Midfielder

After the Champions League grouping ended, the news and comments from the outside world did not really affect the internal order of the Porto team. Although the players were also worried about their next opponent, Mourinho's calmness in front of the media and the players gradually calmed them down.

"Why should we worry about a game that even the boss doesn't think much about?" Those players who were a little nervous began to concentrate on it.

And Mourinho would never hide his ambition to defeat his opponent when facing the team, so he told his players without reservation.

"Even if our opponent is Manchester United, I need you to keep a heart to win. Cowardice is of no help to you."

"The first game is at our home ground. This season, the Dragon Stadium has never been conquered. I hope this record will continue."

Mourinho's determination ignited the flame in the hearts of these guys who were eager to win. What can Manchester United do? Win it!

Real Madrid can't take advantage of us, and so can Manchester United! No one can really conquer this dragon from Porto!

Besides, the first game was on our territory, so we should give the English a grand welcome ceremony, of course, with a goal!

Mourinho's confidence in winning the game was passed on to the Porto players, and the virus of winning began to spread in the team.

Igniting the team's desire to survive is only the first step for Mourinho, but he is not naive to think that such a simple move can easily subdue a team of Manchester United's level. He needs to make more preparations, and there are still two months, which seems to be sufficient.

During this period, Mourinho must find out the loopholes in the opponent, and he will not let go of any problem easily.

Mourinho now needs all kinds of intelligence about Manchester United, even the appearance efficiency and physical condition of the opponent's main players, he needs to figure it out.

Especially the opponent's main players, their injuries are what Mourinho needs to know most. Any combat loss of the opponent is good news for the Porto team. Mourinho is not dead set on bringing down a complete Manchester United team.

Mourinho even asked Da Costa for a special person to go to England to collect all kinds of information, as long as it was related to Manchester United, he wanted it all.

Even the number of times that group of Manchester United guys went out to have fun, he needed to know clearly, knowing yourself and the enemy, can win the game.

In today's football games, this kind of trick sometimes allows the team to have an advantage in details, and Mourinho also believes that details will determine everything.

Now Mourinho's daily task is to go into his office with Brito to study Manchester United's common lineups, conventional offensive tactics and main offensive routines in the last dozen games. He has even listed the running routes of the main goal scorers in his notebook.

He needs to sort out the most efficient offensive method for Manchester United. For a team with a king of small penalty areas like Van Nistelrooy, Mourinho does not want to make mistakes.

Whether they can hold their own defense in the Dragon Stadium will be a severe test for Porto's defenders. Van Nistelrooy is not so easy to watch.

But Mourinho will not put all his energy on defense. For Porto, he must demand offensive deterrence.

If the group of English people rush up, then Porto can only passively take the beating, or even accept the opponent's bombing in embarrassment.

It is necessary to entangle with the opponent near the center circle arc, and the sharp knife in his hand must always threaten the opponent's goal. It is absolutely the stupidest way for the Premier League team to choose to defend in their own half. The English team lacks the most is impact.

Especially when the height of his own defenders is not advantageous, Mourinho will not passively choose to defend in his own half.

Waiting to be bombed by the English at the front of his own penalty area? That is what an idiot would do. They are the originator of the long pass rush.

The battle must be carried out in the midfield. Facing Giggs and Scholes, who are old hands in the battlefield, Mourinho still has a lot to do.

The few offensive cards Mourinho still has in hand will be an important means for him to defend the honor of the Porto team at the Dragon Stadium. The opponent will not leave him too many opportunities, so Mourinho needs to sharpen the lore knife more accurately in the next two months.

Manchester United's luxurious lineup is not Mourinho's biggest headache. His biggest opponent now is not those players, but the opponent's coach.

Ferguson is the toughest opponent Mourinho has encountered so far. He is more experienced than Mourinho, and he is also very cunning.

This confrontation between the team commanders makes Mourinho feel a little impulsive. Playing a wrestling of wisdom with this green old coach may be more like a kind of enjoyment for Mourinho. He wants to defeat his opponent because only in this way can he prove his excellence.

"If you want to kill your opponent, you have to understand him in all aspects. So now, you have to think about the problem like the opponent."

Mourinho did not let go of every little move of Ferguson. It can be seen that this old fox on the coaching bench gave him a lot of pressure.

Facing such an old fox on the green field, Mourinho cannot expect him to make the same mistakes as Queiroz. He can only fight with the opponent.

Even Mourinho still needs to confuse his opponents, just like they are studying Manchester United, their opponents must also be thinking about everything about the Porto team.

But now the Porto team has an advantage. Unlike Manchester United, they have to do their best to fight every opponent in the league. The current Porto team can squander their lead in the standings. Mourinho You can change your team's formation at will.

