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Chapter 531 How can there be such a perfect and comprehensive player? !
"We have to defend well!"

This is what Mourinho emphasizes in every tactical meeting.

In Mourinho's coaching philosophy, defense is the most important thing!
As the saying goes, offense wins games and defense wins championships.

The better the defense, the higher the team's tolerance for mistakes.

If every wave of defense makes people nervous, fearing that the ball will be lost at any time, or it is difficult to pass the ball to the feet of the frontcourt players.

So, no matter how powerful the frontcourt star is and can kill all the opponents in one go, it will be of no use.

And Barcelona is a typical negative example!

Even though they have a group of frontcourt stars such as Messi, Suarez, Iniesta, Coutinho and Dembele, their defense is not good. They have been pinned down and rubbed by Paris and Manchester United in turn for two consecutive years!

The reason why Manchester United can be invincible in various competitions is not only Ling Feng's unique personal ability, but also the overall high-pressure pressing tactics and tight defensive formation.
Under Mourinho's coaching, Manchester United changed its previous low-post defensive strategy to high-pressure pressing in the frontcourt.

The advantage of this is that it can compress the opponent's space and time for passing the ball from the backcourt in the first place, thereby reducing the opponent's offensive efficiency and alleviating the pressure on the defense.

If you can steal the ball within the area or force the opponent to make a mistake, you can immediately launch an attack in the frontcourt!
When switching from offense to defense, the opponent's defensive formation is pulled back and forth, leaving more space.

The disadvantage is that the players in the midfield and frontcourt consume a lot of physical energy.

Moreover, as the overall formation presses forward, although there is a large space behind the back line, it is easy for the opponent to exploit it.

However, the central defender combination of Bailly and Maguire are both central defenders with strong frontal abilities.

There is no need to be afraid of long passes in counterattacks!
I am afraid that the counterattack will be a through pass or an overhead pass that will hit Maguire directly behind him.

Even with Maguire's aircraft carrier turn which took him 10,000 years, he was still unable to catch up with the opponent's forward!

In addition, De Gea is the kind of goalkeeper who will not attack even if he dies on the goal line. The ball behind the goal is the only defensive weakness of this Manchester United!
But why has Manchester United rarely conceded such goals so far this season?

Because Manchester United's attack completion rate is very high, and they rarely give their opponents any chance to counterattack!
When Manchester United's attacking players get to the front court, they often end up with shots that hit the goal.

Even if the opponent's goalkeeper saves the ball at the bottom line, we still get a corner kick opportunity.

Ling Feng's crosses are almost always accurate, always finding his teammates in the penalty area and completing headers.

Besides, even if the opponent really seizes the limited opportunity to launch a counterattack, Kante, who is omnipresent in the midfield, can often arrive in time and nip the opponent's counterattack in the bud!
It is precisely because of Ling Feng's powerful offensive suppression in the frontcourt, coupled with Kante's running all over the field, that Manchester United's defense line avoided its only weakness and became the team with the fewest goals conceded in the top five leagues!

In Ling Feng's opinion, Bayern's defense is not much better than Barcelona.

Boateng, Hummels, Kimmich, Alaba, Rafinha.
This lineup may be impregnable in the Bundesliga.

But in front of me, they are just chickens and dogs.
Mourinho also has the same idea as Ling Feng!

In Mourinho's view, the iron-blooded Red Devils that he has carefully coached are at their peak in terms of lineup strength and mental mentality.

No matter who it is, he is sure to defeat his opponent!

Of course, we should despise the enemy strategically and take him seriously tactically.

Lack of understanding of the opponent may be the key to victory or defeat.

Therefore, during the preparation period, Mourinho mainly asked the team to watch as many Bayern game videos and highlights as possible, so as to increase their understanding of Bayern players through game clips.

Then send scouts to watch Bayern's games in person and collect data and information.

After all, this is their first time playing against this Bayern team!

As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy and you will be victorious in any battle!
At the same time, Bayern also adopted the same method, through the game video and live watching of the game,
From the entire scout analysis report and game videos, Bayern coach Heynckes can draw a conclusion:
Ling Feng is the soul of Manchester United!
However, no matter how many times Heynckes and the Bayern coaching staff watched Ling Feng's game videos and highlights, they racked their brains to find Ling Feng's weaknesses.

But I was surprised to find that this double captain of England and Manchester United, No. 7, has no weaknesses at all!

