During a Manchester City attack, Su Dong moved to the left side of the frontcourt. After receiving Marcelo's pass, he tried to form a breakthrough on the left side, but was blocked by Ferdinand who followed him.
As a last resort, Su Dong made an emergency stop to protect the ball and passed the ball back to Marcelo.
Marcelo crossed to Busquets and the team reorganized.
After David Silva received the ball, he completed a one-two with Toni Kroos, and the Spanish midfielder dribbled the ball forward.
Di Maria suddenly went straight to the left side of the penalty area, taking away Carrick and attracting the attention of the defensive player.
Su Dong suddenly ran from the left side along the front of the penalty area to the middle, and just cut into the front of Manchester United's penalty area.
David Silva understood the idea and passed the ball to Su Dong's feet.
Ferdinand abandoned Di Maria immediately and chose to block Su Dong. As a result, Su Dong did not stop, but stopped David Silva's ball towards the center. He also accelerated suddenly and rushed forward.
Opened Ferdinand's defense.
As soon as he broke through Ferdinand's defensive zone, Su Dong quickly kicked out a powerful and heavy long-range shot with his right foot.
The entire Wembley Stadium was filled with exclamations from Manchester United fans, mixed with the muffled sound of the ball.
Like lightning, the football flew out from the left side of the penalty area and landed in the lower right corner of the goal.
Van der Sar was well prepared this time and made a sideways dive. The tall and long-legged Dutch goalkeeper was sure to save the ball. But what he never expected was that Su Dong's long-range shot actually hit the small target.
It rebounds after landing in the penalty area and is faster.
This was completely unexpected by Van der Sar. Although he saved it, the ball passed his hand and fell into the goal behind him.
The audience burst into thunderous cheers.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
After Su Dong scored, he raised his hands high, turned around and rushed to the sidelines, heading straight to the stands where the Manchester City fans were.
"In the 37th minute, Su Dong scored another victory and scored twice!"
"This was a long shot from the outside of the penalty area, coming from the area where Su Dong is best. He used a very wonderful rebound to break Van der Sar's goal again, 2-0!"
"Manchester City not only took the initiative in possession, but also suppressed Manchester United on the pitch."
"Ferguson should reflect on Manchester United's tactics, especially after the wave of attacks in the first ten minutes, Manchester United retreated too far back and played too passively, which resulted in Manchester United being at the front of the penalty area.
The midfield completely lost its momentum."
"Carrick did not appear in the position where he should appear in time. He was taken out of his position by Di Maria, but can you blame him? Ferguson should reflect on how Manchester United arranged such a midfield configuration when facing Manchester City.
, is it too risky? Or is it that he didn’t even think about winning this game?”
Su Dong excitedly rushed out of the stadium, ran all the way, jumped over the billboard, and finally stopped under the Manchester City fans' stand.
He raised his hands high, roared at the Manchester City fans in the stands, and finally kissed the ring on his left hand vigorously. The live TV camera switched the scene to the stands very cooperatively, focusing on Wang Chuqing's picture.
Her flowery face was full of excitement and pride at this moment.
But soon, Su Dong was surrounded by players chasing after Manchester City.
Two to zero!
Manchester City has gained a key advantage!
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Ferguson didn't lose his temper like before this time.
It's not that he didn't think about winning, but he didn't expect that Guardiola would adopt such a style of play and even withdraw center Su Dong to play as a free agent. This is simply unbelievable.
If he were a player like Messi or Maradona, it would be understandable to play as a free agent, but that is Su Dong!
Instead of putting Su Dong in the most threatening position closest to the goal, instead let him retreat and pull wide?
Isn’t this nonsense?
Overkill! Waste of natural resources! Unreasonable!
But unfortunately, Guardiola did just that, and it worked wonders!
Ferguson really wants to ask, what is going on in this world?
Why are there hexagonal warriors like Su Dong?
In fact, Carrick can't really be blamed for conceding the goal just now.
why?
Because of Carrick and Di Maria, this was given by Ferguson.
The key is that Sudong pulled to the side and Ferdinand chose to follow. At this time, there was a defensive gap on the left side of the penalty area, so Di Maria stepped in. Carrick had to follow. If not, David Silva kicked
Through ball, Di Maria is single-handedly.
But I followed, okay, there is a problem at the front of the restricted area.
Su Dong, who was originally on the sidelines, chose to fight back to the middle and hit the gap after Carrick followed up.
Of course, Su Dong's long-range shot was very beautiful and was the decisive factor in the goal, but the entire offensive coordination was like this, and Manchester United really had no effective way to do this.
Unless there is one more person in the midfield.
Ferguson really feels helpless now, because he found that all his pre-match arrangements did not achieve the expected results, but he had no way to deal with Manchester City's tactics.
For example, when he played Hernandez, he hoped to strengthen the pressure in the frontcourt and use Hernandez's speed during counterattacks. However, in fact, Pepe and Kompany did not give Hernandez many opportunities.
