Chapter 420 Mourinho's level has regressed by 7 years

[Okay, okay, that's the feeling. Xiao Jiang's blasting ability is indeed strong, and this handicap is even stronger than the other.]

[We shouldn’t give up a point in this situation. We’re not leading by 3 goals and the game is still early.]

[It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter who takes the penalty kick]

[It doesn't matter who takes the penalty kick? Bro, you mean Gao Lin and Jiang Yuan's penalty kicks are at the same level? Bro, why don't you go watch the Premier League? ]

[Don't make any noise, it's a good thing to get in anyway]

[Hiss, even though it’s 2:0, I feel like there’s no difference between Mourinho and Li Yi’s tactics…]

[No way, Mourinho joined the team midway through the season, and he has only trained for less than a week, and it is already amazing that he can recognize the players. In fact, the Chinese national football team could have signed Lippi directly in April, and the tactics could have been finalized. But if you look at it from a long-term perspective, it is actually better to sign Mourinho, and the Chinese team should play counterattacks]

[Jiang Yuan is really fast. Mourinho pulled him to the sides, which completely activated Jiang Yuan.]

[It is suggested that Wu Lei be sent to the track and field team for training. Anyway, no matter how he plays, as long as he runs fast, he is in line with Mourinho's tactical system.]

At 10:5 p.m. Beijing time, CCTV7's ratings successfully broke through the 6.21% mark, even surpassing the record of % set during last year's Asian qualifiers against South Korea.

The Chinese national football team + Mourinho, when these two things are put together, the traffic is indeed extremely high.

Chinese football fans had a series of discussions about Mourinho's tactics on the team forum and forums, and finally found something strange, that is, Mourinho did not let the Chinese football players strictly implement the defensive counterattack tactics.

It is obviously impossible for the players not to listen to Mourinho. The only explanation is that Mourinho did not use defensive counterattack as the team's main tactic at the beginning of his coaching career.

In the first race where the situation was urgent, the Portuguese simply optimized Li Yi's tactics.

How to play in the future is up to us. Now the top 12 matches have reached the final stage, and Mourinho does not want to lose at this crucial moment!
Hang-Jibat Stadium
"China!"

Boom!

"China!"

Boom!

Excited by the 2-goal lead, the cheers of the Chinese fans at the scene continued to rise. The camera turned to the away fans' stand on the west side. One out of every 10 away fans was holding a Jiang Yuan or Mourinho cheering board in his hand.

It looks scattered, but because of its large proportion, it still looks quite spectacular.

The game was still going on, and Mourinho kept shouting, signaling Jiang Yuan to take the initiative to slow down the pace of the game: "Be careful, don't get fouled!"

Jiang Yuan stared at the opposing midfielder who was controlling the ball, gave Mourinho a thumbs up, and then ran directly towards the midfielder who was controlling the ball. This guy was also a cunning guy, pretending to protect the ball by himself, but actually called two teammates, a defender and a midfielder, to come and help.

With three people circling around, Jiang Yuan had no way to stop them and could only watch them pass the ball to the frontcourt.

"Come on, press on!"

Jiang Yuan shouted to Gao Lin and Wu Lei in the distance: "Run together, otherwise it will be useless!"

What Mourinho meant by slowing down the pace was the offensive pace, not the defensive pace. Gao Lin and Wu Lei must have misunderstood.

Mourinho needs to take the blame this time because he really didn't explain it clearly!

Time was running out, so Jiang Yuan did not talk to Gao Lin and the others, but ran back quickly.

Although it was a bit too late for him at this position, according to Jiang Yuan's experience, the offense of the Asian national teams would not be particularly smooth. As long as the Chinese team's defense did not make particularly serious mistakes, it was still not too late for him to run back now.

The camera focuses on Syrian midfielder Yusuf who is dribbling the ball.

"Syria's attack has already started. Now the one carrying the ball forward is No. 12 Yusuf. This player's running speed is not fast, but the Chinese national team must increase their concentration"

"Yes, Yusuf is good at through balls, the Chinese national team needs to pay attention to the two flanks."

