Football: Starting from the Ronaldo Template

Chapter 406: First Score
Beep! ! !
With the referee's whistle, the final match of the Premier League officially begins!
Manchester United possession of the ball.

Chu Feng kicked the ball back to B Fee, who then passed it to Matic.

As Guardiola said before the game, Manchester City will go all out in this game, still with high-intensity coordinated pressing in the frontcourt, forcing Manchester United to make mistakes or give up the ball.

The Manchester United players were not at all panicked. Having experienced many ups and downs, they were not afraid of Manchester City's pressing.

What's more, the two teams have played against each other so many times that they are already very familiar with each other.

Their tactics in this game were very simple. They did not rush to invest heavily in the frontcourt to fight for the football. Instead, they slowed down the offensive pressure at the right time and put more attention on the defensive end.

This approach effectively forced Manchester City to take the initiative away from home and press forward on all three fronts, exposing many gaps in the back line.

After continuous transfers, the ball came to Kante's feet. The Frenchman did not hesitate and took advantage of Manchester City's pressure to make a long pass.

The football drew an arc in the air and fell accurately into the gap in Manchester City's formation.

Now the whole world knows that Manchester City's defenders are not good, especially in one-on-one defense. For example, Fernandinho is no longer young, and Stones's function is to pass the ball.

Therefore, the two faced the high ball and the tough Chu Feng in front of them.

Even though he tried his best, he still couldn't grab any.

"Chu Feng overpowered Stones and headed the ball, and Mahrez received the ball and rushed directly into the penalty area!"

"Can Angelino stop him?"

"No! The Frenchman who was promoted from the Manchester City youth team naturally doesn't have outstanding defensive ability. He was embarrassed when facing Mahrez who is good at getting rid of the defense!"

"But he defended very smartly, giving the outside line to Mahrez to prevent him from cutting in and shooting directly."

"At the same time, it also creates time for Fernandinho and other teammates to return to defense."

"Hey, Mahrez made a right-foot inverted triangle. Is there anyone in front of the penalty area?"

Have.

I saw two figures, red and blue, confronting each other fiercely, like mad bulls wrestling.

Rodri still has some ability, otherwise he would not be used as a single defensive midfielder. Even Kante can't play him.

Chu Feng could feel that his opponent was exhausted, but the accuracy of his shot was greatly reduced due to the interference, and he failed to hit the goal frame at all.

"Good pass!" Chu Feng climbed up from the grass and gave a thumbs up to the Polo King.

The Manchester City players now have lost their unity. After all, fighting for the championship personally and preventing the opponent from winning the championship are two completely different mentalities.

I don't have much benefit, so how can I burn my small universe?

"Manchester City started their signature ball possession, but why did it feel like they were forcing the ball?"

"The vertical advancement of the offense has decreased, and the offensive efficiency is also slowly decreasing. Does Manchester City want to control the rhythm first?"

"Maybe that's the case, but from my point of view, I think Guardiola's passing and cutting has reached a bottleneck."

The media once commented on Manchester City like this: playing their own ball and leaving others with no ball to play.

Guardiola's team tends to dominate the field and is usually the team that has more ball possession.

Because in his football philosophy, passing and space are the two most important factors.

Strength and confrontation are two elements that are contrary to his football philosophy.

It can be said that if his football philosophy is developed to the extreme, it can eliminate confrontation on the court.

Because in his coaching philosophy, players can completely dominate the game and conduct orderly defense by passing the ball and blocking the lines.

Therefore, there are very few power elements such as center forwards or fulcrum centers in his team.

But then again, a team's ability to dominate a game does not mean it can win the game. Dominating a game cannot be equated with winning a game.

In today's world football, there are more and more vivid examples that having a very high ball possession rate does not guarantee that a team will win the game.

Sometimes ball possession becomes a liability.

As for willingness?

Or they failed to find the key points in offense, which greatly reduced the offensive efficiency.

Old Trafford at the moment.

Manchester City made continuous passes and cuts in Manchester United's half. Although their position was very forward, no one occupied the core area of ​​the court.

On the contrary, most of the players just stood on the left and right flanks and made detours and engagements.

Even if the players can effectively mobilize and involve Manchester United's formation through their passing and movement, under such arrangements and arrangements, the chances of the final pass will become very few.

But this problem is easy to solve.

That is to find a player with excellent vision and good footwork.

