As Ferguson said, Manchester United has always been a team that advocates attack.
Red devil, red devil, you can't live without being crazy.
Manchester United has always been known for its offensive football. Even in some strong dialogues, Manchester United does not play conservatively. It is when facing Barcelona and Manchester City's passing and possession style of play that Manchester United has to compromise.
Ferguson was a pragmatist after all.
But tonight, in the Manchester derby, when Manchester City scored less than a minute into the game, Manchester United still performed very bloody, especially the group of young boys in the midfield and frontcourt, who tried to start a round.
Counterattack.
There is a saying that goes well, young passionate young man, welcome to Manchester United.
Ferguson just likes young players with energy and impetus like Phil Jones, Ashley Young and Nani.
Manchester United, which launched a massive counterattack, took the initiative to avoid Manchester City's center and instead concentrated more on the wings.
Ashley Young and Nani played very actively on both sides, but after the penalty area reached the 30-meter area, they encountered a problem, that is, how to transfer the ball from the side to the center?
Use crosses from the wing?
Please, this is an outdated tactic that has been eliminated by countless teams and is very inefficient.
Both Welbeck and Rooney struggled to gain an advantage in the penalty area in front of Pepe, Kompany and Xavi Martinez.
These days, rib attack is the mainstream, and crosses from the wing are too inefficient.
We fought back twice and only created one foul on the right side of the penalty area.
When Kompany came out to defend Ashley Young, he accidentally made a big move and tripped the Manchester United left midfielder. He was awarded a free kick in the frontcourt, but the angle was too wide and he could only play indirect cooperation.
Courtois took the initiative and took the ball out of the air first.
After taking the ball off, Courtois kept waving his hands to signal the team to press forward.
The Belgian goalkeeper quickly ran to the edge of the penalty area, spotted the opportunity, and threw the ball directly.
Toni Kroos stopped the ball in front of him with his foot, glanced ahead, and quickly sent a long overhead pass.
The sharpest thing about the German midfielder, and what Guardiola values the most, is his long pass.
Not only is it very accurate, the ball speed is also very fast, and its transfer is very deadly.
This kind of long pass is a bit like the cavalry in the cold weapon age and the aircraft airdrop in the hot weapon age. It directly transfers the sharpest weapons to the opponent's weakest point, breaking down the opponent's defense line in one go.
This long pass from Toni Kroos is doing just that.
He transferred the ball directly behind the Manchester United defense, while Su Dong sprinted forward as fast as he could. The ball landed exactly at the moment he got rid of Ferdinand, allowing him to take a step and stop the ball forward without stopping.
Needs adjustment.
Is this a coincidence?
No, for top passers, this is something they have calculated carefully.
It's just that this kind of precise calculation has become an almost instinctive reaction for them. No matter what ball, what environment, or who is passing it, as long as it is a teammate they are familiar with and have a tacit understanding with, they will know how to pass it and where to pass it.
Only foot, which point.
So generally speaking, these passers need to be interfered with.
As long as there is interference, they will not be able to transmit it so accurately.
If the pass is not accurate, the player receiving the ball will need to adjust when stopping the ball.
Adjustments equal to creating more time for defensive players.
But it is a pity that Manchester United did not interfere with Toni Kroos in time and instead allowed the German midfielder to pass the ball smoothly.
The ball also landed on Su Dong's step just in time, causing him to stop directly forward.
"Single sword!!!!!"
Old Trafford once again let out a cry of exclamation.
Su Dong penetrated Manchester United's defense like a sharp arrow, quickly stopped the ball and entered the penalty area.
De Gea did not hesitate, decisively abandoned the goal and rushed towards Su Dong, spreading his arms as much as possible.
But just after Su Dong entered the penalty area, he suddenly stopped and caught the ball.
This was completely unexpected by De Gea. He had already calculated the distance and speed between himself and Su Dong, but Su Dong's sudden stop disrupted his pace and plan.
When he adjusted again, Su Dong suddenly started to make a fake move, pretending to cut inside, but suddenly the ball went to the left baseline.
De Gea couldn't distinguish Su Dong's movements and intentions. After being deceived for a while, when he reacted again, Su Dong had already opened a gap. He accelerated again and rushed from the left with the ball.
past.
After passing the goalkeeper, Su Dong was no longer blocked and easily pushed the shot with his left foot.
The ball quickly rolled into Manchester United's goal, and when the football entered the net, Evans made a shovel from one position and wanted to shovel the ball out, but there was no time?
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Four minutes, Manchester City scored another victory, 2-0!"
"Su Dong scored twice!"
"God, his speed is so fast. During the whole sprint, not even a single Manchester United player could keep up with him. I could only watch helplessly as he broke through and scored."
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If anyone is happiest with Su Dong's goal, it is head coach Guardiola.
