* The match starts at 4pm London time (11pm Hanoi time) today.
Van Gaal is Mourinho’s teacher.
Van Gaal and Mourinho will enter the biggest battle of both of their teams since the beginning of this season.
Perhaps out of respect and deference to the past, psychological warfare tricks – the kind of provoking and teasing the opponent as he once did and excitedly did with Wenger, Benitez or many other colleagues – have not been used by Mourinho.
Van Gaal, more than four years ago, lost to Mourinho in the first encounter between the two.
Like Bayern before, Man Utd is now also built by Van Gaal in the direction of taking attack as a guideline.
The feeling of Man Utd’s incompleteness comes from the quality of the defensive system, where in addition to goalkeeper De Gea, the rest of the four defenders and the pair of central midfielders shielding from the middle of the field all have problems.
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Among those who helped Di Maria, Rooney was absent due to a penalty, Falcao also had physical problems, Van Persie, in recent matches, was in poor form and could not lead the attack as expected.
On the other side of the front line, with Diego Costa being concluded to be healthy enough to start after convincing Mourinho and the medical team by fully participating in yesterday’s training session, Chelsea promises to bring out Old Trafford.
That Chelsea is a machine arranged and operated smoothly by Mourinho when he harmoniously combines the elements of muscular strength, tactical discipline, rigor, tenacity and even sophistication and beauty, if
Even when Costa does not play, or does not play in the best physical form and does not score, Chelsea is still scary when the midfield still ensures them a sufficient supply of goals to get all three points.
If Costa starts, Chelsea will have a quality drill to penetrate Man Utd’s uncertain defense.
This is the first big match that Van Gaal’s Man Utd plays this season and therefore is also an unprecedented big challenge for the Dutch strategist and his students.
Head-to-head statistics
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last three Premier League matches against Man Utd, only conceding one goal.
– Chelsea is the only team that wins (15 matches) more than they lose (13 matches) when facing Man Utd in the Premier League.
Expected starting lineup.
Phuong Minh
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