Not a dream start, will Mourinho be fired?

(Baonghean.vn)- After 7 matches, MU has only won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2, only got 13/21 points, 3 points less than his predecessor Louis Van Gaal. With such poor results, will the special one be fired?

Talking about the 'special one' Mourinho, many people think that wherever he goes, he is afraid of touching the cup because of the way he spends money to buy expensive players. Perhaps, it was not until the third season, when the dressing room was in disarray, that Mourinho accepted the first failures. The history of coaching at Chelsea, or with Real Madrid, calls it "third season syndrome".

Mourinho's two anomalies

It must be said that when inviting Mourinho to replace the veteran strategist Louis Van Gaal and the Glaze brothers, the owner of Manchester United Club calculated that he would immediately stop the poor performance of the Red Devils. But the irony in the Premier League arena 2016/2017, where the "special one" boldly declared that MU would win the championship in the first year he came to Old Trafford, had a rather poor performance.

After 7 matches, MU only won 4, drew 1 and lost 2, only got 13/21 points, 3 points less than his predecessor Louis Van Gaal. Last season, even without blockbusters like Pogba, super striker Ibra, former Bundesliga best player - Mkhitaryan, the "Flying Dutchman" still won 16 points. Although the "Red Devils" are still in 6th place, above Everton, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and Man City, Manucians cannot help but worry about MU.

Pogba is disappointing Mou.

It must be said that Mourinho has many lessons in his career as a military leader. Whenever he loses, the Portuguese coach always has a reason to justify.

Usually, he often uses the referee as a "sacrificial offering", or he points out a few players with inconsistent performance. Mourinho always knows how to avoid responsibility. In the defeats to Man City and Feyenoord (Europa League), he blamed the referee; and in the defeat to Watford, the "special one" blamed left-back Luke Shaw, who did not approach the opponent in the first two goals conceded by the "red devils"...

But recently, coach Mourinho scolded assistant Giovanni Cerra in the match between Manchester United and Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League. For the first time, Mourinho gave a very "silly" reason: Zorya changed the penalty taker before the match. Pogba felt very confused about this.

When MU disappointed by losing 3 matches in 8 days, Mourinho blamed MU's failure on the fact that they still had not erased all the "remnants" left by Van Gaal's time. He said that the way of playing was too disciplined, making it lose its softness and flexibility; while the players played "principled" like robots on the field.

Obviously, Mourinho has been somewhat confused by MU's consecutive failures when spending a lot of money to buy a series of players. The defense, which is a strong point under Mourinho, has conceded 8 goals, the second highest among the "big guys" in the Premier League.

Mourinho is going through dark days at MU

Will I be fired?

In the match against Stoke at Old Trafford, Mourinho showed his mettle when he benched captain Wayne Rooney for the third time in a row. This is the difference that Van Gaal could not do. Although MU drew 1-1 with Stoke, and Manchester United shared points for the first time in 40 years against Stoke City, Manucians still believe in roses.

Old Trafford fans still consider this one of MU's best matches since the beginning of the season, with a ball possession rate of up to 67%, 24 shots and 9 on target. If there was a bit of luck and Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant was not too excellent, the score would have been 6-0. After strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pogba and Ander Herrera... were unlucky in front of the empty goal, but David de Gea only made one mistake and MU had to pay the price immediately.

For Manucians, the fact that MU drew with Stoke, the team currently ranked 19/20 on the rankings, still does not say anything. But in the next match of the "Red Devils" when they travel to Liverpool's field at 2:00 on October 18 (Vietnam time), Mourinho must show his true worth. MU is 3 points behind Liverpool and 5 points behind the leader Man City, so MU players cannot afford to lose to direct competitors.

Perhaps, Mourinho will not be fired like "first year syndrome" when coming to Old Trafford like his two predecessors, because in the past, every time he was pushed into a corner, Mourinho showed his special qualities. The upcoming confrontation with coach Juergen Klopp, at Anfield stadium in Liverpool city, will be a true test for the "special one".

All is ahead, let's wait and see!

An Thanh