His strange ground-low curve ball is the breakthrough point of this tactic.

Before we knew it, the game was in the 23rd minute.

Kyle Walker received the ball on the wing, broke through, avoided B Fee and then looked for De Bruyne on the side.

He is now the core of Manchester City.

What are the weaknesses of Manchester City’s three-defensive midfielder system?

Obviously, it is the narrow space between the two lines of defense.

But with his ability he can still pass the ball to the target.

Snap!
The football drew a beautiful arc and fell into the empty space on the left side of the penalty area.

Sterling tried to get rid of Kante by stopping and dribbling, but the latter followed him like a shadow. In desperation, he tried to break through again.

I saw two short legs struggling constantly, but Sterling's Jamaican blood was still stronger, allowing him to lead by less than one body length.

There was no cross, and the high balls from Silva and Maguire were useless, not to mention that there was De Gea in front of the goal.

So he cleverly knocked the ball with his heel.

"I'm looking for David Silva who is following in the back row. In this Spaniard's last season at Manchester City, can he take revenge himself before leaving the Premier League?"

"Then he made a long diagonal pass to the other side, and B席 stopped the ball steadily!"

"He passed Sandro through the crotch! Then he moved into the penalty area! Suddenly he shot into the near corner!"

"Beautiful! De Gea! Classic K-shaped block, no one can break his near corner!"

"The danger is not over yet, Manchester City has a chance to make up for it!"

"Who gets the ball first?"

Manchester United.

In Mourinho's tactical philosophy, the second point is always the top priority, because by taking the second point, he can organize a quick counterattack.

Maguire used his broad body to isolate Aguero's interference and pass the ball to B Fee in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, facing De Bruyne who was trying to steal the ball, B Fee unexpectedly made a fake dunk.

Accompanied by the cheers of the fans at the scene, B Fee completed the breakaway and passed the ball directly to Chu Feng.

"I come!"

Stones shouted and pounced fiercely.

He had to do his best to interfere with Chu Feng's handling of the ball and win precious time for the team to return to defense.

Chu Feng knew that there was someone behind him, and he also knew that as long as he controlled the ball, the rhythm would be slowed down and the chance of scoring would become smaller.

Then, he instantly came up with the best solution and lifted his right foot lightly.

Snap!
The ball returned to B Fee's feet again, and the Portuguese ran with the ball.

“Nice handling!”

"After handing it over to Bruno Fernandes, he turned around and ran forward, dodging Stones while also running into the empty space!!"

"Manchester United continues to speed up!"

Although Bruno Fernandes is only 1.79 meters tall and his legs are neither long nor short, he has strong short-distance burst and ran at 34.3 kilometers per hour during training.

Stones didn't expect Chu Feng to pass the ball, and turned around in a hurry to chase Big B.

At the same time, Fernandinho was also approaching from the side, but because Mahrez was moving forward quickly, he had to be on guard against Bruno Fernandinho's possible pass. All these factors combined made Manchester City's defensive formation chaotic and there was no order at all.

"Bruce!"

Hearing Chu Feng calling him, B Fee did not hesitate for a moment and decisively passed the ball diagonally!

Stones raised his hand to indicate offside.

But the linesman did not raise the flag and VAR did not intervene.

why?
Because Chu Feng always followed the last man in Manchester City's defense line.

Otherwise, with his speed, he would have surpassed several people long ago.

"Nice pass! Nice run!"

"Emerson took the initiative!"

“Is he going to get past the goalkeeper?”

but.

At this speed, Chu Feng knew that his chances were limited - that is, he only had one chance to touch the ball.

Then getting rid of it is the stupidest option.

He adjusted his pace in the blink of an eye and gently pushed the ball towards the goal with his left foot!

Bang! The football flew off the ground, passed Emerson who was lying on the ground, and fell into the Manchester City goal.

1:0! ! !

"The goal went in!"

"A classic Manchester United goal, a quick counterattack!"

"From our own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, the whole journey took less than 9 seconds!"

"Manchester City has many problems now, the biggest of which is the slow movement of the defense!"

"From Manchester United's previous simple and clear long-ball attack that took advantage of the loopholes in Manchester City's defense, to De Gea's quick counterattack just now after making a save, the final result proves that Manchester City doesn't have much to do with Manchester United's speedy forwards!"

