After seeing Rashford score, Gao Shen also stood up from his seat excitedly and cheered loudly.
Leeds United players also celebrated the goal in the stadium.
There were bursts of boos from the more than 70,000 Manchester United fans at Old Trafford. It was unclear whether they were booing Leeds United or Manchester United at home.
But no matter who it is, they can't change the current situation.
"We are now going to work hard to defeat him until Manchester United completely loses confidence!" Gao Shen shouted loudly.
He seemed extremely excited, and he didn't even worry about the fact that not far away from him, there were senior executives of Manchester United, especially Ratcliffe. The rich British man had an ugly face at this moment.
To the extreme.
Being scored twice in a row is not a good sign.
"Manchester United's formation is completely out of touch." Borrell said with a smile when Gao Shen returned to his seat.
"This is a matter of time. Two tall defensive midfielders can certainly provide good barrier protection and prevent the opponent's frontal impact, but their coverage is limited, and their running ability is not enough to cover such a large area." Advanced analysis.
road.
This is actually a problem that everyone knows.
Just like more than ten years ago, Ibrahimovic had an quarrel with Van Gaal because the Swedish center felt that Van Gaal lacked common sense and asked him to run non-stop as a high center. How could he have such physical fitness?
In the same way, the double defensive midfielder composed of Matic and McTominay also has running and coverage problems.
If you look carefully, you will find that this is actually a rather unsolvable problem.
What is Manchester United's current advantage?
The physical confrontation between the players in the midfield and backfield is very good, the skills and speed of the attackers in front are also good, and the full-backs, whether they are Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw, or Telles, are all very capable, and they seem to be good at everything.
But what about actually?
Nothing is good anywhere!
The physical confrontation in the backcourt is good. The players have height and strength, but lack mobility, flexibility and speed. The two central defenders generally take a defensive squatting route and lack of aggressive players, which leads to defensive problems.
It lacks depth.
Once the team's formation presses forward, it will be very troublesome to be beaten behind.
The midfield overall lacks technical ability, and the double midfielder combination of Matic and McTominay lacks control.
It's like a machine lacking a stabilizer. Sometimes it runs very fast and sometimes it runs very slowly.
In addition, the players in the frontcourt are not aware enough to drop back to help defend the full-backs. As a result, Leeds United now specifically catches Manchester United's two wings and keeps moving, pulling Manchester United's midfielder and consuming Manchester United's double midfielders.
physical fitness.
It can be said that Leeds United now easily gains the wing advantage.
Leeds United's two wingers are famous, let alone Sancho and Rashford, even Vinicius, Rodrigo, Ansu Fati and Foden are all on the wing.
A player who performed very well.
Ask around Europe, who didn't deploy heavy defense on the wing when facing Leeds United?
But now?
The two goals Manchester United conceded were all initiated from the wing and then moved to the other side or the center to complete the attack.
The Red Devils actually had nothing to do about this.
"Just wait and see, Pochettino will definitely strengthen the wing attack and then directly defeat Manchester United from the wing, completely destroying the opponent's will and destroying their confidence."
When Gao Shen said this, he paused and laughed, "If everything goes well, I really don't know what the score will be."
Are there any competitions like this?
The answer is, yes.
That was also at Old Trafford before, Manchester United lost 6-1 to Tottenham Hotspur.
What's interesting is that Mourinho's team also has very good wing attackers.
Although the attack routines are different, they are essentially the same.
After all this time, Solskjaer still has not been able to solve these problems at Manchester United.
Of course, it is unreasonable to blame Solskjaer entirely.
Some things are like fetal poison, which are brought out when your team is formed.
Maybe someone will say, then Manchester United has no other option?
Actually there are.
For example, the defensive counterattack tactics adopted by Solskjaer are actually an idea to solve the problem.
But this goes back to what Gao Shen said before. Today's tactics are all about system warfare. Blind defense cannot prevent you. You must put enough offensive pressure on your opponent from the front.
Even if it is a defensive counterattack, you must have enough strength to withstand the frontcourt.
But Manchester United's current frontcourt doesn't have a single player who can hold the ball.
Fight back?
Why?
Who to pass the ball to?
High ball? Low ball? How to play?
Even, who will play the ball in the midfield?
In Gao Shen's previous life, Manchester United at least had a Bruno Fernandez who could pass the ball, but what about now?
Lingard?
Do you really think he is Emperor Lin?
"If things go well, maybe we can win by five goals, like Tottenham." Borrell smiled optimistically.
Gao Shen smiled and said nothing.
Brother, the situation is too small!
...蘛
Rashford retreated to the left to receive the pass, and Haaland was at the forefront.
He has been observing the game intently.
Enzo Fernandez made a cross pass and moved the ball from the left to the right.
