227 Full Fire(1/2)
When Situ Yunbing walked into the Louis II Stadium, he clearly felt that the atmosphere of the stadium today was unique!
Fans welcomed his entry with fanatical and neat cheers!
There was a huge curtain floating in the opposite stand, and the picture on it made Situ Yunbing lose his mind in an instant!
I saw Situ Yunbing's heroic posture on the sidelines of the field commanding the game. He looked majestic, with his fingers and his eyes sharp, like a confident general, and there was a line of words above him.
"No one has the right to choose to give up on our behalf!"
Below is the title that Situ Yunbing has been cited the most by the French media.
"The magical young marshal!"
Situ Yunbing's mouth was raised. Although this huge curtain was not as shocking as Tifo, it was floating and conveyed in the small stadium of Monaco, which was enough to demonstrate the momentum of Monaco!
Situ Yunbing walked to the home team coach command area with his head held high and his chest held high. He sat on the coach's seat in the past three games. Now, he has returned to a familiar place.
At the same time, it also made Monaco fans feel excited!
With the sound of the Champions League theme song, the referee team led the starters of Monaco and Manchester United into the stadium.
The temperaments of the two teams are obviously different. The Monaco generals are a little too serious, but they make people clearly feel that they are about to embark on a life-and-death battle!
Manchester United's generals are common, and perhaps the rich experience over the years has made them more able to deal with any challenges more calmly.
Both teams lined up to hold a pre-match kickoff ceremony.
"Good evening, everyone, everyone. Today we follow the camera to the Louis II Stadium in Monaco. The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will be held here. Monaco will face Manchester United at home!
In the first leg of the game two weeks ago, Manchester United defeated Monaco 3-1 at home. Rooney scored twice and Fletcher made a contribution. Monaco retained their hope of promotion with a header from Vertonheng at the last moment of the game. Today they returned to home to meet the challenge of Manchester United. If Monaco wants to eliminate Manchester United and enter the Champions League semi-finals, then they will at least break Manchester United's goal twice at home and ensure that they will not concede the ball.
In the past two weeks, Monaco has given the main players sufficient time to recuperate in the league. European media have different views on this. Some believe that Situ Yunbing is right to do this and can allow Monaco to face Manchester United better, while others believe that Situ Yunbing has given up the Champions League.
Manchester United fans must not be willing to review the performance of the Red Devils in the league over the past two weekends.
Manchester United first was defeated by Chelsea at home and lost the top spot, and then tied by Blackburn away, thus widening the points gap by Chelsea.
Manchester United's road to defending the title this season seems to have encountered major setbacks, and there are still four rounds of league in the Premier League. Whether Manchester United can reverse Chelsea and win the top spot is probably what Manchester United fans are more concerned about.
Let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides.
Monaco changed its starting formation today, and Situ Yunbing arranged a 433 formation.
Goalkeeper: De Gea.
Defenders: Modesto, Benatia, Vertonheng, Moreau.
Midfielder: Witsel, Perez, Matic.
Forwards: Falcao, Suarez, Gareth Bale.
Monaco should be fully fired today!
Compared to the lineup that eliminated Real Madrid in the last game with them, Situ Yunbing not only strengthened the forward line to Falcao, but also removed more Nkuru, who worked diligently on the defensive end in the midfield. It seems that Monaco is going to fight for his life. I think this approach is still very wise. After all, if Monaco does not burn his way at home and put pressure on Manchester United from the first minute of the game, how could they have hope of a reversal?
Manchester United also adjusted its starting lineup today.
Goalkeeper: Van der Sar.
Defenders: Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra.
Midfielders: Valencia, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Nani.
Forward: Rooney.
Valencia has entered the starting lineup, and the formation has also become 4231. It seems that Manchester United may mainly seize the opportunity to counterattack to try to score away goals!
Well, the pre-match kickoff ceremony has ended, and the game will begin soon!"
Situ Yunbing stood on the sidelines waiting for the start of the game. The visiting coach's command area was still empty. Ferguson sat on the visiting coach's seat, but there was a hint of sorrow between his eyebrows.
I don’t know if it’s because of the concerns about this game or the pessimistic expectations of defending the title caused by the league’s reversal and widening the gap.
Situ Yunbing was focused on it, regardless of whether he had come to the sidelines to direct the game, just be yourself!
With the referee's whistle, Monaco took the lead in kicking off.
Manchester United is actually not particularly good at defensive counterattacks. They put pressure on their opponents with more traditional tactics, so even if they look a little conservative today, they will not retreat the formation to the forty yards in front of the goal. That is not Ferguson's style. Just like last year's Champions League final, Ferguson admitted after the game that if Manchester United played more conservatively, they would have the chance to win the trophy. However, even though they knew that Barcelona's pass control was strong, they still hoped to let the Red Devils face it head-on. This is Manchester United's style and Manchester United's tradition.
Manchester United's midfielder entered Monaco's half-time pressure, and it seems that Manchester United's form is not much problem, but Monaco obviously passes faster.
When Valencia grabbed Morro, the latter passed the ball diagonally in the middle of the frontcourt.
Suarez sent the ball to the left with a diagonal pass before Fletcher pressed.
Gareth Bale stopped the ball and faced Gary Neville. Gareth Bale suddenly started the man and scored!
His momentum was so fierce that Gary Neville immediately chose to foul. He blocked Gareth Bale. The referee blew the whistle to signal Gary Neville to foul.
The football that had just gotten out of the baseline was immediately thrown to Gareth Bale by the sidelines caddie, who pressed the ball in place and quickly cut in!
