Chapter 128 Suffocence 2
Lin Fenglei still sat firmly on the Diaoyutai with a relaxed face. He didn't pretend to be completely like this. Now Manchester United's offensive seems to be very fierce, but in fact, it does not pose a fatal threat to Gosho's goal. Gosho's back line is very complete, and there are no mistakes, which does not leave any absolute opportunity for Manchester United.
The two midfielders of Goshao played very well. Manchester United's penetration in the middle can't get in at all, so they can only rely on the side attack now and play the cross-in tactics on the side, but this attack method is not efficient. Because the two strikers of Manchester United, Rooney and Van Persie, are not strong centers, but rely more on foot skills to solve the battle. Therefore, grabbing a header in the penalty area may be their weakest link. It is already a success in Gosho's defense to force Manchester United to this point.
Rooney's height is only about 1.80 meters. As he gets older, his position is getting lower and lower, becoming more like an organized striker and a defensive striker, and even returning to the back position in some games. Although Van Persie's height has reached 1.86 meters, he has been in recent games. The Dutchman, who has reached the peak of his career, is a typical technical striker, with average physical fitness and no strong confrontation ability. Therefore, it is completely unrealistic to expect these two people to compete for the header with the two strong and tiger-like central defenders of the Gosho team in the penalty area.
Ferguson frowned again on the sidelines, and he also saw the problem. Manchester United is now completely based on its own shortcomings and attacking the enemy, but he has no good way for the time being. Gosho's defense is really very good, especially when they pay great attention to defense now. No team can easily crack it. Their defense, too, Manchester United is very difficult.
Unless Gosho's own mistake or a Manchester United player suddenly breaks out, it is possible to break the deadlock. Ferguson thought that at this time, he suddenly missed the old-fashioned British centers. They are strong and have excellent header ability. Although other abilities are mediocre, such centers have been used by modern football. Eliminate, but in the current situation, it would still be useful if such a center exists.
Of course, Manchester United does not have such a center now, so Ferguson can only expect a player who can suddenly break out. If no player can break out, Ferguson plans to make a substitution adjustment in a little while.
In the 63rd minute of the game, Lin Fenglei first made a substitution adjustment. He replaced Topinski, who had a lot of physical energy consumption, with full-backer Chekaroni, and then pushed Avanzini to the left winger.
After Avanzini was liberated from the left-back position, he immediately made a threat in a counterattack. In the 67th minute, Manchester United's central defender Ferdinand made a direct long pass in the backcourt. He wanted to pass a header to the right winger Cliveli, but the ball was headed by Antunović halfway to Sampedro next to him, and Sampedro quickly passed the ball to Avazzini.
At this time, Manchester United's right-back Rafael inserted the assist and did not come back. Avanzini was in an unguarded state. He took the ball at high speed. After shaking over the Carrick who came up for the defense, he broke into the penalty area, and then knocked the ball across to the middle, followed the enveloping Egman and directly pushed the far corner, but in Vidy. Under the desperate interference, his shot did not hit the force, and the ball speed was relatively slow. After being touched by Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea with his fingertips, he hit the right post of the goal and then popped out of the bottom line.
After Avanzini received the ball, Ferguson and Lin Fenglei walked to the court nervously at the same time. When Egman's shot was hit by De Gea, Ferguson breathed a long sigh of relief, and Lin Fenglei let out a sigh of regret.
Lin Fenglei glanced at Ferguson, and the old man also looked at him at the same time. After a silent confrontation with their eyes, the two sat back in their coach's seat.
More than 70,000 Manchester United fans took a deep breath for this dangerous situation, and then sent enthusiastic applause to De Gea, who made this wonderful save.
De Gea now has no time to pay attention to the enthusiasm of the fans. He is nervously directing his teammates to stand in a defensive position. The corner kick of Gosau gives him a strong sense of oppression. Egman, Kauddinjo, Salihovic, Chevali, Antunović and others are all about 1.9 meters tall. These big men are all Standing in the penalty area of Manchester United's team and preparing to compete for the top, the pressure on the goalkeeper is not what ordinary people can imagine.
