Chapter 797: Defensive Counterattack

Even though the score was only 1:0, Ferguson was very satisfied with the performance of the players in the first half. He stood at the door of the locker room with a bright face and waited for the players to arrive.

Every player who entered the locker room received encouragement and praise from Ferguson, even Carrick. When Gao Xiaodong arrived, Ferguson not only gave him a hug, but also put his arm around Gao Xiaodong's shoulders and walked in together. the locker room.

Seeing Ferguson walking into the locker room with Gao Xiaodong's shoulders, the Manchester United players were shocked. Although Ferguson was very kind to the players, he was actually a strict father-type coach. The players respected and feared him, just like him. Ferguson has never done this to anyone before.

However, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra and other old people vaguely felt that things were not that simple. Maybe Ferguson used this behavior to let the players understand Gao Xiaodong's status in the team. Otherwise, with Gao Xiaodong's age, he would be in a wealthy club like Manchester United. It's hard to convince the public.

Carrick and Fletcher were somewhat disapproving. They felt that Gao Xiaodong had just arrived and had not brought any honors to Manchester United. Ferguson favored him a little too much.

Park Ji-sung and Anderson saw this and felt that they were on the right track. Ferguson loved Gao Xiaodong so much, and he would definitely be the core and captain of Manchester United in the future.

And young players such as Xiao Wandou, Rafael, and Macheda who did not take sides also saw the reality clearly through Ferguson's attitude. Gao Xiaodong has replaced Rooney and become the most popular person in coach Ferguson's heart. In the future, the boss of the Class of 92 will retire. , Gao Xiaodong will definitely be the core boss, and he will definitely have to curry favor with him in the future.

Entering the locker room, Ferguson first praised Gao Xiaodong, "It should have been a draw in the first half, but Gao's goal changed everything. Valencia's away game is very difficult, otherwise we would never have played in Metz." Thalia has won before, and it is very important for us to take the lead in the first half. In the second half, we must continue the tactics of the first half, fight hard in the midfield, counterattack quickly, score when we have the chance, and defend 1:0 when we have no chance. score."

Although Ferguson praised Gao Xiaodong alone, the Manchester United players had nothing to say. Gao Xiaodong's free kick was so amazing that he completely changed the situation with his personal ability.

Afterwards, the players relaxed their bodies, and Ferguson talked to Carrick and other players alone about the problems that occurred in the first half of the game to prevent them from making mistakes again in the second half.

The 15-minute intermission time passed quickly, and the players from both sides returned to the court again for the second half.

Manchester United continued the tactical play after scoring in the first half, defending and counterattacking, waiting to catch Valencia's offensive mistakes.

Valencia obviously cannot continue the same tactics as the first half. No matter what the final score is, no matter whether Valencia is an attacking team or not, Valencia cannot accept a score of 0:1. They must try to solve the offense. The problem.

Emery replaced midfielder Domingos and replaced striker Adulis, giving Soldado a helper to share Soldado's defensive pressure and strive to equalize the score.

With two forward players in front, Valencia gave up the penetration of the center and strengthened the breakthrough of the two wings.

Mata and Pablo's personal abilities are very outstanding. They focus on wing attacks. The pressure on Manchester United's two full-backs suddenly increased.

Especially Pablo, who used his skillful skills and extremely fast speed to constantly challenge Evra, leaving Evra in a panic.

In the 48th minute, Pablo cooperated with Albelda in the midfield. Albelda made a direct pass. Pablo cut back to the right and made a pass. However, as soon as the ball flew into the small penalty area, Vidic grabbed it and dropped it. Point, head the ball a little, and hit the sideline.

Three minutes later, Pablo broke through from the right again. Evra obviously lacked confidence in the face of Pablo's breakthrough. He stepped back sideways and waited for the support of his teammates. But Pablo made a decisive breakthrough this time. He continuously changed directions and made sudden stops, using his speed to suddenly force a breakthrough.

Evra couldn't match Valencia's Pablo's speed. He could only turn around and chase Pablo to prevent Pablo from passing the ball.

But Pablo was very fast. He reached the baseline and passed a cross to the center of the penalty area.

Pablo made this breakthrough quickly. Not only did Evra fail to follow up, but neither did the central defender. After the ball was passed in, Ferdinand and Vidic were afraid of an own goal and did not dare to take a shot easily. The two of them had to stay in position. Don't let Berbatov, who is outflanking, grab the spot.

The defense of Ferdinand and Vidic was very good. Berbatov was unable to get past them and could only watch the ball fly out of the penalty area.

Seeing that Evra was struggling to defend, Nani did not care about attacking at this time and had to retreat to his penalty area to assist Evra in defense.

Nani was able to immerse himself in defense, which made Ferguson very happy. He had just seen Evra struggling to defend, and wanted Fletcher to help defend. Gao Xiaodong retreated, but now that Nani is back, Gao Xiaodong does not need By retreating, Manchester United's counterattack threat will be greater.

After Nani returned to defense, Valencia's attack on the right was blocked. They immediately hit the ball to the left, allowing Mata to attack Rafael's side.

But Rafael's defense has always been unstable. Today, Park Ji-sung and Fletcher paid attention to protecting his side. Mata, who is stronger than Pablo, did not take advantage here.

After 20 minutes of the second half, Valencia still had no chance to score. The Valencia fans in the stands were anxious and kept shouting "Goal one!"

Emery couldn't stand it anymore, so he made another substitution adjustment. Fernandez came on, replacing the underperforming midfield general Costa, and continued to strengthen the attack.

Manchester United had been defensive for so long in the second half and had almost no decent counterattack. Valencia lost its alertness a little.

Just when Valencia midfielder Fernandez had just come on, Manchester United suddenly changed their rhythm and stepped up their pressure on Valencia's ball carrier. Valencia's midfielder made a mistake in passing the ball, and Gao Xiaodong suddenly grabbed the ball and took it away. .

Gao Xiaodong didn't hesitate to grab the ball, turned around and hit Manchester United forward Berbatov with a long pass.

This long pass is very skillful, especially the ability to find Berbatov with one kick, which is not inferior to Scholes at all.

Berbatov also handled the ball beautifully. He led the ball and forced his way into the penalty area under the squeeze of Valencia center back Navarro. Then his shot was blocked by goalkeeper Sanchez who fell to the ground and blocked the baseline.

Manchester United took a corner kick, and Gao Xiaodong walked to the corner kick, preparing to take the kick himself.

This time Carrick did not go over to ask. He already knew that Gao Xiaodong's strength was closely related to the head coach, so he pretended not to see it and ran to the edge of the penalty area to wait for the ball to be released to shoot.

Gao Xiaodong glanced at the penalty area and looked at goalkeeper Sanchez's position and attention. He immediately had a bad idea. He reached out and called Anderson and Park Ji-sung over and whispered to them. Anderson and Park nodded repeatedly. He ran back to the penalty area with a smile on his face.

The referee's whistle sounded, but before Gao Xiaodong kicked the ball out, Anderson suddenly ran forward and looked like he was going to grab the ball and head it back. This is also a classic corner kick tactic.

Goalkeeper Sanchez was attracted by Anderson and quickly approached the near corner.

However, Gao Xiaodong's subsequent kick passed the ball directly to the back point.

When Gao Xiaodong took a shot, Park Ji-sung quickly reached back and headed the ball towards the back post before the full-back.

This was a beautiful combination, but Park Ji-sung's header was a bit bad, and the ball hit the defender standing next to the goal post.

Seeing that a classic corner kick was not completed, Manchester United fans could not help but sigh with regret.

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