Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 354 Manchester United Go straight to Huanglong!

According to Ferguson's arrangement, Ronando will get 30 minutes of performance time. Judging from this arrangement, Ferguson is going to change the field formation to 30-4-3 in the last 3 minutes of the game, and replace Ronaldo at the same time. Nando and Darren Fletcher, relying on Paul Scholes' long balls to move quickly through midfield.

Substituting two players at the same time means that Manchester United's remaining two substitutions will be used up at one time.

Everyone knows that Ferguson chose to work hard when the team was in adversity!

Facing Liverpool's strong midfield, the most normal response is to strengthen the interception of the midfield and rely on the success rate of attack to deal with Liverpool. However, today's Manchester United has lost the opportunity. If they play like this when they are behind, There must be a defeat waiting for them.

If you don't succeed, you will succeed!Although there is no such sentence in Western society, the truth is the same. Losing one goal or losing several goals is related to the face of Manchester United and Ferguson, but it has no effect on the league points. They also get "0" points.

Therefore, Ferguson, with a strong personality, chose to use conservative tactics to confuse Liverpool in the 45 minutes of the second half, and then made a sudden and aggressive attack in an attempt to break the crisis.

In other words, there is a precedent for Manchester United to adopt a long pass from the midfield to directly find the striker and reduce the entanglement in the midfield.

In the glorious period of Manchester United, there were two passing masters in the midfield, that is, David Beckham and Paul Scholes. They were both right midfielders at first, but due to Beckham's comprehensive skills and reputation, Paul Scholes was often moved left.

Beckham's long pass from the midfield in the Manchester United team is a must. Whether it is a 45° oblique pass or a direct pass, it is penetrating and often makes the opponent's powerful midfielder at a loss. This is his The biggest contribution to the team, and Beckham's world-famous free kick stunt, in fact, can only be regarded as the second most important role in the team's tactics. It is a classic moment of his personal skills.

Thanks to Beckham's long pass scheduling, the disadvantage of Manchester United's weak offensive power in the midfield is no longer a weakness. Over time, people have long been used to it.

This tradition continued to Manchester United in 2005. The midfield attack power of this team is still criticized. The front midfielder will always lack a core of offensive and defensive balance. Getting older and no longer at the top level, the only thing that can be done is Ryan Giggs's breakthrough from the left.

However, Ryan Giggs is yet to fully recover, overshadowing the biggest bright spot in United's midfield.

Fortunately, there is also Paul Scholes, who is known as the "divine biography"!

The 31-year-old "Ginger Head" Paul Scholes is known as the secret weapon in Ferguson's hands. Whenever Manchester United needs to desperately, Paul Scholes is often given a similar mission to David Beckham. , become a secret engine hidden behind his teammates, and use precise passing to help the striker create a murderous intention.

In English football in 2005, two of the most famous midfield killers were Manchester United's Paul Scholes and Liverpool's Harvey Alonso.

Coincidentally, these two players with the reputation of "God's Legend" are both on the court at the moment, belonging to the opposing sides, and the performance of the two sides in the game also roughly determines whether the forward players of both sides can get accurate "cannonballs". ".

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At Anfield Stadium, after experiencing a slow-paced battle in the first 15 minutes of the second half, the Liverpool fans at home could no longer hold back their excitement and played Mexican waves in the stands ahead of schedule.

In the first 15 minutes of the second half, Manchester United's midfield retreated. Alan Smith and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on both sides defended tightly. Even Rooney retreated to the center circle to participate in the defense. Only Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy remained.

Old Scottish fox Alex Ferguson made a dizzy move!Manchester United is about to suffer a defeat!
This is an obvious truth. The fans of the Red Army and Liverpool are well-informed. They can roughly analyze the trend of the next game from the changes in the formations of the two sides.

Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is of course a top striker once in a century. However, a traditional center like Ruud van Nistelrooy is definitely not suitable for defensive counterattack tactics. Among other things, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who is 188cm tall, has a speed that is superior to Liverpool's defense. In front of the players, he is not dominant. What ability does he have to grab the pass in the backcourt under heavy siege?

For another example, Rooney's impact is very strong, but he is not proficient in long-distance dribbling. When Rooney retreats to the center circle, his active running and strong physique may help the team participate in defense, but at the same time His attack power must have dropped a notch!
Therefore, Ferguson made a foolish move. Now that Manchester United is already behind in the score, but they put on a posture of wasting time with Liverpool. Isn't this courting death?
"Haha! Did the Scottish old man drink too much today? Is he sober?"

"Today is a rare opportunity, we should push forward and win a brilliant victory!"

"Long live Rafael Benitez! This season, Liverpool will definitely achieve a double harvest in the Champions League and the league! Look, the Red Army will get better and better!"

The Liverpool fans are very satisfied with the situation on the field. Manchester United, which is behind in the score, seems to have tied up their hands and feet and turned into a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Dare to think.

