Mourinho, is it really outdated? Is Mourinho's football outdated? Mourinho led Roma to the European finals for two consecutive years and was crowned the first person in the history of the Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League, telling the world football that Mourinho is not out of style; the classic defensive counterattack of the giants tells people a truth: compared with offensive football, the classic defensive counterattack will never go out of style.
With the ultimate 1-0 doctrine, Xavi's Barcelona can win La Liga
Without Messi and relying on leverage, how could Xavi's Barcelona win last season's La Liga title? Since Xavi became Barcelona coach in November 2021, Barcelona have won 23 league games with a score of 1-0, the most in La Liga during the same period! Mourinho's second season in charge of Roma, the iron-blooded Roma created a classic rumor from the media: when Mourinho's Roma led 1-0, the game was over.
Simeone is known as a 1-0 man, a term used to describe the conservatism of the Atletico Madrid manager, and Xavi played against Atletico Madrid three times last season, and each of them won 1-0 and three defeats! As for the tactics of Mourinho and Simeone, Klopp and other managers who advocate flashy pressing attacking football have always scoffed at this.
The Champions League and AFC Champions League recreated the classics, and the two giants finally fell
In the first leg of the semifinals, Al Ain played Riyadh Crescent at home, and the final score was 4-2 Riyadh Crescent. Riyadh Crescent set a new Guinness World Record and has since been fixed by Ain in 34 games, while in the whole game, Ain had only 34% possession and scored 4 goals from 7 of 10 shots on target, becoming the king of efficiency. When encountering a team stronger than himself, taking the initiative to give up possession and seek a lethal counterattack is the essence of Mourinho's football philosophy;
In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Real Madrid challenged Manchester City away! Ancelotti once again played his rhythm to avoid falling into the trap of attacking Manchester City. At full time, Real Madrid had just 33% possession. Manchester City, on the other hand, could only score one goal with 33 shots in the whole game, which is inseparable from Real Madrid's defensive system. This is the representative of the "Muhammad Bus Football" that Manchester United fans hated so much at the time, but in the end, fans will only remember that Real Madrid took away the victory at the Etihad and advanced to the last four of the Champions League.
The representative of Muhammad's classic defensive counterattack has left the top giants helpless
In recent years, the representatives of the top giants of the Premier League are naturally Manchester City and Liverpool! Manchester City's coach Pep Guardiola has always believed in the ultimate pass control, but tactics always need to be innovative, after several seasons of traditional striker pass control in the Champions League repeatedly failed, Manchester City made changes, the introduction of big center Haaland, Guardiola's tactical ceiling has also reached a higher level, and the pudding connection has become a football classic;
Klopp likes to press high and press and rock offensive football! This kind of football is always pleasing to the eye and full of passion, but it also has its own drawbacks: Liverpool's "robbing the rich and helping the poor" is inseparable from this tactic! In the face of the weak team, blindly pressing the crazy attack, the team can win big and win in a row, but the air defense is also easy to be pierced by an arrow, and the upset is repeated.
Defensive counter-attacks and bus football have been questioned and criticized in the vicissitudes of football in recent years. Klopp bombarded Conte and Ancelotti at the post-match press conference! At that time, Conte coached Tottenham and forced Liverpool to draw with extreme defense, Liverpool was in the white-hot stage of competing with Manchester City for the title, and after the game, Klopp bombarded Conte's extreme defensive play; In the Champions League final, Ancelotti also used low possession to cut Liverpool off the horse, and Klopp, who was the runner-up in the Champions League, also mocked An Shuai's tactics at the post-match press conference!
The same is true for Simeone, who led Atletico Madrid to the top clubs in the Champions League, always trying to defend to the extreme, causing dissatisfaction among fans. But facts and figures prove that defensive counterattacks never go out of style! Football games not only need to be spectacle, as the world's number one sport, but also need a hundred flowers to bloom! To be able to press offense, extreme rock, and control all over the court, what is needed is a top lineup!
Real Madrid is naturally top-notch, but compared to Manchester City, maybe playing defensive counterattack, more likely to win, if you open up the posture to fight against the attack, you will only lose faster and more thoroughly; or the big fight against the attack does not necessarily lose, but the ultimate defensive counterattack is more likely to win; this is also where football attracts fans, if football only blindly attacks and scores, without the ultimate 1-0 doctrine, without the classic bus counterattack, football, may also lose its original position.