Green Journey

Chapter 474 Still Can't Do It!Manchester United fans are so anxious!

With the change of tactical strategy, Manchester United's formation and player positions in the game have also changed.

When they defend and counterattack in their own half, if the pressure they face is not too great, they will adopt a 442 position, but if Manchester City's offensive is too fierce, Manchester United will use a 541 intensive defense to resist Manchester City's impact.

In terms of player positions, Martial returned to the familiar left, while Rashford came to the center.

Although Rashford looks thin, he still has height, and he can barely serve as a fulcrum.

But his position is not fixed. Sometimes Martial will come to the center, change Rashford to the left to move, and use speed to hit behind Manchester City in the counterattack.

But although Manchester United's chaos was ended by Mourinho's tactical strategy change, the Manchester United fans in the stands were still dissatisfied.

Because they always think that Mourinho is too conservative.

This is Old Trafford, the world-renowned Theater of Dreams.

They hope to see an aggressive Manchester United team, instead of the current one that only shrinks in their own penalty area, gives possession of the ball to the opponent, and pursues fast counterattack tactics after stealing the ball.

But this is Mourinho, he also has his own football philosophy, he doesn't care what the outside media and fans think of him.

In fact, in a sense, Mourinho and Guardiola are a kind of people. They both have their own football skills and tactics.

Soon, Mourinho's signature attack appeared on the field.

In the 25th minute of the game, Smalling suddenly went up from the penalty area again, catching Sterling in the right rib area at the top of Manchester United's arc by surprise.

Soon Sterling couldn't bear the squeeze of Smalling's body and lost the ball.

When Smalling got the ball and saw Chu Zheng rushing towards him, he was so frightened that his liver trembled. Fortunately, he had observed in advance before coming up to steal the ball, so he quickly crossed the arc to the left.

In the top area of ​​the arc, Lingard kept the ball and quickly moved forward diagonally to the left.

Rashford, with his ribs slightly ahead, started quickly.

Although Lingard played the ball in a hurry, the accuracy was very high, and the advance was sufficient, so that Rashford did not need to slow down after turning from the ribs to the wing.

"red devil!!!!!!!!!" (red devil)

"red devil!!!!!!!!!"

"..."

Seeing Rashford rushing up, the sound of cheering at Old Trafford shook the sky for a while!

However, Rashford encountered a hard stubble this time.

Due to Guardiola's tactical strategy and special instructions before the game, today, whether it is Kolarov's side or Kyle Walker's right, the two stepped forward to participate in the attack relatively few times.

So Walker followed Rashford tightly while chasing back along the inside line.

Rashford was also quite helpless at this time. He had already played his extreme speed, but Walker just didn't lose him at all.

At this moment, Rashford really wants Walker to lean directly over to steal, so that he can find Walker's flaws in sports warfare.

However, although Walker is sometimes a little reckless, most of the time his mind is quite clear.

At this moment, Walker is very aware of the extent to which the goal will be hit once Rashford breaks into the inside with speed in this situation.

Seeing that Walker is as stable as an old dog, he got stuck inside and remained unmoved. Soon the young, energetic and impetuous Rashford moved first.

After entering the 30-meter area on the sidewalk, Rashford first slowed down, and then suddenly slammed the ball into the inside line. He wanted to overtake from the outside lane, bypassing Kyle Walker on the right and followed the ball into the penalty area.

Chu Zheng chased after the center line, and seeing Rashford's choice, he was immediately happy.

From Chu Zheng's point of view, Rashford wanted to eat ass.

Even if he can use the starting speed to get rid of Walker, it is not so simple and easy to break through Walker's defense with speed from a long distance.

Kyle Walker's starting speed is second only to Chu Zheng in the Manchester City team, but he is absolutely equal to Sane in terms of speed.

And once you let this guy charge, it's like a tank with a jet fighter engine running at full speed.

Even Chu Zheng was sometimes run over by Walker without paying attention.

Sure enough, seeing that Rashford wanted to eat himself raw, Walker also pulled up the speed at once, followed by a card to the left on the way to the inside, and Rashford was cold and separated by the human ball.

Rashford desperately wanted to squeeze to the front, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get past Walker's reinforced concrete wall, and in the end he could only watch the ball roll out of the baseline.

Immediately there were voices of regret and annoyance in the stands.

"It's impossible for Marcus to get past Kyle Walker in this way, he thinks too simply!"

