i want to be king

Chapter 909 Why Manchester City?
When Guardiola and others were studying how to deal with Barcelona in the hotel, Barcelona coach Mourinho was also discussing the current situation with his assistants in the hotel.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, Barcelona's luck was pretty good.

Although AC Milan is strong, Mourinho still has confidence in competing for the first place in the group, and now AC Milan is no longer the AC Milan of Ancelotti's time. The style of play adopted by Allegri is completely different from the previous AC Milan, and even Pirlo was sent away.

Barcelona still has a lot of experience in dealing with such a team.

Relying on the achievements of last season, Barcelona is now full of ambitions, and they are all dubbed the title of the dream team outside. Mourinho and his assistants are also quite proud, and there is a feeling of looking down on all sentient beings.

If it is said that Guardiola loves and hates Barcelona, ​​then Mourinho and his team have only resentment towards Guardiola and his Manchester City, without any feelings at all.

Since Mourinho took office as Barcelona coach, he has been questioned.

Almost everyone, including Cruyff, believes that Mourinho is the most unconventional head coach in Barcelona, ​​and some even conclude that it is impossible for him to succeed in Barcelona. All of them have always firmly supported Guardiola.

At that time, Guardiola was only the head coach of the Barcelona second team and had never officially coached in the first team.

How can Mourinho accept that such a rookie is so sought after and even shakes his own status?
During the Barcelona coaching period, Mourinho and Guardiola were colleagues in the first team and the second team, but they had no contact with each other. Even Mourinho was unwilling to recruit players from the youth team, let alone Guardiola's favorites.

But Mourinho has no regrets, because he has a superstar like Yaya Toure in his hands.

Even after winning the Champions League, Cruyff and others still stubbornly believe that Barcelona's orthodoxy lies with Manchester City and Guardiola, not the dream team led by Mourinho.

After winning the game, they will praise Messi, Harvey, Iniesta, and everyone, but they will not praise Mourinho.

why?
Mourinho is very clear, but the more this is the case, the more fighting spirit he has, and the more he wants to slap everyone in the face.

Didn't you say that the orthodoxy is in Manchester City?

Well, I'll beat Manchester City's nouveau riche fiercely now, and let all of you see that your so-called orthodoxy can't beat me at all!
If you want to win, you have to rely on me!
Throughout his coaching career, the player Mourinho wanted most was Su Dong, but whether it was in Porto, Chelsea, or later in Barcelona, ​​he all missed Su Dong due to various reasons.

He has reached the European finals five times, once in the Europa League, and four times in the Champions League. As a result, he lost to Sudong in the first four times.

It can be said that Su Dong has become the biggest knot in his heart.

Even in last season, Mourinho was able to lead Barcelona to win the Champions League final when Su Dong transferred to Manchester City and missed the Champions League.

This also made Mourinho extremely dissatisfied.

Is Su Dong very powerful?

I'll show you a game against him right now!
Let you know that Su Dong is not omnipotent!
Therefore, both public and private, Mourinho must win this game!
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"What do you think our opponents will do tomorrow night?"

Mourinho looked at the assistants in front of him and asked with concern.

Everyone fell into deep thought.

This is a very important question, because it is related to the targeted tactics of the starter.

As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle, and an effective starting tactic is half the battle.

"I think he will insist on passing the ball and playing against us," Tito Vilanova said confidently.

Everyone, including Mourinho, showed a look of surprise.

Play against Barcelona?

Is this looking for death?

Mourinho smiled slightly, "Tito, do you think they will stick to their style of play?"

Vilanova nodded very positively, "I understand Guardiola's character."

After a pause, Vilanova took another look at Mourinho and added: "Some people will compromise for the purpose, and some people are even willing to go against their own wishes, but Guardiola's character makes him determined not to do such a thing. He would rather lose than insist on himself."

"For a person like him, winning against his will is worse than losing!"

Hearing Vilanova's words, Mourinho's face changed one after another, a little ugly.

The Portuguese madman is a little unclear. Are Vilanova's remarks objectively evaluating Guardiola?Or step on Mourinho by praising Guardiola?

You know, in the past few years of coaching Barcelona, ​​Mourinho has often changed Barcelona's style of play in order to win, and sometimes he was forced to take some decisions that violated Barcelona's traditions and adopted tactics that players could not accept.

Although he won in the end, it also brought huge controversy.

