Chapter 504: Scheming

Seeing that his words played a certain role, Mancini stopped going into the nitty-gritty of the topic, and his purpose was to warn the players and get to the point.

"We have to keep playing like this in the second half, keep putting pressure on Manchester United's goal! We can't give them the slightest chance to fight back, once we get Manchester United to play with momentum, it will be very difficult, so in the second half, we just play like in the first half!"

In fact, just Robert. Mancini Mancini has been thinking about whether to be conservative in the second half or to continue to attack, however, Robert. Mancini knows the strength of Manchester United, he is jealous of Manchester United's attacking ability, and it is precisely because of fear that he knows very well that if Manchester City defends at the beginning of the second half, it is really hard to say whether he can hold it, after all, Manchester United's attacking power is still very strong, and Manchester City is now Kompany sent off with a red card, and the back line is stretched......

So, Robert. Mancini ultimately tilted the scales in favour of attacking, with City being a bit more capable in attack than they were defensively. After all, with Yang Fan and Dzeko, Silva and Yaya Toure, Manchester City's attacking line can be called luxurious! Even compared to Manchester United, it is not inferior.

'When the second half starts, Manchester United will definitely attack with all their might, in a situation like this we need to attack! Don't be afraid to concede a goal because against an opponent like this, even if you all drop back and defend, you will concede the same goal!'

Of course, with Vincent Kompany sent off, Mancini had to make changes to ensure the integrity of the backline. He replaced Milner with Richards.

In that case, City have one less man in midfield than their opponents.

'We have one less midfielder than them, so it means everyone has to be involved defensively. Mancini said he meant to make up for the disadvantage in midfield numbers with teamwork.

On Manchester City's side, Mancini's biggest concern is whether Manchester City's numerical disadvantage will cause fatal damage to Manchester City in the second half, so he repeatedly stressed the importance of the team's defense.

At this time, the storm on Manchester United's side is not over.

Throughout the halftime break, Ferguson kept arranging the second half tactics in addition to scolding, he was like a machine gun, scolding all the players to death, there was no one who was not criticized by him, and everyone was scolded bloody.

At this time, assistant coach Mike. Phelan heard the sound of scrambled walking in the hallway outside, and he looked up at his watch to see that it was a Manchester City player who had come out of the visiting dressing room.

Mike. Phelan signaled to Ferguson, who was still cursing, that the time was almost up and it was time to play.

Ferguson ignored McPhelan and continued to curse for about three minutes before finally saying, "The forty-five minutes of the second half are your chance to redeem yourself." That's all I say, and you can do it yourself. ”

Ferguson didn't use too harsh words, but everyone was nervous, of course they knew the coldness in Ferguson's words, and everyone knew that if they couldn't win this game, at least, before the next win, their days would be very difficult.

Manchester City's players are already on the pitch, however, their opponents for today's game, home team Manchester United, are yet to come out. This caused displeasure among Manchester City's players, who believed that Manchester United had done it on purpose.

"It's too much. Dzeko said.

"Don't be angry, get angry and be fooled. Yang Fan said to everyone with a serious expression. He looked at the empty player's entrance, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, this should be a deliberate trick by Daddy. He was sure that it must have been deliberately done by Ferguson, deliberately using this way to provoke Manchester City and make Manchester City unable to hold their breath. Yang Fan smiled when he thought of this. At the same time, he also has some emotion, when he played for Manchester United, he enjoyed the impact and blow of Ferguson's usual tricks on the opponent, at this moment, as the opponent of Manchester United, he saw Ferguson's behavior, he was both a little nostalgic and a little depressed...... Daddy is still like that......

At this time, Manchester United came out.

The Manchester United players who walked out of the players' tunnel all had the same expression, a serious face, and a straight face.

Seeing this scene, many people in the press gallery showed a knowing smile, they know a lot about the style of Ferguson's old man, it is obvious that at halftime, Manchester United's players have a very bad time, although I don't know what Ferguson said, but it must have scolded everyone for a bloody head!

Yang Fan looked at the coach's seat of the Manchester United team, and just as Ferguson was also looking over, Yang Fan himself grinned first, but Ferguson snorted coldly, obviously very depressed about the state of this former disciple today.

The temper is still so stinky, Yang Fan thought to himself.

City made a substitution before the start of the second half, with Richards coming off the bench to make up for the void at centre-back caused by Vincent Kompany's dismissal.

After the start of the second half of the game, Manchester United's defense of Yang Fan became more tight.

In the 49th minute of the game, Yang Fan dribbled the ball in the front court, and after he and Yaya Toure had a wall-hitting cooperation, he dribbled forward and made a move to pass the ball to Silva, and was immediately overturned by Park Ji-sung.

The referee awarded a free-kick, but Park Ji-sung was not awarded, which caused strong displeasure on Manchester City. You must know that Park Ji-sung has a yellow card on his body, and if he shows another yellow card, Park Ji-sung will be sent off with a red card.

