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Chapter 461 The only dominant player in football!
Looking at the "2:0" displayed on the scoreboard at Old Trafford, Allegri, who was standing on the sidelines, began to regret it.

He regretted why he didn't take the initiative to attack at the Theatre of Dreams, but instead chose a cautious and conservative tactic.

Because, Juventus' aging defense can't withstand the impact of Ling Feng, the current number one player in the Premier League!

Juventus' defense, with an average age of over 33 years old, looks experienced and has a very solid defense.

They even shut out Barcelona, ​​which has the historic trident MSN combination, in both rounds.

But in fact, each defender's single defense ability is seriously insufficient. Bonucci, Barzali, and Chiellini are all easy to be passed by one-on-one, and they are frontal central defenders who can turn around for ten thousand years.

In the past few years, Juventus has dominated Serie A and reached the final of the Champions League by always relying on the pressure in the frontcourt to ensure the quality of defense in the backcourt.

Why did Juventus lose to Barcelona in the 15 Champions League final?
And why were they able to keep Barcelona scoreless in both legs of the Champions League quarter-finals two years later?
In the past two years, it is not Juventus that has become stronger, but Barcelona that has become weaker!
In the 15 Champions League final, Barcelona had the peak MSN combination and the midfielders "Habas and Baibu", and the control of the midfield and frontcourt was maximized.

No matter how strong Juventus was, they could not suppress Barcelona at that time.

Two years later, with the departure of Xavi and the injury of Busquets, Barcelona's midfield lost its former strong control, and the pressure on the defense increased sharply. It was unable to pass the ball forward smoothly under the pressure of Juventus' frontcourt, resulting in the MSN combination in the frontcourt being unable to perform freely.

This is also an important reason why Barcelona was shut out by Juventus in the round of 16.

In two years, Juventus' tactical style has not changed, but has become more mature.

Before, there were Tevez, Morata, Vidal and others who pressed and suppressed in the frontcourt, then there were Pogba and Morata, and now it is Pogba and Mandzukic.

As for Higuain and Dybala, they are both the type with a soft style of play.

In Allegri's tactical philosophy, only by suppressing the opponent in the frontcourt and preventing the opponent from easily organizing an attack can Juventus' defense be minimized from too much pressure and thus avoid losing the ball.

Once the opponent's offensive cannot be suppressed and the pressure in the rear remains unabated, the result will be like this game, where the defense was easily defeated by Ling Feng alone!

This is also the reason why Mourinho chose to press high at home and suppress Juventus with offensive!
In fact, Manchester United's defense, like Juventus, has the problem of insufficient central defender's single defense ability.

Even Manchester United's central defender combination is much less able to withstand pressure than Juventus' central defender combination.

Then why does Manchester United concede so few goals in the Premier League despite this not-so-strong defense line?

This is largely because their offensive suppression is so strong!
The front offensive line composed of Ling Feng, Ibrahimovic, Martial (Rashford), Rooney and others, under the organization and dispatch of Ling Feng, each performed their duties and demonstrated their own characteristics.

The attack in the frontcourt was smooth, and the passing and cutting were very effective.

Of course, the reason why Manchester United’s attack is so sharp is largely due to the presence of Ling Feng.

Whether he is breaking through and finishing the ball himself, or attracting defense and creating opportunities for teammates in open positions, he can create threats at all times!
But as the opponents in the Champions League became stronger and stronger, the difficulty of defending increased and the team started to concede more goals.

Mourinho's response is to continue to hold high the banner of offensive football and give full play to Ling Feng's super personal offensive ability, so as to use offense instead of defense and suppress the opponent!

At the same time, due to the limited personal abilities of the frontcourt teammates other than Ibrahimovic, they were unable to convert their passes into goals more stably, so Ling Feng had to choose to solve the problem by himself more often.

This is also the reason why Ling Feng often scores more goals than assists in key matches.

Because, if he hadn't stepped up, the team would basically be unable to score!

Ling Feng also realized this and began to try more personal breakthroughs and shots in the middle of this season.

For the team's victory, for the championship, and for the coveted Golden Ball, you have to work harder.

