On the evening of February 12, Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Manchester United faced Ajax at home.

Solskjaer stood in front of the home coach's seat on the sidelines with worry, and Manchester United seemed a little passive from the opening game.

This is Solskjaer's strategy, and he wants to start with caution.

But unexpectedly, Ajax, who showed weakness many times before the game, seemed to be a little lack of confidence, actually launched a proactive attack at the beginning of the game, and the whole team took high-level pressing and oppressing.

This is on the road, at Old Trafford!

Are Yang Yang and his young team crazy?

Do you really think that the home court of Premier League giants Manchester United is their Eredivisie?

Tonight, there were also guests in Manchester United's stands, and they were basically here to stand for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Ferguson, Gary Neville, Giggs, and even Beckham made a special trip back from the United States to watch the game, which made Manchester United's stands seem to have become memories of Class 92, making Old Trafford fans extremely excited and more passionate.

But in this case, Solskjaer started with caution, while Ajax took the initiative.

In just five minutes, Ajax pressed Manchester United near the penalty area. Frankie DeJong chose to pass horizontally to Yang Yang who pulled out to receive the ball. The latter stopped the ball and turned around. Without waiting for Matic to approach, he pulled the ball to the left and directly shot with a long shot.

Yang Yang's long-range shot of the arc ball was very sudden and the angle was very tricky.

De Gea reacted quickly, flew out, and thrust the ball with one hand, hit the top crossbar, and bounced back into the court.

Although he failed to break through Manchester United's goal, Yang Yang made the first move at the beginning, and the long shot hitting the crossbar made all Manchester United fans scream and made Manchester United players sweat.

Solskjaer stood on the sidelines, and was so scared that he was sweating coldly on his back.

If this goal is scored, Manchester United will be really passive!

"Why did this guy go to Ajax?" Solskjaer cursed in his heart.

But he immediately walked to the sidelines and signaled that Matic would get closer to Yang Yang and try to block him as much as possible and not give him such a chance. At the same time, he also asked Pogba to pay attention to Frankie De Jong.

According to statistics from Manchester United coaching staff and technical analysts, Frankie DeJong is the most passing players in Ajax and is also the most stable player. He is regarded as the core of Ajax's midfielder.

As long as Frankie DeJong is restricted, Ajax's midfield will be greatly affected.

After hearing Solskjaer's orders, Matic and Pogba also said that they had heard it.

After the test of the past twelve games, Solskjaer has basically gained a foothold in the Manchester United locker room, and the players have basically listened to him, including Pogba, the team's number one core.

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After Yang Yang scored a long shot from the arc and hit Manchester United's crossbar, the game quickly started again.

Yang Yang on the court responded quickly to the adjustments made by Manchester United, and Ajax made targeted arrangements quickly.

Ferguson sat in the guest seat in the stands of the Old Trafford Stadium. He had a lot of coaching experience and soon saw some clues, especially when he was condescending and watching the game in the posture of an onlooker, he was even more keen.

"Pogba is a bit ahead, but Matic drags it back."

Ferguson's sudden words made Gary Neville and Giggs a little surprised, thinking about the meaning of this sentence, but soon, Ferguson himself said the reason.

"We are also three midfielders. Pogba is too far ahead. Matic is dragging in the back position. Herrera alone cannot fill such a big gap. This poses the risk of midfield disconnection."

After Ferguson said this, Gary Neville and Giggs suddenly realized it.

"This has to be cautious. Frankie De Jong and Ndongbele both have strong back-spin and dribbling ability. Once the midfield is out of touch and goes from offense to defense, the midfield is very dangerous."

Just as I saw Manchester United launched a fast attack, Pogba forced his breakthrough through Frankie De Jong's defense, and forced his breakthrough to the left side of Ajax's penalty area by breaking through the man-goal.

Taliafico returned to the position in time, but was still forced to break through by Pogba. He dribbled the ball into the penalty area and made a cross from the bottom line. Onana steadily intercepted the ball, which avoided a crisis.

This seems to be a threat to Manchester United's offense, and Pogba played his bravery, but in fact, combined with Ferguson's words just now, it also proves that Pogba is too far ahead, because he almost treats himself as the right winger.

With Sanchez not starting, Manchester United did not have a too strong right winger.

"The worst thing is Yang Yang. He ran too hard!" Ferguson's brows began to frown tightly.

Obviously, he realized Yang Yang's potential threat.

"He is always pulling Matic and Herrera intentionally or unintentionally. This is not like his style, because he is already thirty-two years old and has no advantage in speed or breakthrough. Logically speaking, he should run to a few areas, but he doesn't!"

