Red Rebels

After returning from London, the new Manchester United participated in five consecutive warm-up games, and the team's performance was ups and downs. This is obviously related to the fact that the team has not fully entered the game state, and Mourinho often warms up. In the second half of the game, after replacing Drogba with Villa, the team's offensive routine.

To put it simply, Drogba's role in the new Manchester United is obvious. Whether it is a high ball or a low ball, he can be a good fulcrum in the frontcourt of the team, but Villa can't. The new Manchester United front four players must play more ground coordination.

According to Mourinho's idea, playing on the ground requires quicker and more concise short passes. Through small-scale passing and cutting cooperation, the opponent's defense line is torn apart, which requires high technical requirements for players.

Several players in the frontcourt, Ribery, Ronaldinho, Hleb, Palacio, Kaka and the injured Robben, are the kind of players with excellent skills. When they cooperate with Villa , the technical problem is not big, the key is to establish a tacit understanding.

This is why Mourinho always replaced Villa in the second half of the warm-up match.

To put it bluntly, the warm-up game is a training in which the process is more important than the result. If there is no trial at this time, do you have to wait until the regular game to test?

The first round of the British Championship this season kicks off on August 10, so the new Manchester United will be visiting the Butcher's Knife Stadium on August 3 to participate in the Newton Heath Cup. One time competition.

At the same time, after this game, the new Manchester United announced a series of charitable plans. For example, the foundation will cooperate with Essien to set up an anti-malaria charity in Ghana. Because Essien almost died of malaria when he was a child, so he Very much hope to be able to help fellow Ghanaians escape this disease.

In addition, the Red Rebel Foundation will set up two hospitals and three orphanages in Côte d'Ivoire together with Drogba and the Toure brothers. At the same time, they will also set up a football school to help more Ivorian compatriots receive formal football training from childhood. The football school will also cooperate with Abidjan Mimosa Club.

In addition, the new Manchester United also announced a series of charity activities to serve the community and fans, which will be realized in the next year, and the announcement of these measures further countered the previous criticism of Xiao Yu's stinginess.

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The entire August is very intensive, with a total of 3 league games, 2 League Cup and UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, and a total of 7 games to be played in three weeks. For the new Manchester United, Definitely a big test.

However, in this regard, after the new Manchester United has the experience of the first three seasons, it is easier to deal with it. In addition, the team has a neat lineup. Except for Robben who will miss part of the game in August, other players can play the best way. Good form into the game and training, which also makes Mourinho full of confidence.

The opponent of the new Manchester United in the UEFA Cup preliminaries is the Luxembourg Serie A team Bergen. This is a relatively weak team, but it can represent Luxembourg in the UEFA Cup preliminaries, which makes everyone interested in the new Manchester United. Breathing a sigh of relief, I feel that there is no problem in qualifying for such a team, right?

However, as Mourinho said, any team that can participate in the UEFA Cup will not be a weak team, so he asked Boas to pay close attention to this team, especially in the first round of the visit to Luxembourg, he hopes to get better More information and clues about this team.

The new Manchester United will play away to Ipswich in the first round of the League One this season. The team reached the FA Cup final last year, but lost to Arsenal, but because Arsenal won the league. Championship, so Ipswich also qualified for the UEFA Cup.

The two League One teams representing England in European competitions actually met in the first round of the match. This is really interesting. I wonder what kind of game the collision of the two teams can bring to fans.

Before the game, as a relegated team from the Premier League, Ipswich admitted the strength of the new Manchester United, especially in last year's League Cup games, the new Manchester United created considerable trouble for Tottenham and Blackburn, but they It is believed that this year's new Manchester United's strength has been damaged, and it certainly cannot be compared with last season.

Mourinho also said in an interview with the media before the game that as a newly-promoted horse, the goal of the new Manchester United this season is to avoid relegation, and then strive to make a difference in the European arena, or more extravagantly, in the League Cup or the FA Cup. It has made some gains and can continue to participate in next year's European competitions.

This ambition is indeed not too big for the Red Rebels who won the treble last year and killed many Premier League teams, but this is also understood by the media as Mourinho's lack of confidence in the strength of the first team players .

But actually?

At Portman Road in Ipswich, the new Manchester United gave Ipswich a hard lesson on why the Red Rebels were considered giant killers last year because they always It is to be able to meet the stronger and stronger.

In this game, Mourinho used the 4231 lineup, but Kaka was in the middle of the 3 and was located at the back, between the central midfielder and the attacking midfielder. The position was more flexible. Drogba was the center, and the two flanks were small. Ronaldinho and Hleb.

