Chapter 219: The Game Begins
The two sides were in the players' tunnel, Jones stared at Segura who was following him expressionlessly, and then looked at Rashford who nodded to him, Jones couldn't help but think in his heart, why is he so likeable, he is surrounded by good friends! If others knew what Jones was thinking, they would collectively despise Jones's narcissism.
After the first 10 rounds of Premier League matches, the Blues have won 9 and drawn 1, and are in 1st place with 28 points, Manchester United has a record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with 23 points, ranking 3rd in the league, the two teams have met 177 times Manchester United 73 wins, 53 draws and 51 losses, the two teams have met 50 times, Manchester United 14 wins, 19 draws and 17 defeats are the underdogs, the last meeting between the two teams was in the 33rd round of the Premier League last season, when Chelsea lost 0-2 away to Manchester United.
Now the players of both sides of the game are starting to play, and the two teams are on the line-up: Manchester United formation 3421: No. 1 De Gea, No. 3 Bailly, No. 4 Jones, No. 12 Smalling, No. 25 Valencia, No. 31 Nemanja, No. 21 Herrera, No. 18 Ashley Young, No. 22 Mkhitaryan, No. 19 Rashford, No. 9 Lukaku.
Chelsea formation 352: Courtois 13; No. 28 Azpilicueta, No. 27 Andreas Christensen, No. 24 Cahill, No. 21 Zappacosta, No. 14 Bakayoko, No. 4 Fabregas, No. 7 Kante, No. 19 Costa, No. 9 Jones, No. 10 Hazard.
'Both sides have fielded the strongest squads, with United winning three in a row in all competitions, beating Swansea, Tottenham and Benfica in the EFL Cup, Premier League and Champions League, and it is worth mentioning that United have scored five goals and conceded one against all three teams.
"Manchester United's injury in this game ushered in a good situation, Mourinho's very trusted midfielder Fellaini, scored 3 goals in 6 games and returned from injury and entered the squad, and the old injury Rojo also entered the squad, but the team's rotation winger Lingard has a back injury, Pogba scored 2 goals in 4 games, Carrick, Ibrahimovic continue not to play."
'Jose Mourinho will turn against his old club, who has been in charge of Chelsea twice, having previously challenged them on the road four times, but lost three of them and had a poor record against his former club.
"Manchester United have conceded just four goals in 10 games in the Premier League this season, the fewest in the league, but they have conceded all four goals on the road, and the team has not defended as well as at home."
'Manchester United tend to underperform in the Premier League after European competitions, with Jose Mourinho losing five of their eight league games away from home in Europe, and it was after last European competition that the team lost to promoted Harddersfield Town last month.
Kodic was also excited to shake hands with Semurinho on the sidelines, for him he is just a newcomer to the coach, and the other party is now one of the best managers in the world, but now Kodic is not afraid, only excited.
Mourinho started working as an assistant coach in Amadora and Setúbal FC in Portugal in 1990, he is fluent in eight Chinese languages, has been working as an interpreter for coach Bobby Robson since 1992, and became a coach in 2000 for Benfica for a short time, after which Mourinho led five club teams as a coach, Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester United.
He has won eight top-flight titles, 13 domestic cups, two UEFA Champions League titles and two UEFA Cup titles,2 including the treble with Inter Milan in the 09 and 10 seasons, and Jose Mourinho is also unbeaten at home in 150 league games in nine years.
Jose Mourinho has won the best coach in the Portuguese Premier League, English Premier League, Serie A and La Liga, and has been named the UEFA Coach of the Year four times, the World Coach of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics four times, and the first FIFA Ballon d'Or World Coach in 2010.
Nine times the number one earner in Forbes for French football's annual world football coach, in 2016, Mourinho won four Guinness World Records, a Premier League high of 95 points and a minimum of 15 goals conceded in the 04/05 season, and a record of 77 Premier League home games unbeaten.
Mourinho also became the youngest coach to reach 100 Champions League games, at the age of 49 years and 12 days, Mourinho has a strong personality and is known as a madman, he is good at defensive counter-attacking tactics, and is considered one of the most controversial and successful coaches in world football today.
After the start of the game, Mourinho's first concern was Jones in the Chelsea team, this kid is very good at dribbling breakthroughs, often after handing the ball to him, his own side needs at least two people to grab the ball, or don't think about coming back.
Jose Mourinho likes to see his super-confident attitude when he dribbles the ball, and his dribbling is also very good, he thinks it is even better than Cristiano Ronaldo Messi when he was younger, and his breakthroughs can often be dangerous for his own team.
In the face of the best defensive team in the Premier League now, as well as the defense of the opponent's player with the same name as himself, Jones has no trace of fear in his eyes at all, and the eyes of the other party are all excited smiles, as if the other party is a delicious dish, and Jones on the other side is a burst of creepy.
The feet shook rapidly, Jones had stabilized his center of gravity, Jones's side was more reassuring, so the Chelsea players had no intention of going over to help, they all stood not far away and smiled at how Jones abused each other.
Jones's breakthrough speed has an absolute advantage over the opponent, but the opponent's speed is not slow, but Jones's dribbling speed is much faster than him, but the opponent will give him this opportunity, the two directly grab, Jones took the opportunity to easily flick the outside of his left foot, and the football was passed to Costa, who was waiting in the middle, and then Costa flashed past the opponent's defenders and quickly inserted diagonally into the Manchester United penalty area.
Jones passes! Costa also quickly inserted into the heart of Manchester United's defense, just when he had time to watch the situation, Jones's pass was just right in front of him, Costa stopped the ball with his right foot, the football stopped right at his left foot, and Bailly did not hesitate to step forward to destroy.
"It's too slow!" Costa said with a smile, he knocked the ball back to his right foot with his left foot, pulled his foot and shot, the football did not stop from the beginning to the end, Costa suddenly appeared in front of De Gea, De Gea had been waiting in front of the goal, steadily lifted the ball over the crossbar, this shot was not too thrilling.
"Costa's shot! The ball was blocked by De Gea, Chelsea's attack was so sharp at the beginning of the first half, and the cooperation between Jones and Costa also caught Manchester United's players a little off guard.
And Jones's state is still so threatening, this time his through ball almost penetrated the entire Manchester United defence, and the Sky TV broadcast was quickly explained by the commentator, which made the people watching the broadcast in front of the TV cheer.