Michael James Owen, former forward in England, talks
about Mourinho and Guardiola in his weekly column in a Chinese newspaper.
Guardiola and Man City
Guardiola has played an important role
in Etihad Stadium. Man City showed their strength in the game against West
Ham United, but their deficiencies also got uncovered. After the half time, Man
City should have ruled the game, yet they were careless, and their loose
defense as well as West Ham’s struggle enabled Man City not to keep their ascendancy
in the second leg.
Guardiola’s tactics are kind of
special, which are different from most head coaches’, so Man City’s players still
need some time to adapt. To Man City’s players, the biggest challenge now is
the wing backs are requested to run into the midfield and the central defenders
must try ball control, which is a unique tactical requirement.
From the current situation, Guardiola’s remolding
Sterling and David Silva is quite successful. Now Man City are good at changing
their tactics and formation, making themselves unpredictable.
Mourinho and Man Utd
Mourinho did a great job in signing
new deals, which has insignificantly improved the team’s strength. David de Gea
is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, and Mourinho signed Bailly,
Pogba and Ibrahimovic. In the past few years, Man Utd did not bad in defense, yet
the new change Mourinho has brought to the team is the team is able to
score. Beside the signings, Mourinho also strengthen the team mentally
and the players are more united. Undoubtedly, Man Utd’s players are very
confident now.
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