"To be honest, if we still use double midfielders, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop Manchester City's offense and penetration."
At the Valdebebas training base in Madrid, Mourinho and his coaching staff were also meeting intensively to discuss how to deal with Manchester City's games and tactics.
How fierce Manchester City's attacking firepower is was clearly seen in the Premier League last season.
The attacking lineup composed of Suarez, Robben, Hazard, Robinho, Gareth Bale and Sturridge swept the entire Premier League and even won the second half of the championship with a complete victory record. It can be said that
This is an unprecedented feat for the Premier League and even the four major leagues. With this winning streak, Gao Shen has once again established his status as a world-class coach.
If there were still people who doubted Gao Shen's inability to adapt to the Premier League before, then after his crazy performance last season, Gao Shen completely conquered the Premier League and also won the Premier League championship again after La Liga and Serie A.
At the age of thirty, with three major league championships in hand, what could be more amazing than this?
More importantly, Gao Shen is currently ambitiously preparing to lead Manchester City to the Champions League. Once successful, he will undoubtedly join the ranks of legends in world football history.
Unfortunately, Mourinho and his Real Madrid are now standing in his way.
Faria is very aware of Real Madrid's current situation. He has also collected a lot of intelligence about Manchester City. He believes that adopting a double midfielder tactic is really risky.
"Gao Shen will never be conservative in his home court. He will definitely adopt strong offensive tactics. By then, we will probably have to start an offensive battle with our opponents."
When Faria said this, he looked at Mourinho, as if to remind his boss: He must weigh himself.
Can Real Madrid match Manchester City's attacking power?
But speaking more carefully, when it comes to attacking power, Real Madrid did not necessarily lose to Manchester City last season.
Real Madrid under the coaching of Pellegrini scored more than 100 goals in La Liga, and their offensive power was equally amazing.
On the basis of Pellegrini's tactical play, Mourinho received the help of players such as No. 23 and Khedira, and his overall strength has reached a higher level. Everyone's expectation for Real Madrid is to defeat
Barcelona, they play better than Barcelona.
Thinking of this, Mourinho found that he didn't seem to have a good choice.
Why did Pellegrini leave get out of class?
It's because he can't bring victory to the team, especially in the Champions League.
Real Madrid actually played very well last season, and many people are still complaining about Pellegrini.
Mourinho took Pellegrini's place, so he naturally had to bear the pressure.
"Our offense is comparable to Manchester City!" Mourinho said firmly.
Faria, Karanka and others thought about it and nodded.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Di Maria, Benzema, Yin Guain, plus Adebayor, even if the injured Kaka is not taken into account, Real Madrid's offensive lineup is strong enough.
"I have talked with Ronaldo and Di Maria, and I am confident that they can cooperate with the team in pressing and defending."
Mourinho stood up from his seat, walked to the tactical board, and quickly wrote out his arrangement for Real Madrid's lineup on the tactical board, including the attacking lineup in the frontcourt and the combination in the midfield.
Actually, there aren't many changes in the midfield, it's basically just the three players.
This is also Real Madrid's strongest combination at present. Mourinho basically has no choice unless he chooses a three-back midfielder.
"We responded with 4231 and exerted enough pressure in the frontcourt. Our midfielder will definitely be able to stop Manchester City, especially under the pressure of Di Maria and Ronaldo. Manchester City's full-backs will basically not create too much
The threat, the problem now is this side."
Mourinho circled the left wing on the tactical map, which is Marcelo's side.
"I know Robben very well. Although under my command, he played as a left winger, in Manchester City, he played as a right winger. His personal ability is very strong. I am worried that Marcelo cannot stop him."
Everyone understood what Mourinho meant.
He doesn't want to be conservative!
Everyone, including Faria and Karanka, couldn't help but think of Florentino's phone call.
Although Mourinho didn't say anything, and even though Florentino didn't ask for anything on the phone, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Real Madrid president was actually making a request when he made that phone call.
Especially in the recent period, the two major Real Madrid mouthpieces, Marca and AS, have been building momentum. Real Madrid fans have made very strong calls, hoping that the team can play to its strength at the Intihad Stadium.
Competing level.
what is this?
Gao Shen is like the goddess of white moonlight in the minds of Real Madrid fans. She can be met but cannot be sought. So even though they dislike the current incumbent in their hearts, they still can't help but ask the current incumbent to do better than this goddess in all aspects.
Better.
Mourinho, the current boss, naturally hopes so too.
This forces Mourinho not to be timid!