In order to implement the tactics of attacking from the flanks, Mourinho opened up the sidelines on both the offensive and defensive ends.

This approach will make the offense smoother, but when it comes to defense, the Chinese team will have a headache.

Snapped!
The two commentators had just finished speaking when Yusuf found an opportunity and passed the ball directly to Mubayed on the left side.

"What the fuck?"

"Zhang, you should press forward, why are you giving him space to pass the ball?"

Mourinho scolded Zhang Xizhe. He really couldn't understand why Zhang Xizhe allowed Yusuf to pass the ball so easily when he was in such a good position.

This is a serious defensive mistake!
Putting Zhang Xizhe's mistake aside for now, fans' main attention is now focused on Mubayed on the left side of Syria.

The left side of Syria is the right side of China, and Huang Bowen is responsible for marking Mubayed who is returning from the frontcourt.

Mubayed's breakthrough was very powerful, and so was Huang Bowen's defense. The Changsha native put one foot across in front of Mubayed, forcing him to pass the ball back.

"Good shot, good shot!"

Mourinho clapped his hands in his poor Chinese, but Syria's attack continued the next second. Midani, who got the ball from behind, suddenly rushed up and used his advantage to get rid of Huang Bowen's defense.

I have to say that Syria handled this wave of attack very well. Mubayed was defended by Huang Bowen, and it seemed that the Chinese team won.

In fact, the Chinese team suffered a loss because after the ball was transferred, Huang Bowen was unable to effectively defend the offensive players.

"Just go inside, go inside!"

Mourinho asked Huang Bowen to move from the wing to the penalty area, meaning that he should mark Moubayed who was suspected of cutting inside.

But there was a delay in the translation. By the time the Chinese instructions were given, Midani, who was at the bottom, had already passed the ball to Moubayed through an inverted triangle.

"Mubayed, hold Huang Bowen's body. Huang Bowen is in a rather uncomfortable state right now. We need to take a look."

"Can you catch up? I guess you can't."

"Deng Hanwen wanted to come up to defend, but Mubayed controlled the distance better and lifted the ball into the middle penalty area!"

"Center Mardician!"

"Heading the ball, Zeng Cheng saved it, and there's more!"

"Syrian players rushed into the penalty area, and the Chinese team's penalty area fell into chaos"

In the camera, three Syrian offensive players and six Chinese defensive players started a fierce fight near the penalty areas. Mardikian controlled the ball again, protecting the ball with his body while looking for opportunities.

"Hey!"

Mavas rushed up from the right, received the ball from Mardician, and made a push shot.

The ball didn't have much angle, but because the speed was fast enough, Zeng Cheng didn't have time to make a save.

"Hey, the ball goes in! A goal from Syrian midfielder Mawas!"

"Well, it's a pity that this ball was lost. The defenders had many chances to clear the ball near the penalty area, but they didn't take advantage of it."

"Syria scored a goal!"

The camera showed that the Chinese football players were all lowering their heads and looking depressed. They failed to seize the clearance opportunities in the penalty area, but this was not the main point.

The main thing is that their backcourt defense was completely penetrated by Syria.

From the moment Mubayed passed the ball back to Midani, the Chinese team's defense could not keep up with Syria's offense.

"accompany"

Jiang Yuan spat on the grass. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the performance of his teammates in the backcourt, he only said a few simple words.

Syria's strategy is really disgusting. When attacking, they deliberately don't attack China's left side. Every time Jiang Yuan wants to participate in the defense, he has to run to the middle, which greatly affects Jiang Yuan's enthusiasm for defense.

Now there is a problem bothering Jiang Yuan.

If Jiang Yuan has to go to the middle every time he returns to defense to participate effectively, should he use his energy on returning to defense?
In the 32nd minute, Syria scored a goal and Mourinho began to warm up Hao Junmin and Jiang Zhipeng on the bench.

