When Gao Shen heard the news, he was extremely shocked.
Mourinho's Real Madrid lost!
One to zero!
This was the final result of the game that ended at the Veltins Arena, with the home team in front and the visiting team in behind.
Magath's team defeated Real Madrid 1-0 with Raul's goal.
On the way back to Carrington from the Etihad Stadium, Gao Shen kept thinking about this question.
Real Madrid lost!
In such a crucial decisive battle, Mourinho lost!
How important is this game?
After the first three rounds of the group stage, Manchester City leads with nine points, followed by Real Madrid with four points, then Schalke with two points, and finally Inter Milan with one point.
In other words, as long as Real Madrid wins Schalke 04 in the away game, it will be able to rank second with seven points, leading Schalke 04 by as many as five points. With only two rounds left in the group stage, this is almost
Represents the right to qualify.
Even if it's a draw, isn't there still a two-point advantage?
But now, after losing the direct dialogue, Schalke 04 immediately jumped to second place in the group with five points, and Real Madrid fell to third place.
In the last two rounds, Real Madrid played against Manchester City at home and Inter Milan away, while Schalke 04 played against Inter Milan at home and Manchester City away.
It's clear that Real Madrid have succeeded in pushing themselves into a corner.
What does it mean?
Real Madrid must win against Manchester City at home in the next round!
The question is, with Manchester City's current performance and state, who can say that they will definitely win?
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"Mourinho miscalculated!"
Back at Carrington, the team was disbanded on the spot, but none of the coaching staff returned.
Carlo, Lucas, Borrell and others all have deep feelings for Real Madrid. Like Gao Shen, they all pay close attention to their old club.
It was really shocking when I heard that Real Madrid lost to Schalke in an away game.
Why did Gao Shen say Mourinho miscalculated?
Because just before this Champions League, Real Madrid had just defeated Racing Santander 6-1 in La Liga.
This should be a good thing, right?
But in this La Liga game, Real Madrid used all their main players, and then in the Champions League, Real Madrid also played with their entire main lineup. As a result, Schalke 04 at home was more tenacious than expected.
Real Madrid's performance was actually not too bad. They took 28 shots in the game, but they just couldn't break through Schalke's goal.
Magath is really defensive and wants to win at home.
For Schalke 04, this game is a life-saving battle, so every player tried their best.
On the other hand, Real Madrid has been somewhat affected in terms of state.
I just had a bloodbath against my opponent at the weekend. After three days, my physical fitness was somewhat affected, and my condition was not particularly good.
This is also true for Manchester City.
After an 8-0 victory over Arsenal, Manchester City's form also declined significantly when facing Wolves, but their strength advantage allowed Manchester City to securely win over Wolves.
But what Real Madrid encountered was Magath and Schalke.
"The current situation in La Liga is that Real Madrid leads with a one-point advantage, Villarreal and Barcelona are tied for second, Mourinho wants to capture La Liga and also wants to capture the Champions League, but the problem came out and La Liga was saved.
But we lost in the Champions League."
When Gao Shen said this, he let out a long sigh.
He had no way of saying whether this was right or wrong?
This is a matter of choice for the head coach.
But judging from the results, it is obvious that Mourinho missed an excellent opportunity to secure the right to qualify for the group stage.
Then the problems that follow become more obvious.
In the fifth round of the group stage, when facing Manchester City, Real Madrid, who are playing at home, will definitely come out to attack.
Mourinho would never dare to put all his bets and chips in the last round, the away game against Inter Milan. If he did, the risk would be very, very high.
But the question is, facing Manchester City at home, can Mourinho succeed?
Gao Shen doesn't need to do anything now, he just needs to hold on and counterattack, and wait for Real Madrid to come out and fight.
draw?
Manchester City doesn't matter.
But Real Madrid is going to die!
More importantly, at this time, being reversed by Schalke 04 in the group points will be very stressful for Real Madrid and the morale will be severely damaged.
"Now Real Madrid is like being roasted on a volcano. Schalke 04 will definitely face Inter Milan at home in the fifth round. With Leonardo's recent performance, Schalke 04 really has a great chance.
Sex will win."
Carlo also looked worried as he analyzed the current situation.
"The biggest problem is that no matter whether Schalke 04 can win or not, Real Madrid must win in the fifth round. Only if they win will they have a chance!"
Whether it's the league or the Champions League group stage, they are actually constantly building momentum.
The head coach's choices in every game are often based on the trend.
But for now, Real Madrid's situation is at a disadvantage and very passive.
Carlo and others all looked at Gao Shen, as if waiting for him to give an accurate word.
If Manchester City really wants to fight Real Madrid with all its strength, then Real Madrid will probably lose.
"We have qualified as a group ahead of schedule." Gao Shen said calmly.
Everyone nodded, and Carlo and others were obviously relieved.
