host must win

Chapter 439 Manchester United's Achilles Heel
As Manchester United's midfield commander, Yin Jun has the most direct grasp of the situation on the field.Lyon's defense is very flexible, mainly due to the two full-backs Govou and Frau.

The formation announced by Lyon is 433. Essien and Diarra partnered in the midfielder, Juninho Jr. played in the front midfielder, the three strikers Nierma was in the center, and Govou and Frau were separated on the two wings.

When the Ligue [-] team is attacking, Govou and Frau are indeed wingers, but once the ball is lost in the frontcourt, Lyon's frontcourt will immediately invest in the counterattack. The single forward Nierma and Juninho Jr. They are very active in the counter-robbing. Govou and Frau will immediately retreat to the front of the defense line and set up a four-man protection line with the double midfielders Essien and Diarra.

At this time, Lyon's formation became 4411, and it was 4 midfielders!

With an active counter-attack in the frontcourt, every time Manchester United managed to bring the ball to the frontcourt, they would directly face Lyon's two stable defense lines of up to eight men. It becomes impossible to start.

In addition to the midfield, the two full-backs are also very interesting. Revier on the right is more active and will get in when he gets a chance, while Bossold on the left is more conservative and basically stays in the backcourt. Lyon basically has three defensive players in the backcourt. Once the ball is stolen, the full-backs and Essien will actively make long passes to find the striker.

The reception in the frontcourt is also very fixed, basically Nierma catches the ball, and Gewu and Frau cruise around to grab the second spot.

Yin Jun has been in Manchester United for more than two years and is deeply influenced by Manchester United's style. He thinks Lyon's style is too conservative, but he has to admit that this team has been able to enter the Champions League knockout rounds every year in recent years. This conservative and pragmatic tactical style play a key role.

Basically, Lyon's entire tactical style is similar to what Manchester United's coaching staff expected before the game. In this game, their pressing area was mainly concentrated on the center line, and they retreated to the 30 meters area if they couldn't do it.

This should be a conscious strategy of pressing and pressing after Le Guin's in-depth analysis.

………………

Manchester United played more actively and actively tried the ball behind them. In the first 10 minutes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Rooney and Alan Smith each had one offside.

The most threatening shot since the opening took place in the 12th minute. Evra and Smith passed consecutively. Ronaldo hesitated in the penalty area, but was blocked by the opponent. Slipping, Rooney's low shot bounced off the bottom line at the bottom of the near post.

The home goal post did not help the home team this time, but instead helped Lyon escape.

However, Manchester United quickly took the lead at home with their strong offensive firepower.

In the 19th minute, Gary Neville personally instigated the attack and completed the final blow to help Manchester United take the lead.He cooperated with Yin Jun in the middle for a one-two, and then stuffed the ball into the gap on the right rib. Alan Smith took the ball and turned around to get rid of the defender's right foot and pass low to the goal. The ball passed through the gap between the defender and the goalkeeper. After two consecutive clearances in front of the goal and failed to kick far, Gary Neville volleyed with his right foot 5 meters in front of the goal, and the ball bounced into the lower right corner.

1: 0!

This is the second goal of Gary Neville's 96 Champions League games in his career. The other goal was to break the Basel goal in the 2-2002 season.

Then Manchester United actively opened two sideways. At No.209 minutes, Evra actively lapped the side, and after getting a side kick from Alan Smith, he dribbled the ball straight to the bottom line.

Revier desperately chased back, tackled Evra from the side and rear, and gave Manchester United a set kick in the frontcourt. At the same time, the Danish referee Nelson also gave Revier a yellow card, but Yin Jun's subsequent free kick went straight to the goal On the human wall.

………………

Manchester United attacked several times in a row, but Lyon, as the overlord of Ligue [-] and has played steadily in the European arena for several consecutive years, naturally has strong strength and quickly counterattacked.

Revier attacked from the right, passed the ball into the penalty area, and was cleared by Ferdinand with a header. Stopped, turned around and hit the goal, but Ferdinand blocked it, and Keane made a big foot clearance after getting the ball.

The game became relatively open as United broke the deadlock.After all, Lyon does not want to give up competing with Manchester United for the first place in the group, because to advance to the knockout round with the first and second place in the group, the opponents they have to face have a relatively obvious gap in strength, and there is also a big gap in the schedule .

In the back-and-forth attack of both sides, the game time passed 40 minutes quickly.However, neither the home team Manchester United nor the visiting team Lyon scored during this period.

Seeing the end of the first half of the game, when Manchester United was about to enter the intermission with a 1-goal advantage, the Manchester United themselves gave a gift.

In the 41st minute, Lyon made a cross from the right. Diarra made a low shot with his right foot 25 meters in front of the goal. Carroll leaned over to hold the ball, but the ball jumped out of his arms and flew into the goal.

Relying on a low-level mistake made by the Manchester United goalkeeper, Lyon tied the score at 1:1.

………………

The Manchester United were naturally unwilling to be equalized like this, and entered the intermission with a draw. They continued to besiege Lyon in the last few minutes.

In the last chance of the first half, Ronaldo broke into the penalty area on the right, and was thrown down by Lyon goalkeeper Puy Debois after receiving the ball. The linesman had already raised the flag to indicate that both Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy were in an offside position.

In the first half, the two sides finally shook hands and made a 1:1 draw.

Although there were two goals in the first half of the game, the scene looked quite intense, but both sides were relatively conservative.Needless to say, Lyon, Manchester United also intends to protect their defense.

With the joining of Vidic, Evra and Heinze, Manchester United's defense has indeed improved to a certain extent, but Ferguson knows that this new Manchester United defense this season is still not stable enough, so he has been suppressing it. The positions of Ferdinand and Vidic, while keeping Keane from overpressing as much as possible.

On the contrary, the two wingers played more actively. Gary Neville and Evra seemed more active, especially Gary Neville, who also scored a goal to help Manchester United take the lead.

Of course, the biggest problem with Manchester United's defense is the goalkeeper. Howard has had a lot of buttery hands this season and was gradually given up by Ferguson. However, the goalkeeper Carroll who replaced Howard in the starting lineup did not perform better. The equalizing goal was caused by his buttery hands.

Although Diarra's long-range shot was threatening, Carroll did not hold the ball firmly, letting the ball jump out and roll into the goal, which is really amateurish.

(End of this chapter)