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Chapter 277 Who Is The Eukaryote?

Chapter 277 Who Is The Eukaryote?

Before the game started, in the player tunnel at Old Trafford, Mourinho, who walked out of the dressing room, suddenly walked towards Van Gaal and put his arms around Van Gaal's neck. The Dutch coach also responded enthusiastically and patted him with his palm. Mourinho's back.

When Van Gaal walked out of the tunnel and came to the Manchester United coaching bench, Mourinho walked from the visiting team coaching bench to the Manchester United coaching bench again, and patted Van Gaal on the back from behind. The Dutch coach was initially scared by this "raid" He jumped, but when he found out that it was Mourinho, he immediately smiled, and the two hugged each other tightly after a brief greeting.

The good interaction between the head coaches of both sides seems to indicate that the players on both sides will be more restrained in this game, and the scene will not be too intense.

But this is not to say that the desire to win on both sides is not strong.In fact, from the time the referee blew the whistle to announce the start of the game, Chelsea's players turned their backs and launched a ubiquitous frontcourt press.

In the 2nd minute, Rojo made a clearance and gave it directly to Chelsea. Drogba stole the ball and handed it to Oscar who rushed on the right. Oscar shot from the front of the penalty area and was blocked from the bottom line.

In the 3rd minute, Chelsea made another successful steal in the frontcourt. Shi Hao swayed away from Blind and Smalling in succession and passed through. Hazard could have shot by himself after receiving the ball, but he chose to knock across.Oscar shot 5 meters away from the goal, but the shot was blocked by De Gea who was possessed by the god.

The Brazilian teenager missed two consecutive chances within 1 minute, looking annoyed.If such a poor performance continues, Mourinho's strictness will definitely reduce his chances of playing.

The Red Devils are not just being beaten and not fighting back.In the 4th minute, the 19-year-old Januzaj went straight. Van Persie shot from the left side of the small penalty area and was blocked by Terry. Fellaini knocked the ball with his back and heels 4 meters in front of the goal. A tall man would also make such an imaginative move. Fortunately, Courtois was focused and made a brave save to block the ball.It would be great if the goal was scored.

Then Manchester United organized an attack again, Mata picked a pass from the front of the penalty area, and Di Maria, who was unguarded, volleyed high with his left foot.

The game lasted only a few minutes, but the two sides were back and forth, and both played beautiful offenses, which kept the fans entertained.

But after the fast-paced offense and defense in the first 10 minutes, both sides consciously lowered their tempo and began to organize possession of the ball more patiently.

Although the pace on the field slowed down, exciting scenes were not uncommon.Slowly, Manchester United, who played at home, gained a little upper hand.

In the 23rd minute, the teenager Januzaj went straight, and the Dutch killer Van Persie broke into the penalty area and shot with his left foot. Courtois blocked the ball in time. After 1 minute, Di Maria made a cross from the right, and Van Persie outflanked the header from the center, but the top was slightly right, and the ball was firmly hugged by Courtois.

Shi Hao is not doing nothing.Although Blind and Fellaini took turns marking him, he was still able to sort out the frontcourt with ease.In the 36th minute, he pulled to the wing to dribble, was brought down by Blind, and got a free kick.He personally took the penalty, and the football accurately found Ivanovic in the penalty area, but Ivanovic accidentally missed the ball, and the football went straight out of the baseline.

Ivanovic, who fell in the penalty area, asked the referee for a penalty kick, but this was at Manchester United's home court, and the referee rejected his request.

Judging from the slow-motion playback, Smalling did choke Ivanovic's neck, which was an obvious foul.But after all, the home team wants to take advantage of it, and there is no way around it.

Shi Hao was thinking about Mourinho's advice: Manchester United's defense line has a big problem this season, and the protection between them is not enough. Pay attention to observe and find out when there is a disconnect between them.But so far, the central defender partnered by Rojo and Smalling still appears to be relatively stable, and there are not too many loopholes.

And he didn't catch the ball a lot in this game.Oscar didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. When he got the ball, he often passed forward or shot himself; Hazard's temper, he dribbled it by himself first when he got the ball.Veteran Didier Drogba may have been very excited since he hadn't started for too long, but he also played relatively independently.

So Shi Hao didn't get any good opportunities until now.

At the end of the first half, the two sides unanimously accelerated the pace and played a wave of confrontation.

In the 41st minute, Rojo made a header error. Oscar received the ball near the bottom line on the right and quickly passed it back. Instead of giving it to Shi Hao, he passed it to Drogba.Drogba's right-footed shot was saved by De Gea.

After 1 minute, the little man Mata passed a wonderful ball behind him, and Januzaj shot from the left side of the penalty area and hit the side net.

In the 44th minute, Shi Hao broke into the penalty area and scored the ball to the left. Hazard shot from the far corner and slipped out.

In the 45th minute, Di Maria took a free kick from the left and scored a low flat ball into the penalty area. The unguarded Mata shot with his left foot and fired an anti-aircraft gun.

At the end of the first half, although the score remained at 0:0, the audience who watched the game knew that this game was by no means dull.

In the dressing room of the visiting team at Old Trafford, Chelsea players wiped their sweat and relaxed their muscles. Although the door of the dressing room was closed, the singing of the Red Devils fans could still be heard outside.

Mourinho quickly got to the point, explaining the tactical arrangements for the second half.After he finished speaking, he paused for a while, thinking about it in his heart.

It was better when playing against weak teams, but when playing Schalke 04, and this game, a problem of the team was exposed-who is the core?

Core is not just a noun. Core represents the possession of the ball. Everyone believes in him wholeheartedly and gives him the ball to handle. He can judge the situation according to his own judgment.

Hazard was undoubtedly the core of Chelsea's frontcourt last season.But Shi Hao's arrival, while providing the team with another powerful firepower point, undoubtedly also confused the team's thinking.

During the pre-season warm-up, Mourinho tried a dual-core tactic, but the effect was not ideal.

Sometimes the two take the ball alternately, which can blow up the opponent's defense.Sometimes the two compete to get the ball, but they will miss the opportunity.

Let Shi Hao be a pure shooter?That is violent.

Let Hazard reduce holding the ball?Hazard's dribbling and short passing abilities are not much inferior to Shi Hao's.

Mourinho knows that even if this problem is not resolved, there is no big problem for the team to win the Premier League championship.But when it comes to the Champions League knockout... this problem may become fatal.

But... For the time being, he can't come up with a good solution, so he can only look at it first.

Thinking of this, Mourinho simply warned: "In the first half, you didn't pass the ball to Shi enough. You need to increase the number of times you pass the ball to him at this point."

(End of this chapter)