Manchester United does not have this condition. The fierce competition in the Premier League forces Ferguson to go all out in every game. Even so, the points gap between them and Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool is still only one or two points, which cannot be allowed at all. There is no slack at all.

Even when rotating the main lineup in the league, Ferguson needs to be extremely careful, otherwise, he will lose his points advantage in the league.

But the Porto team is not afraid. They are now 16 points ahead of the second-placed Benfica team. Even if the Porto team starts to lose five consecutive games, they will not be surpassed by the chasing opponents. In this case, Mourinho Rinho can do whatever he wants.

4-4-2, 4-5-1, 3-5-2, 4-3-3. In the subsequent four Portuguese Super League games, the Porto team under the command of Mourinho played almost every game. In changing the style of play, there is a pressing all-out attack, a slow and steady midfield style, and a comprehensive control style of play in the midfield and frontcourt.

Porto's tactics are changing in almost every game, which makes opponents in the league unprepared to deal with all this.

The Porto people who have no fixed style of play become even scarier, because you never know what Mourinho will do in the game, and which side his team will attack in. It seems that everyone on the court will The Porto players can easily tear apart the opponent's defense.

And the players of the Porto team do have this ability. Costinha and Alenichev on the wing have scored two goals in four games, with shocking 30-meter long shots and wide shots. With Lu Qiang's sudden inward cut, Mourinho is fully developing the players' offensive abilities.

A full-back like Valente can provide two assists in a game. You have to admire these Porto madmen, they are getting more and more ruthless.

The change in the team's formation is just one of them. Even Porto's main lineup has been rotated frequently by Mourinho. He is also constantly adjusting the offensive combination in the midfield and frontcourt, sometimes with two forwards, sometimes with one forward. Forward, sometimes he even tries the impact play of three forwards.

The substitute players who often grind their butts on the bench have been given ample opportunities to play, and these guys who are eager to prove themselves are sometimes even more ferocious than the main players. They work hard on offense and defense. Stronger, more destructive power.

Even young strikers like Alberto have scored three goals in four games. Porto's offensive firepower once again covers the Portuguese Super League.

Such an outbreak may not even have occurred to Mourinho himself, but such an outbreak obviously provides him with more possibilities for changes.

Absolute main players like Deco were put on the bench by Mourinho, but the rhythm of the game was still calmly controlled by the Porto team.

Even if the Porto team is now missing nearly half of its main players, it cannot shake their dominance in the Portuguese Super League. Now it seems that this suspension penalty has made Mourinho find many new discoveries. , the team's potential can continue to be explored.

Even if Lin Yi and the others are not on the court now, Porto's penetrating style of play can still defeat their opponents in the league one by one.

However, in such a powerful offense, there is a lack of agility. Even when Deco plays, Mourinho feels that something is missing.

"That little guy, if he can be on the court, this adaptable style of play may be better." Mourinho tried to outline Lin Lin in his mind while watching the crazy attacks of the players on the court. The picture that Wing brings into this kind of offense may be even more gorgeous.

Anyway, Porto's competitors in the Portuguese Super League rarely create real trouble for them, so Mourinho dared to blatantly turn this place into a test field for changing his technical and tactical play. He made wanton changes. It follows the Porto team's inherent offensive mode.

This made the Manchester United scouts who came to Portugal to collect information on Porto's game very confused, because in his record, even McCarthy was not fixed in the forward position. In one league game, Mourinho actually The South African diamond was thrown to the right midfielder.

But such a change allowed McCarthy to score two goals in that game. Without the special marking and entanglement of defenders, McCarthy's long-distance running ability was completely released. The South African's breakthrough speed and back-row insertion Ability has become another unexpected gain for Mourinho.

"Look, this is the reward for bravely trying to change." When Mourinho saw this scene, he said with a smile to Brito next to him.

It's just that Brito is not in a good mood like Mourinho, because he feels that his old partner is doing something very risky.

It is undoubtedly a suicidal act to start changing the team's tactical arrangements in the middle of the league, especially when the team's lineup and play style begin to stabilize. This change may make the players feel confused. If it is serious, It will make the team confused.

Although the Porto team can continue to play smoothly in the Portuguese Super League, Brito cannot imagine whether using such changes to deal with Manchester United is really as effective as Mourinho said. After all, the opponent is cunning and cunning. Ferguson, not a rookie.

But Mourinho has no intention of stopping experimenting. Instead, he is changing the team more and more. This change is not only to confuse his opponents, but also to allow himself to find an inspiration for the game. This kind of random change , can bring unexpected trouble to the opponent.

However, the most melancholy people now are obviously not Brito who is worried about future games, but the Manchester United scouts who have been stationed in Porto for almost a month, because they now have no idea how to write this report to Ferguson about the Porto team. investigation report.

