Generally speaking, defense requires depth, so defensive formations pay attention to several lines.
A certain distance must be maintained between each line, so that when the opponent crosses a line of defense, they can continue to organize defense and hold off the attacker.
Not only in football matches, but also in war.
Depth is very important to the defensive side.
What Lazio has to do now is to compress Manchester United's defense and eliminate their strategic defensive depth.
When all three lines were pressed into one, Lazio only needed one direct pass to completely penetrate their defense.
Therefore, when advancing the attack, Lazio had no intention of stopping. They were approaching step by step, not very fast, but they continued to compress Manchester United's space.
At the beginning, Manchester United fought and retreated, intending to hold Lazio at the front of the penalty area and deal with Lazio.
But they found something was wrong.
When they started to shrink their defense, they couldn't hold back anymore!
They were compressed bit by bit into a pancake!
At this moment, Lazio suddenly made a pass!
The rhythm suddenly changed!
In front of Manchester United's organized defense, Ballack, who was holding the ball, suddenly made a light pass!
This pass was completely beyond the expectations of the Manchester United players. No one expected that the German tough guy could make such an exquisite pass in the game!
Manchester United's defenders were ill-prepared for this.
But David Silva didn't handle the ball well either.
After he entered the penalty area at high speed, he wanted to shoot directly. When he shot, the football was slightly high. His foot was swinging from bottom to top, and the kicked football naturally flew from bottom to top——
In other words, it was shot high.
"Barack...a beautiful pass! David Silva! Oops! What a pity! Too high!"
The Italian commentator was speechless.
However, Chang Sheng remained expressionless on the sidelines.
He neither put his head in his hands nor looked up to the sky and sighed.
He sat on the coaching bench without even raising his butt, which was in sharp contrast to the excited people around him.
There is nothing to regret that David Silva did not score, because sooner or later everyone will realize that this is just one of countless such opportunities for Lazio in this game.
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After David Silva missed this golden opportunity, the commentators felt lucky that Manchester United had escaped death.
Even Manchester United fans themselves think they are lucky.
Lazio's attack was very sudden, and it can be said that it caught Manchester United off guard.
If Manchester United really conceded the ball in this Lazio attack, then there really isn't much to say.
But now that they haven't conceded a goal, they have a feeling that "if you survive a disaster, you will be lucky".
Manchester United fans firmly believe that their team will defeat Lazio at home and eliminate Lazio, which is currently causing headaches throughout Europe!
So when Lazio made a comeback soon, Manchester United fans were quite confident in their defense.
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This time Lazio still compressed all three lines of Manchester United into one line.
The distance between Manchester United's center back line and midfielder is so close that it can almost be regarded as a line.
And Modric with the ball is right in front of their line.
The defensive attention of the Manchester United players was all on Modric who had the ball.
At this moment, Modric suddenly passed the football out. Instead of handing it directly to Klose in the center, he distributed the football to the left.
Left back Balzaretti broke in at high speed and penetrated Manchester United's defense.
He received a pass from Modric behind the Manchester United defense.
He didn't sweep across the goal immediately, but used his left foot to knock the football inside and cut inside!
What the defensive Manchester United fears the most is this kind of inside cut.
If Balzaretti just made an ordinary cross, they believe that with the air defense capabilities of Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, the ball will be handled well.
But when Balzaretti cuts inside, they panic.
Because they weren't sure exactly what Balzaretti would do.
He can pass, he can dribble, he can also shoot.
If it is a cross, it is also divided into high ball and low ball, whether it is the front point or the back point...
There are many possibilities, which will give Manchester United too many choices when defending, causing them to be hesitant.
After Balzaretti cut inside, he did not continue to dribble, but chose to pass the ball.
But it's not the kind of high ball that is passed directly to the back point, but a diagonal pass with one foot on the ground!
When the Manchester United players hurriedly returned to defense and ran towards the goal, the football passed by Balzaretti went diagonally through Manchester United's entire defense line, passing them at the front point, and finally fell to them.
Go behind!
Previously, Manchester United's defense was overly compressed by Lazio, and it still maintained a line when returning to defense. Therefore, Balzaretti's diagonal back pass completely hit an area that was not defended by Manchester United players.
Lazio midfielder Ledesma came in from behind and ran towards the ball!