"This season they almost drew with Wolves at home, and since then Manchester City's problems have been gradually magnified."

Old Trafford.

There were nearly 80,000 fans at the scene, cheering loudly.

Since the Premier League was restructured, Manchester United is the only country to win three consecutive Premier League titles.

Now they will once again do what other teams cannot.

How can this not be exciting?

They already see the Premier League trophy waving towards them.

In the corner area, Chu Feng gave B Fee a big hug. The cooperation between the two just now can only be described as tacit understanding. The continuous passing and cutting cooperation plus the coordinated running made Manchester City's defense line become distracted.

"Chu, I was worried that you would be offside, but I didn't expect you to control your speed the whole time?"

B Fee said.

"How is that possible? As a striker, countering offside is almost ingrained in our bones."

Chu Feng made an anti-offside gesture.

Although the system does not provide much help now, Inzaghi's offside module once allowed him to learn many positioning techniques.

For example, horizontal folding, vertical bevel cutting, etc.

This kind of operation of blocking the offside line can only be said to be routine.

Not far away, Manchester City players sighed helplessly. Since Christmas 2017, they have only won the Community Shield in their match against Manchester United.

Moreover, it was Manchester United who gave up on their own initiative and focused all their energy on the UEFA Super Cup final.

Why can’t I beat him?
De Bruyne looked back at his teammates. It was obvious that each of them was among the best in the football world in their respective positions.

As for the head coach?
Guardiola created the terrifying Dream Three Dynasty and won the first six championships in history.

Although his performance at Bayern is average, no one can deny his ability.

David Silva even wiped the sweat from his forehead with the hem of his clothes.

After playing against Manchester United for so many years, he can feel that the opponent is getting stronger, especially Chu Feng.

In modern football, which emphasizes systems, individuals like him with extraordinary breakthrough abilities are the biggest threat to the overall defensive formation.

Because he can ignore the basic defensive rules and get rid of the defenders in one-on-one or one-on-many situations.

This will cause the opponent's defensive system to completely collapse.

In other words: Manchester United's ceiling depends on Chu Feng, and Chu Feng has a ceiling that is as high as a mountain and as high as a mountain.

Courtside.

Mourinho waved his arms and glanced at the Premier League trophy.

He already has two in his honor book.

Three consecutive Premier League titles.

When he was coaching Manchester United, he once said that he wanted to be like Ferguson.

It seems like it should be soon now, right?
Of course, the era in which Sir Alex Ferguson lived and the different management of Manchester United meant that Mourinho knew he would never reach those heights.

And this is not about honor.

"Boss, do you think my salary will be higher if I go to the Saudi league?!"

Money seemed to pop out of Faria's eyes.

"Are you going to pursue something? Don't just talk about money. Go and train hard and try to get back to the top five leagues."

Mourinho said angrily.

After all, he has worked by my side for 18 years, so how come he has become more and more unmotivated?
Faria just touched his head and smiled foolishly. Who in the world would complain about having too much money?

The other side.

Guardiola sat calmly on the bench, staring at Chu Feng with extremely complicated eyes.

As he was thinking, he walked back to the coaching area and called De Bruyne over.

"The way to deal with Manchester United is very simple, just move their three defensive midfielders horizontally and pass the ball immediately when there is space."

"By finding the striker in a simple way, we can give full play to the forward's flexibility and use his personal ability to create scoring opportunities."

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Guardiola quickly finished talking about the adjustment measures.

De Bruyne did not object or say "let me talk", but nodded seriously.

There's no point in complaining now.

Since we can't win the championship, let's play in Manchester City's style to avoid people always thinking that Manchester City is not as good as Manchester United.

Manchester is red now, but it will definitely be blue in the future.

De Bruyne has decided that if he cannot win the championship with Manchester City, he will play here until retirement.

The game starts again.

"There was a clear difference in ball possession between the two teams, with Manchester City leading by a large margin with 64% of the ball possession."

"But again, controlling the game doesn't necessarily mean winning the game."

"Manchester United played very cautiously!"

"Oh, I think I should know the reason. The camera just showed the stands and someone made a poster saying that Gerrard slipped and lost the championship."

“Maybe the Manchester United players also saw this, and that’s why they became so cautious?”

"After all, the three consecutive Premier League titles are just around the corner. If they lose them due to carelessness, I'm afraid they will feel guilty for the rest of their lives."

(End of this chapter)