As a frontcourt player, Ling Feng can play in any position in the frontcourt, and can also break through with the ball and shoot from any position in the frontcourt;

He is extremely fast and holds the record for the fastest average sprint speed in the Premier League for two consecutive years;
He is very strong in physical confrontation and once carried the "super beast waist" Yaya Toure in a game;
On the defensive end, his defensive enthusiasm, awareness of stealing, and sliding tackles are all on par with top defensive midfielders!
The more Bayern's coaching team and players studied and analyzed Ling Feng, the more incredible they found it.

How can there be such a perfect and comprehensive player on this planet? !
Until this time, they finally understood why Ling Feng was able to score 100 goals in a single calendar year, repeatedly broke the Premier League's goal and assist records, and broke Messi and Ronaldo's monopoly on the Golden Ball!
. . .

On April 4, the Champions League battle reignites!

The clash between the Premier League champions Manchester United and the Bundesliga champions Bayern fired the first shot in the semi-finals!
In the first leg, Bayern will host the aggressive defending champion Manchester United at home!

For Bayern, coach Heynckes deployed a 433 tactical formation.

In the goalkeeper position, Neuer has not yet recovered from a fractured metatarsal bone in his left foot, so the second goalkeeper Ulreich has to start the game.

On the defensive line, from left to right are Rafinha, Hummels, Boateng and Kimmich.

In the midfield of three, Javi Martinez fell slightly behind, with Muller and James Rodriguez on the left and right.

The front trident is the combination of Robben and Ribery and the "emperor" Lewandowski!
Although Lewandowski has been scoring goals like crazy in the Bundesliga, he has become a strong contender for the title of the world's best center forward.

However, Bayern Munich's strongest offensive threat still comes from the two flanks!

However, this season, the European-famous duo of Robben and Ribery have entered the twilight of their careers.

Ribery is 35 and Robben is 34, and both are showing the fatigue that is expected at this age.

Especially "Peter Pan" Robben, who missed many games this season due to injuries.

Even so, Bayern's player strength and lineup depth are overwhelming in the Bundesliga!
As for Manchester United, they stick to the 4231 formation!

Goalkeeper: De Gea
Defence: Valencia, Bailly, Maguire and Luke Shaw
Double defensive midfielders, Kante and Neves.

The left and right wingers are Rashford and Lukaku, with Ling Feng in the middle.

The single arrow is Ibrahimovic!
In this game, Manchester United's main lineup has two changes:

First, veteran Valencia returned from injury and returned to the starting lineup;
Secondly, since Herrera had a slight cold, Mourinho chose Neves to be on the safe side!

Neves didn't get many opportunities in the first half of this season.

He only got a chance to play in the League Cup and FA Cup, as well as in league matches with weaker opponents and the Champions League.

However, he did not lose his temper. He just gave his all and performed seriously in training and competitions, while silently waiting for his chance to come.

In his opinion, it is impossible to become a main player or even the core of the team right after joining a giant club like Manchester United. After all, he is not Ling Feng.
Neves has a very positive attitude and is very clear about how lucky he is to join the Red Devils Manchester United and be teammates with top stars like Ling Feng.

So, in order to improve, he took the initiative to apply to join Ling Feng's extra training team.

Ling Feng of course welcomes Neves, a very motivated young man, with open arms!

Originally, as an organizing midfielder, Neves's passing and vision are very good.

Especially under the hands-on guidance of Ling Feng, the world's number one, progress in all aspects has been rapid.

In terms of passing, vision, and controlling the tempo of the game, Neves is slowly becoming stronger than Herrera!

In order to train this young man and to fully rotate the lineup, Neves soon became the third choice at the defensive midfielder position.

When Herrera and Kante were rested, he became the main midfielder of the substitute lineup.

Even if Ling Feng is on the court, he can reduce the number of times Ling Feng has to retreat to receive the ball through his pivotal role in the midfield and backcourt.

Moreover, his 45-degree long pass skill is also very unique.

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Especially when paired with speedsters like Rashford and Lukaku, they can attack the space behind the opponent's flanks and hit them accurately with every shot!

It is precisely because of Neves' long passes in the midfield that Manchester United's substitute lineup can still maintain a strong offensive firepower in the league!
Therefore, in this game Mourinho also trusted Neves and let him come up to partner with Kante as a defensive midfielder to protect Ling Feng from behind.

And this Portuguese superstar, who became captain of Porto at the age of 18, was not at all stage nervous.

After the game started, when Manchester United controlled the ball, Neves was roaming in the area in front of the central defender, constantly running into open space to receive the ball.

