Chapter 249 Theory of Luck!
In the Manchester United coach's seat, Rui Faria turned his head and looked at Solskjaer who was frowning, and showed a wry smile on his face: If it were Mourinho, he would have asked the whole team to attack hard after Gundogan was not sent off in the first half, and then the game would have been decided by the winner at this time. But Solskjaer is really too indecisive, or his personality is just lacking in blood. With such a big advantage, the first thing he considered was to demand stability, which made the team face the current dilemma! Alas... maybe this is the difference between a famous coach and an ordinary coach!?
Rui Faria has now fully understood that the main reason why Manchester United fell behind 0:1 now is that they may be able to play one more player at home but lose to their mortal enemy in the city. The main reason is... Ole Gunnar Solskjaer!
Last season, although Mourinho was a coach who prefers defensive counterattack and is good at defensive counterattack, when he found that Manchester United could destroy his opponent with offense, he decisively gave up his tactical pursuit and instead allowed Manchester United's offense to develop, and eventually became more and more sharp.
But when he arrived at Solskjaer, he said he wanted to play pass and control at the beginning. In fact, that thing was not suitable for Manchester United at all. Later, he found that the effect was not good. He gave up the pass and control tactics and changed to the offensive style with Yang Xiaozhuang as the core. There was actually no problem. Manchester United maintained a record of winning in previous games, and even completed a reversal when he lost one goal at the Emirates Stadium.
But in today's game, there was a big problem with Solskjaer's command. With such a huge advantage, he didn't want to score first, score more goals, and lock the victory. This is itself a mistake in the head coach's personal thinking.
Alas... Now that the team is behind, Solskjaer has not come up with any ideas, just as if he is offline. He just hopes that Manchester United can have good luck in the future and equalize the score!
Unfortunately, Solskjaer was unable to think of any way to change the situation until the end of the game. Manchester United players fought on the court until the end but failed to break through the opponent's goal.
0:1, this score remained until the end of the game!
When the referee blew three long whistles, many of the Manchester United fans in the stands were already crying. On the contrary... 3,000 Manchester City fans cheered wildly, even though their voices were already hoarse, they didn't care at all. There were also cheers from tens of thousands of Manchester City fans outside the court.
Guardiola celebrated with his players first, and then remembered to shake hands with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer...
"I'm sorry! Ole, I'm so sorry! I was negligent before, it was my fault!"
Solskjaer Solskjaer squeezed out a smile: "It's okay."
Guardiola nodded with a smile: "Then... see you later in the press conference?"
"Okay, wait for a meeting!"
Solskjaer was in a bad mood, a little absent-minded, and turned around and left...
Guardiola watched Solskjaer's back fade away with a smile, and his heart felt relaxed: Young! Still too young! Such an opponent...is much easier to deal with than that guy Mourinho.
Guardiola really attaches great importance to Mourinho. The confrontation between the two of them can be said to be a win or defeat. This was the case in Spain. Mourinho was able to lead Real Madrid to break the Barcelona dominance of La Liga during the "cosmic team" period and win the La Liga championship from Barcelona at its peak. This is indeed the reason why Real Madrid spent a lot of money, but it is also a reflection of Mourinho's ability.
During that period, Barcelona's investment in the transfer market was not necessarily smaller than Real Madrid!
When Mourinho and Guardiola reunite in Manchester, Guardiola, who has not completed the transformation of Manchester City, was always at a disadvantage in the confrontation between the two.
It can be seen from this that Mourinho is the head coach at the same level as Guardiola. The confrontation between them basically depends on who has stronger teams, and who will basically win.
But Solskjaer...haha, it's still too young!
Although Guardiola is actually two years older than Solskjaer, Norwegian's "babyface" coaching resume is impossible to compare with a talented coach like Guardiola who debuts at the peak. After all, Guardiola has already won multiple championships in La Liga and Bundesliga. Solskjaer... the Norwegian League champion is simply unable to show off!
Manchester City players were all excited, as if they had won the league title, not just won a game.
On Manchester United, all the players left the stadium with a gloomy face, and Yang Xiaozhuang felt even more lonely. He couldn't even understand why his team was losing this game. The team clearly had a great advantage. If you play one more person or fight at home, your teammates also performed very hard, why... you lost?
Yang Xiaozhuang is still young after all, and his tactical qualities are far from enough, but there are still players in Manchester United who understand how they lost in this game... The head coach!
Manchester United has gained a huge advantage early in this game. They have to play one more player and have the advantage of being one goal ahead. It can even be said that this is the biggest advantage in football, far more than the advantage of home and away games. But because of the different choices of the head coach, the final result of this game... is different!
At the post-match press conference, Guardiola, as the winner, still performed very low-key: "We encountered some difficulties at the beginning of the game today, but our players worked very hard. They tried their best for the game, and we were also very lucky. In the end, we won the victory! However, this victory only narrowed the distance between us and the team ranked high. We have more games to play in the next place, and we still need to continue working hard."
Guardiola said that the victory was because of good luck, which coincided with Solskjaer's idea. He still didn't realize what mistake he had made. He said to many reporters: "The team performed very hard today. Every player fought to the last moment on the court, and we did gain a considerable advantage in the game, but ours was worse than you, and we eventually lost the game. Of course, no team can win forever, and we can't do it! But I believe that after experiencing the defeat in this game, the team will soon cheer up and continue to move towards the goal of defending the champion!"
Chapter completed!