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Starting from the 37th minute, under Mourinho's instructions, Manchester United released a large area of ​​midfield space, and all players except Ibrahimovic once again shrank in the backcourt. This time Ibrahimovic also stood near the center circle to participate in Manchester United's defense.

With a two-goal lead and a total score of 2-2, Mourinho considered that Wolves would definitely launch a fierce attack in the last stage of the first half and strive to grab a goal.

In this case, Manchester United must not make mistakes in this regard, and must not give opportunities to opponents like in the last game.

"Can you defend?" Mourinho muttered to himself while shrinking in the bench.

"What? What did you say?" Faria, who was sitting next to him, just stared at the court intently and didn't hear what Mourinho was saying.

Mourinho was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "No, it's okay."

"Oh." Faria shrugged and no longer cared.

Mourinho doesn't want to show his uneasiness, but he is indeed worried about one thing, that is, can Manchester United defend in the ten minutes from now to the end of the first half?

Although he failed to score, he had two consecutive chances to threaten the goal in the 27th and 31st minutes. If De Gea hadn't played well, or played super well, the score would definitely not be like this.

Mourinho's team is still in the adaptation period to Mourinho's tactical system, and defense is the most challenging for players to adapt to and understand the team's tactical system. Manchester United is not in place in the current man-to-man defense.

Don't say that Ibrahimovic is not willing to defend in the game now. Even if he is willing to participate in defense, Mourinho needs to consider that Ibrahimovic in 2017 is undoubtedly in the late stage of his career.

After all, Ibrahimovic is 35 years old and his physical fitness is no longer as good as before. If Ibrahimovic is forced to run all over the field, he may be exhausted by the halftime break.

What makes Mourinho uncomfortable the most is Pogba. Pogba is basically in a state of "no one knows what he is thinking" on the court.

You say you either follow someone or don't follow.

What if you say you don't follow someone while running?

In any case, Mourinho always has a calm, or a little cold face. It's as if the doubts just now never existed.

The trend of the game certainly doesn't depend on Mourinho's face.

Seeing Manchester United retreat and firmly establish their low defense, Rodri controlled the ball under his feet and frowned.

This seems to be a clear posture to let Wolves attack.

Well, since you insist.

Rodri passed the ball to Doherty, who observed for a long time and passed the ball horizontally to Coady.

The rhythm slowed down instantly. Coady was not in a hurry to break through or pass the ball with the ball. He just stood there, as if the game character was hanging up.

Ibrahimovic was furious when he saw Coady's posture. Who was he looking down on?

So Ibrahimovic ran towards Coady and pretended to grab the ball. Coady then passed the ball horizontally to Ruben Dias beside him. Manchester United's rhythm also slowed down. Even if Coady stood still just now, no one except Ibrahimovic would go up to press for the ball.

Manchester United took a defensive stance, but Wolves were not without a solution.

In the Championship League, under the pressure of Wolves' terrifying offensive suppression, many teams had to bite the bullet and put up a defensive formation. Some teams arranged a 5-3-2 formation, and there might be up to six people on the back line in the defensive stage.

For this kind of team that basically stood firm and took a beating, Wolves gradually found a solution.

Wei Le's idea was to mobilize.

As the offensive organization reached the frontcourt, time passed by.

Rodri turned his back to the Manchester United goal, first glanced back to both sides, and then casually passed the ball back to the central defender. Coady received the ball and passed it back, and Rodri passed it back again.

Coady received the ball and passed it back again, but this time, the situation suddenly changed!

When Rodri passed the ball, he ran diagonally to the side, and Coady's pass rolled over from where Rodri was standing!

Did he lose the pass? How could it be!

Van der Beck ran back and received the ball right where Rodri had just been.

After receiving the ball, Van der Beck did not try to turn around, but instead kicked the ball to the right and back with his left foot. The football then obediently passed behind Van der Beck's right leg, and Rodri just received this lead!

Although Van der Beck did not see where Rodri was before passing the ball, the ball was accurately passed to Rodri who could reach out his legs.The position of receiving the ball!

With this quick pass, the Wolves' rhythm suddenly increased, and Rodri dribbled the ball forward from the midfield area on the left, which made Manchester United feel like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Mourinho has emphasized that Rodri has the ability to advance, and his offensive ability is indeed good. Although he is tall and looks a bit clumsy, his superb footwork shows that he is not a traditional physical player.

Rodri looked up and saw Haaland's position.

Now Haaland is still in the middle of the two central defenders, standing at the top of the penalty area, fighting with the two central defenders.

Phil Jones dare not underestimate Haaland. Haaland is not the kind of small player that Phil Jones can bully casually. On the contrary, if he doesn't pay attention to Haaland, he will definitely be enough for Manchester United to drink a pot.

For example, now!

Haaland suddenly bypassed Phil Jones and seemed to break into the penalty area from the right!

Phil Jones looked back at Rodri and happened to look into Rodri's eyes!

Damn, if Rodri passes the ball, Haaland will almost face an empty goal!

Not only Phil Jones, Smalling and Carrick all noticed Haaland's situation, and the three of them quickly surrounded Haaland to prevent him from making further moves.

But this is exactly what Rodri wants!

Rodri made a leg swing, as if he was going to pass the ball directly in front of Haaland, but in fact he didn't touch the ball at all. It was just a fake move.

But the next move made Smalling and Phil Jones break out in a cold sweat!

Rodri changed direction, passed a high ball, and hung the ball behind Rojo! That is, Manchester United's left side and Wolves' right side!

Bowen received the ball! ! On the right side of the court!

When Rojo turned around, he found that he was almost in a vacuum zone on the court. There was no one around him. Instead, Bowen, who he should have been guarding, had already run behind him!

"Rodri made a lob pass to the penalty area! Bowen received the ball, and after a slight adjustment, he made a low cross! There is chaos in front of the goal now. Who is it... The ball went in?! The ball went in?! The ball really went in!!!"

Many commentators were not at the scene of the game. They could not see clearly on the small screen of the monitor. They could only see the moment when the ball flew into the goal, but Martin Taylor, who was at the scene, saw it clearly!

"It's Jota!! The shot of the Portuguese genius striker penetrated the goal guarded by De Gea! Now the time has come to 43 minutes! A simple attack has already turned Manchester United's defense upside down!"

But how did it go in?

The goal replay came soon.

It turned out that Jota was stuck next to Damian at the moment when Bowen received the ball. He played as a left winger in this game. He ran sideways while accelerating, and when he saw Bowen rushing into the penalty area, Jota seized the opportunity!

Jota shook his body, avoided Damian's block, and rushed into the penalty area!

The following is the process of Bowen's cross pass in front of the goal!

At this time, De Gea, who could have attacked to get the ball, chose to stand still. Maybe the ball was passed closer to him, but he didn't see that Jota was already one step away from the ball!

So Jota faced the ball horizontally, and suddenly he kicked the ball back with his right heel!

But he didn't expect that the ball went through a small goal of De Gea!

Then it went through the big door behind him!