While Guardiola and others were studying how to deal with Barcelona in the hotel, Barcelona head coach Mourinho was also discussing the current situation with his assistants in the hotel.
In the Champions League group stage draw, Barcelona's luck was pretty good.
Although AC Milan is strong, Mourinho is still confident in competing for first place in the group. Moreover, AC Milan is no longer the AC Milan of Ancelotti's time. Allegri's style of play is
France is completely different from the previous AC Milan, even Pirlo was sent away.
Barcelona still has a lot of experience in dealing with such a team.
Relying on the achievements of last season, Barcelona is now very proud, and is known as the third dream team. Mourinho and his assistants are also quite proud, and they feel like they are looking down on everyone.
If Guardiola loves and hates Barcelona, then Mourinho and his team only have resentment and no emotions at all towards Guardiola and his Manchester City.
Mourinho has been questioned since he became Barcelona's head coach.
Almost everyone, including Cruyff, believes that Mourinho is the head coach that least conforms to Barcelona's tradition. Some even conclude that it is impossible for him to succeed in Barcelona. All of them have always firmly supported Guaranteed.
Deora.
At that time, Guardiola was only the head coach of Barcelona's second team and had never officially coached the first team.
How could Mourinho accept that such a rookie was so popular that his status was shaken?
During the coaching period at Barcelona, although Mourinho and Guardiola were colleagues in the first and second teams, they never interacted with each other. Even Mourinho was unwilling to recruit players from the youth team, let alone Guardiola.
Those who loved him were gone, which also led to the departure of Busquets and Thiago.
But Mourinho has no regrets because he has a superstar like Yaya Toure in his hands.
Even after winning the Champions League, Cruyff and others still stubbornly believed that Barcelona's legitimacy lies with Manchester City and Guardiola, not with the dream team led by Mourinho.
When they win, they will praise Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, everyone, but they will not praise Mourinho.
Why?
Mourinho knows it very well, but the more this happens, the more fighting spirit he has and the more he wants to slap everyone in the face.
Didn’t you say that orthodoxy is in Manchester City?
Well, I will defeat the upstart Manchester City now, and let all of you see that your so-called orthodoxy cannot defeat me at all!
If you want to win, you have to rely on me!
Throughout his coaching career, the player Mourinho wanted most was Sudong, but whether it was in Porto, Chelsea, or later in Barcelona, he ended up with Sudong for various reasons.
The East was lost.
He reached the European finals five times, once in the Europa League and four times in the Champions League. However, he lost to Sudong in all the first four times.
It can be said that Su Dong has become the biggest knot in his heart.
Even last season, it was only when Su Dong moved to Manchester City and missed the Champions League that Mourinho was able to lead Barcelona to win the Champions League final. So much so that there were many doubts at the time, thinking that if Su Dong
If he can participate in the Champions League, Mourinho will probably have nothing to worry about.
This also made Mourinho extremely dissatisfied.
Is Su Dong very powerful?
I will beat him now to show you!
Let you know that Su Dong is not omnipotent!
Therefore, in both public and private matters, Mourinho must win this game!
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"What kind of tactics do you think our opponents will adopt tomorrow night?"
Mourinho looked at the assistants in front of him and asked with concern.
Everyone fell into deep thought.
This is a very important question because it relates to targeted tactics.
As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle, and effective tactics are half the battle.
"I think he will insist on passing and controlling the ball and play against us." Tito Vilanova said firmly.
Everyone, including Mourinho, looked surprised.
Play against Barcelona?
Is this looking for death?
Mourinho smiled slightly and said, "Tito, do you think they will stick to their own style of play?"
Vilanova nodded with certainty, "I understand Guardiola's character."
After a pause, Vilanova looked at Mourinho again and added: "Some people will compromise for the purpose, and some people are even willing to go against their wishes, but Guardiola's character makes him
He is determined not to do such a thing. He would rather lose than stick to himself."
"For people like him, a victory won against one's own will is worse than a loss!"
After hearing Vilanova's words, Mourinho's expression changed one after another, a little ugly.
The Portuguese madman is a little unclear. Is Vilanova objectively evaluating Guardiola with his words? Or is he praising Guardiola and stepping on Mourinho?
You know, in the past few years of coaching Barcelona, Mourinho has often changed Barcelona's style of play in order to win. Sometimes he was even forced to make some decisions that went against Barcelona's traditions and adopted tactics that were unacceptable to the players.
