Red Rebels

Although the first team has received valuable vacations, the youth team has not received such treatment, and they still have to continue training.

Although Jim Cassell helps Mourinho in the first team, he will also appear in the training area of ​​the youth team. He will tell these young players how to move and how to cooperate.

The youth training camp and the first team must maintain tactical consistency. This is not so easy to talk about, but there are many complex and tedious details to be done. Xiao Yu is not very clear about these, but only knows that Cassel As I said, it will take a long time, maybe a year, two years, maybe three, five, ten years.

Alberto De Rossi is from Italy and has been trained by regular Italian coaches. At the same time, he has done some research on Italian defense. Currently, he is teaching young players how to defend in the U17 of the youth team.

Among these small players, he is most optimistic about Curtis Davis. This is a strong boy with a strong body and a fast speed, but his skills are not very good, and his defensive skills are also very bad. He is brute force and has a tenacious fighting spirit, but it is useless. He only believes in one principle, and if he cannot stop it, he will foul!

This is also the principle that the vast majority of England's central defenders believe in.

To put it nicely, it is called bloody, it is called bravery, but to put it more badly, it is called bravery.

"Curtis, you should be more calm, don't move your body and play hard, you know that once you encounter a player with excellent skills, it is easy to suffer losses!" Old De Rossi persuaded Curtis earnestly.

"Then what should I do?" Curtis asked humbly.

Old De Rossi stood in front of Curtis and gave a demonstration in person, "According to your judgment to do the action, the first consideration is to get stuck, and then use your defensive skills. You can pull and trip, but you can't lift your feet, do you know why?"

Curtis shook his head.

"That will make you take cards. With the same effect, pulling and tripping are only fouls at most, but once you lift your feet and collide, you are taking cards!" Old De Rossi kept demonstrating some defensive skills.

In addition to Curtis, there were some defensive players on the field, all of whom were children of nearby Newton Heath.

Old De Rossi saw Curtis' thoughtful look, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, motioned for them to continue practicing in groups, and then walked to the sidelines. I don't know when, Xiao Yu and Mourinho had already arrived here. .

"Alberto, it seems that you are very majestic in their eyes, and even Curtis dare not refute you!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Old De Rossi shook his head and laughed, "He's a good embryo, but it's a pity that England's environment and the series of training he has received before have affected him too deeply, which makes his defense always too English!"

"How to say?" Mourinho has been paying attention to the words of old De Rossi since just now, obviously very interested.

"Simply put, direct, rude, and lacking in technology!"

Mourinho showed a thoughtful expression. He has just arrived in England. Of course, his understanding of the football environment here is not as thorough as the old De Rossi, but since this time, he has deeply felt that what he knows and the reality of English football are indeed There is a big gap.

The most obvious difference is that the players have a deviation in the execution of the tactics he has arranged.

Of course, it's not because of the attitude of the players, but the environment and the ability of the players.

"To give a simple example, Adams, the core of Arsenal's defense, was once used as a stake by Van Basten, but he is one of the best central defenders in England. His movements are very rough, although the effect is obvious, but The price is also not small, especially his additional actions in addition to rough defense, which often directly cause injuries to his opponents."

"In order to achieve this effect,

In Italy, for example, Nesta, who is currently known as the best central defender, will skillfully use actions such as tripping and pulling, as well as Redondo, who is one of the best midfielders today; Stealing the opponent's ball, I noticed that Southgate's best way is to rush, fight his body, and foul. Is this still defense? "

"Have you noticed, England rarely sees small central defenders, why?" old De Rossi asked suddenly.

These words immediately made Mourinho and Xiao Yu feel that their eyes lit up. They didn't realize that old De Rossi still had this kind of observation ability.

"That Argentine was complaining to me all day long, saying that the skills of English players are too bad, maybe you can help him solve this problem, Mr. Xiao Yu!" Old De Rossi said with a wry smile.

Xiao Yu followed his gestures and saw that the old Palacio was patiently teaching some young players how to pass the ball, how to catch the ball, etc. These are very simple basic movements, but there seems to be no difference. Little players can't do it well.

"I think, I figured it out, why the team can't always work as I thought, Xiao Yu, in fact, the players' problems are second, and the real problem is me!"

