Chapter 119 Derby County's Defensive Style
In the face of Derby County's full-court pressing, many teams could not adapt, mainly because Derby County players ran too much, and many players felt in a hurry in the face of constant pressing.
But every team knows what to do.
That is to increase the passing. As long as the passing is accurate and stable enough, it can become the nemesis of this kind of full-court pressing defense. No matter how urgent or intensive the pressing is, after all, the defender will always be passive. , the attacking side can get rid of the defense with continuous passing, or even penetrate the defense line directly.
Manchester United did the same.
And Manchester United did a good job today. When facing Derby County's pressing, their players reached their feet in a hurry, which made many of Derby County's players' movements useless.
Not only that, Manchester United also frequently launched tentative attacks on the wing.
In Ferguson's mind, in response to Derby County's full-court pressing tactics, it is best to have a core player in the middle to organize the offense and drive the entire team to cooperate smoothly, so as to suppress Derby County in turn.
It's a pity that Manchester United don't have such a player.
In the middle of Manchester United's midfield, the most skilled player is Scholes. He can also be regarded as the core of Manchester United's midfield, but it can only be 'really', because Scholes is not like Ronaldinho, Li A player like Kerme, he belongs to the kind of 'British' player with comprehensive skills, and he cannot drive the entire team's offense by himself.
Relying on the core players to organize the attack and deal with Derby County's defense is a correct idea, but Manchester United can't play it, so Ferguson has to focus on the flanks.
Wings, C-Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs.
Relying on these two players, Manchester United can easily fly on two wings, in that regard. They are the best in the Premier League. Whether it is Arsenal, Chelsea, or their opponents on the field, Derby County, they cannot be compared with them, just because they have C-Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs, two of the best in the world. Top wing midfielder.
Fast speed, outstanding technology, strong body, strong explosiveness... Comprehensive quality and so on, these series of characteristics are placed on a player, enough to ensure that this player is quite outstanding, such a player is definitely the world's top .
Manchester United have two on the wing.
Derby County has a great Frank Ribery. But whether it is fame or real strength, it is not necessarily comparable to C-Ronaldo or Ryan Giggs, what's more, Derby County has only one Ribery, but Manchester United has two better players on the same level.
It is based on the ability of these two players that Ferguson will focus his offense on the two flanks.
In the way of flying on both sides, driving the attack in the middle and finding opportunities for the strikers in the penalty area, this is Manchester United's attack - simple. But they couldn't crack it, because the two players on the wing were too strong, and because Manchester United had Van Nistelrooy in the penalty area. The world's top striker, and even his partner, is England's hot new star - a young Wayne Rooney.
Facing Derby County, Ferguson also wants to rely on two flanks to find opportunities, which can also restrain Derby County's full-court pressing to some extent.
Derby County players have a wide range of movement and are pressing very urgently, but Manchester United relies on the players' individual abilities and small-scale cooperation to make personal breakthroughs on the two flanks. Or play a small range of passes and cooperation, in this way, the defensive effect of Derby County will be greatly reduced, and Manchester United will naturally have more opportunities in attack.
That's what Ferguson thought.
Soon Manchester United's offense also made some progress. C-Ronaldo suddenly started with the ball on the wing, directly over the defending Frank Ribery, followed by him and Scholes. Past Peter Kennedy, who came to intercept.
Throw away two people in a row. C-Ronaldo's speed has also been raised.
Layton Bynes also had to run forward to defend.
The entire Manchester United fans chanted with C-Ronaldo's breakthrough, and they sent their voices to the young talent from Portugal. In the past two seasons, C-Ronaldo has conquered most of the Manchester United fans with his skills and game play. . Many fans already believe that C-Ronaldo is the perfect replacement for David Beckham, even in terms of games. C-Ronaldo is even more dazzling than Beckham's performance.
By this time, C-Ronaldo will pass the ball again!
