Chapter 123 The most critical person
Manchester United coach Ferguson found that the strategy his coaching staff came up with to deal with Manchester City did not have much practical effect. Faced with Manchester United's tough pressing, Manchester City responded calmly, and even when the team pressed too far, they had to worry about defense. Just like Manchester City's offensive just now, it was launched by several Manchester United players in the frontcourt and directly threatened Manchester United's goal.
Ferguson was very surprised.
He didn't expect Manchester City to have such strong control over football and their ability to cooperate with each other is so outstanding.
It seems very simple, but the players are constantly passing each other. In the overall situation, it seems that they are still being "forced" by Manchester City. But in fact, Manchester City is not at all panic. Their formation has always been very stable, otherwise Manchester United would not have found any chance until now.
In other words, Manchester United's response tactics have not played a role.
Ferguson frowned.
He has already understood Manchester City's style of playing, and at the same time, he gritted his teeth in this style of playing, just to use continuous passing to achieve the goal of control and gain the initiative. Of course, it is correct to do this, but if you keep controlling this way, you won't have the chance to attack at all. This is going to be too dirty!
Ferguson stood up from his seat, and he walked to the sidelines and watched the game seriously.
The current situation is very unfavorable to Manchester United!
The situation comparison between the two teams is like a lever placed at a fixed point position. When it is in balance, both teams will have a chance.
Now the leverage is starting to tilt.
What Ferguson noticed was just the situation where the tilt had just begun. The change in both sides was not large, but as time went by, the tilt would definitely increase.
Now on the court, Manchester United players' mentality is a bit unbalanced.
They found that the team's pressing against Manchester City was not effective, but the excessive pressing also allowed Manchester City to find an opportunity to almost score. They were not prepared for this. You know, they have been preparing for this game for a long time. The coaching staff has also studied Manchester City's game video over and over again. Each of them has watched many Manchester City games, and has kept Manchester City's playing style in mind, and followed the coaching staff's command to practice the battle style.
They believe that as long as the pressing is stronger, they will definitely be able to take the initiative in the game.
But now the initiative is still in the hands of Manchester City, and they have no way to do this. They continue to press the whole game according to tactics? It has no effect at all. They feel like they are being fooled like monkeys.
If the pressing is tougher, the opponent will easily get the opportunity. The grasp of this degree is a headache.
For a moment they didn't know how to kick them.
Football is mostly at Manchester City's feet. They don't go up and grab it, and they don't want to grab it. Time is consumed a little bit, and they feel that their patience has been worn out.
Fans in the stands have already started booing.
Some of this booing was given to Manchester United. Fans were very dissatisfied with Manchester United's performance. Manchester United has a great reputation as a world-class team, but now they have not seen Manchester United's strength, but Manchester United cannot get the ball most of the time.
Some of them are Manchester United's own fans, who are loyal to the team. However, they will express their dissatisfaction with the team's performance directly.
In the past, they had never been worried about the same-city derby battle because Manchester United will always be the winner, but now it is different. Manchester United and Manchester City lost both times this season, not to mention that they did not get a advantage, but they also lost the first match with a shameful big score.
If one or two times are just accidents, what about now?
Manchester United and Manchester City still have no advantage in the game. They can't see the hope of the team's goal, nor can they see the hope of victory in the game. So they booed and expressed their dissatisfaction.
There is also a large number of local neutral fans who also express their dissatisfaction with "boos". What they are dissatisfied with is the entire game.
Before the game, various media promoted the game very hotly, saying that it was a "exotic Manchester derby battle". But the current game obviously did not match the name of the publicity. The game did not look intense at all, and it even made people drowsy, so the fans were dissatisfied with the performance of the two teams.
Some people are directly dissatisfied with Manchester City. They think that Manchester City's way of controlling the ball is too boring. Although their cooperation is wonderful, long-term control of the ball and not attacking will also make people feel bored.
Under various mentalities, the booing in the stands was quite loud.
Manchester United players were confused about the game and didn't know how to play. Now when they heard boos, they subconsciously felt that they were all targeting the team, so their pressure became much greater.
Manchester City players play very patiently, but they don't care about boos, but they are a little gloating because they know that a large part of this must be given to Manchester United.
Wansheng stood on the sidelines and looked around.
The booing in his ears was nothing to him, but he was in the mood to see the louder sound from the stands on that side.
So he grinned.
This scene happened to be captured by the camera, and a commentator immediately interpreted, "It seems that Wansheng is very satisfied with the current game."
