Chapter 226 Siege(1/2)
Old Trafford Stadium.※%,
The atmosphere on the court is already very strong, and the fans of both teams are already shouting and yelling at each other!
Before the game began, both sides were already in a state of trouble.
If it weren't for the fans' stands where there were seats, there were many security guards standing in the middle, and the fans who were jumping up and could even beat each other up.
The game has not started yet, and it is already like this in the stands. This is the Derby battle.
Derby is a war!
Not only the teams on both sides, but also the war between fans, media and all supporters on both sides!
For Manchester City as a whole, the atmosphere is at a disadvantage, because this is Old Trafford Stadium, and Manchester United will definitely have fewer fans in their home games.
Old Trafford Stadium is almost full of fans, and even there are many fans who buy "station tickets" in the aisle. According to statistics, more than 85,000 fans entered the game, nearly 10,000 more than 76,000 seats, of which only 27,000 Manchester City fans.
This is the result of the derby balance, especially the number of tickets allocated to the visiting team fans.
The top-ranking battle of the league, and also the Manchester derby match, has already reached its peak. As early as a month ago, all 67,000 tickets allocated to the home and away team were sold out. The scalpers in the "Ticket Market" also seized the opportunity and prepared to "snatch up" - on a ticketing website, the ticket price in the home fan area of Old Trafford is above 1,100 pounds, and normally, the official price of this position is only 45 pounds. The ticket price in the away team fan area is slightly lower, but the lowest is only 500 pounds.
Watching a game of £500 is too expensive for most people, and even so, tickets are still very popular.
Just because of the popularity of ticket sales, you know how many people hope to enter the stadium to watch the game!
Manchester United fans occupy the majority of the audience, their shouts occupy the entire stadium, but the calls from Manchester City fans are not weak at all. They try their best to cheer for Manchester City.
In fact, Manchester City fans have a clear advantage. Since last season, the team won the coach of Manchester City, the team has not lost the game between Manchester United, which has given them great confidence. The last time they defeated Manchester United here, and now they also believe that the team can do it.
This is confidence in the team and even more confidence in Wansheng.
With the victory of Manchester City, Wansheng's position in the hearts of Manchester City fans has increased greatly.
All Manchester City fans believe that this young Chinese can bring victory to the team, especially this game. They watch even the same as the league championship. In such an important game, they believe that the team can win.
A victory at Old Trafford was enough for them to laugh at Manchester United fans in the same city for a whole year.
However, the atmosphere on the scene was dominated by Manchester United fans, after all, their number was twice as many as that of Manchester City fans.
They all have hostility to Manchester City.
When the whole Manchester City team entered the court, they felt the ubiquitous hostility. Manchester City fans made a "boo" sound in the stands and tried their best to interfere with Manchester City players. They wanted to cheer up Manchester United in this way. At the same time, they also made Manchester City feel pressure.
This kind of scene allows everyone who has never met to know what a real competition is.
This is the first time Ozil has experienced such a hot game.
After coming to Manchester in the summer, he has experienced one game after another. In his opinion, the match against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid is very popular, but now he feels the atmosphere around him. Only then does he know the difference between the Bundesliga and the Premier League, he doesn't even dare to imagine how he will perform on the court.
Will your legs tremble?
Maybe I'll be so nervous that I make a mistake in even a short pass!
He could not imagine.
Ozil suddenly felt a little grateful that he did not appear on the list. In fact, he was still regretting this before. Participating in the competition was very important for him, but now he felt a little lucky. Fortunately, he did not play, otherwise he would have no need to say anything about his performance, so that the head coach, family and friends would also be disappointed with him.
At this moment, he felt an extra arm on his shoulder. Ozil looked up and saw the coach looking at him with a smile.
"Don't care about those sounds. Feel the atmosphere here, you have to learn to adapt."
Wan Sheng said.
Somehow, a sense of confidence suddenly arose in Ozil's heart.
Wan Sheng looked at the stands around, feeling the unique atmosphere of Derby, with a calm smile on his face.
He enjoyed the atmosphere very much.
If the game is not paid attention to, without the pressure from many visiting fans, and without the atmosphere of a big battle, then what's the point of winning? It's just that you have to have pressure and win is interesting!
Now, looking at the players with high fighting spirit, he has endless confidence in the game.
The tactics are arranged.
The team is full of fighting spirit.
With strength, coaching skills bonus and other advantages, so what if this is Old Trafford Stadium? So what if the opponent is Manchester United?
Victory will definitely belong to me!
Wan Sheng clenched his fists.
At the same time, the players of the two teams have already stood on the court, and the whole game began with the referee's whistle.
Manchester United kicks off first.
Relying on their home advantage, they launched a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal. Their tactics have not changed much, and they are still the same style of play. Carrick and Ronaldo are both outstanding stars on the wing. The two kept launching attacks on the wing to help Manchester United find opportunities in front of the goal.
This is what Manchester United plays well.
Carrick and Ronaldo are indeed very outstanding in their abilities.
Carrick was another excellent product developed by the West Ham youth training system back then. He was known as the three West Ham midfielder alongside Lampard and Joe Cole. In the summer, he joined Manchester United for £18.6 million. Carrick was very fast and had outstanding skills, especially good at passing. He could do well in both long and short passes. Now he has replaced Giggs to take over the left side; in contrast, Ronaldo has more comprehensive abilities and has become a superstar. After several seasons at Manchester United, Portuguese star has completely grown up. His physical fitness, explosion and personal skills are a big part of his ability than ordinary players. Often when he brings the ball, it is difficult for a defensive player to limit it.
