In fact, it is never a good thing to rely too much on a certain star.
In Ferguson's book, he does not regret that he established this tactical style with Ronaldo as the core, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, and Ferguson himself knows it clearly.
In the old Scottish man's own impression, he believed that Manchester United's best season in recent years was the 2006-2007 season.
At that time, Ronaldo had just been established as the core of the team, the team's overall tactical coordination was still very smooth, and the cooperation between the players was still in place, so that season they created Manchester United's second-most single-season goals in the new century.
Ball, eighty-three balls.
This number is second only to the 87 goals scored in the 2001-2002 season. At that time, Class 92 was at its peak, the golden four midfielders were still there, and Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area, had just transferred from PSV Eindhoven.
Will go to Manchester United.
More importantly, Manchester United conceded only 27 goals in the league from 2006 to 2007, which was far less than the 44 goals in the 2001 to 2002 season. This shows Manchester United's dominance in the Premier League.
In the 2006-07 season, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 17 goals and provided 16 assists in the league; Rooney scored 14 goals and provided 12 assists.
In addition, players such as Saha, Solskjaer, Scholes and Giggs all performed well. At that time, Manchester United was everywhere, both offensively and defensively.
But it is a pity that Manchester United failed in the semi-finals of the Champions League that season.
The following season, the situation quietly changed.
Cristiano Ronaldo set the best scoring record in his career with thirty-one league goals and seven assists; Rooney also scored twelve goals and thirteen assists, and Carlos Tevez also scored
Contributed fourteen goals and six assists.
The front three all performed very eye-catchingly.
However, Manchester United only scored 80 goals that season, which was obviously less.
This season, Manchester United's goals have dropped further.
Although the league has played thirty-four rounds, the total number of goals scored is only 63, which is not even as good as Liverpool, which has always been weak in offense.
Ferguson clearly realized that Manchester United's model had gone wrong.
Among the data collected by Fernando Lucas, some data attracted profound attention.
In the past two seasons, Cristiano Ronaldo has taken as many shots as his opponent's entire team in many games, often even accounting for more than half of his own team's shots.
This is a very unreasonable phenomenon.
It took ten or even a dozen shots to score a goal. It was at this time that the nickname Lang She Luo appeared.
The other set of data is even more interesting.
Berbatov is one of Ferguson's most promising centre-forwards, but he and Cristiano Ronaldo are not very popular.
According to statistics, so far, the Bulgarian center has contributed sixteen direct passes to Cristiano Ronaldo to help him form a single shot, but the number of times Ronaldo has converted these sixteen single shots into goals is zero!
It was almost under these circumstances that Ferguson made the major decision to bring in Benzema and sell Cristiano Ronaldo, because he knew that Manchester United's model would not continue.
But the most interesting and elusive thing about football is that it is completely unpredictable. Many times, the head coach will even feel that it is deliberately making fun of you.
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When the game reached the 77th minute, Manchester United launched a quick counterattack.
Carrick distributed the ball to the left wing and handed it to Evra.
The French left back quickly dribbled the ball along the left, just past the center line, glanced ahead, and quickly sent a diagonal pass to the front to find Rooney, but Lichtsteiner competed with Rooney for the top spot and grabbed the spot.
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Unfortunately, the Swiss right back failed to clear the ball and instead landed near the top of the penalty area.
Berbatov intercepted the ball first, and after passing Thiago Motta, he leaned on Bonucci with his body. After skillfully controlling the ball, he passed the ball when David Luiz grabbed it.
From between the two central defenders of Naples, move towards the penalty area.
The Bulgarian center turned his back to the goal and took the ball out of the gap.
At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who rushed in quickly, rushed to the right side of the penalty spot before Vargas. After receiving the pass from Berbatov, he pushed the ball into the goal.
Napoli's goal.
In an instant, the entire St. Paul Stadium was in an uproar.
All Napoli fans are in disbelief.
The balance of power that had been in a stalemate for seventy-seven minutes was actually broken in such a way.
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When Gao Shen saw the Portuguese score a goal on the sidelines, his heart jumped instinctively. He held his head in his hands speechlessly, turned around and walked back to the home team's coaching bench.
"Damn, I actually scored a goal this time!" Gao Shen was so depressed.
The seventeenth time I single-handedly scored, I actually scored!
What the hell did you do the first sixteen times?
Gao Shen now really feels like playing FM Football Manager, because in this game, he has often encountered the experience of being scored on for the first time this season.
Tonight, Cristiano Ronaldo's goal was similar.
"If you don't make it sixteen times, just to make it the seventeenth time!" Zidane also had a wry smile on his face.