Who makes him the core and top player of the team with unlimited firing rights?
After falling behind 2-0, Allegri learned from his mistakes and immediately called Pogba to the sidelines for face-to-face instructions:
"Paul, you don't have to mark Ling! Just focus on your offensive talent and help the team."

Hearing this task, Pogba nodded seriously again:
"Don't worry, boss!"

Pogba felt it was a very shameful thing to be fooled by Ling Feng and score a goal while defending.

However, in his opinion, defense was not his forte, so it was normal that he could not defend against someone like Ling Feng.

After all, he is regarded by everyone as the strongest player in the Premier League, comparable to Messi and Ronaldo!
Liberating the team's offensive core Pogba and allowing him to lead the team in a counterattack was Allegri's radical move when they were two goals behind!
Since you can't defend, just fight back against your opponent!
As long as they strengthen the attack and suppress Manchester United in the half, then no matter how strong Ling Feng's personal ability is, he will not be able to take the ball from his own half, pass several people, complete a long-distance run, and finally defeat Buffon and send the ball into the goal, right?
It should, maybe, probably be impossible, right?!

After Higuain kicked off for the second time at Old Trafford, Allegri immediately waved his hand, signaling the team to press forward and attack!

Such a change was not beyond Mourinho's expectations.

Already two goals behind away from home and finding himself completely unable to defend, how stupid would Allegri be if he didn't take the initiative to attack and try to score an away goal!
And his response was very cool, he put one hand in his pocket and raised the other hand and pressed forward, signaling his disciples not to relax and just keep pressing and kicking!
Fight against each other!
who is afraid of who!

. . .

Next, in Manchester United’s offensive round, even if Ling Feng got the ball, Juventus would not send anyone to defend him.

Instead, all the players tightened their defense, compressing Ling Feng's dribbling space as much as possible, and then finally surrounded him like a pocket.

In their opinion, as long as they prevented Ling Feng from continuing to break through or complete a shot and forced him to pass the ball, their defense would be successful.

Because, except for Ling Feng, other Manchester United players can't make any waves even if they get the ball!
Even if one's physical skills have reached the top level in football today, it is entirely possible to use the combination of speed and footwork to forcibly break through the defensive encirclement.

However, under the siege of three or four people, Ling Feng did not force a breakthrough, but chose to pass the ball.

Anyway, we were already leading 2-0 and our teammates were in open positions. It was an unreasonable choice not to pass the ball but to rush into the crowd.

Football is a team sport after all, not played by one person on the field.
With the self-correction of tactics, in addition to the improvement of defense, which was no longer so vulnerable, Juventus' offense began to repeatedly reach the offensive third zone in the frontcourt and complete shots.

In the 38th minute of the game, Juventus launched a very threatening attack:
Pogba retreated to the midfield to get the ball. Even when he saw Ling Feng coming towards him, he no longer had the confidence and desire to pass Ling Feng.

Looking up at the wing, the core midfielder wearing the No. 10 jersey of Juventus made a very accurate diagonal long pass with the instep of his foot and found Dybala who was making a forward run on the right.

Wearing the No. 21 jersey that Pirlo left behind when he left for the MLS, Dybala lightly stopped with his left foot and then made a straight pass.

Higuain turned around and made a poke shot before Rojo!
The shot came too suddenly and went straight to the near corner along the grass.

Fortunately, De Gea was focused and immediately used his signature [De Gea sitting on the ground] technique, stretching his legs to block the ball out of the goal!
Although no goal was scored, this wave of attack also threatened Manchester United's goal. Allegri on the sidelines and the visiting fans in the stands all gave applause.

In the following corner attack, Chiellini, the main central defender of Juventus and Italy, also overpowered Bailly and completed the header.
It's a pity that the header was slightly higher than the crossbar and failed to hit the goal.

Otherwise, at such a close distance, even De Gea, who has top-notch goal-line skills, would find it difficult to save the ball.

A few minutes after this attack, Juventus came back again!

Pogba made a feint to get past Herrera in the midfield, then made a straight pass and found Mandzukic who was the fulcrum in the frontcourt.

The latter leaned against Bailly with his back, then passed the ball to Dybala who was moving inwards on the right. The little fairy didn't hesitate at all, and directly fired a very high-quality shot with his left foot!
The ball drew a perfect arc and went to the far corner of the goal.

