Section 405 Manchester United's thoughts
"Dudek is a good player, he loves Manchester United wholeheartedly."
Oliver in the stands hummed the song gently to express his dissatisfaction. For three consecutive seasons, Dudek maintained a stable performance of losing one turnover and a goal per game in his home game against Manchester United. Such performance is really difficult to satisfy Liverpool fans.
"Didn't you say that Liverpool fans never laugh at players who are still playing for Liverpool on the court?"
Beibei turned her head and asked.
This sentence made Oliver unable to say anything. Indeed, it is reasonable that he should not scold the players who played for Liverpool on the court, but this kind of game is really boring. Everyone was happy for less than a minute, and the cheers were still shouted out in their throats, and they were castrated by such a mistake. This kind of boredom is really not an ordinary big deal.
At this time, the players on the court were also very bored. Ronaldo was still showing off his footwork on the left at this time, but Carragher, who was defending him, went up and kicked him over.
Carragher received a yellow card, but he looked indifferent. Anyway, it would be better to vent his anger first.
"In this game, Liverpool no longer has the courage to fight against Chelsea and Arsenal in the previous few games. It seems that losing Alonso has indeed caused a very serious blow to them and has caused their offensive to be severely damaged."
Martin Taylor looked at the game and said, "Gerard's goal has given them a short advantage, and after being equalized by Manchester United, their current offensive has been greatly hindered."
"Yes, Zhao Yaning no longer has his usual breakthrough ability in this game. He has not been able to successfully complete several breakthroughs so far. It seems that Manchester United's defense is very effective."
Martin Taylor didn't say anything about this.
Indeed, with Alonso, it is difficult to complete the long-distance pass of Liverpool. Usually, with Alonso's pass, Zhao Yaning needs to face greatly reduced the breakthrough distance that Zhao Yaning needs to face. When Gerrard hit the backcourt, the opponent's back midfielder did not dare to press too much, and did not dare to deviate from the front of the penalty area. This opened up space for Zhao Yaning for impact. In this case, Zhao Yaning could naturally complete the breakthrough well. However, in this game, the advantages caused by these tactics were gone.
Rooney's impact forced Gerald to be unable to make an attack in the frontcourt. With Alonso absent, Zhao Yaning had to hit about five meters more every time he got the ball. With such a way of playing, Zhao Yaning naturally would not have been able to get any chance to make a breakthrough.
Manchester United's tactics are also very smart. They did not choose to use tactical positioning to defend Zhao Yaning: Ferguson himself is also very clear. If he wants to defend a player by relying on the defense line organized by Sylvester and Brown, he is simply asking for trouble.
His idea was to keep fouling in the midfield. As long as Zhao Yaning got the ball and was about to break through, they would start to foul. Their foul was not large, and they were very good to ensure that Zhao Yaning would interrupt every time, causing the referee to blow the whistle without getting the card. Such a way of playing made Zhao Yaning be forced to stop as soon as he moved, and he would not be able to get the level of the kick.
This approach cannot be considered a formal way of playing. At least the famous coaches in the European Pig Continent use the methods they use to defend by positioning and tactical layout. If you rely on this approach to defend, it seems a bit... naughty and alternative.
This is also the only way to play in Europe. Ferguson has been coaching Manchester United since the 1980s. He has experienced the red storm era of Liverpool and the era of banning the European game in England. After the arrival of the Premier League era, he began to carry the European flag of the Premier League. He knew how far the English team and mainland teams were, and he made changes little by little, and he was the one who led the Premier League team to catch up with him little by little.
At the beginning, in order to clear the gap, Ferguson also invented many secret tricks. Only Manchester United would use these playing methods that are rationally used by rules and despised by famous mainland coaches.
These styles of play were used by Manchester United in supporting the European team, and when Manchester United is not strong enough, they sometimes use them. Moreover, for technical players like Zhao Yaning, such a vulgar style of play is still very effective.
Compared with coaches of the same era such as Lippi, Boske, Heathfield, etc., Ferguson is indeed inferior in tactical skills. After all, the coaches in England are indeed incomparable to famous European coaches in tactics. However, his unremitting learning, pursuit of advanced tactics, and the unique small cunning method have indeed paved a smooth road for Premier League football to return to the peak.
If Chelsea's defense is a wall of iron and Liverpool is full of nets, then Manchester United's current defense is a hidden needle in the cotton.
Zhao Yaning is not afraid of being in a sudden situation when dealing with a strong enemy, nor is he afraid of facing a tight defense, but this kind of continuous foul play really makes him depressed.
I don't know how to play.
