Chapter 127: Manchester United’s defense, Manchester United’s attack

Shaking hands and picking the sides, Nogan won the kick-off for Preston. After walking back, he immediately called all the players together.

"It's our kick-off now... Do you remember the tactics arranged by the coach before? Let's give Manchester United a warning!" Nogan said in a low voice.

"No problem!" Preston's players nodded in unison, and then shouted together: "Go forward, Preston!"

After shouting, Preston's players scattered on the court, waiting for the start of the game with high spirits.

Moyes' tactic of sneak attack after the opening was simple, which is to put it bluntly, if Preston gets the kick-off, he will attack through Tiger's personal ability - but it is impossible to pass the ball to Tiger from the beginning and let him break through. Tiger was not so arrogant that he thought he could break through the entire Manchester United defense line in one-stop from the midfield.

So before that, teammates need to run and pass the ball to pull up Manchester United's formation, so that Tiger will have less pressure after receiving the ball, and the breakthrough effect may be better.

But this tests the passing of other players. After all, Manchester United's defense is not a vegetarian, and their frontcourt pressing ability is also quite excellent. If the opponent steals the ball in the middle, this attack will be over.

This is also a test for other Preston players. In previous games, they relied more on Tiger's performance to win, but when facing a team like Manchester United, relying solely on Tiger is obviously not enough.

So when Moyes gave them such a task, all the Preston players were thinking in their minds: "Tiger has paid a lot, and now it's time for us to help them!"

Nogan's idea is even more so. He was in a bad state some time ago and was in a goal drought. Preston's offense was basically completed by Tiger alone. His condition has recovered in these two games. What he thought was that the team's performance was average because of his poor condition. Tiger also played very hard. In this game, he had to cooperate with Tiger more well and strive to increase the possibility of the team's victory.

The other Preston players' ideas are similar to those of Nogan.

When a team works so together, it is often time to create miracles.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game, Nogan knocked the ball to Gott, and then ran forward by himself.

Two Manchester United strikers ran up and made very detailed arrangements for this game before the game. According to the information collected before, they all learned that Preston's most threatening midfielder Tiger was the midfielder. Although they were very confident in Bart's defense, the defense was always passive. If this guy gets the ball a lot and keeps attacking, it may also cause flaws on the defense line.

Then in terms of defense, you have to reduce the number of times the opponent's midfield core takes the ball, which is the most effective way to suppress the opponent's offense.

So when they saw Gott pass the ball back to Tiger behind them, Solskjaer and Kohl didn't stop at all and rushed towards Tiger who was holding the ball.

It disturbed his ball from the beginning.

It can be judged from the video that even if Tiger got the ball in his half, his pass was more crossing and forward passes than back passes. So when the two forwards were pressing Tiger, Pobosky and Davis on both wings also rushed through the half and rushed towards Preston's two wing forwards.

While intercepting him, cut off his pass route! Even if the two Manchester United strikers have average interception skills, they are enough to snatch Tiger! As for the passing, some of the Preston players in front of him have long cut off the connection between them and Tiger...

At this moment, Tiger turned around lightly and passed the ball out - back pass.

The game has just begun, so naturally it is impossible for Manchester United players to cut off his return route. After seeing this scene, Manchester United players were slightly stunned - didn't he say he basically didn't return...

"Oh? A very smart boy, he has a strong judgment ability." Ferguson was stunned for a moment, and then he shook his head secretly: "If you don't even have this ambition and don't have the confidence to get rid of the two Manchester United strikers who rushed towards him..."

Just when Ferguson was thinking this way, Preston started to fall in the backcourt, starting from Barrett's ball from Tiger to pass it to the backcourt. After several consecutive passes, Preston slowly pushed the ball near the center circle.

"They have good skills at their feet." Giggs said on the bench in surprise.

Ferguson turned his head to look at Giggs and pondered.

After advancing near the center circle, Preston was under great pressure. After all, Manchester United's harassment power in the frontcourt was not very strong. Ridell, who was receiving the ball, glanced at Tiger's position and found that he had not reached a very deep position. He gritted his teeth and drove the ball and broke forward!

Unexpectedly, this British League player is so brave and Davis's defensive ability is average, so he was broken through by Ridell!

After breaking through a little, Ridell immediately felt huge pressure. Scholes and Phil Neville rushed towards Ridell at the same time, giving Ridell the feeling that it was as difficult as he wanted to move forward!

But he didn't need to continue dribbling the ball, because he had seen Tiger run to a nearly thirty-meter area and block Bart behind him.

With a lift, Ridell put the ball between Scholes and Phil Neville to Tiger!

