In the TV footage, Real Madrid's top star Cristiano. Ronaldo was surrounded by tourists and fans, and the Portuguese had a good attitude and fulfilled some of the fans' requests for autographs and group photos.

Mourinho put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked around with great interest, and met a fan in a Chelsea shirt shouting his name, Mourinho was very happy, hugged him and took a picture.

The whole Real Madrid team arrived in Birmingham and went shopping at Victoria Square in Birmingham the next morning, causing a sensation on the scene.

Still in the mood to go shopping?

Fang Jue in front of the TV showed a puzzled expression: his psychological warfare offensive is useless?

Is it because of the pressure, so you take the whole team out to relax?

Or, indeed, unaffected by public opinion?

Fang Jue was a little unsure.

……

'Jose, it's a good idea, it looks like the players are in good shape, the psychological level is relieved. Karanka told Mourinho, who is Mourinho's assistant.

After five years as a player for Real Madrid and later coached Spain's Under-16 youth team, Mijatovic recommended Karanka to Mourinho as an assistant after Jose Mourinho took charge of Real Madrid.

Mourinho was quick to recognise Karanka's talent, and the two men got along quite well.

Karanka was careful to keep an eye on the players' form and he noticed the players' buzz and reported it back to Jose Mourinho.

Subsequently, Mourinho canceled the training scheduled for this morning and announced that he would lead the whole team out to go shopping and relax.

Hearing what Karanka said, Mourinho nodded.

He didn't expect it to be very useful, but Mourinho knew that the whole team was too nervous and had to relax, otherwise Real Madrid could get into trouble for their own reasons, not to mention the Spanish derby against Barcelona or tomorrow's game against Aston Villa.

That evening, Mourinho summoned his aides for a closed-door meeting.

Eventually, everyone was unified.

Aston Villa is unlikely to give up, but, as circumstances permit, consider the weekend's game against Barcelona in preparation for this national derby.

Everyone's thinking is the same: that is, the Champions League is good or bad, it is best to win away from home, not to win, a draw is acceptable, and a draw with away goals at Villa Park is also very good, take a step back? Even if you lose? It's not unacceptable, of course? Can only accept small losses? A small loss is a win, and a big deal is to win back at home.

For the media hype that name is called Raul. Carlos. Manuel. What is the article of a fan of Fernando? Jose Mourinho was extremely unhappy.

He knows these media too well, lest the world be chaotic? How can you toss it up? There is no bottom line to do things.

Mourinho is also unhappy with what this so-called famous Real Madrid fan has said.

If he hadn't learned that although this fan is more mysterious, he is indeed a famous fan of Real Madrid's old qualifications? Have you always had an opinion on some things about Real Madrid before? Mourinho almost thought it was a guy sent in by Birmingham to do something.

However, in Fernando's words, Mourinho agrees with the idea that this season is Real Madrid's best chance to break Barcelona's La Liga monopoly and that it must be seized.

Florentino invited him to Real Madrid? It is to break the hegemony of the popular Barcelona.

This season's La Liga title, Mourinho is bound to win.

It's just that? Mourinho himself didn't realise that although he had also attached great importance to the league before? The goal is to win the league, but is there no priority in the Champions League and the league? Do you even have to say anything tendentious? Jose Mourinho is more fond of the Champions League.

But? At this moment, his mind is subconsciously thinking more about La Liga, or more precisely, subconsciously thinking about the game against Barcelona than before.

After setting this strategic tone, the next topic discussed by Mourinho and his assistants is, what kind of lineup and tactics will Aston Villa manager Fang Jue adopt for tomorrow's game?

……

Fang Jue is also in a meeting with his coaching staff to study Mourinho and Real Madrid.

Among the attendees were assistant coaches Ceballos and Steve. Werner, as well as goalkeeper coach Enke.

For Real Madrid, Fang Jue and his assistants combined data and intelligence to conduct meticulous analysis and research.

Real Madrid have been excellent this season, but they are far from perfect, and there is room for improvement in many areas.

The most intuitive flaw is naturally defense, scoring 110 goals in 34 rounds, Real Madrid's offensive firepower is extremely strong, but Real Madrid's 29 goals conceded shows that Real Madrid's defense is not yet impregnable.

In La Liga, Barcelona, who have just been beaten by Aston Villa in the Champions League, have conceded 25 goals in 34 games, four fewer than Real Madrid.

The media has even announced in advance that Valdés will lock up the best goalkeeper honor in advance.

In the Premier League, league leaders Aston Villa have conceded 26 goals in 34 rounds, and of course, Aston Villa's 34th round of the league has been postponed.

In the Bundesliga, league leaders Borussia Dortmund have conceded 23 goals in 31 league games.

In Serie A, league leaders Juventus have conceded 18 goals in 33 rounds.

The leaders of the major leagues seem to have a more solid defence than Real Madrid.

