Cristiano Ronaldo moves slowly on the pitch, waiting for his teammates behind him to create opportunities.
Ferguson told him that once he starts running, he will not be restricted by his opponents.
Sure enough, in the past few years, his number of goals has continued to soar, even reaching a career high.
But something is wrong tonight.
In fact, not only tonight, but also in the first round at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples, he played very badly.
He couldn't tell what was going on specifically, but he was playing very hard and awkwardly, and was always off the channel.
Tonight, he frequently pulled wide, constantly trying to increase the ball and create opportunities through interspersed running, but the effect was very poor.
Whether it was tonight or the first round a week ago, Rooney and Park Ji-sung failed to take advantage of Naples' defense.
The Korean's flexibility and speed have no advantage in front of Vargas. The key is that the Peruvian full-back's physical confrontation ability is better than Park Ji-sung, which makes it difficult for the Korean winger to hold the ball, let alone speak the ball.
When Rooney faced Lichtsteiner, his body did not suffer. He even had a slight advantage and was able to hold the ball. However, he retreated too deep and lacked the speed and ability to break through with the ball, causing him to struggle to get the ball.
After that, I couldn't rush up.
In the past, Rooney got the ball, could make long passes, and cooperated with his teammates, but in these two games, he was choked to death and couldn't find the path for the ball. This forced Ronaldo to frequently move to the wing to respond.
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But after the Portuguese got the ball, there were always people around him, and he also played very hard.
What he needs is the kind of opportunity to directly hit the defense and the goal, not what he has now.
As early as after the first round, he raised this issue with Ferguson. He felt that he was not suitable to play center.
Even earlier, when Ferguson tried him to play center several times, he had responded to this problem.
But Ferguson told him to work hard and try to change.
"This is the best position for you right now!" Ferguson told him.
When he thought of this, Ronaldo felt agitated for no reason.
Seeing that the midfielder was unable to pass the ball, he simply ran back and raised his hand to ask for the ball from his teammates.
After getting the ball, he started with the ball and tried to advance, but was fouled by Thiago Motta's tackle. The referee gave Manchester United a free kick opportunity from about 30 meters in the frontcourt.
The Portuguese didn't discuss it with anyone and just kicked the ball, but it was much higher.
Putting him in the center position for two consecutive games, which he has done several times this season, especially in key competitions such as the Champions League semi-finals, this made Ronaldo, who wanted to lead the team further, particularly annoyed.
Having nowhere to use his strength was what frustrated him the most!
He really regrets, why didn't he leave Manchester United last year?
As early as 2006, he and Rooney had a falling out at the World Cup in Germany and became the public enemy of the British people. At that time, he wanted to transfer to Real Madrid, but Ferguson personally flew to Lisbon to persuade him and promised to use him as the core to form a new team.
The team and agent Mendes also believe that the transfer time is not right.
He stayed.
Two years later, he helped Manchester United win the Champions League and defend the Premier League title. Manchester United made a strong comeback again.
At that time, Real Madrid president Calderon contacted him again.
Speaking of which, that guy is also a loser.
Ronaldo had promised to join Real Madrid at that time, as long as he convinced Manchester United, but what was the result?
He didn't dare to offend Manchester United, didn't even dare to talk about it, was daunted by Manchester United's transfer fee of 100 million euros, and even made the whole world go crazy over this matter. Brazilian star Robinho
Leave the team angrily.
Afterwards, Ferguson approached Ronaldo and promised him to stay with the team for another year. As long as the offer was suitable, he would let Ronaldo leave.
The most ridiculous thing is that Calderon is now telling others everywhere that he and Ronaldo signed a secret agreement.
Funny! How to sign this kind of agreement? How to implement it? Is it legally binding? How to protect the rights and interests of both parties?
What to do if you encounter force majeure?
Once a force majeure clause is added, is the agreement still valuable?
All of these made Ronaldo very upset.
Especially in the game, the game was not going smoothly, and he had a vague feeling that Naples was moving forward as a whole.
This is a particularly strange feeling. Every time Naples successfully defends, the defense seems to be advancing step by step. By almost twenty minutes, even when Manchester United gets the ball to attack, Naples' defense
It has almost reached the thirty-meter area.
During a team attack, Ronaldo saw that the ball was still not coming out of the midfield, so he immediately retreated and raised his hand to receive Fletcher's pass. David Luiz also followed him out immediately and blocked it with his body.
behind him.
Ronaldo stopped the ball outside the 30-meter area in Naples with his back to the direction of attack. He passed the ball crosswise and passed it to Fletcher who came in behind. However, Rakitic stepped forward to block it.
For a moment.
The ball slightly touched Rakitic's leg, but still fell in front of Fletcher.
But when Manchester United stopped the ball in the midfield, Vargas abandoned Park Ji-sung, took a step ahead of Fletcher, and stopped the ball to Thiago Motta. Fletcher immediately pounced on Thiago Motta.
