Chapter 430 Curse?

The game played like this, which greatly affected the fighting spirit and desire to win of the Manchester United players. The Premier League's broadcasts are the best football broadcasts in the world, and their games are like filming movies. At this time, they artistically gave Mourinho a close-up.

The best coach in today's world football is standing on the sidelines at this moment, motionless. He looks into the field, but his eyes are confused and there is no focus.

Behind him are the blurry stadium stands and the big screen. Although the score and team logo are blurry, you can still see what they mean.

Under the two teams' logos are their respective scores. Under Hamburg's team logo, the score is 1, while under Manchester United's team logo, the score is 0.

This shot explains everything: Manchester United is going to lose this game.

This is also true. Although they were only one goal behind, Manchester United still had no chance to equalize the score.

If not for a lucky penalty at the last minute, Manchester United would have suffered its second defeat in the league this season.

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Although the game was terrible, Mourinho did not yell at his players in the dressing room. He just asked everyone to eat, pack up and get in the car to leave.

He really had no intention of criticizing a game like this. Everyone worked hard at the beginning and did not give up the game even when they were one goal behind. However, Bruno and Herrera's three-legged goals destroyed the team's confidence every time.

In fact, people involved in football, whether they are players or coaches, are somewhat superstitious. Many players are particular about which shoe they wear first, and which foot they step on first when they step onto the court.

So when they saw Bruno and Herrera hitting the goalposts consecutively, many people thought: It seems that God does not want us to win this game.

This idea has no basis, but it will subconsciously build people's self-confidence.

Even Bruno himself thinks this is really evil.

If he were an audience member, he would laugh at his own performance and feel very happy. But as the lagging side, these three goalposts are really cruel.

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Bruno and Kante then received consecutive yellow cards, and both were suspended in the following games due to accumulation of yellow cards, which completely destroyed Manchester United's fighting spirit.

After all, they are a team composed mostly of young people and lack the experience to maintain stability in extremely adverse situations.

When they faced such a weird game, everyone was at a loss. Many people even forgot the basic running positions.

Bruno passed the football, which in normal times would have been an offensive opportunity, but today he could only watch the football fly out of the baseline or sideline.

The players have mixed feelings, and so does Mourinho.

This is the weirdest game they have played this season. No one knows what to say or what expression to make about this game...

On the team bus, Mourinho waved weakly: "Tomorrow is a day off."

But no one cheered, and everyone accepted the result numbly.

Mourinho hopes to use this day off to let everyone relax. Maybe it is the tight nerves that have caused so many unfortunate things to happen, so it is necessary to relax appropriately.

Looking at the listless players, he shook his head and walked back to his seat.

He has more troubles than the players.

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After a day's rest, the team's first training session. When the players were all changing in the locker room, Bruno walked in.

Everyone knows that Bruno will come early before training every day, and then chat with the head coach Mourinho who also comes early for a while. They are all used to it.

The atmosphere in the locker room today is still depressing, and many people have not yet recovered from the game against Everton.

"Bad news." After Bruno came in, he looked at his teammates. He could see that everyone's mood was not very high. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be adding insult to injury at this time, but there was no way this was the case, so he was just giving a briefing.

"The injury reports for Mata and Jones are out."

When everyone heard what he said, they all raised their heads and looked at him.

"Jones has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee and will definitely miss all games this season. The doctor said he will be sidelined for at least six months..."

"Hiss--" There was a gasp of air in the locker room.

"Mata has strained the medial ligament of his knee and will miss at least four weeks. Whether he can return to the team at the end of the season is still doubtful."

After Bruno finished speaking, he returned to his seat.

The locker room suddenly woke up from the suffocating silence before.

"curse!"

Lingard yelled, and his shocking words caught everyone's attention. Even Bruno turned his head and looked over.

"It's got to be a curse! I don't know who's casting it, but it's got to be a curse! Think about it, guys. How bad were we after the winter break? Zlatan, Jones all suffered serious injuries, Shaw's The injury has never been completely healed, and the captain... these are all injured, and the other is suspension. Even Bruno has been suspended. We have to lose one person in almost every game... This is not a curse. ?”