"In the last two rounds, we will focus on training, but when we visit the Bernabeu, we will adopt defensive counterattack tactics. Whether we can win and whether we can win, Mourinho and Real Madrid have to rely on their own abilities to compete with us.
It doesn’t matter.”
This is a profound professional ethics!
As the head coach of Manchester City, Gao Shen cannot violate his professional ethics.
Even if this move would not harm Manchester City's interests, Gao Shen would not do it.
The only thing he can do is stick to his original strategy, which Mourinho should have guessed, which is rotation and training.
Almost all teams that qualify for the Champions League early do this, and Gao Shen is no exception.
As for whether they can win, it all depends on Real Madrid's ability.
Gao Shen is really helpless.
Of course, if Real Madrid loses, Gao Shen will mourn for him.
Because, next season he will probably fall into the third gear.
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The situation in the Champions League group stages has aroused heated discussions among media and fans around the world.
Especially the group of death.
Manchester City turned out to be a one-man show and won four consecutive victories, which is quite surprising.
Real Madrid is ranked third and Inter Milan is at the bottom. This is absolutely unexpected.
Several media outlets close to Real Madrid were lamenting, believing that Real Madrid was in trouble and would have to win two consecutive games to advance. However, Mourinho was very optimistic and said that two consecutive wins was not a problem.
However, some media revealed that if Real Madrid fails to qualify in the group stage, Mourinho is likely to dismiss get out of class.
Florentino quickly came forward to clarify, saying that even if he failed to qualify for the group stage, Mourinho would not be dismissed.
"We still have full confidence in him!"
However, everyone can see that this statement is too false.
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After returning to the Premier League, Manchester City continued to actively prepare for the game.
In the eleventh round of the Premier League, Manchester City relied on Robin van Persie's brace to defeat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 away from home.
Three days later, in the twelfth round of the Premier League, Manchester City hosted the Manchester Derby at home.
Both teams made vigorous rotations during the game.
After all, we just played the Champions League in the middle of the week.
However, the gap in the lineup after the rotation was still quite large, so Ferguson adopted a defensive and counterattack tactic in the away game.
From the beginning of the game, Manchester City launched waves of attacks against Manchester United, but Manchester United used the central defenders composed of Ferdinand and Vidic, plus the three central defenders composed of Carrick, Fletcher and Lass Diarra.
It can be said that the field was strictly defensive and did not leave many gaps for Manchester City.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Gao Shen quickly made adjustments and took the lead in replacing Gareth Bale, attacking Manchester United's right wing, which is the side of teenager Rafael, and created several dangerous situations in a row.
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But Ferguson reacted quickly and immediately replaced Rafael with Wes Brown to strengthen the defense on the right.
Not only that, the Manchester United coach quickly replaced Evra with O'Shea.
Obviously, he felt the pressure brought by Robben on the right.
Gao Shen made a substitution that won full applause in the 73rd minute, replacing Javi Martinez with Van Persie. For the first time this season, a double forward of Van Persie and Suarez was formed.
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At this moment, Gareth Bale is on the left, Robin van Persie and Suarez are in front, Robben is on the right, and the midfielder is the combination of David Silva and Rakitic.
It can be said that Gao Shen has assembled the strongest attacking lineup he can.
And this also shows Gao Shen's determination to win this game.
Ferguson also realized the danger and made his third substitution, replacing Berbatov with Park Ji-sung and pushing Rooney to the front line.
On one side was Manchester City, which was patiently organized and constantly planning offensives, and on the other side was Manchester United, who was strictly defensive. The two sides launched an offensive and defensive match at the Etihad Stadium.
When the game reached the 87th minute, everyone was worried that the game might end with a score of 0-0. The Manchester City midfielder sent a direct pass to Robin van Persie, who was retreating to receive the ball.
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After the Dutch center received the ball next to Carrick, he turned around and sent a diagonal pass to the left side of the front edge of the penalty area.
When Suarez stopped the ball, he faced Vidic directly. He had already entered the penalty area and pressed forward step by step.
Gareth Bale quickly sprinted from the left, diagonally from the left corner to the bottom line of the penalty area, and shouted behind Suarez.
The Uruguayan forward understood the situation and moved the ball towards the baseline. After Vidic's attention was drawn away, he cut inside laterally.
Gareth Bale rushed to the bottom line, caught up with Suarez's pass, and passed an inverted triangle back to Vidic.
Suarez, who was cutting inside, stopped the ball with his right foot, and he bumped into Las Diarra who was returning to defend. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but his body balance was excellent and he staggered.
In the midst of staggering, when his body was almost losing balance, he took the first step and stabbed the ball.
The ball just passed through the chaos of people and went under Van der Sar into the lower right corner of the Manchester United goal.
“goallllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!”
"Suarez! Suarez!!!"
"Manchester City finally broke the deadlock, one to zero!"
"Manchester City attacked for nearly 90 minutes, and Manchester United also defended for nearly 90 minutes. Everyone thought that the game was likely to end zero-0, but finally a goal came out!"
