Mourinho's impressive debut

(Baonghean.vn) - The Red Devils of Manchester started the new season with a difficult away trip to the tough Bournemouth team. However, with the brilliance of highly anticipated stars like Mata, Rooney and super striker Ibrahimovic, the "Special One" Mourinho had a more impressive debut.

After the rumors, the "special" Mourinho has finally officially arrived at Old Trafford to replace his predecessor, coach Van Gaal. With the move to recruit a coach with personality and pursuing the defensive counter-attacking football philosophy like Mourinho, the Red Devils of Manchester have accepted to give up their beautiful, fiery attacking style to seek titles.

The Red Devils of Manchester had an impressive debut match against the tough team Bournemouth.

Immediately after taking office as the coach of the Red Devils of Manchester, “The Special One” Mourinho made positive moves with the desire to build a new empire as well as bring the Old Trafford team back to being a winning machine and a terror to teams participating in the Premier League arena like Sir Alex Ferguson did in more than 2 decades leading the Red Devils.

As soon as he arrived at Old Trafford, the former Chelsea coach brought in quality contracts spread across all three lines with the presence of young talent Eric Baily, midfielder Mkhitaryan, and "King Midas" Ibrahimovic in the attack to strengthen the Red Devils' strength and "claws". Most recently, the "Special One" brought his "lost son" Pogba back to his old home to perfect the framework to operate according to the football philosophy that the Portuguese strategist is pursuing.

In fact, the “Special One” Mourinho had an official match as the coach of the Red Devils of Manchester when he helped the team defeat the defending champion Leicester City in the Community Shield match, bringing the first title to the team at Old Trafford. However, for the Red Devils fans, the Community Shield title is just a decoration for the traditional room and does not have much meaning. What they need is the noble title of Premier League and further, the Champions League.

In the first match to start the new season, the Red Devils had to face Bournemouth, an opponent considered very difficult to play against, when last season, the predecessor of coach Van Gaal lost with a score of 1-2. Therefore, this is considered the first challenge that requires the Portuguese strategist to find a solution.

Super striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued to score in the opening match of the new season.

The “Special One” Mourinho fielded what was considered the strongest lineup with a trio of super attacking players such as Ibrahimovic, Rooney and Martial. So it was easy to understand that Man.United tried to impose their style of play right after the opening whistle. However, facing a Bournemouth team that played a tight defense, Coach Mourinho’s team had a lot of difficulty approaching the opponent’s goal. Even in the 5th minute, Man United’s goal was in danger because of Luke Shaw’s failed control, before Shaw could stop Callum Wilson from scoring.

The game between the two teams had few dangerous situations, MU's attack had to wait until the 27th minute to have a significant move when Rooney's shot was blocked by Artuc Boruc after a combination with Mata. But right when Bournemouth started to push MU back into their own half, the turning point appeared for the away team. In the 40th minute, a long pass from MU was intercepted by Simon Francis, but this defender passed it back too lightly to goalkeeper Artuc Boruc and Juan Mata seized the opportunity to score, putting the home team at Old Trafford up 1-0 before the first half ended.

In the second half, the game became more open when Bournemouth had to switch from defense to attack in order to find an equalizer. Also waiting for that, Coach Mourinho's students had many opportunities to counterattack dangerously. However, captain Rooney was unlucky when he could not successfully take advantage of the delicious opportunities from Ibra's skillful backheel pass to increase the gap. It was not until the third opportunity that the England captain successfully took advantage of a Martial volley in the 59th minute to head the ball into the net, putting the Red Devils of Manchester up 2-0.

Not stopping there, in the 64th minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened his Premier League account with a tricky shot that beat goalkeeper Boruc to increase the gap for Man.United to 3. Although Adam Smith shortened the gap to 1-3 for Bournemouth 5 minutes later, MU actively played slowly in the rest of the second half, and De Gea made efforts in the extra time to prevent the home team from scoring another goal, the match ended with a score of 3 - 1 in favor of the Red Devils of Manchester.

With this result, "The Special One" Mourinho had an impressive debut, sending a challenging message to the remaining opponents in the race for the Premier League throne this year.

Cao Anh