"Morino is really an old fox!" Zeng Zhi shook his head and sighed.

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

This allows him to deal with any emergencies more easily.

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "However, is it not that Manchester United can push Chelsea so embarrassed at the beginning of the game that it also shows our strength?"

Zeng Zhi turned around and saw that the person who spoke was actually the old Lord Ferguson.

Zeng Zhi was not surprised that the old Sir was present in the stands at Stamford Bridge Stadium. Although the old man has retired, he has not stayed away from the stadium. Basically, he will go there in person every game of Manchester United. This also shows his support for the team.

The same thing as Ferguson is also the Red Devils' meritorious figure, Sir Charlton. These two lords will visit the court in person as long as there is no special situation, whether at home or away.

Zeng Zhi respects this meritorious head coach of Manchester United who brought the Red Devils to the top and created the Red Dynasty in the Premier League. This has not changed because he has become a mysterious cultivator now.

In 1999, Zeng Zhinian was the second year of junior high school, which was also the first year when he came into contact with football. The miracle of the Camp Nou that year made Zeng Zhi, a rookie who had just started football, fall in love with football and the Red Devil spirit that never gives up. Of course, he even fell in love with this stubborn old Scottish man.

Zeng Zhi was a little surprised again. He didn't expect that he would watch the game with the old man. This may be related to Manchester United's away game this time. If it was at Old Trafford, it would be difficult for Zeng Zhi to watch the game with senior Red Devils like them, because they have exclusive private rooms in Old Trafford.

Zeng Zhi still trusts Ferguson's football tactical qualities very much, otherwise he would not have allowed Manchester United to maintain strong competitiveness for more than 20 years. Even during the Premier League, Manchester United has not fallen out of the top three in the league for a full 21 years.

After a greeting, Zeng Zhi asked the old master and said, "What do you think?"

Ferguson said without hesitation: "Beware of a little bit of caution. Chelsea showed weakness at the beginning. On the one hand, Manchester United is indeed very strong, and there is another reason. I believe Mourinho also consciously wants Manchester United to push it out and play, and then use the defense to smash Manchester United's spirit, so that you can expose your weaknesses and loopholes."

Zeng Zhi felt it was reliable after hearing this analysis. After all, Ferguson and Mourinho had been an opponent in the Premier League for three years, and Manchester United's performance against Chelsea was very bleak. Subsequently, Ferguson's Manchester United also played against Mourinho's team in the European arena, especially in the 2012-13 season when Ferguson retired, Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League by Mourinho's Real Madrid.

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

Of course, the one who left the most painful impression on Ferguson was former Barcelona coach Guardiola. Although they only had two matches, both matches were in the Champions League final, and Manchester United lost. Especially in the 2011 Champions League final, the trembling hand captured by the old man was even more heartbroken and heartbroken by all Red Devils fans.

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

Ferguson didn't know what Zeng Zhi had turned into at this moment. He continued: "But Luis is not a fool either. Look, he also saw that, but Manchester United has no choice. If Chelsea retreats, you will have no chance if you don't suppress it. Moreover, every team has its own rhythm and style of play. Manchester United is offensive football, so you have to suppress it and play."

"Chelsea's defense is more about one-on-one defense, with only the midfield in the middle. Fabregas is very close to Matic, and he also retreats very well when defending, which means he has 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 takes the ball, it is very threatening. Relatively speaking, Fellaini is the most reassuring choice."

To put it bluntly, football tactics are a kind of trade-off game.

Zeng Zhi smiled expectantly and said, "It would be better for this kid Fellaini to raise his hand and make Mourinho's old boy overturn."

Ferguson smiled and said nothing. But he knew very well that Mourinho had erected this targeted tactic, which was to predict that Fellaini would not have any threat to get the ball.

It’s not that Fellaini is not capable, but it is expected that Fellaini is not capable of controlling the ball, passing the ball, especially passing the ball directly in depth, is not strong. As long as he gets the ball outside the 30-meter area, his threat is not very big except for long shots.

If someone else in this position was replaced by someone else, such as Januzai on the bench or Di Maria, Mourinho would definitely not dare to do this.

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The two sat there, watching the ball for ten minutes and chatting for ten minutes. They saw Manchester United's first wave of offense gradually calming down, Zeng Zhicai sighed.

The final opening was still not a good start.

Chelsea's defense is indeed quite solid and solid. Mourinho's title of the world's number one defensive coach is not a joke.

After resisting the strong attack from Manchester United at the beginning, Chelsea also stabilized its position, and the game on the field entered a stalemate, the scene also seemed dull, and neither side had any good opportunities.

As time passed, the first half came to an end, but the situation changed suddenly.

But when the game reached the 37th minute, Manchester United made a pass mistake in the frontcourt, giving Chelsea a chance to counterattack.

Over the years, Chelsea's offensive and defensive conversion speed has been very fast, and the counterattack was also very exciting. At that time, Chelsea, who was Di Matteo, won the Champions League championship by relying on speed and counterattack.

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

As soon as the ball was intercepted, Drogba, Hazard, William and other counterattackers began to run one after another to get rid of the defensive players.

Especially Hazard, after getting rid of Carrick, exposed Manchester United's most deadly weakness.
Chapter completed!