As for the next tactics, Mourinho just asked Brown to take a pen and write something to be used during the half-time break.

Now the game is still going on, the players are running on the field, unless it is emphasized before the game that the playing style will be switched after a certain number of minutes, it is unlikely that the tactics will be changed temporarily. Mourinho knows this, so he is not in a hurry.

Trailing by one goal, coach Ayman Hakim directed the team to launch a counterattack against the Chinese national team. However, after suffering the loss of the previous goal, the Chinese national team's defensive players are now much more stable. After more than 1 minutes of defense, they did not allow Syria to find any opportunities.

“Let’s go!”

At the end of the first half, the score temporarily stabilized at 1:2, and players from both sides began to walk into the tunnel to prepare to leave.

“Do you feel okay?”

Mourinho first came over to ask about Jiang Yuan's physical strength. This game was a little more difficult than he had imagined, so he had to ensure that Jiang Yuan's physical strength was in a relatively sufficient condition.

"It's OK, but it's a bit difficult to get back on defense"

Jiang Yuan covered his mouth and said this, what he meant was that if he wanted to play the entire second half, he absolutely could not return to defense with such high intensity as he did in the first half.

"Ok, I got it"

Mourinho pushed Jiang Yuan's back into the aisle, and the Chinese fans on both sides of the stands cheered.

"Jiang Yuan! Jiang Yuan!"

"Go China!"

"Mourinho!!!"

Mourinho took his hands off Jiang Yuan's back, gave a thumbs-up to the stands, said "thank you" in Chinese, and directly ignited the neutral fans' stands above the player tunnel.

"wowww!!!"

"Ha ha!"

……

“I don’t know why, I just don’t know why”

Mourinho walked back and forth in the middle of the locker room, looking at the players sitting on the left and then the players sitting on the right: "Did you use your brain when making decisions?"

"Why can't I understand your operation? Zhang, why didn't you run up when the No. 12 on the opposite side was dribbling the ball? Is it because you are too tired? If you are very tired, you can tell me directly and I will replace you."

Mourinho stared at Zhang Xizhe. In the eyes of the head coach, there should be no problem with the Chinese team's backcourt defense just now.

The reason why the goal was scored was because Zhang Xizhe did not interfere with Yusuf when he passed the ball.

Allowing a midfielder to pass the ball without any confrontation or even visual interference is a very fatal mistake for the defense.

Even though they are playing in a second-rate Asian league, Yusuf is one of the best midfielders in the Syrian national team. You just let him pass the ball. Isn't this a crime?
Zhang Xizhe first glanced at Mourinho, then immediately lowered his head. Being scolded by the new coach, Zhang Xizhe was of course embarrassed.

I can't lift my head!
“But I won’t target you alone.”

Mourinho curled his lips and looked at the other players: "Our biggest problem in the first half was defense. Did you notice that our midfield and backcourt were out of touch? Why did the opponent find opportunities? Because there was a big gap between our midfield and back line. What consequences will these gaps cause? Come, look at this"

Snapped!
Mourinho tapped the tactical board with his marker: "It only takes one through ball. The opponent only needs one through ball to avoid our midfield defense."

"I have stressed many times that defense and offense are the work of all players. The speed of returning to defense in the midfield must be fast, it must be fast!"

Mourinho spoke very fast and his tone was unclear, which put a lot of pressure on the two English and Portuguese translators. Their job was to translate Mourinho's foreign language into English and criticize the top athletes of a country!

This was the first time that the Chinese national football players felt Mourinho's dressing room. It seemed that the high-intensity rhythm and high-frequency tactical changes of the Premier League created Mourinho's speaking speed. In the same 3 minutes, Mourinho gave more than three times the amount of information as Li Yi.

The most crucial point is that every time Li Yi speaks, Jiang Yuan will interrupt him, but when Mourinho speaks, Jiang Yuan basically never interrupts him.

