Red Rebels

After the league game against Shrewsbury, the new Manchester United continued south to Watford near London.

In the first round of the League Cup on August 9, the new Manchester United had a bad luck to draw Watford in League One. The latter just won a home victory in the first round of the league. Waiting for the new Manchester United to visit.

In this game, although Mourinho used his main force and faced the League One powerhouse on the road, he planned to take a defensive counterattack to overcome the enemy, but Watford's defense was stronger than expected, and it was a home game. United have little chance.

The game ended with a score of 1:0. Watford successfully advanced to the second round of the League Cup, while the new Manchester United, who participated in the League Cup for the first time, left the Vickridge Road Stadium in disgust.

With the regret of being eliminated from the League Cup, the new Manchester United returned to Manchester, but the team failed to get enough time to adjust, and went away to Scunthorpe on August 12 to challenge the first round at Granford Park. The winning Scunthorpe team.

The latter was the relegated team from the League Two last season. The so-called dead camel is bigger than the horse. Although he has gone many main players before the season, the situation of upgrading is not optimistic by the senior football players. For the new Manchester United, known as relegation is victory, Scunthorpe's chances of winning are undoubtedly greater.

And you must know that Scunthorpe defeated the opponent 4-0 in the first round of the league, and the attack power can be imagined. Therefore, although Mourinho still played 433 in this game, he asked the players to play more still take a defensive stance.

Sure enough, in this game, Scunthorpe launched a fierce attack on the new Manchester United. They obviously wanted to take advantage of the home field advantage in the first two rounds, coupled with the fact that their opponents were not strong, to establish the entry as soon as possible. In the promotion zone, try to get as many points as possible in order to return to the League Two after the end of the season.

In this case, the defense of the new Manchester United is particularly important, especially the players are very tenacious on the field, and even the arrow character Kitson took the initiative to return to the penalty area to participate in the defense, let alone Two full-backs.

Scunthorpe's attacking power was indeed strong, but they soon discovered that the new Manchester United was not the soft persimmon they imagined.

In this game, the new Manchester United's attack did not pose a threat to Scunthorpe, but Scunthorpe also couldn't break the new Manchester United's goal, especially when they entered the new Manchester United's half, they would find that, The area of ​​the new Manchester United is almost full of people.

Starting from the striker Kitson, the new Manchester United has closely arranged three lines of defense. It is difficult for Scunthorpe to get the opportunity to directly face the new Manchester United goal. Once they enter the opponent's 32-meter area, the new Manchester United players are very decisive. foul.

But this game, which Mourinho thought should have been a draw, was defeated by a penalty kick before the end. Terry made an unnecessary foul in the penalty area, allowing the opponent to get 3 points. .

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The results of one draw and one loss made Mourinho clearly aware of the problem with the team's tactics, especially when the offense and defense were transitioning. As long as the opponent clamped the bridgehead of Kitson, the new Manchester United had almost no solution. Exactly what Shrewsbury and Scunthorpe used against the new Manchester United.

However, although he is aware of the problem, it does not mean that Mourinho has time to solve it.

On August 15th, the new Manchester United went on an expedition to the away game again, heading north to Hartlepool. At Victoria Park, although the team fought desperately, it failed to prevent the team from losing. The score of 1:0 shows the fierceness of the game. degree.

After returning to Manchester, the new Manchester United welcomed York City at home on August 19.

The recent new Manchester United seems to be cursed. No matter whether they are dominant or disadvantaged, they have not been able to get a victory.

This makes the new Manchester United 22nd in the standings. Although there are a total of 3 teams with 1 point, the new Manchester United can only rank 21st due to the goal difference and the number of goals. The team is only 1 point behind.

Under such circumstances, the new Manchester United felt great pressure from top to bottom. From Mourinho to the players of the team, they all desperately wanted to win a victory, hoping to turn the ball around. The current state of the team.

York City are also very familiar with the new Manchester United, they have obviously studied the previous games of the new Manchester United and know how to suppress the new Manchester United's attack, so in this game, York City is based on the defense, starting from the first minute of the game Just hit the defensive back.

The new Manchester United once again showed that the team was at a loss when faced with a tenacious defensive team, especially in the face of those teams who wanted to stay on the defensive, the new Manchester United was completely unable to come up with an effective strategy.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines for 90 minutes and was soaked in the rain for 90 minutes, but the players on the field still failed to bring him a victory.

Another dull 0:0!