Although he won in the end, it also caused huge controversy.
What many people want is not just to win, but to win in the tradition of Barcelona.
If winning means going against Barcelona's tradition, then it would be better to lose.
But this is completely inconsistent with Mourinho's values. He is a professional head coach, and his belief is to do his best to help Barcelona win. As for whether to follow Barcelona's tradition, it depends on the specific situation.
This is also a point that Mourinho has been criticized by Barcelona celebrities, players and media.
Now that Vilanova says this, Mourinho really can't tell the difference.
Not only Mourinho couldn't tell the difference, but his assistants couldn't tell the difference either.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Vilanova finished speaking and Mourinho's expression changed, another right-hand man, Faria, spoke out to refute.
"Stop joking, Tito! What we are discussing now is a European Super Cup game. If it were you, do you think you would like to win or lose? As a professional head coach, the greatest professional ethics is to help the team.
Win? Only after you win can you be qualified to talk about whether you follow your own wishes, right?"
"That's right." Others also spoke up, "How brilliant was Real Madrid's Galaxy Battleship back then? But what was the result? Over the years, Real Madrid has never been able to win, whether it is using its own tradition or other methods.
No, he has always been the 16th player in the Champions League. In this way, does it make sense to stick to his own tradition?"
"First of all, we have to think about winning before we can think about anything else."
"Guardiola is a bit arrogant when he says this, but he also lacks the professional ethics of a professional head coach."
Mourinho's value orientation makes the coaching staff members he recruits basically consistent with him. Especially in the current environment, they are naturally on his side.
"Okay!" Mourinho also noticed Vilanova's expression and immediately shouted stop, enough is enough.
"What we are discussing now is Guardiola and his Manchester City. We only discuss the opponents and do not expand the scope."
Although these words were intended to dissuade his assistant, they did not mean to dissuade Vilanova.
Nimi, what you just said expanded the scope of the attack.
Vilanova knew it, but had no choice but to say, "I still insist that Guardiola and Manchester City will adopt offensive tactics."
"If what Tito said is true, it would be easier for Manchester City to attack us. Our ability to pass and control the ball can definitely tear apart their defense easily. Plus Messi, Manchester City can't defend it at all." Farry
When Ya said this, he smiled proudly, "If Guardiola wants to die, then we have no reason to stop him, right?"
Everyone also smiled one after another.
"Actually, what I'm most worried about is that Manchester City will uncharacteristically adopt counterattack tactics, just like Arsenal did last season. This will be very troublesome because Sudong is so terrible!" Mourinho frowned.
When Su Dong was mentioned, everyone present frowned involuntarily.
Su Dong is indeed terrible.
The main reason is that I don't know how to defend him.
Once you give him space and let him charge forward, it will be difficult for one or two people to stop him.
To put it simply, he is like a combination of Ibrahimovic, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.
"We are never afraid of our opponents pressing out. The most difficult thing for us is those who shrink the defense."
"Yes, if Guardiola chooses to press it out, it will be a good thing for us."
"Although Manchester City's ability to pass and control the ball is very strong, this is in the Premier League. I don't think he will be so stupid. Instead, he may adopt defensive counterattack tactics like Wenger's Arsenal."
"Why are Manchester City playing against us?"
The coaching staff said something to each other, and they all looked down upon Manchester City and Guardiola.
Of course, this was mainly because Vilanova just said something that made them uncomfortable, so he was taking the opportunity to vent.
In fact, no one will underestimate Manchester City, especially Su Dong.
But if it is said that Manchester City is playing against Barcelona, not only Mourinho and his team, but probably few people in the world will believe it.
In the past few years, all teams that have played against Barcelona have basically suffered miserably.
Vilanova wanted to say something, but when he saw the attitude of Mourinho and the coaching team, he hesitated and finally chose not to say anything.
Although Barcelona under Mourinho is very strong, even super strong, when it comes to passing and controlling the ball, there are still big flaws and hidden dangers. Vilanova believes that he can see that.
He is more familiar with and understands Barcelona's tactical system and traditions. Can Guardiola not see that?
If Guardiola uses this to attack Barcelona, will his chances of winning improve?
But Vilanova could not say.
Just now he just mentioned it, which made Mourinho and others so uncomfortable. If he talks about it again now, there will probably be a quarrel.
Thinking of this, Vilanova sighed secretly in his heart.
