto people who have no fixed style of play become more terrifying, because you never know what Mourinho will do in the game, which side his team will fix the attack on, it seems that everyone on the field All Porto players can easily tear through the opponent's defense.

And the players of the Porto team do have this ability. Think of Costinia and Alenichev on the wing. They scored two goals in four games. After a strong breakthrough, Mourinho is fully developing the offensive ability of the players.

A full-back like Valente can send out two assists in a game, you have to admire this group of lunatics from the Porto team, they are getting more and more ruthless.

The change of the team formation is just one of them. Even the main lineup of the Porto team, Mourinho has frequently rotated. He is also constantly adjusting the offensive combination of the center and front. Forward, and sometimes he even tried the impact style of the three forwards.

The substitute players who often grind their butts off the bench have got plenty of opportunities to play, and these guys who are eager to prove themselves are sometimes more fierce than those of the main players. Their desperate offense and defense Stronger, more destructive.

Even a young striker like Alberto scored three goals in four games, and Porto's offensive firepower once again covered the Portuguese Super League.

Such an outbreak may not have even occurred to Mourinho himself, but such an outbreak obviously provided him with more possibilities for change.

The absolute main players like Deco were placed on the bench by Mourinho, but the rhythm of the game was still calmly controlled by the Porto team.

Even if the Porto team lacks nearly half of the main players, it will not shake their dominance in the Portuguese Super League. Now it seems that the suspension penalty this time has made Mourinho find a lot of new discoveries , The potential of the team can continue to be tapped.

Even if Lin Yi and the others are not on the field now, the Porto team's infiltrating style of play can still kill those opponents in the league one by one.

However, in such a powerful offense, there is a lack of agility. Even when Deco is on the court, Mourinho feels that something is missing.

"That little guy, if he can be on the field, this kind of adaptable style of play may be better." When Mourinho watched the crazy attacks of the players on the field, he tried to outline Lin Lin in his mind. It may be even more gorgeous if you bring the wings into this attack.

Anyway, those competitors of the Porto team in the Portuguese Super League seldom cause them real trouble, so Mourinho dared to blatantly turn this place into a test field for changing his technical and tactical play. With the inherent offensive mode of the Porto team.

This made the Manchester United scout who came to Portugal to collect information on the Porto team look confused, because in his record, even McCarthy was not fixed in the forward position. In one league game, Mourinho even Throw this South African diamond into the right winger.

But such a change allowed McCarthy to score two goals in that game. Without the special marking and entanglement of the defender, McCarthy's long-distance running ability was completely released. Ability has become another windfall for Mourinho.

"Look, this is the reward for bravely trying to change." When Mourinho saw this scene, he smiled and said to Brito beside him.

It's just that Brito is not in the same good mood as Mourinho, because he feels that his old partner is doing a very risky thing.

Starting to change the team's tactical arrangement in the middle of the league is undoubtedly a suicidal act, especially when the team's lineup and style of play have begun to stabilize. This change may make players feel confused. If it is serious, It will confuse the team.

Although the Porto team in the Portuguese Super League can continue to play in this way smoothly, Brito dare not imagine that using such a change to deal with Manchester United is really as effective as Mourinho said. After all, the opponent is old and cunning. Ferguson, not a rookie.

But Mourinho did not mean to stop experimenting. Instead, he changed the team even more. This change is not only to confuse the opponent, but also to let him find a kind of inspiration for the game. This random change , in order to bring unexpected trouble to the opponent.

However, the most melancholy people are obviously not Brito, who is worried about the future games, but those Manchester United scouts who have been stationed in Porto for almost a month, because they don't know how to write this letter to Ferguson about the Porto team. investigation report.

How should this be written?The opponent changed their starting lineup four times in four games, and the changes in tactics on the spot made them even more dizzy.

Forwards are not like forwards, and defenders are not like defenders. Even midfielders can insert themselves into the front of the opponent's penalty area to shoot desperately. What a fucking fart!

"How the hell should we record this! This damn Portuguese, is he playing with us!" Manchester United's scouts were so worried that they almost cursed.

