Shadowing Practice: ‘I was crying for a central defender!’ | Jose Mourinho on Manchester United's defence | Super Sunday - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I guess Lindelof and Maguire at centre-half for Manchester United today.
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Does it look royal like money well spent to you?
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£80 million on Harry Maguire?
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Do you know what?
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United didn't have a choice.
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They couldn't afford not to buy him.
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It was as simple as that.
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That was the going rate.
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He's obviously in English.
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Centre-half, he's 26.
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He's got experience.
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Man United had to buy him.
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Simple as that.
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Because he's better than what they've got.
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Whatever about the £80 million, they had to go and do the deal.
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I think he'll be a good player for Man United.
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I'm still concerned about him.
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I think there's lack of pace in terms of real sprinting.
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But as I said, United had to buy him.
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They're not a choice.
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Has he changed the way that Manchester United have been able to play Jose?
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First of all, I have to say that I agree totally with Roy.
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He's not about one more million or two less millions.
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He's about you need to buy him at that moment.
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If you don't buy Maguire, I think today he would be playing Lindelof and Tuanzebe or Lindelof and Phil Jones.
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And to play Lindelof and Maguire, I think is a different picture.
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Why?
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First of all, because of his physical qualities.
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As Gary Neville was saying and totally right, Lindelof is very, very good in some aspects of the game,
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but he can be bullied in the one by one in the box, he's not especially good in the air,
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and Maguire has that kind of presence and that kind of physicality physicality that is very, very important.
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He's not probably the fastest one, but I think he's quite mobile for his huge body.
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And he has very good quality.
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So, you know, if they play Lindelof and Tuan Zebe, Lindelof and Jones, Lindelof and Smalling, wouldn't be any improvement in relation to the previous season.
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And, you know, I was not an idiot when in the last three seasons I was crying for a center defender.

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You're practicing English with "‘I was crying for a central defender!’ | Jose Mourinho on Manchester United's defence | Super Sunday" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

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What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.