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Ferguson had the same expression from the moment he appeared on the court to the start of the game today. In fact, he had no expression at all.
Manchester United's formation today has returned to tradition, or in other words, in recent years, except for playing Millwall, they have always lived like this, with both wings flying together and absolutely attacking.
But since Millwall began to show the momentum of dominating the world, Ferguson also had to let Manchester United start to specifically restrict Millwall. Therefore, in the past few games, the formation and tactics have changed significantly.
The idea of this season was originally very wonderful. Veron was added, and some changes were added to the two-wings flying together to make the style of play richer. Just like Millwall, I can't say that I am proficient in all the eighteen martial arts.
At least it's not just the same three-axe that comes and goes. Once restrained by the opponent, there is no way to change the move.
After all, I didn't expect Stam to publish an unfortunate autobiography.
Stam must go. There is no debate about this. If he stays, will the order in the locker room and the authority of the head coach be the same as in the past?
With the departure of the core of defense, Manchester United's defense turned into a sieve and was riddled with holes by various Premier League teams.
Having just lost three games in a row, Millwall comes knocking again. What can Ferguson do?
After all, it's either defense or offense.
If you follow the mean approach, you will definitely have no hope of victory and will definitely lose!
Let's defend. At home. Manchester United doesn't want face anymore?
Moreover, with this line of defense, even with 5 defenders and 3 midfielders, Ferguson felt unsure.
You can only attack. If you lose the ball, you will definitely lose the ball. But if the offense can work wonders, it doesn't matter if you score one more than the opponent or concede a few. Besides, Millwall's defense itself is not top-notch. They rely on a top-notch offense.
Suppressing the opponent, using offense instead of defense!
Manchester United simply played against each other and counted after 90 minutes, who scored more goals and whose goalkeeper turned back to pick up the ball less often.
Aldridge guessed Ferguson's tactical intentions from Manchester United's formation.
It is no exaggeration to say that Manchester United's lineup strength this season has dropped half a level from the top of the first-class to the super-first-class level. Sometimes, if one person is missing, the decline in the lineup's strength is very obvious.
After the Black Wind duo ended, Manchester United had already fallen out of its first-class strength. After Stam left, Manchester United's last-class defense alone caused a serious decline in overall strength. In addition, Veron replaced Skoll.
On the contrary, Thomas is not as good as Scholes, and there is no dispute about Manchester United's decline in strength.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester United organized an attack. Veron made a precise long pass in the midfield and hit Schneider behind. Schneider unexpectedly went up!
Giggs quickly rushed to the baseline, stopped the ball before it bounced to the ground for the second time, and then cut into the penalty area at full speed. Solskjaer rushed forward, then braked and retreated to gain space. Giggs passed the ball to Solskjaer.
Skjaer, the latter stopped the ball, aimed at the goal, and hit the goal with his kick.
Butt, who was well prepared, blocked the ball, but the ball was still in the penalty area. Giggs took the lead and shot a follow-up shot. Butt hurriedly blocked the ball again with his raised thigh, but the ball almost flew sideways.
Towards the other side of the goal, Van Nistelrooy, who was just in front of the goal line, subconsciously bumped the ball with his body and the ball entered the goal.
"Solskjaer, Giggs, Van Nistelrooy! 21 seconds into the game, Manchester United scored! This was a result that no one expected. Manchester United got off to a fantastic start! This attack originated from Veron's
Accurate long pass, Schneider's header error, Soles
Kjaer's shot was already of high quality. Bute successively saved Solskjaer's shot and Giggs' follow-up shot, but Ruud van Nistelrooy was lucky and scored in front of the goal. He was like a wooden stake.
Blocked the ball and scored! 1:0, Manchester United leads."
Seeing his team score a goal, Ferguson let out a sigh of relief, but showed no expression of excitement or celebration.
It would be great if the football match lasted 30 seconds. Manchester United scored in 21 seconds, celebrated and kicked off again. Then, the game ended immediately, Manchester United won 1:0, and the victory ended...
However, there are still 89 long minutes, and he knows that the game against Millwall will not end until the last second.
Aldrich put one hand in his pocket and stretched out the other hand. He stared at Schneider with a cold face, seeming to ask silently: What are you doing?
If a defender goes up, even if it is a full-back, it is a huge mistake.
Schneider had no expression on his face and made an apology gesture to his teammates, gritting his teeth secretly and feeling cruel in his heart.
It was indeed his misjudgment and there was nothing to deny it.
The expressions of Millwall's players did not change much. The game had just begun and they were one goal behind, which put a certain amount of pressure on them, but the ability to withstand pressure they had honed over the years, especially when there were 89 minutes left in the game, did not show any signs of it.
Any panic.
The game restarted and Millwall kicked off. After a series of small-scale cooperation, Nedvěd hit a long-range shot in front of the penalty area, which was lifted over the crossbar by Barthez.
Three minutes later, Manchester United's attack suffered a setback. Veron was caught between Nedved and Pirlo and lost the ball. Nedved turned around and Veron went to grab Pirlo. The latter passed the ball forward lightly.
Devide took the ball and moved forward calmly.
In front of Keane, Nedved passed the ball to the left, and Ronaldinho took the ball.
Now Ronaldinho, who plays football with ease and dexterity, walks directly to the center after getting the ball. He doesn't know why, but the midfielder area in the front and back of Manchester United's penalty area is very empty today.
