Volume 7, Chapter 170, He Gives It to Me

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Woodward can probably guess what Mourinho is thinking. The character of this famous coach is known to everyone in football circles all over the world.

Mourinho came with the idea of ​​playing more against European giants. He has a great sense of urgency, but this has never been mentioned to the players. Manchester United stayed away from the European arena for one season, and last season they won the Premier League and the FA Cup double. Mourinho is very worried about the team's psychological expansion, which cannot be completely eliminated by his own devil training .

So he is not afraid of the team losing in the pre-season warm-up match, maybe it is a good thing.

But he got the team's schedule, frowned and complained that the grouping was too bad.

There are a total of ten teams participating in the North American competition, so the group stage needs to be played first. Manchester United and Barcelona are indeed assigned to a group, but in the five-team group, the game against Barcelona is the third game. The first two opponents are North American teams, the American team in the Mexican Super League and the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS.

Mourinho frowned. He was very dissatisfied with the schedule, so facing the first two opponents, he simply sent half a set of substitutes. The main players such as Zhou Tiancheng, Rooney, Lukaku and Martial were all He was placed on the bench in the snow.

This made the reporters who came to see Manchester United and the American commentator very dissatisfied. What we want to see is the star!

The commentary on ESPN TV frowned, with quite a lot of opinions: "Mourinho should learn to respect opponents and fans. It is probably not a good thing for someone like him to take charge of Manchester United."

Naturally, there is nothing to say about the results. In the first two games, Manchester United defeated Mexico America and San Jose Earthquakes 1:0 and 3:1 respectively.

In two consecutive games, Mourinho was asked the same question by reporters after the game: why did he have a bunch of substitutes. But if you switch to the Chinese media, it directly becomes "Why not Zhou Tiancheng."

When faced with this question on the first day, Mourinho’s answer was quite normal. This is the team’s tactical arrangement. The team has not even played an official game. Anyone with him may become the main force. Big names - including captain Wayne Rooney and Zhou Tiancheng, may become substitutes.

The reporters understand this matter. Mourinho can do this kind of unconventional operation. The first game should be regarded as an inspection of the lineup. Maybe the second game Mourinho will "follow the public opinion" and give the organizers To save face, also to the fans, let Zhou Tiancheng play for 20 to 30 minutes.

But those Chinese students who held the five-star red flag to support Zhou Tiancheng were destined to be disappointed. They held up the national flag and waited for the audience, but they didn't wait for Zhou Tiancheng, who they supported, to appear on the stage for a minute.

The live scene was shown several times to Zhou Tiancheng, who was wearing a towel on the bench, chatting and laughing with Rooney. It is estimated that even the live director couldn’t wait, kicking and kicking on the field, another scene was cut to Zhou Tiancheng , urging Mourinho.

But the madman is the kind of person who can be influenced by other people's opinions. Facing the same problem again, Mourinho's patience is limited. He was a little overwhelmed and replied directly: "It's very simple, such an opponent It’s what we use to train young people. In fact, in my opinion, it’s unreasonable for so many teams to participate. If we can play against Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich or Manchester City in a row, I can consider fulfilling your wishes.”

As soon as Mourinho's words came out, there was an uproar on the spot. Many local reporters in the United States darkened their faces, and there was obvious anger in their eyes.

Look down on our major league teams?

This is the International Champions Cup, not the European Champions Cup!

Mourinho's words obviously angered the American reporters. Although the status of American football in football is far from their basketball, and although the historical record of the US national team in the World Cup is barely passable, the MLS in the global league can only At the end of the day, its influence is not even comparable to that of the Chinese Super League, which attracts top European stars with large capital.

But so what? It does not prevent American journalists from displaying a sense of superiority. They are the world's bosses and the leaders of the global economy, finance, and military.

Look down on Great America?

Little did Mourinho realize that he was in trouble, even though a huge photo of him appeared in the sports section of The New York Times the next day.

The news spread quickly, and even such a world-class media got wind of it.

"Arrogant enemies get out!"

Very provocative title, most likely to stir up fans.

Manchester United's daily training is arranged at the Red Bulls' training ground, but after Mourinho released this shot, it is destined that the daily training will not be peaceful.

Hundreds of local fans wearing New York Red Bulls home jerseys come to make trouble for Manchester United every day.

"Get out, Brits! You're not welcome here!"

"Hey, those Manchester United monkeys, I'll give you a minute and don't leave. We don't guarantee that you can leave standing up!"

Mourinho didn't care at all. The fans came for two days in a row. On the third day, two police cars even stopped at the gate of the stadium-Mourinho declared that their safety was threatened.

It's crazy, but it works, at least the team has a quiet practice environment.

"Okay, ignore the nonsense from now on, gentlemen, and let's talk about Barcelona."

This is the first time Mourinho talked about his opponent on the training ground, which is enough to prove that the head coach attaches great importance to it. No one dared to make jokes, and everyone listened carefully with their ears upright.

"From this game, I ask you to play our football - I don't care what kind of football you like, from now on, I want to see only one thing that belongs to Manchester United: speed! Those Catalan journalists It is said that Barcelona's football is the football of nobles, but no one knows them better than me, it is the football of idiots! Let them see how terrifying it is when the real nobles speed up!"

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Messi stood on the court, looking at Zhou Tiancheng's tall figure, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

After winning the championship last season, many media announced the return of the king of Barcelona. In this era of defensive counterattack, Barcelona's Tiki-Taka is not out of date, and can lead the world trend! But there was a voice in the media that made Messi very unhappy.

"Messi can stand on the highest podium in the Champions League thanks to Manchester United CEO Ed Woodward's superb means, dug Zhou to Old Trafford, Barcelona's pass-and-control play has lost a loophole in their defense at any time greatest enemy!"

Messi stared at Zhou Tiancheng with hostile eyes, but the team's midfielder Rakitic came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Leo."

Messi turned to look at his midfield teammate.

"Don't look at him, he will leave it to me, and you will be responsible for scoring goals."

Messi nodded: "Ivan, you have to be careful, he...is very dangerous."

Even Messi didn't know why he had to remind his teammates like this, he said it almost subconsciously, and after he finished speaking, he felt that the momentum he had finally gathered dissipated by two points.

Rakitic smiled: "I have been teammates with him since he was a rookie, ha, leave it to me!"