Both sides are Manchester United's advantages.
If you want to defend Manchester United's offensive, you have to limit the wing, but Scholes and Giggs are also in the middle. Both are former "Marion United Golden Generation" stars. They are strong and experienced. No one dares to underestimate the middle of the two.
Manchester United wanted to gain an advantage in the situation by making these four people a powerful midfielder.
When Manchester United attacked, Manchester United fans in the stands also cooperated to cheer for Manchester United's performance. The shouts were like Manchester United had already scored, but in fact, Manchester United did not gain the advantage they wanted at the beginning of the game.
After the ball rights were converted, it was Manchester City's turn to attack soon.
Manchester City's offense is not targeted. They seem to be passing the ball at will, but between such random passes, the football will reach the frontcourt after continuous passes. At the same time, Manchester City's three fronts were all pressed up!
At first, Manchester United players didn't think anything. But after Manchester City all pressed up, they felt like they were facing huge waves. Faced with this momentum, their defense seemed to be completely useless. Manchester City almost "ignored" the defense and continued to pass and receive the ball. The continuous cooperation brought a great sense of shock. For a moment, Manchester United didn't even know how to defend.
Manchester United players feel a little strange because it's different from what they think.
This is not the first time they have fought with Manchester City.
There are new players in the team, such as Carrick, but even Carrick had experience in playing against Manchester City last season. In my impression, that Manchester City team cooperated very sharply, but it was definitely not so sharp. They often cooperated in the backcourt, and the cooperation between the front and the back is likely to produce a direct fast attack, but now Manchester City's cooperation has reached Manchester United's halftime?
The game seems to have just begun, right?
What's going on?
Manchester United players are a little confused, so the only thing they know is that Manchester City seems to have all pushed up and launched a siege on their own goal.
In the Manchester United coach's bench, head coach Ferguson watched the game and frowned slightly.
He didn't expect Manchester City to play like this!
The game has just begun, and it should be in the testing stage now. Manchester City is now launching a "slap in the dead" siege? What are they doing? Don't you know that there will be many loopholes in playing in the backcourt defense like this?
Ferguson didn't understand.
But at the same time, he also has a sense of crisis because the game is out of his control and because Manchester United goal is being besieged.
This is an obvious thing.
Just look at the player distribution and the repeated exclamations from Manchester United fans in the stands. Manchester United has been besieged for three minutes.
You know, the competition has just begun!
The scene now seems like Manchester United is not an opponent at all and can only defend their own goal. However, the game should not be played like this. No matter how Manchester City plays offensive football, it should not be like this. They are just good at attacking, not not defending.
The old jazz was a little anxious.
This completely disrupted his arrangement!
He has done a lot of research on Manchester City and is very clear about how to play against Manchester City. That is the same word - tough! Fight hard, attack hard, and compete with them in the midfield. As long as Manchester City is not allowed to control the situation, their performance will be affected, and tactical advantages such as cooperation will be gone, and the team's hope of winning will become greater.
But now Manchester City seems to have given up on defense and launched a fierce attack in unanimous manner. Is it the attack made by Manchester City players themselves on the court, or is it the Chinese who made a special arrangement?
Ferguson looked at the Manchester City coaching seat without realizing it, and the Chinese was sitting there.
He didn't understand what the other party wanted to do?
At this moment, Wan Sheng seemed to feel the gaze from the Manchester United coaching seat. He also turned his head and looked at Ferguson, and his lips slightly turned up.
Ferguson turned his head coldly and continued to look at the field.
He was still a little puzzled.
The fans in the audience can no longer understand the situation!
Manchester United fans did not expect the team to be suppressed so well at the beginning of the game. They were worried about the goal all the time, while Manchester City fans cheered loudly. They could not expect the team to suppress Manchester United at the beginning of the game at Old Trafford Stadium, but they were happy to see this situation, so they cheered for the team with crazy shouts.
The live commentator also began to worry about Manchester United, but he was different from ordinary fans. He had certain analytical skills for the game. "Manchester City seemed to have launched a large-scale offensive from the beginning, and Manchester United's goal was a bit dangerous. However, Manchester City seemed to be very dangerous to do so. If they lost the ball, it would be easy for Manchester United to find a counterattack opportunity. Their formation was very high, and in the backcourt blockbuster, we saw that they seemed to have only three defenders."
Many people have also noticed Manchester City's formation.
At first they didn't think anything was there, because Reto Ziegler and Lescott were on the court, but they soon noticed that because Reto Ziegler was always in front of him, he was more like a full-back than a full-back, and only Leto Ziegler on the right was the only one, Ivan Kruze and David Silva were in the middle, Morris' position was slightly ahead, and Anelka and Darren Bent were together.
This strange lineup is puzzling.
What is Manchester City doing?
Are they giving up the derby victory and just want to practice offensive tactics at Old Trafford Stadium?
Just as the media was making all kinds of suspicions, the game format was no longer allowed to think too much. The football was passed by Tang Ning on the left to the back point of the penalty area.
To be continued...