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After the start of the game, Inter Milan, who kicked off the ball first, controlled the ball very steadily, and gradually passed it back to their own backcourt. When Manchester United pressed forward quickly, they distributed the ball to the wing, and then the wing continued to the midfield. transfer.

At this moment, the strikers did not rush towards Manchester United's hinterland, but kept a closer distance to the midfield, echoing each other, and slowly advancing the three lines towards Manchester United's half.

Inter Milan's passing between players is very fast, because Manchester United's players press very hard, and they are easy to be intercepted if they don't pass quickly.But the speed of the overall formation is not fast, like a bulldozer, because their legend is mainly horizontal and supplemented by vertical.

Because Inter Milan was not in a hurry to attack, after the kick-off, the pass passed for a full minute and a total of 1 feet before Manchester United forced the ball out of bounds. Defense, step by step, you can set up the defense line and wait for Manchester United's attack.

If Inter Milan's offense is like a bulldozer, then Manchester United's offense is like a Ferrari sports car. The ball is passed from Sylvester's hand to Giggs' feet. A few kicks, but it took only 30 seconds, and it was only when the pass reached the middle of Inter Milan's densely defended penalty area that it was interrupted by a mistake.

After the ball returned to Inter Milan's feet, the speed immediately slowed down. The ball was passed continuously in the midfield, and then moved forward slowly. Toldo's feet.

Because Manchester United only arranged Van Nistelrooy as a striker in this game, it was impossible to form a frontcourt against Inter Milan's defenders and goalkeepers. The goalkeeper Toldo did not need to use his feet. He passed the ball to his own like a defender. Teammates, and then continue to pass in the backcourt, waiting for Manchester United players to come up and siege.

If this style of play is played 10 years later, any fan will be able to immediately think of a team, that is Barcelona, ​​the ball is the main focus, and the ball is regarded as the lifeline. This is the iconic tactic of the later cosmic team Barcelona. And now Jiang Mu is imitating Barcelona's tactics, and they happen to have this kind of players who mainly control the ball to implement this kind of tactics. If there is any difference from the Barcelona team of later generations, it is the current international team. Milan lacks the ability to press in high positions, and the passing is not so fast and familiar, more like the AC Milan in 07.

However, Jiang Mu's ball possession tactic is the first time it has appeared. There is no precedent before. Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't know how to deal with this tactic, and he doesn't know the weakness of this tactic for a while. Where, this made Ferguson, who has always been proud of his on-the-spot command, also frowned.

"Their style of play is a bit weird, completely different from their original style of play, and our preparations can't be used." Ferguson's assistant coach Roman finally couldn't bear it after playing for 5 minutes.

Ferguson said with a stern expression, "Well, the field is changing rapidly, and we met another extremely cunning Chinese who asked the players to play according to the original arrangement, with me as the main player, regardless of the opponent's style of play. "

Roman nodded again and again, staying the same and responding to all changes. This is also the most correct approach for any experienced head coach when encountering emergencies. At this time, making random changes is better than waiting for changes.

Manchester United is carefully observing and actively looking for a way to break Inter Milan's tactics. Inter Milan follows the pre-match arrangements and drills, controls the ball at their feet, looks for loopholes in the opponent's defense, and prepares to implement deadly tactics. one strike.

Ball control is a double-edged sword. The party in possession of the ball controls the ball at their own feet, just like holding up a sword. The opponent does not know where the sword will stab, nor when the sword will stab. Out, this will bring great psychological pressure to the side without the ball.

However, the disadvantage of the ball-holding side is that once they are intercepted by the opponent when passing the ball in the backcourt, the opponent can immediately face the back line of the ball-holding side. A certain amount of psychological pressure depends on which side has the stronger psychological endurance.

However, there is another disadvantage of Manchester United, that is, it is the first time for them to face this kind of tactical play. Exception, so the Manchester United players seemed a little lacking in confidence in the game.

Before the game, Inter Milan had a full understanding of Manchester United's style of play. They were very clear about how Manchester United's players moved, how to pass the ball, and how to dribble. Very confident, the situation of the game was firmly controlled by Inter Milan after the start. Manchester United, which has always won with momentum, gradually lost its vigor in Inter Milan's possession of the ball. The scene became very passive and could only rely on Giggs, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Beckham's personal ability to complete a threatening offense.

After 15 minutes of the game, Inter Milan became more comfortable with this style of possession. They now have more time to advance, the formation is gradually pressing forward, and the passes at the front of Manchester United's penalty area have become more. .

Among Manchester United's three lines, the weakest is their back line. In fact, Manchester United's back line is not that bad. Butters sometimes has a god-level performance, but sometimes there is a low-level buttery player. In the group stage, it was because of Butters' buttery hand that Manchester United lost to Deportivo twice.

