When sending Brown on, Ferguson also sighed slightly in his heart. Although Johnson is not very famous, he is a trustworthy central defender under him. However, after a serious injury last year, his body has been in decline.
It started to become fragile, and now Brown is replaced. Although Brown has good quality, he is still relatively young after all. If something goes wrong in a game of this level, it will be very troublesome...
"You must be under control in the midfield, so as to reduce the defensive pressure on the team..." Ferguson turned his attention to Veron on the field. In the away game, Veron led the team to suppress the opponent in the midfield.
Can he still do it in every game? Of course, he can definitely do it. His form in the recent games has been quite good...
Three minutes later, Veron, who had high hopes from Ferguson, did not perform very well. Instead, Giggs' flash of inspiration on the wing opened the door to victory for Manchester United. He received Keane's pass from the left.
Passing the ball, he first made an emergency stop to get rid of Camoranesi who was returning to defense, and then started to dribble the ball towards the center. Under the influence of Scholes, Makelele failed to defend in the first time and came over in a hurry.
Baraja, who was filling in, was accelerated to break through again, and then under the attack of Thuram who came up and Hector who came over, Giggs still passed the ball beautifully, and the ball fell into the penalty area.
At the feet of Van Nistelrooy, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had not performed well at the Calderon Stadium before, immediately started to shoot. The ball flew into the blind corner of the goal. Manchester United led 1-0!
The Old Trafford stadium immediately erupted with huge cheers! Their darling Giggs brought them this goal with a beautiful personal breakthrough! This further convinced Manchester United fans that victory in this game would be
It belongs to them!
Dick curled his lips. This goal was entirely the result of Giggs' brilliance. If the team's arrangement was disrupted because of this goal, that would be a bit...
Manchester United also has a magical nature. They were originally fighting back and forth with Atletico Madrid in the midfield on an even keel. Now with the stimulation of this ball, their state will most likely be displayed to the fullest!
Dick's keen sense of smell came into full play at this moment. He noticed this in time, and then called Belleron when the Manchester United players began to celebrate, and told him to tell other teammates to focus on defense during this time: "
Defend first, don't let them continue to attack, and then launch a counterattack when I give instructions from the sidelines, understand? Now we need to stabilize, the game is still very long, this is an unexpected situation."
Belleron nodded. Although the arrangement before the game was to compete with Manchester United in the midfield, an unexpected situation did arise now, that is, Giggs' sudden outbreak...
Belleron quickly conveyed Dick's instructions to the other players and began to pay more attention to defense and not leave too much offensive space for Manchester United in the backcourt.
Sure enough, after the restart, Manchester United immediately started pressing in the midfield, and then launched waves of crazy attacks!
In the ninth minute, Giggs broke through from the left and passed in. Ruud van Nistelrooy hit the ball high under Stam's pressure.
In the 12th minute, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Scholes played a two-on-one and then passed the ball. Giggs followed up and took a long shot, but Makelele blocked it with his body.
In the 14th minute, Beckham made a pass from the right. Giggs headed the ball from behind. Ruud van Nistelrooy followed up and planned to header the ball to the goal. Stam interfered with him in time. Ruud van Nistelrooy's header went high.
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During Manchester United's crazy attack, Atletico Madrid retreated in time and closely guarded the most dangerous areas. This approach continued to frustrate Manchester United's offense - although their offense once became very fierce, however, under Atletico Madrid
Under the orderly defense, there were not many opportunities.
"Defense, defense again! When did the Spanish team only know how to defend?" The commentator on the scene unscrupulously laughed at Atletico Madrid's shrinking defense performance, while the Manchester United fans laughed and booed.
voice, despising Atletico Madrid's performance.
Ferguson frowned. The goal Giggs brought just now was not because of his good tactical arrangements, but because of his sudden personal outburst. Of course, Ferguson was not like Van Gaal who arranged Rivaldo on the left.
As a result of the event, Rivaldo ran to the center and scored two goals, which made the head coach furious. He didn't really care about this. However, the subsequent suppression was completely based on the suppression caused by Manchester United's previous offensive instinct. When Manchester United had
When performing like this, even Real Madrid and Bayern have to temporarily avoid the limelight and suppress Atletico Madrid.
, as if this was already planned...
Ferguson couldn't help but glance at Dick - this young head coach seemed to be very familiar with Manchester United! You must know that the previous midfield confrontation was evenly matched, but after losing the ball, he decisively chose to defend first, allowing Manchester United to
The crazy energy of this period passed instead of immediately launching a counterattack to quickly equalize the score...
Thinking of this, Ferguson made a gesture to the field, asking them to return to the midfield confrontation just now. Although such a suppressive attack looks beautiful, there is a great danger in the backcourt. In Calderon,
Atletico Madrid won the final victory through a counterattack and set-piece after Manchester United's suppressive attack. If they were unable to attack for a long time and were equalized by a counterattack by the opponent, that would be a bit bad...
