Chapter 1032: Long Pass Is Fatal

In the first twenty minutes, the game was very open. Blackpool, who was in desperate need of a victory, pressed Manchester United full-court. However, they did not create many shooting opportunities. Instead, Manchester United, who defended calmly, created a lot of murderous opportunities.

Twenty minutes later, both sides knew their opponent's tactical intentions and play style.

Since Manchester United can win or draw this game, they have the initiative in the game. They have the power to choose tactics. They can attack when they want and defend when they want.

If Blackpool wants to win, they must score quickly. Only after scoring can they focus on defense. After all, it is too dangerous to play against Manchester United, and there is a possibility of conceding the ball at any time.

Blackpool's idea is good, but the gap between their strength and Manchester United is too big. After Manchester United became familiar with their tactics, they quickly found a way to deal with them, which was to avoid Blackpool's pressing and interception in the middle. Counterattack directly with a long pass, using the superb personal abilities of the frontcourt players to break through Blackpool's defense.

In the 28th minute of the game, Vidic successfully intercepted the ball and passed it to Scholes. Scholes made a long pass directly to Rooney.

Manchester United's counterattack went straight past the dense midfield, giving Blackpool no chance to defend.

Blackpool defender Odry planned to compete with Rooney for a header. Although Rooney was not tall enough, he used his strong body to block his position. Odry just couldn't touch the ball.

Seeing Rooney trying to stop the ball with his chest, Odry was worried that Rooney would pass the ball to Berbatov but would not be able to grab Rooney's ball. Odry had to kick Rooney down from behind.

This foul was very obvious, and the referee ruled it without hesitation, giving Manchester United a free kick.

Rooney tried to take a free kick quickly, but Blackpool's defender was very experienced and blocked Rooney's body and did not let Rooney take it.

Scholes came over to take a free kick. Under Blackpool's tight defense, Scholes' free kick did not pose much of a threat and the ball was pushed out by the defender.

Blackpool then continued to attack Manchester United, but under Manchester United's tight defense, Blackpool's ball was intercepted by Gao Xiaodong as soon as it hit the edge of Manchester United's penalty area.

Manchester United continued their counterattack tactics with long passes. Gao Xiaodong made a long pass to the frontcourt to find Berbatov.

Berbatov judged the ball's landing point faster and more accurately than Rooney. He grabbed the landing point before the defender, flew up and used his feet to pad the ball towards the ribs of the penalty area.

Rooney made a perfect diagonal pass from the wing into the penalty area.

The ball was neither high nor low. Rooney barely had to adjust and volleyed the ball directly with the instep of his foot towards the far corner of the goal.

Rooney's shot was very comfortable. The ball whizzed into the net like a cannonball, and goalkeeper Kilkes didn't even have time to make a save.

1:0

The referee pointed his finger at the center circle.

Manchester United's goal only required three passes, and the counterattack was so fast and sharp that Blackpool fans and players were stunned.

When the Manchester United fans saw Rooney's crazy celebration, they immediately reacted. They jumped up in unison, raised their arms and shouted at Rooney who was running over: goalgoalgoal...Wayne! Wayne! Wayne…

In the VIP box, Glazer's eldest son Ephraim was more excited than his younger brother Joel. He changed from his original stable image and rushed outside the box to celebrate Rooney.

After Joel celebrated, he saw that his brother was very excited. Not only did he feel worried, because he could clearly see that Ephraim preferred Rooney and was biased against Gao Xiaodong. If his father handed over Manchester United to his brother to manage it, If so, I'm afraid it would be detrimental to Manchester United.

Joel is the only Manchester United die-hard in the Glazer family. His love for Manchester United goes beyond his desire for Manchester United to make profits for the family. He understands the significance of Gao Xiaodong to Manchester United and does not want anyone to replace Gao Xiaodong's core position in Manchester United, even if This man is Rooney.

Ferguson ran out to celebrate with the coaching staff, and everyone had a relieved smile on their faces.

Although there is a big gap between Blackpool's strength and Manchester United's, football is not square after all, and anything can happen. Even an old man like Ferguson will inevitably feel a little uneasy when a season's hard work is bet on one game.

But after the goal, Manchester United became stable. With Blackpool's strength, it is almost impossible to score two goals at Old Trafford without allowing Manchester United to score.

The on-site commentators also realized this. After Rooney scored, in addition to shouting for the goal, they almost all shouted that Manchester United was the champion and Manchester United was stable.

Blackpool head coach Allardyce looked very solemn after Rooney scored. He asked his assistant in a low voice, "What are the scores in the other games?"

The assistant coach said: "Birmingham and Wolves are also 1 goal behind, Wigan Athletic and Stoke City are 0:0. As long as we win, we can avoid relegation. Head, how should we play next?"

Allardyce glanced at the timer, with a resolute look on his face, and said: "First shrink the defense for ten minutes, and then attack fiercely."

The assistant coach was a little confused and asked why. Allardyce said: "They are ahead and we need to score two more goals to win. With Manchester United's sophistication, it must be because we will attack fiercely. We will not attack and let them attack. When they feel that we don’t have confidence and give up the game, we will attack again.”

The teaching assistant suddenly realized, "This is to catch the enemy unawares."

Allardyce nodded slightly, but said nothing, because no matter how good the tactical idea is, it still needs to be executed. If it is not executed in place and no goals are scored, it will be a fantasy.

After Manchester United scored, they felt that the game was stable, because as long as there was a draw, Manchester United would be able to win the championship. They felt that Blackpool must be desperate to avoid relegation, so they shrunk their formation slightly.

However, after Manchester United shrunk their formation, they found that Blackpool did not attack hard, and even the intensity of the pressing was a little smaller.

The Manchester United players were a little surprised and confused. What happened to Blackpool? No more energy or confidence? This game has only lasted 30 minutes. It is impossible for the stamina gauge to be empty so quickly. It is probably due to lack of confidence.

If it were an away game, Manchester United might have been exhausted with Blackpool like this, but this was at Old Trafford Stadium, with more than 70,000 Manchester United fans watching the game, and it was a championship battle. Manchester United players could not cope with the score of 1 to 0. Satisfied, they hope to win the final game heartily.

So after 3 minutes of recovery, Manchester United attacked again and used Blackpool's opening trick on Blackpool. Blackpool, who was pressing and suppressing the whole game, did not dare to make a move in the backcourt and could only keep attacking with big shots. Kick the ball forward with your feet forward.

But even so, Blackpool made many mistakes, giving Manchester United several chances to shoot. It is only because Blackpool is now shrinking and has a large number of people in the backcourt, which interferes with Manchester United's offensive players' shooting, that Manchester United was unable to score the second goal. .

This style of play looks good and is more conducive to scoring goals, but there is too much space in the backcourt and there are risks. However, at this moment, Manchester United players and fans are very relaxed. They believe that they can continue to score goals rather than conceding goals. .