Red Rebels

The level gap between the teams that have been able to participate in the UEFA Cup in recent years is indeed becoming more and more obvious.

Not much else to say, just look at the few games that have been held in the first round of the preliminaries, and big scores appear frequently, which has to make people wonder, is it because of the decline in the strength of the teams participating in the UEFA Cup?

Indeed, this has a lot to do with UEFA’s policy. Some club teams from weak football countries are not strong in their own right, and they are OK in China, but in Europe, let alone top teams in the five major leagues , even the next-level team can easily beat them.

However, such teams are able to participate in European competitions every year because of their domestic rankings.

But so what?

They are more like a casual walk, just going through the motions, the content is more than the form!

The Began team that the new Manchester United drew in the league is the top team in the Luxembourg League, but it is also in the Luxembourg League.

Luxembourg ranks outside the top 100 in FIFA. It is a small country and has a small population. It is conceivable that such a country will come out of a league of what kind of level, and what is the strength of their team.

In the first round against Luxembourg, Mourinho attached great importance to him. He still dispatched 4231 tactics, which is also the tactics Mourinho will resolutely use this season. He believes that the 5 midfielders can better control the midfield. , which can give the opponent greater pressure and control the game.

The striker is still Drogba, the two wingers are Ribery and Hleb, the front midfielder is Kaka, the two midfielders are Juninho and Essien, and the back line is Evra, Terry, Ke Thies, Kolo Toure, the goalkeeper is Cech.

This is the first European game in the history of the new Manchester United. It attracted nearly 5,000 fanatical fans to follow the team to the away game, but what is surprising is that the home field of the Bergen team can only accommodate 4,000 people, which makes it difficult to The Red Rebels fans, who were not with the team for the away game, had to wander off the pitch.

In addition, the reputation of England fans outside is not very good recently, which made the local police in Luxembourg attach great importance to this matter and sent many people to the scene to maintain order.

With the start of the league, the state of the new Manchester United was gradually stimulated. After winning the league and the League Cup, they once again showed a very good technical and tactical level in Luxembourg, suppressing the Bergen team. Treating the opponent as his opponent for tactical drills, he even pierced the goal of the Began team 7 times.

Drogba performed well in this game, scoring a hat-trick and having two assists at the same time. In addition, Hleb also scored twice. The other two goals were a direct free kick from Junior Juninho and substitute Deiro. Villa played the icing on the cake.

This was a big victory, but it didn't actually cause much alarm. Except for the English media and local Manchester newspapers and TV stations, it seemed a little quiet on the European continent. This has something to do with the influence of the UEFA Cup. It's a big deal, and it's just the preliminaries.

Even if it is the European Champions Cup preliminaries, I believe not many people will pay attention.

With a big win from Luxembourg, the new Manchester United undoubtedly gave the team a very good start to the European arena, especially the kind of control the team showed during the game. The new Manchester United pulled away completely, and could not even organize a decent resistance.

Is this a European event?

The new Manchester United players are all a little high, feeling that their team is very strong, especially when facing European teams, this kind of tyranny is even more obvious.

But Mourinho did not let this optimism and even some pride spread quickly in the team.

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"I believe you should look at this!" Mourinho threw a stack of documents heavily on the table in the conference room of the training building.

This made the players who were in a good mood just now feel a shudder.

The meeting room that had been in an uproar immediately fell silent.

"I got the data from OPTA, we shot 34 times in the whole game, wow, it's really good, it's a ravage, but we only have a poor 14 shots on target, not even half, who can tell me, why?"

Faria and other assistants, who were standing against the wall around the conference room, all had the attitude of watching the show. They all knew that this group of poor guys were going to be unlucky, because after their big victory in the European competition, everyone's mentality All fluttered a bit.

For a group of players who are mostly around 20 years old, it is understandable to have such a mentality. After all, they are still young and have not experienced any major events, but Mourinho does not allow the team to do this because he is very Knowing that this will stop a team from progressing.

Last year's new Manchester United was full of fighting power and very strong. It can be said that after Mourinho survived the low ebb and hardship of the first year, last year ushered in a big explosion. The team won the treble, which is very excellent. , but Mourinho hopes to go further this year.

