One Hundred and Twentieth Chapters Cruel Reality

After the restart of the game, Manchester United did not have low morale. On the contrary, they pressed heavily, trying to tie the score at the end of the first half.

Manchester United's approach is quite normal.

Not to mention morale, everyone knows that it would be extremely unfavorable for the entire Manchester United team to enter half-time with a score behind by one goal, and this is Old Trafford again, they will not Allow yourself to be behind Derby County at home!

If other teams faced an attack like Manchester United's, they might have panicked for a while, but Derby County didn't. They dealt with it calmly. With the lead, they played the game steadily, not at all. There was no panic.

Even if Manchester United have stepped up their offensive, it will not be easy for them to penetrate the Derby defense line.

Instead, Derby County's chances increased.

As a young team, coupled with the team's offensive style, Derby County is a team that is very good at playing tailwinds. When the team performs well as a whole and plays well, then the team's performance will only be It's getting better and better, and in a tailwind situation, the team can perform much better than usual.

Because of this, Manchester United felt powerless even if they stepped up their offensive against Derby County, who had an advantage. They felt that Derby County’s defense was still very solid. Just blindly strengthening the offense would not be able to get ahead at all. Find opportunities.

On the other hand, Derby County is different. Players not only play on the field, they also know how to play the game at this time. Wansheng has said many times about how to play in a leading situation. This is what Derby County tactics often talk about. thing. Derby County uses a repressive attacking tactic, and the team has performed quite well this season. The leading situation often occurs. Wansheng talked about this at the beginning. Some people think that the coach is 'too confident' and wants to talk about how to play when they are ahead...but now they think it is normal, after all, the team is ahead too much, how to play when it is ahead , this has almost become a problem they have to face every field.

This question is simple to say, in fact, every game is different, and this game against Manchester United is in the lead. Just be steady - play more steady, don't give Manchester United any chances, and find opportunities to counterattack quickly!

Derby County players are doing just that.

Now that 40 minutes have passed in the first half, even if it is not for scoring goals, it is necessary to stabilize the defense and not give the opponent any chance. Manchester United must not have the opportunity to rewrite the score at the last time. This is the most important thing at the moment.

While Derby County stabilized the defense, Manchester United's attack became a little impatient, they frequently attacked to find opportunities, when Derby County had the ball. They also struggled to press forward.

But these are not a problem for the stable Derby County. Derby County did not panic at all, but just used a simple pass to make the Manchester United player's pressing come back in vain. They don't run as much as Derby County players when they are defending. They just face the past and end without grabbing the ball. On the contrary, Derby County's attacking pressure has been reduced a lot. As a result, Derby County has continued Playing wonderful cooperation, so that Manchester United players can not even touch the ball.

This kind of delivery cooperation also made the Manchester United players seem a little impatient, and the first half time was almost over. They still want to tie the score, but the football is more exciting at the feet of the opponent than at their feet, so they are naturally a little anxious.

As a result, at the end of the first half, Manchester United got the ball to the frontcourt and shot directly when they had the chance!

This is no way out!

But this kind of shot, the efficiency can be imagined, unless the luck is very good, it is really difficult to threaten the Derby County goal. Manchester United's shot is there, but there are more wasted attacking opportunities, which makes Derby feel less defensive pressure.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Derby County even launched two consecutive waves of massive counterattacks!

The first counterattack was after Morris got the ball, taking advantage of Manchester United's massive pressure. Cooperating with teammates continuously, the football passes through a dozen feet. Derby County's third line has also pressed into the frontcourt, which is a bit like attacking around Manchester United's goal.

But in the end, the offense ended with a failed pass from Morris and nothing came of it.

The second counterattack was in the second minute of stoppage time, and Manchester United were still a bit ahead in their attack. They pressed almost all the way, just trying to tie the score at the last minute!

This is their last chance in the first half!

But Manchester United still failed to score this time. Instead, they gave Derby County a good chance. Morris stepped back and got the ball on the line of the penalty area. Then he looked in front of the field and handed the ball to Alfred next to him. .

Alfred chose to give the ball to Peter Kennedy.

Peter Kennedy was running forward. After receiving the pass, he glanced at the court and immediately dangled the ball to the other side with a long diagonal pass.

It is absolutely rare to choose a long horizontal pass in the backcourt. Even Derby County does not have this 'tradition'. According to the analysis of football tactics, such a pass is generally very unsuccessful, because the horizontal long pass, especially It is the long-distance pass in the counterattack that is easily broken, and if it is broken, it is likely to become an opportunity for the opponent.

In short, even if you want to move to another road, it is best to transfer in the middle.

Because of this, Peter Kennedy's pass was far beyond Manchester United's expectations, especially Osman's position on the left was quite good. He ran a few steps forward and unloaded the ball steadily, and his position was just right. It is on the white line in the middle of the field.

Peter Kennedy's pass caught Manchester United by surprise. When they retreated to the defense, they had adjusted their defense focus to the right. Who would have thought that the opponent only used one pass to turn the attacking direction into the left. So United were a little flustered when they dropped back.

So in front of Ottoman, there was a large blank space!

"A beautiful cross transfer, this is Derby County's chance!" the Old Trafford commentator exclaimed.

No one thought of Peter Kennedy's crossing. As a result, he created a chance for Osman. Osman is not the kind of player who has excellent skills and is good at dribbling the ball by himself, but when encountering such an opportunity, Osman directly threw the ball without thinking about it. Take it forward.

This makes Manchester United players quite nervous!

