Chapter 160 The Opening Situation

The reporters in the media booth, as well as various commentators, football commentators, and senior fans also watched the game seriously. They also did not understand the situation on the field. Obviously, the Derby County and Their impressions are completely different.

In their impression, Derby County is a team good at attacking.

Their offense is very beautiful, the formation and positioning are very clear, and the defense is also carried out by pressing the whole court. Even if the ball is changed, their formation will still be pressed very high. If the opponent is not suitable for pressing, quickly Losing the ball will greatly increase Derby County’s offensive threat. This is also the way Derby County can suppress the opponent and they can often win by a large margin this season.

But since the start of this game, Derby County's performance has been incomprehensible, not to mention offensively, they have not yet had a threatening attack, and the defense is also surprising, their formation has become 541, but if you don't look carefully, you can't see the formation at all. Their positions are very confusing.

Could it be that the Derby County players haven't been able to adapt to the game and are not playing well in the near future? But it's not so bad that you won't be able to stand...

Many people are confused.

But even if it's "not playing well", Manchester United doesn't seem to take advantage of it. Manchester United's continuous attacks have not achieved any results. Just like this time, C-Ronaldo went straight in from the wing and rushed with the ball.

There were many cheers from Manchester United fans in the stands!

C-Ronaldo has conquered many Manchester United fans with his eye-catching superb skills in one season. He is now a new young idol of Manchester United. This time C-Ronaldo performed really well. He went straight to the starting lineup. The teenager Leto Ziegler, who is desperately chasing. But C-Ronaldo's speed is very fast, and Leto Ziegler's five-goal run is difficult to keep up with C-Ronaldo.

But it doesn't matter.

Soon C-Ronaldo took the ball to the bottom line. At this time, he raised his head again and wanted to stop the ball to complete the cross, but suddenly found himself facing the defense of three people... Looking at the three defenders in front of him . C-Ronaldo was a little confused for a while. At the corner flagpole, facing the defense of three people, even the world's number one dribbling master would probably never think of continuing to dribble. If he can kick the ball on the opponent's player to pop the bottom line, winning a corner kick is the best chance. A good result, otherwise it will definitely be stolen directly.

C-Ronaldo is obviously still inexperienced. He couldn't make a judgment right away. The ball was directly hooked away by Leto Ziegler behind him.

"C-Ronaldo's ball was broken!" The on-site commentator shouted regretfully.

Although he has no tendency to play and will not favor Manchester United, C-Ronaldo's dribbling is still very beautiful, and the result is still stolen, which is somewhat regrettable.

Derby County got the ball and launched an attack, but after passing the midfield, the ball was missed from the wing, and the ball was intercepted by Manchester United captain Roy Keane. Soon another wave of Manchester United's attack came.

This time it was Scholes.

As the golden generation of Manchester United 92. Scholes is not outstanding under the stars such as Giggs and Beckham. But his skills are very comprehensive, and he is very good in everything. The same is true for dribbling. This time Scholes just passed the center line and saw that there was only one defender in front of him.

In front of him is Leon Osman.

Osman came over to press, and he stared cautiously at Scholes' feet, but this time Scholes still tricked him with a fake move, but when he reacted, his movements were a little out of step.

But that's okay!

When Scholes broke through Osman and went to chase the ball again, he found that at some point, there was another player in front of him - Baker Alfred, the young center back of Derby County. In the penalty area, he rushed directly head-on, Scholes reacted and took a quick step, but the football was still kicked out by Alfred.

"The ball was cleared by teenager Alfred!" said the on-site commentator.

It is not the first time he has said similar things. Ten minutes before the game, Manchester United has been attacking, but football rarely gets into the penalty area of ​​Derby County. For various reasons, the football will always be cut off and the ball will change. , it was Derby County's turn to attack.

However, Derby County's offense was not smooth, and their overall advance would not be too advanced. As a result, except for a long shot from the outside of the penalty area in the seventh minute, there was no other performance.

This kind of game looks like an attacking and defensive drill between Manchester United and Derby County. Manchester United has been attacking, Derby County is defending most of the time, and the attack is not attacking at all.

"Did Derby County intend to hold on for 90 minutes?" Some media speculated.

This conclusion is not surprising. In the face of a team like Manchester United, it is normal to focus on defense if you want to have a chance. Playing a defensive counterattack against a strong team can only hope to win, but Derby County chooses Defence is still surprising, after all Derby play attacking football all season and change tactics as soon as they get to the FA Cup final... Can they play?

But the facts are in front of you.

