Chapter 267: Collapse?

Although it was only five minutes into the game that United had breached the back of the net, it was not a bad start, but the Spurs players did not panic in the slightest because of the unexpected situation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info or rather, they have been mentally prepared for this for a long time.

After all, at a height of 1.78 meters, he weighs a full 83 kilograms and has first-rate speed, which gives Rooney an unparalleled punch. His outstanding footwork and passing vision among England players have made him more versatile and more dangerous than just an attacking finisher.

Stephen Carr at his peak may be in the top three of the Premier League at right-back, but it will not be easy to keep an eye on a future superstar like Wayne Rooney, who has top physical qualities. As a result, United were looking for a breakthrough from Wayne Rooney's side, which had been anticipated by George long before the game.

Of course, George is not a desperate Zhuge Kongming, he did not expect Rooney and Joaquin to be in such good form today, and forced the attack on Tottenham's defense from the beginning of the game, helping Manchester United take the lead in the score.

However, in the twentieth minute of the game, Tottenham suffered another heavy blow - Patrice Evra took a risk tackle while defending Joaquin, only to be easily dodged by the Spanish winger and then low into the box, Vidic tried to intercept the ball but accidentally slipped and fell, and Van Nistelrooy, who was outflanked in the middle, fired home from eight yards out!

With just 20 minutes to go, many Tottenham fans wondered if they hadn't woken up yet, or watched a fake FA Cup semi-final. You know, since George successfully bought Tottenham, such a situation has almost never happened. Therefore, seeing the team being beaten by Manchester United in this game, Tottenham fans will naturally feel a little unacceptable.

Faced with a terrible situation of falling behind 0-2, even if George had confidence in his players, he had to make adjustments at this time, so as not to be directly crushed by Manchester United. So, taking advantage of the interval between waiting for the game to resume, George made a series of tactical adjustments - the experienced and calm Speed was in the middle to protect the defence, Davis and Mascherano left and right, assisting Evra and Karl to defend Joaquin and Rooney respectively!

George's hand adjustment had an immediate effect. The old and strong Speed can be said to be a chess opponent against the also aged ginger head, the old and spicy Davies helped Evra stabilize the left side of the defense, and Mascherano and Stephen Carr, who assisted on the right side, teamed up to make Rooney's budding defense a mess!

After stabilizing their position, the Tottenham players, who had no worries, began to gradually increase their attacking intensity. In the face of Klose and others' onslaught, the performance of Manchester United's backline was also not much better - in the 37th minute, Evra chose to return to the middle under the defense of Neville, Mendieta took away Roy Keane with a false shot and then knocked the ball to Davies, the unguarded Dutch boar hit the goal directly from 18 meters from the goal, and Howard, who had a problem with his position, couldn't reach it, 1-2!

The morale of the Spurs players who managed to pull one back was boosted, while the Manchester United players who were hampered in attack lost their momentum after conceding the goal. Tottenham seized the opportunity to score another goal in the 51st minute: Stephen Carr's cross from a 45-degree angle was met by a reckless Howard, Klose pushed Wes Brown's header in the box, and Villa, who was ambushed on the other side, scored an empty goal to level the score at 2-2!

Seeing the two-goal lead disappear in the blink of an eye, Ferguson was furious on the sidelines, eager to rush up now and beat Howard, who made consecutive mistakes. In the lord's view, these two goals were actually completely avoidable, but because of Howard's ability problems, the team lost the initiative in the game and was pulled back to the same running line by Tottenham. How does this not anger Ferguson, who has always been demanding?

What made Ferguson speechless the most was that he seemed to have been infected by Howard, and Ferdinand, who was the strongest link in Manchester United's backline, also had problems and his performance began to become unstable!

Accurate positioning, first-class defensive skills and physical fitness, speed can even keep up with some fast forwards, and it is a rare type of Three Lions four central defenders who know how to check and fill in the gaps at the back (Note: Due to Tottenham's strong rise in this life, and George's emphasis on the health of players, Ridley King has received more attention and performance opportunities, and has become a member of the same team as Terry. Campbell and Ferdinand and others are equally famous), Leo Ferdinand at his peak, is such a presence that can be called the anchor of the backline!

However, despite Rio Ferdinand's ability to do so well in both hardware and software, that doesn't mean the Reds' centre-back is flawless. Otherwise, Ferdinand would not have been repeatedly defeated by Nesta and Cannavaro in the race for the title of world's No. 1 centre-back, and even surpassed by his age, Puyol and Carvalho, as well as Terry and Vidic.

While no player can guarantee that every minute on the pitch is fully focused, a player of Rio Ferdinand's calibre should at least be consistent enough in key moments, rather than giving the opposition a surprise package due to lack of concentration, causing the team to lose a lot of undeserved points.

It can be said that it is this phenomenon of distraction on the pitch that makes Ferdinand lower than Nesta and Cannavaro, and is only regarded as a first-class central defender, not the top group!

In George's previous life, United's backline was finally settled after Alex Ferguson brought in Nemanja Vidic and Van der Sar and found two strong partners for Rio Ferdinand. Now, with only glass players like Wes Brown and cheating dads like Tim Howard around him, Rio Ferdinand's lack of concentration has been magnified infinitely, giving Tottenham plenty of good chances to score.

Especially now, in the face of Tottenham's increasingly violent attack over time, Rio Ferdinand, who has maintained a high level of performance for most of the half, is starting to become a little overwhelmed. In the 88th minute, United's attack was blocked, and Mendieta split the ball in the middle to Patrice Evra, who was moving forward at high speed along the left touchline. The latter relied on his speed to force his way through Gary Neville's defence and advance all the way to the edge of the penalty area, and then before the latter could re-entangle, he got up and sent a low ball into the United penalty area!

I have to say that Evra's choice is really quite clever. Because Wes Brown is a rough and aggressive centre-back, defending the low ball is not his forte. And Ferdinand didn't dare to act rashly in the face of such a cross, because according to the trajectory of the ball, if he stretched out his foot to destroy, it was very likely to make an own goal!

Brown and Ferdinand hesitated to give Klose and Villa, who were following up, a chance. The Spaniard won the ball five meters in front of goal and attracted Brown and Rio Ferdinand's back-heel pass to Klose from the back post!

After receiving the ball, Klose did not hesitate and directly chose to hit the goal from a small angle. The ball went headlong into the net after it pierced Howard's goal, three to two!

In this way, with Klose's stunner before the end, Tottenham Hotspur, which was once two goals behind in the game, miraculously scored three goals in a row to defeat Manchester United, and qualified for the FA Cup final in a thrilling way!

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