Go up.
But the Brazilian midfielder is very strong. He turned his back, stopped the ball, blocked Fletcher with his body, took the ball two steps laterally, spotted the opportunity, and passed it crosswise to Bi in the gap.
Gloria.
The Argentinian stopped the ball sideways and moved forward, turned around, glanced ahead, and without thinking, directly passed the ball diagonally.
The ball quickly moved from the center of the own half to the right and was passed diagonally to the left side of the frontcourt.
Di Maria on the left wing was moving forward quickly, and Biglia's pass happened to catch up with Biglia's pass. He passed by with a continuous stop, and got rid of O'Shea who was rushing to grab him. He made another pass.
Accelerating, dribbling the ball away from Manchester United's right back, running wildly.
For a moment, the entire Old Trafford stadium was silent.
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"Quick counterattack from Napoli!"
"A great stop by Di Maria!"
"Look at his attack this time. Manchester United's defense retreated very quickly, but Di Maria was also very fast."
Ferdinand immediately retreated to the left side of his own penalty area, trying to block Di Maria who had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area. However, as soon as the Argentine broke into the penalty area, he made a sudden stop and tried to cut inside.
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The Manchester United central defender also immediately stopped and made moves to intercept.
Unexpectedly, Di Maria faked another shot, and the fake action was very realistic. After deceiving Ferdinand, he used his left foot to ride the ball to the baseline, and passed Ferdinand in the penalty area.
The whole process was almost exactly the same as the goal in the first round.
Ferdinand turned and fell to the ground to tackle, but failed to reach Di Maria.
After the Argentinian winger passed Ferdinand, he didn't hesitate at all. He glanced at Edwin van der Sar, who was about to attack on the left side of the post, and then looked at Cavani, who was forced to be pinned behind Vidic. It was almost impossible.
There are no passing lanes.
Manchester United’s central defender is really strong!
Even in the midst of rapid changes, they can use almost instinctive reactions to make the most reasonable defense.
But the most powerful thing about Naples' offense is its layering.
After Di Maria passed Ferdinand's pass, he glanced at the penalty area and knew that he could not pass the ball to Cavani. Without any hesitation, he directly made an inverted triangle diagonal pass and passed the ball back to the left side of the small penalty area.
To the right of the penalty spot.
At this time, Cavani rushed to the front, with Vidic in front of him and Evra behind him. However, Sanchez, who was originally within Evra's marking range, deliberately fell behind during the sprint and stopped at this time.
Di Maria's pass.
After stopping the ball with his right foot, the Chilean winger rushed forward and fired straight away.
The ball went from the lower right corner of the goal into the center of the Manchester United goal and lifted the net.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Twenty-first minute, twenty-first minute!!"
"A quick counterattack from Napoli!"
"Sanchez! Chilean winger Sanchez scored the goal of Manchester United for Naples with a furious shot!"
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On the sidelines of the court, when Gao Shen saw Di Maria passing the ball to Sanchez, he knew the ball was there. When he saw Sanchez shoot, he jumped up with excitement, shouted and roared loudly, his whole expression was filled with excitement.
It became ferocious!
"Long live! Long live!!!"
Gao Shen was so excited that he almost rushed out of the command area, shouting and screaming. Fortunately, he was stopped by Carlo and Zidane who rushed over. They hugged Gao Shen tightly, one on the left and the other on the right.
"Awesome! Gao, it's wonderful!"
"Awesome! You are so awesome!"
"Oh my god, we're back!"
The assistants rushed up one by one and surrounded Gao Shen.
On the court, all Naples players rushed out to celebrate Sanchez's goal.
"One to zero!"
"The total score is now 2 to 1. Naples has reversed Manchester United's total score!"
"I have to say that tonight at Old Trafford, Naples, who started with a defensive counterattack, performed more steadily and better, especially this counterattack was Naples' third shot since the start.
At the same time, it was also the most threatening attack, and it directly penetrated Manchester United's defense and scored a goal."
"The advanced formations have worked. He should have learned the lessons from the first round. At Old Trafford, Naples played more steadily, but the counterattack was sharper and more targeted."
After Sanchez accepted the congratulations from his teammates on the sidelines, when he returned to the court with his teammates, they all ran to the visiting team's coaching bench to high-five and hug the head coach.
"Well done!"
"Keep up the good work!"
"We must firmly hold on to the advantage of this ball. At the same time, we must pay attention to Manchester United's counterattack and stabilize the situation first!"
Gao Shen loudly warned his players.
The Naples players had long admired Gao Shen, and they all listened to his instructions and nodded.
The boos at Old Trafford were loud, and Manchester United fans were venting their anger.
Gao Shen also didn't expect that the team would score a goal through a quick counterattack.
"Our game strategy needs to change!"
Gao Shen walked back to the visiting team's coaching bench and cheerfully said to Zidane and others.
Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape.
The most important thing is to adapt measures to the time and local conditions.