Now, the question that Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez needs to consider is probably to choose to stay comfortable with his opponents, or continue to increase the supply and expand the score.

However, when all Liverpool players and fans gradually relaxed their spirits, the situation on the field changed suddenly!

No. 14 Alan Smith off, No. 24 Darren Fletcher on; No. 20 Ole Solskjaer off, No. 22 Cristiano Ronaldo on.

Manchester United replaced two generals at the same time and replaced them with two young teenagers. Although Darren Fletcher and Ronaldo are two well-known young people, they are already eligible to receive all Premier League players, including Liverpool. The attention of the opponent team, but, coupled with the 18-year-old Gerard Pique who came off the bench in the first half, Manchester United's three substitutions have been exhausted early.

What does Manchester United's old fox Ferguson want to do?
The Manchester United team that appeared on the field has a very young lineup, with 18 players aged 2, 19 player aged 1, and 21 player aged 1, and these four young people are all in important positions. Is it too hasty to send four players under the age of 21 in the game at the same time?

What's more, Manchester United used up all the substitutions in one go when there were 30 minutes before the full game.
In case there is an unexpected downsizing in the Manchester United team in the next game, they must face the enemy with a remnant team. This is definitely not the routine of any mature head coach!

However, if there is no answer, the Manchester United team did exactly that. Old Ferguson didn't play his cards according to common sense. He didn't leave any retreat for his team, but he chose the final 30-minute decisive battle with all his eggs in one basket!
Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area, is at the front, firmly suppressing Liverpool's central defender. Behind him, there are two young players on the left and the right. Rooney is on the left and Ronaldo is on the right. The three form a flat formation. The iron triangle, completely separated from Liverpool's powerful midfield, directly pressed into the deeper area of ​​​​Liverpool's half.

People who understand the changes on the Manchester United team can't help but take a breath, Ferguson is really ruthless!
The strongest point of Liverpool lies in their midfield. This team has always maintained the largest "back midfielder group" in the league. That is to say, Liverpool is the Premier League team with the most top defensive midfielders. They can easily Put on a special formation of double midfielders, triple midfielders, or even four midfielders!
In addition to the three excellent midfielders who appeared on the field today, the Liverpool first team also has a 20-year-old French young midfielder Mohamed Sissoko. This player is tall and known as the "New Vieira".

It is a luxury to have four first-class midfielders hoarded in the same team.

However, this is precisely the most important feature of Liverpool. This team has an unusual love for outstanding midfielders, and will often extend an olive branch to potential midfielders in major leagues. The defensive midfielders will become the targets of looting by various clubs. It seems that after Liverpool's gold plating, these defensive midfielders have become sought-after goods.

This situation is not uncommon in European football. The most representative ones are Barcelona's midfielder, Juventus' defender, Sporting Lisbon's winger and so on.

Liverpool's midfield defense is recognized as the most insurmountable defense in Europe!
It is conceivable that the defense line composed of Steven Gerrard + Harvey Alonso + Dietmar Hamann, what kind of attack combination is needed to easily penetrate it?
However, a line of defense that is difficult to penetrate from the front does not mean that it is invincible. Just like the indestructible Maginot Line in France back then, the German army can avoid the front of the Maginot Line as long as it detours through the Belgian forest, making the solid defense become a decoration.

What Manchester United is doing now is just like what the German Wehrmacht did back then. They avoided the interception of Liverpool's midfielder and directly faced Liverpool's back line!
Compared with the well-known midfield iron wall, although Liverpool's back line is also very strong, it is obviously not monolithic. With the combination of Manchester United's three forwards, three against four, due to the initiative of the offensive side, they are not very strong. Don't suffer, because once it succeeds, it will hit Huanglong directly!
For Manchester United, whose midfielder and striker are actively out of touch, this is a clever move, and it is also a risky move.

Once the iron triangle in the frontcourt can't break Liverpool's back line, or can't put enough pressure on Liverpool's back line, Manchester United's own midfield defense will be exposed naked under Liverpool's iron hoof.

Now, the Manchester United midfielder actually has only one thin line of defense, that is Roy Keane + Darren Fletcher.

As for Paul Scholes, who is responsible for passing the ball to organize the offense, it is the function of assisting defense. He is responsible for temporarily supplementing the defense when the two midfield teammates cannot be in place in time.

In this way, Ferguson is tantamount to turning his team into a deadly enemy. Liverpool's midfielder is good at defense, but it does not mean that he will not attack. From the first half of the game, it can be seen that Liverpool's offensive is not only not stagnant, but also Very smooth, not lost to Manchester United at all.

The captain of the Red Army, Steven Gerrard, is all-round offensive and defensive. Who dares to say that he is not an attacking midfielder?Harvey Alonso's assist ability, that is also very powerful, his long shots and short pass penetration in the frontcourt, played smoothly, enough to make any opponent**********

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