Chapter 289 Barcelona's Assistant Coach

Van Gaal decided that Alkmaar would also defend against the game at home, and then he began to do targeted training in this way, but at this time, assistant coach Mourinho put forward different opinions.

Yes! This assistant coach Jose Mourinho was the famous madman, the Portuguese Jose Mourinho, who claimed to be the second God. Mourinho, 37 years old, was born in Setúbal, Portugal, and his father, Felix Mourinho, is a former Portuguese state.

Due to his father's influence, Mourinho has loved football since he was a child. Unlike his father, Mourinho plays midfield on the court. Mourinho grew up in the Rio d'Aví youth training camp. He occasionally represented the team in the first team in the Portuguese Second Division in the 80/81 season. In the summer of 1981, Frex became the coach of Rio Avi, and Mourinho got more opportunities to play because of his father's nepotism. During his two years with Rio d'Aví, Mourinho scored 2 goals in 16 appearances.

Freix transferred to another Portuguese second-class team, Berenenses, in the 82/83 season, and Mourinho also moved with his father. In this season, the Madman made 16 appearances and scored 2 goals. But because Frex was fired at the end of the season, Mourinho was also purged by Berenenses. After Frex lost his job, he was idle for 11 years. Mourinho, who lost his umbrella, couldn't even get along with the second division. In 83-85, Mourinho played for the Portuguese third-tier team Sumbura, scoring a goal in 35 appearances. In 85-87, Mourinho played for the Portuguese fourth-tier team Cocomcio, scoring 8 goals in 27 appearances. That is, in the Comousio business team, 24-year-old Mourinho hung up his boots in advance and took the coaching course.

Mourinho's career is not enough to describe the degree of sadness, but his decisive decision has made world football less than a lame player, but a great coach. Only when 27-year-old Jiang Mu was already famous, 37-year-old Mourinho was just an assistant coach.

Mourinho held a management job at Amadora Club and Setúbal Club, and then took over the first high-level job in the football circle: working for Bobbi Robson at Sporting Lisbon. At first, he worked as a translator for old Robson, and then gradually intervened in the management of the team. Old Robson went to Porto, and Mourinho followed. Old Robson joined Barcelona, and he also brought the very capable Mourinho to Barcelona. When Robson Sr. left Barcelona, Robson recommended Mourinho to his successor Van Gaal. Mourinho stayed in Camp Nou and continued to serve as Van Gaal's assistant coach.

More than ten years of assistant and translation work have greatly improved Mourinho's knowledge and ability. Even the arbitrary Van Gaal also admitted that Mourinho is better than him in tactics and some aspects. In some games, he has to listen to Mourinho's opinions, and even let Mourinho command some less important games.

In this game with Alkmaar, Mourinho's job is to observe Alkmaar's training, make videos, and then participate in the formulation of training plans and tactics.

After this period of observation of Alkmaar, Mourinho believes that Van Gaal's judgment is only partially correct, because Jiang Mu may change his playing style and formation according to the opponent's situation in the game, and Mourinho thinks that Barcelona's single waist Guardiola is a little thin, and Enrique's insertion frequency is too high. Affecting the defense in the middle, Koku can only defend, and the organized attack is too poor. If Alkma strangles Guardiola, Barcelona's attack will be dangerous, because the talented strikers in front of them can't touch the ball.

However, Van Garr believes that Mourinho's suggestion is based on fantasy, because the opponent can't contain Guardiola. The 29-year-old Guardiola is at its peak, with good offense and defense. He has good skills, and long and short passes are good, even if the opponent advances to Guardiola. Forced to rob, Guardiola can also use the middle and long transmission to organize the attack. If the opponent really stared at Guardiola, Van Gaal thought he still had Harvey, a strange soldier, so Van Gaal rejected Mourinho's suggestion.

However, Van Gaal accepted another suggestion for Mourinho. He also believes that Jiang Mu's tactical command ability is very strong. It's no exaggeration. Van Gaal has never seen a stronger on-the-spot command ability than Jiang Mu. Van Gaal appreciates Mourinho's tactical ability, but he thinks that Jiang Mu is better than Mourinho. It's better.

If you are not fully prepared before the game, Van Gaal thinks that he can't fight with Jiang Mu in the game, and compete with a guy who changes three or four tactics in a game. Isn't it a headache?

At first, Mourinho was a reminder, and later he openly debated with Van Gaal at the team meeting, but Van Gaal refused to accept it. Mourinho was angry at Van Gaal's arbitrary approach, but he was just an assistant coach, equivalent to a staff officer. If the head coach didn't listen, he had no choice.

The two teams not only competed secretly, but also fought psychologically in the media.