When facing the opponent with his back to the goalkeeper, he did not turn forward rashly, but passed the ball back very steadily or directly passed it to the side.

Even when Bayern adopted high-pressure defense, the combination of Neves and Kante was completely effective.
In the fifth minute of the game, after a wall pass with Kante in the midfield, Neves turned and moved forward.

He then looked up and observed the running positions of the two wingers, and immediately kicked a 45-degree diagonal pass to the left side of the frontcourt!

"Nice long diagonal pass!"

Rashford, who had already started to move forward, overtook directly from the wing like a black lightning, and got ahead of Bayern's right-back Kimmich. He stopped with his foot, pushed the ball forward, and entered the penalty area!
"Wow!"

"Rashford! One-on-one!"

Then, Rashford chose to shoot directly with a powerful kick, and with a "bang", the ball shot out!

The next second, a "Duang" sound was heard, and the ball turned into a black afterimage, hit the top of the crossbar, and flew onto the second-level stands.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of home team fans at the Allianz Arena broke out in a cold sweat.

Bayern goalkeeper Ulreich had already surrendered for this ball.

If the ball hits the goal range, it will definitely go in!

Even Rashford was very upset and held his head in his hands.

However, at this moment, Ling Feng, who was not far away, also spoke out in encouragement at the right time:

"Well done, Marcus!"

"That's it! The striker must shoot decisively!"

Hearing this, Rashford immediately gave his captain his first like of the day, and then gave Neves in the distance his second like of the day.

This warning also made Bayern's generals and coaches immediately alert to their full potential.

Damn, just a simple diagonal pass into his own penalty area and he almost scored a goal!
Is Manchester United so fierce? !
However, what they never expected was that something even more powerful was yet to come!
Even when playing away from home, as soon as they get the ball, they will be booed loudly by the home team's fans.

However, Manchester United's high pressing was still aggressive.

Fortunately, Bayern has a good ability to pass the ball from the backcourt. Whether it is the two central defenders Hummels and Boateng, or Kimmich and Rafinha, they can pass the ball to their teammates as accurately as possible.

Bayern's tactical routine is to initiate from the wing.

In the seventh minute of the game, Bayern right-back Kimmich took the ball and faced Rashford's pressure. He made a straight pass to Robben who was near the sideline.

Robben faced Luke Shaw and took standard small steps to dribble the ball forward, then kept

Luke Shaw was fighting and retreating, always moving sideways to block Robben's inside route and forcing him to break through to the outside.

As the breakthrough space was compressed, Robben suddenly made a feint and tried to cut inside.

However, Luke Shaw was a step faster and blocked the ball, then passed it directly to Neves in the middle.

The latter received the ball, looked up, and directly sent a long diagonal pass!

This time, the attack is on the right!
The ball drew a parabola in the air and found the "little beast" Lukaku on the right.

Kaku stopped the ball, then pretended to make soup, but he actually sent a soul-stirring short pass forward with his left foot.

When Rafinha turned around in surprise, he found a black shadow passing by him.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be the Manchester United captain wearing the number seven shirt - Ling Feng!
With a straight pass and a diagonal cut, Ling Feng had already reached the huge gap behind Bayern's left-back.

In this position, he can directly cut in with his left foot to the far corner, or he can cross the ball to Ibrahimovic with his right foot.

Seeing Ling Feng getting the ball in this dangerous area, center back Boateng rushed forward immediately and tried to block the passing and shooting route.

Perhaps Ling Feng's deterrent power was too great, like magic, attracting the attention of all Bayern players.

As a result, the right-back Kimmich at the back post was looking at the ball instead of the player, and ignored Rashford who was running behind him!

Of course, Ling Feng also saw the only teammate who was left unattended!

The next second, he chose to cross with his right foot!
The ball made a beautiful arc, flew over Bayern's penalty area, and then, in the eyes of both sides, flew straight to the area behind the goal!
"Joshua! Back!"

Accompanied by the anxious shouts of goalkeeper Ulreich, Kimmich just turned around and saw Rashford leaping up in front of him, then accurately hitting the ball with his forehead!
The next second, the ball flew past the goalkeeper's outstretched right hand, and with a "swish", it hit the net hard!
Amid the passionate cheers of the visiting fans, the Bayern players did not look at Rashford who scored the goal, but all looked at Ling Feng who delivered the fatal shot.

Is this the fighting power of the world's number one? !
(End of this chapter)