Xiao Yu looked at this self-reflection man curiously. He felt that Mourinho was really smart, and at the same time very diligent, thinking without listening and self-reflection without listening.

"Thank you, Xiao Yu, I think I should reset the team's tactics. Starting from tomorrow, we must carefully carve out the technical details of the players. This will make our team's cooperation smoother. In addition, I think we should Together with Cassell, overturn the previous settings about the academy program and start all over again."

"That's really a big project!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Yes, but this time, I think I've found the right direction. As Alberto said, the skills of English players are not as good as Spain, or even Italy, not just our team, but the overall environment outside is like this, We need to adapt to this environment!" Mourinho made inferences.

"I think you should attract more technical youth coaches from abroad, which will help our youth academy. I believe that Manchester United's youth academy should also pursue technical details, otherwise, their cooperation cannot be like this. Smooth, no matter how good their off-ball system is!"

Xiao Yu immediately wanted to understand that Mourinho's previous mistake was that he overestimated the overall environment of the English league. You must know that when he later joined Chelsea, the Premier League had already begun to set off a wave of technology under the leadership of Arsenal. At that time, the Chelsea team had already broken away from the traditional British way of playing.

"By the way, I want Alberto and the Argentine to join our youth program!"

After that, Mourinho seemed to have found a breakthrough to solve his troubles, and turned around to leave the training ground.

"Hey, Jose!" Xiao Yu felt that his idea of ​​instigating him to go out for a walk was correct, but he couldn't just let him go back and work hard, and immediately chased after him, "Are you interested in going somewhere?"

Mourinho is a bit strange, he is full of work now, and he still has a lot of things to explain to his assistants.

"I promise, this will also be of great help to your work!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Mourinho thought for a while, nodded, and followed Xiao Yu.

The two went to the parking lot to pick up the car, and then went straight out of the Newton Heath training base towards the city.

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Although it was afternoon, there were still many customers in Walsh's bar.

In the past two years, it has become a gathering place for new Manchester United fans. In addition to this pub, more and more pubs in Manchester have changed their flags to red Rebel flags with green and gold lines. .

Manchester City is undoubtedly the most popular team in this ancient industrial city, and Manchester United is still the most powerful club in England, but the rise of the new Manchester United is bound to become the third fan force in Manchester.

Xiao Yu's car parked steadily at the door of the bar. He believed that Mourinho must have come to this kind of place for the first time, but he could guess that the new Manchester United diehards were talking about something without going in. what.

These things he used to do all day, so he was very clear.

"Hey, Jack, how's the big drum you prepared?" As soon as he walked into the bar, he heard someone shouting inside.

"Ready, then I promise to tell the bastards in Chesterfield that we are good! Hehe~" someone else replied.

"That's right, don't let their gang of turtle grandchildren think that our team is on the verge of relegation and bully us. We are a team that is determined to win the championship. The league has only just begun. We have to give them a taste and let them know that we It's the Red Rebels, the Red Rebels who never give up!" Someone else shouted.

"Hey, what do you think we're going to do to the Portuguese then? Are you going to boo him?"

"Yes, yes, the media outside said he was incompetent, much worse than Bruce..."

"It's nonsense, and the media's words can be believed. The more they say this, the more we should support the Portuguese. Remember what Xiao Yu said at the beginning? He found a manager who was stronger than Bruce for us. He Also said that the Portuguese will become our new Manchester United Ferguson in the future, it is Ferguson, guys, do you think Manchester United fans will boo Ferguson?"

"Then shall we applaud him?"

"Of course, the team is currently in a difficult stage, and we should work together to get through it!"

"Okay, I'll tell everyone, then we'll surprise those Chesterfield guys who are ready to watch the show!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter in the bar. Obviously, the fans of the Red Rebel Army still maintained great confidence in the team, even when the outside world was very pessimistic about the new Manchester United. His passion for the team has not changed at all, and he has always supported the team.

"Want to go in for a drink, Jose?" Xiao Yu looked at Mourinho defiantly.

They were standing at the door, separated by a false door, and before the explosive music started, they could hear the conversation inside clearly.

"Of course, why not?" Mourinho laughed. "I'll go in and buy them a drink, and tell them by the way, the next game, we'll win, and we'll win beautifully!"

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