The next choice should be a cross, which is also Manchester United's tactic. Using two flanks to create opportunities for the middle, C-Ronaldo dribbled the ball and made a quick breakthrough, throwing off two Derby County players, which is equivalent to tearing directly. Derby County's defence, then he can easily create good chances with another cross.
C-Ronaldo did the same.
He chose to pass the ball again to Scholes, who was following up in the middle, and Scholes directly crossed the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
There, Lu Xi has followed!
Alfred was trying his best to defend Rooney, but Rooney was bigger and in better physical condition, he squeezed out the space, received the pass, and then went straight to the box.
In the middle, Van Nistelrooy has been waiting for a long time!
"good chance!"
"Danger!"
With the shouts of commentators from two different camps, the starting center back Vidic took the ball out of the penalty area first and defused the crisis.
But Ferguson was satisfied with the attack.
This is the attacking effect he wants, using the flanks to create opportunities in the middle to find good moments to score.
Going on like this again and again will always bring goals.
His tactics worked.
Before the game, Ferguson was still a little worried. It must be admitted that in the FA Cup final last year, Derby County's sudden tactics cast a shadow on him, and he did not want the game to be out of his control.
But Derby County's tactics have not changed, they still use the system of attacking football.
In this way, he believes that there will be no surprises in the game.
As long as the situation is normal and the team shows its strength, it must be able to beat Derby County at home.
That Chinese who said he was going to take away the league title at Old Trafford?
Ferguson couldn't help turning his head to look at the other side of the court. The young boy who was talking big was standing there with a very solemn expression.
Ferguson smiled lightly, "Then I want to see. How did you take away the championship!"
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Manchester United's players are not as optimistic as the old Jazz, and they feel a lot of pressure.
Now that Scholes is holding the ball and has not crossed the halfway line, he feels the urgency, because the opponent's striker Van der Vaart has dropped back and pressed for it.
Not only Van der Vaart, Scholes found that the other two players in the frontcourt-Burton Reiter and Ribery were also running back, and their speed was not slow. From the beginning of the game, they have been running. Front and midfield running back and forth.
From an outsider's point of view. Scholes may scoff at such a run. He doesn't think it makes any sense, it's just a waste of energy, but now he is in the game, but he clearly feels the meaning of doing so -- he feels it at the same time Defensive pressure from front and back.
You know, he hasn't crossed the center line yet!
It's not just the opponent's frontcourt players running back and forth to defend, the opponent is obviously a whole in defense, and the opponent's defense is even more difficult than the last time the two teams played against each other.
Scholes quickly discovered this.
This does not require too serious observation. In fact, Manchester United players quickly discovered it.
Ribery's position is too high. And Derby County defended the area from the front of the penalty area to the front of the center line too tightly, it was like a pile of players piled there when Manchester United attacked. They can hardly find a gap in between.
Three in front...three in back...obviously Derby County's formation is 433!
This surprised the Manchester United players.
They know Derby County's starting lineup, but they thought it would be 442, but they didn't expect it to be 433. For the players on the field, the opponent's formation does not seem to be very important, but the key is Derby County's 433 and Chelsea Very similar - they have three lower backs arranged!
Leon Osman, Lee Morris, and Peter Kennedy were lined up, almost at the front of the penalty area. Makes Manchester United's offense extremely difficult.
Even the two full-backs, C-Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs, felt the pressure.
Derby County's left and right forwards, Ribery and Van der Vaart are positioned very forward, not directly against them, but the defense of the opponent's midfielder and full-back is really a bit of a headache.
For a period of time, Manchester United can only make breakthroughs on the wing to find opportunities!
Can only, and only 'can only' be a breakthrough!
There is no other way to find the opportunity. The main thing is that there is no neutral position, because Derby County is too tight on the defense near the midfield. Although the blockade on the side is not strong, it does not feel that the defense can be penetrated by cooperation. The time just initiated by C-Ronaldo attack. Perhaps good luck is somewhat appropriate to describe it.