If possible, these people really want to rush to Mourinho to question this guy, do you still have a certain score in this game?
Although the scouts of the Manchester United team are very confused, the old-fashioned Ferguson will not make such mistakes. Even if the Porto team has changed their style of play very frequently recently, this old man is still very clear. On the three or five people in the frontcourt.

Even if their wing attack has been booming recently, Ferguson is convinced that it is just Mourinho's little trick to confuse others.

"Deco, Dalley, McCarthy, Lin Yi, Costinia, these five talents are the backbone of their offense, especially the two guys who can play the midfielder, we need to keep an eye on them, the rest The threats that those people can pose are always limited."

Ferguson, as the first head coach who can coach [-] games in the Champions League, will not be easily confused by Mourinho's tactics. Would have thought the top scorer in the last UEFA Cup would be on the bench.

And compared to McCarthy's impact style of play, what Ferguson hates more is the guy like Dalley who keeps wandering in the penalty area looking for opportunities.

Just like Manchester United's former super substitute killers, "Baby Face" Solskjaer and the old monster Sheringham, this kind of ghost wandering in the penalty area can always inadvertently cause trouble for their own defense. Porto plays such a role in the team.

Ferguson is very clear that the opponent will definitely not be caught at home. According to Mourinho's tough personality, even if he loses the game, he will try his best to set up various obstacles for the opponent. Will be beaten passively at the door of his own house like this.

The starting point of the attack must be the attacking midfielder combination of Deco and Lin Yi. After watching the match between Porto and Real Madrid, Ferguson also had a headache for this technical combination and wanted to trap both of them at the same time. , relying on a powerful Roy Keane is obviously not enough.

But now it is not difficult for Ferguson to use two professional midfielders to mark the man, but it is very difficult. In this position, Manchester United does not have a suitable substitute player to build a stable double midfielder defense. The formation, which made Sir Alex a little worried.

The money sold to Beckham only allowed him to find a Ronaldo as a replacement, but in terms of the team's defense, he never found a suitable player to supplement. For the first time, Grandpa also felt that the team was a little short-handed.

"Hope God will give Manchester United a good defender when the winter transfer window opens, otherwise it will be a real problem."

"God bless that dark-haired brat, I don't want to see him stab Manchester United twice, it will be very bad."

While watching the video of the match between Porto and Real Madrid, Ferguson smacked his lips at Lin Yi's performance on the field. The moment the kid challenged tens of thousands of Madrid people was frozen in the eyes of Sir Alex Ferguson. What a dangerous and fearless little guy.

But when Ferguson was still melancholy about how to stare at Lin Yi, the kid who gave him a headache, Lin Yi was obviously more worried than the old man.

Because just a few minutes ago, Mendes just called from the United States, and he brought a piece of news that made Lin Yi even more depressed than the suspension.

The promotion meeting of Nokia's new mobile phone will be held in Portugal next week. This is the opening game of their European publicity campaign, and Lin Yi will be the mainstay of the publicity.

This kind of promotion will not be Lin Yi's biggest worry, but Mendes told him that Selena will fly to Porto tomorrow morning, and Lin Yi needs to pick up the plane.

"Can't you arrange someone else? You should know how discordant I am with her." Lin Yi's head grew dizzy when he heard the news.

"Well, gossip is also a necessary means of publicity. The image of you and her as a golden boy and jade girl has been considered by many people to be a natural couple. Therefore, in the next week, you'd better keep it in public. This inseparable state."

Gossip?Golden boy and jade girl?Couple files?Where the hell is this!When Lin Yi thought of that ghost girl who was half a head shorter than himself, he became worried.

When two people meet, what follows is either a story or an accident. Lin Yi has a premonition that he will face many accidents in the next week. . .

The current Lin Yi is quite melancholy. . .

(The little monkey is so powerful! Tottenham played so well this time, it completely pierced through Inter Milan's defense line, Benitez is like a stick, if you don't change the premise of the defense line now, then Tottenham's defense here It’s just a small lesson, and there will be bigger troubles waiting for you in the future. I pray that my AC Milan will be mighty in San Siro tonight! Inzaghi, let’s play your demon character!!!)

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