Tiger took the ball and turned around. At the same time, Preston's offensive players immediately started running. The two forwards began to push into the penalty area. Brian and Ridell, who had just passed the ball, also began to pull away from both wings to help Tiger open the gap!

"Single?" Ferguson thought in surprise. This approach was a bit like the 14 tactics in basketball. He used four people to pull the opponent's four people apart, and then used his best player to break through the opponent one-on-one. This situation should be difficult to happen on the football field, but on the field now, this one-on-one situation has appeared to some extent!

Scholes was still silently returning from the wing to the middle, while Manchester United's two full-range forwards were attracted by Preston's two full-range forwards. At this time, all Tiger had to face Bart alone!

Of course, this situation will not last for too long. Tiger knew that he must seize this opportunity now!

When Tiger got the ball, Bart did not come up to interfere. Tiger, who had been guarding against the opponent, turned around smoothly, which made him feel a little strange. Did Bart take it lightly?

If that's the case, don't blame me for being rude...

Tiger dribbled forward, and suddenly stopped when approaching Bart, then dunked the ball to the left with his left foot, then quickly dunked the ball back and broke through from the right!

A sudden breakthrough action that accelerates the pace!

This kind of movement is not fancy, but it is because of the time difference between playing and the players who react a little slower can't react at all. Of course, this is also related to Tiger's becoming more and more proficient in ball control. The ball control is a little worse, and this sudden change of rhythm will easily make your feet messy, so Tiger has no problem.

However, Bart's reaction was enough to surprise. He followed Tiger to the right, but when Tiger broke through his left, his speed also increased, and his whole body rushed over like an arrow, directly blocking Tiger's route!

Tiger's foot was a little bit, and pulled the ball back again, dodging Bart's outstretched foot.

However, after going back and forth, Tiger's rhythm was also disrupted. By the time he wanted to break through from the other side again, Bart had stabilized his center of gravity and blocked Tiger again.

"Did this guy react so quickly?" A thrill flashed through Tiger's heart.

What he didn't know was that Ferguson, who was off the court, was stunned when he saw this scene.

If it weren't for the scout Ross sent by Ferguson before that Tyger told Ferguson about this breakthrough characteristic and Ferguson warned Bart, maybe Bart would have been broken through by Tiger just now.

Even so, Ferguson originally thought that Bart could have a successful steal this time, but Tiger quickly pulled the ball back, causing Bart's steal to fail. This reaction and ball-control ability also surprised Ferguson.

However, although Bart did not let Bart steal the ball, Tiger also lost the opportunity to make a breakthrough directly. Scholes had taken this opportunity to return to defense. Under the attack of the two, Tiger had difficulty controlling the ball, and then found a gap to pass the ball to Nogan who had withdrawn from the front to receive it.

After Nogan received the ball, Mei from behind him came up and felt the power of the opponent hitting from behind. Nogan did not dare to forcefully turn around and break through, but knocked the ball back to Tiger who was running up.

Tiger got the ball in front of Bart, and then immediately stabbed the ball to Gott in the penalty area. After Gott received the ball, he turned around and shot. The shot failed to gain strength under the interference of Johnson. Schmeichel easily held the ball in his hand.

"Return to defense!" Brian shouted, and Preston's offensive players immediately ran back like a tide. Tiger glanced at Bart, then turned around and ran back slowly.

"Did this guy react so quickly? It seems that he can only deceive him with fake moves, but if he does that, the pace will inevitably slow down. What should I do? Defensively, there will not be too many teammates who attack and respond. It is unlikely that short passes will penetrate. It seems that he can only choose a personal breakthrough to create opportunities.

Since you want to drive the ball to break through by yourself, first of all, you need to get rid of the Bart in front of you.

This is undoubtedly a very difficult thing. If you want to create opportunities in a counterattack, you have to quickly get rid of Bart. However, if that method of quickly changing the rhythm is not easy to work, you can only deceive your opponent by false actions. However, doing so will inevitably slow down - it is a dilemma to think about it.

But at this time, Tiger was not discouraged, but ignited a stronger fighting spirit - yes, Manchester United is indeed the strongest opponent he has encountered so far, but shouldn't it be like this? I have been looking forward to this game for so long, shouldn't the opponent be so strong? If it's an easy team to defeat, if the opponent you face can break through so easily like the opponent in the English League One, then wouldn't it be ridiculous for me to expect for such a long time?

That’s right! Such an opponent is enough to be satisfied!

I will use various methods to break through you, Nicky Bart! If you can't even break through, how can I challenge more powerful opponents like Roy Keane, Patrick Vieira, and Paul Ince in the future!

Manchester United launched an attack. Their speed was not fast, but their passing was smooth. Most players passed the ball after breaking through two feet, and there were enough teammates around them to pick them up.

