Red Rebels

In the away game against Tottenham Hotspur, absolutely no one will doubt that the new Manchester United will play a defensive counterattack, and some people even speculate that the new Manchester United with three goal difference in hand will stick to the end.

But in fact, Mourinho's team staged a wonderful drama very vividly, telling everyone that defense does not necessarily mean parking the bus in front of the goal, and defense can also be very open.

Mourinho's main lineup for this game has not changed much. Drogba still serves as a lone striker. The two wingers are Olic and Hleb. Malouda did not appear in the squad, which is the most important. Surprising.

The three midfielders are Juninho, Essien and Arau Diarra. Senna was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, so he missed the game, but no one would think that Senna's absence would make the new Manchester United defensive. The strength has declined. After all, Arau Diarra is also very good, especially in terms of defense.

The four defensive line players from left to right are Abidal, Terry, Curtis, and Toure. This is also the main force of the new Manchester United's back line this season. The goalkeeper is Cech.

It seems that in order to reflect his determination to defend to the end, Mourinho brought three defenders on the bench, namely Bosingwa, Evra and Hangeland, then backup goalkeeper Almunia, and finally De Rossi, he didn't even bring a backup striker.

Seeing this list, everyone knows that Mourinho wants to defend, but the problem is that no one thought that the defense of the new Manchester United would be so high.

In this game, the new Manchester United controlled the fighting area in the midfield, with the three midfielders consisting of Juninho Jr., Essien and Arau Diarra, plus frequent retreats, more like a full-back. Olic and Hleb, five people set up camp in the midfield.

Drogba is at the top, his running range is very large, and he almost entangles the two central defenders of Tottenham Hotspur, not letting them fall easily, while the new Manchester United midfielder is frequently passing through. Run unremittingly, use movement to block Tottenham's attacking route, and use the advantage of numbers to compress Tottenham's attacking space within a certain area.

The local area attack was frustrated, and it obviously affected the overall situation.

In the case of failing to break the new Manchester United defensive system in the first half, the long pass became the last choice for Tottenham, but the speed of several of their attacking players is not a strong point, plus the height and header are not dominant, This makes it easier for the new United to defend.

Hoddle originally thought that this would be a one-sided situation, but the reality is that the new Manchester United does not actively attack, but it does not mean that Tottenham has the initiative on the field, especially the rhythm of the game, Tottenham is even more affected by the new Manchester United. Manchester United pulled their noses away.

This makes Hoddle feel very depressed. He knows the weakness of his team, that is, the lack of attacking power, especially the lack of speed and depth when the team is attacking. Instead, it is the new Manchester United, just a Drogba top. At the front, it is enough to put Tottenham's back line under enormous pressure.

In this game, Mourinho's tactics completely restrained Hoddle. Although the latter also made substitutions, there was no improvement. He could only watch the passage of time every minute and second, and finally became a Field dull 0:0!

Tottenham failed to win the opponent at home, and Hoddle failed to fulfill his declaration of home reversal, which made him suffer a huge rebuke from the London media after the game. They believed that Hoddle's tactics and on-the-spot command in the two games were very good. It's clumsy to bring a Premier League team like this.

It’s okay to have bad offensive ability. After all, Tottenham’s offensive ability in the past two seasons is not very good, but I didn’t expect even the defense to be so bad. I believe that if the new Manchester United were not based on defense in this game, they did not invest much in the attack. If so, it is entirely possible for Tottenham to lose another 3-0.

For these criticisms from the media, Mourinho can only choose to sympathize with Hoddle. He clearly realizes that if his team really intends to fight back at White Hart Lane,

The loser in that game might be the new Manchester United.

However, after this game, the new Manchester United's defensive method of controlling space is very novel to some experts. They think this defensive method is very interesting. Tottenham hardly faced the new Manchester United goal in the whole game, because they Once the space entered the new Manchester United field, it was immediately blocked.

It is commonplace to use off-ball movement on offense, but being able to use off-ball movement on defense and at the same time combine it so perfectly with space control, the new Manchester United's defense in this game is indeed very good.

The media always like to magnify, especially the media in London and other places. They even define the victory of the new Manchester United against Tottenham as a victory of conservative football, and think that the victory of the new Manchester United is ugly.

At this time, as a die-hard fan of the new Manchester United, Martin Taylor attacked this claim in his column.

He believes that as a team in the third tier of England's league enters the League Cup final, the performance of the new Manchester United can be described as wonderful. As for the conservative, do they think that the new Manchester United should play against Tottenham? That's really a throwback to football tactics, stupid.

