host must win

Chapter 607

On the afternoon of November 11, at Upton Park, in the 27th round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged the Hammers to help West Ham United away.

Since Chelsea had already defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the away game, temporarily widening the point gap with Manchester United to 5 points, Manchester United wanted to bite Chelsea, so this game must not be lost.

Coupled with the fact that Manchester United's legendary star George Best passed away two days ago, Manchester United must hope to comfort the lost legendary star with a victory. Everyone believes that Manchester United's opening tactics were more proactive.

But in fact, West Ham has long been prepared.Facing Manchester United in this game, Alan Pardew's team unexpectedly took the initiative to take the initiative from the opening, and broke the deadlock in just 52 seconds of the opening, Etherington made a diagonal pass from the left, and Haywood left the penalty area 12 He scored the fifth league goal of the season with a push shot from a close angle.

Conceding the ball so quickly made Manchester United a little confused. This also led to the complete control of West Ham United in the first 10 minutes of the game, and Manchester United was forced to guard against death.

However, although Manchester United played a bit passively, their defense was fairly solid, and they were not scored a second goal by West Ham United's mad attack.

Especially with Fletcher and Alan Smith sweeping back and forth in the midfielder position, it was difficult for West Ham to break through Manchester United's defense in the middle, and they could only be forced to frequently shoot long shots.

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Overwhelmed by their opponents, Manchester United did not gradually recover their status until the No. 15 minute.

Yin Jun has become the engine of the team's offense, but Alan Pardew also attaches great importance to Yin Jun's defense, allowing Noble and Mullins to jointly strangle Yin Jun, while Yin Jun frequently changes his position, often appearing on both sides. a sidewalk.

In the following time, the two teams had mutual offense and defense, and Manchester United's most threatening attack occurred at No.303 minutes.

Wes Brown quickly cut in from the right, and after cooperating with Yin Jun, he crossed into the penalty area, and Ruud van Nistelrooy headed the ball.Yin Jun, who quickly slanted into the penalty area from the right rib, rushed all the way to the front of the small penalty area, shaking his head and attacking the goal from close range.

But such a close-in header was hugged by former Manchester United goalkeeper Carroll.

Ruud van Nistelrooy raised his hand apologetically. Under the interference of Anton Ferdinand, he failed to head the ball straight, which made it a little high.

Yin Jun was also not very satisfied with his header this time. On the one hand, it was because of his lack of preparation, and on the other hand, it was because of some problems with Van Nistelrooy's ferry, which made it difficult for him to fully exert his strength.

However, Yin Jun did not blame Fonny for the problem with the ferry. He gave Fanny a thumbs up and continued to look for opportunities patiently.

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No.403 minutes, Ruud van Nistelrooy retreated to catch the ball and made a direct pass behind him. Yin Jun quickly got rid of Konchesky and then inserted.After passing the goalkeeper Carroll, when he was about to hit the goal, West Ham United defender Repka quickly blocked it with his body.But at this time, his hand had an obvious opening movement, which caused Yin Jun's shot to hit his hand and pop out of the baseline.

Yin Jun quickly complained to the referee that it was an intentional handball, and Repka's hand was obviously opened.

"If he didn't open his hand, my shot would have gone in!" Yin Jun said with certainty.

But the on-duty referee rejected Yin Jun's appeal, thinking that his penalty was not wrong, which made Yin Jun feel very depressed, turned around and walked back.

When Repka passed by him, he patted his shoulder lightly. Obviously, the Czech himself felt very guilty. Whether it was intentional or not, his arms just now were indeed opened.

In the end, at the end of the first half, the score stayed at 1:0 with the home team ahead.

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"It was an undeniable handball!"

At half-time, in the home dressing room, Ferguson replayed the slow-motion replay to all the players.

Handball, that's absolutely no problem.Although it is impossible to tell whether it was intentional or unintentional, it was indeed a handball.

"But there is no way, we need to forget this misjudgment and concentrate on the second half of the game."

After 45 minutes of hard work, the players were obviously tired, and the strength of the opponent West Ham United was not weak at all.

Although they only ranked sixth in the English Championship last season, they were lucky enough to be promoted to the Premier League by relying on the play-offs, but in the summer, they recruited a large number of Premier League veterans, and their strength has been greatly improved.After 13 rounds, they rank sixth in the Premier League and are very hopeful of getting a European seat for next season.

With the team's excellent performance, their head coach Alan Pardew quickly gained widespread attention and was regarded as the hope of England's local coach.

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"As I said to everyone before the game, West Ham United's defensive problems are mainly concentrated in the position of the midfielder."

Ferguson drew a large strip-shaped area at the front of West Ham United's penalty area on the tactical board.

Carroll in goal, Koncheski, Anton Ferdinand, Repka and Gabbiton in defense, Benayoun, Noble, Mullins and Etherington in midfield, Haywood in front and Sheringham.

The 18-year-old teenager Noble replaced the veteran Daley, and Mullins became the captain of West Ham United.

Originally, Ferguson believed that the young Noble would be West Ham United's weakness, so he arranged for Manchester United to focus on attacking West Ham United's center.But judging from the first half of the game, Noble performed very well. With the help of Mullins, he was not at a clear disadvantage in the confrontation with Yin Jun. This is why Manchester United failed to equalize or even win in the first half. It is one of the important reasons for the reversal.

"Frankly speaking, I am not satisfied with the performance of the first half. We started very badly. We should have taken the initiative, but we were preempted by West Ham United, and then we did not finish well. prior deployment."

Ferguson pushes pieces on the tactical board representing Manchester United players.

"As we said before the game, to pull West Ham United's midfield from the two wings and two ribs, they often only have one Mullins in this area. As long as we pull him away, our players at the back will have a chance. "

What Ferguson said was not only the flanks of Ronaldo and Rooney, but also the middle lane where Yin Jun was, and even Alan Smith and Fletcher behind Yin Jun.

Yin Jun played against Noble for half a game. He knew that although the young England midfielder had excellent defensive ability, Yin Jun believed that whether it was himself, or Alan Smith and Fletcher who came in behind, they were capable of learning from him. There is a gap in the body.

The only trouble is Mullins, he is like a god, standing at the front of West Ham United's penalty area, it is difficult to break through him.

But one person cannot cover it all.

(End of this chapter)