Four Hundred and Eighty-Six Breakthrough

On the evening of April 29, the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

Napoli host Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

When the players of the two teams, led by the Danish referee Larsen, slowly walked into the stadium amid the cheers of more than 50,000 Naples fans, the atmosphere of the game was pushed to the extreme.

The live broadcast of the camera is also everywhere, aimed at every corner of the stadium.

Tonight, both teams played with their full lineup.

Napoli still adopts the four-three-three formation that they are best at.

Goalkeeper: Handanovic.

Defence: Vargas, David Luiz, Bonucci and Lichtsteiner.

Midfield: Thiago Motta behind, Biglia and Rakitic in the middle.

Forward: A combination of Sanchez, Cavani and Di Maria.

Gao Shen still asked the two wingers in the frontcourt to take a reverse-footed stance, obviously also wanting to strengthen his scoring ability.

Ferguson also played against Manchester United's four-three-three formation.

Goalkeeper: Van der Sar.

Defensive line: Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic and O'Shea.

Midfield: Carrick is behind, and Anderson and Fletcher are in the middle.

Forwards: Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Park Ji-sung.

This is also a regular lineup for Manchester United this season.

Ferguson used his troops like a god and often adjusted and changed his starting lineup, which made it difficult for opponents to figure out, but this lineup performed well in the Champions League and continues to be used today.

This also basically confirmed the speculation before the game.

...

After the team came out, Gao Shen followed, but after he came out, he did not go to the home team's coaching bench, but stood at the player tunnel and waited. After a while, he saw Ferguson also came out.

"Hi,

Sir! "Gao Shen took the initiative to reach out and greeted him.

"Long time no see, lad." Ferguson shook hands and hugged Gao Shen with a smile while chewing gum.

"Seeing your mental state, I believe tonight's game will be very intense."

After listening to Gao Shen, he nodded with a smile, "I think so too."

"They all said that you have been under a lot of stress recently, and they also said that you have insomnia, is that true?" Ferguson asked with a pretended concerned smile.

Gao Shen laughed, "They probably know how many times I go to the bathroom a day, what do you think?"

Ferguson hummed, "Have you guessed my starting lineup?"

"I guessed it, one of them is right, even the position is right." Gao Shen was telling the truth.

Ferguson nodded in appreciation, "This is a basic skill, boy, adjustments and strains in the game are also critical. In addition, I also guessed your tactics and starting lineup correctly, including that you want to play a reverse-footed winger."

After a pause, Ferguson smiled: "You know, after you played Inter Milan, many people said that you would adopt conservative tactics, and even I called Mourinho secretly, and he told me, you He trained with his team and said, you will use defensive counter-attack tactics, but I don't believe it, this old boy is so bad, he can't wait to see me embarrassed."

"I bribed him a whole case of French red wine, what do you think?" Gao Shen chuckled.

It's no secret, it's all reported.

"What about me?" Ferguson was also a wine lover.

"Wait until I win."

Ferguson patted his forehead lightly and sighed, "That's no chance."

After the two stood on the sidelines and chatted for a while, they each returned to the coach's bench.

Obviously, neither of them probed each other's ideas.

But that's okay, the game was clear from the start.

...

Although it is the home court of Naples, Gao Shen did not adopt the attacking tactics from the beginning as in the past.

This is a signature tactic for Napoli, but whether it was against Inter Milan before or against Manchester United tonight, Napoli did not do it, but started steadily.

From this, it can also be seen that Gao Shen attaches great importance to this game and is cautious.

Manchester United, who played away from home, was also not active. They also started safely. Both sides were testing and trying to figure out the opponent's path. This led to the beginning of the game was always a bit dull, and neither side was able to create good opportunities.

But gradually, the tactical intentions of both sides emerged.

Napoli tried to suppress Manchester United in midfield, especially Carrick's restraint. Whether it was Cavani's retreat or Biglia's forward move, Carrick was uncomfortable.

In the frontcourt, as soon as Rooney gets the ball, there are always players around him who can entangle him for the first time, making it impossible for him to pass the ball easily, let alone transfer it.

Manchester United is about the same.

Fletcher has a wide range of movement and can also drop deep, plus a Park Ji-sung, focusing on strengthening the defense of the two ribs, so that Napoli's reverse-footed winger is always limited after cutting in.

Manchester United's defense line can be called the strongest steel defense line in European football in the past three years.

Evra wanted to go forward a few times to participate in the attack, but Di Maria was active on this side, which left the French full-back with some lingering fears.

It can be said that the two teams have done enough work on targeted tactics, without leaving obvious space and loopholes for each other.

The game is going on in this stalemate and intense state.

No one was able to break the balance.

...

"This kid is not easy!"

Ferguson turned around, glanced at the depths in front of the home team's coach, and said with admiration in his eyes.

As early as when Gao Shen was coaching Real Madrid, Ferguson knew Gao Shen and studied his tactics, but Gao Shen used a defensive counterattack at that time, and the game that defeated Arsenal was a high-position pressing and pressing, a bit Benitez shadow.