With such a group of defenders behind them, it is more than enough to deal with the Premier League forwards, because Manchester United's midfielders and forwards are very strong, but it is a bit difficult to deal with these giants in the Champions League. Manchester United have encountered many problems in the group stage. Now After reaching the quarter-finals, facing a world-class striker and midfielder like Inter Milan, their defense is very difficult, so that their own midfielders are afraid to invest in the attack boldly.

Inter Milan began to pass the ball in their own midfield, which did not have much impact on Manchester United's defense. When Inter Milan passed the ball near Manchester United's penalty area, Manchester United's defense could not bear it.

In the 17th minute of the game, Seedorf suddenly made a direct pass. Ronaldinho passed behind Sylvester and made a breakthrough. However, the linesman raised the offside flag, but the slow-motion playback can be seen , This is a good ball, Ronaldinho is not offside at the moment Seedorf passed the ball.

Two minutes later, Inter Milan attacked from the left to the frontcourt. Ronaldinho slanted to the penalty area to find Ronaldo who rushed behind Blanco and Johansen at high speed. This time Butters attacked and hugged the ball firmly.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Inter Milan passed the ball to the frontcourt amid Manchester United's pressing. Ronaldinho held the ball and faced Keane who threatened to tackle his legs before the game.

Facing Keane, who was rushing towards him fiercely, Ronaldinho really didn't dare to make fake moves. He quickly changed direction, passed the ball to Zanetti, who assisted from the wing, and quickly passed Keane's side. rushed through.

However, Keane played very depressed in the first 20 minutes, because he, a master interceptor and steal expert, had almost nothing to do. Inter Milan did not do one-on-one dribbles at all. At that time, Inter Milan had already passed the ball to the wing, or passed it back to its own backcourt, leaving Keane with nowhere to use his strength.

Seeing Ronaldinho running past him, Keane unceremoniously rammed his body sideways, knocking Ronaldinho to the ground.

However, at this time the game was going on tense and intense. Zanetti singled out Sylvester with the ball, Ronaldo took the side to respond, Manchester United's defense was facing a major test, the referee Merck and the linesman's eyes were all attracted On the wing, no one noticed that Ronaldinho was violated by Keane.

Sylvester's defensive ability is actually not bad, what's worse is his experience. The French guy summed up his experience in the previous few breakthroughs. When Zanetti was about to break through, he suddenly made a bold tackle and kept the ball.

What Manchester United pays attention to is passing the ball with one foot. After Sylvester fell to the ground, he did not forget to pass the ball to his teammate Beckham.When the opponent is aggressively attacking and pressing forward with three lines, if Sylvester can pass the ball to Beckham, with Beckham's long pass accurate to centimeters, he can definitely create a threatening attack.

But Sylvester was lying on the ground with limited vision. When passing to Beckham, he did not find Ronaldo running towards the side at high speed, and Phil Neville, who marked Ronaldo, did not keep up with Ronaldo.Just when Beckham was about to get the ball, Ronaldo also rushed at high speed and snatched the ball from behind.

At this moment, Manchester United is in the critical moment of offensive and defensive transition. With a rich team like Manchester United, the style of play is mature, and the offensive and defensive transition is very fast. When it was given to Beckham, the striker and midfielder had already started to move.

But at this time, Inter Milan's counterattack also began. Ronaldo quickly went to the bottom with the ball, Zanetti moved to the middle, Recoba and Seedorf inserted into the penalty area, Ronaldinho waited at the front of the penalty area, Inter Milan In an instant, a situation of besieging the restricted area was formed.

Ronaldo completed the cross almost without defense. The ball crossed an extremely fast arc, bypassing the defender Blanco who was defending at the front point, and went to Recoba who was outflanking the center.

Ordinary goalkeepers will not intercept such a cross, because it is too fast and too difficult to grasp. Once the interception fails, an empty goal will be exposed to the opponent, but Butters is not an ordinary person. This is a goalkeeper who wants to be a racing driver. A guy who dared to urinate behind the goal, he attacked decisively at this time to get the ball.

From a conscious point of view, Butters' judgment is correct, because Blanco obviously can't intercept it, and Recoba is very likely to grab this landing point. It is a risk for him to take a risk, but this risk is also worth.

But Ronaldo passed the ball so fast and spun, Butters pounced on the ball, but didn't hold it, the ball slipped out of his hands again, Recoba, who was rushing to grab the point, felt that the good opportunity was lost, and was regretting Well, when he suddenly saw the ball rolling to his feet, he almost subconsciously blocked it with his foot, and that was enough, the ball changed direction and rolled into the empty goal unhurriedly.