I Want to Be the King of Football

At the weekend, in the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League, Manchester City played away against Wolves.

In order to better prepare for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona next week, Guardiola did not lead the main lineup south this time. Many players who participated in the first leg of the Champions League, including Su Dong, were all left behind. Manchester.

Against Wolves, who have basically locked in a relegation spot, Manchester City really doesn't need to be too aggressive.

There were some twists and turns in the process of the game, mainly in the first half hour of the game. Manchester City created many opportunities, but Aguero and Dzeko failed to seize the opportunity, resulting in the team's delay in scoring.

It wasn't until later that Leighton Bynes made a back pass and sent a brilliant pass. Aguero, unguarded at the front of the small penalty area, sent the ball into the bottom of Wolves' net.

After changing sides in the second half, Dzeko sent a through ball in the 74th minute. Hazard broke into the penalty area to form a single-handed shot and scored again to seal the victory for Manchester City.

With goals from Aguero and Hazard, Manchester City beat Wolves 2-0 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 unbeaten record of the season.

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When Manchester City beat Wolves 2-0 away, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, ​​Spain, the national derby also ignited the war, and Barcelona played against 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 this game is won, there is basically no suspense about the title of La Liga this season.

Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, hopes to turn the situation around, take Real Madrid at home, shorten the points gap between the two sides, and also get out of the shadow of losing to Manchester City at home to boost morale for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final next week.

But the result of the game is still very surprising.

Barcelona, ​​who are playing at home, once again formed a three-back formation. Mourinho was obviously determined to justify his midweek Champions League defeat at home, and even adopted the same tactics to face Real Madrid.

Pellegrini, on the other hand, learned his lessons from the Champions League in midweek. As Cruyff said in his column, he clearly saw the problems and weaknesses of Barcelona, ​​and played a four-two-three formation on the road. , more in the form of a defensive counterattack to face Barcelona.

The two sides fought fiercely in the match.

No one left.

Barcelona has the ball, while Real Madrid defends and waits patiently for Barcelona to make mistakes.

This time, after only seventeen minutes, Real Madrid scored a goal for Real Madrid by virtue of a corner kick.

After that, Barcelona counterattacked wildly, but Real Madrid defended like a mountain.

In the 70th minute of the second half, Messi dribbled the ball and inserted a sudden arrow to equalize the score for Barcelona.

But only three minutes later, Yaya Toure's dribbling was broken, Xavi Alonso moved to the left in a wide range, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly plugged in, stopped the ball and drove straight in, breaking through Barcelona's again. goal.

Two to one!

Afterwards, no matter how Barcelona counterattacked, Real Madrid defended impeccably and did not give their opponents any chance.

In the end, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 with goals from Khedira and Cristiano Ronaldo.

As a result, the La Liga title this season has basically been locked in Real Madrid.

The only battle for Barcelona right now is the Champions League.

At the Camp Nou, Mourinho has been criticized like a wave of accusations, especially his formation in these two games, which has been criticized even more by the Catalan media. He was called out directly, and many fans protested at Camp Nou, demanding Mourinho be responsible for the last two losses.

Not to mention Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, ​​directly bombarded Mourinho's formation in the media, and pointed the finger directly at the management of Barcelona, ​​thinking that the management did not follow his advice and hired him willfully. Mourinho, which led to the great rout of Barcelona today.

Cruyff believes that Mourinho's success in Barcelona is not because of how good his coaching is, but because Barcelona has a group of outstanding players. As long as the coach is at the level, it is not a problem to lead these players to win the championship. difficult.

But now, the difference between Mourinho and Barcelona has become more and more obvious, and it has even become a negative asset of Barcelona. The management is paying for the wrong decision of the year.

Mourinho did not think too much about his future. He even stated directly at the post-match press conference that he would not voluntarily resign. If he leaves Barcelona, ​​he must be fired.

This once again triggered an uproar in the media.

The reason is very simple. There is no compensation for taking the initiative to resign. If they are fired, Barcelona will have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages.

The Catalan media directly bombarded Mourinho to stay at Camp Nou for money, and did not respect Barcelona at all.

For a time, the whole world paid attention.

