Manchester United is a very experienced team, and after more than ten minutes of onslaught, seeing Chelsea constantly retreating, and finally retreating to the 30-metre area, they also quickly gave up the siege of Chelsea, shrank back, controlled the ball in midfield, and waited for Chelsea to press.

Manchester United's approach won the praise of the on-site commentator, "Very mature, Manchester United has the advantage of a hemisphere, should not be pressed against Chelsea at all, Manchester United is not Barcelona Arsenal is good at short pass penetration team, pressing the opponent to play is not good for them, should give the opponent a certain space, there is space for Manchester United to be able to play a wonderful match." ”

Manchester United shrink possession and Chelsea have to attack, Chelsea need to score two goals to progress, and against a team like Manchester United, two goals are not easy to score, they have to seize everything and try to score a goal in the first half and put pressure on United to make mistakes.

Chelsea's attack is very simple, that is, to attack the two wings, find Torres and Drogba in the middle, and Torres and Drogba will attack the goal directly, or be a midfielder inserted in the back row, mainly Frank Lampard.

Chelsea's tactic is simple, but with super strikers like Drogba and Torres in front of you and a goal-scoring machine like Frank Lampard in midfield, this tactic is a big threat.

In the 20th minute of the game, Ashley Cole successfully broke through O'Shea on the side and crossed the ball into the penalty area.

Torres nodded the ball before Vidic grabbed it, and the ball flew to the back post.

Kalou cut inside the box from the wing and nodded the ball back to the edge of the box.

Kalou's pass came as a surprise and both United and Chelsea players thought he was going to strike from a tight angle.

The ball got behind Frank Lampard and Gao Xiaodong, but it gave the opportunity to Lamires, who cut in in the middle, and saw goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar move to the left, and he immediately got up and fired into the top right corner.

Van der Sar had already blocked the left side of the goal with all his might, and when Ramires shot to the right side of the goal, he had no choice but to stop and watch.

Ramirez shot almost undisturbed, but his footwork was a little worse as the ball flew off the right post.

Manchester United escaped, and there was an exclamation from the United fans at the scene.

On-site commentator Andy Gray raised doubts about Ferguson's letting O'Shea start right-back, "Rafael is unwell, and the lord wants to use O'Shea to play right-back to increase the height of the backline, but Manchester United has height, but the speed and flexibility are gone, in the face of Ashley Cole, as long as his teammates can't help defend in place, O'Shea has no way at all, and if it goes on, Manchester United's right side will be burst." ”

Of course, Ferguson took this into account when he sent O'Shea on the pitch, and Ferguson did not expect O'Shea to defend against Ashley Cole, who relied on Valencia to defend Ashley Cole.

Valencia has speed and explosive power, Ashley Cole can't take advantage of Valencia at all, and Ashley Cole's breakthrough just now still took advantage of Valencia's failure to come back and sneak attacked, so Ferguson is not worried.

When Ferguson sent Van der Sar to take the goal, Ferguson called Valencia over and told him to put the defence first and provide the assist while keeping the defence safe, and what United need at the moment is not to score, but to prevent the opposition from scoring.

With Valencia firmly in the open, Ashley Cole's side couldn't open and Chelsea had to turn the ball to Ivanovic's side, hoping to use Ivanovic's power and speed to break through Patrice Evra's defence.

But today, although Rooney played the position of a striker, he retreated very much, more like a full-back who has both attack and defense.

Wayne Rooney is more than capable of countering Branislav Ivanovic, Kalou can't eat Patrice Evra, and Chelsea have also been unable to create many chances to score along the way.

Chelsea played on both flanks, and when they were strangled on both flanks, their attack became headless flies.

Looking as the clock ticked down and there was no chance to score, Chelsea were forced to attack from the middle, with Frank Lampard and Ramires taking turns dribbling forward and linking up with the strikers to attack United's penalty area.

Chelsea don't really think they can penetrate the United defence from the most densely defended centre, they are hoping to attract United's wide players to the middle and then attack from the flanks.

However, Chelsea's wishful thinking fell through.

Before the game, Ferguson made the most careful arrangements on how to contain Chelsea's attack, and instead of Scholes in the midfield position, he was paired with Carrick and Fletcher, who were slightly less attacking but more defensive, in order to prevent Chelsea's central attack.

Gao Xiaodong is the first barrier in the midfield defense, Carrick and Fletcher form a defensive iron triangle behind him, and every attacking player in the middle of Chelsea will be defended by man-to-man, including the players who insert it, not to mention Chelsea's penetrating ability, even Barcelona and Arsenal are difficult to do.

Chelsea could pass less than three balls down the middle and were immediately disrupted or tackled, before United launched a quick counter-attack from the flank.

In the 27th minute of the game, Lampard kept passing the ball to Drogba, and Drogba passed back to Ramirez who was tackled by Gao Xiaodong.

As Gao Xiaodong was the playmaker in the middle of the pitch for Manchester United, he was surrounded by Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Ramirez when he won the ball.

Gao Xiaodong made a V-shaped pull and then pushed through Lampard's crotch to pass the ball to Carrick.

Carrick is not a pure engineer like Fletcher, he is a midfielder with a passing ability, Gao Xiaodong passed the ball out in the bag, Carrick received the ball at the time of safety, and was not forced to be forced in the first place.

Carrick picked up the ball and looked forward to see Rooney running forward, and he immediately played a long ball to the right to find Rooney.

Carrick's pass was precise and hit Ivanovic right behind.

Wayne Rooney sprinted at high speed to shake off Branislav Ivanovic and dribbled the ball into Chelsea's bottom line at high speed.

When Rooney ran to the side of the penalty area, he saw that Hernandez had run with his speed and Chelsea's central defenders.

Hernandez suddenly accelerated away from Rooney's pass and swooped over to head home from the edge of the six-yard box.

Petr Cech was well prepared for United's attack, but Pea's shot was too close for him to react and the ball flew down his side and into the net.

Hernandez got up and ran to the stands with a roar, but he immediately noticed that the United fans in the stands were booing after half cheering.

Hernandez subconsciously looked at the linesman, only to realize that the linesman had raised his flag to signal him for offside.

Hernandez was furious, he was aiming at the two centre-backs, how could he be offside?

Hernandez ran too fast, and Ben Quellenka also ran this way, seeing Hernandez running over, Ben Quellenka tried to avoid the little pea, but accidentally slipped and fell to the ground.

After getting up from the ground, Ben Quelenka was a little annoyed and angry, and saw that Hernandez also told him that BB was offside and not offside, so he directly took out a yellow card to warn Hernandez.

Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, was very annoyed when he saw this scene, he could see clearly that Hernandez was not offside just now, a good ball was misjudged, and he also ate a yellow card, Manchester United is really a loss.

Ferguson then protested to the fourth official, but the fourth official patted the old man on the shoulder and said: "Okay, okay, this situation is inevitable, Manchester United has a big advantage, continue to watch the game." ”

Ferguson had no choice but to spread his hands and smile wryly.