Chapter 690 A Plant

Mourinho walked to the sidelines and shouted the name of Kante, the core of the team's defense. When he saw the French midfielder looking over, Mourinho made a downward gesture: Defend!

Southampton's morale was greatly boosted after they got the score back, and they took the initiative in the final stage of the first half. However, fortunately, Mourinho responded quickly and had already given the order, so Manchester United retreated across the board. Withstood Southampton's offensive in the final stage.

Finally, at the end of the first half, Manchester United and Southampton temporarily tied at 1:1.

Southampton's head coach Hasenhüttl is a little depressed. His team's morale has improved. He has a hunch that if the team is given a little more time, they are likely to knock on Manchester United's goal again. At halftime, It's really not the right time.

Mourinho felt fortunate that the team was relatively passive at the last moment, and the halftime break came at the right time, which gave his team a chance to breathe.

Instead of getting angry at halftime, Mourinho praised his players for their performance, even though they allowed their opponents to score late in the first half to equalize the score.

"Well done, keep playing like this in the second half!" Mourinho said.

Overall, Manchester United did play well in the first half and basically fulfilled its tactical requirements. One mistake cannot negate the performance and tactics of the first half.

At this time, what the team needs is encouragement and encouragement. Mourinho has confidence in his players and believes that after the halftime break, the team will not let him down in the second half.

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After the start of the second half, Manchester United took advantage of the home field. Amid the cheers of nearly 70,000 fans at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, they launched waves of aggressive attacks on Southampton's penalty area. They told everyone with their actions that this was Their goal is to win every game.

The stadium was transferred from Old Trafford to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, hundreds of kilometers away. Although the stadium capacity was similar, the attendance rate inevitably declined. The previous situation of full stadiums no longer exists, but because Manchester United has maintained excellent results, the stadium's attendance rate is still basically around 95%.

And a draw is obviously not Southampton's goal. Southampton head coach Hasenhuttl also showed a tough response. His team had no intention of retracting its defense in the second half. Hasenhuttl made a draw. Mourinho chose to attack almost exactly the same, continue to attack, and strive to score goals to win the game.

In fact, Southampton's strength is also offense. Twenty-eight rounds of the league have passed. Southampton has 6 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 47 goals. Too many goals are conceded. The biggest reason for their poor record is that on the offensive end, their goals scored ranked 14th among all 20 teams.

Hasenhuttl obviously also knows where the team's strengths are. Since the defense is not stable, then score more goals.

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At the 71st minute of the game, Mourinho replaced Mbappe, who was starting to have physical problems, and replaced him with Lingard to continue to strengthen the offense.

The fans at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium burst into applause, expressing their gratitude and encouragement to Mbappe, who scored the opening goal in the first half.

"Well done!" Mourinho and Mbappe high-fived and praised.

Southampton head coach Hasenhuttl also immediately made tit-for-tat adjustments. He replaced Austin, whose performance was not very good, and replaced him with Armstrong, a fast wing player who also needs to strengthen the offense. mean.

Three minutes later, Mourinho made another substitution. He replaced Gundogan and replaced Mahrez, who was more adept at attacking.

Southampton also made another substitution. Hasenhuttl replaced defender Maya Yoshida and replaced him with high center forward Sam Gallagher, a high center forward who is good at heading the ball.

The head coaches of both sides continuously deployed their troops and replaced them with offensive players. The two sides engaged in a fierce offensive battle. The happiest thing was the fans of both sides, who were excited to watch.

Mourinho and Hasenhuttl, the two head coaches, were standing on the sidelines directing the game at this time. Both of them frowned and stared at the court, hoping to capture the other's loopholes and openings.

However, both Mourinho and Hasenhüttl shook their heads. Both teams were attacking with all their strength at this time. The offensive and defensive rhythm was very fast. Both sides began to make more mistakes. The scene seemed very hot, but it was also more... In this chaotic moment, the role of the head coach has been weakened, and it depends on the on-the-spot performance of the players on both sides.

"I hate this kind of chaos." Mourinho said to Faria. He felt that he could not use his coaching talents in such a chaotic game.

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At this time, an unexpected situation occurred on the field.

Bruno fell to the ground while fighting with his opponent. The Manchester United captain looked painful and immediately made a substitution gesture.

"F**K!" Mourinho cursed. He is now afraid that Bruno will be injured. As Manchester United's top star and absolute offensive core, Bruno's role is too important.

Mourinho quickly arranged for Mata to warm up, while nervously paying close attention to the situation on the field.