Under the command of Ferguson, Manchester United's players began to gradually slow down their offensive rhythm, and Atletico Madrid gradually stepped forward. The two sides once again formed a stalemate in the midfield. Dick couldn't help but watch at this time.
A glance at the home team's coaching bench showed that Ferguson was indeed a coach with a keen sense of smell. Although he did not expect that Dick's ultimate goal was to use the weakness of the coordination and characteristics of the five players in Manchester United's midfield to launch an attack.
The target was Manchester United's defense. However, he realized that such an attack would actually have no effect against Atletico Madrid's defense. He immediately asked the Manchester United players to stabilize themselves and stifled Atletico Madrid's hope of scoring through counterattack.
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Just like two masters fighting against each other, they always respond in advance when the opponent is about to make a move. It may seem boring to others, but between the two of them, their fighting skills are frightening at every step, as if they are walking on thin ice!
"Under the command of Ferguson, Manchester United began to take the initiative to retreat... This game is really incomprehensible. Atletico Madrid was not at a disadvantage before, but it started to shrink its defense just because of an unexpected goal.
Having completely suppressed Atletico Madrid, they took the initiative to retreat and make way for the midfield. This approach seemed to be actively looking for a defeat... What on earth were Ferguson and Dick thinking?" Some commentators were confused.
I asked in confusion.
The two sides started confrontation and pressing in the midfield again, trying to suppress the opponent from the midfield and then create opportunities. Atletico Madrid's offense gradually became more fierce. First, Baraja stepped in and then his long shot from the front of the penalty area was blocked.
Barthez hit the crossbar, Belleron took a corner kick, and the ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Blanco. Camoranesi outside the penalty area took the ball and shot again. Ervin, who was replaced, used his body to block the ball again.
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These two attacks by Atletico Madrid also caused Manchester United fans to break out in a cold sweat. Although they have not attacked many times so far, the momentum of each attack is very fierce!
Ferguson's brows furrowed tightly again, because in the midfield confrontation, Manchester United had gradually fallen behind. Again, just like the first 20 minutes of the last game at Calderon, Manchester United's midfielder was at a disadvantage.
Constantly being cut and divided by Atletico Madrid, the connection between Veron and other players was severed, and other players began to fight on their own involuntarily!
This situation makes Atletico Madrid's advantage in the confrontation more obvious. Manchester United often falls into the opponent's double-team when attacking, while Atletico Madrid's offense is always under the organization of Belleron.
Able to pass through the midfield smoothly and directly reach the hinterland of Manchester United!
"What's going on?" A question flashed in Ferguson's mind.
Atletico Madrid's midfield attack rhythm is a little faster than before - it is this rhythm that makes Manchester United's midfield very awkward - when they had Veron as the core, their rhythm was slower, and the previous four midfielders
During the game, the tempo was relatively fast, but now the tempo of the game is right between these two tempos. Veron can't keep up, and the other four midfielders have to slow down to adapt!
Suddenly, Manchester United's midfield began to become chaotic!
"That's it, attack!"
Dick waved his arms on the sidelines, and under his command, Atletico Madrid players began to launch a tidal wave of attacks!
Veron organized the team's offense freely in the midfield. In such a confrontation, his brilliance gradually began to shine, which was in sharp contrast to Veron's somewhat hectic performance in the midfield!
Thirty-six minutes.
Veron dribbled the ball in the midfield and broke through Veron's defense. After attracting Keane's attention, he immediately raised his foot and sent a penetrating diagonal pass to the left side of the penalty area.
Vicente inside!
Vicente dribbled the ball towards the penalty area and broke through. Brown retreated while trying to block Vicente's path. However, he ignored that Barthez was also attacking. The next moment, the two people collided heavily.
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Brown fell, and so did Barthez!
When the Manchester United fans in the stands screamed, Vicente naturally would not let go of this excellent opportunity. He quickly took a step and then easily pushed the ball towards the empty goal, pushing the ball into Manchester United.
the door!
"The ball went in! Vicente broke into the penalty area and scored! What was Brown thinking just now? When he returned to defense, he actually collided with the attacking goalkeeper Barthez, causing Vicente to easily score the ball into the empty goal! Brown
Big mistake made!"
When Vicente was running on the field to celebrate, Ferguson's face became ugly. Not only because of Brown's low-level mistake, but also because in the previous midfield confrontation, Manchester United was completely at a disadvantage and had almost no counterattack.
The power!
From his perspective, it is natural to see that Manchester United's passivity is not a problem of performance, but that it is completely behind Atletico Madrid in terms of rhythm and control!
Will Atletico Madrid, who can perform like this, lose such a big advantage to Manchester United in the midfield at their home court? He can see that Atletico Madrid's performance in the home game is no worse than this game, which can only prove that
One thing, Manchester United's advantage in the away game is because Atletico Madrid did not compete with Manchester United for the midfielder! Why not compete for the midfielder? It is to give Ferguson the illusion that Manchester United can compete with Atletico Madrid in the midfield confrontation!
"I was completely deceived..." Such emotions emerged in Ferguson's heart.