This ball is actually very helpless, it can be regarded as a coincidence.
Napoli's defense didn't make any major mistakes.
Lichtsteiner's clearance was blocked only by Rooney's interference. Berbatov has always had the technical ability to hold the ball when double-teamed by two players, and Cristiano Ronaldo,
The speed with which he sprinted was unstoppable to Vargas.
But in all of these, Naples had restricted them very well before and did not give their opponents a chance.
Only this time, they made it!
"What now?" Zidane asked eagerly.
The game time is already seventy-eight minutes.
After Gao Shen thought about it for a while, he made a decision immediately.
Substitute!
Hamsik replaced Thiago Motta.
Pelai replaced Cavani.
Naples changed from 433 to 4231!
High position to press and press, let me attack!
Because Gao Shen knew that he had no choice.
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Even before the game, Ferguson had been wondering. No matter whether it was the first half or the second half, Gao Shen did not try to attack at the beginning, which made him feel a little puzzled.
He even wondered if Gao Shen was deliberately hiding his secret?
When Napoli suddenly pressed forward to attack, Ferguson really felt like he was expecting it.
His hanging heart dropped instead.
So, he immediately made a substitution and replaced Anderson with Giggs.
He wanted to try to fight back.
Naples has practiced 4231 for three full seasons. The team has already become very proficient in this style of play. Everyone is familiar with their responsibilities. Once the advanced adjustments are made, the players immediately know what to do.
He was very familiar with the high-position press and pressure, and was able to suppress Manchester United firmly in no time.
The Red Devils' midfielder did not have an advantage when facing Naples, and now it is even more at a disadvantage.
Ferguson did not make substitutions, but adjusted the position of the midfielder and even asked Rooney to retreat.
"This kid is crazy!" Ferguson chuckled.
He himself never thought that Cristiano Ronaldo would receive a goal from Berbatov's assist.
You know, these two people rarely call.
A total of sixteen single shots were played, and not a single goal was scored.
Who would have thought that either he didn't score, but once he scored, it would be a key goal like the Champions League semifinals.
After getting a valuable away goal, what Ferguson wants to do most now is to consolidate this goal first, and then strive to expand the result if there is a chance.
But when Naples goes crazy, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Especially on both sides.
After changing to 4231, center Pellet's tactical role in the front became more obvious, and Di Maria and Sanchez on the two wings were also completely free.
Unfortunately, Manchester United's central defenders were greatly consumed by Cavani.
The Uruguayan center of Naples, whether it is his running ability, physical confrontation, or impact on Manchester United's penalty area, has put huge pressure on the central defender and consumed a lot of physical energy.
Ferdinand, in particular, was clearly overwhelmed.
The Manchester United central defender has been plagued by injuries this season. First he suffered a groin strain and then a back injury, which caused him to miss a lot of games. Now, under the repeated impact of Cavani, he is also very exhausted.
In the 83rd minute, Ferguson hesitated and finally replaced Ferdinand with Evans.
But just three minutes after Manchester United made the substitution, after Naples stole the ball in the backcourt, Biglia passed the ball to Di Maria who was retreating. The Argentine quickly dribbled the ball forward along the left wing.
Cristiano Ronaldo did not follow up with Di Maria immediately, but let the Argentinian dribble the ball all the way.
Just after passing the center line, before Fletcher could get closer, Di Maria made a cross pass to Hamsik in the gap behind Fletcher. He quickly sprinted forward and pointed forward, signaling Hamsik.
Pass forward.
The Slovak midfielder and Di Maria also cooperated very well. Without stopping the ball, he directly passed the ball back and passed it behind O'Shea. Di Maria sprinted directly in front, allowing the Argentine winger to catch up and get away.
It's O'Shea.
Two over one!
As soon as he took a step forward, he saw Vidic grabbing the ball. Di Maria cleverly passed the ball behind him, bypassed Vidic's side, passed the ball directly, and forced the pass with speed.
Vidic.
"Beautiful! A left counterattack from Naples!"
"Di Maria's man ball was passed!"
The entire St. Paul Stadium cheered wildly.
After Di Maria just broke through Vidic's defense, he immediately caught up with the ball he had just passed, and at this moment he had reached the left side of the front edge of the penalty area.
At this time, Pelai in the center of Naples was further back, but Sanchez on the right had also quickly caught up.
The only defensive player left in front of Di Maria was Evans. Almost equal to him was Carrick who was trailing behind in the middle, but behind him were pursuers such as O'Shea and Fletcher.
At least he slowed down a little and was immediately caught up by Manchester United's defensive players.
Di Maria didn't hesitate too much and chose to challenge Evans directly!