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The next day of the game, after the recovery training in the morning, Guardiola left the coaching staff and Su Dong. The topic of discussion is of course the next round of the game, and the most important thing is Barcelona's response.

Guardiola is guessing what kind of tactics Mourinho will adopt?

The current situation is extremely unfavorable for Mourinho, it can even be said to be very, very bad.

In the words of the Spanish media, he may be dismissed anytime, anywhere.

The Daily Sports News even selected the connecting team, that is, Mourinho's assistant Tito Vilanova.

The assistant coach is still Guardiola's assistant, but in recent years, their contact has become less and less.

Changing coaches is like changing knives.

Chelsea's reborn performance after the coaching change happened right in front of them, but they directly reached the Champions League semi-finals.

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 described as a betrayal. Except for his core coaching team and a few humerus players in the team, basically no one supports him, and even Yaya Toure has quite a complaint against him.

It's no wonder that the Ivorian midfielder's character has never been Mr. Good.

In this situation, what tactics will Mourinho adopt?

Mourinho has always boasted that he knows Su Dong very well. Every time he encounters Su Dong, he will tell the outside world that no one knows Su Dong better than him, because he watched Su Dong from an unknown Portuguese family. The boy, slowly grew into the number one active player in world football.

He said he knew Su Dong very well, and he was right.

But Su Dong also knew him very well.

The more it is like this, the more careful you have to be, because Mourinho is a very gambling person.

Su Dong said what he knew about Mourinho, this is definitely not his words, but there is real evidence.

Mourinho is a gambler, which is reflected in many aspects, including his coaching career, including some of his formations, especially in some games, he even hesitated to give it a shot.

Of course, the bets here are also differentiated.

Generally speaking, Mourinho seeks stability, he will choose the most certain way, and he is a manager with a strong desire to control, so most of the time, he is slightly conservative.

But once he was forced to the point of no retreat, or when his temper came up, he would not hesitate to gamble.

You mean, in the second round, he will bet? Guardiola asked with concern.

Su Dong nodded, I think it's very possible.

After a pause, Su Dong explained: Everyone is accusing him of being conservative now, but Mourinho always insists on his point of view. He thinks that if he presses out to attack us, he has no confidence in defense, but he can The second round will be significantly different.”

Manchester City have an away goal at Camp Nou, which requires Barca to score in Manchester.

If Mourinho still adopts conservative tactics, it is very bad for the second leg.

Therefore, Su Dong believes that Mourinho is likely to risk it directly, take a big gamble, make an away attack, grab an away goal, and at the same time reverse the unfavorable situation in the first round.

If the bet wins, Mourinho will definitely say that he did it on purpose in the first round, just to grab the second round; if he loses the second round, he will tell everyone directly, look, it’s not that I refuse to take the initiative, But you all saw it, taking the initiative to attack Manchester City, this is killing yourself.

Anyway, he won anyway.

Guardiola and his assistants looked at each other and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Mourinho always said that he knew Su Dong better than anyone else, but now it seems that Su Dong knows him very well.

It’s not surprising to think about it, after all, when Mourinho coached Leiria, Su Dong already knew him. Later, Su Dong played for Sporting Lisbon and Mourinho coached Porto. meet.

It is said that the team that Mourinho played against Su Dong has never won.

When you say this now, we all suddenly feel that Mourinho's understanding of you is far less than your understanding of him. Estiart chuckled.

Guardiola and others couldn't help but smile.

This kind of targeted competition in the Champions League knockout is actually a guess about what tactics the opponent's coach will adopt.

To guess the tactics of the opposing coach, in addition to 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 Champions League knockout match, it is not only a contest of strength and technical tactics, but also a battle of wits between the coaches of the two teams.

After sending Guardiola and others away, Su Dong turned around and looked south.

In Carrington, of course, Barcelona can't be seen, but he can guess the situation of Mourinho at this moment.

As an old acquaintance, he can even be regarded as a friend. Su Dong felt sympathy for his situation, and even felt a little unfair for him, but this is the cruelty of professional football. From the day he coached Barcelona, ​​he was mentally prepared. .

But as an opponent, he will help Manchester City, do everything possible to beat Mourinho and his Barcelona.

Not only for Manchester City, but for himself!

Farewell, Mourinho!