"Mourinho is such an old fox!" Zeng Zhi shook his head and sighed.

Although, Van Gaal is Mourinho's master, but in the Premier League, he can be said to be Van Gaal's master. After all, Mourinho has coached the Premier League before, and the team he coaches happens to be Chelsea, and he has incomparably rich experience in the Premier League.

This will make him more comfortable with any kind of emergency.

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "However, Manchester United was able to crush Chelsea so badly from the beginning, doesn't it also show our strength?" ”

Zeng Zhi turned around and found that the person who spoke turned out to be the old man Ferguson.

Zeng Zhi was not surprised that the old man appeared in the stands at Stamford Bridge. Although the old man has retired, he has not stayed away from the pitch, and he will go to basically every Manchester United game. It's also a sign of his support for the team.

Similar to Alex Ferguson, there is another Red Devils decorated figure, Sir Charlton. These two gentlemen, as long as there are no special circumstances, will come to the stadium in person, whether it is home or away.

Zeng Zhi has great respect for the Manchester United meritorious manager who brought the Red Devils to the top and created a red dynasty in the Premier League, which has not changed because he is now a mysterious cultivator.

In 1999, Zeng Zhi was in his second year of junior high school, and that year was also the year he first came into contact with football. The miracle at the Camp Nou made Zeng Zhi, a rookie who was new to football, fall in love with football and the spirit of the Red Devils who never give up, and of course, he fell in love with this stubborn Scottish old man.

Zeng Zhi was a little surprised, he didn't expect that he would watch the game with the old man. This may have something to do with the fact that Manchester United are away from home this time, and if it is at Old Trafford, it will be difficult for Zeng Zhi to watch the game with the Red Devils hierarchy like them, because they have their own box at Old Trafford.

Zeng Zhi still has great trust in Ferguson's football tactical literacy, otherwise he would not have been able to keep Manchester United competitive for more than 20 years. Even, during the Premier League, for 21 years, Manchester United has not fallen out of the top three in the league.

After some greetings, Zeng Zhi asked the old man, "What do you think?" ”

Ferguson said without thinking: "You have to be careful, Chelsea showed weakness at the beginning, on the one hand, it is indeed Manchester United is very strong, and there is another reason, I believe that Mourinho also consciously wants to let Manchester United press out to play, and then use the defense to frustrate Manchester United's sharpness, so that you can expose your own weaknesses and loopholes." ”

Zeng Zhi listened to this analysis and felt that it was reliable. After all, Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho were rivals in the Premier League for three years, during which time Manchester United's results against Chelsea were dismal. Subsequently, Ferguson's Manchester United also played against Jose Mourinho's team in Europe, especially in the 2012-13 season when Ferguson retired, Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League by Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid.

In the 16 meetings between Ferguson and Mourinho, Ferguson has only achieved 2 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, which is very miserable. It can be said that in Ferguson's coaching career, Mourinho was definitely one of his biggest sufferings.

Of course, the most painful impression on Ferguson was former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola. Although they have only met twice, both of those meetings have come in Champions League finals, and the result has been a defeat for Manchester United. Especially in the 2011 Champions League final, the trembling hand of the old man who was captured by the broadcast camera made all Red Devils fans sad and heartbroken.

It can be said that the Cosmos team at that time stepped on the shoulders of the giant Manchester United to ascend to the altar.

Ferguson didn't know what Zeng Zhi was thinking at this moment, he continued: "However, Luis is not stupid, you see, he can also see it, but Manchester United has no choice, Chelsea retreated, if you don't press up, you won't have a chance, and every team has its own rhythm and style of play, Manchester United is offensive football, you have to press up and play." ”

"Chelsea's defense is more of a one-on-one marking, only in the middle of the midfield, Cesc Fabregas is very close to Matic, and when he defends, he also retreats very much, that is, to limit Mata and Herrera left and right, as for Fellaini, as long as he does not enter the 30-meter area, Mourinho will let him take the ball."

Speaking of this, Ferguson smiled and said: "Rooney, Mata, Herrera, Carrick, and even Ashley Young, no matter who gets the ball, they are very threatening, relatively speaking, Fellaini is the most reassuring choice." ”

Football tactics, to put it bluntly, are a game of trade-offs.

Zeng Zhi smiled with some expectation and said: "It's best for this kid Fellaini to take a stand and let Mourinho's old boy capsize the boat." ”

Ferguson smiled and said nothing. But he knew very well in his heart that Mourinho had this kind of targeted tactic, that is, he expected that Fellaini would not be a threat with the ball.

It's not that Fellaini is not good, but it is expected that Fellaini's ability to control the ball is not strong, and his ability to pass the ball is not strong, especially the deep through ball, as long as he is allowed to take the ball from 30 meters away, except for long-range shots, his threat is not very big.

If there were someone else in that position, such as Januzaj on the bench or Di Maria, Mourinho would not have dared to do that.

………………

The two of them sat there and watched the ball for ten minutes, and talked about the ball for ten minutes. Seeing that the first wave of Manchester United's offensive gradually calmed down, Zeng Zhicai sighed.

In the end, the opening still failed to get off to a good start.

Chelsea's defence is indeed quite solid, and Jose Mourinho's title as the world's number one defensive coach is no joke.

After withstanding United's opening attack, Chelsea also steadied their position, and the game went into a stalemate, and the scene was relatively dull, with no good chances for either side.

And with the passage of time, the first half of the game also came to an end, but the situation on the field changed abruptly.

But in the 37th minute, a misplaced pass in front of United gave Chelsea a chance to counter-attack.

Over the years, Chelsea have been quick to switch between attack and defence, and have played well on the counter-attack. At the beginning, Di Matteo's Chelsea relied on speed and counterattack to win the Champions League.

Although Drogba, Lampard and others are now old, this set of core tactical play is still there.

As soon as the ball was broken, Drogba, Hazard, Willian and other counter-attacking players began to run one after another, getting rid of the defenders.

Eden Hazard, in particular, after getting rid of Carrick, exposed Manchester United's deadliest weakness.

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