"Dybala~~~"

Just when the Juventus players on the field and the away fans in the stands thought "This ball is in!", De Gea once again showed why he has been able to occupy Manchester United's goal for many years:

He just dived sideways with an extremely flexible movement, like a flying man in the air, and his right fingertips just touched the ball, instantly changing the trajectory of the ball.

The next second, the ball hit the outside of the far post and bounced out of the bottom line!
Dybala put his hands on his head, a look of disbelief!
The visiting team's fans were just like him, holding their heads in their hands with a look of disbelief on their faces.

What the hell!

Can you save this ball?!

"World class save!"

"De Gea saves Manchester United again!"

"Manchester United should pay attention, Juventus's attack is getting more and more fierce, especially"

After De Gea stood up, he also accepted the encouragement of his defensive teammates who came forward to bump his chest and clapped their hands:
"Good job!"

"David!"

"awesome!"

Seeing that the team was suppressed, Mourinho on the sidelines also stood up from the coaching seat and came to the sidelines to direct the game.

De Gea's world-class save was certainly brilliant.

But it is undeniable that Juventus' attack is getting closer and closer to scoring.

And these threatening attacks were all instigated by Pogba.

Pogba is worthy of being the super midfielder who was once considered capable of winning the Ballon d'Or!
Not only can he dribble through the midfield, but he can also deliver imaginative passes to find his teammates.

He can even fire from the outside to test the opponent's goalkeeper!

Even with Ling Feng's double goal, his stunning performance on the offensive end made everyone sigh:
He is worthy of being the best midfielder in Serie A!
Fortunately, just as Juventus was gradually taking the lead, the first half of the game ended with a sudden whistle from the referee.

Both sides quickly returned to their respective locker rooms to take a critical rest.

The head coaches of both teams quickly made improvements to the problems in the first half and prepared for the second half.

Back in the locker room, Mourinho first praised the team's excellent performance on the offensive end, and then focused on giving instructions to the defense.

"Eric (Bailly), you gave Mandzukic too much space to get the ball with his back to goal, you could have gone forward more often"

"N'Golo (Kante), you know it very well, just stick to Pogba, don't let him handle the ball so easily!"

"Luke."

After Mourinho finished his targeted defensive arrangements, he turned to look at Ling Feng who was wiping his body with a towel:

"Ling, what do you want to say about the offensive end?"

All Manchester United players, including Ling Feng, were not at all surprised by the head coach's question.

As a tactical master who started with the "defensive counterattack" tactics, Mourinho has his own unique ideas on defense and quick counterattacks in the transition between offense and defense.

However, he was not very good at positional attack.

In particular, he was very disdainful of tikitaka
Therefore, many times, when the battle enters a positional war, Mourinho often gives the offensive options to the team's top star.

Then let them use their personal abilities to tear open the opponent's formation and open up the situation!
In this Manchester United lineup, whether in training or in the game, Ling Feng is the commander on the field!
Everyone must follow his instructions to run and intersperse, just to give him a more comfortable offensive space to pass or shoot.

Ling Feng was not polite at all and started talking directly:
"Andre (Herrera), when I get the ball, move forward more to support me and leave it to N'Golo behind you"

"Anthony (Martial), don't go too far to the side, look for opportunities to get behind, the full-backs can't turn fast enough to catch up with you."

When Ling Feng expressed his opinion, the other teammates listened quietly and nodded to show that they understood.

Even Martial, who was very dissatisfied with Ling Feng at the beginning and usually had a stern face, looked serious.

The more they spend time with Ling Feng, the more they feel how strong Ling Feng is!

The reason why Ling Feng is trustworthy and the cornerstone of the team that all head coaches dream of is not only because of his extraordinary personal abilities and his own offensive system.

More importantly, he is almost never injured and his competitive state is incredibly stable.

No matter whether his teammates are in good or bad form, he is in excellent form in every game and always maintains a high level.

There will be no fluctuations at all!
Strictly speaking, he is not a big-hearted player, nor is he a big-scene player, but a "dominant player" who can dominate the game in any scene and any game!
(End of this chapter)