"Here, give it to me"

Mourinho took out the notebook from Brown's hand and spread it out: "In the second half, we will make some simple adjustments to our tactics. Zhang (Zhang Xizhe) and Huang (Huang Bowen) will stand further back. You don't have to try every means to help Jiang create opportunities. Just let him play on the wing."

"Then it was the forwards. I saw Jiang cursing on the field. This is also a key point. When pressing, three people must press forward together. As long as one person doesn't run, the rest of the people are all pretending to work hard. Why is it fake effort? Because they paid but got nothing in return."

“It was all in vain!”

Mourinho spread his hands and looked at Gao Lin and Wu Lei in turn: "Don't let any of your teammates run in vain"

15 minutes passed quickly. Mourinho briefly explained what he wanted to say. The players were about to go on the field. Jiang Yuan gathered his teammates in the locker room and cheered for them to come on.

Looking at the players walking outside, Mourinho sighed.

"what happened?"

Brown walked up and took the notebook back from Mourinho.

"It's worse than I thought. There are problems from the striker to the goalkeeper."

Two weeks ago, Mourinho was still the head coach at Stamford Bridge. Now he is suddenly coaching the Chinese national team. It is inevitable that there will be a huge gap.

"Lyon, this is probably the toughest team we have ever encountered"

Brown spread his hands: "I told you before you came here, do you regret it now?"

"Regret? No!"

Mourinho shook his head firmly: "This is what I need"

……

"Okay, welcome back, dear audience friends. This is the second half of the Asian qualifiers between Syria and the Chinese national team. On the Chinese team side, Jiang Zhipeng, Xiao Zhi, Hao Junmin and Zhang Yuning have all started warming up."

The camera was on Mourinho, who was talking to Brown. Few people knew Portuguese, let alone lip reading. The two stood and talked for 2 minutes, and then Mourinho sat down on the chair.

55 '
"The Chinese team made the first substitution, Hao Junmin replaced Zhang Xizhe, partnering with Liao Lisheng and Huang Bowen"

"Mourinho is a little hard to understand. In fact, Zhang Xizhe's performance in the first half of the game was quite good."

"Coach He, is there a possibility that the Chinese team's next tactic requires an experienced and versatile midfielder?"

"Oh? That's an idea. If that's the case, then I think Mourinho's substitution is appropriate."

"..."

"Liao Lisheng wanted to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan, but he couldn't seem to find a good opportunity, so he passed it back to Wang Shenchao who passed it directly to the middle."

"Gao Lin! Throw the ball to the open space on the left. That's good. Although the entire passing and control system is a bit rough, the players on the field are consciously looking for Jiang Yuan."

In the second half of the game, the Chinese national football players once again showed their forte - looking for Jiang Yuan.

Seeing the ball in the open space in front, Jiang Yuan rushed forward and used his speed to get rid of the Syrian midfielder beside him.

A straight pass from a stationary position is the easiest to handle, but Jiang Yuan still has some things to do before he gets the ball.

Observe, observe constantly!

Gao Lin and Wu Lei in the middle were both in good positions, but they didn't run to the position Jiang Yuan expected, so Jiang Yuan stretched out his foot to control the ball and shouted at the same time: "Go in!"

gone!

Gao Lin understood and headed straight into the penalty area.

There are many defensive players around, but Gao Lin doesn't care at all. He just needs to make sure that these defensive players in the penalty area do not run out to interfere with Jiang Yuan.

With the help of his teammates, Jiang Yuan's pressure was suddenly reduced a lot, so he walked diagonally towards the penalty area directly from the position where he got the ball.

Yusuf reached out to pull, and Jiang Yuan stopped suddenly on the spot. After Yusuf slowed down, Jiang Yuan accelerated again and easily got rid of the defensive player.

"wowwww!!!"

Saleh wanted to help defend, but Jiang Yuan ran directly into the penalty area and didn't give Saleh any chance to touch him.

Looking at the far corner, he faked a shot and stepped on the ball. Two central defenders in the Syrian penalty area fell to the ground at the same time. Jiang Yuan pulled the ball back under himself and shot again.

