Chapter 1003 Offside

Manchester United is a very experienced team. After attacking for more than ten minutes, they saw Chelsea keep retreating and finally retreated to the 30-meter area. They also quickly gave up the siege on Chelsea and retreated. The midfielder holds the ball and waits for Chelsea to press.

This approach of Manchester United won the praise of the on-site commentator, "It is very mature. Manchester United has a half-sphere advantage and should not press Chelsea at all. Manchester United is not a team like Barcelona and Arsenal who are good at short-pass penetration. If it is not beneficial for the opponent to play against them, they should give the opponent a certain amount of space. Only with space can Manchester United play wonderful cooperation."

Manchester United shrinks possession of the ball, and Chelsea can only attack. Chelsea needs to score two goals if they want to advance. For a team like Manchester United, scoring two goals is not easy. They must seize all the time and strive to score a goal in the first half. ball, putting pressure on United to make mistakes.

Chelsea's offense is very simple. It is to attack the two wings and find Torres and Drogba in the middle. Torres and Drogba directly attack the goal, or they can be used as midfielders in the back row, mainly Lampard.

Although Chelsea's tactic is simple, with super forwards like Drogba and Torres in front and scoring machines like Lampard in the midfield, this tactic poses a greater threat.

In the 20th minute of the game, Ashley Cole successfully broke through O'Shea from the wing and passed the ball across the penalty area.

Torres grabbed the header before Vidic, and the ball flew backwards.

Kalu entered the penalty area from the wing and nodded the ball back to the front of the penalty area.

Kalou's pass was so unexpected that players from Manchester United and Chelsea thought he was going to attack the goal from a small angle.

The ball passed behind Lampard and Gao Xiaodong, but it gave Ramirez a chance in the middle. Ramirez saw goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar move to the left, and he immediately took off and shot towards the upper right corner of the goal. horn.

Van der Sar had tried his best to block the left side of the goal. When Ramirez shot from the right side of the goal, he had no way to come back and could only stop and watch.

Ramirez shot the goal almost without interference, but his shooting footwork was still a little bad, and the ball flew out of the baseline against the right post.

Manchester United escaped, and there was a cry of exclamation from Manchester United fans at the scene.

On-site commentator Andy Gray raised doubts about Ferguson's decision to let O'Shea start at right back. "Raphael is unwell. Sir Alex wanted to use O'Shea at right back to increase the height of the defense, but Manchester United has the height. But the speed and flexibility are gone. Facing Ashley Cole, as long as his teammates cannot help defend, O'Shea will have nothing to do. If this continues,

Manchester United's right wing will be burst. "

Of course, Ferguson took this into consideration when he sent O'Shea to play. Ferguson did not expect O'Shea to defend Ashley Cole. Valencia relied on defending Ashley Cole.

Valencia has speed, explosive power, and Ashley Cole couldn't take any advantage against Valencia. Ashley Cole's breakthrough just now was a sneak attack while Valencia was not back. So Ferguson isn't worried.

When Van der Sar took the goal kick, Ferguson called Valencia over and asked him to put defense first and then assist while ensuring the safety of the defense. What Manchester United needs now is not goals, but Prevent your opponent from scoring a goal.

After Valencia held firm, Ashley Cole's side could not open up. Chelsea could only turn the ball to Ivanovic's side, hoping to use Ivanovic's power and speed to break through Evra's goal. defense.

But today, although Rooney plays as a forward, he retreats very much and is more like a full-back with both offense and defense.

Rooney's strength can completely defeat Ivanovic, Kalou can't eat Evra, and Chelsea's path also cannot create any scoring opportunities.

Chelsea only played on two wings. After the two wings were strangled, their offense became a headless fly.

Looking at the passage of time, but unable to find a chance to score, Chelsea had no choice but to start attacking from the center. Lampard and Ramirez took turns dribbling the ball forward, cooperating with the forwards, and attacking Manchester United's penalty area.

Chelsea didn't really think they could break through Manchester United's defense from the center, which is the most densely defended. They hoped to attract Manchester United's wide players to the center to help defend, and then attack from the wings.

However, Chelsea's wishful thinking failed.

Before the game, Ferguson made the most thorough arrangements on how to contain Chelsea's offense. He did not use Scholes in the midfielder position, but instead used Carrick and Fletcher, who were slightly less offensive but stronger defensively. , just to prevent Chelsea from attacking in the middle.

Gao Xiaodong is the first barrier to midfield defense. Carrick and Fletcher form a defensive iron triangle behind him. Every offensive player in Chelsea's center will be subject to man-to-man defense, including players who intervene. Not to mention Chelsea's penetration ability, even Barcelona and Arsenal would find it difficult to achieve this.

If Chelsea cannot pass the ball in the middle, it will be destroyed or intercepted immediately, and then Manchester United will launch a quick counterattack from the wing.

In the 27th minute of the game, Lampard passed the ball to Drogba without stopping. Drogba returned the pass to Ramirez but was intercepted by Gao Xiaodong.

Since Gao Xiaodong is the organizer of Manchester United's center, he was surrounded by Lampard, Drogba and Ramirez when he got the ball.

Gao Xiaodong made a V-shaped pull on the ball, then pushed it through Lampard's crotch and passed the ball to Carrick.

Carrick is not a pure engineer like Fletcher. He is a midfielder with the ability to pass the ball. Gao Xiaodong passed the ball out of the double team. It was safer for Carrick to receive the ball and he was not in the first place. Time is being pressed.

Carrick caught the ball and looked forward and saw Rooney running forward. He immediately hit a long pass to the right to find Rooney.

Carrick's pass was very accurate and hit just behind Ivanovic.

Rooney sprinted away from Ivanovic at high speed and dribbled the ball towards Chelsea's baseline at high speed.

When Rooney ran to the side of the penalty area, he saw that Hernandez had already used his speed to run alongside Chelsea's central defender. Rooney stopped going down and directly crossed the penalty area to find Hernandez.

Hernandez suddenly accelerated away from Rooney's pass and leaned over the edge of the small penalty area to hit the goal with a header.

Cech was well prepared for Manchester United's attack, but Xiaowu's shot was too close. He had no time to react and the ball flew from his side into the net.

Hernandez got up and ran towards the stands roaring, but he immediately found that the Manchester United fans in the stands immediately booed after cheering for a while.

Hernandez subconsciously looked at the linesman, only to realize that the linesman had raised the flag to indicate that he was offside.

Hernandez was very angry. He was targeting the two central defenders. How could he be offside? He excitedly rushed to the referee, Portuguese Ben Cuelenca, and expressed **** to him.

Hernandez ran too fast, and Ben Cuelenka also ran this way. Seeing Hernandez running over, Ben Cuelenka wanted to avoid Little Pea, but accidentally slipped and fell to the ground.

After getting up from the ground, Benquilenka became a little angry. When he saw that Hernandez was not offside while BBing him, he took out the yellow card and warned Hernandez.

Ferguson was very annoyed when he saw this scene on the sidelines. He could see clearly that Hernandez was not offside just now. A good ball was misjudged and he received a yellow card. Manchester United was really at a loss.

Ferguson then asked the fourth official for help, but the fourth official patted Sir Alex on the shoulder and said: "Okay, okay, this situation is inevitable. Manchester United has a huge advantage. Let's continue watching the game."

Ferguson had no choice but to spread his hands and smile bitterly.