After seeing Su Dong score two goals in a row, he jumped up with excitement, kept waving his fists, and almost rushed out of the visiting team's coaching area. After being stopped by the staff, he still held his fist high
hands, shouting.
He was so excited, so excited!
In fact, there are many doubts within the team about the 3-4-3 play this time. After all, there are hidden weaknesses in continuing to play 4-3-3, but after all, it is a play style that Manchester City is more familiar with, and the risks will be relatively higher.
Smaller.
But Guardiola doesn't like this kind of safety. He feels that he should take this opportunity to adopt a relatively more innovative tactic to catch his opponents off guard.
Facing a team like Manchester United, there is a very big risk in playing 3-4-3, and that is wing defense.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This was the case with Kompany's foul on Ashley Young just now.
Therefore, if Manchester City wants to play well in three-four-three, not only must the defensive players do a good job in defense, but the team's overall defense must be in place, and more importantly, the ball control in the midfield and frontcourt must be maintained well.
As long as you extend your possession time long enough and compress Manchester United's possession time short enough, Manchester United will not have so much time to create offensive opportunities on the wing, and the defensive pressure on Manchester City will be reduced to
Minimum.
On the other hand, if Manchester City's possession of the ball is frustrated and Manchester United has enough time to control the ball and constantly launch quick counterattacks and attack Manchester City's wings in turn, coupled with the incompleteness of the formation, then sooner or later there will still be problems.
Guardiola is well aware of the natural flaws of the three-four-three, but he still decided to do it.
Now, Su Dong's two goals have ensured Manchester City's advantage and made him breathe a sigh of relief.
This is why Heynckes said after Bayern Munich lost in the Champions League semifinals last season, Bayern's fault tolerance rate has been reduced a lot.
With Su Dong's goals and intimidating power, the fault tolerance rate is naturally high, and it doesn't even matter if the head coach occasionally makes a move.
Joe Hart conceded so many goals last season, didn't Manchester City still win?
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In Manchester City's three-four-three formation, it goes without saying that there are three central defenders in the defense. Javi Martinez is responsible for holding back, and Pepe and Kompany are responsible for attacking. The three players divide the work and cooperate, which can be regarded as
complement each other.
But Guardiola obviously wants to play more wildly.
He directly formed a small diamond position in the midfield, letting Busquets stay behind, David Silva and Toni Kroos stood on both sides, and Hazard served as the forward midfielder.
When the team attacks with the ball, the entire formation is actually very flat, so players such as David Silva, Hazard, Toni Kroos, Di María and Sanchez often appear on the ball.
On a line, whoever seizes the opportunity jumps in.
These Manchester City players all have an obvious characteristic, that is, they play very smoothly together in a small area.
Needless to say, Di Maria and Sanchez are both typical South American players with a lot of skills. The key is that these two players have strong impact with the ball. They can be used as wingers or as wingers.
Passing and cutting inside.
Guardiola said that Hazard is very similar to Messi, which is actually true.
The size, flexibility and playing characteristics are all very similar.
So much so that Guardiola felt that putting him in the winger position actually sacrificed his abilities and talents.
So, on weekdays, he began to try to cooperate with Hazard and Marcelo. To put it simply, he wanted Hazard to move more to the center and give up the wings to Marcelo.
In fact, during his time at Lille, Hazard also played as an attacking midfielder and performed very well.
Now, at Manchester City, in Guardiola's three-four-three tactics, Hazard plays the role of the small diamond in the midfield.
As you can imagine, there are Di Maria and Sanchez on the two wings. These two players are very hard-working and hard-working players who can pass, lead and break out. In the middle are Hazard, David Silva and Toni.
Kroos and Busquets, plus Sudong who can suppress the opponent's defense.
During the game, Manchester City almost controlled the ball with ease and crushed Manchester United.
The unlucky Red Devils lost two games in the opening game and didn't even think about counterattacking.
It's not that they haven't thought about fighting back, but they just don't have the energy to do so.
When Manchester City directly pushed the ball control area into the thirty-meter area of Manchester United, when these players from Manchester City cooperated very well in a small area, they flew around in the core area of Manchester United's defense, shuttled back and forth, and slipped away unnecessarily. , so that Manchester United's defensive players can only keep standing to intercept, and it is difficult to catch the pass. What do they use to counterattack?
"God, we originally thought that Barcelona's passing and ball control was already good enough, but tonight Manchester City showed us another set of passing and ball control that is not inferior to Barcelona."
"Oh, no, I even think Manchester City's style of play is better than Barcelona's."
"Faced with Manchester City's passing and controlling style of play, it was difficult for Manchester United to even grab the ball, and they were forced to defend tightly. But even so, Manchester City still frequently broke into the penalty area and created a threat. ."