Football: From Bundesliga debut

In the last 3 minutes of the first half, a mistake by Manchester United allowed Manchester City to take the lead with a set kick.

This is nothing to the overall situation, but Mourinho saw a more serious problem. Rice failed to provide Maguire and them with protection in the first place.

Then the exposed problems are enough for Manchester City to catch the constant "siege" here many times until they score a goal.

At the same time, it also reminded him that after letting Thiago Silva take a rotation, what he needs to equip Maguire is a central defender who can sweep the backcourt, in case Rice does not make up the defense at the first time Vulnerabilities caused by in place.

Several other central defenders such as Blind are not qualified for this position for the time being. All they can do is temporarily rotate.

Looking at the situation on the field, Mourinho was lost in thought.

As far as midfield defense is concerned, Herrera is not as good as Kanter, which means that he can only play in the rotation, but due to his age, his priority is naturally after Rice, which is also There is a problem of tacit understanding in making today's midfield trio.

"drop!!!"

"At the end of the midfield, Manchester United fell behind by one goal. This is not a big problem for the time being. For them, as long as they adjust in time, they have enough time to equalize the score."

"It seems that you have great confidence in Manchester United!"

"I have confidence in Zheng Lin. His desire to perform in this game is too low. At the same time, there is a lack of tacit understanding among the Manchester United midfield trio. There are loopholes in their direct cooperation. When Herrera stepped forward, Rice went to cover the defense, and Zheng Lin was a step slower to fill Rice's position, which is why Manchester United's defense is declining."

"It seems quite reasonable. Do you think Manchester United will make adjustments in the second half?"

"There may be adjustments in personnel, but I believe Mourinho will scold them in the dressing room!"

"Ha ha!!!"

Back in the dressing room, the imagined storm did not come, which made the Manchester United players relieved.

But Mourinho's subsequent words made the players tense up.

"I was very dissatisfied with the first half of this game. What you showed me was a group of lazy kids, without any desire to win, as if this was an irrelevant game!"

While saying this, Mourinho looked around the players and staff in the room.

It is true that although the game advanced by one goal in the first half, the subsequent performance really couldn't bear to look directly at it.

"Since you performed like this in the first half, let me ask now-are you planning to do this for the rest of the season?"

"No, what we want is the champion!"

Zheng Lin and Theo Hernandez looked at each other, and the two answered in unison, making Mourinho stare at the two of them for a while.

"Since you want to be a champion, why not you guys"

Before Mourinho finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ibrahimovic. He stood up, looked around, and there was an irrefutable tone in his voice.

"We didn't perform well in the first half, so in the second half we need to redouble our efforts to equalize the score. I don't want to lose to that coward! Come on!"

"come on!"

Although it is leading, Guardiola is very clear that this was done when the opponent's desire to attack was not strong, and even the opponent made mistakes. Then they are bound to counterattack in the second half, so it is necessary to strengthen the control of the game.

He didn't expect that the victory in his hand would end up losing the game because of a careless move in the second half.

Unlike Mourinho, Guardiola will not use defense to keep the fruits of victory after leading. He prefers to win the final victory by unfolding the rhythm of the game.

This may be the difference in nature!

In fact, this can also be seen through the arrangement of the game. Mourinho will give priority to defense to complete the control of the game, and at the same time realize his pragmatism.

Guardiola, on the other hand, will hold the initiative of the game in his hands and control the game through layers of control over the midfield. Compared with the two, Mourinho will not have too high requirements for the talent of the players. Why can he lead a group of talented players to create an outstanding result.

"Welcome back to the game, after a short half-time break, both sides are back on the pitch."

"It's a bit of a surprise that Mourinho really hasn't changed players."

"This is not a simple player problem, but their spirit is slack. The best way is to put a spell on them at halftime!"

It was Manchester City who kicked off in the second half.

Manchester City, holding a goal lead, played steadily after the kick-off, without any overly risky passes, which made the commentators frown a little. Is this to "bruise" the possession rate?
Sensing the change in tactics on the pitch, Mourinho also guessed what Guardiola was thinking, and the two looked at each other across the aisle, "Morata, go warm up!"

If it is to let Manchester City pass the ball frequently there to form control of the ball, it will make Ibrahimovic very uncomfortable. As an older high center forward, he is not suitable for such frequent pressing on the field.

"Beautiful steal, Zheng Lin relied on his own speed to control the football ahead of Sane. This is the 65th minute of the game. In the 20 minutes of Manchester City's possession time in front, they were too stable. The score has not yet reason for the change."

"But their choices are now being echoed!"

After the steal, Zheng Lin protected the ball, but Sane kept in front of Zheng Lin when he failed to counter-robber.

But he somewhat ignored Zheng Lin's teammates.

After he distributed the ball to Ashraf who responded, he advanced quickly, and this speed was not weaker than Sane.

However, as a winger, Sane's defense is naturally not his strong point, but at this time he has enough energy to compete with Zheng Lin.

"Sane's choice is not quite right, is it a bit over the top?"

"Looks like that, but their captain De Bruyne reminded him."

"Ashraf passed the ball beautifully, and Zheng Lin rubbed a shot against Mangala."

"The football bounced off the post!"

"GOALLLL!!!!!!"

"It's very surprising! I couldn't score by rubbing the shot, and finally flashed past the defender, and dived to the top to head the ball into the net."

"In the 74th minute of the second half, Manchester United equalized the score with Zheng Lin's supplementary shot, 2-2!"

"I'm quite curious why Zheng Lin's sense of smell in front of the goal is so good! He can grab all of these! But there are 16 minutes left in the game, everything is possible!"

Seeing Zheng Lin rubbing the shot and hitting the neutral pole and rebounding, and finally succeeding in his own shot, Mourinho was stunned for a moment, and he started to celebrate with his fists when he recovered!