In the case of Aston Villa itself, in the case of Senderos seriously injured and the team suffering a central defender crisis, they have conceded no more goals per game than Real Madrid.

'Real Madrid were not solid defensively and they were even scored twice at home by Atletico Greeks. Werner said, "Although Real Madrid made a rotation in this game, the opponent was very weak, and the fact that Atletico Greeks scored two goals also said something telling. ”

……

Ten minutes later, the players came to the conference room, and Fang Jue gave the players a lesson.

'With Carvalho suffering from injuries this season, Mourinho moved Ramos to partner Pepe at centre-back, with Alberoa at right-back and Marcelo and Coenterau at left-back. Fang Jue said.

"Marcelo has a stronger attack and plays more in games against less powerful players, while Coentrão seems to be more trusted by Mourinho in defense and has more opportunities against strong opponents, of course, this choice is not absolute, and the coaching staff is still analysing the greatest possibility." After a pause, Fang Jue continued, "The main problem with this backline is that Ramos and Pepe are both excellent individual players and like to aggressively attack. ”

"Everybody noticed, these two guys like to tackle, which means that the centre-back duo lacks protection behind their partners.

Therefore, these two people have good personal abilities, but they can't have the effect that one plus one is greater than two. ”

"And on the right, although Arbeloa is excellent, his attack power is almost zero, what does this mean......" Fang Jue smiled and named Bale, "Gareth, listen well, this shows that on the left side, our defensive pressure is relatively small, and we can calmly attack the right side of Real Madrid." ”

Bell's eyes glowed, hehe.

The others laughed too.

"With the defense out of the way, let's talk about the attacking side of Real Madrid."

"In midfield, Cristiano Ronaldo's attacking combination is powerful, Benzema is in good form, Kaka's form has also recovered, and their midfield attack seems to have no problems, but the problem is there, the problem is in the midfield."

Fang Jue drew a heavy circle on Alonso's name on the tactical board.

'Alonso lacks a reliable substitute who has played almost the entire game, and when the Spain international is out or out of form, Real Madrid's attack lacks direction. Fang Jue said, "Tomorrow's game, this may be one of our breakthroughs. ”

In fact, Mourinho tried to solve the problem last summer by bringing in Turkish talent Shahin, but Shahin's performance at Real Madrid disappointed Mourinho.

The Turk didn't get many chances to play, especially in a poor mental state, and didn't live up to Mourinho's requirements at all.

At this scorching stage of the season, Mourinho has completely abandoned Shahin, preferring Granero to be Alonso's replacement.

However, Granero's performances have been mixed and clearly not satisfactory to Mourinho.

……

The next day.

The Real Madrid team departed from their hotel and headed to the Villa Park Stadium.

Mourinho is still thinking about it, and he has not yet made up his mind about the starting line-up.

In terms of tactics, Real Madrid has basically determined 4231 as the main formation this season, and even in the face of Barcelona, Mourinho dares to discharge the attacking formation of the front quartet.

Of course, when necessary, Mourinho will also choose to send a back three to stabilize the defense and stabilize the tempo.

The team transitioned very well between the two formations.

Mourinho is hesitating at left-back, and he has not yet decided whether to bring on Marcelo or his junior countryman Coentrão.

"Do you think Mourinho will send Marcelo or Coentrão?" Inside the Aston Villa bus, Fang Jue asked his assistants.

"Coentron." Ceballos was sure.

"Oh? Tell me why. ”

'Jose Mourinho is a very stubborn person. Ceballos said.

"Hahaha." Fang Jue laughed when he heard this, yes, he and Ceballos were of the same opinion, and they were also inclined to think that Mourinho would choose Coentrão to start.

Mourinho is indeed very stubborn – for example, he insists that Coenttrau is better defensively than Marcelo and is better suited to strong conversations.

For Marcelo and Coentrão, Fang Jue has studied separately.

Marcelo, who has played as a winger, is too keen on attacking, and Coentrão is not consistent enough.

It seems that if Mourinho chooses Marcelo, Aston Villa will have more chances to play Marcelo after he comes up.

However, Fang Jue didn't think so after thinking about it carefully, Marcelo's speed is fast, and although the Brazilian is keen on assisting, he is not slow to defend.

Of course, the most important thing is that Fang Jue tends to think that Coentrão is a soft persimmon, and the Portuguese is in a fluctuating state and not mentally strong enough.

Therefore, Fang Jue hopes that Mourinho will choose Coentrão.

On the right side of Aston Villa, Sadio Mane, Kyle Walker, and Suarez or Agbonlaho in front of them take turns attacking Coentrão here, and even Julle can switch positions at any time to attack here.

Compared to the ability to assist close to zero, however, Arbeloa, whose defense is still solid, Fang Jue believes that his team has a good chance of beating Coentrão's children.

On the other side, Mourinho opened the file bag and wrote Coentrão's name where the names of the ten starters were already written and one name was missing.

He still thinks that Coentrão is more reliable in the strong dialogue, at least for now.

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