What many people want is not just to win, but to win in the tradition of Barcelona.

If winning means violating Barcelona's traditions, it would be better to lose.

But this is completely inconsistent with Mourinho's values. He is a professional head coach, and his belief is to do everything possible to help Barcelona win. As for whether to follow Barcelona's tradition, it depends on the specific situation.

This is also a point that Mourinho has been criticized by Barcelona celebrities, players and the media.

Now that Vilanova said this, Mourinho really couldn't tell the difference.

Not only Mourinho can't tell the difference, but his assistants can't tell the difference either.

After Vilanova finished speaking and Mourinho's face changed, another right-hand man, Faria, refuted.

"Stop joking, Tito! What we are discussing now is a European Super Cup match. If it were you, do you think, would you like to win or lose? As a professional head coach, isn't the greatest professional ethics to help the team win? Only after winning the ball can you be qualified to talk about whether to follow your own wishes, isn't it?"

"That's right." Everyone else also said, "How brilliant was Real Madrid's Galaxy Battleship back then? But the result? Over the years, Real Madrid has never been able to win, no matter whether it is using its own tradition or other methods.

"First of all, you have to think about winning before you can think about other things."

"Guardiola is a bit noble when he says this, but he also lacks the professional ethics of a professional head coach."

Mourinho's value orientation makes the coaching staff members he recruits basically consistent with him, especially in the current environment, and naturally they are all on his side.

"Okay!" Mourinho also noticed Vilanova's face, and immediately called to stop, enough is enough.

"What we are discussing now is Guardiola and his Manchester City, only discussing opponents, not spreading the scope."

Although these words were to dissuade his assistants, they did not mean to beat Vilanova.

Nimei, what you said just now has expanded the scope of the attack.

Vilanova knew, but was helpless, "I still insist that Guardiola and Manchester City will adopt counter-attack tactics."

"If it is true what Tito said, Manchester City will attack us, it will be easy to handle. Our passing and control ability can definitely tear through their defense line with no difficulty. With Messi, Manchester City can't defend at all." When Faria said this, he smiled proudly. "If Guardiola wants to court death, then we have no reason to stop him, isn't there?"

Everyone also smiled.

"Actually, what I'm most worried about is that Manchester City will adopt counterattack tactics uncharacteristically, just like Arsenal did last season. This will be very troublesome, because Su Dong is too scary!" Mourinho frowned.

When Su Dong was mentioned, everyone present frowned involuntarily.

Su Dong is indeed scary.

The main reason is that they don't know how to defend him.

Once you give him space and let him charge up, it will be difficult for one or two people to stop him.

To put it simply, he is like a combination of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.

"We have never been afraid of our opponents coming out to play. The most difficult thing for us is the hard stubble that shrinks the defense."

"Yes, if Guardiola chooses to press it, it will be a good thing for us."

"Although Manchester City's ability to pass and control the ball is very strong, it is in the Premier League. I don't think he will be so stupid. Instead, he may adopt defensive counterattack tactics like Wenger's Arsenal."

"Play against us? Why Manchester City?"

The coaching staff said something to each other, somewhat looking down on Manchester City and Guardiola.

Of course, this was mainly because Vilanova said something that made them uncomfortable, so he was taking the opportunity to vent.

In fact, no one would despise Manchester City, especially Su Dong.

But if it is said that Manchester City is playing against Barcelona, ​​not only Mourinho and his team, it is estimated that few people in the world will believe it.

In the past few years, all the teams that played against Barcelona have basically died miserably.

Vilanova really wanted to say something, but when he saw the attitude of Mourinho and the coaching team, he hesitated and finally chose not to say it.

Barcelona under Mourinho is certainly very strong, even super strong, but when it comes to passing and controlling the ball, there are still great flaws and hidden dangers. Vilanova believes that he can see it, but Guardiola, who is more familiar with and understands Barcelona's tactical system and traditions than him, can't see it?

If Guardiola uses this to confront Barcelona, ​​will the chances of winning be improved?

But Vilanova couldn't say.

He just clicked on it just now, which made Mourinho and others so uncomfortable. If he said it again now, there would probably be a quarrel.

Thinking of this, Vilanova sighed secretly in her heart.

Sandwich cookies are getting tougher!

　Today I accompanied my child to take an important exam. He entered the exam room, and I was typing outside, hoping to get a good grade.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)