Wayne Rooney wants Man United to launch similar tactic to Jose Mourinho during FA Cup final MUFC
United will be preparing for the FA Cup final after they finish their league campaignUnited have not won football's oldest competition since 2016, with treble-chasing City set to offer a tough test.has offered his advice on how they should play in order to win their second trophy of the season, citing one of Mourinho's past strategies as a potential tactic., he said: "My strategy would be to go the other way and ask City to do something different.
"I’d try something similar to a tactic Jose Mourinho sometimes deployed in his first spell at Chelsea, where he would get the likes of Joe Cole, Arjen Robben and Damien Duff to take up ‘half’ positions where they didn’t come all the way back and defend when Chelsea were out of possession but instead cheat a bit and wait higher up the pitch in areas from which they could counter-attack as soon as Chelsea won the ball back.
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