Nine Hundred and Ninety-Seven Treat Football, He Is Serious!

Is Mourinho crazy?

This is the focus of coverage by major media around the world on match day.

No one thought that Mourinho would announce his starting lineup one day earlier.

Is he crazy?

Or, did he deliberately set off smoke bombs?

No one knows exactly why this is, but major media outlets are scrambling to study the veracity of this list.

Judging from the list, the authenticity is still quite big, because basically all the players that Mourinho reused, such as Sedou Keita and Yaya Toure, all the players who should start have started.

But there is also a problem with the lack of a left-back.

After Abidal's liver transplant operation, Adriano was Mourinho's reused left back, but he didn't make it to the squad in this game. Who is Mourinho going to arrange to play this position?

Is Puyol making a cameo?

There is indeed such a possibility, because Puyol has not played the position of left-back.

In this way, it makes sense for Pique and Mascherano to partner with the central defender in the middle.

Barcelona's defense line is strong and strong, but weak and weak, the key depends on what kind of opponent it encounters.

Su Dong has scored many goals from Barcelona in the past. Now that they meet again, everyone is very curious. Can Barcelona's defense be able to freeze Su Dong?

And Mourinho suddenly announced the starting lineup in advance before the game. What was his intention?

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Manchester City came to Barcelona a day early.

I asked the Spaniard to borrow the training ground before, and yesterday I went to Camp Nou to get familiar with the training ground.

After being busy for a while, I rested for a night, and woke up the next day. It was such a wave of blockbuster news, like a dry thunder, which blew everyone's heart into disbelief. Who would have thought that there would be such an operation.

early in the morning,

Begiristan, the technical director who led the team to Barcelona, ​​was called by Guardiola and other coaching staff to a meeting. Su Dong also attended, and the content was nothing more than Mourinho's list.

Contrary to outside speculation, Manchester City has real goods.

In fact, the team has been deducing Mourinho's starting lineup for a long time, and they have come up with more than one.

But I have to say, this starting lineup is really unexpected.

This will take a full hour to disperse.

After the meeting, Su Dong went directly to the hotel's conference room, preparing to participate in the team's regular pre-match preparation meeting.

Before the coaching staff arrived, the players were all in the conference room discussing the roster enthusiastically. They also got news from newspapers, websites and familiar media, and they also knew all kinds of analysis reports.

When they saw Su Dong coming in, everyone immediately gathered around.

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"Boss, what is Mourinho going to do?"

"Su, how authentic is the list? Could it be Mourinho who is tricking us?"

"Without a left-back, it doesn't look real."

"I guess this is Mourinho's smoke bomb. This old boy has not learned anything else, but Ferguson has learned 100%."

"Is it possible that he really plays with this lineup?"

"Didn't you say it just now? Isn't our winger a reverse winger and let Puyol play as a left-back, can he stop Sanchez?"

"Mourinho would never leave us with such an obvious loophole."

"I agree, he must have a conspiracy."

"I've known Mourinho for so many years, and this old boy has no peace of mind."

The last to speak was Pepe, who was clearly not too impressed with Mourinho either.

Everyone, you expressed your opinions one by one, but in the end, it was found that they were all talking, and Su Dong had no chance to speak at all.

Suddenly, everyone fell silent again, looking at Su Dong, waiting for him to speak.

"We studied for an hour just now, and the final conclusion is..."

Everyone immediately paid attention.

Su Dong grinned happily, "We don't know either."

Everyone was disappointed for a while, this is the answer?

"Actually, it is estimated that apart from Mourinho and the Barcelona coaching staff, no one knows whether this list is true or false, and no one stipulates that Mourinho must use this list to arrange the starting lineup, no ?"

When everyone thought about it, it was indeed such a truth.

This is where everyone is arguing.

"This list is a bit different from our previous games, but it's pretty close in general. What does he want to do when he releases it? Tell us what he thinks? Or does he want to distract us? Or does he want us to go Guess what he's thinking? There's also a possibility that we'll be thinking too much and we'll be in a mess."

Everyone was stunned when they heard it, as if it was true.

This list is okay to bluff outside media and fans. For Manchester City, how useful it is is really a mystery.

Based on this alone, Mourinho's intentions have to be called into question.

Of course, Manchester City has deduced several Barcelona starting rosters, but none of them are the same as the one announced by Mourinho, so if it is useless, it is not all, but it is very limited.

