Chapter 737 Mourinho’s utilitarian football

Chapter 737 Mourinho’s utilitarian football

After 28 rounds, the top three in the Premier League standings are Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal.

Chelsea is still in the lead with a large points advantage.

But Arsenal and Manchester City are also chasing after them.

This also put great pressure on Chelsea.

And in the 28th round, after Chelsea met Watford with a draw at home, they ushered in a period of weakness in the second half of the schedule.

Since being undefeated by Arsenal, Chelsea’s state has been ups and downs.

This also gives Arsenal and Manchester City a chance to catch up.

However, the Premier League is ever-changing, and no one knows who the champion will be until the last moment.

At present, these three teams are the most champions.

However, compared to Chelsea and Arsenal’s three-line battle, Manchester City only has the pressure of the league and the FA Cup’s two-line battle, so it is relatively easier.

Soon, Arsenal ushered in the second round of the Europa League knockout round.

Recently, there have been double matches a week.

High-intensity games are also consuming Arsenal’s physical and energy.

Mourinho has tried his best to let the players rest after gaining the advantage, but this still cannot meet the requirements.

Now Mourinho wants to give up the FA Cup. After all, it has been going on like this, and it is likely to meet a third-tier defeat in one season.

However, the FA Cup has reached the semi-finals, and it would be a pity to give up at this time.

Mourinho is too entangled.

But if one has to be given up, the FA Cup must bear the brunt.

In the second round of the Europa League quarter-finals, Arsenal played against Lyon at home.

With the advantage of three away goals, Arsenal’s home game is relatively easy.

The tempo of the audience didn’t speed up much either. They kicked slowly, saving some energy on the one hand, and on the other hand, they caught the opponent by surprise by changing the tempo.

Lucky’s metronome is always online, and Lucky is the key link in Arsenal’s transition from defense to offense.

And the effect of this metronome also made Leon a little unbearable.

Ben is playing football slowly, everyone is walking.

But after Lucky suddenly started to speed up, Arsenal’s supercar suddenly started to enter the maddening mode.

On the other hand, Lyon’s relatively backward engine cannot catch up with the opponent’s speed at all.

This also led to them conceding a goal in the 43rd minute.

A volley shot from Aubameyang helped Arsenal score the leading goal.

Afterwards, Arsenal maintained a defensive posture, waiting for the end of the first half.

In the second half, Arsenal used this model again to slowly consume Lyon.

Lyon seems to have found a way to deal with Arsenal’s rhythm changes, but Arsenal suddenly stopped playing with them.

All the staff retreated to defend, anyway, they are already ahead, so they have the final say on how to play.

Lyon’s formation, which had been huddled in its own half, began to waver.

They are so angry, if you don’t attack, how can we fight back?

Arsenal has thoroughly eaten the opponent tactically.

Premier League commentator Andy Gray also shook his head and said: “Genesio’s on-the-spot command is not as good as Mourinho, and he is suppressed by the opponent tactically. When the team is behind, he wants to rely on defensive counterattacks to make a breakthrough. But Arsenal’s sudden pullback caught them off guard.”

“Mourinho’s tactics are still so… uncomfortable!”

Unlike other tactical masters, Mourinho’s tactics are cunning and shameless.

This is also the reason why the fans criticized the opponent for only one goal, and then started to set up the bus.

Football should not be too utilitarian, it should be played more comfortably, which is also interesting to watch.

But Mourinho’s tactics are too utilitarian, and he will do anything to win.

This also makes many people dislike Mourinho.

But for this, Mourinho still does his own way, and doesn’t like these people at all.

Arsenal implemented Mourinho’s dismissal, and they did play more easily.

Although this style of play is ugly, Arsenal also need this style of play at this time. In an already intense game, they need to retain more physical energy, so how to play effortlessly is what they want to deal with. key.

When the time came to 70 minutes, Mourinho made a substitution.

Lucky and Lukaku were replaced for a rest.

Others continue to defend.

Even in defense, Aubameyang and Mane are in a state of walking in the frontcourt, occasionally retreating to defend.

Lyon didn’t know how to deal with this kind of kicking.

With the passage of time, Leon still failed to find any breakthrough.

In the end, Arsenal easily won the game with a goal.

After two rounds of the game, Arsenal defeated Lyon 4:1 and entered the Europa League quarter-finals.

Arsenal won the game, but the French media felt that Arsenal won by force.

They even revived the topic of Mourinho killing the artistry of football.

But this time, no one responded to them.

The main reason is that the Premier League media are protecting Arsenal. After all, they are a team in their own division, and it is impossible to speak for others.

Besides, why didn’t Arsenal mention the issue of double matches in a week?

In such a tight schedule, it is not bad to be able to win the game, and it is not good to be ugly tactically.

Arsenal fans also understand this.

After all, in the first half of the season, Arsenal didn’t play like this.

And Arsenal’s daring to play like this is largely due to Lyon’s lack of offensive firepower.

If you switch to those Champions League teams, would Arsenal dare to play like this?

So, the strength is still not enough, so let Arsenal give it as points.

Faced with many of the same anger, the French media can only silence.

But the good news is that Monaco beat Chelsea 2:1 away and scored a valuable three points.

Ligue 1 No. 1 seed Paris Saint-Germain has been eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals and went home.

In this case, Monaco carried the banner of Ligue 1 and defeated Liverpool to enter the quarterfinals.

Now they beat Chelsea away.

Once they win Chelsea, they will send the last hope of the Premier League back home.

In this way, the Ligue 1 media will be happy.

They are strong in the Europa League, but their performance in the Champions League is still good.

If Monaco double-kills Liverpool and Chelsea, this is simply unbelievable news.

And according to the current development, this is not completely impossible.

Thinking of this, they were relieved.

Chelsea lost to Monaco at home, a result that Chelsea fans could not accept.

It’s okay for them to draw with Watford at home, and now they have lost to Monaco.

Before the game, they were full of confidence and ready to beat Monaco.

Coach Conte also said that Chelsea’s defense will make Monaco feel desperate.

But when Mbappe used his explosive power to slam into Chelsea’s penalty area again and again, everyone was silent.

Chelsea can’t restrain this guy at all.

Like Liverpool, they have no idea how to defend this extremely fast French teenager.

Mbappe once again became the focus of the entire Europe.

The local newspaper in Monaco even triumphantly stated that Mbappe will kill all the Premier League defenses, and no one can limit him.

Manchester City and Liverpool lost consecutively.

Now it’s Chelsea’s turn.

The British fans wanted to refute, but they couldn’t find a reasonable reason.

Finally, some fans dug up the match between Monaco and Arsenal last season.

In that game, Lucky restricted Mbappe to death.

The text below this video clip reads: ‘This is your boy genius! ‘

It can be said that the current British media can use Lucky to fight back.

After all, other teams have been blown up, and the facts have proved that they can’t stop Mbappe.

But this reason is still a bit far-fetched.

Mbappe has grown a lot this season, and Arsenal are not qualified for the Champions League.

Even if Lucky and Arsenal played well, they couldn’t meet together.

The French media didn’t care about these at all, and stepped up their efforts to ridicule.

The British media was so angry that they could only post the video of Lucky restricting Mbappe over and over again.

This scene, like a child arguing, has become the core of the fight between the media of the two countries.

And Le Kai, who is in the center of public opinion, did not express anything about it.

Furthermore, what the French media said is correct, Mbappe has grown rapidly, and now meeting Mbappe, Le Kai will not be so easy.

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