Chapter 930 Mourinho vs. Kong Erlengzi Again

Chapter 930 Mourinho vs. Kong Erlangzi Again

Before the end of the first half, Manchester United had a chance to overtake the score, but Lori's key save saved Tottenham, which meant that Manchester United could only enter the halftime break with a score of 1:1.

It stands to reason that two goals were scored in the half and the score was 1:1. It gave the impression that the first half of the game should not be so boring, and could even be said to be relatively exciting.

However, the audience who watched this game definitely didn’t think so.

Throughout the first half, both sides seemed to have put all their energy into fierce fighting and defense, and the field was in chaos. On the sidelines, Manchester United coach Mourinho and Tottenham coach Conte were also yelling and shouting, and the atmosphere was manic.

After the second half, the two sides continued to fight in the midfield. As the game progressed, around the 60th minute, Manchester United coach Mourinho made the first adjustment. He replaced Kante with Mahrez. Bruno retreated to form a double defensive midfielder with Palinha.

"Mourinho doesn't seem to want to play overtime. Now it depends on how Conte will respond," said Andy Gray, a famous commentator for Sky Sports.

The camera gave a close-up of Tottenham head coach Conte, and then turned to Son Heung-min on the bench.

Obviously, if Tottenham head coach Conte is also unwilling to accept a draw and wants to make adjustments on the offensive end, the most likely option is to replace Son Heung-min.

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Son Heung-min also looked a little anxious. He stared at the field and was eager to play.

After Harry Kane left the team, Son Heung-min served as Tottenham's top player for two years, which greatly enhanced his fame in Europe; but with the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, although Son Heung-min is still Tottenham's striker, the media attention he receives is far less than before.

Today, in the match against a giant like Manchester United, if he cannot play, it will definitely deal a big blow to his career.

But if he could be called upon to take on the task, come on as a substitute and ultimately help the team win, it would definitely bring a significant improvement to his career.

Mourinho replaced Mahrez to strengthen the attack. On the Tottenham side, Conte finally took action after nearly ten minutes. He asked Son Heung-min and Winks to warm up.

"Substituting Son Heung-min or Winks represents Conte's two attitudes."

Mourinho also noticed the changes on Tottenham's bench.

Substituting Son Heung-min means that Conte is not satisfied with the draw with Manchester United in regular time, and Tottenham still wants to attack; and if Winks is substituted, it means strengthening the midfield defense, which means expressing satisfaction with the current result and intending to play overtime or even a penalty shootout.

In the 71st minute of the game, Conte finally made a substitution, replacing Lucas Jr. with Winks.

Removing a striker and replacing it with a strong defensive midfielder will have a very obvious meaning in maintaining a tie.

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Seeing Conte's adjustment, Mourinho made a tit-for-tat adjustment after thinking for a moment. He replaced Greenwood with Amad Diallo.

Substitute Diallo, a young player with fast speed and strong impact, to replace Greenwood, who was already unable to run, and continue to strengthen the attack.

Conte stood on the sidelines, staring at the field with a serious expression, hesitating.

Mourinho deployed his troops and continuously strengthened the offensive. Conte was considering whether to continue to adjust to strengthen the defense, or to adapt to the changes in the situation and instead strengthen the offense in order to seize the gaps after Manchester United's attack.

This is a multiple-choice question: should we be conservative and prepare for overtime, or should we take a chance and try to win the game in regular time?

At this moment, Diallo, who had just come on as a substitute, used his speed to break through Doherty on the wing, then suddenly cut inside and pretended to shoot, but instead made a diagonal pass. Dalot came in from behind and attracted the attention of the defender, but instead made a back pass at the opposite angle. Harry Kane followed up with a shot and the ball flew high into the stands.

There was a huge booing going on above the new White Hart Lane stadium, and Tottenham fans used this way to ridicule the former Tottenham player.

In fact, they were panicking. Although Harry Kane's shot was an anti-aircraft gun, it made them sweat.

It was this wonderful offensive combination played by Manchester United that made Conte make a decision: he decisively backed down.

It’s better to defeat Manchester United in overtime. Tottenham has played fewer games than Manchester United recently and has an advantage in physical fitness!

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Conte immediately made a substitution, with Tanganga coming on as a substitute, replacing left wing-back Doherty.

Doherty, who had played for nearly 80 minutes, was struggling to face Diallo, who came on as a substitute, was full of energy, very fast and had a strong impact.

Mourinho folded his arms and frowned. Tottenham defended with all their might, which made it difficult to deal with them. It was like they were wearing a suit of armor. If you wanted to hit them, you didn't know where to start.