"Yeah!" Lineker nodded, "Manchester City has made another worthwhile signing. With Kyle Walker, Manchester City's right wing can be said to have successfully completed the blood exchange. Maybe Kyle Walker can Guarantee the strength of Manchester City's wing defense for the next ten years."

Ferdinand chuckled and said, "Perhaps Mourinho can consider developing the counterattack to the left of Manchester City. There is an old guy there!"

"Haha!" Lineker burst out laughing, "It may still be very difficult. Guardiola is also prepared on the left. Chu's other active area today is the left half. With Chu's defensive ability, Manchester United will also play on this side. It's tough."

On the sidelines, Mourinho shook his head after witnessing this failed counterattack, and Rashford became a little impatient.

In his opinion, there is no need for Rashford to rush forward, he can wait for the teammates behind him to come up and then develop the ball to the middle.

Or move to the other side with a long pass, directly attacking Manchester City's weak defensive side.

After all, it is a young player who can't bear his temper and sometimes believes too much in his own ability.

On the field, after this counterattack, Manchester United will counterattack every once in a while.

Judging from the scene, Manchester United and Manchester City played back and forth.

However, judging from the results, the threat created by Manchester United on the offensive end is far inferior to that of Manchester City. Every counterattack is either killed by the veteran Kompany or the newcomer Walker.

Next to him, Guardiola sat on the coach's bench with his legs crossed, and he was extraordinarily calm today.

Since Kompany bought Walker and returned from injury, he did worry less about the defense.

Although today's game was out of consideration for the players' physical reserves later in the season, he asked the players to take it easy today, but it does not mean that they will give up offense.

Since Manchester United chose to retreat at home and play counterattack in the half, there is no reason for him to turn a blind eye to the opportunity to attack.

As long as the game is maintained at a passing rhythm that does not consume too much of the players' physical reserves, he is still happy to hold the ball in the frontcourt and wait for an opportunity to break Manchester United's tortoise shell.

Moreover, today, in order to prevent Manchester United from flying on both wings, Guardiola also reduced the extent of Walker and Kolarov's forward participation in the offense, and more players in the frontcourt.

In addition, in order to break Mourinho's man-to-man defensive strategy, he also made the frontcourt players frequently change positions.

Although this tactic of disrupting the frontcourt position sacrificed the team's offense to a certain extent, Guardiola also received the desired effect through the game during this period.

That is, Manchester United could not implement effective man-to-man defense against Aguero, Sterling, Sane and others, and they also gained more gaps in the offensive of positional warfare.

On Mourinho's side, after standing on the sidelines for a while, he suddenly turned and returned to the coach's bench.

Although the scene on the scene looked good, it was still not possible to continue this stalemate. This was not what he wanted.

In the 30th minute of the game, the Manchester United midfielder intercepted the ball, but before the tall and burly Fellaini had time to divert the ball from the encirclement of the Manchester City midfielder, he was attacked by Chu Zheng and De Bruyne, who retreated in the middle. Double attack.

After De Bruyne joined Manchester City, his usual training plan was still formulated by Chu Zheng, so his current physical confrontation ability is stronger than that of Wolfsburg.

So although Fellaini is tall and big, he can't escape the fate of being made into burgers by them.

Seeing that the ball was intercepted in a blink of an eye and was directly passed back to the backcourt by Manchester City, Zhang Lu in the LeTV live broadcast room shook her head and said: "Manchester City's offense is stronger, forcing Manchester United to retreat to defend from the wing. To recover to the front to protect the front of the penalty area, Lingard made a large recovery to fill the gap in the midfield and interfere with Manchester City's advancement."

"Mourinho's tactical strategy is still somewhat effective, but it is not good enough, and there is something to lose."

"Because in this way, Manchester United's formation itself has already retreated, and Lingard's position is at the back. The players in the frontcourt are too far away from their teammates. The siege and interception is basically zero, so now they can only hold high and fight high, simple and direct."

"Just don't play in the midfield, go straight to the black, continue to defend if you can't break through, and wait for the opportunity."

"As for Manchester City, they can overwhelm the half-court and then take advantage of the trend. They will calmly control the ball at the front of the penalty area and wait for the Manchester United players to grab it."

"Especially the top of Manchester United's centre-backs. Once they come out, there is a space behind them."

"Chu Zheng and De Bruyne are focusing on this today."

"But this style of play is a poison that has to be eaten for Manchester United, because if you don't come out and grab it, you won't get a chance to counterattack."