Later, when Gao Shen switched to Naples and coached in Serie B, Ferguson didn't pay too much attention.

But last season, Naples led by Gao Shen suddenly emerged, which immediately attracted the attention of Ferguson.

This season, at the UEFA Elite Coaches Summit, Ferguson had a chat with Gao Shen for a while, but he did not have a deep friendship. Instead, he met Guardiola, who coached Barcelona, ​​because the Spaniard almost moved to Manchester United and was more familiar with Ferguson.

He originally thought that Guardiola was amazing enough, but he didn't expect that Gao Shen would shine in the Champions League this season, and he was also the best in Serie A.

Especially tonight, seeing the formation of Naples and the targeted tactics given by Gao Shen made Ferguson quite admire.

It is the same set of play. If Wenger, Benitez and other experienced coaches show it, Ferguson will think it is quite satisfactory, but Gao Shen is only 28 years old. With such a set of tactical play, Ferguson only It can be described as amazing.

"Looks like he really did his homework," assistant coach Mike Phelan said.

Mike Phelan is an old man of Manchester United. He used to be a Manchester United player. After retiring, he first coached other teams for a few years. He didn't achieve much, so he came to Manchester United and took the youth team for two years. Ferguson was promoted to the first team as fitness coach.

In 2008, after the departure of assistant coach Queiroz, Ferguson divided Queiroz's responsibilities into two, respectively, to the original physical coach Mike Phelan, and the original technical coach Rene Mulenstin.

So, right now, United have two assistant coaches.

"It's a good thing to do homework, but we'll see if he can adjust in time," Ferguson said.

The game is constantly changing, changing at any time, and the coach needs to constantly adjust.

Wenger is relatively weak in commanding on the spot, as is Guardiola, and Ferguson also wants to see if Gao Shen can keep up with him.

...

"Rakitic, stay a little to the right."

"Biglia, go a little further."

"Sanchez, Di Maria, pay attention to the connection, the connection."

"Play faster on the counterattack, don't take the high ball, go to the ground more, we have no advantage in the high ball."

Gao Shen stood on the sidelines, constantly commanding the team, constantly adjusting, adapting to the changes on the court, and at the same time, he often made some adjustments to his own offense.

But he soon discovered that as long as Napoli's offense appeared a little bit, Ferguson would always be able to quickly suppress it.

The tactical reaction of the old Scottish man was really fast enough.

In contrast, Gao Shen's reaction is relatively slow, but it can barely keep up with Ferguson's adjustment.

So, the game is basically still in a stalemate.

The number of shots on both sides seems to be OK, and opportunities are created, but there are few really threatening attacks.

Gao Shen is always frowning, as if facing an enemy.

The pressure Ferguson put on him was really big.

After all, the old Scottish man is famous, and if there is no pressure on Gao Shen, then the ignorant is fearless.

In this stalemate and stalemate, time passed bit by bit.

The first half was a zero-to-zero draw. In the second half, Manchester United made some adjustments, and Gao Shen also made targeted changes. Both sides tried to open up the situation, but there was no way.

Naples' fast passing and cutting cannot penetrate into Manchester United's hinterland. After all, Naples, unlike Barcelona, ​​lacks a key explosive point like Messi. It's hard to get that kind of effect from Barcelona.

And Manchester United's midfield organization seemed very chaotic, Rooney was also strangled at this point, and Cristiano Ronaldo was followed by David Luiz several times to get the ball, making it difficult to create a threat.

As for Park Ji-sung, he had a few crosses, but David Luiz and Bonucci were firmly in control of the middle.

The two sides seem to be on the tip of the needle against Maimang, and neither can do anything about the other.

But after entering sixty minutes, Ferguson began to prepare substitutions.

"Berbatov is coming." Zidane observed the movement on the Manchester United bench.

Gao Shen nodded, his brows furrowed like a mountain, and he kept guessing in his mind, is it Park Zhixing who Berbatov wants to replace?

Logically speaking, Rooney won't move, Cristiano Ronaldo won't move, then Park Ji-sung is the one who can move.

Unless, Ferguson wants to give it a go, but that's not realistic.

"It should be replaced by Park Zhixing." Gao Shen said, "In this way, it is very likely that Cristiano Ronaldo will go to the right..."

After pondering for a while, Gao made an adjustment immediately, "Let Di Maria and Sanchez switch positions. Next, when attacking and counterattacking, we will focus on attacking the left, and hit O'Shea!"

The Portuguese are basically not involved in defense, which leads to Manchester United's right flank being a breakthrough.

But even so, it was very difficult because there was still a Fletcher in the midfield.

But there is no other way. Compared with Manchester United's combination of Wayne Rooney and Evra on the left, the right is already relatively easy to play.

Sure enough, in the 65th minute, Ferguson replaced Park Ji-sung with Berbatov.

Gao Shen also made adjustments immediately, and Di Maria and Sanchez changed positions.

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