The Manchester United generals were suddenly in a state of chaos!
Because they saw Morrow and Vertonheng running quickly from the side and the middle!
Is this scene familiar?
No, they clearly remembered that the last moment of the last round was like this, almost exactly the same. Gareth Bale was fouled, Morrow rushed up, and Vertonheng stepped forward in the middle.
This allowed the Manchester United defender to quickly retreat to the front of the goal, and they wanted to avoid being attacked by Monaco once again through an unexpected free kick.
Vertonghen led the Manchester United back line to retreat, while Manchester United midfielder stared at other offensive players, but there were still people missing in the panic!
This time, Moro rushed up but did not hang the ball into the penalty area, but instead hit the ball across the middle of the penalty area.
Falcao cut inward from the other side and then rushed to the ball without stopping the ball and shot with his left foot!
The football flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal less than half a meter above the ground!
Van der Sar is powerless to turn things around!
But at the critical moment, Evra, who was guarding the goal post during defense, fell to the ground and stretched her legs to intercept the ball at the extreme. The football refracted and flew to the left and flew out of the bottom line.
call!
Monaco fans were still cheering all over the game, but they didn't expect Monaco's offensive threat to appear so quickly!
Situ Yunbing was not disappointed at all. After applauding, he pointed to the back field and signaled that Vertonghen should be careful to withdraw at any time.
Manchester United's defense became a little messy after Monaco's first offensive after the opening game!
The ball was taken from the sideline and Morro knocked the ball back diagonally under Valencia's harassment.
Matic made an offensive transfer, and Witsel labs quickly pushed forward after receiving the ball from the right. When Evra came to him, Witsel quickly passed the ball to Suarez who took the initiative to receive the ball.
While Suarez was pulling the ball, he forced the ball forward and passed by. Carrick stretched out his left leg and broke the ball out.
Seeing that Scholes was about to control the ball, Perez, who was running from behind, flew forward to the first flight and tackled the ball first, and directly sent the ball to Suarez's feet.
Suarez was still defended by Carrick, and Fletcher also came to help. However, at this time, Suarez chose to use the ball to hit the ball across. After he got the ball, he quickly turned around and inserted it forward. Witsel plugged the ball diagonally from the side.
Vidici was immediately embarrassed because Falcao cut inward!
Unable to hesitate, Suarez had already sent the ball straight from him.
Falcao accelerated NeceVidic's lead behind him, and after touching the ball, he adjusted his foot and shot. Ferdinand blocked him and blocked the ball out of the baseline with his thigh.
"Wow! Monaco was like a tiger going down the mountain after the opening game! Falcao was really right today! His two consecutive shots created an extreme threat! If it weren't for Evra and Ferdinand, Manchester United might have been behind two goals now!"
In terms of the opening rhythm, Monaco was obviously suppressing Manchester United strongly. At this time, Manchester United was very embarrassed, but it was a bit difficult to force the rhythm, because they didn't touch the ball much, Monaco got into the state very quickly, especially because their players' range of activities has been significantly expanded, and the fight is also fierce!
Ferguson looked solemn, and he was surprised by Monaco's opening style!
If the outside world speculates about Monaco's playing style in this game, 99% of them are defensive counterattacks, but Ferguson doesn't think so. He has referenced the two games Monaco played against Real Madrid, and Monaco is obviously a "genuine" team.
But he guessed that Monaco would be more patient and delicate in the fight, but he didn't expect it to be so rough and powerful!
There seems to be no highlights in tactics, but just like Manchester United's crush on Monaco in the first half in the first leg, Monaco obviously almost crushed Manchester United in rhythm after the start of the game today!
In the 7th minute of the game, Scholes, who retreated to defend in front of the penalty area, launched a fast attack in the backcourt. When Nani on the left drifted forward, the Monaco players retreated one after another, but there was no player in the midfield to assist in the defense of the side. Instead, they formed a cross-bone attack against Fletcher who followed up in the middle, Park Ji-sung on the right, and Rooney on the front line, blocking Nani's route to pass the ball to them on the ground.
When Nani dribbles and looks for the pass route, something unexpected happens.
Nani was suddenly pressed from behind, and he was caught off guard.
He was sure that Witsel, Perez and Matic were all in the middle, but someone behind him came out to easily break the ball when he was unprepared.
He stopped quickly and looked back, only to realize that it was Falkao!
Falcao actively retreated to the key area of his defense and won warm applause from all Monaco fans!
The players following Manchester United in the middle also stopped and turned around and retreated. Falcao sent the ball straight to the middle of the frontcourt.
Witsel quickly stepped forward and controlled the ball before the retreating Fletcher and Carrick.
Facing Scholes' defense, Witsel wisely chose a diagonal pass to send the ball to the left in front of the penalty area.
Gareth Bale cut inward and dribbled the ball and went to the left side of the penalty area!
Ferdinand hurriedly turned around and immediately put the shovel in an attempt to clear the ball out of the baseline, but Gareth Bale's dribbling rhythm this time was well grasped, and he took the lead and then took the ball forward!
Ferdinand didn't touch anything when he made a tackle, and Gareth Bale hit the bottom line before the football went out of bounds and knocked the ball back to the penalty spot!
In this wave of cooperation, Suarez made a forward pass after making the ball, which led Vidic to keep a close eye on him. When Suarez followed in the small penalty area in front of the goal, Vidic could only follow, because after Garez Bale passed Ferdinand, he had already played the ultimate offensive depth advantage!
To be continued...