I Want to Be the King of Football - Chapter 1002

Mourinho lost the bet!

At the moment when Manchester City is invincible, Barcelona’s performance can’t be said to be bad, but for the Champions League defending champion, for the giants like Barcelona, ​​the zero-to-one defeat at the Nou Camp is still unacceptable.

The media seldom look at problems from a professional perspective, they are more aimed at a certain individual.

For example, the Daily Sports Daily publicly questioned Mourinho, believing that Camp Nou’s defeat came from the coach’s conservativeness.

“This is not the first time. Every time at a critical moment, Mourinho will adopt a more conservative tactic. This was the case when he faced Bayern Munich before, but it is still the case when facing Manchester City. We can’t understand it. The coach of Barcelona, ​​why can’t he be more confident?”

The Daily Sports believes that with players such as Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, Barcelona has the ability to fight the ball with Manchester City, but Mourinho chose to give up what Barcelona is best at and adopt a tactic of guarding against death. This makes it impossible for all of us to understand.

Immediately afterwards, the Daily Sports newspaper pointed the finger at Mourinho. The day before the game, he announced the starting lineup in advance, thinking that this was irresponsible to the team.

“According to some players in the Barcelona locker room who did not want to be named, this incident caused an uproar in the Barcelona locker room. Many people were surprised and puzzled by Mourinho’s approach, as well as deep dissatisfaction. .”

“This is not the first time Mourinho has done this kind of deviant behavior, but this time it has caused very serious consequences. It has even made many players who were originally neutral in the dressing room have now begun to come to Mourinho’s On the opposite side, the internal division of the dressing room has become particularly serious.”

The Daily Sports Daily concluded that Mourinho should bear the main responsibility for the defeat of the Nou Camp, but he didn’t seem to realize his problems, nor did he have any reflection after the game.

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The Barcelona mouthpiece said this because Mourinho publicly stated in his post-match press conference that the result of a zero to one at home was within his expectations, and he believed that the team could reverse the situation away.

“This is not a bad result.”

“If Manchester City did not score an away goal, of course it would be the best result for us, but this is unrealistic because we are facing Manchester City with Soviet Union and only conceded one goal. I think it is acceptable. .”

“The second round to Manchester is the real decisive battle, where we will reverse Manchester City!”

Although Mourinho speaks loudly and loudly, the doubts are still overwhelming.

On the spot, a media reporter questioned him. He didn’t win the opponent at home. Why did he win the away game?

And the media asked him face to face, what do you think of the performance of Busquets and Yaya Toure in this battle tonight?

There were even accusations from the media that he suddenly announced the starting list the day before the game, giving Manchester City time to prepare in advance. This was an irresponsibility and even betrayal to Barcelona.

At first, Mourinho’s tone and attitude were quite good, but gradually, he was made more difficult by the media reporters, and he also became impatient, and even began to become irritable.

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

This makes the media reporters even more verbal criticism of Mourinho, and they can’t wait to get him directly off the position of Barcelona 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 his mistake that time completely ruined his contribution throughout the game because it directly caused Barcelona’s conceded.

From a professional point of view, there is still a huge difference between the mistake and the goal, but the media and fans ignore these.

The godfather of Barcelona Cruyff commented in the column, thinking that this game explained his opposition to Mourinho’s coaching Barcelona, ​​and he also reiterated his point that Barcelona’s orthodoxy lies in Manchester City.

“In the eyes of many people, Yaya Toure’s error is not enough to explain the problem. It was just a very common midfielder conceded. It was just the subsequent outstanding performance of the Manchester City Trident that caused Barcelona’s concealment.”

“But what I want to say is that this is not an accident, but a necessity.”

“If necessary, I can list a lot of Yaya Toure’s turnovers during his time at Barcelona in the past few years, as well as his passing and receiving data, and then compare Busquets’s data in the same period at Manchester City. We have to be clear, the Premier League The pressure of the game and the pressure of the press are higher than that of La Liga, but Busquets is better than Biaia Touré in passing and receiving the ball and making mistakes.”