"You mean...he did it on purpose?" Giggs reacted the fastest.

Gary Neville also quickly realized, "He is going to use himself as bait to attract defensive attention and then let his players attack our defense."

On the court, Manchester United quickly planned another attack.

Ashley Young quickly stepped forward to the right side of Ajax's penalty area, and after getting the ball, he passed it diagonally into the penalty area.

Militon beat Rashford and grabbed the first landing point, headed the ball to clear, destroying a Manchester United attack.

At first glance, it was attacked into the penalty area again, which seemed to create danger again.

But in fact, such an attack is not threatening at all.

This also made Ferguson, Gary Neville and Giggs look worried.

"The high-pressure and pressure of this team is too difficult. Solskjaer started too cautiously and took the initiative to give up his advantage. Now the ball and rhythm are in the hands of Ajax. We seem to have a certain advantage, but in fact there is no threat."

"But as long as we are not careful, our opponents may break through our midfield at any time."

Sure enough, before Ferguson finished speaking, Ajax created an attack.

Frankie DeJong dragged in a very back position, got the ball and sent a long pass, which quickly passed to the right side behind Manchester United's defense line. Sancho penetrated forward with extremely fast speed and penetrated Manchester United's defense line. After getting the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he tried to pass the ball back to the middle. He cooperated with his teammate Jovic, but was blocked by Manchester United's left defender Lukeshaw from the baseline.

Ajax's subsequent corner kick also failed to create a threat, and it seemed that the thunder and raindrops were loud.

But after this attack, Pogba's position was obviously higher, especially when Ajax got the ball.

His task is to suppress Frankie De Jong. When Ajax's midfield kept retreating, Pogba naturally pushed forward, and gradually, the midfield area was opened.

The more the gap was, the more serious the faces of Ferguson and others became.

But the fans at Old Trafford Stadium were very excited because they saw that the team was very active and repeatedly created threats, which seemed to continue their good form of unbeaten in the past twelve games.

It seems that it is only a matter of time before the goal to break Ajax tonight!

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Yang Yang was not conservative at all and still used high-level pressure to press and suppress, but in terms of details, he still arranged it very well.

The true meaning of football tactics lies in the details.

When he realized that Pogba was inadvertently higher, he began to realize the opportunity.

Having a chance does not mean it will appear immediately.

So Yang Yang waited patiently.

Until the twenty-seventh minute.

During this period, Manchester United broke into Ajax's penalty area twice, but failed to create a threat.

But to outsiders, this is a sign that the Red Devils are getting closer to the goal.

Just as all Manchester United fans were waiting for the goal, Ajax intercepted the ball in the midfield, and Ndongbele took the initiative to fight in close combat while Pogba took the ball.

Both French midfielders have very strong bodies. After a moment of contact, Pogba and Ndombele fell to the ground. The Manchester United midfielder star signaled to the referee that Ndombele had a foul, but the referee did not pay attention.

After Frankie DeJong grabbed the ball, he didn't hear the whistle and immediately passed it forward.

Yang Yang ran over to pick him up, and after getting the ball, he turned around and took him forward.

Matic came over immediately, and Herrera was also as if she was facing a great enemy, and her attention was all on Yang Yang.

But just as everyone was waiting for Yang Yang's next move, he suddenly passed the ball to Neres.

Brazil's left winger stopped the ball and cut inward, threw Ashley Young away, and sent a straight pass behind the ball.

Jovic successfully counterattacked and rushed into the penalty area first, and pushed the ball directly without stopping.

De Gea reacted quickly and tried to block it, but the result was a step slower.

The ball passed by De Gea and directly entered Manchester United's goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Bully goal from Ajax!"

"Luka Jovic!"

"He calmly seized this one-on-one opportunity and scored the first record for Ajax!"

"From the slow motion replay, we can see that Yang Yang passed the ball to Neres under the clamping of two Manchester United midfielders."

"The Brazilian dribbled the ball and cut inside, broke through Ashley Young and passed directly behind him. Jovic quickly counterattacked and successfully pushed the ball into the goal with one shot. Ajax's continuous cooperation from the outside of the penalty area was very tacit."

"Obviously, this is a tactic that Ajax practiced before the game."

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From Pogba's front pressure to Yang Yang retreating, pulling out Matic, attracting Herrera, and then passing to the front of the penalty area. When Neres cut inside, there was no defensive player in Manchester United's front of the penalty area.

This is the opportunity Yang Yang wants to create!

Even though he didn't score a goal himself, his players were able to seize the opportunity to score a goal!

This is his tactical value!
Chapter completed!