The Era of Emerald

Since the match between Fiorentina and Manchester United has been designated by UEFA as the highlight of the Champions League quarter-finals, the referee this time is the famous German whistle "Dentist" Merk. Controversial situation.

Immediately after the start of the game, the two sides launched a fierce and fierce competition in the midfield.

However, what surprised Manchester United fans was that the golden four midfielders they talked about fell behind in the confrontation with the Fiorentina midfielder!

Is this still the Manchester United team that swept the Premier League? !

With a pair of dark circles under his eyes, Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting in the box watching the game, was not surprised by this scene. After all, from a technical point of view, Manchester United's midfielder can indeed walk sideways in the Premier League. In Europe, the skills of these players are indeed not considered to be a particularly outstanding batch.This can be seen from the fact that Manchester United's current midfield playmaker is Irish tough guy Roy Keane.Therefore, Manchester United did not do a very good job in controlling the rhythm of the game. Compared with Fiorentina, which has two major killers, Effenberg and Redondo, it is more than a step behind.

What's more, Fiorentina also has two technical midfielders on the bench, Djorkaeff and Rui Costa. Manchester United wants to fight Viola in this regard, and it is suspected that they are seeking their own death.

Moreover, even in the year when Manchester United won the Triple Crown, their midfielder actually did not have much advantage.In the semi-finals, if it wasn't for Lippi and the club's internal strife that gave Ferguson a chance to come back, Manchester United would have been eliminated by Juventus; later in the Champions League final, Bayern was also suppressed for almost the entire game, if it wasn't for Heathfield Matthaeus was replaced in advance in a careless manner, and the Red Devils' second Champions League title may still be far away.

The lack of an organizational midfielder is actually related to the general environment of English football. The organizational midfielder who can control the rhythm of the midfield is quite rare in the Premier League. Field organizers have little growing soil in England.

And the most powerful aspect of the so-called "excellent" talented players praised by the English media is often their breakthrough rather than their ability to organize games, whether it is George Best, Hoddle and Gascoigne, or It was Joe Cole, the midfielder who later claimed to be England's best technique, and their organizational skills were not outstanding in the whole of Europe. [

Therefore, when Manchester United's midfield was suppressed by Fiorentina, the Red Devils' offense began to become chaotic, and Fiorentina's offense naturally became much smoother. Effenberg and Redondo continued to pass the ball to Fiorentina. Creating opportunities, Carlos and Zambrotta on the two wings also took advantage of the opportunity in the midfield to frequently press up and participate in the attack, creating opportunities for Ronaldo and Inzaghi at the top.

Although Inzaghi and Ronaldo are not as tall as Pallister and David May, they are more than three blocks away from Manchester United's central defenders in terms of flexibility.

Therefore, the Fiorentina players repeatedly took advantage of the disadvantages of the Manchester United defenders being tall, bulky and slow to turn around, especially David May, whose stability and personal ability are obviously a shortcoming of Manchester United. The number one target of Ronaldo and Inzaghi's attack.

Seeing his two central defenders dying under the impact of the Fiorentina striker, Ferguson, who was standing on the sidelines, shook his head. He couldn't think of any way to contain the opponent's attack.

Although there are a lot of central defenders in Manchester United's first team this season, their performance is actually reassuring. Only the veteran Pallister is alone. David May, who replaced the transferred Bruce, is mediocre. · Neville is more suitable for playing midfield than as a central defender, as for the Norwegian Ronnie Johansen, he was forced to miss a month of the game with a ligament strain in the previous team training, otherwise this game will not be round To David May starter.

When Bruce was still there, no matter which central defender he cooperated with, Manchester United's defense would not look too bad, because the Manchester United captain would always wipe them out in time. Unexpectedly, once Bruce left this season, the weakness of Manchester United's defense line It all started to be exposed!

Although in the league, Ferguson can let the players cover up the deficiencies in the defense with active offense, but what Ferguson didn't expect is that in the Champions League, Capello can see Manchester United's powerful offensive firepower at a glance Under the weak side, but also using Ronaldo's breakthrough and Inzaghi's dexterity, constantly impacting Manchester United's defense!

If it wasn't for this point, Ronaldo and the others wouldn't have directly attacked Manchester United's two central defenders so recklessly from the beginning of the game.They did this because they wanted to let Manchester United's two central defenders consume a lot of physical energy from the beginning of the game, so as to establish a certain advantage in the following time!

It also makes sense for Capello to do so. You must know that among the four major European leagues, only the Premier League has no winter break, and the number of league matches in a season in the Premier League is four more than that in Serie A. This kind of cup game consumes a lot of physical energy of Manchester United players.

Therefore, in terms of physical fitness, Manchester United cannot be compared with Fiorentina, who has adjusted their status during the half-month winter break, let alone Capello's continuous mobilization of Manchester United defenders to chase back.

Although Keane is strong enough, he is only one person. Facing the combination of Effenberg and Redondo, the Irishman can only choose one to defend. As for the other, he can only be handed over to his teammates. .

But this reflects another weakness of Manchester United's midfield: a serious lack of defensive strength.

Although Scholes, Beckham and Giggs are outstanding in terms of running ability and willpower, this does not mean that they can defend against Fiorentina players.You must know that under the deliberate building of Zhuang Mingge, the confrontation ability of Fiorentina's midfielder is no weaker than that of Manchester United. Redondo, Davis and others are even stronger than the slightly thin Giggs in terms of physical condition. "color"!

Therefore, as long as a general is used to exchange Keane, Ferguson's only defensive piece in the midfield, Manchester United's defense will be directly exposed to the firepower of Florence!

Effenberg, who is hot-tempered and competitive, is naturally the best candidate in Capello's mind, and the German Tiger took up the task with a howl as Capello expected.So far, Effenberg has done a very good job, using constant running and chattering nonsense to open the gate in front of Manchester United's defense. [

Keane also knew the purpose of Effenberg's move, but he didn't dare to relax his defense against the Germans. German football has been brilliant for so many years, and everyone knows that all these German players have unreasonable kicks A long-range shot, if Effenberg seizes the opportunity to score the last one, then Manchester United will be passive next.

And Keane didn't dare to foul Effenberg. After all, this is the Champions League, not the one-acre three-point land of Manchester United in the Premier League. I heard the relationship between Florence and UEFA "President" Johansson Pretty good, Keane is not in the mood to experiment with what kind of UEFA ticket he will get for one of his criminals.

So, after the start of the game, Manchester United lost control of the midfield bit by bit, and was suppressed by Florence at their home court!

The balance of the game is slowly tilting towards Florence.

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