Jiang Mu knew that Van Gaal was an arbitrary person, the pride and arrogance of the Barcelona people, and the hatred between Barcelona and Real Madrid. However, he accepted an interview with Real Madrid's As newspaper and specifically chose Barcelona's heartache.

"Barca is a rich family, which is already recognized. I can't deny it, but their Champions League trophies are too few, only one. In addition, their record in the Champions League is also a little poor, and they can be played 4:0 by AC Milan in the final. We are not afraid of them, and we will not set up an iron barrel array. I believe we can kill them decently at home.

Van Gaal is a good coach. His record in Ajax is brilliant, but Van Gaal can't defend. A team that can't defend can't go far in the Champions League. Even if he has more superstars, in addition, Van Gaal is too dictatorial in the team, which will cause the dissatisfaction of the players and can't listen to the right intention. See you."

Van Gaal was very angry. He was not angry with this kind of saliva. He was angry that a hairy boy like Jiang Mu dared to teach him a lesson in public and talk about his weaknesses. He really didn't know the depth of heaven and earth. Van Gaal also publicly hit back at Jiang Mu in the media.

"Will I defend without a rookie who has just coached for two years to give me some advice, because he still doesn't know what football is. What can I do if I can't defend? AC Milan still win the championship with a clean sheet. In this game, I can also advance without defense. Attack is the best defense.

"The most important thing for a head coach is to have his own football concept, and then instill this concept in the players to show it on the court, rather than listening to the right opinions. Those are all tricks."

Although Van Gaal did not listen to Mourinho's advice, Mourinho still hoped to help his team. In an interview with reporters, the future madman attacked Jiang Mu like this.

"He just won a Dutch championship and a Dutch Cup. There are too many people who have achieved such a record. The reason why Jiang Mu is so famous is mainly praised by the media, because he is a Chinese, he is a yellow race, and receives a lot of attention, so he became famous. In terms of true talent, he is far less than Eriksson, Gretz, or even Skipbe, who were defeated by him.

If there is any suspense in this quarter-final knockout, then coach Van Gaal not only hopes to win, but also hopes to win beautifully, and it is definitely not good to think so much. This is also Alkmaar's last chance. If I come to line up, Jiang Mu will have no chance at all.

If a head coach is spoiled like this by an opponent's assistant coach, he will definitely attack Mourinho, but Jiang Mu doesn't. He knows that Mourinho attacks his opponent and doesn't keep talking at all, and now Mourinho is an assistant coach, and he is not At the level, Jiang Mu did not hit Mourinho back.

Jiang Mu was attacked by Mourinho, the little assistant coach. Alkmaar's player coaches were very angry. In their hearts, Jiang Mu was a perfect idol. Jiang Mu stopped talking, and assistant coach Lin Nazhou opened his mouth and fought back.

"Is this gentleman named Mourinho crazy to become famous? Jiang Mu didn't want to talk like this, but I couldn't see it. A Dutch champion and the Dutch Cup champion are nothing, but it depends on how they got it and what kind of team won it. Coach Jiang Mu won the double championship with a promoted horse. Can an ordinary coach do this? Can Mourinho do it? Does Coach Van Gaal dare to say that he can do it again?

The captain of the team, Van Bomel, also satirized Mourinho's speech without thinking. "Please ask Mourinho's assistant coach to think more. Coach Jiang is a real powerful person and is not famous by the media. If Mourinho is not convinced, he can replace Coach Van Gaal to try."

Mourinho knew that it was useless to fight with small characters like Linna Zhou and Van Bomel, and he still bit Jiang Mu. Since Alkmaar's people say that Jiang Mu is a powerful person, not famous for the media and fans, he dares to fight against Barcelona in this game, dares to have a decisive battle between men with a pseudo-tycoon like Barcelona as he said, instead of just fighting against fish briskets.

Jiang Mu was very disgusted with Mourinho's unrelaxed attack, but he lowered his posture and never gave his opponent a place to talk. In an interview on the official website of UEFA, he simply said, "Alkmaar is already the best team in the quarterfinals. Mr. Mourinho asked me to find fish briskets."

Jiang Mu's fans were furious at Mourinho's humiliation like this, and they all said that they wanted to give Mourinho a look. Some people also ran outside the Camp Nou Stadium to demonstrate.

Van Gaal was not interested in the war of words. Seeing Jiang Mu's fans turbulent, he was worried about what accident would happen in the Netherlands. After all, he was still a Dutchman, so he stopped Mourinho from continuing to attack Jiang Mu. At the pre-match press conference, he expressed his willingness to fight with Jiang Mu in any way.

And Jiang Mu also said happily that it was an honor to play a quarter-final with Barcelona, and he believed that this game would leave a deep impression on fans all over the world.