How “The Genius Coach” Mourinho Strategy Get Rid Barcelona Team

British newspaper “The Times” gave the nickname of Genius to Jose Mourinho, coach of Inter Milan. The term which is totally un-complained. Thanks to the cold hands of Mourinho, Inter successfully get rid of Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final.

El-Barca (Barcelona alias) game only evolved in the last ten minutes. The rest, including the first leg at home to Inter last week, Barca can not do much.

The key to success of Nerazzurri (Inter Milan) lays on the tactics chosen by former FC Porto and Chelsea manager. For Mourinho, football similar to chess. The Inter players were trained in such a way that they know exactly what to do during the game. They are very flexible, adaptive, and confident.

Therefore, when Thiago Motta was expelled from the field, Inter Milan player did not panic.Compared when Manchester United player Rafael was booked red by the referee in the match against Bayern Munich. United’ immediately play defensive. For that, Bayern’s  was free to bang the Red Devils defense and eventually eliminated them.

That did not experienced to Inter. They adapted their game pattern with the developments in the field. With tight marking zone, Inter create a solid defense. They forced Barca send the ball into the left or right side of Inter’s defense. The aim is to resist the wave of attacks from the middle of the host.

Since being forced to play wide, the only way for Barca to penetrate Inter defense is to send the ball straight to the net. Well, Mourinho knows that Barca are weak in air strikes.

Inter guarding zones were effectively implemented. The Inter players are not worried about losing the ball. What is important is making sure there were always two or three people guarding whoever opponents controlled the ball. It made Barca short passes rarely endangered Inter goalkeeper. That is why, Lionel Messi did not create many chances.
Mourinho approach could be very different from that performed by most of manager club in England. Managers are usually compile a list of players that will be installed. They replace the striker with a defender when in superior position. In the other hand, adding the attacker whenever you want to score an equalizer or add goals.

Such strategy is no longer sufficient. For Mourinho, preparing the game game means watch tens or even hundreds of recorded opponent game video, making the analysis, preparing the team organization, and ensures that all players know and be aware of their duties.

in Mourinho dictionary, there are no words of panic because everything is prepared and carefully calculated. It makes the team to be very adaptive. Team Characters Era, that much practiced by strong teams in England such as Liverpool and Manchester United, it seems, can no longer cope with the approach of Louis van Gaal at Bayern and Josep Guardiola in Barcelona.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has often said there is no plan B when asked by journalists about his team strategy. If so, how could he win the Champions League when Mourinho has already started preparing a plan A to Z?

UEFA set to punish Victor Valdez

Sensational news are out and it has been reported that Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes is sure to face UEFA action for putting his hands on Jose Mourinho as he attempted to celebrate with Inter fans last night.

After successfully defending their first-leg lead in last night’s Champions League semifinal, Inter Milan coach Mourinho jumped from the bench and raced towards the away fans of Inter to celebrate.

Amazingly, Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes lost his rag and grabbed Mourinho around the shoulders to stop his celebrations.

The two squared up to each other, though Mourinho was able to keep his cool and didn’t even condemn Valdes in the post-match media conference: “Tomorrow’s another day, we’ll move on.”

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