"Lazio... look at this ball! Ledesma -"
As the commentator shouted, Ledesma swung his right leg to win the ball.
At the same time, the Manchester United players reacted and turned to intercept Ledesma.
Carrick almost gave up his entire body's center of gravity and flew sideways, trying to block Ledesma's shot with his body.
Ledesma's foot firmly hit the middle and lower part of the football. The football flew into the air, passed Carrick who had fallen to the ground, and continued to rush upward!
Then he passed everyone in the penalty area and hit the lower edge of the crossbar hard!
Van der Sar was in the air and made a saving motion of waving to hit the ball, but he just hit a gust of wind!
The football hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced off.
When the football hits the ground, it is already inside the goal line...
"The ball...went in!!! Ledesma's world wave——!!"
The Italian commentator stood up from his chair, raised his arms and shouted.
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When the football roared towards the Manchester United goal, many Manchester United fans still couldn't believe that the ball would threaten their goal and result in a goal.
So when the football actually bounced into the goal, these people's reaction was half a beat too slow.
When the football bounced off the ground, they even thought it would pop out.
When the football bounced up again, they discovered that the football had been blocked by the net - it had indeed gone in!
There was sudden chaos at Old Trafford.
Some people are still booing Lazio, some people are silent because of this conceded goal, and some people are cheering for Manchester United as usual...
It was hard to tell what the atmosphere in the stadium was for a while.
But this is not important, what is important is that Manchester United is lagging behind again!
The score of this game, Lazio and Manchester United tied at 1:1, but in the total score, Lazio led 2:1!
The advantage is back to Lazio!
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"Lazio's goal came very timely! Manchester United only led for ten minutes, and they chased it back! If the time is longer, it will turn to Manchester United's advantage. Because Manchester United's players will be more confident the more defensive they are..."
"The powerful Lazio... Ledesma's world wave has changed the situation! Before Ledesma scored, the situation was actually more favorable to Manchester United... But now, I believe Lazio has regained the initiative!"
The commentators were really quick to adapt to the situation, and they cheered collectively for Manchester United when they scored.
Now that Lazio has scored a goal, everyone is unanimously optimistic about Lazio.
Amid their cheers, Ledesma, who scored the goal, opened his arms and ran towards the corner flag area.
Behind him are the Lazio players chasing him.
The few Lazio fans cheered in the stands, even temporarily overwhelming the boos of the Manchester United fans.
The TV broadcast quickly cut to the coaching benches of both teams on the sidelines.
On the Lazio coaching bench, when he saw his team scoring a goal, Chang Sheng remained very calm and did not even get up. He just sat on the chair in the coaching bench and applauded, which was regarded as celebrating the goal.
However, the people next to him were more excited than him and were still high-fiving each other.
"Lazio equalized the score! They also regained the lead in the total score. But Chang seemed very calm... Think about it again. After Rooney scored, he still had this expression. It seems that he is still very interested in his team.
Confident..."
The narrator said this.
The screen cut to Manchester United's coaching bench again.
Ferguson was standing on the sidelines, and there were no changes in his movements or expressions in response to losing the ball. His mouth just kept chewing gum, just like a conditioned reflex.
Both coaches looked quite calm.
But that's just what it looks like.
If anyone pays close attention, they will find that Ferguson chews gum more frequently.
This action fully reflects his inner tension.
In fact, for Ferguson, Manchester United's loss of the goal was a huge blow.
Manchester United is still lagging behind in the total score, so Rooney's goal seems to be of little significance.
In addition, Lazio also scored an away goal.
Now, Manchester United can't even score another goal. They must score two more goals, otherwise they will be eliminated due to few away goals.
Although it was at his home court, it was not easy to score Lazio's goal.
Not to mention scoring two goals in a row...
Ferguson was anxious and nervous, but he couldn't let his players see it, so he pretended to be pretty good.
If you don't carefully observe how often he chews gum, you really don't know how he feels inside...
This is the pressure a head coach needs to bear.
Therefore, without a strong enough heart, you really cannot be a qualified head coach, just like the winning assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez. In terms of ability, he has a higher professional level than many head coaches.
, but why can he only be an assistant coach?
Just because his psychological quality cannot pass the test... (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
