Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 636 A wonderful start
The last words he said in the locker room were actually not Mourinho's style. Although the side he showed was very arrogant, few people dared to say that God is first and I am second, but in reality In fact, when he is directing the game, what he values ​​most is defense.

Pei Wei saw this, but he didn't ask Mourinho—it doesn't matter at ordinary times, he will never use his own thinking to influence Mourinho during the game, because he knows that although his football level is That's right, but that refers to the amateur level. In the professional football circle, I am afraid that any assistant coach who comes out at random is much better than him.

Compared with Wenger, who is almost perverted and pursues perfect football, Mourinho is more conservative-it is not appropriate to say that he is conservative. The accurate statement should be to put results first, defense first, and then It's the offense, that's Mourinho's football philosophy, for Mourinho, a [-]-[-] win is much better than a [-]-[-] win, because the latter game is good, but the defense concedes three goals Mourinho can not tolerate.

Mourinho actually had other intentions in what he said just now. The players’ winning mentality will not calm down because of the story Pei Wei told. Instead, they should guide them well. Anyway, Newcastle’s offensive ability is not good It will be worse than Middlesbrough, and its defensive ability is much better, and it also has a great winning rate in confrontation, so simply strengthen the offense, which will make the players' high spirits play better. Another point, This time is Newcastle's closest to the championship, and it is very likely that it will be Newcastle's first championship in 43 years. If they can win the championship with a beautiful victory, it will also be of great help to the overall image of the team .

The starting lineup sent by Mourinho in this game also proves this point. It is still 33, but the midfielder has changed from a double midfielder to a single midfielder. Goalkeeper Given, defenders Trabelsi, Lucio , Woodgate and Hart, the midfielder Makelele drags behind, the two wings are Robert and Dyer, Nie Fei advances, the double striker Ibrahimovic and Shearer, the lineup sent by Middlesbrough coach McLaren It is the same Four Four Two, the goalkeeper is the Australian national goalkeeper Schwarzer, and the four defenders from right to left are former England international Miles, two former England national team veterans, 32-year-old Southgate and 25-year-old Essie Ogu, the left back is the 02-year-old French defender Kudrou. From this lineup, Newcastle's defense is really not very good. Although Myers was the main right back of the England national team in the [-] World Cup, it was only because In this position, after Manchester United's Gary Neville was injured, Eriksson really couldn't find anyone, and although the veteran pair of Southgate and Exiogu ranked second in the Premier League last year The guard partner, but after a year, their performance is not as stable as last season, and the mistakes this season are also increasing. There is nothing surprising about Kudru, it is just that they are experienced and relatively stable. That's why Mourinho boldly formulated aggressive offensive tactics in the game.

However, compared with their defense, Middlesbrough's midfield is very luxurious - of course, for a mid-range team with the goal of the UEFA Cup - the midfielder is the Dutchman Boateng , the 28-year-old player has been in the Premier League for six seasons, and his performance has always been very stable. Both wings are loaned players. On the left is the Dutch wing Zenden on loan from Chelsea, and on the right is Lazio The former Spanish international Mendieta, who came on loan, is the Brazilian Juninho Paulista as the midfielder, and the double forwards are the Cameroon international player Job and the Italian striker Marcarone.

Judging from this lineup, McLaren is playing the idea of ​​using offense to win. Since Robson coached this team, Middlesbrough's tradition has been technical offensive football.They have the title of "giant killer" in the Premier League, and they have a lot of experience in playing strong teams, so even if they are facing Newcastle, which has been quite prosperous this season, McLaren has also sent such a strong offensive and defensive lineup.

But when he saw Newcastle's lineup, he couldn't help gasping. Janus, a midfielder with both offensive and defensive capabilities, did not play, and was replaced by Dyer, a winger with a distinctive wing attack. Flying back to the middle, the two full-backs sent Trabelsi and Hart with excellent assists, and put Kufuor and Bernard with strong defensive capabilities on the bench... What does this mean? ?It means that Newcastle does not intend to use their offensive and defensive balance tactics that have achieved good results in the league, but intends to use offense to destroy Middlesbrough's defense!