It is said to be relegation to the outside world, but in fact Mourinho is very clear in his heart that his team is not allowed to fail, so when he was talking to Xiao Yu privately, he mentioned that his goal this year is to upgrade to the Premier League. Not level, that is a failure, a complete failure, even if the team wins the UEFA Cup, it is still a failure.

Everyone watching the new Manchester United game, the biggest impression is that this team has control of the momentum, this is a team that is very good at creating and using momentum, and since Xiao Yu decided to set up the Red Rebels, injecting into the team. The first soul, to Bruce's upgrade for two consecutive years, to Mourinho's upgrade, and last year's triple crown, the team's momentum is getting more and more prosperous.

The reason why they were able to defeat Ipswich and Began is because the new Manchester United has such a momentum from beginning to end, and they keep suppressing their opponents, playing with their lives, and completely crippling their opponents, making it impossible for them to counterattack.

The strength of the team is one aspect, but the momentum is very important.

But if the team's momentum may be completely dissipated due to a heavy defeat, it will be difficult to reunite at that time, and once the momentum is lost, what is the difference between the new Manchester United and Ipswich? ?

You know, the new Manchester United defeated Began 0:7, but on the second day, Ipswich slaughtered another opponent at home 9:0. Does such a game make sense?

"You guys should reflect and reflect, we have always played very efficiently, but in this game, we made a lot of mistakes, if you think, the team is just to be able to ravage the opponent in the UEFA Cup preliminaries, but when the time comes If the game is ravaged by other teams in turn, then I am very sorry, otherwise, you should think about it, why did we get to where we are today?"

After finishing speaking, Mourinho stood up straight from the table and glanced at the players below. Some of them were still rational, but some of them were carried away by the victory. This is not terrible, Mourinho. Riño felt normal, because they were both young and had not experienced anything, so he needed to stand up.

"In my opinion, you don't have anything to be proud of, neither do I, nor do they," Mourinho pointed to his assistant, "We have always had a belief in wanting to prove ourselves. And fighting for this team, I'm even thinking, our entire club, except for the owner, has nothing to be proud of, but do you think the owner is proud?"

"He was selected as the most influential person in the world by Time magazine last year. He appeared on the cover of Time magazine. He has an amazing wealth, but have you seen him proud? But what about you? Where is your pursuit? If you don't understand that, then I tell you, you don't deserve to be at this club!"

After speaking, Mourinho turned and left the conference room, leaving behind a group of players who were thinking about each other.

They are still young, but that doesn't mean they are stupid. On the contrary, the players who can enter the new Manchester United are very smart. They all know how to think, how to analyze, and what is good for them and what is not good for them.

At the same time, when they reflect on themselves, they will find out how incredible it is that the club has been able to get to where it is today. Compared with the club, what they have gained is only a very small part of it.

Without clubs, what are they?

Everyone can't help but recall the words Mourinho scolded Ronaldinho in the dressing room after the Ipswich game.

"Press on your chest, Cristiano, look at the crest and name on it, and then think about why your own name is on the back, just to remind you, my compatriots, that the name on the front is always better than The last name is more important!"

Curtis stood up first and glanced at his teammates. He walked out of the conference room and knocked on Mourinho's office. After entering, he stood in front of the head coach and said solemnly, "I was wrong. Now, sir, I have nothing to be proud of, I am willing to accept the punishment, and at the same time I promise that I will never go clubbing again!"

He now regrets being photographed drinking in a pub in downtown Manchester after his big win over Began.

Then Evra also came in. He also admitted his mistake. At the same time, he was also a member of the club club, as well as John Terry, Essien and others. They were friendly on weekdays, so we went to celebrate together that day. , which turned out to be front page headlines.

Then in the end, all the first-team players poured into Mourinho's office, frankly confessed their mistakes one by one, and apologized to Mourinho.

Mourinho kept nodding. He is still very satisfied with his players, because compared with the scandals and scandals of young players in other clubs, the new Manchester United players are very positive, but he still hopes that they can have more Professional sense, and at the same time more loyal to the club.

"Well, according to our agreement, if you make a mistake, you will be punished. All the people who go clubbing will be suspended for three games and will be deducted for a week's salary. If you do it again, I'm sorry, you will appear in the transfer market!"

Mourinho said without question.

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