Who says Mourinho's team is boring?

(Baonghean.vn) - Throughout his career, coach Mourinho has often been criticized by the public for the boring, pragmatic playing style of the teams he has led. But things are now different from what is happening at MU, at least up to now.

1. Famous as the "villain of football", anywhere from Porto, Chelsea (2 terms), Inter Milan, Real Madrid, the "special one" has always received a lot of criticism and criticism because of his pragmatic tactics. Many times, the Portuguese strategist has even mocked everyone because he believes that "winning and titles are the most important things in football".

Mourinho's successes with Porto, Chelsea, Inter, Real were all built on the foundation of pragmatism. For him, pragmatism is an art. Therefore, the more success he reaps, the more thoroughly he applies that art, regardless of pressure from public opinion and even from the owners.

Mourinho is gradually changing his philosophy. Photo: Internet.

Meanwhile, MU is a team that always pursues an attacking style of football. The relationship between Mourinho and the Old Trafford team is surrounded by doubts. Can the "special one" build an attacking style of play at MU? Or is this just Van Gaal 2.0? The answer was quickly given after the matches with unsatisfactory results in the early stages of the season.

Many people quickly criticized Mourinho for not knowing what attacking football is, and that his time is over...

However, by now many people must have felt that their assessment was wrong. MU not only played offensively, but also attacked very beautifully and fiercely. The continuous passing and receiving between Pogba and his teammates was "like embroidery and brocade", the ball circulation always took place at a high speed.

Even a commentator had to exclaim a familiar phrase “like Man” after witnessing the coordination of Mourinho’s students. Although the efficiency cannot be achieved as under the reign of Sir Alex Ferguson, MU fans can still be happy with the team’s playing style.

Statistics don't lie. Typically, in the two matches against Crystal Palace and West Ham in the Premier League recently, MU players controlled the ball up to 61%, launched 16 shots (Crystal Palace) and 68%, launched 17 shots (West Ham). Normally, teams led by Mourinho rarely do that. In the mind of the strategist born in 1964, "the less ball possession, the less mistakes".

Of course, that was when Mourinho applied defensive-counter-attacking football. Now, when applying attacking football, possession of the ball is the prerequisite to execute the idea. And Mourinho has really changed part of his philosophy at MU.

MU players play attractive attacking games under Mourinho. Photo: Internet.

2. Always believing that “winning 10 games 1-0 is better than winning 1 game 10-0”, so every time Mourinho’s team takes the lead, few people believe that the opponent can turn the game around. “The Special One” always instructs his students to form a bus in front of the home team’s goal.

Mourinho's success over the years has come from a pragmatic philosophy, winning at all costs. Remember, in the match between Chelsea and MU at Stamford Bridge in the 2014-2015 season, Mourinho's Chelsea let Van Gaal's MU hold the ball for more than 70%, because the "special one" wanted it that way since Chelsea was leading 1-0. After the match ended, coach Van Gaal also had to admit: "the final result is the most important thing".

Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) scored against De Gea at the end of the match. Photo: Internet.

On the road to success, Mourinho has made many coaches and teams regret when they let the Portuguese strategist's students take the lead. To put it simply, once the team led by Mourinho scores the first goal, they should be mentally prepared to accept a defeat. However, up to now, at MU, it is different.

According to statistics, in the past 15 rounds of the Premier League, MU is the team that has dropped the most points in the last 10 minutes of the match after taking the lead (drawing 1-1 with Arsenal and Everton). It seems that the defense led by Mourinho is no longer as alert as it was at Chelsea, Inter, Real... That is an interesting thing. We will not have to turn off the TV early when MU takes the lead.

A team that plays with great intensity and can come back in the last minutes will attract fans, especially neutral fans. Mourinho is doing that very well at MU, proving that the team he leads is not boring as people say and complain.

Tram Uyen