Over the weekend, in the 35th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Wolves away from home.
In order to better prepare for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona next week, Guardiola did not take the main lineup south this time. Many players who participated in the first leg of the Champions League, including Su Dong, were all left behind.
Manchester.
Against Wolves, who have basically locked in a relegation spot, Manchester City really doesn't need to mobilize too much.
There were some twists and turns in the game, mainly due to the fact that Manchester City created many opportunities in the first half hour, but neither Aguero nor Dzeko could seize the opportunity, resulting in the team failing to score a goal.
Until later, Leighton Baines made a late pass and sent a wonderful pass. Aguero sent the ball into the bottom of the Wolves goal net with no one guarding him at the front of the small penalty area.
After changing sides in the second half, Dzeko sent a through ball in the 74th minute. Hazard broke into the penalty area and scored again, sealing the victory for Manchester City.
With goals from Aguero and Hazard, Manchester City defeated Wolves 2-0 away from home.
After losing this relegation battle, the Wolves have been relegated three rounds ahead of schedule.
With this victory, Manchester City takes a step closer to their unbeaten record in the season.
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When Manchester City defeated Wolves 2-0 away from home, the El Clasico also ignited the flames of war at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, as Barcelona faced Real Madrid at home.
Both teams attach great importance to this game, because Real Madrid currently has four points more than Barcelona. As long as they win this game, there will be basically no suspense about who will win the La Liga championship this season.
Barcelona hopes to reverse the situation, win against Real Madrid at home, shorten the points gap between the two sides, and at the same time get over the shadow of losing to Manchester City at home to boost morale for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals next week.
But the result of the game is still very surprising.
Playing at home, Barcelona once again deployed a three-back formation. Mourinho was obviously determined to justify his midweek Champions League defeat at home, and he even did not hesitate to adopt the same tactics to face Real Madrid.
Pellegrini learned lessons from the Champions League game in midweek. As Cruyff said in his column, he clearly saw Barcelona's problems and weaknesses and formed a 4-2-3 formation in the away game.
, more of a defensive counterattack attitude to face Barcelona.
The two sides fought fiercely in the competition, and no one held back.
Barcelona had possession of the ball, while Real Madrid defended well and waited patiently for Barcelona to make mistakes.
Only seventeen minutes into the game this time, Real Madrid relied on a corner kick opportunity and Khedira scored a goal for Real Madrid.
Afterwards, Barcelona counterattacked wildly, but Real Madrid held on securely.
In the 70th minute of the second half, Messi scored a sudden shot after dribbling the ball, successfully equalizing the score for Barcelona.
But just three minutes later, Yaya Toure's dribbling was intercepted. Xavi Alonso moved to the left in a wide range. Cristiano Ronaldo quickly stepped in, stopped the ball and drove straight in, breaking Barcelona's goal again.
goal.
Two to one!
Subsequently, no matter how Barcelona counterattacked, Real Madrid remained impregnable and did not give their opponents any chance.
In the end, Real Madrid narrowly defeated Barcelona 2-1 in the away game with goals from Khedira and Cristiano Ronaldo.
As a result, the La Liga championship this season has basically been locked in Real Madrid.
The only battlefield for Barcelona now is the Champions League.
After losing two games in a row at the Nou Camp, Mourinho received a torrent of criticism, especially his formation in these two games. He was criticized even more by the Catalan media.
Directly calling for his dismissal, many fans also protested at Camp Nou, demanding Mourinho take responsibility for the recent two losses.
Not to mention Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, who directly criticized Mourinho's formation in the media and pointed the finger directly at Barcelona's management, believing that the management did not follow his suggestions and hired willfully.
Mourinho, this led to Barcelona's great defeat today.
Cruyff believes that Mourinho's success in Barcelona is not due to how good his coaching is, but because Barcelona has a group of outstanding players. As long as the head coach is on the level, it is nothing to lead this group of Barcelona players to win the championship.
Difficult matter.
But now, the differences between Mourinho and Barcelona have become more and more obvious, and have even become a negative asset for Barcelona. The management is paying for the wrong decisions of the year.
Mourinho did not think too much about his future. He directly stated at the post-match press conference that he would not resign voluntarily. If he left Barcelona, he would definitely be fired.
This once again caused a media uproar.
The reason is very simple. There is no compensation for voluntarily resigning. If you are fired, Barcelona will have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages.
The Catalan media directly criticized Mourinho for staying at Camp Nou because of money and did not respect Barcelona at all.
Suddenly, the whole world paid attention.