After the game, even Scarlett Scarlett, a reporter from the Manchester Evening News, who had recently changed a lot about the new Manchester United, criticized in the column, arguing that the new Manchester United's offense was unorganized. Can't play tricks at all, has Mourinho never worked hard in other areas?

Moreover, Scarlett also believes that the new Manchester United has invested too few troops in the attack, basically relying on the three players of Kitson, Malouda and Hleb, and the second echelon has not caught up, resulting in the new Manchester United's attack. Offensive looks like a one-shot deal, it works and it doesn't work.

Such a team may still be able to make a difference in the amateur league, but when entering the professional league, it is bound to be insightful and restrained by those professional head coaches.

In four games, the new Manchester United only scored 1 goal, which is the lowest number of goals among the 24 teams in the English League Three, even less than the current bottom of the league. , If the team does not change, the new Manchester United may not escape the bad luck of relegation this season.

In addition to Scarlett's more pertinent evaluation, other local Manchester newspapers, and even some other newspapers concerned with the League Three have expressed pessimism about the prospects of the new Manchester United, especially the ability of the coach Mourinho.

One of the reports in the Sun said, look at the current Birmingham, under the leadership of Steve Bruce, they have won four consecutive victories in League One, which is Birmingham's best record in recent years. At the start of the game, Krzynovic scored one goal and two assists in four games, and was the team's best player.

Let’s look at Zikic, who moved to Chelsea at a high price. Although he only got two substitute chances in three league games, he played his header advantage, scored one goal and made one assist, and has won the hearts of Chelsea fans. favorite.

Letting go of Steve Bruce, letting go of Kriznovic and letting go of Zhikic is seen as the most important factor in the attacking weakness of the new Manchester United this season, especially Steve Bruce, under his helm. The new Manchester United are known for attacking, and even at Highbury they forced Wenger to do nothing.

But look at Jose Mourinho's current team, who have scored just one goal in four games, the worst start in the history of the new Manchester United, even though the history of this team can only be traced back to two years ago. .

The external comments and pessimism have brought great pressure to the new Manchester United, especially some local newspapers grasping Mourinho's pre-season sentence [Please go for the runner-up! ]'s rhetoric, slammed the new Manchester United's performance in the last four league games, and Mourinho has become the culprit of the team's invincibility.

Fortunately, after the game against York City on August 19, the new Manchester United finally ended the devil's schedule in the first stage of the season. You must know that starting from August 5, the new Manchester United played 5 games in a two-week period. , This is undoubtedly the most difficult for a team in the run-in period.

Fortunately, the team survived and ushered in a week of rest.

In order to allow the players to better adjust their state, Mourinho took a day off on August 20, and then resumed training on the 21st.

But he himself did not take a holiday, but came to the training base as usual.

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"Maybe you should take a break too, Jose!" Xiao Yu passed by Mourinho's office, saw that he was still distressed, and said with a smile.

Mourinho is not at all surprised by Xiao Yu's appearance. Except for his business trips or vacations, most of the time, Xiao Yu comes to the training base every day, and his attendance rate may even be higher than the one at the gate of the training base. The old security guard was even taller.

"In the fifth round of the Premier League, we are going to play Chesterfield away. This team is currently second in the standings and is also on a four-game winning streak. Although the number of goals is less than that of Cardiff at the top of the table, their defense is It's even better, it's a tough battle!" Mourinho said heavily.

When he was Van Gaal's assistant, he never worried about the team's victory or defeat. That was what Van Gaal was worried about. He only cared about whether his work was done well and whether he could learn something from it. One year, he even began to think about how to adjust the team if he was replaced by Van Gaal.

At that time, he looked at Barcelona with a very calm attitude, which made him seem not to care about the victory or defeat of the team at all, and at the same time he did not feel the slightest pressure after the defeat of the team, because it was all in the main on coaches and players.

This makes Mourinho seem like a sane and dispassionate spectator.

But when he came to the new Manchester United, he clearly felt the pressure of the team's continuous victories. He was criticized by the outside media. At the same time, he also doubted his coaching ability. He even doubted that he might not be suitable to be a team player. A head coach, but more suitable to be an assistant.

Two draws and two losses, to put it nicely, is to adapt to paying tuition fees on a regular basis.

Mourinho had to admit that he overestimated his own ability as a coach in the professional league too easily before the season, which made him completely sober in these early season games.

This is the professional league, Mr Jose Mourinho!

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