Chapter 795: It’s Not Easy to Be the Core

After the return of Ferdinand, Manchester United's defense of high-altitude balls has greatly increased. Valencia does not have any players who are good at headers. After Mata took the corner kick, the ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Vidic. Valencia midfielder Alber Da grabs the landing point and shoots long-range, and the ball is higher than the crossbar.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar opened the door, and he directly found his striker Berbatov with a big kick.

Although Berbatov is tall, his header ability is not very good, and the ball was pushed back by the Valencia center back.

During the scramble in the midfield, Manchester United's crazy running impact players had room to play, and the ball was grabbed by Park Ji-sung, who was very active in running.

Park Ji-sung is a functional player at Manchester United. He usually hands the ball to offensive players such as Scholes or Rooney. Now that he is close to Gao Xiaodong, his first choice to get the ball is of course Gao Xiaodong.

Park Ji-sung passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong and ran forward to the side. Nani and Anderson also ran forward desperately to meet Gao Xiaodong.

In Manchester United's starting lineup today, Park Ji-sung, Anderson and Nani are all very close to Gao Xiaodong. Their forward penetration not only takes away the defense for Gao Xiaodong, but also gives Gao Xiaodong more contact points. Gao Xiaodong has more options when taking the ball.

Facing a strong team like Valencia today, and being the core of Manchester United's offense, Gao Xiaodong was very excited. He did not pass the ball after receiving the ball, but used the space created by his teammates to quickly break forward.

Valencia attaches great importance to Gao Xiaodong's defense. After Gao Xiaodong got the ball, midfielders Alberda and Costa quickly came up to double-team Gao Xiaodong. Center back Navarro also took two steps forward to block Gao Xiaodong's shot. Long shot space.

Gao Xiaodong did not dare to force a breakthrough, so he immediately handed the ball to Nani and continued to run towards the center of the penalty area.

Although Nani played as an attacking midfielder with Gao Xiaodong today, because Manchester United's three defensive midfielders almost did not have the ability to attack from the side, he would always go to the side when receiving the ball and break through from the side.

Valencia also attaches great importance to Nani's defense. Before Nani can get up to speed, Pablo chases back and quickly steals Nani from behind.

Nani turned the ball and got rid of Pablo. When he turned around again, Pablo and Miguel had already become a double attack.

At this time, left back Evra had already assisted, and Nani quickly took the ball and cut inside, leaving Evra on the wing.

Pablo followed Nani, who passed the ball to Evra, allowing Evra to attack Valencia full-back Miguel.

Evra made two consecutive fake moves to shake Miguel's center of gravity, but Miguel was experienced and was not fooled. Evra had to pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

At this moment, Gao Xiaodong returned to the attacking midfielder position, and Valencia did not relax its marking on him at all. As soon as Gao Xiaodong received the ball, Albelda immediately pressed him closely.

At this moment, all three lines of Valencia were in position. Gao Xiaodong did not blindly dribble the ball. He passed the ball across to Park Ji-sung, mobilizing the opponent and looking for gaps in the attack.

Park Ji-sung tried to push forward, but when he saw that there was no chance, he passed the ball back to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong then passed the ball back to Fletcher and walked back, preparing to pull Valencia's formation outward.

However, after Fletcher passed the ball to Carrick, Carrick, who had been away from the team for a long time, hoped to prove that he had fully recovered in this strong dialogue. After receiving the ball, he passed the ball forward and found the frontcourt. Berbatov.

Carrick's pass was accurate, but Valencia was tighter on Berbatov's single arrow. The two central defenders were marking Navarro, and Maduro was attacking. Under the attack of the two, Berbatov Husband failed to stop the ball. The ball was grabbed by Costa and passed to Mata.

Mata has excellent skills and is the core of Valencia's offense. He passed the ball past Park Ji-sung and quickly drove the ball forward.

Ferguson was very happy to see Gao Xiaodong's patient management in the midfield just now. He was originally worried that Gao Xiaodong would be eager to perform and give Valencia an opportunity. Judging from his performance in the first ten minutes, Gao Xiaodong still played very maturely. Yes, it was Carrick who played too impatiently at his age.