Even if Osman is not the kind of player with great skill. But in this kind of opportunity, all he needs to do is to bring the ball forward and then hand it over to a teammate in a suitable position, so Manchester United players chased back frantically, trying to stop Osman.

At this time, Osman was quite excited!

Often in the game, he is a player who does dirty work and tiring. He didn't expect to have such a good opportunity this time. It wasn't until near the big penalty area that I met Sylvester who rushed to defend.

Before Sylvester could pounce, Osman made a pass and he moved the ball to Morris.

Morris was running forward with Scholes, and the two were squeezing each other's positions, but Morris still tried his best to prepare to catch the ball, because he knew that Osman would definitely choose to pass the ball, if Osman couldn't find the pass. Teammates, you can only choose to pass back, then this attacking opportunity is likely to be wasted. So he squeezed Scholes to make room for the ball.

Seeing the football roll over, the two squeezed even harder.

Morris was completely backed by Scholes, and the two almost fought hand-to-hand on the grass. At the moment when the football rolled over, Morris suddenly released his force, stroked his right foot on the ball, followed by a turn and ran directly past Scholes, who was completely unable to react immediately.

At this time, Morris has completed the acceleration breakthrough!

He crossed Scholes and broke into the Manchester United penalty area!

"Derby's counterattack! Great opportunity! Morris gets the pass and swipes away Scholes! Manchester United's goal is in danger!"

......

Manchester United goal is really dangerous.

Goalkeeper Carroll wasn't really worried at first. Because it was the opponent's midfielder Osman who dribbled the ball, he didn't know much about Derby County, but he also knew that he was an unskilled defensive player. Even if he was asked to go to the meeting directly, Carroll was sure to save the ball.

But soon the football reached the feet of Morris, and the opponent also broke into the penalty area!

how is this possible! ?

Carroll didn't expect the football to reach Morris's feet after one pass, and even Morris had thrown away the defending Scholes!

When seeing Scholes being thrown away directly. Carroll scolded her mother in her heart, mainly because Scholes was dumped too simply, there was no warning, Morris received the ball, and it was completed almost at the same time. This also forced him to face Morris' single-handedly ball.

Carol can only grit her teeth and attack!

But Morris did not shoot directly, he made a shot with his right foot. In the middle of it, it was changed to a horizontal knock to one side!

The football flies in front of Carroll!

Countless Manchester United fans followed, and they seemed to be able to see the next moment, because they saw a tall figure in a white jersey just running to the position.

"Burton Reiter—!!"

Bolton-Leiter forced Ferdinand to run forward. He rushed forward. Seeing that Ferdinand could no longer catch up with the ball, the collision between the two also affected Leiter. When he came When it comes to the ball, it is impossible to grasp the balance at all.

Everyone in the room was staring at him.

Reiter has slightly waved his right foot, seems to follow the running rhythm, and can barely complete the shot. Many commentators have called out his name, "Burton Reiter——!!"

But Reit didn't kick the ball!

He was disturbed by Ferdinand and couldn't shoot normally at all. He failed to hit the ball with his right foot, which made his body even more unbalanced.

"call......"

Many Manchester United fans took a deep breath.

But they relaxed a little too early! next moment--

"Vander Vaart--" The Dutch boy inserted into the penalty area from the right, appeared directly at the back point and faced the football with a strong kick!

This shot seems to be not the ball, but the hearts of all Manchester United fans...

“Goooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!”

"Raphael—"

"--Vander Vaart--!!!" Derby County fans stood up one by one in their seats, raising their arms and shouting frantically!

Immediately after, the commentator's voice sounded, "Goal scored!! Gooal!! 0:2!! Van der Vaart helped Derby County score the second goal!! Derby County leads by two goals!!"

"Manchester United got their biggest blow before the end of the first half..."

This blow is quite heavy!

The Manchester United fans in the stands didn't seem to have recovered from Van der Vaart's shot that hit the heart just now. They stared blankly at the game, not knowing what to do.

They had absolutely no idea that the game would turn out like this.

Derby County is currently No. 1 in the league, Derby County has the most hope of winning the league title, Derby County is not a weak team, and it has an advantage against two Manchester United games... They all know this, but this game is different , this is a game at Old Trafford!

Old Trafford!

This is Manchester United's territory, and it is a nightmare for countless opponents, especially this game is very important - not only is it related to whether Manchester United has a chance to win the third place in the league, it is also related to whether the opponent Derby County can play in the game. After taking away the league championship!

Even if Manchester United don't win the league title, Manchester United fans don't want to see a team take the title from Old Trafford because it is an insult to Manchester United!

So they must fight for victory!

But the game was completely different from what they thought. The first half of the game was just about to end, and they were already two goals behind, so they were still fighting for victory?

What to fight for?

Do we really have a chance?

Manchester United fans were in a daze.

The Derby County players didn't care what the Manchester United people thought. After scoring, Van der Vaart immediately rushed towards Morris who assisted him, and Bolton Reiter, who fell on the grass, ran directly to Van der Vaart regardless of his image. And warmly opened his arms.

"Nice job! Raphael!"

Soon other players came over to celebrate together. For the whole team, this goal was too wonderful, because the first half of the game was about to end. They thought it would be good to lead by one goal. Last time to get one.

The team has already led by two goals, can we say the last sentence - the outcome has been decided?

Victory means three points, and it also means winning the league championship one round earlier. In other words, they can receive the championship trophy directly after the game!

Thinking of this, every Derby County player is very excited.

They hugged each other and shouted to the stands, "The championship is ours!" Facing the madness of the Derby County players, Manchester United fans could only be silent. The cruel reality of two goals behind made them unacceptable for a while. (To be continued ~^~)