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Mourinho loses the bet!

At the moment when Manchester City is invincible, Barcelona's performance can't be said to be bad, but it is still unacceptable for the defending champion of the Champions League, for a giant like Barcelona, ​​to lose 0-1 at Camp Nou.

The media rarely look at issues from a professional point of view, they are more focused on an individual.

For example, the Daily Sports Daily has publicly questioned Mourinho, arguing that the loss at Camp Nou was due to the coach's conservatism.

This is not the first time, every time it comes to a critical moment, Mourinho will adopt a more conservative tactics, before with Bayern Munich, now with Manchester City, we can't understand, as Barcelona manager, why can't he be more confident?

The Daily Sports Daily believes that with players such as Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, Barcelona has the strength to fight with Manchester City to control the ball, but Mourinho chose to give up what Barcelona is best at and adopt the tactics of strict defense. This blinds all of us.

Immediately afterwards, the Daily Sports reported that Mourinho had announced the starting lineup in advance the day before the game, believing that it was irresponsible to the team.

According to some unnamed players in the Barcelona locker room, this incident caused an uproar in the Barcelona locker room, and many people were surprised and puzzled by Mourinho's actions, and at the same time were deeply dissatisfied. .

This is not the first time Mourinho has made such deviant behavior, but this time it has caused very serious consequences, and even many players who were originally neutral in the dressing room have now begun to come to Mourinho's On the contrary, the internal division of the locker room has become especially serious.

The Daily Sports Daily concluded that Mourinho should bear the main responsibility for the defeat at Camp Nou, but he did not seem to be aware of his own problems, nor did he have any attitude of reflection after the game.

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Barcelona's mouthpiece said this because Mourinho publicly stated at the post-match press conference that the 0-1 result at home was within his expectations, and he believed that the team could turn the situation around on the road.

It's not a bad result.

It would of course be the best result for us if City didn't score away goals, but it's not realistic because we're playing against City with Sudong and only conceded one goal, which I think is acceptable. .

The real decisive battle is in Manchester in the second leg, where we will reverse Manchester City!

Despite Mourinho's eloquent words,

It was loud, but doubts were still overwhelming.

On the spot, a media reporter questioned him, why did he win the away game if he didn't win the opponent at home?

There are also media questioning him face to face, what do you think of the performance of Busquets and Yaya Toure in this battle tonight?

There were even accusations by the media that he suddenly announced the starting roster the day before the game, giving Manchester City time to prepare in advance, which was an irresponsible or even a betrayal of Barcelona.

At first, Mourinho's tone and attitude were good, but gradually, he was more troubled by media reporters, and he became impatient and even became angry.

In the end, he simply left the field ahead of schedule without giving any face to the media reporters.

This made media reporters even more critical of Mourinho, wishing to directly oust him from the position of Barcelona head coach.

Even the World Sports Daily commented after the game that Mourinho's gamble was a complete failure.

Strictly speaking, Yaya Toure's performance in the game was not bad, but that mistake completely ruined his contribution to the entire game, because it directly caused Barcelona to concede the goal.

From a professional point of view, this mistake is still a thousand miles away, but the media and fans ignore it.

Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, ​​commented in the column, thinking that this game was a good explanation for his opposition to Mourinho coaching Barcelona at the beginning.

In the eyes of many people, Yaya Toure's mistake is not enough to explain the problem. It was just a very ordinary midfield conceded goal, but then the excellent performance of Manchester City's trident caused Barcelona to concede the goal.

But what I'm trying to say is that it's not an accident, it's a necessity.

If necessary, I can list a lot of Yaya Toure's mistakes during his time at Barcelona in the past few years, as well as his passing and receiving data, and then compare Busquets' data at Manchester City during the same period, we must be clear, the Premier League The pressure of the game and the pressing force is higher than in La Liga, but Busquets is better than Toure in terms of passing, receiving and mistakes.

Here, Mourinho will retort me, he will think that Busquets has fewer turnovers and more consistent passing and receiving, because he always drags very far back, but Yaya Toure , he often staged a wonderful scene of one person dribbling the ball through the midfield, picking a pass from the outside of the penalty area and assisting teammates.

Yes, it is undeniable that this is the value of Yaya Toure, but does it meet the needs of Barcelona?

Does Barcelona lack how to get through the midfield now? Is there a lack of players for the last pass and the penultimate pass?