When Avazzini made a corner kick, Egman jumped high after sprinting. A powerful header rushed to the top and hit the ball. The ball flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Although De Gea made a save move, it was already beyond the reach of the whip, but at this time, Manchester United player Nani made contributions. He just stood next to the right post of the goal and saw the ball flying over. He subconsciously jumped up and pushed the ball out. Just as Codingho wanted to make up for a shot, Carrick kicked the ball out of the bottom line.
Egman's shot shocked the Manchester United players and fans in a cold sweat. De Gea got up from the ground, walked to Nani, slapped him on the back heavily, thanking him for his rescue.
Seeing Avazzini go to the other side and continue to take the corner kick, De Gea returned to the middle of the goal and began to command the players to stand in the defensive position.
Avanzini's second corner kick was grabbed to the landing point by Ferdinand, but in the card position with Kadinho, he only barely rubbed the ball, and the ball changed its direction and flew out of the other side of the bottom line.
Avanzini continued to take the corner kick. This time, it was Salihovic's header. The ball was very powerful, but because the angle was too correct, it was directly obtained by Degia. Degia pounced forward and pressed the ball under him, and then it took a long time to get up from the ground, not immediately. He got up from the ground and threw the ball to launch a counterattack. It seemed that he was also a little worried about Gosho's consecutive attacks.
Ferguson walked to the court and shouted at his disciples. It seemed that he was very dissatisfied with the Gosho team's continuous threat to the goal of Manchester United. He made the players concentrate their attention.
After roaring, Ferguson returned to his seat. In fact, he is not really angry. The current situation requires Manchester United to suppress the attack, but too much pressure is bound to leave a chance for Gosho, which is inevitable. Ferguson's roar is just to put some pressure on his disciples so that they can perform better in the following games.
In the following games, Manchester United's attack has not been much good, always with loud thunder and small raindrops. Most of their passes were pushed out by Salihovic and Chevali, causing little threat. Now Manchester United's possession rate has reached more than 60%, but the number of shots is only 7 times, of which only two of them hit the goal. These two shots are outside the penalty area and do not pose much threat to Chekareli.
After several consecutive threats to Manchester United goals, the Gosho team did not get a better chance to counterattack. The two full-backs of Manchester United have never inserted an assist at the same time. They always left at least one person in their backcourt, and Carrick did not easily insert an assist, so Manchester United's defense was also guaranteed. It proves the basic integrity.
The stalemate made Ferguson also a little hesitant. He hopes to break the balance on the court through substitution. In the current situation, it is difficult to break through the defense of Gosho if he does not increase the number of troops to invest in the attack, but if he increases the attacking players, he is afraid of Gosho's counterattack.
In fact, in Ferguson's heart, it is not an unacceptable result if they can play 0-0 with Gosho at home. At least they can't score away goals, then in the next round of away game against Gosho, Manchester United can advance as long as they achieve a draw of more than 1:1.
Ferguson does not believe that Lin Fenglei will take a defensive counterattack when he returns home. At that time, if Gosho takes the initiative to attack, Manchester United will also have a chance to score.
Just as Ferguson hesitated, the game had reached the 75th minute of the second half. The players on the bench of Manchester United were called by the assistant coach to warm up on the sidelines. Ferguson glanced at the substitutes and made up his mind. He decided not to change his tactics, but to change a few people on the offensive line, maybe new Maybe it's better to change the foot style.
Ferguson replaced Cleverley with Giggs, Rooney with Welbeck, and Shinji Kagawa with Hernandez. He also let Van Persie retreat to the position of the front waist, and let Welbeck and "Little Pea" Hernandez partner the front line.
Although Giggs is already a 40-year-old veteran, he is in good shape. He has also played many games for Manchester United this season. Although most of them are substitutes, he often plays well.
Welbeck is also a young centerer whom Ferguson has high expectations for. His header ability is the best among the strikers of Manchester United. Although he is still relatively irritable and his shooting skills are average, he may play a greater role than Rooney in the current situation. What's more, he is still a lucky player and often performs substitute remedies. The master's good play.
Hernandez is a very flexible and skilled striker with a high scoring rate and often scores as a substitute. Ferguson also hopes that his flexibility and positivity can disturb the tight defense of the Gosho team.