Chapter 175: Between Offense and Defense

After more than 20 minutes of the game, De Bruyne worked very hard to assist Kanter's defense without sparing any physical strength. His team spirit was not only recognized by Jin Taige, but also respected by his teammates.

At this moment, Mourinho on the sidelines sighed, and said to himself: "If he can return to the defense so actively earlier, then I don't have to sell him away. I really don't know what method Kintag used. To have this talented player develop discipline so quickly."

In fact, he misunderstood Kintegger. Kintiger never told De Bruyne to let him return to defense, but in this Manchester United team, not only De Bruyne, but even those who don’t usually like to return to defense Martial will also contribute to the defensive end when the team is in trouble.

Ryan Giggs, 39, was sprinting all over the field, Ferdinand, 35, defended bloody defense, and Van Persie, 30, also returned to the penalty area when defending a corner kick. When these veterans are dedicating their full strength to the team, how can those young players stand by and put themselves outside the defensive system?

Take De Bruyne as an example, he didn't think so much, he just felt that Kanter was too hard to defend alone and needed help, so De Bruyne naturally returned to the penalty area to help Kanter defend.

After helping Kanter clear a threatening ball, Kanter thanked and said: "Kevin, thank you for helping me defend."

De Bruyne looked at Kanter, who was dark-skinned and showed white teeth, with a friendly smile on his face: "Chelsea's offense is too fierce, you can't handle it alone, I will come back to help you."

After more than 20 consecutive minutes of onslaught in the opening stage to no avail, Chelsea's offensive gradually weakened. Their frontcourt offensive combination no longer rushed forward, but began to pass short passes in front of Manchester United's penalty area, looking for opportunities to score goals.

At this time, several offensive players of Manchester United also moved forward slowly, waiting for the opportunity of the team to counterattack.

Kintag is very clear that the victory or defeat of this game will determine whether the team can stabilize the second position, whether it can continue to put pressure on Manchester City at the top of the list, and shorten the point gap between the two teams. Therefore, today's three Points matter.

Taking advantage of a throw-in, he came near the sideline of his side's penalty area, called Ferdinand over, and gave some instructions.

Today's captain's armband was temporarily worn on Ferdinand's arm, and his performance was conscientious. In fact, in terms of qualifications and reputation in the team, Ferdinand is definitely qualified to be the captain of Manchester United, but because he is often injured and unable to be present, Sir Alex Ferguson did not hand over the captain's armband to him. In this game, Giggs was injured, Nemanja Vidic was absent, Carrick was on the bench, and the team's three captains were all absent. Kintag asked Ferdinand to temporarily wear the captain's armband.

After listening to Jin Taige's instructions, Ferdinand nodded, and he returned to his seat.

During this time, Manchester United's defense was tight. They resisted Chelsea's onslaught in the opening stage. Now the two teams are in a stalemate. After receiving Kintag's instructions, Ferdinand called Kanter and De Bruyne to his side at a dead ball opportunity.

"The boss just asked me to tell you two: Now that Chelsea's offense is weak, our defensive pressure has been reduced a lot, but Chelsea's defense has not been under any pressure, so there will definitely be slack now. De Bruyne, In this game, the boss puts you in charge of organizing and sorting out the team's offense. You can seize the present time and counterattack unexpectedly. If you can score a goal, then the next game will be easier. So you Next, make preparations to move forward, and the defense range can be appropriately smaller."

De Bruyne frowned: "But we haven't had any good counterattack opportunities in this half."

"Don't worry, it will be there soon," Ferdinand looked at Kanter beside him, "Kanter, if De Bruyne steps forward to attack in a while,

You just try to defend as best you can, and if there's a vacuum, I'll step in and fill you up. At this stage, only if we take on more defensive tasks can we better liberate De Bruyne and give him the opportunity to attack forward. "

Both Kanter and De Bruyne nodded: "Understood."

In the next few minutes, De Bruyne began to slowly move forward, pressing up the front field and not participating in the defense in front of the box. Kante returned to the busy state of the opening stage, full of the whole box Area covered for mobile.

And Chelsea found that De Bruyne didn't participate in the defense very much, and only Kanter was left in the midfielder position, and the Hazards began to move around again.

The three attacking midfielders in the frontcourt made consecutive inversions. Hazard and Willian shifted from both sides. Oscar in the middle evaded Kante's defense. He took the ball into the penalty area, but was shoveled away by Ferdinand. . Although this opportunity was missed, Chelsea saw the hope of scoring again. Their offensive gradually became fierce, and they resumed the suppression of Manchester United at the beginning.

Mourinho shook his head off the field: "Let me just say, De Bruyne is not a player who likes to stay in the backcourt and participate in defense at all. The habitual position is the premise. When the team needs to defend, he is outside the team, which is the real reason why I gave up on him."

On the coaching bench of the visiting team on the other side, Ferran frowned and said: "Now the team has lost the wind again, which is really depressing. De Bruyne was still helping defense just now, why is he going up again now?"

Jin Taige smiled slightly: "Because I arranged it."

"You arranged?"

"Yeah, if Chelsea are allowed to pass the ball around our penalty area, it will be a matter of time before they lose the ball. I found that Chelsea's defense line was a little lax during this period, and the two full-backs were relatively high, so I let Germany Browne is ready to go forward. Now we wait patiently for Chelsea to make a mistake. As long as they lose the ball in the frontcourt, our counterattack will come out. Rapid attack speed, this is Manchester United's strongest The place."

At this time, in the live broadcast hall of Sky TV, Raman said mockingly: "Dear audience friends, if you just turned on the TV to watch the red-blue battle, you must think that you saw it wrong. Those who wear blue uniforms, like What's going on with Chelsea on the bus attacking wildly while Manchester United, who are good at fast breaks and wearing red uniforms, are defending?"

"Chelsea had just had a chance to go forward, Askar ran into the box, but the ball was tackled by Ferdinand."

"Look at this opportunity, Chelsea is here again!"