Chapter 1031: The Weak Brigade Attacks

After a short break, players from Manchester United and Blackpool came out of the dressing room under the leadership of the referee.

Seeing the captain's armband on Van der Sar's arm, the Manchester United fans at the scene were a little surprised and confused, because Van der Sar was not even the vice-captain.

However, the on-site commentator soon revealed the mystery. It turned out that the 41-year-old Van der Sar would retire after the end of this season. In order to show respect for the veteran, Ferguson asked Van der Sar to represent Manchester United as the captain in his last league game. .

After shaking hands and taking photos and exchanging team flags and emblems, the game officially kicked off. The visiting team Blackpool kicked off first.

Although Blackpool is a level lower than Manchester United in terms of strength and is playing away from home, they were not conservative at all today. They actively pressed forward from the beginning, with the three forwards in front of them pressing against Manchester United's defense.

Blackpool is ranked second from bottom, with 39 points with Wigan Athletic and Birmingham. Wolves, fifth from bottom, is only 1 point more than Blackpool. Blackpool must win if they want to avoid relegation.

According to the situation of Blackpool, Blackpool will definitely not defend in this game, but the Manchester United players did not expect that Blackpool would be so brave and dare to press in the frontcourt, and it was not just one or two people, but the whole team. force.

When a weak team beats a strong team, it is not without the use of full-court pressing tactics, but the risk is very high. Once a strong team counterattacks, there is such a large space behind, and Manchester United's ability to seize opportunities is almost a hit.

Are you tired of living in Blackpool?

This thought almost appeared in the minds of Manchester United players and fans.

Manchester United is an experienced team. When they saw Blackpool attacking, they were not in a hurry. They fought hard in the midfield and waited for Blackpool's counterattack.

Blackpool's strength cannot be compared with Manchester United. They pressed for five minutes. Although they also intercepted the ball from Manchester United in the midfield and frontcourt, Manchester United's defense was very strong. Blackpool's two attacks were resolved by Manchester United.

In the 6th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong retreated to the edge of his penalty area to assist his teammates in controlling the ball. He used his speed to get rid of the pressure of two Blackpool players and passed the ball to Scholes.

Scholes saw Roonera running behind the defender and immediately hit the defender with a long pass.

This long pass was very accurate, and Rooney easily got the ball before it flew out of the baseline.

Before the defender could catch up, Rooney glanced at the penalty area and passed the ball crosswise to the front of the penalty area.

Rooney's kick was not passed to Berbatov, but to Gao Xiaodong who was advancing towards the penalty area.

However, the Blackpool players were closely guarding Gao Xiaodong. Seeing Rooney's cross, Charlie blocked Gao Xiaodong, forcing Gao Xiaodong to go around.

It was a race against time to grab points in front of the penalty area. After Gao Xiaodong made an arc, the ball flew past him.

Gao Xiaodong subconsciously stretched his foot to reach it, but was unable to touch the ball.

However, Manchester United also invested a lot of troops in the counterattack. At this time, defender Rafael also rushed over, and he met the ball with a furious shot.

There is a big gap between the defender's footwork and the forward's. Rafael's judgment of the ball's placement was accurate, but he did not use his footwork well and the ball flew directly into the air.

Manchester United counterattacked twice in seven or eight minutes. Although they did not pose much of a threat, they also penetrated Blackpool's entire defense. Normally, Blackpool should recover to relieve the pressure on the defense.

But now Blackpool is in urgent need of three points. They know that playing like this is very dangerous, but they have to attack. They just hope to score a goal before Manchester United and take the initiative in the game.

Blackpool had a good idea, but their strength was limited. Even if they grabbed the ball and launched a direct attack in the frontcourt, they still couldn't get past Ferdinand and Vidic.

In the 13th minute, Manchester United, which was originally on the defensive, suddenly broke out. They launched a fierce press in the midfield and frontcourt. Blackpool never thought that Manchester United would suddenly attack. They were caught off guard. The defender was a little confused when passing the ball and was beaten by Gao Xiaodong. Determined the passing route and intercepted the ball.

The success rate of attacking in the midfield is much higher than that of attacking slowly from the backcourt.

After Manchester United seized the ball this time, Gao Xiaodong quickly dribbled the ball straight into Blackpool's penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong is fast and has good vision. He found every opportunity to avoid Blackpool's interceptions and brought the ball to Blackpool's 30-meter area. However, he was forced to deviate from the center and almost reached the wing.

Obviously, if Gao Xiaodong continues to dribble, his opportunity will be delayed. He must pass the ball out, or pass it directly to his frontcourt players.

However, Manchester United midfielder Scholes was watched, and Nani did not attack. Gao Xiaodong had no choice but to risk a diagonal pass and pass the ball to Manchester United's Berbato who was at the front of the penalty area. husband.

Gao Xiaodong actually had the opportunity to pass the ball to other players, but Blackpool had a lot of people in the backcourt and the distance between people was short. Gao Xiaodong was worried that others could not handle the ball well, and only Berbatov had the skills More trustworthy.

Berbatov has been wandering around Blackpool's defense, but never got a good chance. This time Gao Xiaodong passed the ball. Berbatov was very happy. He stopped the ball on the line of the penalty area and turned around to pass Evatt. Without waiting for other players to pounce, he directly volleyed with his left foot.

Although Berbatov's stop-and-go shot was very fast and the action was very subtle, Blackpool's goalkeeper Gilkes became excited today. Facing Berbatov's shot, Gilkes fell The ball was saved.

The ball was grabbed by the Blackpool defender. He passed the ball to Charlie Adam. He quickly moved forward and continuously cooperated with Campbell on the wing. He quickly broke Manchester United's counterattack and hit the ball to the thirty-meter area of ​​Manchester United. .

Although Blackpool's ranking and strength are poor, their main reason is poor defense and really good offense. After they cooperated continuously in front of the penalty area and attracted Manchester United's troops from the front edge of the penalty area, Campbell saw the left side of Manchester United's penalty area. With no one around, he quickly crossed to find his full-back Keleni.

Kleiny was overjoyed. He passed the ball to the penalty area and entered the penalty area, forming a situation where he faced the goalkeeper alone.

If Kleiny's first step into the penalty area was adjusted correctly, he could shoot directly after entering the penalty area. However, Kleiny's first step into the penalty area was a bit too big, so he would adjust one more step before shooting.

Just a little too big, Keleni was slow when he shot again. Gao Xiaodong quickly caught up from behind, fell to the ground and put a defensive shovel, and shoveled the ball out of the baseline before Keleni.

Blackpool got a corner kick opportunity. Such an opportunity was very important to Blackpool. The deadlock could not be broken now. When the corner kick was taken, Blackpool's attackers all came to the penalty area to compete for headers.

Vohan, who took the corner kick, passed the curve ball to the goal and found his teammate.

This time Berbatov made a contribution. He headed the ball to clear the ball and resolved Blackpool's corner kick attack.