Because of this, United are now quite cautious in attacking.
Scholes faced the pressure of the front and rear defenses. Or distribute the ball to the flank, which is Manchester United's attacking tactic, and it seems to be the only way to penetrate the opponent's defense.
More importantly, Derby County's defense is too much pressure, and he can only pass the ball with his teammates to share the pressure.
The Derby County players didn't know the feelings of the Manchester United players. They were just playing normal games according to the tactics. Seeing Scholes passing the ball to Giggs, Osman immediately chased after him. Van der Vaart also retreated quickly. behind Giggs.
Giggs had to face Ottoman and Van der Vaart's defense.
Giggs can be called the 'King of the Left', there is no doubt about his technical strength. In the face of this kind of pressure, he still received the pass first, and shook off Van der Vaart with a small angle. A position, and then suddenly accelerated to start, trying to throw Osman directly with speed.
But Giggs thought a little too much.
Van der Vaart was easily left behind by him, but Osman was very experienced in defense. When Ryan Giggs ran, he ran with him, and he kept sticking to Giggs, preventing him from taking him smoothly. The ball, also squeezed him as much as possible, keeping his eyes on his feet - as long as Giggs made a small mistake, he was able to grab the ball in the first place.
But Giggs didn't make a mistake. He took the ball forward more than 20 meters and also reached the front of the penalty area line.
From this position on the left, it is a good choice to cross the ball, but at this time, the passing angles are all blocked by Osman, and Giggs can only slow down and pull the ball back under his feet, and then did not wait for Van der Vaart to chase. When he arrived, he kicked the ball to Roy Keane diagonally behind.
Roy Keane got the ball and hesitated slightly.
Morris followed him.
He just planned to shoot directly, but the position was still too far, and the angle was very bad. He was not sure, so he chose to control the ball.
But that choice put him in crisis, as Van der Vaart gave up defending Ryan Giggs and turned his back on him.
Roy Keane was double-teamed by Van der Vaart and Morris in a moment of hesitation!
He's not Ryan Giggs, and he doesn't have such brilliant skills at his feet. When faced with a life where the two are double-teamed, Keane can only try his best to control the ball and keep looking left and right, trying to find passing opportunities. It was directly hooked up by Van der Vaart.
"Kean's ball was broken..." the on-site commentator said a little disappointed.
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Seeing the team's successful defense on the sidelines, Wan Sheng smiled with satisfaction.
In this game, he arranged for the team to play a 433 formation in order to increase the defensive strength. In any case, the 'OS-Fast' offensive system is based on the defense of the whole court. Only with a tight defense can there be more Opportunity.
433, the formation of three midfielders, is more effective against Manchester United.
This limits the performance of Manchester United stars to the maximum, because whenever they have the ball, they are always facing two defenders.
At the same time, the players in other positions are all moving.
They use constant running and close pressing to bring constant pressure to the opponent's players. At any time, whether they have the ball or not, they can't take it easy. If they want to run out of the space, it's just like Ferguson thinks. , their best way is to use the star's personal ability to make breakthroughs.
Like C-Ronaldo's approach, directly breaking through the defense will naturally have a chance.
But in the face of the individual performance of the stars, any defensive tactics are of little effect. Unless the team concentrates everyone in the penalty area, it will be broken through. It doesn't matter if there is one less defender. Of course, this is impossible Yes, it is quite successful to be able to limit the opponent to the maximum.
Just like what Manchester United players are facing now, they don't have a good way to get rid of the defense, and the stars can't play individually every time, maybe, more steals.
Then, the next thing became a fast break for Derby County!
This is the way Derby County fights - use the full court to press to suppress, so as to obtain more attacking opportunities, use the fast break to speed up the rhythm, when the opponent has a lot of discomfort, then it is the opportunity for Derby County! (To be continued ~^~)