At this point in the game, it is impossible for Manchester City to change their tactics to target Barcelona.

If you really want to say that, it may not be worth it.

"You mean we don't look at this list?" Zabaleta asked with concern.

Su Dong shook his head, "Just take a look, there's no need to take it seriously."

Seeing the doubtful eyes of his teammates, Su Dong smiled and said: "No matter what Mourinho's intention of releasing this list, or even what kind of lineup and tactics Barcelona plan to use, come to us. Said, the process and the result are the same, we will use the way we do best to beat the opponent.”

"We've always been like this, we don't think about the opponent's thoughts, tactics and attitudes, we only care about ourselves because as long as we do well enough and good enough, no team can stop us."

When everyone heard this, they all nodded. This is indeed the attitude that Manchester City has always adhered to in the past two seasons, even since Guardiola took charge.

The only difference is that in the first season of Guardiola's coaching, the results were indeed a bit bad, but since Sudong joined, Manchester City's performance has improved by leaps and bounds, and now it has become the top team in Europe.

"Rather than blindly guessing the opponent's intentions, it is better to concentrate on doing our thing well and think about how to play better and better in the game. This is what we should think about now."

Is it useful for Mourinho to announce this list in advance?

Su Dong can't say that there is no such thing at all.

Like Guardiola.

The manager of Manchester City is famous [Mr. George].

What do you mean?

George, tangled meaning.

Guardiola is so entangled, to the point that he likes to get to the bottom of things. He is the kind of person who likes to figure out everything before the game and think through all the possibilities.

The more such a person is, the easier it is to make some sudden and unbelievable decisions before a major game, and the easier it is to be influenced and interfered by the opponent’s strategy.

Why have a meeting so early in the morning?

Because Guardiola didn't sleep much last night, he was struggling with this problem.

To a certain extent, this character has made Guardiola what he is today, but it also makes him easily go crazy.

During the meeting just now, both Su Dong and Begiristan were good at persuading him, but they were really afraid that he would change on the spot.

Judging from the current Barcelona starting lineup, Mourinho is likely to be on the defensive.

This is actually not difficult to guess, because of the defeat of the European Super Cup, especially during the game, Mourinho is obviously conservative. With his character, he is likely to take the defensive and use quick counterattacks to hit Manchester City.

If he wins, then he can raise his eyebrows.

Another point, he may not be very confident in the team's defense, especially when playing against Manchester City.

With Barcelona on the defensive, Manchester City should stick to their own style of play.

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Guardiola, accompanied by Begiristan, Torrent and Estiat, entered the conference room.

He still looks dignified, and everyone is used to his expression.

He is serious about football!

Guardiola first discussed with everyone the starting lineup announced by Mourinho, which is similar to what Su Dong said just now. Obviously, during the one-hour meeting, he was persuaded by Su Dong and others and decided to Stick to your own style of play.

In the subsequent targeted tactical arrangements, Guardiola did not make new arrangements, but just asked the two flanks to pay more attention and increase the offensive firepower if necessary.

As the player said just now, if Puyol is played at left back, then Sanchez will have an advantage on the right flank.

As the name suggests, Puyol is a right-footed player. If he plays on the left, he mainly has the advantage of defending against an inverse-footed winger, but Sanchez is a right-footed player. He can completely break through the bottom or penetrate from the bottom line. Very disadvantaged.

"There is also a possibility that Sedou Keita is a left-footed player. Mourinho often uses him to play on the left side of midfield and has also played as a left-back. If he is allowed to play as a left-back, the possibility is still quite Big." Guardiola offered his guess.

This guess is also very likely.

Only in this way, Mourinho's midfield arrangement will be more conservative.

Mascherano would be pushed back to midfield and Yaya Toure and Xavi would be freed.

Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas and Messi form the front three.

The possibility does exist, and it's not small.

Guardiola emphasized that no matter how the opponents will adjust and arrange in the game, Manchester City's tactics will basically remain unchanged, and according to the original plan, the attacking routines are basically the most familiar to Manchester City.

This is mainly due to the fact that the team's schedule is too dense. For the consecutive week of double games, there is simply no time for Manchester City to conduct targeted tactical drills, and they can only adopt the offensive routines that everyone is familiar with on weekdays.

There are times when old routines seem clichéd and old-fashioned, but the problem is that it works.

Because some things are unique to Manchester City, the opponent can't defend.

For example, Su Dong.