Although Preston's frontcourt players made a block in the frontcourt, they still easily pushed the ball into the frontcourt.

After advancing to the frontcourt, Preston's resistance began to become fierce. After all, they had the advantage of numerical players in the backcourt. When they defended seriously, Manchester United could not easily tear off Preston's defense.

However, Manchester United players are constantly moving back and forth, and their passing moves are not fancy. They just pass short passes honestly, occasionally making a large-scale transfer, but mobilizing Preston's defense back and forth, leaving them exhausted.

The running of each Manchester United player seems quite reasonable. Each player who takes the ball has at least three directions to pass the ball. If someone comes up to press, they will immediately choose to pass the ball. If the person who comes up to press is not in place, they will choose to break through individually.

After passing a few kicks back and forth, Scholes, who was holding the ball in the middle, suddenly passed the ball to Pobosky on the right. Just when Preston players thought Pobosky would continue to pass the ball, the Czech winger forced a breakthrough from the wing!

Brian was almost instantly thrown away by Pobosky, while Manchester United, which had been attacking slowly, immediately exploded like a mountain torrent!

At this time, the momentum of the entire Manchester United team was completely different from before. In Tiger's feeling, Manchester United just now was like a volcano frozen in a thick ice layer. At this time, the ice layer suddenly collapsed and the volcano officially erupted!

After getting rid of Brian, Pobosky continued to advance in the wing, Gary Neville ran up from behind to support, Kohl and Solskjaer in the middle began to run back and forth in the penalty area and threw away the defender, while Scholes had already ambushed in the middle of the penalty area and prepared to respond at any time!

"Sign up people! The people who stare at them!" The goalkeeper Mims, the one with the most experienced defense, wiped his sweat and shouted loudly.

Jackson followed Solskjaer, while the tall Squiers couldn't stand the flexible running Andy Cole. But Barret appeared at the front of the penalty area and prepared to defend Scholes.

However, Pobosky did not cross it, but directly pushed the ball into the penalty area and forced it into the penalty area!

Kidd, who was not as fast as Pobosky, could only run with Pobosky. He carefully cut off Pobosky's inward cutting route. As for crossing, he could only see how effective the central defender in the middle was.

After taking the ball one step closer to the baseline again, Poboski made a cross pass, which rolled against the ground, but the speed was very fast. Whether it was Manchester United's striker or Preston's defender touching the ball, he could score.

Squiers tried hard to block Cole behind him, while Jackson tried hard to interfere with Solskjaer's grabbing point. Their efforts achieved results. None of the four people in the penalty area could touch the ball, and the ball rolled directly to the back point.

However, at this time, Davis came from the back point. He grabbed the ball in front of Tagat, and then shot directly from a very small angle!

Mims couldn't jump to the ball sideways, and the ball net trembled violently!

Some Manchester United fans who couldn't see the situation clearly cheered, but Manchester United fans behind the goal sighed - the shot failed to score the goal, but hit the side net. From a distance, it seemed like a goal had been scored.

Moyes, off the court, let out a long sigh, and finally scored without letting the opponent score in the first attack. Otherwise, it would have a great blow to the team's morale.

As long as the opponent's goal time is delayed, the more it is, the more beneficial it will be to Preston - after all, they are the identity of challengers! If Manchester United can't open the situation for a long time, maybe they will be impatient. At that time, it is the time when Preston's opportunity comes!

Ferguson waved his hand, regretting the missed opportunity.

He didn't think Preston would cause any trouble in this game, but for Ferguson, he would pay so much attention to every game. Unless the advantage on the court has reached a point, he wouldn't watch the game on the coach's seat with a smile.

Ferguson likes to chew gum when watching the game. Someone has done statistics. If his chewing frequency is slow, it means that Manchester United is in good condition. If the chewing frequency is fast, either Manchester United scores a fast offensive goal or the situation on the field is not good...

At this time, Ferguson was still chewing gum very slowly, which means he was in a very calm mood.

"We'll attack!" Mims put the ball on the corner of the small penalty area and shouted loudly.

But the focus of Preston's attack, Tiger breathed a long sigh at this time. He was a little confused at this time because he looked at Manchester United's transmission, and it seemed that there were some differences from other teams.

As for what is different, Tiger couldn't say, but he could feel that Manchester United's advancement was indeed a bit different from other teams.

But even if we don’t want this, Manchester United’s defensive and mountain torrents like a mountain break, also stirred up huge waves in Tiger’s heart.

No matter how strong your defense is, even if I try my best to hit you, I will still hit a few cracks in your defense line!

"Paul, pass the ball to me!"

Just after Mims kicked the goal to Tagat, who then passed the ball to Barrett, Tiger's crisp scream came over the Old Trafford Stadium.
Chapter completed!