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^^ Thanks for that, Jay.

I really like this from Kevin: 'If you see a couple of goals that we scored it's really that... you see what we practiced at training comes back during the game."

Mourinho is known to practice a lot of drills by zones and by a combo of two different positions. So he practices drills between wingers and full backs; between CB and DM; between DM and the rest of the midfield; between AM and strikers; between FB (attacking) and strikers. There are chemistry drills, but there are also what we called in Portuguese (don't know the name in English) 'rehearsed [or practiced] play' which the squad practices a lot to try to see it happen also in the match, but their movement and actions are decided by the manager (it's not about becoming familiar with each other, but executing what the manager decided should be the play). So for example when a winger or a FB crosses the ball in the box, the striker or the other AM know where to position themselves because that's how they practiced. Or when during a corner or a free kick the one taking it puts in a place where one of the other guys should be, or passes it to a player that will assist a third one. Or during the attack where to position himself compared to the opposition defence and where to move the moment of the pass, etc...

We can see that clearly during last match. After Torres tripped on the ball, he infiltrates in the box (you even have this shot in the vid above). André positions himself behind Torres waiting for the pass, it's funny because you see him taking a mid-step ahead, but then he sort of retreats that one half step... it's like he wanted to move forward, but then decided to stay there (although that could also be a case of what in sports training it's called imminence [which is one of the rules to improve pace and reach through pro-activeness and brain training because you're preparing your body to sprint instead of reacting and surprising your muscles and brain, so you're just ready to sprint - or jump, or whatever - and those milliseconds actually improve your speed or depending on the situation your timing to meet whatever you have to meet]).

If you look a bit to the side Mata is doing sort of the same movement. One may say it's a coincidence or just the natural thing to a football player to do, but then we see André moving forward to position himself to either do a 2-1 or to expect a stray ball from a potential rebound from the goalkeeper. This is all trained on practices. Those guys spend about 20 minutes (according to Mourinho and Faria, as of course, I've never watched a training session led by Mourinho, but I've read and watched plenty about their training routines) practicing that kind of thing. Then the chemistry is the part where they naturally move to certain positions and they got used to each other's movement and the 'rehearsed plays' are the ones where Mourinho defines where they should move to if that situation presents to them.

We see Mourinho celebrating the 4th goal against Indonesia (the one Bertrand takes the free kick). Cahill who is behind the penalty mark assists Terry with a header. Why would Mourinho celebrate a goal (showing a #1 on his hand btw) - the fourth nonetheless - against such a weak side? Because it's yet another play they practiced and could convert into goals in a match. Mourinho said in one of his interviews (I guess already in the US) that they had scored goals they practiced... and now Kevin is repeating it. It's important to practice those things, not only the free ones where the players just get familiar with each other's movement, but also the ones the manager set up for them and decide where they should position.

Those small details are crucial because sometimes they win us the match, it's one more thing to add to our game and I really am happy when I hear that they're scoring from plays they practiced. That's the way to go, and that's one of the things that make Mourinho The Special One.

Very, very true! Those automatisms get encoded in the cerebellum. It can drive your motor control under 1/200th of a second - unconsciously. Normal stuff takes much, much longer (1/4-1/2second).

The difference in money time situations is what creates winning.

Think of it as decision making when you have driven your car for 200.000 km versus just being told how to drive... Huge, huge difference in performance, speed and control.

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Didnt impress me at all during pre season, hope he is saving his best for the start of the season

He was never likely to be the explosive type like Hazard. He is someone who occasionally scores an out of this world goal. Think of him like Mata but a bit worse. Actually he might play a similar role to us like when Yossi did for Liverpool a few years ago. Coming off the bench as an impact sub or start some occasion game but never going to be a mainstay.

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He was never likely to be the explosive type like Hazard. He is someone who occasionally scores an out of this world goal. Think of him like Mata but a bit worse. Actually he might play a similar role to us like when Yossi did for Liverpool a few years ago. Coming off the bench as an impact sub or start some occasion game but never going to be a mainstay.

Lol, you haven't seen Schurrle play at all if you think he's anything like Mata.

He is very explosive, just wasn't fit enough during pre season.

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Lol, you haven't seen Schurrle play at all if you think he's anything like Mata.

He is very explosive, just wasn't fit enough during pre season.

His style is very similar to Mata. He is not the flashy type, just someone who likes to get the ball, dribble and shot.

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His style is very similar to Mata. He is not the flashy type, just someone who likes to get the ball, dribble and shot.

When did you see Mata dribble and shoot? I thought he collects the ball, then finds a player making a run and put in an orgasmic ball. Dribble and shoot? Not really, mate!!

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Lol, you haven't seen Schurrle play at all if you think he's anything like Mata.

He is very explosive, just wasn't fit enough during pre season.

His style is very similar to Mata. He is not the flashy type, just someone who likes to get the ball, dribble and shot.

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He certainly put a lot of effort into branding himself, have you seen his official site?..

His style is very similar to Mata. He is not the flashy type, just someone who likes to get the ball, dribble and shot.

I think it's time for you to put the xbox controller down, and start 'watching' football matches.

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You now have to give serious considerations to the possibility of Schurrle being turned into a striker.

Jose did say we had a Plan B when asked about Willian. One would presume, that means Schurrle to be instead used as a striker to make room for Willian?

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