Reborn Almighty Life

Gu Fei's exertion immediately made the game more intense. After both sides' conditions improved, the game became even better!

"This is a wonderful confrontation that has been extremely rare in European football in recent years. Both sides have invested heavily in the midfield. However, unlike the meat grinder midfielders that were popular in Europe in the past two years, the midfielders of the two teams are extremely technical.

Represents the highest level of football today!" Wong Tai Sin spoke highly of the fierce battle between Manchester United and Liverpool in the midfield, believing that this is the development trend of modern football.

In 2004, marked by Greece's victory in the European Championship and Porto's victory in the Champions League, the utilitarian football style became popular in European football. The midfielders represented by Essien and Marc Lailai were extremely popular in the European transfer market.

Defensive counterattack has become the only magic weapon to win the championship.

2004 was a magical year for European football. In that year's European Cup, Germany's fierce coach Rehagel led the underdog Greek team to a magical championship. In that year's UEFA Champions League, Portugal's Porto

The team fought through many European giants and won the Champions League championship trophy.

In the 2004 European Cup, the champion Greece was indeed a real "phenomenon". A group of mediocre players were kneaded into a perfect whole by Rehhagel. They eliminated 4 former European champions along the way and reached the final, defeating the host country again.

Win the championship. Spain and Italy, whose stars are more shining,

England and France went home early. Experts concluded that the success of Greece and Portugal was a victory for football as a whole. More than a month ago, the teams participating in the Champions League final were Porto and Monaco outside the four major leagues.

It can be said that European football has entered the era of overall football.

Porto's victory has many subjective and objective factors. History has created Porto and Mourinho.

At that stage, the major mainstream football giants were in a period of decline with aging lineups. After the end of the Milan dynasty, Juventus also had a strong presence in the Champions League. However, by the turn of the century, the champion team in the Champions League was always Real Madrid.

Teams such as Bayern and Manchester United (Valencia was just the spoiler), around 2004, the lineups of these teams needed to be updated, and there was a power vacuum in football, which gave Porto an opportunity to rise.

After the expansion of the Champions League in 1999, the Champions League had two knockout stages: the top 32 group stage and the top 16 group stage. Later, due to the sudden death problem in the 2003 Confederations Cup, I was afraid that the team and players would be too tired and there would be another danger.

FIFA has reduced the intensity of the Confederations Cup, and UEFA has deleted the schedule of the second stage of the Champions League group stage, and introduced the 1/8 finals in the group stage.

If we continue to use the two-stage group stage format, the possibility of upsets in six games is relatively low, but if it is a two-round knockout round, then the possibility of upsets is very high. And that year, as expected, teams like Porto and Monaco were not in the top four.

The major league team reached the finals all the way because of this.

The objective factors of the competition system allowed Porto to be upset in some games, such as defeating Manchester United in the quarter-finals and advancing to the quarter-finals. It was also considered to be Mourinho's wonderful performance in mainstream European competitions.

Porto has a strong lineup. At the goalkeeper position, Baia is already a world-class goalkeeper who became famous as the captain of Portugal. It is reassuring to have him guard the last step. The defense led by Carvalho and Costala is also unbreakable. Paulo Ferre

The two full-backs La and Valente also performed well, Deco managed the midfield in an orderly manner, and McCarthy's majesty on the front line has long replaced Postiga. This lineup is now said to be world-class.

It’s not an exaggeration either.

Secondly, Porto is very lucky. The powerful Real Madrid and Barcelona were eliminated early, which also gave the small club Porto a chance. But the most important thing is that Porto has a good coach. It eliminated Manchester United, Lyon, and Depor, and finally ended up in Ofchar in Germany.

Defeating Monaco 3-0 at the Grameen Stadium, Magic Bird created miracles one after another in his professional coaching career, eventually bringing Porto to the top of the Champions League.

That year, the lineups of mainstream giants needed to be updated. The Champions League format had just been adjusted. Porto had a good lineup, and Mourinho used his troops like a god. These four reasons ensured that Porto won the Champions League that year - which was also the last in the history of Champions League football.

One from a non-Big Four league champion.