Now Manchester City have one less man on the pitch, and if they can get someone sent off on Manchester United's side, it will be equal in numbers. It's a pity that the referee didn't let them get their wish.

Yaya Toure was also shown a yellow card for protesting to the referee.

Subsequently, Silva's set-piece, Yang Fan's header in the penalty area, and the football was firmly held by Van der Sar.

Van der Sar then kicked the ball in goal.

The ball was pushed back into the United half by Frenkie de Jong, and after Patrice Evra chested the ball, he saw Dzeko coming up to press it, and he turned to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

Yang Fan immediately rushed up to make a gesture to enter the penalty area to break the ball at Van der Sar's feet. Behind him, Yaya Toure and Silva followed as if they had received a signal.

Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, saw this scene and began to think, it seems that the Manchester City team was not conservative in the second half, their pressing was fierce, and there was no intention of strict defense. After the old Scottish man figured out Manchester City's tactics, he immediately made a decision in his heart: after seeing that the Manchester City team did not seem to have the intention of shrinking the defense, Ferguson was in a good mood, and he was most worried about the Manchester City team's iron bucket formation, in that case, although Manchester City would be a small threat to Manchester United's defense, but it would be difficult for Manchester United to score.

As long as Manchester City are not in a bucket, Manchester United have a chance to score!

With a wave of Ferguson's big hand, Manchester United's offensive suddenly intensified.

It was Rooney's long-range effort that caused Joe Hart to get out of his hands, and then O'Shea's follow-up shot was blocked by Kolo Toure on the goal-line to give United a corner.

Then, from a corner kick from Nani, Rio Ferdinand headed in the box, and the ball he headed out hit the arm of Yaya Toure, who was standing at the left post, and then the ball was cleared by Kolo Toure.

The United players were all raising their hands and signalling to the referee that City had handballed the ball and it was supposed to be a penalty.

It's a pity that the referee didn't see the handball foul, and he didn't say anything about it.

This caused Ferguson's anger, the old Scottish man roared loudly, he pointed to his eyes to show the fourth official, meaning, if the eyes were not blind, they would have seen the handball, and the fourth official could only comfort Ferguson, he did see that it was a handball, but what could that be? On the field, the referee is the absolute authority, and it is impossible to watch the slow-motion replay of the game to re-award the penalty, and FIFA does not allow it. Therefore, Manchester United's loss is a certainty.

Perhaps because of Manchester United's grievances and anger, the fourth official did not severely punish Ferguson for his insulting remarks this time.

The stands at Old Trafford booed the referee.

Yang Fan could only steal joy in his heart at this time, he had quietly asked Yaya Toure just now, and the latter whispered to him that it was indeed handball, and Yaya Toure was also afraid for a while.

Of course, if you get cheap, you have to be silent, Manchester United is protesting, Manchester City is not making do, at this time Manchester United is like a powder keg, they can't make a fuss, that will cause greater contradictions.

Perhaps it was the referee's misdecision that caused the outrage of the Manchester United, who pressed City on the goal like an enraged bull.

Dzeko is fouled up front and United are quick to take a free-kick. Patrice Evra looked ahead and drove the ball out.

Nani chested the ball, controlled the ball at his feet, suddenly added, swept past Zabaleta, pretended to continue dribbling, and suddenly went through.

Rooney received the ball and sent it straight away.

Dimitar Berbatov received the ball despite Richards' marking, and used his skills and experience to keep the ball firmly at his feet and wait for his teammates to pick it up.

Richards tried hard to break the ball behind Berbatov's back, but his place was gone, and he would definitely not be able to break the ball unless he committed a foul.

Richards decisively opted for a tactical foul.

The referee's whistle blew and he awarded United a free-kick and showed Richards a yellow card.

Manchester United's free-kick was taken by Wayne Rooney, who shot from the ground up.

Hit high!

Although the attack did not really pose a threat to the Manchester City goal, Ferguson rose to applaud on the sidelines. The most satisfying thing about this attack is that Richards received a yellow card, for this defender who came on as a substitute in the second half of the game, Ferguson saw it very thoroughly, this is definitely Manchester City's defensive weakness, and now he has received a yellow card, so what are you waiting for, just rush him here!

The after-effects of the yellow card he had just received were evident when Richards was defending Wayne Rooney, and the City centre-back was scared when defending and was easily shaken off by Rooney to finish a shot on goal.

It's a defensive taboo.

This defensive mentality of Richards is exactly where Manchester United can take advantage of it.

Moreover, it is not only Richards who has a yellow card on his body, but also another Manchester City centre-back, Kolo Toure. Both of the team's centre-backs have yellow cards on them, which is definitely a huge concern.

Ferguson's eyes lit up, and the scheming old Scottish man put a piece of gum in his mouth and chewed it as if it were his current rivals, Manchester City......