Mourinho looked at the bench. He didn't have many cards to play at the moment.

As Manchester United has played too many games recently, the team's rotation policy has allowed him to transfer a number of youth team players to the first team to make up for the depth of the squad.

But it is actually very difficult for these youth team players to appear in the game, especially at such a crucial moment to decide the game.

For example, at present, the only offensive players Mourinho can really replace are substitute striker McTominay and veteran midfielder Mata.

Just as Mourinho was thinking, boos broke out from the stands. Mourinho looked up, then clenched his fists and leaned forward.

Then louder boos mixed with cheers resounded throughout the stadium, and Mourinho jumped three times on the spot and pumped his fist excitedly.

He didn't need a headache anymore, his disciples helped him solve his troubles.

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This was Bruno's interception in the frontcourt. After the Manchester United captain intercepted the ball from Hojbjerg's feet, he quickly launched a counterattack.

Diallo dribbled the ball forward at high speed and Winks made a sliding tackle.

Diallo deftly picked up the ball, jumped up himself, avoided Winks' tackle, and then passed the ball to Harry Kane.

Harry Kane took the ball with his back, held off the defender, and knocked the ball away.

Bruno rushed forward.

"Block his shot!" Tottenham goalkeeper Lori shouted.

Tottenham center back Dier came up to block, and then he saw that Bruno was about to shoot, but when he touched the ball, his foot shape changed, and he flicked the ball with the outside of his foot very lightly, and the ball went diagonally through Tottenham's defense.

Everyone saw Diallo coming in from the left, receiving the ball and then cutting inside.

Facing the right center back Davinson Sanchez who came out hastily to intercept, Diallo did not give the opponent a chance to get close and shot directly at the ball!

"Diallo!!!" Accompanied by the commentator's roar, Diallo shot with great force, and the football suddenly jumped up and flew straight towards Tottenham's goal.

Tottenham goalkeeper Lori opened his arms to save the ball, but the shot was extremely powerful and it was an upward ball. The ball passed through Lori's hands at high speed and continued forward until it rolled up the net high.

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!"

"Diallo! Diallo!! Amad Diallo!! This young player scored for Manchester United!"

"2:1! Manchester United overtook the score away from home!"

"After Manchester United's midfielder intercepted the ball, they launched a quick counterattack. Bruno, Diallo, Harry Kane, Bruno, Diallo, Manchester United's talented stars joined forces to score a wonderful goal."

"The game is in the 2st minute and Manchester United leads Tottenham 1:!"

Commentators around the world shouted.

After scoring the goal, Diallo seemed very excited. He turned around and excitedly pointed at the team captain Bruno who passed the ball to him. Bruno opened his arms, laughed, and hugged Diallo who ran over.

Other Manchester United players also ran over excitedly and gathered around to celebrate.

This game is too difficult. If we finally win the game with this goal, it will be the best reward for everyone's efforts.

Manchester United players were celebrating wildly, while Tottenham players looked depressed, even a little frustrated.

Losing the ball at this time point is really damaging to morale.

In addition, Tottenham head coach Conte successively replaced Lucas Jr. and Doherty with Winks and Tanganga. Everyone understood that this meant that they wanted to maintain the score of 1:1 in regular time and then fight a decisive battle with Manchester United in overtime.

Facing the powerful Premier League giants Manchester United, it is nothing for Tottenham to avoid their edge. After all, they have done so often before, and most English teams do so, so it is not shameful.

However, after the head coach chose to play defensively, Manchester United scored again and Tottenham fell behind.

It would be really frustrating if we lost the game when we were so conservative and almost shamefully unambitious!

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"Coach Conte was too conservative at home," said Andy Gray.

"It's cowardice." Martin Taylor, the legendary commentator of Sky Sports, was even more blunt. "Couti's cowardice, compared with the determination of Manchester United coach Mourinho to win away from home, may be the reason why Manchester United scored again and took the lead now."

"When you have already accepted the draw in your heart and hope for a draw, you are actually afraid in your heart, afraid of losing. However, what you fear will come true," Martin Taylor said sharply and quickly.

1: 2!

This is the final score. According to international practice, the home team is in the lead.

After conceding the goal, Conte seemed to wake up from a dream and hurriedly replaced Bergwijn with Son Heung-min to strengthen the attack.

On the Manchester United side, Mourinho immediately replaced Bruno with Fred to strengthen the midfield defense.

In the end, Tottenham's helpless counterattack at the last moment did not produce any effect. When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score did not change again. Manchester United beat Tottenham 2:1 away and advanced to the League Cup semi-finals.