Manchester United's Carrington training base in the west of Manchester.

In the manager's office, Ferguson and his coaching staff were watching City's home game against Chelsea as referee Webber blew the whistle for the end of the first half on live television.

In the upper left corner of the live broadcast screen is a score that shocks everyone.

Three to zero!

In international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.

Kaka scored his first Premier League goal, Cristiano Ronaldo made a pass and a shot, Alexis Sanchez provided two assists and Benzema contributed a goal as City performed brilliantly.

Needless to say, the attacking players up front can be felt in terms of the stats, while the combination of David Silva, Luka Modric and Xavi Alonso in midfield also showed strong organisation.

Mascherano froze Robinho at the back, Xavi Martinez and Vincent Kompany were also impressive against Chelsea's attacking players, but goalkeeper Petr Cech felt a bit idle throughout the first half.

The biggest attraction of this game is Kaka, who is making his first Premier League start.

Back in the summer training camp, everyone was saying that Alpine relied on Kaka, but the Brazilian midfielder had surgery just after joining and was out for several months, which was a big blow to Manchester City.

But in reality, no one knows how big it is.

There are even many people who have doubts about Kaka, because it is obviously doubtful whether a player who has undergone major surgery will be able to return to his best condition.

In fact, Kaka hasn't been back to his best, and he's struggling to keep up with the rush he had at his peak, but now he looks more restrained, smarter and more threatening.

I believe that after this game, no one will doubt Gao Han, Manchester City, or Kaka.

At least from the 45 minutes of the first half, the cold Manchester City played an unprecedented smooth attack, creating powerful attacking firepower, and even Chelsea, known as the first iron army in the Premier League, could not parry, conceding three goals in a row.

Although every game on the football field is different and cannot be compared, Ferguson has to ask himself that if he meets Manchester City in this game, Manchester United may lose more than Chelsea in the first half.

Thinking of this, Ferguson sighed softly.

He once told Gao Han to teach him a lesson to Chelsea, to be ashamed of Rijkaard, and to defend the dignity of the head coach, but he didn't expect that Gao Han taught him so thoroughly that even he was afraid.

"Judging from the first half, Chelsea's midfield was completely out of shape, let alone a counterattack, and even the defense that blocked Manchester City's passing penetration was not good, and if Scolari did not adjust in time, I am afraid that the second half would have lost again. ”

Assistant coach Mike Perrin also sighed deeply and said helplessly.

Anyone who encounters such an in-form Manchester City team will have to ask for a lot of blessings.

"Adjust, how to adjust, grab possession with Manchester City, don't be stupid, you can't grab it at all, you will lose your position. ”

"Isn't it? Didn't Chelsea defend in the first half, but did they?"

'City's strength is really built on the midfield, and their passing style of play makes Essien, Frank Lampard and Ballack like flies with their heads stumped around, unable to organise an effective defence, which is a serious problem. ”

'Kaka's comeback has been crucial, freeing up David Silva and Luka Modric, who have a wider range of movement and a wider area of movement, which has greatly activated their playmaking ability on the ball and made it more difficult to defend throughout City's midfield. ”

"Can you do the opposite and step up the attack?"

"Attack?"

"Yes, strengthen the attack in the midfield, for example, bring on Arshavin to strengthen the attacking ability of the midfield to take the ball. ”

"This is doable, Mascherano retreats to the backline, and the defensive depth of Manchester City's midfield may be ......"

Just when everyone was discussing what they were talking about, Ferguson, who had been closing his eyes and not speaking, suddenly shook his head and said, "This is impossible!"

No way?

Everyone looked at Ferguson strangely, only to see the old Scottish man slowly open his eyes.

"Your thinking logic is very similar to Scolari's, you still stay in the past experience, you don't see through the cold tactics at all, if you change to Arshavin, with the Russian's investment in the defensive end, Chelsea may die even worse, at least not better than the first half. ”

Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what Ferguson meant.

When Ferguson saw it, he sighed lightly again, a little helpless, because he knew very well how advanced Gao Han's concept was.

"Over the years, all the best teams in European football have wanted to have a full-time defensive player in the midfield, such as Essien or Mascherano, in order to consolidate the defensive hardness of the midfield and play a role in protecting the midfield and the defence. ”

Everyone nodded in unison, as do almost all teams, especially in the Premier League.

"But have you ever thought about it, Gao Han has been trying to cut off a full-time defensive midfielder over the years. ”

When Ferguson said this, everyone thought about it, and they couldn't help but have some understanding.

When Gao Han coached Atletico Madrid, it was Xavi Alonso who was behind, but there were also midfielders like Marcos Senna in the midfield, and at Chelsea, there were also top midfielders like Makellele.

It's just that whether it's Marcos Senna or Makellele, they both have good ability to take and play the ball.

But after Chelsea, Gao Han took a year off, during which he is said to have calmly thought about future football trends, and after his comeback, when he was in charge of Inter Milan, the midfield three were Cambiasso, Veron and Figo, and Cambiasso lagged alone.

