Chapter 993 Time Consuming

In order to break the nine-year winless spell at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United made the most detailed arrangements before the game, including how to deal with when they are ahead and behind.

Although Manchester United is leading now, there are still twenty minutes left in the game, and Chelsea has time to equalize or even take the lead.

In order to break through Chelsea's door, Ferguson unexpectedly recruited two veterans and caught Chelsea off guard. However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. The two veterans cooperated tacitly and had excellent offensive power, but poor athletic ability and poor defense. If they could score a goal, , how to use these two veterans to prevent Chelsea's last-minute counterattack and defend the victory is also what Manchester United studied hard before the league.

Obviously it is difficult to replace defense with offense. Facing the desperate Chelsea, no one dared to say that they could defend. In the end, Ferguson and the coaching staff came up with a good idea, which was to kill time by kicking back from the back. If Chelsea pressed high, they would By the way, Chelsea's counterattack.

Manchester United's players' skills are indeed not refined enough, but Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Scholes, Giggs, and Fletcher have worked together for six or seven seasons, and their tacit understanding is very good. In addition, the game has reached more than 70 points in the second half. Minutes later, Chelsea's frontcourt press was certainly not as intense as it was at the start of the game, so backcourt turnovers were fully possible.

When the game restarted, Chelsea launched a fierce attack on Manchester United.

The new Malouda seemed to be full of fighting spirit. He quickly used his physical and technical advantages to get rid of Valencia and cross directly from one side of the penalty area.

Drogba attracted a lot of firepower, and Torres quickly grabbed the ball in front of Vidic's chest. Before Vidic could get close to him, the Spanish golden boy turned around and volleyed.

This set of moves is very difficult, and the shot is very smooth. Unfortunately, I failed to hit the right spot and hit the lower part of the ball. The ball flew high into the stands.

Now is the time for Chelsea to counterattack. Although they did not score a goal, such an action boosted morale. The fans in the stands still gave Torres warm applause.

Manchester United didn't kick the ball wide when taking the goal kick this time. Veteran goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar understood Ferguson's intention. Now is the time to control the football and consume time. He ignored the football thrown by the ball boy and pretended not to see it before running away. I went to pick up the ball outside the court and brought it into the court. When I saw the ball thrown in by the ball boy, I quickly went to the corner of the small penalty area to put the ball down and threw another ball out.

Even a fool can see that Van der Sar is killing time, but this time is very reasonable, and the referee has no way to call him a foul.

Andy Gray, the on-site commentator, sighed: "Every old man in a family is like a treasure. Look at how subtle Van der Sar's way of wasting time is. It's really uncreative for young people to lie on the ground after getting the ball."

Souness said sarcastically: "There are three key veterans like Manchester United.

All of them are old monsters. Each of them consumes three minutes, and ten minutes are over. "

Andy Gray laughed and said: "When it comes to wretched playing methods, it is Xiao Donggao. In the first round of the league, it was Xiao Donggao's wretched delaying method that took one point away from Stamford Bridge."

While speaking, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar passed the ball to Evra. Mikel quickly rushed over to press, and Evra passed the ball across to Ferdinand.

When Drogba pressed Ferdinand again, Gao Xiaodong had already moved out of position, and Ferdinand easily passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong tried to pass the ball to Fletcher, who was in a better position, but quickly passed the ball sideways to Giggs.

Gao Xiaodong's fake move not only deceived Lampard, but also Giggs. However, Wong Laoji's stopping skills were superb. He easily stopped the ball, created a space, and passed it to Scott. ers.

Faced with Manchester United's continuous midfield backfooting, Chelsea had to press forward aggressively, compressing Manchester United's passing space and forcing Manchester United to make mistakes in passing and cutting.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to doing this. Manchester United is not a quick and agile team. They have always played in a wide range of ways. Now it is just a special period. As long as the space is compressed, Manchester United's passing will inevitably make mistakes. The threat of attacking directly by stealing in the frontcourt will be much greater.

But after the three lines pressed heavily, Chelsea's half was completely empty. Manchester United's quick counterattack was very scary. Scholes and Giggs could pass the ball long, Gao Xiaodong and Valencia were extremely fast, and Rooney was also very fast. Just a little slower than the two of them, the three of them rushed forward, and it was difficult for Chelsea's defender to stop them.

This style of play is a double-edged sword, but Chelsea has no choice. If the opponent scores an away goal, even if Chelsea equalizes the score, it is equivalent to being half behind. If they lose the game, judging from historical records, it will be 0 at home. :1 The losing team has a promotion probability of no more than 10%, and Chelsea's chance is equal to being eliminated.

Sure enough, after Chelsea pressed heavily, Manchester United's passing space became smaller. Even players like Giggs, Scholes, and Evra could not guarantee a success rate in passing the ball. After all, they don't play fast football, and this kind of passing is not suitable for them.

In the 75th minute of the game, Scholes made a mistake when receiving a pass from Fletcher. Fletcher's pass deflected a little due to interference from his opponent and was intercepted by Ramirez.

Ramirez crossed to Drogba. Drogba broke into the right side of the penalty area and held Ferdinand's shot from a small angle. Van der Sar hurriedly blocked the ball with his foot.

Corner kick opportunities are also very precious for Chelsea. All Chelsea players who can attack came to the penalty area to participate in grabbing points.

Lampard took a corner kick, Vidic showed bravery and beat Torres to clear the ball out of the penalty area.

However, the ball's landing point was still controlled by Chelsea. Mikel passed the ball diagonally to Lampard. Torres moved wide in the penalty area. Lampard passed the ball across the ball. Torres knocked the ball towards the baseline and turned around to pass Vidic.

Torres used the quick start to eat Vidic raw. Now after the overhaul, he wanted to eat it again, but it was not as easy as before. Although Vidic was half a body slower, he resisted Torres with his body and secretly used his hands. A small pull slowed down Torres. Torres did not get the ball due to Vidic's interference, and the ball rolled out of the baseline.

Vidic successfully defended Torres twice and was very excited. He clenched his fists and celebrated hard.

Scholes came over and patted Vidic and expressed his appreciation for his defense. Gao Xiaodong also gave Vidic a thumbs up.

Subsequently, under Chelsea's strong pressure, Manchester United continued to make passing mistakes. Fortunately, most of Manchester United's players were in their own half. Chelsea intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Manchester United also had the advantage of defensive numbers. Chelsea's offense did not create too much of a threat. .

Although Manchester United has not yet had a chance to counterattack, it has almost succeeded several times, only to be ruined by Chelsea's tactical fouls.

However, the Manchester United players are not in a hurry. They know that with such a large space in Chelsea's backcourt, as long as they seize a chance, they can break through Chelsea's goal again and seal the victory. Even if they concede the goal, the away result will be a 1:1 draw. It's also completely acceptable.