In the 65th minute of the game, Millwall made a substitution adjustment and was targeted by the serious Braniff, and Jody Morris came on as a substitute.

This substitution was not unexpected.

From the perspective of fans and media, Branif has not performed well until now. It is natural for him to be substituted, but from a tactical perspective, when Millwall attacked, Branif's role was still very obvious. While attracting a lot of defensive attention, he can also cooperate with his teammates, and his contribution to the team is no less than other teammates.

Now Braniff is replaced because Millwall's center of gravity is defense. Many times, when a threatening attack is needed, what is needed is a quick counterattack. Braniff is not a fast player, and he can't keep up with the rhythm of the frontcourt defense in the backcourt, so he should naturally be replaced.

Morris took the stage for granted.

Morris is an all-round midfielder. Compared to Braniff, Simpson focuses on offense. Morris is also a qualified midfielder. While having excellent personal defense skills, he can also organize the backcourt defense line.

He is a captain player.

After Morris appeared, Millwall's defense suddenly became much more stable, and the middle lane would no longer be frequently broken by the opponent, and the entire defensive system became more orderly.

But Morris' appearance did not make Millwall's game change much. Manchester United still had the advantage of suppressing, and they kept attacking Millwall in the first half to seek a chance to score.

c-Ronaldo shines all over the game, constantly breaking through the right side, and cooperation makes Mirwall useless on the right side, and also constantly creates opportunities for other teammates. Zhang Yang's biggest requirement for c-Ronaldo is, "Don't let him cut in!"

That's very dangerous!

It would be better if C-Ronaldo passed the ball to his teammates, Rooney was defended very closely, and the other striker Saha was in average form, and he had two good opportunities but failed to catch them, and other Manchester United players' ability in front of the goal was not very good.

In Zhang Yang's opinion, the forward line is Manchester United's flaw.

Last season, Manchester United's striker Van Nie had dominant power in the penalty area, and neither personal ability nor experience could be compared with Rooney.

Van Nie left and went to Real Madrid, and Manchester United's forward became a little bad.

At present, there is only one Manchester United striker, Wayne Rooney can take the lead. When Rooney is restricted to death, it is difficult to do anything on the striker. This can also be seen from Manchester United's past game data: the player with the most goals in Manchester United is currently c-Ronaldo. In the past ten rounds of the league and four Champions League group stages, c-Ronaldo has scored a total of eight goals, six of which are league goals and two are Champions League goals.

Rooney is the second most goals scored by Manchester United.

The third place is Scholes, Alan Smith, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who all scored two goals.

There is no need to list other players who have entered one by one.

From the above goal ranking data, we can see the situation of Manchester United. The only one who is expected from the front line is Wayne Rooney, and the best performance in the team is C-Ronaldo.

In the current game, Rooney was stared tightly by Livermore, and Millwall was staring at C-Ronaldo from the left, so he didn't let him cut in the middle to find an opportunity himself. Manchester United's scoring ability was limited by most of the time.

Vardy still has advantages.

As mentioned earlier, Vardy has good skills and speed, and can perform well in defensive counterattacks. He cooperates well with his teammates and has the ability to solve problems by himself.

Vardy's very excellent technical characteristics lie in his first foot's ability to touch the ball.

The so-called first-foot touch ability means quick stop and control ability. When teammates pass the ball over, Vardy can control the ball in the fastest way.

This is the first opportunity!

As long as you get the initiative, it will make it difficult for the opponent's players to react, thus creating a good offensive environment for yourself.

Zhang Yang's purpose of letting Vardy appear is very direct - to strengthen the ability to counterattack quickly.

Manchester United now has the advantage on the field, but because of the weak front line, C-Ronaldo and Rooney were both defended very much in both key positions, and it is not easy for them to score.

When there is no major problem with defense, you will naturally have to pick up the offense again.

Vardy's appearance made Mirwall's counterattack threat bigger. Manchester United players quickly realized the role of Vardy's appearance. Whenever Mirwall counterattacked, they could no longer pay attention to one Darren Bent. Vardy's speed is also quite fast and his skills are also quite good. If you don't pay attention carefully, Vardy will be the second Darren Bent, who can easily dribble the ball and quickly create danger to Manchester United's goal.

In the next seven minutes, Millwall played four counterattacks, two of which were the players' personal breakthroughs, one belonged to Darren Bent, and the other belonged to Vardy, Darren Bent and Vardy, and there were also one shot respectively.

This is quite a threat.

Vardy's shot was too far off, and Darren Bent's shot hit the goal frame. If goalkeeper Van der Sar had not counterattacked in time, the football would have rushed into the goal.

During this period, Manchester United had only one shot, Rooney's long-range shot from the outside, but it was not even threatening.

The game situation is very unfavorable to Manchester United. When the reporters in the media were discussing, they also began to worry about Manchester United-

"It seems that Manchester United only has a high ball possession rate and many attacks, but they can't find any opportunity when they pass the ball forward."

"If you want me to see, Manchester United is missing Van Nie!"

"Yes, if Van Nie was still there, Millwall's goal would have been broken for a long time!"

"The current situation is that Manchester United won't get the ball!"

"Manchester United is hanging!"

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Manchester United is still behind with one goal and cannot break through Mirwall's goal. The suppression of the situation is completely meaningless. There are only ten minutes left in the game, so it is too difficult to defeat Mirwall.

Manchester United still has to pay more attention to defense next. The threat of Darren Bent and Valdy's joint efforts is too high. If there are only two or three players to deal with it, it will almost be like opening the goal to welcome it.

Many people sighed, "Milwall's defensive counterattack is still as sharp as last season!"

Millwall performed strongly this season and was able to suppress their opponents in most games. The defensive counterattack seemed to have nothing to do with them, but it was obvious that defensive counterattack was also Millwall's old profession. It was still quite threatening to pick it up again, making it difficult for Manchester United to deal with it at home.

The threat from Darren Bent and Vardy also made Manchester United unable to devote themselves to the offense.

Ferguson looked at the game with a serious look on his face. He knew that Manchester United had basically lost. Manchester United did not lose because of fighting spirit, nor on-the-spot performance or luck, but on the front line.
Chapter completed!