"The ball goes in! The ball goes in! It's from Jiang Yuan, a goal from Jiang Yuan!!!"

"In the 62nd minute of the game, Jiang Yuan, it's Jiang Yuan again!"

After confirming that the ball entered the net, Jiang Yuan suddenly changed the direction of his running and ran towards the left.

"Vam..."

Just when he was about to shout "vamos" like Fabregas, he suddenly remembered that he was not in the club, so he quickly shut his mouth and changed his way of celebration.

"Roar--!!!"

Jiang Yuan stood on the track and waved, calling all the Chinese players on the field to come over and practice Tai Chi together.

"Xiao Jiang is awesome!"

The Chinese fans in the stands had flushed faces and were waving flags and cheering.

3:1, this is another three points!

After the score was 3:1, the voices of Chinese fans resounded throughout the Hang Jibat Stadium.

"Hold on! Hold on and get 3 points!"

"Just hold on! Hold on!"

The Chinese fans started their traditional art. Mourinho waved his hand and called the translator over with a puzzled look on his face: "What are they saying?"

"The fans want us to hold on to this score and get the three points"

"What? No!"

Mourinho shook his head repeatedly. Now is the time to show momentum. You can not score goals, but you can't give up attacking!

Mourinho turned to face the visiting team's stands, spread his hands to show his innocence, then stretched out his right hand and shook it in front of the fans and cameras.

“No, it’s not like that.”

"No defense! No defense!"

???

When Chinese fans heard Mourinho's words, they were completely stunned. After they reacted, they cheered again.

I almost forgot that the current situation is completely China crushing Syria, and there is really no need for defense.

We have to be careful to defend the 3 points when playing against Syria.

Boy, it’s 2017, the first year of new Chinese football!
"Long live Mourinho! Long live Mourinho!"

"Fuck, Mourinho, you are my god, so awesome!"

"wowww!"

?

Mourinho walked back to where the translator was. "What are they talking about now?"

The translator put his mouth close to Mourinho's ear: "They say you can live 1 years, you are a true god"

"Wow~"

Mourinho raised his eyebrows.

Chinese fans are really interesting. While others would shout “good” or “nice”, the Chinese would just wish you to live “10 thousand years”.

Mourinho now has a feeling that under the blessing of the mysterious oriental aura, his level has regressed by 7 years.

From fourth in the Premier League in 2017 to Inter Milan's Champions League title in 2010.

"Hey, Jiang, come here!"

Mourinho waved to Jiang Yuan on the field and said, "Score one more goal and you can come down and rest."

"Ok!"

Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up.

10 minute later.

"Jiang Yuan! Hat trick, here it comes! Hat trick!!!"

"Another hat-trick!"

"1:4!"

"My God, the Chinese men's football team had only a slight advantage in the first half, but in the second half, with Mourinho's substitutions, the Chinese men's football team suddenly opened up the situation and almost controlled the entire game."

This was the 75th minute of the game. The Chinese national team was leading the home team Syria by 3 goals, and the fans at the scene were singing non-stop.

But soon, they got bad news.

The fourth official outside the field held up a sign with the number 7 on it.

Substitution of the Chinese team, Zhang Yuning replaces Jiang Yuan!
“Beep beep beep!!!”

"Don't make a substitution, Mourinho, don't make a substitution!"

"Don't change people! (Portuguese)"

"Jiang Yuan, you can play for a while longer, then you can take a walk. Please, can you finish playing?"

It’s not cheap to come to Malaysia to watch a game, and everyone really wants to see Jiang Yuan play the entire game.

The most painful thing is that the next national football team match will be on August 8st.

I haven’t seen Jiang Yuan play any games in the past two and a half months!
Hearing the shouts of the fans in the stands, Jiang Yuan pressed his heart with his right hand and raised his left hand. He wanted to finish the game, but reason told him that it would be better not to do so.

Football is a sport that you cannot be impatient about, whether it is the game or the players themselves.

……

(End of this chapter)