“At this point, Mourinho will refute me. He will think that Busquets makes fewer mistakes and passes and receives the ball more securely. That’s because he always lags behind. On the contrary, it is Yaya Toure. , He often staged a wonderful scene of a man dribbling the ball through the midfield, picking and assisting teammates outside the penalty area.”

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

“What Barcelona lacks now is how to get through the midfield? Are there players missing the last pass and the penultimate pass?”

“As early as the end of the European Super Cup, I clearly stated in the column that the biggest gap between Barcelona and Manchester City is the delay of the fourth position. This made the management determined to introduce Fabregas, but as a result, Fabre After Gas joined the team, he was positioned in the frontcourt. This is because Mourinho is not good at training the ball control system and he does not understand Barcelona’s football genes.”

Cruyff said in the column that many people are focusing on the announcement of the big list one day in advance, but in fact this is not very useful, it is more to disrupt the opponent’s attention. The real problem in the game is that Manchester City is patiently waiting for Barcelona to make a mistake. .

“This is the most desperate thing.”

“Guardiola knows Barcelona too well, and he also knows Mourinho’s Barcelona, ​​so he is waiting, because he is sure that in the 90 minutes of the game, Mourinho’s Barcelona will definitely make some mistakes, such as Alvi For example, Yaya Toure will dribble the ball through the midfield, such as…”

“I can be 100% sure. Manchester City knew it would be like this before the game, so they are waiting. Unfortunately, Manchester City has waited, even more than once. If it is not for the opportunity to be lacking, Manchester City is completely It is 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 Mourinho is becoming more and more unstable. For Barcelona, ​​it is Very fatal.

“This is not just a game, but more importantly, it is like a demonstration.”

“I can guarantee that Pellegrini will be sitting in the stands or in front of the TV, watching this game throughout, and he will see how to beat Barcelona from it, because Mourinho’s team has loopholes that cannot be bridged. .”

“For Mourinho, perhaps the most important thing now is not the second round, but the battle against Real Madrid in the middle of the week.”

“First, lose to Manchester City at the Nou Camp, and then lose to Real Madrid, Barcelona’s morale will plummet. At that time, it will not only lose the Champions League, but also lose La Liga, and even Mourinho’s future at Barcelona.”

Cruyff’s words are very heavy in the column, but they are also very deep, pointing directly to the core crux that many people have not noticed.

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

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

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Compared with Catalonia, and even Spain as a whole, Mourinho is being verbally criticized. The British media have given more praise to Manchester City.

Also in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, Chelsea drew with Bayern Munich in a zero-to-zero home match.

Throughout the game, the Blues were at an absolute disadvantage. Bayern Munich played in half of the game. Except for a few counterattacks, the Blues really played very embarrassed, but the whole team just relied on a breath of relief. Ninety minutes passed.

As an Italian coach, Di Matteo’s ability to organize defenses is still very strong, coupled with Chelsea’s foundation, this allows Chelsea to finally survive the first leg.

But everyone can tell that with the performance of the Blues, going to the Allianz Arena in the second round is destined to be a lot of good luck.

This season’s Champions League is held at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Bayern Munich hopes to reach the Champions League final more than anyone else, so 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 and came out from the Nou Camp. It was an extraordinary surprise. The entire United Kingdom was very surprised by this, but also very much looking forward to it.

Everyone believes that with their away performance in the first leg, Manchester City will definitely have a chance to win and reach the Champions League final after returning to the Etihad Stadium.

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

Therefore, when Manchester City returned to Manchester, the entire United Kingdom was reporting and hyping the game. Everyone basically believed that as long as Manchester City returned to the home court and continued to adopt the tactics of the first leg, there would be no big problem in winning Barcelona. .

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

In other words, Barcelona still has a game that must be won in the middle of the week.

At home again, the schedule dominates, physical stamina dominates, and even the overall skills and tactics and player morale dominate. There is no reason to lose in such a game, right?

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

“I have played in the Champions League for many years. I want to say that the more people think that you will win or have to win, the more dangerous they are and the more you have to be careful. This is the terrible thing about the Champions League. Place.”

Afterwards, Su Dong praised Barcelona fiercely, thinking that they are the strongest team in Europe and the like, and also touted some of his Barcelona friends by the way, and finally said…

“We are confident to get tickets to the Allianz Arena at home!”