But fortunately, Zhao Yaning's free kick was also extremely threatening. In the 29th minute, Zhao Yaning directly shot from a long distance, but was pushed open by Sylvester.
After all, things like set pieces are mostly based on collective strength. An excellent defensive system can offset a lot.
As the game progressed, Manchester United launched a counterattack. In the 30th minute, Saha rushed into the penalty area and fell to the ground in one contact with Carragher. The referee did not blew the whistle, Saha got up, bumped into Hepiya again, and then fell to the ground immediately.
After falling twice in a row, the referee seemed to ignore it, and the fans around him were booing. Saha got up by himself and smiled embarrassedly.
"If it's a fake fall, then you should give a yellow card. If it's not a fake fall, you should give a penalty kick, but the referee doesn't give anything, then we can only say that in this game, it seems that the referee's dictation standard is quite loose. It's a good thing. After all, it's better for the referee not to steal the spotlight in major competitions."
Martin Taylor recognized this call. Although it is appropriate to call, it is indeed more beneficial to such a contest. After all, it is not good for referees to stand up and steal the spotlight in the competition.
Just when Liverpool's defense was angrily laughed out by Sakha's move, Keane's shot hit the crossbar and bounced back to the midfield.
This shot made Liverpool all feel nervous. We can't relax at this time. The opponent is Manchester United, and any inconspicuous relaxation may have problems.
Then, in the 32nd minute, this statement was confirmed again. After Gerald tackled Scholes, nothing happened.
Such a loose penalty made the defensive players on both sides' movements big, but at the front of the penalty area, Brown still received a yellow card after knocking Zhao Yaning down with a hug.
"Is it the premise that you cannot hurt others..." Zhao Yaning understood the referee's idea. As long as he didn't hurt others, he would not care. But if he hurt others, he still had to take out the cards, so he naturally thought about what to do.
It is impossible for him to get the ball and break through. These guys' ability to interrupt the rhythm is absolutely unique. If he cannot get the ball and break through, then the most things he can do is naturally rely on running without the ball and organizing in the frontcourt.
This is something he almost never does, because he has strong ball ability and has never paid much attention to his off-ball ability. But now, he has had enough of Manchester United's endless foul tactics, so he naturally began to think about how to run better.
Pass the ball to Gerald with one kick, and Zhao Yaning ran to the front right. Gerald rubbed and passed the ball to Garcia's feet. At this time, Zhao Yaning had already run to the middle position. Garcia passed the ball to Zhao Yaning with one kick, and Zhao Yaning passed it straight and sent the ball to the penalty area.
Manchester United's defender was obviously out of place. After Morientes received the ball, there was no one around him. He directly swept the ball towards the goal. Carol did not move, but the ball missed the goal.
A sigh came from the stands, which was the second shot Morientes missed.
In the first half, after a chaotic fight, the first half ended. Without Alonso, Liverpool was like he couldn't breathe anymore and could not complete the task of scoring.
The people who walked into the locker room also had a look of despair on their faces.
"Coach, do you have any excellent ways to restrain Manchester United?"
When he arrived in the locker room, the first thing that came to mind was whether Benitez would have a solution. After all, his tactical ability is indeed something that Liverpool is extremely worth relying on. If he had a good solution, he might be able to win.
But Benitez just shook his head, "We don't have Xavi in the midfield anymore. Now when playing football, it's hard to have a good rhythm. Ferguson understands this very well, so he uses frequent fouls to deal with us, and he wants to fight us. He knows that he doesn't have the ability to use molding tactics and our attacks like Arsenal and Chelsea, so he simply doesn't fight with us. He uses foul tactics to drag us to the same bad level as them, and we are not used to playing this kind of game, but Manchester United is used to it. His idea is very obvious: since he is not as strong as us, then just pull us to the same level as him."
If everyone is the same bad... then Manchester United can win with their rich experience. This kind of football idea is indeed a bit obscene, and everyone understands Benitez's helplessness - which coach learns tactics is learning how to make the team stronger through tactics, and this idea of how to make the opponent worse through tactics will only appear in one situation: the coach has a very deep relationship with a team and has to stay there, and has to face the huge gap between his own team and a strong team that cannot be reached, but he still wants to win, so they think of these not very open ways.
It is admirable, but it does have some obscene tactical ideas.
"I won't play a bad battle." Benitez said, "But maybe we don't have any chance either. The opponent's playing style still has some loopholes that can be exploited by us."
Benitez's words made everyone raise their heads.
No one noticed that before they knew it, Benitez's tactical arrangements had become what they most anticipated and relied on.
This coach, who always has unpleasant factors in his words, has conquered everyone in Liverpool with his own words.
Chapter completed!