Lisandro Mart\u00ednez drew a clear dividing line between Michael Carrick and Ruben Amorim after a high-profile week at Manchester United, praising the current coach\u2019s composure and the swift changes instilled on the training pitch. Mart\u00ednez, one of United\u2019s standout performers, emphasised the contrast between the two men.<\/p>\n
On the differences he said: \u201cDifferent mentality, different guy. So different.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have a coach like Michael Carrick, who really knows, who really can share with you the energy of the club and what it means, it\u2019s so different.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was quiet [in training]. He was smiling. He was really confident\u2014and that helps a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
The piece noted Mart\u00ednez had reportedly had an \u201cintense\u201d altercation with Amorim on the training pitch shortly before his departure, a detail that framed his appreciation for a calmer presence.<\/p>\n
Carrick was not silent in his instructions. The former midfielder told Mart\u00ednez: \u201cFirst of all, play with the ball, don\u2019t be scared of the ball, having composure with the ball, play with confidence.\u201d Those messages were visible in United\u2019s approach as they repeatedly baited City\u2019s narrow press with a series of short central passes before shifting the ball wide. The hosts limited a lacklustre City to just one tame shot on target, and the presence of a spare man\u2014often Diogo Dalot\u2014helped the Red Devils stretch the game.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the result Mart\u00ednez said: \u201cWe had to defend with our lives and when we play we had to play with confidence and I think we did it,\u201d and added, \u201cThree goals, with a minimal offside, I think we deserved this win. But what Carrick did with his staff was unbelievable, especially in a short time, that\u2019s why I\u2019m impressed about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The influence of Carrick on the training pitch was described as “immediate,” according to The Daily Mail, with a “different energy” rapidly instilled. During his half-week in the job, sessions were shortened while the intensity was ramped up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mart\u00ednez praised Carrick’s calm and confidence, credited quick training changes and match control.OK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,172],"tags":[1021,1393,1087],"class_list":["post-6073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-man-utd","category-epl","tag-amorim","tag-centre-back","tag-coaching-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}