Gives the opponent a chance to counterattack.

Park Ji-sung was chasing after Mata. Midfielder Fletcher quickly pulled to the side. Full-back Rafael also quickly stepped forward to intercept. The three came to flank Mata.

Mata passed the ball to Domingos and inserted himself between Fletcher and Rafael. Forward Soldado also started quickly and inserted into Manchester United's penalty area.

Mata and Soldado attracted the attention of Manchester United's defense, but Domingos did not pass the ball to them. He caught the ball, faced the goal, and then turned around and passed the ball to another player. Pablo on one side.

Pablo is very good at running without the ball. At this moment, he has run in front of Nani unknowingly and quickly gets down after receiving the ball.

At this moment, Evra has been attracted to the edge of the penalty area. Seeing Pablo receiving the ball, Evra quickly defended the wing to prevent Pablo from going down.

Valencia's forward attack and passing were coordinated very quickly. Evra had just pulled aside, and Pablo passed the ball back to the defensive midfielder Albelda who was inserted into the ribs.

Carrick came to defend Albelda, and Albelda passed the ball to Mata who ran to the center.

Mata kept the ball going straight into the gap between Ferdinand and Vidic, looking for forward Soldado who was cutting in diagonally.

Valencia's counterattack was fast, accurate and coordinated, and they reached Manchester United's penalty area with just a few passes.

However, Vidic and Ferdinand have worked together for many years, and the tacit understanding between the two has reached the point where they don't need to talk. Seeing Mata's through ball, the two did not chase the ball back, but quickly got into position to block Valencia's possible diagonal pass. players.

Soldado was blocked by Vidic. By the time he got around Vidic, Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar had already struck to get the ball.

The game lasted for almost 10 minutes, and Valencia had not yet had a shot, but they were very patient in their attack. Just like this attack, as long as Soldado gets the ball, it may be a goal.

In the first game of the group stage, they faced the Turkish Bursa team away from home. Valencia only took 5 shots in the game, but they scored 4 goals. The efficiency was so high that it was frightening.

Van der Sar got the ball and quickly threw it to Gao Xiaodong to launch a quick counterattack.

When Gao Xiaodong got the ball, Valencia had at least five people near Manchester United's penalty area. This was a good opportunity to counterattack.

Gao Xiaodong showed his strong ability to read the game at this time. He took the ball and moved forward as quickly as possible, without giving Valencia's frontcourt players time to return to defense.

At this moment, Albelda, who is responsible for guarding Gao Xiaodong, is still behind Gao Xiaodong. Mata and Pablo have not returned either. Costa is the only defensive player in the middle.

Costa quickly stepped forward, trying to use a tactical foul to stop Gao Xiaodong from advancing with the ball.

But Gao Xiaodong did not give Costa this opportunity. He quickly passed the ball to Berbatov, who had his back to the goal. He wanted Berbatov to create a wall for him and use his speed to break through Costa.

However, Berbatov and Gao Xiaodong did not have a tacit understanding. He caught the ball and turned around, trying to challenge the two central defenders alone.

Center defender Navarro did not give Berbatov this chance. He directly stretched out his foot and knocked down Berbatov.

The referee blew the whistle and awarded Manchester United a free kick, but did not show Navarro a yellow card.

Berbatov protested to the referee, saying that he had a good chance and should give Navarro a yellow card, but the referee ignored it.

Seeing Berbatov get a free kick, Gao Xiaodong was very unhappy, as if he had eaten a stick of Xiang-flavored ice cream.

If Berbatov had just passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong could face the center back, and if the center back defended Gao Xiaodong, Berbatov could even challenge a defender alone, or even challenge the goalkeeper.

However, Berbatov directly took the ball and broke through, and was brought down by Navarro. Fortunately, he also got a free kick. If Navarro did not foul and intercepted the ball, Berbatov became the end of Manchester United's offense. or.

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