Chapter 46 Lore

The shouts of the fans surrounded the stadium, which was his greatest comfort.

"Hey! Manchester United fans are calling the name of China Dong, that is definitely his fan. In their opinion, China Dong should be sent to the field at this time."

"Although I personally think that Dong can be considered, Ferguson will not send him now."

"At least for the second half."

"If the situation in the second half of the game still cannot be opened, Ferguson will consider it."

In a good situation, you can't score if you gain momentum. It doesn't make any sense to have ball possession and good-looking scenes. Only goals are king.

Middlesbrough's players limited Rooney's performance.

Manchester United's two wingers, Ryan Giggs and Ronaldo, were still very active, but all the balls passed into the penalty area fell into the sea. With Scholes' long shot in the middle, the first half ended.

The 43-year-old Middlesbrough coach McLaren walked into the player tunnel triumphantly, in stark contrast to Ferguson's face.

In the first half of this year, McLaren led Middlesbrough to win the League Cup and was hailed as the most promising young coach in England. Now facing Ferguson, he still has not fallen into a disadvantage.

McLaren's tactical formation is 442, which is the same as Ferguson's formation, but McLaren's tactics are more cunning, and his ability to adapt to changes is still good.

Immediately after conceding the ball, he adjusted his tactics, as evidenced by Rooney's tight defense.

His tactics are quite targeted. After restricting Rooney, he blocked Manchester United's midfielder from Middlesbrough's big penalty area, only allowing Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy to grab points in the penalty area, and tried not to let others enter. , which stopped Manchester United from scoring goals.

At the end of last season, Ferguson looked at McLaren differently, praised McLaren in front of the media, and even thought that McLaren might become the coach of the England team.

Unexpectedly, when the two teams met this season, his team was really depressed by Middlesbrough.

In the locker room, Ferguson hoped that Rooney could play more aggressively, Ruud van Nistelrooy's range of activities would be larger, and the midfielder could be closer to Middlesbrough's big penalty area, but he had no immediate plans to make substitutions.

Ferguson didn't move, and neither did McLaren.

For Middlesbrough, although they are playing at home, it is not bad to be able to draw with Manchester United.

As for winning? That depends on timing.

Without losing points, it is impossible for McLaren to take the initiative to play the card to Ferguson. The key point is to withstand Manchester United's offense first, consume Manchester United, and wait for the time to mature.

McLaren is a typical head coach who gets rich and settles down. He only needs to get one point, and does not necessarily require three points.

On the contrary, Ferguson needs to take all three points.

But it is definitely impossible to fully restrict Rooney. McLaren's focus is still to cut off the passing routes of Giggs and Ronaldo on the two sides.

Therefore, the quality of Giggs and Ronaldo's crosses from the wing is not high, and Rooney and Van Nistelrooy are rarely able to grab the ball.

After a stalemate between the two sides for more than ten minutes in the second half, Ferguson finally lost his patience and let Dong Fangzhuo, Saha and Fletcher warm up on the sidelines at the same time.

In the 70th minute, he finally decided to make a substitution.

It's just that he replaced Ruud van Nistelrooy with Saha, and he didn't move Rooney for the time being.

At the same time let Fletcher come on and replace Ryan Giggs.

"It's okay to go to Saha to replace Van Nistelrooy. Saha can play the role of Van Nistelrooy and at the same time can adapt to Rooney."

"It's normal for Giggs to play, because he has just returned from injury, and he must have a physical disadvantage. Let Fletcher play, and switch the left and right positions with Ronaldo, and maybe it will also get good results."

"There is one last substitution,

Sir, he has no plans to use it for the time being. "

Seeing that Ferguson made some moves, McLaren also adjusted his tactics accordingly. He directly removed a striker and replaced it with a defensive midfielder.

Tried to place the bus around the penalty area.

Therefore, Saha's playing and Fletcher's and Ronaldo's transpositions had no effect. Middlesbrough defended impeccably and did not give Manchester United any chance at all.

Rooney's combat effectiveness is still very strong. He took the ball and forced two shots in front of Middlesbrough's big penalty area, but they missed the goal frame.

He kept shaking his head on the field, and it looked like the luck of the first half was gone with him.

The time quickly ran to ten minutes.

Ferguson took a few bites of gum, waved to Dong Fangzhuo, and whispered in his ear for a while.

Then he asked the assistant coach to make substitution adjustments.

Taking advantage of the substitution, he called Ronaldo to the sidelines and had a few words with Ronaldo.

Surprisingly, Dong Fangzhuo did not replace Rooney, but Keane!

Ferguson wants to play three strikers!

The formation was changed by him to a very aggressive 433!

"This is a goal for every death!"

"My lord is going crazy again."

"Dong appeared on the left, and Rooney was on the right. Will this reduce Rooney's combat effectiveness?"

"But these few people shouldn't have any tacit cooperation on the court, right? It's just a pile of offensive players."

"Especially Rooney, the cooperation between him and other teammates is still very unfamiliar. He often creates opportunities by taking the ball and breaking through, but obviously other teammates are not on the same channel as him, and it is difficult to form an echo."

"C Ronaldo is different. At least when Scholes is close to him, he knows when Ronaldo will pass the ball. Similarly, even Van Nistelrooy rarely can echo Ronaldo. Rooney and Rooney who just joined the team He doesn't even call..."

"Maybe, only Dong?"

Under Middlesbrough's tenacious defense, Dong Fangzhuo, Rooney and Saha were all separated by their opponents. Although there were three strikers on the field, Manchester United was still helpless.

Seeing that the time is about to enter stoppage time.

Cristiano Ronaldo on the left still chose to cooperate with Scholes in the center, and solved Middlesbrough's defense on the right through a two-over-one approach.

Then he dribbles inside and cuts down the middle.

Dong Fangzhuo and Rooney stretched their defenses to the two sides respectively.

Rooney has already run to a very good position, raising his hand to signal Ronaldo to pass the ball to him.

But Ronaldo probably never thought of passing it on?

He raised his right foot lightly, and the false shot was real!

The tall Middlesbrough central defender in front immediately swayed. Fortunately, there was another central defender to make up for it, so that Ronaldo would not be able to shoot again.

But,

Ronaldo didn't intend to shoot!

The heel of his right foot was lightly pulled and knocked, and the ball flew past the right side of the central defender in a strange way.

A four-two-handed pass exceeded everyone's expectations.

No one's feet can touch the ball!

Such a pass is too hidden!

Dong Fangzhuo, who had been pulling on the left side, had been cruising horizontally and continued to the left, but now he reversed and stopped his body in an instant, got rid of Middlesbrough's right back, and went straight in!

At this moment, Rooney is still holding his hands high on the right...

The moon is the first to be close to the water, and after Dong Fangzhuo followed up, he did it overnight!

When shooting, he didn't consider any angle, he just pressed his feet very low and aimed at the goal to shoot.

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Oh, lore, lore!"