After he finished speaking, he looked around. Some teammates opened their mouths in surprise, while others lowered their heads, seemingly thoughtful.

The locker room fell into that suffocating silence again...

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Fortunately, in the next thirty-second round of the Premier League, Manchester United's opponent is deputy squad leader Sunderland, which is a relatively easy opponent to deal with.

Despite missing midfielder Bruno, the Red Devils still beat their opponents 3-0 at the Stadium of Light, kicking Sunderland hard into the abyss of despair and darkness.

After winning against Sunderland, Manchester United ushered in the Europa League and traveled to Belgium to challenge Anderlecht.

Although the match against Sunderland ended Manchester United's two-game winless streak in the league, this time it is clear that the entire Manchester United team has not yet recovered from the downturn.

At the Vandenstock Arena, Manchester United seemed absent-minded at first. Although they took the lead with a goal from Gundogan, the team's performance did not improve. After Anderlecht equalized the score, the team seemed too impatient and wasted many opportunities.

Several times after Bruno sent the football away, he originally wanted to continue to seek cooperation with his teammates, but his teammates chose blind long shots or forced breakthroughs, resulting in losing possession of the ball.

Mourinho kept making gestures off the court to calm the players down, but he couldn't control the players' emotions off the court.

Bruno saw that the team was getting more and more anxious, so he simply stopped passing the ball forward and kept passing back. The central defender passed the ball to him and he passed it back. No matter how many opportunities there were in front of him, he just didn't pass the ball forward. If his teammates don't come back, he won't pass the ball forward.

This scene fell into the eyes of the commentator, who thought that Manchester United was satisfied with the away draw and was playing passively.

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It was not until the end of the game that Manchester United returned to some normality, but there was too little time left for them. In the end, Manchester United had no choice but to accept the fate of being tied with Anderlecht in the away game...

"Your performance in this game is really bad!" Mourinho criticized his team in the visiting team's locker room. "Are you still not free from your brains?"

He leaned into the ears of several players who did not perform well in this game and questioned them.

The player being questioned lowered his head and did not dare to speak out loud. They all know that Mourinho is no joke if he does get angry.

Because less than three days after the end of this game, Manchester United will face their championship rival Chelsea at home. This is the 33rd round of the Premier League, and it is also widely considered to be the battle for the Premier League championship this season!

Although in the previous FA Cup match, Manchester United defeated Chelsea 4:1 away from home, avenging the 2:5 defeat at Stamford Bridge in the first half of the season, this did not ease Manchester United's pressure in the league. .

Once Manchester United loses to Chelsea again at home, not only will they be double beaten by their opponents in the Premier League this season, but the points gap between the two sides will also be narrowed to 1 point. It will be a nightmare for Manchester United, which is fighting on multiple fronts.

This is why Mourinho was so angry and couldn't wait to criticize the team after the game.

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As the leader of the league, the pressure is extraordinary, and what's even more frightening is that once they lose their first position in the league, it will be very, very difficult to get it back.

Mourinho doesn't think this young and inexperienced team can do that.

As for the young Manchester United, they lack experience, but they do not lack momentum.

When the game is going well and the situation is in their favor, they can often create miracles with this momentum, just like in the first half of the season, they defeated powerful opponents.

This momentum is both the team's weakness and their strength.

Mourinho must make good use of this double-edged sword, so according to the characteristics of the team, the safest way is to let the team always occupy the first position in the league until the end of the league, then they will naturally be the league champion.

However, this method is too stressful, and Mourinho can only pray that the club's psychologists can play their role and have better luck.

They failed to score three points against West Brom and Everton before. Now they are facing Anderlecht in the Europa League and cannot win again. So what should they do against strong teams in the future?

It's not that Mourinho cannot allow failure, he cannot allow failure on the object that should win.

You must know that Mourinho's goal this season is not only to win the Premier League championship, he also hopes to make a breakthrough in the European competition.

In the Premier League, although Manchester United still has a 4-point advantage in the standings, in the next 8 games, they will still face four of the big 6 teams: Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham. And the games against Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham are all away from home.

Challenging these three powerful opponents away from home, Mourinho can't say what will happen then. Maybe the huge pressure will cause the team to perform abnormally and lose those two crucial games...