"And once you grab it, you have to be careful. With the abilities of Chu Zheng and De Bruyne, you only need to pass one kick to contact Aguero and others in the penalty area."

While speaking, the conflict necessary for a derby suddenly broke out.

In the 34th minute of the game, Manchester United headed the ball on the arc in the middle of their own half and headed the ball to Rashford at the front of the 30-meter area of ​​​​the ribs.

But Rashford didn't do anything against Walker, who quickly approached from the outside, and Walker gave the ball to Otamendi in the middle.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was near the halfway line with no one around him, Otamendi thought it was a good chance to counterattack, and he kept throwing the ball and headed it over.

Chu Zheng retreated to meet the ball and took off on the center line.

As a result, just as he was about to unload the ball with his chest, a huge impact suddenly came from his back.

Suddenly Chu Zheng flew forward and rolled over and over again, scaring Zhao Dudu and his party on the sidelines to turn pale with fright.

On the court, the instigator was Fellaini, a reckless man.

From the slow-motion replay, the guy knew he couldn't get the ball, but he jumped up and hit Chu Zheng from behind.

Seeing Fellaini's malicious foul, Yaya Toure rushed to the scene of the incident like an angry lion and pushed Fellaini down.

De Bruyne, who has always been shy next to him, also looked angry. If it weren't for Fellaini, he would have gone up just now.

As expected, Yaya Toure's action was like lighting a gunpowder keg, which instantly broke out the biggest conflict in the already fierce game.

"Beep beep beep!!!!"

Atkinson blew his whistle into a saxophone, but players from both sides continued to gather around and push each other.

"This is Old Trafford, not your shitty Ittihad!!!"

"This is our home field!"

"You guys are a bunch of trash who can only foul and shrink up like turtles!!!!"

"Referee! This is your job, it was a red card foul!!!"

"No no no! That's a reasonable collision!!"

"Calm down! Calm down, guys!!! Let's solve everything on the court!!!!" The two captains, Kompany and Carrick, stood between the two groups of players, turning their heads and yelling.

Coupled with the cooperation of the referee, the players on both sides were barely separated to avoid further deterioration of the conflict.

In the stands, the fans of both sides were not willing to be lonely, and crazily scolded each other.

For a moment, the scene was filled with all kinds of vicious abuse. Chu Nan and Chu Bei were taken aback for a while, and suddenly understood the meaning of the word Derby.

Not long after, as the team doctor left the field, Chu Zheng also stood up slowly while supporting his waist.

It's not a big problem, it's just a little pain.

Although Fellaini is yin, this guy still has reason.

Seeing that Chu Zheng was fine, countless people breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Chu Zheng would be reimbursed for the season like Gundogan, and that would deal a heavy blow to Manchester City.

Soon, the game, which was delayed for more than five minutes, got back on track.

But after the game restarted, the players on both sides were obviously agitated, and their movements became louder, causing frequent fouls, like a derby.

It's just that Atkinson is a little busy.

In the next 5 minutes, Atkinson took out two consecutive yellow cards, which controlled the increasingly hot situation.

However, just when people thought that the two teams were about to shake hands in the first half of the game, the goal was caught off guard, and it was a rather miraculous goal.

In the 41st minute of the game, Chu Zheng took the ball in the backcourt and advanced along the middle.

Crossing the center line to the arc of the center circle, Carrick in front of him stopped retreating, Chu Zheng also slowed down, and passed the ball to Kyle Walker in the ribs to the right.

Walker continued to score to the wing after taking the ball.

Yaya Toure turned around with the ball and plugged it forward.

After Sane took the ball, he went straight to the side. The quick, slow and flexible change of direction made Damian miserable, so he had to retreat from the sideline of the penalty area into the penalty area.

After Sane followed up the penalty area and saw that Fellaini also returned to his left front, he quickly changed the ball to his right foot, and then passed back to De Bruyne in the rib in an inverted triangle.

At this time, there is no one around the top of the Manchester United arc.

But De Bruyne hesitated after taking the ball.

This hesitation allowed Carrick to rush forward from Carrick and Smalling in the penalty area, one left and one right.

At the same time, due to Smalling's top on the penalty spot, a gap was once again exposed.

But this time Carrick's position was chosen very precisely, and there was no room for De Bruyne to pass a threatening ball.

No way, De Bruyne had to cross to the left.

Sterling, who withdrew from the penalty area to respond, took the ball and hit it, but was blocked in time by Smalling who quickly moved across, and the ball bounced to the upper right corner of Manchester United's penalty area.