At the same time, Martin Taylor also asked those who criticize the new Manchester United to see the new Manchester United in the League Two to see what is called a rush and what is called a wave attack.

Among them, the wave attack is the latest term invented by the new Manchester United fans. This is when describing the new Manchester United attack, it is always wave after wave, just like the waves hitting the embankment, surging, but at the same time, there is a lot of rhythm, very compact.

This is also the result of the new Manchester United players cooperating with each other. Every player is closely linked to each other and runs together. Whether it is forward or backward, they are all very rhythmic. In addition, the new Manchester United They are very good at catching loopholes. Through pre-match research and observation during the game, they can always find the opponent's loopholes, and then seize the loopholes and play wave after wave to suppress the opponent.

Martin Taylor's appeal in the column also attracted a lot of media attention. They even invited many professionals to comment on it. These people are very respectful of the tactics of the new Manchester United, but they also agree with Martin Taylor. In the same way, I think that the tactics of the new Manchester United still have shortcomings. The key lies in how to control the contact between the center and the midfield after the retreat.

At the same time, many experts gave advice to Blackburn, the opponents of the new Manchester United League Cup final, that they should make a fuss in the large area between the new Manchester United striker and the midfielder. They described this position as the throat of the new Manchester United. Live with him, and the new Manchester United will die.

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His own tactics were criticized by the media and professionals, and Mourinho was very painful, because he found that in the League Two, more and more teams are using three defensive midfielders when facing the new Manchester United. The strategy of three midfielders and three central defenders.

You can't criticize them for being conservative, because being conservative is also a tactic, and they were indeed very successful in suppressing the new Manchester United's offense, especially after Drogba's connection with the midfielder was cut off, and the midfielder was forced to frequently pass through long distances. It is said that Drogba is found, or two flanks are found, but in this case, the success rate is greatly reduced.

At present, the three midfielders of the new Manchester United are generally configured with Junior Juninho and two defensive players, such as Senna, Essien, or Arau Diarra. These two players can protect Junior Juninho in addition to In addition, it can also cast an urn in front of the back line to reinforce the protection of the back line.

That's why the new Manchester United defense is so solid.

But the presence of two defensive players also makes the attacking power of the new Manchester United midfielder in the back row insufficient. There have been several draws or losses in this situation this season. After the Spurs game, the new Manchester United played a total of 5 league games, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. This is a very bad result for a team aiming to win the championship.

Especially in the next League Cup final, they will face the Premier League Blackburn team. Although the latter is currently full of injuries and many main players cannot play, it is a Premier League team after all, and they will not repeat what Tottenham did. wrong.

"You're right this time, boss, it's not a good thing to be stared at by the media!" Mourinho said with a wry smile.

In recent days, the atmosphere inside the team has been very serious, which is also related to the recent unsatisfactory situation of the new Manchester United. When facing the new Manchester United, all the teams seem to know the fate of the new Manchester United in advance. The game was extremely tough.

To this end, Mourinho is also under pressure, especially behind Brentford, Brighton and Reading have caught up.

What a mistake, the whole season's hard work was in vain.

"I think Martin Taylor is right, we do lack an attacking point to plug in from the middle and the back row. Having more of this point can make our offense more varied and at the same time make our offense more threatening. But we lack such a candidate." Cassell analyzed.

On a piece of paper, Mourinho drew the formation after the adjustment of the new Manchester United lineup. Drogba served as the striker, next to two wingers, an attacking midfielder, and two central midfielders, one of which organized a retreat. Defense, the back line has not changed.

"Whether it's Junior Juninho or Senna, they are not suitable to be the attacking midfielder. The requirements for this player have personal ability, can open up the depth in the middle, can protect the ball, and at the same time have speed, so as to be able to connect. The speed of our frontcourt," Cassell said, pointing to the artwork.

Maybe I should bring Kaka back in the summer, Xiao Yu thought to himself.

You must know that Kaka's ability to dribble and break through in the middle is simply designed for the new Manchester United lineup, and Kaka is very fast and cooperates well with his teammates. With him, it can be completely filled. This shortcoming of the new Manchester United tactics.

There is a Drogba in the front, Kaka behind, Ronaldinho on the left, Messi on the right, wow, it's a party of kings, what a spectacular scene it will be!

But there is still no hope for Kaka, that is after the summer, and now Xiao Yu must solve the troubles facing Blackburn.

At this time, he immediately remembered a living example from his previous life!

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