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The next day of the game, after the morning recovery training, Guardiola kept the coaching staff and Su Dong. The topic of discussion was of course the next second round, and the most important thing was Barcelona's response.
Is Guardiola guessing what kind of tactics Mourinho will adopt?
The current situation is extremely unfavorable to Mourinho, and can even be said to be very, very bad.
According to Spanish media, he may leave get out of class at any time and at any time.
Daily Sports even picked the team member, Mourinho's assistant Tito Vilanova.
This assistant coach sounds like he was still Guardiola's assistant back then, but in recent years, their contact has become less frequent.
Changing coaches is like changing swords.
Chelsea's completely transformed performance after the coaching change happened right in front of their eyes. They reached the Champions League semi-finals directly.
If after replacing Mourinho, Barcelona can really turn the situation around and reverse Manchester City in Manchester, I believe the Barcelona management will never hesitate.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Today's Mourinho can be said to be alienated from everyone. Except for his core coaching team and several humerus players in the team, basically no one supports him.
, even Yaya Tulay complained about him.
It's no wonder that the Ivorian midfielder has never been a nice guy.
In this case, what tactics will Mourinho adopt?
Mourinho has always boasted that he knew Su Dong very well. Every time he met Su Dong, he would tell the outside world that no one knew Su Dong better than him, because he saw with his own eyes that Su Dong was an unknown person in Portugal.
This kid has slowly grown into the number one active player in world football.
He said that he knew Su Dong very well, which was actually correct.
But Su Dong also knew him very well.
"The more times like this come, the more cautious you have to be, because Mourinho is a very gambler."
Su Dong talked about his understanding of Mourinho. This was definitely not just words he said, but was based on real evidence.
Mourinho is a gambler, which is reflected in many aspects, including his coaching career, including some of his formations, especially in some games, he even does not hesitate to take a chance.
Of course, there are differences in gambling here.
Generally speaking, Mourinho seeks stability and will choose the most certain method. Moreover, he is a head coach with a strong desire for control, so most of the time, he is slightly conservative.
But once he is forced to the point where there is no way out, or when his temper rises, he will not hesitate to take a big gamble.
"You mean, he will bet on the second round?" Guardiola asked with concern.
Su Dong nodded, "I think it's very possible."
After a pause, Su Dong explained: "Now everyone is accusing him of being conservative, but Mourinho always sticks to his point of view. He believes that if he comes out to attack us, he has no confidence in defense, but when it comes to
The next round was obviously different.”
Manchester City has an away goal at Camp Nou, which requires Barcelona to score in Manchester.
If Mourinho still adopts conservative tactics, it will be very detrimental to the second round.
Therefore, Su Dong believes that Mourinho is likely to just go all out, take a big gamble, attack away from home, grab away goals, and at the same time reverse the unfavorable situation in the first round.
If the bet wins, Mourinho will definitely say that he played the first round on purpose just to steal the second round; if he loses the second round, he will tell everyone directly, "Look, it's not that I don't want to take the initiative.
But you have all seen that taking the initiative to attack Manchester City is asking for death.
Anyway, no matter what, he won.
Guardiola and his assistants looked at each other in shock.
Mourinho always said that he knew Su Dong better than anyone else, but now it seems that Su Dong also knows him very well.
It’s not surprising if you think about it carefully. After all, Su Dong already knew him when Mourinho coached Leiria. Later, Su Dong played for Sporting Lisbon and Mourinho coached Porto. The two of them were often on the court.
meet.
It is said that the team played by Mourinho and played by Su Dong has never won.
"When you say that now, we suddenly feel that Mourinho doesn't know you as well as you know him." Estiarte chuckled.
Guardiola and others couldn't help but smile.
This kind of targeted match in the knockout rounds of the Champions League is actually a guess at what tactics the opponent's head coach will adopt.
If you want to guess the opponent's head coach's tactics, in addition to the objective factors such as the game situation and lineup configuration, the head coach's subjective factors are also very important. Some head coaches are naturally adventurous, while some head coaches always seek stability.
For this kind of Champions League knockout match, it is not only a contest of strength and skills and tactics between the two sides, but also a battle of wits between the head coaches of the two teams.
After sending Guardiola and others away, Su Dong turned around and looked south.
Of course he couldn't see Barcelona in Carrington, but he could guess Mourinho's situation at this moment.
As an old acquaintance, even a friend, Su Dong felt sympathy for his situation and even felt sorry for him. But this is the cruelty of professional football. From the day he coached Barcelona, he was mentally prepared.
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But as an opponent, he will help Manchester City and do everything possible to defeat Mourinho and his Barcelona.
This is not only for Manchester City, but also for himself!