How should I write this? The opponents changed their starting lineup four times in four games, and the changes in on-the-spot tactics made them dizzy.

A forward is not like a striker, and a defender is not like a defender. Even the midfielder can insert himself into the front of the opponent's penalty area and shoot desperately. This is a damn thing!

"How the hell should we record this! This damn Portuguese, is he playing tricks on us!" Manchester United's scout was so worried that he almost cursed.

If possible, these people really want to rush to Mourinho and question this guy, did you play the game accurately?

Although Manchester United's scouts are very confused, the veteran Ferguson will not make such mistakes. Even though Porto's playing style has changed very frequently recently, the old man still knows very well that the opponent's two killer moves are concentrated. On those three or five guys in the frontcourt.

Even if their wing attack has been booming recently, Ferguson is convinced that it is just a little trick by Mourinho to confuse others.

"Deco, Dallei, McCarthy, Lin Yi, and Costinha, these five talents are the backbone of their offense, especially the two guys who can play as attacking midfielders. They are the ones we need to keep an eye on, and the rest The threat that those people can pose is always limited.”

As the first head coach to manage 100 games in the Champions League, Ferguson will not be easily fooled by Mourinho's tricks. Even if Dallay's recent starts are very limited, Sir Alex will definitely not One would think that the top scorer of the last UEFA Cup would be benched.

And compared to McCarthy's impact style of play, what Ferguson hated more was guys like Dalray who kept wandering in the penalty area looking for opportunities.

Just like Manchester United's former super substitute killers, "baby-faced" Solskjaer and the old monster Sheringham, this kind of ghost wandering in the penalty area can always inadvertently cause trouble for his own defense. Porto plays such a role in the team.

Ferguson knew very well that his opponent would definitely not give up at home. According to Mourinho's tough character, even if he loses this game, he will try his best to set up various obstacles for his opponent, and Porto will not He would be beaten passively in front of his own home.

The starting point of the offense must be the attacking midfielder combination of Deco and Lin Yi. After watching the game between Porto and Real Madrid, Ferguson also had a headache for this technical combination and wanted to trap them both at the same time. , relying solely on a strong Roy Keane is obviously not enough.

But now it is not difficult to ask Ferguson to use two professional midfielders to mark people. Manchester United does not have suitable substitute players in this position to build a stable double midfielder defense. The formation made Sir Alex a little worried.

The money sold to Beckham only allowed him to find a substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo, but in terms of the team's defense, he never found a suitable player to supplement. When the Premier League went on before Christmas, the old Ronaldo For the first time, I felt that the team was a little short of manpower.

"I hope God can let Manchester United have a good defender when the winter transfer window opens, otherwise it will be a real trouble."

"God forbid that black-haired kid doesn't lose his mind. I don't want to see him stabbing Manchester United twice. That would be terrible."

While watching the video of the away game between Porto and Real Madrid, Ferguson smacked his lips at Lin Yi's performance on the field. The moment when that kid challenged tens of thousands of Madrid people, it was fixed in the old Sir Alex's eyes. What a dangerous and fearless little guy.

But while Ferguson was still worried about how to keep an eye on Lin Yi, the kid who gave him a headache, Lin Yi was obviously more worried than the old man.

Because just a few minutes ago, Mendes just called from the United States, and he brought a piece of news that made Lin Yi even more depressed than the suspension.

A promotion conference for Nokia's new mobile phone will be held in Portugal next week. This is the opening match of their European promotion campaign, and Lin Yi will be the main focus of the promotion.

This kind of promotion meeting is not Lin Yi's biggest worry, and Mendes told him that Selena will fly to Porto tomorrow morning, and Lin Yi needs to pick her up.

"Can't you arrange for someone else? You should know how disharmonious she and I are." Lin Yi's head was pounding when he heard the news.

"Well, gossip is also a necessary means of publicity. You and her image of a perfect couple has been considered by many people as a natural couple, so in the next week, you'd better keep this inseparable state in front of the public."

Gossip? Perfect couple? Couple? What the hell is going on! Lin Yi was worried when he thought of the devil girl who was half a head shorter than him.

When two people meet, what follows is either a story or an accident. Lin Yi has a hunch that he will face many accidents in the next week. . .

Now Lin Yi is quite melancholy. . .

(The little monkey is so awesome! Tottenham played so well in this game, completely piercing Inter Milan's defense. Benitez is like a stick. If you don't change your current habit of putting the defense first, then Tottenham's here is just a small lesson, and there will be bigger troubles waiting for you in the future. Pray that my AC Milan will be mighty once in San Siro tonight! Inzaghi, show your demon nature!!!)