From 2004 to 2020, the 16 Champions League championships were won by European giants such as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Bayern, and Barcelona. It is already difficult for teams outside the four major leagues to reach the finals of the Champions League.

It’s a matter of God, let alone winning the championship.

To this day, when we recall that summer, we find that it was the most influential change in recent years, and its influence on European football continues to this day.

In January 2002, Mourinho, who was just 38 years old, took over the Portuguese giants Porto with a poor record. At that time, Porto was ranked fifth in the Portuguese Super League, ranked last in the second round of the Champions League group stage, and was eliminated from the Portuguese Cup.

Mourinho led Porto to 11 wins in 15 games, eventually helping Porto win third place in the Portuguese Super League that year.

Mourinho promises: "Porto will be champions next year".

Mourinho did not break his promise. In the 2002-03 season, Porto won the Portuguese Super League championship with an 11-point advantage and won the UEFA Cup.

In the UEFA Cup final of the 2002-03 season, Del Rey's two consecutive goals and Alenichev's goal helped Porto defeat Celtic 3-2 in overtime, bringing Mourinho his first victory.

A UEFA Champions League trophy.

Mourinho's success has just begun. In the 2003-04 season, Mourinho led Porto to win the Portuguese Super League five rounds ahead of schedule. Although they lost to Benfica in the Portuguese Cup final, Mourinho continued

his victory in the European arena.

In the UEFA Champions League in the 2003-04 season, Porto successively eliminated Manchester United, Lyon, and Deportivo to reach the final. Their only defeat was to Real Madrid in the group stage.

In the Champions League final, Mourinho's Porto defeated Monaco 3-0 cleanly and won the Champions League trophy.

José Mourinho has worked wonders.

Mourinho once again won the Champions League this time, setting a record for Porto to win the European Cup for two consecutive years. In this year, Mourinho was only 41 years old, an age in which he was in the prime of life. He embraced his first title.

After winning the Champions League trophy, Mourinho became famous all over the world.

The Portuguese's success in the Champions League opened the door to the mainstream European football leagues. Abramovich, who was eager for talent, invited the madman to Stamford Bridge. The man who said 'God first, I second'

'The magic bird has arrived in the Premier League.

In his first two years at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho led the Blues to break the monopoly of Manchester United in the Premier League, ushering in the unforgettable years when the Blues dominated the Premier League. In the English arena, Mourinho was regarded as a capable

A figure comparable to Sir Alex Ferguson, he made the Premier League more lively.

After achieving great success in Portugal, Mourinho came to Chelsea in the Premier League and led Chelsea to achieve incredible success in the Premier League, winning the Premier League championship in the 2004-05 season, the 2005-06 season, and the 2004-05 season.

, League Cup champion in the 2006-07 season, FA Cup champion in the 2006-07 season.

Under Mourinho's leadership, Chelsea, the "Blue Army", has become a giant club in the Premier League.

The steel defense line and meat grinder midfielder Mourinho built at Chelsea allowed him to win the Premier League championship for two consecutive years under the siege of Manchester United and Arsenal. This undoubtedly brought huge influence to the Premier League and even European football.

Impact. In the past two years, midfielders and defenders with an iron-blooded temperament have become very popular in the European transfer market, and many teams are also pursuing a utilitarian football style, making the game boring and ugly.

Mourinho's so-called "big bus theory" is vividly reflected in him and his Chelsea. Defense comes first and the iron-blooded midfielder has become the label of Chelsea, and it has also become a play style that many European clubs and even national teams are eager to learn from.

Law.

Mourinho's tactical style is difficult for many people to understand. Many coaches like to keep the ball at their feet, but Mourinho is just the opposite. His team never needs ball possession, all he needs is efficiency.

Mourinho also talked about the issue of ball possession rate in an interview. He said that ball possession rate is not important. The most important thing is what you do after you have the ball and whether you launch an effective attack after you have the ball.

That's the way of football.

In fact, this is Mourinho's tactical philosophy. He does not need ball possession, but efficiency. When you have the ball, as long as you are efficient, and when you have the ball, inefficiency is just frequent.

