Chapter 342: Strike (1)
On 5 May 2011, at Old Trafford, the most crucial match between Manchester United and Schalke officially began at 7.45pm local time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
With the Premier League title race already heating up this season and Manchester United taking on key rivals Chelsea this weekend, Ferguson made changes to his starting line-up, but their tactical arrangements remained unchanged.
The goalkeeper is still Edwin van der Sar, the Dutch veteran who has proven his quality. The defenders consisted of Patrice Evra, Smalling, Evans and O'Shea, and centre-back Rio Ferdinand, who was injured in the last game, was also not on the bench and was hidden by Alex Ferguson. The midfield is composed of Anderson, Valencia, Ryan Giggs, and Nani, the forward line is composed of Berbatov and Rooney, who have returned from injury, and Owen, who has not appeared in the Champions League for a long time, is sitting on the bench, but the two-center forward tactic is still criticized, because many people think that although Manchester United scored two goals in the away game, it did not win a substantial victory, so it should still be stable first, but Sir Alex Ferguson's name is too big, so no one dares to point fingers at his arrangement.
And Schalke also had good news for this game, Hovides, who had been injured before, finally returned from injury, and he and Metzelder formed Schalke's most satisfactory center-back combination. The goalkeeper is still Neuer, and the two wing-backs are Escudero and Avelal, although Avelal's form and strength in the last game were worrying, but because Sarpe suddenly caught a cold before coming, the Brazilian could only temporarily take over.
Midfielders Maputi, Jurado Papadopoulos and Ai Huan stood up separately, but the interesting thing is that Ai Huan did not stand on the usual midfielder in this game, but replaced Holtby's position as the forward position of this game. The forward line is still a combination of Raul and Farfan, and Magath also made a special arrangement for Farfan in this game, in order to be able to serve as the core of the frontcourt attack when Ai Fan is defending. Despite a big defeat to Bayern Munich in the last game, at least Magath still found some solutions, and Farfan was one of them.
Ai Huan is still walking at the back of the team, his mood at this time is a little bumpy, he has felt that his physical strength has dropped sharply in recent times, at this time has reached a critical point, even if he spreads his physical strength in this game, it is not enough to last the whole game, this is really not good news, how to beat Manchester United? Is it deliberately delayed at the beginning, and then attack in the second half, or launch an onslaught as soon as he gets on the field?
But when he walked on the pitch, Ai Huan still made a decision immediately, facing Manchester United can not delay, the last game with Manchester United he felt as if he was calculated, and this game is not a good thing if you want to drag it out, it is better to take advantage of their unsteady formation to catch them off guard, and then return to the back line in the second half to assist in the defense.
At the beginning of the game, Schalke really launched a wave of offensives, and Ai Huan was even more active, but the problem was that Schalke's attacks always seemed to be thunderous and rainy, and there was no real threat. Ai Huan's passing was still very threatening, but neither Raul nor Farfan missed the opportunity, neither of them touched the football, and Manchester United was just a false alarm.
Ai Huan was also a little anxious, he had already felt that his legs were getting heavier and heavier when he charged so hard, so he didn't want to rely on others anymore, and he could only rely on himself if he wanted to defeat the other party.
In the eighth minute, Ai Fan steals Valencia's football in the midfield and then quickly hands it to Papadopoulos, who immediately moved forward and passed the ball to Farfan after passing Anderson, Farfan wanted to pass the ball by himself, but seeing the opponent's unruly backline, he also knew that if he played hard, there would be no result, so he passed the ball directly into the penalty area without looking, and even when passing the ball, he didn't see that there were his own players in the opponent's penalty area, but only that, he believed that there was an Ai Fan behind him, who could always make amazing moves。
And Ai Huan did not make him hope, when the football rolled into the opponent's penalty area, Ai Huan had already entered the opponent's penalty area like a gust of wind, and Manchester United's back line originally wanted to do an offside tactic, but in the face of players like Ai Huan, they didn't have time to do better, so they could only watch this guy form a single knife.
Van der Sar couldn't help but be startled when he saw that Ai Huan, who didn't know where he was just now, suddenly appeared in front of him, but his experience and reflexes still made him rush out in an instant, and he had to intercept the football in front of Ai Huan.
But it was too late, and after winning the ball, Ai Phantom only kicked the ball with a slight side of his body, and the ball immediately drew an arc, slid past Van der Sar's left-hand side, and gently crossed the Dutchman's body.
The Theatre of Dreams fell silent instantly, and the famously fanatical British fans instantly held their breath, and they all thought that Manchester United should not be able to escape this fate.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that Ai Huan, who has always been single-handed, had a lot of luck today, although the football crossed Van der Sar, it did not roll into the goal, but smashed it on the post, only to hear a bang and pop out of the penalty area, and the fans immediately burst into cheers, and the fans sang and danced happily.
Ai Huan was also extremely annoyed, could it be that his physical strength had also declined and his shooting had also deviated? It was too much, if he couldn't grasp this kind of opportunity, it would be even more difficult in the future.
Falfan had already run to Ai Huan's side at this time, he patted Ai Huan's shoulder and comforted, "Good job, a little bad luck, but next time they won't have such good luck." ”
Ai Huan smiled reluctantly, others didn't know that his heart was clear, at this time his physical function had already told him that he had almost exhausted all his physical strength in the ten minutes just now, and it seemed that the next game would have to be adjusted slowly, and he could always find another opportunity, but it should be difficult in the recent period.
Thinking so, Ai Huan did the same, and he slowly returned to the midfield position to help the team defend, hoping to store some energy and wait for the next attack.
However, when he saw Ai Huan take the initiative to return to the back position, the corners of Ferguson's mouth couldn't help but rise, and he immediately made an offensive signal on the sidelines.