"Everyone, I just took over Real Madrid. I said that I will make Real Madrid the strongest team in Europe. We have superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Di Maria and Kaká. We have no reason to be afraid of any opponent.
"
"Even if we face Gao Shen and his Manchester City, I believe we are all capable of fighting."
"There's no reason to be conservative on the road, is there?"
Mourinho's remarks were quickly supported by assistant coach Karanka.
"Well said, Real Madrid's football has never been conservative, and defensive counterattacks are not our style. If we are timid when facing Manchester City now, what will we do to face Barcelona?"
Karanka's words, to a certain extent, represent the thoughts of the Real Madrid.
From Florentino to Valdano, to fans and media, and even Real Madrid players.
For a superstar like Cristiano Ronaldo, any head coach should let him focus on offense instead of withdrawing him to defend.
That is definitely a waste of natural resources!
"Very good!" Mourinho praised Karanka.
"Then we start preparing. The trip to Manchester is our first Champions League game of the new season. No matter what, we must do our best to win this game and make a good start for the new season of the Champions League. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" everyone responded loudly.
The expression on Mourinho's face was extremely determined, and he was determined to win this game!
He not only wants to win, but also win and convince everyone, especially the Real Madrid management headed by Florentino.
He wants them all to know that Jose Mourinho is not inferior to Gao Shen at all!
I am stronger than Gao Shen!
…
On the afternoon of September 11, in the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Blackburn at home.
The two weeks of national team matches have had a huge impact on Manchester City. All the South American players, including the South American internationals, were put on the bench by Gao Shen and instead played with an all-European lineup.
Because the communication between Gao Shen and the national team is very smooth, and the Manchester City team doctor and coaching staff also maintain close contact with the national team coaching staff and team doctors, Dr. Sala even specially arranged for someone to go to the Dutch national team to follow up on Robben and
Van Persie.
Therefore, after two weeks of national team games, Manchester City players basically returned to the team intact.
But in the fourth round, Gao Shen still made significant rotations.
Robben was hidden, Robin van Persie.
Blackburn's head coach Allardyce is a very shrewd head coach. He knows that Manchester City will be distracted from the Champions League, so when visiting the Intihad Stadium, the old English coach adopted a defensive tactic.
It is clear that he wants to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of Manchester City.
He is determined that Manchester City will not fight Blackburn.
But he obviously also ignored one thing, that is, Manchester City's bench lineup is still strong this season.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Yaya Toure made a wonderful pass. Robin van Persie picked the ball in the penalty area, turned around, and volleyed past the goal guarded by Robinson, opening the scoring for Manchester City.
After that, the game fell into a stalemate.
Until the 55th minute of the second half, Van Persie reciprocated a favor. After stopping the ball in the penalty area and knocking back, Yaya Toure inserted a sudden arrow and shot a long shot, once again piercing Blackburn's goal.
Afterwards, Gao Shen began to make continuous substitutions to prepare for the Champions League in midweek.
In the end, Manchester City defeated Blackburn 2-0.
…
In the second round of La Liga, which kicked off four hours later than Manchester City, Real Madrid faced Osasuna at home.
Mourinho faced off with his full lineup, but the game ended in a stalemate. The first half ended with a score of 0-0.
After changing sides in the second half, Real Madrid launched a wave of attacks. In the 47th minute, taking advantage of the chaos caused by a corner kick, Real Madrid launched a second wave of attacks. Ronaldo sent a wonderful pass and Carvalho scored from close range.
Score.
This was also Real Madrid's only goal in the game.
Real Madrid defeated Osasuna 1-0.
Obviously, this was not a wonderful matchup, but Mourinho expressed satisfaction with the result and process of the game after the game.
The Portuguese madman said that Real Madrid's real goal is the Champions League match in midweek.
"This is a very important game, it has a very special meaning, both for me and for Real Madrid."
"I believe it won't be the decisive game in the group stage, but it will be a great start for us."
Mourinho said that he is very familiar with Gao Shen and the Premier League.
"I know how to fight in the Premier League and how to beat opponents in Manchester because I'm very familiar with it."
Mourinho believes that in the Champions League away game against the Premier League team, Real Madrid must stick to its own style and play its own characteristics. "Any temporary changes may lead to the opposite effect!"
"I want to say that Real Madrid fans don't need to worry. We are not cowards. We will show our courage and determination in this crucial game. We will defeat our opponents and bring back precious three points in the group stage from the away game."
"I believe in my players, they will not let us down!"
Finally, Mourinho said ambitiously that Real Madrid will prove at the Intihad Stadium that "we are the strongest team in European football!"
