Lord of Greenery

Chapter 514 Mourinho's Tortoise Shell
Manchester United's starting lineup for this game is 4231. The goalkeeper is the Premier League's first goalkeeper De Gea. After Neuer slowly changed, he is also a strong contender for the active first goalkeeper.

The four backs are Valencia, Bailey, Smalling and Ashley Young. The two full backs are veterans who have been famous for a long time. Before Bailly was injured, his level was quite high.

Matic and McTominay partnered as a double midfielder. Matic was introduced by Mourinho from his old club Chelsea.

When he first joined the team, Matic performed very bravely, using his metronome attribute to help Manchester United become a stronger whole.

McTominay is a young player promoted by Mourinho. He is immature, but he has also shown good talent.

It can be said that these two people are Mourinho's details.

In the three forward positions, they are Mata, Sanchez and Rashford, and Lukaku acts as a single forward.

The strange thing is that Mata is on the wing and Sanchez is in the middle.

It is also strange to let Lukaku serve as a lone striker.

During this time period, everyone is comparing Drogba to Lukaku.

Both are the kind of aggressive-looking black players who are also quite tall.

From the outside, it is easy to link Lukaku and Drogba together.

Now, the nickname given to him by fans is also "Little Warcraft".

In fact, Lukaku is a winger.

He himself has always thought so!
Lukaku has never regarded himself as a center forward. He often pulls the side, hesitates to shoot, has poor physical confrontation ability, and does not serve as a fulcrum.

Technically, the similarities between Lukaku and Drogba may only be that Warcraft's early shots are not strong.

The most terrifying tactical role of Drogba back then was that one person could act as a fulcrum in front, be able to grab the first point of the ball with his back against the opponent, then turn around and grab the second point of his own creation, and finally kick A powerful long-range shot.

A person can be so strong in combat alone, and the cooperation of teammates is even more lethal and deterrent.

Although he will shoot the last shot away in the early stage...

Lukaku and Drogba are completely different players. His speed is actually good, coupled with the melancholy of finishing, it might be a good choice for him to choose to be a winger.

The only problem is that he deceived many people with his appearance, including his own fans and the head coach.

Mourinho has been using him as Drogba for a long time.

In this game, Pogba was not on the big list, and Salah just recovered from injury and sat on the bench.

The game is about to start, and the fans are looking forward to a fierce double-red contest.

Fans who know the situation better will not have such thoughts.

With Mourinho's game, the double red will not be exciting.

After kicking for 5 minutes, Li Ze was in a rather dumbfounded mood.

"Although the formula is different, it still tastes familiar."

Manchester United gave up the ball and let Liverpool take the initiative to attack.

This is the double red meeting!
Manchester United is playing at home!
Dare to use such a tactic in such a game, really deserves Mourinho.

To be precise, Li Ze and Mourinho only cooperated for one season, but he was very impressed with the Portuguese's tactical style.

Sometimes, Mourinho doesn't want his players to play too well.

Only by allowing the opponent to fully attack can his team have more chances to counterattack.

Many people think that Mourinho's tactics are outdated, but the bigger problem is that he can't be flexible, only this tactic.

Even now, facing Mourinho's bus, many teams still have headaches.

This is Li Ze's first time facing De Gea.

Although De Gea has been a strong contender for the world's number one goalkeeper for a long time, he has not actually played a few Champions League games.

Li Ze, who has been playing for Inter Milan, naturally will not have the chance to play against De Gea.

Such a goalkeeper who rarely plays in the Champions League can be so widely recognized, which is enough to see his personal ability.

Combining the video observation and the current match, Li Ze's biggest feeling is that De Gea's style is actually a bit special.

He probably makes the highest percentage of saves with his feet among top goalkeepers.

With a height of 192cm, he often slows down half a beat when facing a horizontal ball because of his height.

There are many goalkeepers of his height, and it is more difficult to face this kind of ball.

The opposite is Iker Casillas, who is relatively short among goalkeepers, but he reacts quickly, and the ball that is not so high does not pose much threat to him.

And like De Gea, who uses his feet frequently, while retaining his size advantage, it largely solves the "problem" of his height.

Sometimes just by stretching your long legs, you can easily save the dead corner of the traditional high goalkeeper.

Someone gave him a vivid name for this trick, called "duck sitting on lotus".

It can be said that De Gea is a goalkeeper who basically has no dead ends as long as he is in good condition.

The existence of Bailey and De Gea is the main reason why Mourinho can use the iron barrel well.

Later, he failed in this way, largely because of the severe injury of Baili, and De Gea was unable to support himself.

Mourinho also had his own problems. He started out on defense, but the improvement of Manchester United's defense was not ideal.

So that after Bailey was injured, Manchester United's defense, especially the two central defenders, were sinkholes.

Even if Mourinho repeatedly asked to buy a central defender, but Pogba's incident broke out, and Manchester United's top management did not trust him anymore.

Regardless of the future, at least for now, De Gea is in good condition and Bailey has not been seriously injured. Manchester United's iron barrel formation is really not easy to break.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, Liverpool's possession rate was as high as [-]%, and Manchester United players could hardly touch the ball.

But neither the head coach Klopp nor Li Ze, who is familiar with Mourinho, look good.

Against Mourinho's team, it doesn't make sense to gain an advantage on the scene.

At this moment, Liverpool's defense began.

To be precise, Arnold started.

In the 14th minute, after De Gea resolved Liverpool's offensive, he drove forward.

Lukaku flew the header and found Rashford on the wing. After receiving the ball on the left, the latter dunked in and passed Arnold, freeing up enough shooting space.

Rashford hit the far corner with the next kick, and Karius failed to catch the ball.

1: 0!

Manchester United took the lead!
In the 24th minute, Lukaku passed the ball to Mata and was cleared by Matip in advance.

But Rashford grabbed the spot first, and immediately took a shot without hesitation. Neither Arnold nor Karius could block the ball.

2: 0!

Rashford scored twice and almost beat Arnold!
In fact, Arnold had just been promoted from the youth team last season and played no more than 10 league games, just to experience the atmosphere of the Premier League.

At the beginning of this season, he also played in the Liverpool youth team, and was later promoted to the first team. He played no more than 30 games in the Premier League.

The current Arnold is far from mature.

At the same time, he is also a full-back with much stronger offensive ability than defensive ability.

Facing a player with mixed reputations like Rashford, his performance was not stable.

So the question is, what will Mourinho do when he leads by two goals?
Manchester United's overall formation immediately retreated, suppressing the cheers from the fans just now.

Keeping the Liverpool players looking at the tortoise shell, all of them started to have toothaches.

(End of this chapter)