After Aguero took the ball, he quickly took it out of the penalty area, and then passed back to Kolarov in the rib.

After Kolarov got the ball, without waiting for Manchester United to adjust the back line, he directly slashed 45 degrees and made a long pass.

Before the upper corner of the small penalty area, Damian stood in front of Sane, but he fell off the top after taking off.

Seeing the ball fall, Sane quickly lifted his right foot and unloaded it with the inner thigh. After the ball landed, he quickly moved forward with his left foot, just avoiding Damian who turned around.

Followed into the upper corner of the small penalty area, Sane swung his right foot and hit. These series of actions were so coherent that Damian could only stare blankly.

But De Gea, who was close to the goal post, was a dry land plucking onions, reaching out to block the ball going straight to the upper corner of the goal from the top of the crossbar.

Manchester City's continuous attack frightened Old Trafford to exclaim one after another.

On the sidelines, Guardiola and Mourinho didn't see much expression on their faces.

Mourinho stood inside the coach and watched the game silently, but he already had a little idea of ​​how to adjust in the second half.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes.

Soon, Manchester City took a corner kick from the right.

In the penalty area, Manchester United defended 10 out of 6, especially Chu Zheng, who was at the front point, was surrounded by all sides.

But De Bruyne made it late, and the players on both sides who rushed forward all stared blankly.

After the point, in the left area of ​​the penalty spot, although Kompany was stuck behind Smalling, he still took off successfully.

Although he was severely disturbed by Smalling, the experienced Kompany was extremely decisive.

Since you can't hit the door directly, then hit Manchester United by surprise.

So he took advantage of the situation to ferry the ball that fell on his head back to the previous point.

At this time, he continued to advance into the small restricted area, and there was no one around Chu Zheng at the front of the goal post.

Chu Zheng turned his head to the left, his eyes following the ball.

De Gea, who was in the middle of the goal, was not idle, and quickly attacked Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng was about to hit directly, but saw that De Gea's center of gravity was extremely low, as if he was going to directly hit the ball.

Suddenly Chu Zheng changed his mind.

So when De Gea was close to him, he stretched out his feet to grab the ball before De Gea's hands touched the ball, and the toe of his left foot went up and down, and the ball escaped De Gea's hands and rose vertically.

Immediately after being hit by De Gea on both feet, Chu Zheng fell forward, and he hit the ball precisely on the forehead.

In the next second, the ball brushed the inside of the near-point post and flew into the Manchester United goal.

During the whole process, De Gea, who fell to the ground, was completely dumbfounded.

He never expected that Chu Zheng would dare to play like this. This kind of control over the ball made De Gea feel shocked, even horrified.

"goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

“goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

In the BBC live broadcast room, along with the loud cheers on TV, Ferdinand and Lineker jumped up from the sofa.

"Incomparable Creativity!!!"

"Chu showed us his magic again!!!!"

At the scene, Manchester City fans rejoiced and cheered in the stands!
Zhao Dudu and his team also joined the celebration, cheering for Chu Zheng's goal!
Lin was so happy that he threw Lin Mengmeng twice, but almost missed the last time, and was stared at by Chu Ling's death, so scared that he didn't dare to mess around again.

In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun also stared at the replay on the TV with wide eyes.

The visual effect of this ball exploded.

This is a goal made by Chu Zheng's strong personal ability. If it is replaced by an ordinary player, this kind of ball that is too close to the goal will most likely be directly saved by De Gea.

"Chu Zheng's reaction is absolutely amazing!"

"Because Kompany's ball did not fall towards Chu Zheng in a parabola, but went straight down at Chu Zheng's feet in a diagonal line."

"If Chu Zheng hits directly, there is a high probability that he will hit De Gea in the arms. Such a short distance may hurt De Gea."

"Yes, the ball still has a certain speed. It is very difficult for Chu Zheng to stop or hit it, but the ball behaves like a little sheep under Chu Zheng's feet."

In the Manchester United penalty area, Smalling, Blind and others were all raising their hands to signal that Chu Zheng was offside just now, and the goal was invalid.

But the linesman and Atkinson ignored it.

"There is no offside, Damian stood still beside the baseline in front, and Chu Zheng was just half a body behind him!!!!" Zhan Jun laughed after watching the replay.

On the sidelines, Guardiola appeared in the coaching area and calmly applauded the players on the field.

Mourinho, on the other hand, has returned to the bench and is chatting with two assistant coaches, apparently already preparing for the second half.

(End of this chapter)