Rooney retreated with the purpose of strangling Busquets, but the Spanish midfielder did not stick to the ball. He was always moving and quickly kicked the ball out, making Rooney unable to guard Busquets at all.
As for offense, don't be ridiculous, when has Busquets ever pressed forward?
The targeted defensive tactics did not work, but the hidden danger of Hernandez appeared.
Without Fletcher, the middle of the midfield was weak, so Valencia and Park Ji-sung had to shrink to the center, leaving the wings open. Marcelo and Zabaleta were both very active, and Sudong also frequently pulled wide.
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Su Dong, David Silva, Toni Kroos, and even Di Maria, these players took turns attacking Carrick, so the unlucky Red Devils midfielder ended miserably.
He not only has to block the midfield, but also needs to retreat the defensive line to cover the position in time. When switching from defense to offense, he is also responsible for passing the ball.
Don't say that Carrick is just an ordinary mortal. Even if you give him a pair of wings, he will probably be like this.
Ferguson is very clear that what the team needs now is to strengthen the defense in the midfield, but there is not much that can be done.
When facing Arsenal in the league before, Ferguson once swapped Park Ji-sung and Giggs, letting Giggs go to the wing to take advantage of the Korean's running and covering ability. However, Park Ji-sung performed very poorly in the middle of the midfield.
, lost his position while defending and was scored by Arsenal midfielder Ramsey.
Since then, Ferguson has not dared to let Park Ji-sung play in the middle.
Now, unless Ferguson is willing to make substitutions in the first half, he can only continue to defend like this.
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The first half finally ended with waves of attacks from Manchester City.
After taking a two-goal lead, Manchester United invested more troops in defense, and Manchester City also slowed down its offensive slightly. In the end, they failed to score again in the first half, but Manchester City, especially Su Dong's performance, was still very eye-catching.
During the halftime break, Guardiola did not make any adjustments to the team's lineup.
With the team leading 2-0, he believed that Ferguson would try to counterattack, but this had a prerequisite, that is, Manchester United had to be able to stabilize the team's midfield, so he concluded that Ferguson would choose to substitute.
Hernandez did nothing in the first half. If nothing unexpected happens, he is likely to be replaced. His replacement should be midfielder Fletcher or Anderson. The purpose of the substitution is simple, which is to strengthen the midfield defense.
If Manchester United wants to counterattack, they must first stabilize the midfield and the defense. If they want to stabilize the midfield, they need one more midfielder. Fletcher or Anderson is the best choice.
It is basically unrealistic to make adjustments to tonight's lineup.
From the current point of view, Ferguson's tactics tonight can basically be said to have failed.
He obviously failed to get any benefits from Manchester City.
Guardiola adjusted the team's tactics. He told Su Dong to allow him to decide his position according to the situation on the field. When needed, he can step up and return to the center position to directly suppress Manchester United's defense.
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This was also a problem exposed in the first half.
Neither Di Maria nor Sanchez could suppress Manchester United's defense, and the ability of these two players to seize opportunities was not strong enough, which caused Manchester City to miss many opportunities in the first half.
If Guardiola's tactics are betting that Ferguson will specifically restrain Su Dong, then the tactical adjustment in the second half is betting that Ferguson will seek stability. Manchester City, which is leading by two goals, also needs players like Su Dong to suppress Manchester United.
Line of defense.
If the frontcourt is suppressed, the midfield will be more relaxed and the team's goal will be more stable.
As for scoring goals, we are already two goals ahead. Do we still need to take risks?
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Things seemed to be going as Guardiola expected.
When the two teams returned to the court, they found that Manchester United had indeed made substitution adjustments.
Fletcher replaces Hernandez.
This was a substitution that was not surprising at all, and even the on-site commentator said he had guessed the substitution.
"Manchester United's midfield loss in the first half was too obvious. It would have been a big surprise if Ferguson had not replaced a midfielder during the halftime break to strengthen the defense in the midfield."
If this is true, then everyone will think that Ferguson is plotting something?
Of course, Lafayette might also get sidetracked by his own willfulness and end up losing even more miserably.
Now it's okay, we have honestly strengthened the midfield to block Manchester City's offense and penetration, leaving only Rooney in the frontcourt. This has basically contained Manchester United's offense, but at least the defense has stabilized its position.
Fortunately, Manchester City also had two goals in hand, so they were not in a hurry and continued to control the ball steadily.
Sometimes it's like this, both sides are anticipating each other's tactics. Manchester City guessed Manchester United's tactical adjustments in the second half, but Manchester United adopted a slightly conservative tactical strategy, so Manchester City had no very effective way to do this.
After Fletcher came on the field, the strengthening of the midfield was obvious.
Although Manchester City still has a huge advantage in possession of the ball, their offense can no longer be as willful as it was in the first half.