Cross passes, back passes, back and forth kicks, these are ineffective ball control in Mourinho's view, because such ball control does not have much meaning. In fact, Mourinho emphasized this when coaching many teams

A few words: [Simplicity, efficiency.]

What Mourinho means is that when you have the ball, you have to play concisely and efficiently. This is enough. When it comes to possession of the ball, ineffective possession of the ball has no meaning other than delaying time when the team is leading.

Not big.

Under the influence of Chelsea, the style of utilitarian football has begun to prevail throughout European football. Everyone is studying the success of Chelsea and Mourinho. Even though they strongly criticized the conservatism of Magic Bird in front of the media, this does not mean

Prevent them from playing defensive counterattack.

Under such circumstances, Gu Fei came to Manchester United with the aura of the world's number one sports star, played an exciting offensive football, and led Manchester United to remain undefeated for more than a year, winning all competitions.

It has undoubtedly created an offensive whirlwind in professional football.

Starting from the English League Cup in early 2007, Gu Fei led Manchester United to achieve a championship monopoly in all participating competitions, including the English FA Cup, English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, European Super Cup, Community Shield, plus the upcoming

With the Club World Cup, Manchester United created an unprecedented 'seven crowns' in world football!

Compared with the public opinion atmosphere of Serie A, Spanish Super League and Bundesliga, the Premier League's media is more entertaining. This is also an important driving force for the Premier League to gradually become the world's number one league in recent years.

After all, football is essentially an entertainment sport. Being too serious is not conducive to the promotion of this sport.

No matter from which perspective, Manchester United is now in the best stage in history. The team is invincible on the court, business development is unfavorable, the team's influence is increasing day by day, and it has established a good image around the world!

Under such circumstances, it is only natural that Sir Alex Ferguson is in a happy mood!

Media all over the world regard Manchester United as the best news fermentation institution. There are hundreds of media chasing Manchester United, with more than 50 media bidding, and media reporters have been following Manchester United's schedule for a long time. Including China National TV Station

The media has a long-term interview team filming Manchester United documentaries around the clock, recording every move of Manchester United.

Because Manchester United has the most popular superstars in the world and a team comparable to an All-Star lineup, reporting on Manchester United can easily gain recognition and attention from fans and the public, which means a steady stream of income for sponsors.

The Manchester United club is a focal point. Around Manchester United, countless media, sponsors and fans have formed a perfect interactive system that is dazzling.

Manchester United's success has undoubtedly stimulated other opponents. As a master tactician, Benitez can naturally see the way to Manchester United's success. After receiving sufficient transfer financial support, the Spaniard single-handedly built the current Liverpool team.

Since the start of this season, Liverpool has remained undefeated, with a record of 13 wins and 3 draws in the league, creating Liverpool's best record since the beginning of the Premier League era. The full stadium at Anfield and the fiery stadium atmosphere are the biggest impact on the team's record.

Praise.

Today, with the support of the home fans, Liverpool and Manchester United are engaged in a fierce battle in the midfield. The two sides are not using foul tactics to prevent the other party's attack, but are fighting at the technical and tactical level. Manchester United uses Gu Fei and Cristiano Ronaldo's setbacks

With the attack on Liverpool's defense, Alonso's penetrating pass and Gerrard's unparalleled impact also brought great defensive pressure to Manchester United's defense.

The outstanding performance of the offensive players on both sides cannot cover up the highlights of the midfield defensive players such as Carrick, Hargreaves, Mascherano, etc. Both sides showed a very high level of competition on both ends of the offense and defense, which made the audience happy.

Thousands of people and hundreds of millions of viewers in front of the TV were mesmerized.

It can be said that the match between Manchester United and Liverpool, the technical content of both sides in the midfield, completely subverted people's impression of the meat grinder midfielder, and it also means that European football is beginning to pay attention to the artistic midfielder again.

Later, the media and fans in the world football world unanimously regarded the match between Manchester United and Liverpool as a landmark event for the re-emergence of artistic football. As the protagonists of the story, Gu Fei and others also appeared in the history of world football.

stage.

In the 25th minute of the game, Manchester United's midfielder, led by Gu Fei, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wang Laoji, gradually regained the disadvantage, and played back and forth with Liverpool on the scene.

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