Before the start of the game, in the players' tunnel at Old Trafford, Mourinho, who walked out of the dressing room, suddenly walked to Van Gaal and put his arms around Van Gaal's neck, and the Dutch coach also responded enthusiastically and patted Mourinho's back with his palm. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And when Van Gaal walked out of the aisle to the United dugout, Mourinho walked from the away team's dugout to the United dugout again, patted Van Gaal on the back from behind, the Dutch boss was startled by the "raid" at first, but when he found out that it was Mourinho, he immediately smiled, and the two hugged each other tightly again after a brief greeting.

The good interaction between the two head coaches seems to indicate that the players on both sides will be more restrained in this game, and the scene will not be too intense.

But that's not to say that both sides don't have a strong desire to win. In fact, from the moment the referee blew the whistle to announce the start of the game, Chelsea's players were anti-visitors and launched a ubiquitous frontcourt press.

In the second minute, Rojo cleared the ball directly to Chelsea, Drogba broke the ball to Oscar, who burst forward on the right, and Oscar's shot from the edge of the box was blocked.

In the third minute, Chelsea made another successful steal in front, Shi Hao shook off Blind and Smalling in succession, and Hazard could have shot himself after receiving the ball, but he chose to knock it horizontally. Oscar fired from five yards out, but the close-range shot was blocked by the god-possessed David De Gea.

The Brazilian looked frustrated by missing two chances in a row in the space of one minute. If such a poor performance continues, Mourinho's harshness will definitely reduce the chances he has to play.

The Red Devils are not just beaten and do not fight back. In the 4th minute, the 19-year-old Januzaj made a straight stop, Van Persie's shot on the left side of the small penalty area was blocked by Terry, Fellaini knocked the ball with his backheel 4 meters in front of the goal, no one expected that the bulky big man would make such an imaginative move, but fortunately Courtois was focused and made a brave save to block the ball. It would have been wonderful if it had scored.

Manchester United then organized another attack, Juan Mata picked up a cross from the edge of the box, and the unguarded Di Maria volleyed high with his left foot.

The game was only a few minutes underway, but the two sides went back and forth, and both played beautiful attacks, which made the fans feel refreshed.

But after the first ten minutes of fast-paced attacking and defending, both sides consciously lowered their tempo and began to organize the ball more patiently.

Although the pace of the field is slowed down, it is not uncommon to see wonderful scenes. Slowly, Manchester United, playing at home, gained a bit of the upper hand.

In the 23rd minute, teenager Januzaj made a straight stop, and Dutch killer Van Persie burst into the penalty area with a left-footed shot, and Courtois made a timely attack to block the ball. A minute later, Di Maria's cross from the right was met by Robin van Persie's header from the middle, but it was just too wide for Courtois to hold onto the ball.

Shi Hao is not doing nothing. Although Blind and Marouane Fellaini took turns marking him, he was still able to comb up front with ease. In the 36th minute, he pulled a wide dribble and was brought down by Blind to win a free-kick. He personally took the penalty, and the football accurately found Ivanovic in the penalty area, but Ivanovic did not touch the ball by mistake, and the football went directly out of the bottom line.

Ivanovic, who fell in the box, took a penalty to the referee, but it was at Manchester United's home stadium and the referee refused his request.

Judging by the slow-motion replay, Smalling did choke Ivanovic's neck, which was a clear foul. However, the home team will eventually take advantage of it, and there is no way to do it.

Shi Hao thought about Mourinho's advice: Manchester United's backline has a big problem this season, and there is not enough protection between each other, so pay attention to the time to find the disconnect between them. However, so far, the central defenders of Rojo and Smalling have been relatively solid and have not had too many holes.

And he didn't catch the ball much in this game. Oscar doesn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and more often than not, he passed the ball forward or shot himself; Hazard has a temperament, and when he gets the ball, he dribbles first. The veteran Didier Drogba may have not started for too long and looked very excited, but he also played more solitary.

So Shi Hao hasn't had any good opportunities so far.

Towards the end of the first half, the two sides invariably accelerated the tempo and played a wave of attacks.

In the 41st minute, Rojo's header was cleared wrong, Oscar received the ball near the bottom line on the right side and quickly passed it back, but it was not given to Shi Hao but passed to Drogba at the back point. Drogba's right-footed shot was saved by De Gea.

One minute later, the tiny Juan Mata delivered a brilliant behind-the-back ball that Januzaj fired into the side-netting from the left side of the box.

In the 44th minute, Shi Hao burst into the penalty area and split the ball to the left, and Hazard slid out of the far corner.

In the 45th minute, Di Maria took a free kick from the left side and hit a low flat ball into the penalty area, and the unguarded Mata fired a left-footed shot into the goal.

At the end of the first half, although the score remained 0:0, the audience knew that this game was by no means dull.

In the visiting dressing room at Old Trafford, Chelsea players wiped their sweat and relaxed their muscles, and despite the closed doors of the dressing room, you could still hear the singing of the Red Devils fans outside.

Jose Mourinho quickly got to the point, explaining the tactical arrangements for the second half. When he finished, he paused, thinking about it.

It was a little better against the underdogs, but in the game Schalke 04, and in this game, one of the team's problems was exposed - who is the core?

The core is not just a noun, the core represents the ball, everyone believes in him wholeheartedly, and hands over the ball to him to deal with, he can judge the situation according to his own judgment.

The heart of Chelsea's front line last season was undoubtedly Eden Hazard. But Shi Hao's arrival, while providing the team with another powerful firepower point, undoubtedly also confused the team's thinking.

In the pre-season warm-up, Mourinho tried a dual-core strategy, but the effect was not ideal.

Sometimes the two alternate with the ball and are able to break down the opponent's defence. Sometimes the two compete to get the ball, but they miss the fighter.

Let Shi Hao be a pure goalkeeper? That's the tyrannical thing.

Let Hazard have less ball? Hazard's dribbling and short passing ability up front are not much inferior to Shi Hao.

Jose Mourinho knows that even if this problem is not solved, the team will not have much problem winning the Premier League. But when it comes to the knockout rounds of the Champions League...... This problem can become fatal.

But...... For the time being, he can't come up with a good solution, so he can only take a look first.

Thinking of this, Mourinho simply advised: "In the first half, you didn't pass enough to Shi, and you should increase the number of times you played against him." ”