Bruno slowly walked off the court with the support of the team doctor.

There was also a round of applause in the stands, expressing encouragement and comfort to the team captain.

"How is it?" Mourinho asked the team doctor.

"I don't know the specific situation, but I will definitely not be able to play in the next game."

"F**K!" Mourinho cursed. He could only go up to comfort Bruno who was in a bad mood, and then quickly called Mata back to give instructions to the Spanish midfield.

Mata came on as a substitute, replacing Bruno who had already left the field due to injury.

"Coach Mourinho showed his offensive courage." Martin Taylor said, "Manchester United attacked with all their strength. This was a gambling attack. Either they scored a goal or Southampton scored a counterattack goal."

"Neither side was willing to accept a draw." Andy Gray said, "Now, both sides are killing each other. In this case, it is often enough to change the game with an accident."

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Andy Gray felt that his mouth was really inlaid with gold. Just two or three minutes after he said this, an unexpected situation occurred on the field.

Facing Mata's pressing, the Southampton defender chose to pass back. Harry Kane immediately rushed to Bednarek who was about to take the ball. The latter was startled and hurried to pass back.

But an accident occurred. Bednarek's pass back was weak. Lingard immediately rushed forward like a leopard out of a cage. He got close to the ball before the goalkeeper and was about to shoot.

Southampton goalkeeper Gunn was anxious and made a direct tackle. Then people saw Lingard falling in the Southampton penalty area like a stump chopped down by an axe.

"Penalty!" Mourinho jumped up and shouted as if there were springs under his buttocks.

"Fake fall!" This was the Southampton head coach Hasenhuttl yelling.

Mourinho was angry and yelled at Hasenhuttl: "Are you blind?"

Hasenhuttl was famous for his strong personality in the football world. When he was the head coach of RB Leipzig, he was particularly protective of his players and glared and cursed back: "Your players dived! Rubbish!"

The two began to spit trash talk on the sidelines.

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At this time, the referee on duty had already made a decision on the field. He showed a red card directly to Southampton goalkeeper Gunn, sent the opponent off, and then awarded Manchester United a penalty kick.

"Penalty kick, the referee sent Southampton goalkeeper Gunn off, Manchester United got a penalty kick, and Romeu also received a yellow card for protesting." Martin Taylor shouted.

"Manchester United coach Mourinho and Southampton coach Ralph Hasenhuttl had a verbal argument, and both of them were very emotional."

Hasenhuttl and Mourinho exchanged a few words, and saw the referee showing a red card to his goalkeeper, referring to leaving Mourinho aside and turning around to let the team's substitute goalkeeper warm up.

Although one person was sent off and a penalty kick was awarded, Hasenhuttl did not intend to give up, he still wanted to gamble.

Southampton substitutions, No. 1 on, No. 28 off: goalkeeper McCarthy came on as a substitute, replacing the team's left back Bertrand.

McCarthy was born in Reading Youth Training and was originally the main goalkeeper of Southampton. However, an injury in October caused him to lose his main position. When he returned from injury, Gunn had already secured the position of Southampton's main goalkeeper.

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Manchester United's penalty opportunity.

Bruno was the first penalty taker of Manchester United. Since he was basically present all the time, Mourinho did not decide who would take the penalty in his absence.

This time, Lingard, who created the penalty, stood at the penalty spot with the penalty in his arms at the first time. He did not have many opportunities to play in Manchester United, and even fewer opportunities to score. Now that he finally created a penalty, and the captain Bruno was not there, Lingard naturally did not want to give up the right to take the penalty.

Seeing this, others did not go over to compete for the right to take the penalty.

Southampton goalkeeper McCarthy stood in front of the goal, moving his body left and right, opening his hands constantly, retracting them, and opening them again, with a large range of movements and exaggerated movements.

The referee blew the whistle, Lingard took a run-up and shot to the left of the goal.

McCarthy successfully judged the right direction and saw the 193cm tall goalkeeper rushing out of the water like a fish, throwing his body out in an instant, and his right hand touched the football.

"Lingard! Run-up! Shoot! McCarthy! Saved it!" Andy Gray shouted, "McCarthy made a follow-up shot! Follow-up shot! Harry Kane! He shot the ball into the net!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

Martin Taylor also shouted: "McCarthy made a magical save, he saved the penalty, the goalkeeper did well enough, but he had no way to deal with Harry Kane's follow-up shot! 2:1! Manchester United once again surpassed the score!"