The Manchester United players on the field didn't think so much. They only felt one thing - the Derby County players' defensive speed was too fast, like C-Ronaldo was double-teamed just now, like Scholes just now The stealing of the ball is all related to the speed of Derby County's supplementary defense. They were negligent, and Derby County's supplementary defense player has come.

On the coaching bench, Manchester United manager Ferguson has been staring at the game.

Five minutes into the game, he felt very strange, because Derby County's defensive formation was a mess, and there seemed to be no formation at all. A pattern was found.

No matter how chaotic, there must be some rules.

Among the five defenders of Derby County, three of them are mostly in front of the penalty area, that is to say, they have three central defenders, and the other two are full-backs; the midfield still feels a little chaotic. There are five midfielders, and five midfielders can supplement the defense. This is also an important reason why Manchester United will be blocked before hitting the ball in the penalty area.

Derby County seemed to be all about defence.

And they weren't in a chaotic formation, they must have used a new defensive tactic. Otherwise Manchester United wouldn't have been without good opportunities for so long.

Faced with this new defensive tactic, Ferguson couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while, because so far, he has not seen such a day's tactics, which is absolutely the latest. For a time Ferguson didn't know how to respond. Because he has not fully understood Derby County's defensive tactics so far, it seems to be chaotic, but there are certain rules in stance and movement, and the running speed of each player is also very chaotic, which makes their half-court defense a mess, But the team couldn't find a chance.

This is really surprising.

Doubts gradually came to mind, and Ferguson glanced at the Derby County coaching bench on the other side. Now he has to admit it. In the past, he underestimated this young Chinese, but just by looking at the opponent's tactics now, he must have put in a certain amount of effort, and this kind of defense is not just copying the tactics to deploy, but a new defensive tactic. This must have been the other party's idea.

Come up with a new tactic and get the team to train and use it directly in the FA Cup final. Not to mention the tactics, just this confidence and courage is not something that ordinary coaches can have.

The point is... this defensive tactic seems to work surprisingly well. At least Manchester United have not found any good opportunities so far, not even a threatening shot.

Fortunately, Derby County seems to be focused on defense and has little performance on offense.

This also made Ferguson take a deep breath.

Even if the team hasn't found a good way yet, but the opponent's offense is not good enough, the team will naturally not have any pressure. He can analyze the opponent's tactics with peace of mind. 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes of extra time, for a total of 120 minutes, the team can't break the opponent's goal.

The opponent's energy is all on defense, so as long as Manchester United score a goal, it is equivalent to grabbing the victory.

Ferguson was relieved, and he watched the game patiently.

......

On the other side of the Derby County coaching bench, Wan Sheng sat there and watched the game seriously.

His thinking was completely different from Ferguson's.

Most of the team's energy is on defense? This he admits, but to say that the team's offense is not a threat to speak of not necessarily.

In football games, defense is fundamental, but offense is also necessary, otherwise you will never win. Wansheng has always believed in this, otherwise he will not let the team play any 'offensive football', and now it seems that the team spends most of the time In defense, there are still occasional shots.

In the eyes of others, it was just a helpless long-range shot in front of the penalty area, but it was Derby County's goal strategy.

Yes, it's a goal strategy.

In this game, many of the players that Wansheng arranged to start are inclined to have the ability to shoot from a long distance. I will not say much about Ribery, Morris, and Cahill. Osman can also shoot from outside the penalty area. , the right wing midfielder is arranged by Ivan Crewe. His long-range shooting ability is very general, but his ability to set the ball is outstanding. In addition, the full-back teenager Leto Ziegler and the team's most outstanding long-range shooter Leyton- Baines, even center back Marcus, in short, every point of the team is a player with shooting ability.

There may be a gap between their long-range shooting skills and those of the world superstars, but the two coaches have bonuses, 'shooting' can increase the evaluation of shooting ability by 5 points, and 'long-range power increase' can increase the strength by 20%, and the precision correction is 3 degrees. , plus the bonuses of player union skills, honorary skills 'League Champion Halo' and other attributes, in short, the average long-range shooting ability of players at every point in Derby County is above 80, and there are high players, such as Leyton. - Bynes, even close to 90.

Considering the chances of scoring from long shots, it doesn't seem like much, but the more long shots, the chances will increase a lot, plus Ivan Crew's set-piece skills... 90 minutes of the game, Wansheng believes that the team has a good chance of scoring goals.

---The title of the update in the last chapter was wrong, so I immediately lifted the ban and reposted it. I thought that no one subscribed so quickly, but today I read it and it shows that there are still more than 10 people who have subscribed. I am sorry to those who subscribed~ ~~---(To be continued~^~)