Newcastle fans wearing black and white jerseys and Middlesbrough fans wearing red jerseys respectively occupied the stands on both sides of the goal. The relationship between the club and the fans is still relatively friendly, so there is no act of belittling each other, but it is indispensable to cheer hard.

Compared with the dull start of the general finals, this final was quite exciting-almost from the beginning of the game, the two teams used fast offense to start a confrontation-this is also impossible , Compared with the opponent's attackers, the defenders on both sides are a bit weak. In this case, using offense to suppress the opponent's offense is the only way.

Whoever can use their own offense to suppress the opponent's offense will have the upper hand. This is the inevitable result of both sides adopting offensive tactics, and it is precisely because of this that the final is extremely exciting.

At the beginning of the first half of the game, Newcastle gave the opponent a big blow. After a few kicks in the midfield, the ball fell to Trabelsi's feet. Trabelsi showed his attack under the pressure of Zenden. After passing the opponent beautifully, he keenly observed the running route of the frontcourt teammates, and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area with a beautiful long pass!
In the midfield, Nie Fei was making a cross run with Dyer. Dyer came to the middle, and Nie Fei ran to the right to attract the attention of Boateng, the only midfielder of the opponent. The ball is here The time accurately fell to Dyer's feet.

There was a huge mistake in Middlesbrough's defense. There was no player in the middle of the midfield at this time!

Seeing that there is no defensive player in front of Dyer, he will naturally not be polite. After unloading the ball beautifully, he began to dribble the ball forward along the middle. His speed is quite fast, and the reaction of Middlesbrough's defense seems a bit slow.

Dyer pushed all the way to the top of the penalty area before anyone came up to defend him. Dyer immediately made a beautiful cross pass and passed the ball to Ibrahimovic when he was parallel with the last defender of the opponent. Ibrahimovic received the ball Then he took a step forward and entered the penalty area, and then immediately volleyed vigorously with his left foot!

Schwarzer made a wonderful save, beautifully save the ball to the bottom line!
"Newcastle created a beautiful opportunity as soon as they came up! Schwarzer made a good save, but Ibrahimovic seemed a little anxious. If he can continue to move forward with the ball, then Middlesbrough will be in danger. After all, Middlesbrough was at that time. The defenders can't threaten him yet." Lawrenson shouted in surprise.

"But this is the characteristic of Ibrahimovic." As a former world super scorer, Lineker naturally has more say: "His technique is very good, but the feeling in front of the goal is not good. Sometimes he just shoots directly, and if he continues to dribble the ball, he may not be able to create any threat... God is fair, it is a miracle in itself that a 1.9-meter-two big man can have the same skills as the midfielder and the overall situation. I'm afraid it will deprive him of something else as well."

"If he has the same shooting feeling as Shearer..." Hans said suddenly.

"Then no one can defend him." Lineker shrugged his shoulders: "But this kind of player doesn't seem to exist on earth."

While they were still talking, Nie Fei's corner kick was directly pushed out by Southgate. Boateng took the ball and passed the ball back to Wright under Dier's pressure. Wright took the ball forward. After a few steps, it was passed to Cenden in front. After taking the ball, Cenden did not break through, but suddenly passed the ball forward in midfield.

A long pass from 40 meters away!However, his pass seemed to be very purposeful, and it was passed directly to the front of Newcastle's penalty area.

Job was chasing towards the spot, Woodgate was on his heels, and Shay also rushed out of the penalty area. In his opinion, he should be able to catch the ball in front of Job.

But he seemed to have underestimated Job's speed. The Cameroon striker rushed to the point where the ball landed before Woodgate and Shay. Seeing that Shay was about to rush up, he jumped high before he could stop the ball. The ball slammed towards the goal!

Ji Wen jumped up and stretched his hands, but he couldn't touch the ball!
All eyes were on the falling ball, watching it fall, fall, and finally land on the net.

The fans of Newcastle let out a collective sigh of relief, while the fans of Middlesbrough sighed collectively-this is football, it affects the hearts of countless people, makes them nervous about it, excited about it, and forget everything about it.

At the beginning of the first half, the two sides each created a good opportunity, and in the next game, the two sides did not keep this conservative, but launched a more intense confrontation, and a wonderful start began.

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