Wan Sheng is of course very satisfied.
For him, the most important thing is the game. The fans don’t care how they view the game. The most important thing is to win the final victory.
Manchester City now has the advantage.
Although the score between the two teams is still 0:0, the team performed better than Manchester United on the court and had a better chance of scoring goals.
Seeing the team pass the ball back to the backcourt again, Wan Sheng simply returned to the coach's seat and sat up in the position and crossed his legs.
He felt he didn't have to worry too much.
The current situation is that Manchester United players are getting less and less organized. They don’t know how to play, so several players in the frontcourt started to work alone.
This approach will not achieve any results. Manchester City's least afraid of defense is that the opponent's star will do it alone, because it is stupid to do that. No matter how good the technical strength is, it will be difficult to break through the defense of more people, which is equivalent to giving the ball to Manchester City in vain.
In this way, Manchester United's offensive threat will be less, and Manchester City's defense will be easier.
Soon Manchester City launched another attack.
This time it was still initiated by Morris. After seeing that Manchester United's formation was a bit unstable, he decisively handed the ball to the wing.
Musampa received the pass and dribbled the ball at the first time, and successfully brought the ball to the penalty area and quickly broke towards the bottom line.
Manchester United fans are starting to worry.
In fact, they are not worried about the goal. After all, Manchester City has too little offense, and the football is still on the wing, far from threatening the goal. But from that time Ivan Krew's shot, they knew what Manchester City's offense was. It can be said that if it was not paid attention, the football would be kicked in front of the goal. So when Musampa dribbled the ball, almost all the cameras pointed at it, and fans paying attention to the game also paid attention to him.
Some people also noticed the entire arena.
When Musampa dribbled the ball, several players from Manchester City midfielders ran forward frantically, which made Manchester United unable to make a defense against everyone. It was almost inevitable that people would be missed. Fortunately, Musampa was held tightly by Brown and could not be distracted at all. It was impossible to pay attention to which teammate had the chance. Even if he knew, it would not be easy to pass the ball accurately.
At this moment, Musampa suddenly kicked the ball back with her heels. This unexpected pass surprised all Manchester United players who saw it!
"Sun Jihai! Sun Jihai!"
"Sun Jihai got in and received the pass!" Many commentators exclaimed loudly, "No one around him is defending, that's a good position!"
In an instant, all the eyes of those who were following the game were on Sun Jihai.
He became the focus of everyone!
On the field, Sun Jihai had already received the pass.
As a 'panyaki' player, Sun Jihai is still very important at Manchester City.
Before Wan Sheng coached the team, Sun Jihai was Manchester City's "No. 1 substitute" in the backcourt. Although he did not have an absolute main position, this "No. 1 substitute" even had more playing time than many main players.
After Wan Sheng coached Manchester City, Sun Jihai felt that he would usher in the peak of his career because he believed that as long as he performed well enough, the team would definitely have its own position.
Originally, Sun Jihai was actually discriminated against. In European football, Asian players always receive a little discrimination. Many Europeans believe that Asians cannot play well, not to mention that those who are truly racist, skin color alone is enough to be the reason for their discrimination.
Some European coaches also have the same view because most Asian players perform poorly and they will wear tinted glasses to see how Asian players perform.
But after Wan Sheng coached Manchester City, this problem will definitely be gone. He at least has a fair and even a competitive environment that is beneficial to himself.
The same goes for the end. He had a position at the beginning of the season and his performance was stable for several consecutive games.
But unexpectedly, the good times didn't last long and the competition for the team was too fierce.
His biggest problem is that he does not have outstanding performance.
Perhaps for backcourt players, mediocrity is also good, and stable condition is the most important thing, but Manchester City, which sets its goal as the league champion, is no longer like this. Mediocrity players can only be substitutes, and the main players are those strong and experienced players, or those talented geniuses.
In the central defender position, Distin belongs to the former and Kopelle Ferreira belongs to the latter, so even Dunn has no main position.
Compared to Dunn, Sun Jihai is already much better.
He doesn't think he can do better than Dunn, his advantage lies in his ability to take on many positions.
Just like now, when the team lacks people on the wing defense, he has the opportunity to play, which is also a good feeling, but Sun Jihai still hopes that he can perform well, just like those teammates shining on the camera.
Now the opportunity is here!
He followed the coach's tactics to run and got this good opportunity.
There is no one around him to defend, and his choice to dribble or pass the ball will be directly related to the team's offense result. He has become the most critical person in the offense! (~^~)
Chapter completed!