The two midfielders are Juninho and Senna. The former's organization is the key to winning the game for the new Manchester United, and his free-kick is a great threat. The latter's performance is getting better and better, especially his defensive ability. He is very strong, he is very active in fighting, and his experience is richer and calmer than Essien.

The back line is from left to right with Evra, Terry, Curtis and Kolo Toure, and the goalkeeper is Cech.

Ipswich grabbed Evra's side from the very beginning. Obviously, they saw Evra's shortcomings in attack and defense, but what they didn't expect was that Evra's defense has improved a lot, especially In terms of positional sense, he showed good progress last season, which is why Mourinho dared to let Abidal go.

Juninho and Senna also frequently supported Evra, which made Ipswich’s strategy of attacking the new Manchester United from the left failed to work. Instead, the new Manchester United’s right side completely disabled Ipswich. the left lane.

Hleb, Kaka, and Drogba almost grabbed Ipswich's right-sided attack, especially Kaka. He was very active in his first appearance for the new Manchester United. He made frequent breakthroughs in the middle. Creating a threat, in which he assisted Drogba and Hleb to score in the first half.

After leading by two goals, the new Manchester United played more calmly in the second half. Whether in attack or defense, the new Manchester United firmly grasped the situation on the field. Junior Juninho's control in midfield, coupled with his active performance Kaka made the new Manchester United completely suppress Ipswich, and Kaka also used a long-range shot from the middle in the second half to score his first goal after joining the new Manchester United.

0:3, with a near-perfect victory from Portman Road, the new Manchester United enjoyed the hype of the media, especially the excellent state they showed in the whole game, as well as the outstanding individual ability of the players, It is even more sought after by the media, thinking that this is a real quasi-Premier League team.

However, the fly in the ointment is Ronaldinho on the left wing. He is very sticky in the game, which causes his presence to affect the team's forward speed. Moreover, he also missed several opportunities in the game and failed to follow up. Teammates form a tacit understanding.

In the locker room after the game, Mourinho directly criticized his Portuguese compatriots by name. He hoped that Ronaldinho could be more capable. Fancy skills will not bring victory. Obsessed with technology will only make He sinks, he should get stronger and take on more responsibilities.

At the same time, Mourinho also asked Moniz to give Ronaldinho a set of shooting strengthening training. He believes that Xiao Yu is right. Ronaldinho's skills are very good, but his shooting ability needs to be improved.

On the other hand, Drogba, after receiving Kaka's through ball in the first half, did not even stop the ball and scored directly, which was not seen before, which proves that his improvement in shooting is obvious.

The outside media gave high praise to the new Manchester United's first victory in League One, especially Kaka, who shined in the World Cup. As the core of the new Manchester United's frontcourt attack, he made two passes and one shot, perfectly interpreting the Brazilian players' skills and creativity. strength, but at the same time he has the adaptability rarely seen in Brazilian players.

As everyone knows, in the past two years, Kaka has often flown from Brazil to Manchester to participate in the team's training camp. He is more familiar with the team's tactics than several other new teammates, which is why Mourinho dared to deal with him. The reason for the mission.

In addition to the flashy frontcourt players, the media also paid attention to the midfielder Juninho. He controls the rhythm of the game in the backcourt and his ability to score the ball is excellent, especially his low-key style. But it is indispensable for the new Manchester United.

As for Evra, the media gave him an upper-middle rating, which filled the hole after Abidal left. As a new Manchester United youth training player, he is likely to be the new Manchester United player after Curtis. Another first-team player.

Even though Evra was 17 when he came to the team, everyone still regarded him as a youth academy for the new Manchester United, because he came to this team and began to be well known and counted After all, he has joined the team for 4 years, and now he is beginning to mature.

Victory over Ipswich will undoubtedly give the new Manchester United a good start to the League One journey, just as head coach Jose Mourinho said in his post-match press conference that life motto.

[It has long been destined that I can only pick flowers from the thorns, but the important thing is to be full of persistence in victory and belief! 】

Then Mourinho also mentioned the team. He believes that the difficulties this season will only help the team to grow faster and better. After last season's tough games, the team is now very tenacious. He believes that this season's football The team can still be honored, but the key is that all players must maintain the same belief.

When the reporter asked why Mourinho was always confident and led the team to success every season, the Portuguese stood up proudly, leaving a rebellious back and a sentence.

"Because we are the Red Rebels!"

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