As early as after the European Super Cup, I made it very clear in the column that the biggest gap between Barcelona and Manchester City lies in the fourth position, which made the management determined to introduce Cesc Fabregas. After Gass joined the team, he was positioned in the frontcourt because Mourinho was not good at tuning the passing and controlling system, he did not understand Barcelona's football genes.

Cruyff said in the column that many people focus on announcing the squad one day in advance, but in fact, this is not very useful, and it is more to distract the opponent's attention. The real problem in the game is that Manchester City is patiently waiting for Barcelona to make mistakes. .

That's what's most frustrating.

Guardiola knows Barca too well, he knows Mourinho's Barca too, so he's waiting because he's sure that in ninety minutes Mourinho's Barca must make certain mistakes, like Alvi It's too aggressive, like Yaya Toure dribbles the ball through the midfield, like...

I can be 100 per cent sure, City knew it was going to happen before the game, so they were waiting, and unfortunately, City waited, even more than once, if it wasn't for the lack of opportunity, City would be completely It's a desperate reality to score more than three goals.

Cruyff believes that the score of zero to one does not fully reflect the problems reflected in this game. Barcelona under Jose Mourinho is becoming more and more unstable. very deadly.

It's not just a game, more importantly, it's like a demonstration.

I can guarantee that Pellegrini will be sitting in the stands or in front of the TV watching the whole game and he will see how to beat Barca because there are holes in Mourinho's team that cannot be closed. .

For Mourinho, perhaps the most important thing now is not the second leg, but the battle against Real Madrid in midweek.

First at the Camp Nou to Manchester City, and then to Real Madrid, Barcelona's morale will plummet, not only will they lose the Champions League, but also La Liga, and even Mourinho's future at Barcelona.

Cruyff's column is heavy, but also profound, pointing directly to the core crux that many people don't notice.

You know, Real Madrid's attacking firepower is not lost to Manchester City at all.

Barcelona made so many mistakes against Manchester City, what about Real Madrid?

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Compared with the Catalonia region, and even the whole of Spain, who are criticizing Mourinho, the British media have given overwhelming praise to Manchester City.

Also in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, Chelsea drew with Bayern Munich 0-0 at home.

Throughout the game, the Blues were at an absolute disadvantage. They were pressed by Bayern Munich to play in the half. Except for a few counterattacks, the Blues were really embarrassed. Ninety minutes passed.

As the Italian head coach, Di Matteo's ability to organize defense is still very strong, coupled with Chelsea's foundation, which allowed Chelsea to finally survive the first round.

But everyone can see that with the performance of the Blues, it is destined to be miserable at the Allianz Stadium in the second round.

This season's Champions League is held at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Bayern Munich hopes to reach the final of the Champions League more than anyone else. Therefore, when it comes to the away game, Bayern will definitely work hard. For Chelsea, the situation will be very worrying.

It is precisely because of this that Manchester City defeated Barcelona 1-0 away from home, and it was an extraordinary surprise to emerge from the Camp Nou. The whole of the United Kingdom was very surprised by this, and at the same time looked forward to it.

Everyone agrees that with their first-leg away performance, Manchester City will definitely have a chance to win and reach the Champions League final when they return to the Etihad Stadium.

At that time, Manchester City will face Bayern Munich, and it will not be known who will die.

Therefore, when Manchester City returned to Manchester, the whole UK was reporting and hyping the game, and everyone basically believed that as long as Manchester City returned to home and continued to adopt the tactics of the first leg, it would not be too much of a problem to win Barcelona. .

More importantly, Manchester City does not need to be distracted from the league now. Instead, it is Barcelona. There will be a focus battle against Real Madrid in midweek, which will determine the title of La Liga this season.

In other words, Barcelona still has a must-win game in the middle of the week.

It is the home court again, the schedule is dominant, the physical fitness is dominant, and even the overall technical tactics and player morale are dominant. There is no reason to lose such a game, right?

However, on the morning of Manchester City's recovery training, captain Su Dong was very low-key when interviewed by the media on behalf of the team.

I've played in the Champions League for many years, and I would say that the more dangerous you are, the more you have to be careful when everyone thinks you're going to win, or you have to win. That's the scary part of the Champions League. place.

Afterwards, Su Dong slammed Barcelona again, thinking that they were the strongest team in Europe, and he also praised several of his Barcelona friends, and finally said something...

We are confident that we will get tickets to the Allianz Arena at home!