There was only Keane, and Keane had to follow Nedved. Ronaldinho didn't have time to think about it, but Aldridge knew the reason, because in the past, Scholes, the central midfielder, would return to defend here.
Ronaldinho dribbled the ball into the middle of the penalty area. Phil Neville, playing as the right back, instinctively pushed outside. However, he found that he could not keep up with Ronaldinho's speed of cutting into the center. He then went over and met his brother Gary Neville.
There was a conflict in Weir's position. It happened that he saw Gianluca Zambrotta coming up at this time, so he did not dare to lose his position too seriously.
Ronaldinho brought the ball to the center of the penalty area. Nedved diagonally inserted into the space between Gary Neville and Phil Neville. Keane saw Nedved's movement routine. If he didn't follow, there would be trouble.
The bad thing is that Ronaldinho made a direct pass and was easily penetrated through the defense.
But at this time Henry pulled it out again. Keane gave up on Nedvěd and turned to focus on Henry, blocking the cooperation between Ronaldinho and Henry. Gary Neville went to focus on Nedved. At this moment, Larsson
The ribs on the other side of the cut were open. Blanc moved two steps to the left.
All Manchester United players thought that Ronaldinho would use a through ball to break through Manchester United's defense. However, Ronaldinho used Henry as a wall to separate Keane and enter the penalty area. Blanc and Gary Neville had to guard against the space in the ribs.
, the middle portal instead exposed its flaws.
Blanc relied on his experience to decisively block the middle, but he was no longer young and his speed was still slow. When he came to block, Ronaldinho made a change of direction and took the ball directly to the small penalty area line. Facing Barthez
, Ronaldinho easily pushed the shot into the blind corner of the goal and succeeded.
After scoring the goal, Ronaldinho made the "six" gesture with both hands and kept shaking as he ran towards the sideline.
"Another magical performance from Ronaldinho! He staged a long-distance attack from the wing. It seemed that he cut a bloody path through the center of Manchester United, got rid of Keane, passed Blanc, and then passed the ball
Easily passed through the gate guarded by Barthez, is this still Manchester United? Such a defense is incredible! Manchester United's lead only lasted for 5 minutes, and the score is now 1:1."
Keane was furious about conceding the ball and kept talking to Veron before kick-off.
It can be said that Millwall is just the attacking group of the trident plus Nedved. Even Manchester United needs to ensure that there are 6 defensive players.
Because situations like just now happen frequently.
It is dangerous when three attackers stand in the open positions of the four defenders. Keane blocked Henry, and Ronaldinho is the fourth attacker. Manchester United also needs to add a defensive player to follow Ronaldinho.
At that moment, Manchester United's full-backs were unable to block the attacking player who advanced into the space.
The situation is clear at a glance. Is Larsson closer to the goal after cutting inside, or is Sylvester closer to the goal? Larsson can even shoot without stopping the ball. How many moves does Sylvester have to do to restrict Larsson?
Sen's shot, it is this factor that makes the two central defenders inevitably distracted to block the space in the ribs, and the central door may be exposed to danger.
Old Trafford seems to be used to being scored by Millwall.
The expressions of Manchester United fans were numb. They also wanted to ask, is there any team in the world that can limit Millwall's offense?
Ferguson and Hitchfield thought alike.
Yes, there are definitely ways to limit Millwall's offense!
Add one more defensive player to the six!
Just like the tactics Aldridge used in England, 4 defenders plus 3 midfielders.
But with that kind of tactical system, it is really difficult for wealthy teams to stick to it for a long time. If you don't stick to it, there will be no team tacit understanding, and the technical and tactical power will not be brought out. It will just be an empty frame.
This is why when Mourinho's Chelsea became famous in Europe with a tactical system similar to 4 defenders and 3 midfielders, the outside world did not widely recognize Chelsea as a Premier League giant, because in addition to the foundation, the giants must pursue victory on the basis of
, have higher pursuits.
Victory, which team does not pursue victory? What is the difference between a wealthy team and a civilian team?
But like Real Madrid, which always pursues a gorgeous football philosophy, even if it misses the Champions League, people will not take the word "rich" off its head.
Aldridge exhaled when he saw Ronaldinho scoring a goal, and he didn't feel too surprised.
In addition to the lack of mainstay Stam, Manchester United's defense also has the most critical factor of Scholes being replaced by Veron.
In this way, Millwall's midfield attack will be unimpeded!
From organization to penetration, and finally to the threat in the penalty area, this change is very critical.
First of all, Veron is unable to play a significant role in delaying and harassing the midfielder. Secondly, he lacks frontal defensive ability, and his ability to return to defense has plummeted. It may not be a particularly big problem when playing against ordinary teams.
But in the face of Millwall's superb offensive ability, especially in the context of the ultra-fast transition between offense and defense in the Premier League, Veron's disappearance in defense almost exposed Manchester United's defense to Millwall's firepower.
Millwall itself also has a weakness in this regard. Pirlo's defensive ability cannot be expected, but Pirlo can harass and use reasonable positioning to help, because he is positioned far back and can act as a mobile
In the role of obstacle, Veron is a central midfielder and an attacking midfielder at Lazio. He is more aware of going forward, but he cannot take care of the back. By the time he turns around and runs back, sorry, he has been thrown away by a street.