Sancho ran over to catch the ball, Valverde immediately ran over, and Ashraf, the three quickly formed an attacking formation.
Harland was not in a hurry and walked slowly.
Just now, Enzo Fernandez's long pass was a little high, and the ball speed was not fast enough, giving Manchester United time to react. So when the ball reached Sancho, Manchester United's defensive focus had already been adjusted.
The Argentine midfielder has performed very well, but if this kind of long pass can press the arc and play faster, it will be more threatening. Just like Real Madrid's Toni Kroos in the past, his long pass was very
Fast and accurate.
Of course, Enzo has performed well enough at his age.
Valverde and Sancho cooperated, and Ashraf quickly moved forward along the right wing.
Sancho dribbled the ball diagonally and rushed to the right corner of the penalty area, preparing to dribble the ball into the penalty area.
This is Leeds United's classic combination line on the wing.
If Manchester United's full-backs follow Achraf, Sancho will get more opportunities, but if they don't, then pass directly to the bottom line, Achraf passes from the bottom, and Haaland steps in in front of the goal to fight for the top.
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The Norwegian teenager "walked" on the left side of the arc, but in fact he was always looking at the right side.
He discovered that Luke Xiao was following Ashraf.
As a result, Maguire had to stand on the edge of the penalty area and keep a distance from Luke Shaw.
McTominay returned to the right side of the front edge of the penalty area, forming a corner defense with Maguire to withstand Sancho's inward cut.
But Lindelof still pays attention to Haaland, while Matic is wary of Valverde who comes in the second wave.
There was a big gap in Manchester United's entire defensive formation, which was a defensive vacuum between Lindelof, Maguire, McTominay and Matic.
Haaland saw it.
This is actually a necessity.
Leeds United's entire offensive line, including the players' movement and passing lines, is designed to create this area.
Now, all that's left is the last step.
Haaland stepped into the penalty area, walking in front of Wan-Bissaka and behind Lindelof.
When he saw Sancho rushing over with the ball, he immediately pointed forward, called out to Sancho, and suddenly made a quick forward move, diagonally into the small penalty area from between Wan-Bissaka and Lindelof.
left corner.
Almost at the same time, when Sancho was double-teamed by three Manchester United players including Maguire and McTominay, he sent a pass with his right foot, which happened to pass between the Manchester United central defender and the midfielder.
Both of them took a shot, but failed to stop the ball.
The football was passed diagonally to the left side of the front edge of the small penalty area, right on the path of Haaland's sprint.
I saw the Norwegian youngster used his best left foot to stop Sancho's pass firmly. After leaning on Lindelof with his body, he quickly kicked a shot with his right foot.
This awkward movement immediately caused him to lose his balance and fall into the Manchester United penalty area.
But the football was like lightning, penetrating goalkeeper De Gea's defense and getting into the goal that was close at hand.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
"In the 34th minute, Haaland scored for Leeds United!"
"Three to zero!"
"Another attack from the wing, and it's Haaland again!"
The whole process sounds very long, but in fact, it happens in a blink of an eye.
Haaland quickly stepped in, stopped the ball with his left foot, and shot with his right foot. His movements were smooth and smooth, all in one go.
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After scoring three goals in a row, Manchester United players began to become more anxious, and many players gradually lost confidence.
The only thing they want is to end this damn first half as soon as possible.
But Leeds United is different. All the players have high morale and high morale.
When the first half reached the 42nd minute, Leeds United completed a steal against Manchester United in the midfield.
Enzo Fernandez once again put pressure on Matic and when he forced Matic to pass the ball to Martial, he was intercepted by Valverde in the middle.
After the Uruguayan midfielder successfully intercepted the ball, he drove the ball straight to the top of the penalty area and passed it diagonally to Harland.
The Norwegian youngster stopped the ball and entered the penalty area. After holding Lindelof with his body, he broke into the left side of the penalty area and suddenly shot with his left foot, whipping the ball to the left side of the goal.
De Gea quickly fell to the ground to save, but was out of reach.
Four to zero!
Haaland scored twice!
"God!"
"Manchester United's defense simply couldn't stop Leeds United and was penetrated time and time again."
"Four to zero! Manchester United conceded four goals in the first half. This is an absolute disaster!"
"We see that Manchester United's players have obviously lost confidence."
"Looking at this time again, the ball was strictly restricted by Leeds United. Even Matic made such a passing error. It is really inappropriate."
"Leeds United's quick counterattack was very threatening, and Haaland even scored twice, showing he was in excellent condition."
"Today is definitely not a good day for Manchester United."
"Solskjaer should find a way to reverse the situation as soon as possible, otherwise, Manchester United will be even more dangerous in the second half."