I still remember that back then, many people doubted whether Gao Han's three-midfield combination would work, and they were worried that they would be blown up every minute, but as a result, it turned out that this combination was not only not blown up, but won everything for Inter Milan.

If there was a black and hard Yaya Toure during the Inter Milan period, then in Bayern Munich, he seems to be going further, transforming the original wide player Schweinsteiger, introducing Modric and promoting Vidal.

Among the three, Vidal's range of activities is quite forward, and he was introduced as a versatile player in the backfield, but it was used by Gao Han as an attacker in the frontcourt, making the Chilean midfielder famous in one fell swoop.

It is reported that the reason why Sanchez chose to join Manchester City without hesitation after receiving a call from Gao Han is because Vidal praised Gao Han in front of him more than once, which made Sanchez's heart pound.

But now, in Manchester City, Gao Han has pushed all this to a higher point.

Xavi Alonso, David Silva, Luka Modric and Kaka do not have a full-time defensive player, and it can even be said that they are all attacking players who are weak in attack and weak in defense.

But in this case, how can Manchester City ensure the defense of the midfield?

Looking back at the first few rounds of the season, Manchester City's defence has been solid, and there have even been criticisms of Gao Han as a conservative one-to-zero doctrine, referring to Manchester City's attack, not defense.

Ferguson paid attention to the looks of his assistants, and only then did he sigh deeply when he saw that they had all gained something.

"Compared with the current mainstream style of play in Europe's top leagues, Gao Han's defensive philosophy is obviously a higher level, what he pursues is the completion rate, whether it is offensive or defensive, he requires every player to be able to run to the position where he should appear in time. ”

"To put it bluntly, the football game is not complicated at all, no matter how many offensive and defensive tricks are played, in essence, it is still emphasizing one point, that is, how to create a numerical advantage in the local area, use the local numerical advantage to compress the opponent's offensive space when defending, and use the local numerical advantage to broaden the offensive space of your own team when attacking. ”

"And we all know that when you have space on the pitch, you have a choice, and when you lose space, you don't have a choice even if you have the ball. ”

"Gao Han's pursuit of the completion rate is to all the players in the team can appear in the position where he should appear in time, and then create a local numerical advantage. ”

"When you're defending, you have a local numerical advantage, the players are in place, it doesn't matter if you're a full-time defender, it's a matter of whether the team is solid defensively or not, but on the offensive end, this group of attacking players with great skill and creativity can make a huge difference, especially when they create a local numerical advantage. ”

Ferguson's words were like an enlightenment, and they shocked the Manchester United coaching staff.

Isn't it?

Now that mainstream playing styles have begun to pursue running distance, many data analysis companies have begun to list running distance as the most important data, but unexpectedly, Gao Han has gone beyond this category.

Or should it be said that distance is the basis of his tactical philosophy, not pursuit, what he really pursues is the completion rate.

And if it's really as Ferguson said, then this Manchester City team is too scary, right?

'Scolari has no first-line coaching experience in club competitions at all, and having managed the national team for many years, his philosophy is far from keeping up with the times, let alone the cold. ”

Ferguson doesn't seem to be at all impressed by Scolari.

"He thought that with Ballack, Essien and Frank Lampard, the team's midfield would be as stable as Mount Tai, which might be useful for other teams, but in the face of the cold, it is not at all, and it doesn't even need to be a cold Manchester City, Chelsea have to play Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. ”

It is a fact that the tactical development of the national team lags far behind that of the club league, which is recognized by all.

The UEFA Champions League represents the most advanced technical and tactical level in world football at the moment, even far surpassing the World Cup and the European Championship.

Scolari has been coaching the national team for a long time, and wants to coach Chelsea in the Premier League with the technical and tactical concept of the national team, which is undoubtedly asking for trouble, and he can't play at all, and he is outdated!

Ferguson asked himself if he couldn't keep up with Gao Han, and his Manchester United couldn't do it to the same extent as Manchester City, but whether he has been battling Gao Han for a long time and has been coaching in Europe's top leagues, the trend is still somewhat clear.

'Wait and see, if Scolari had been more conservative in the second half and had stuck to the half, maybe Chelsea would have been able to save face in this game, but if he had been replaced by Arshavin as you said, he would have died even worse. ”

"At the end of the day, it's a contest that is no longer in the same dimension. ”

As soon as Ferguson's words fell, the live footage of the game returned to the City Stadium.

After a fifteen-minute break, the players of the two teams walked back to the court under the leadership of referee Webb, and after exchanging venues, they set up their respective positions.

This time it was Manchester City who kicked off first.

But everyone noticed that Scolari had made a substitution.

Replaced Ballack, who had a sluggish performance in the first half and did nothing, and replaced Russian international Arshavin.

Guessing the first half correctly, Ferguson sneered.

He was also looking forward to seeing if he could guess the second half correctly.

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