"Wow wow, Vertonghen, keep your distance and come back in time to defend. ”

"Hey, Xavi Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo is hot-headed, don't follow him to get hot, pass the ball in other directions, don't play on the left side, OK?"

"Oh my God, please, hold the ball, hold the ball, hold the ball!"

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Gao Han commanded on the sidelines, constantly instructing the players on the field with the latest changes.

Football games are changing rapidly, and managers also need to make timely adjustments to the changes on the field, so it is very important to have a manager standing on the sidelines.

Gao Han was not surprised by the start of this game, nor was he annoyed at all, he felt normal.

Alex Ferguson's Manchester United has such quality!

In fact, in his opinion, Manchester United's potential has not yet been fully exploited, at least in this game, Ferguson's side did not fully play their due strength.

'The overall formation of Manchester United dropped too far back and it gave them up in midfield completely, which I don't think was Ferguson's pre-game arrangement and set-up, it doesn't look like his style. ”

As Gao Han walked back, he turned his head sideways and glanced at Ferguson in front of the visiting team's coach's box, muttering in his mouth.

Brian Kidd has been Ferguson's assistant for many years and knows the old Jazz well, "I guess the mentality of the players is also a little conservative, after all, this game is away, and they themselves have no confidence." ”

Gao Han nodded, feeling that this explanation was very reasonable.

Any arrangement of the head coach needs the players to be executed on the field, and the execution of the players is not in place, no matter how subtle the head coach's arrangement is, it is useless, as if Gao Han asked Vertonghen to return to defense in time, but this kid can't get it back if he can press it.

For this double-edged sword, Gao Han has been carved for a long time, and there is progress, but it is not related to stability for the time being, let alone let him sit in the midfield like Xavi Martinez.

At this moment, I saw that Ferguson, who was in front of the coach's box of the visiting team, suddenly walked to the sidelines, gesturing to the players on the field, as if to instruct Rooney.

Gao Han also responded immediately, "Remind Vertonghen again, let him give me some peace, Rooney is coming up." ”

In this game, Manchester City's midfield advantage is very obvious, so Rooney frequently retreats to help the midfield, which certainly strengthens Manchester United's midfield pressure and interception, but also makes Manchester United unable to make good use of Manchester City's left weakness, that is, Vertonghen.

Twenty minutes into the game, United tried to hit the void caused by Fertonghen's late arrival after the attack, but all of them failed for a variety of reasons, and Rooney's retreat too deep with the central midfield was the key.

When Brian Kidd heard this, he immediately took the order.

Gao Han exhaled heavily, Manchester United is not easy to play at all.

Ferguson's understanding of tactics, his use of players, was really perfect, and the combination of Nemanja Matic and O'Shea in defence against Cristiano Ronaldo made it difficult for the Portuguese to create a threat.

Gao Han had just called on Xavi Alonsodo to pass the ball in other directions, but the team didn't seem to be able to adjust too much.

Why don't you move Cristiano Ronaldo to the right and Sanchez to the left?

But Gao Han quickly dispelled this idea, and for the time being, this adjustment was not appropriate.

Suddenly, there was an exclamation from inside the stadium.

Gao Han looked up and saw that Manchester United had successfully broken the ball from the back on the pitch and launched a counterattack again, and at this time he clearly saw that the Vertonghens stayed in midfield and could not return to the defence in time.

The Reds were quick on the counter-attack and the ball was quickly found at Mkhitaryan's feet, where the Armenian sent a diagonal pass to Wayne Rooney on the right.

"Damn, be careful on the right side!" Gao Han shouted.

This is something he has repeatedly reminded after the opening.

Rooney won the ball on the right and strode forward, and after breaking into the box, he shook off the defending Xavi Martinez and passed the low ball to the goal.

It was an awkward position, and it was difficult for Cech to make a good judgment between attacking and standing.

What's worse is that when everyone's defensive attention was attracted by Berbatov and Tevez, Mkhitaryan suddenly jumped out from behind at this time, grabbed the front point, met Rooney's cross, and volleyed directly.

Although Cech reacted immediately and flew to lift the ball out, Mkhitaryan's kick was sudden, and the angle was very tricky, which made Cech unable to reach at all.

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“！！！！！！”

"Oh my God, Manchester United opened the scoring in the 23rd minute!"

"The hero of the goal is the Armenian international Mkhitaryan, who joined from Chinatown this season!"

It must have been a premeditated counter-attack, from Rio Ferdinand to Mkhitaryan, then to Rooney on the right, with Berbatov and Tevez both pulling away defenders, and then Rooney passing back to the middle for Mkhitaryan to plug in. ”

"The whole process of Manchester United's counter-attack was very concise and very efficient, and City's defence was directly penetrated. ”

'We saw that Ferguson on the sidelines was also excited, he looked extremely excited, he should be very proud of his pre-match arrangement, it was a valuable away goal, and it gave us the hope of Manchester United's upset victory. ”

"On the other hand, Gao Han looks like he has a headache, and he should feel helpless about the team's defensive problems. ”

"It's true that Vertonghen's side was very active in this game, but there were also a lot of problems, especially when the opponent was counter-attacking, and it was always difficult for the Belgian players to get back in place at the first time, which was quite unfavorable for Manchester City, who only had three backs, and the same scene has happened more than once this season. ”

Gao Han once said in an interview with the media that Vertonghen has the quality to become the best central defender in Europe, but only if he needs to make himself more stable, of course, this is indeed a test for Vertonghen, who is about to turn 24 years old. ”

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Ferguson was so excited on the sidelines that he almost danced.

It was indeed a counter-attack route that he had arranged before the game, but it didn't work well since the start of the game.

The main reason is that Rooney retreated too deeply.

To put it mildly, the England striker is actively engaged in the game and extremely brave, but to put it badly, he is hot-headed as soon as he plays, and completely forgets the manager's pre-game arrangements, which is also the characteristic of most English players.

However, in the opening stages of the game, because Rooney dropped too deep, Vertonghen did not have much pressure, which led to the Belgian cutting forward aggressively, coupled with his usual frizzy characteristics, which made Ferguson feel that this was an opportunity.

So after the adjustment, he asked Rooney to pay attention to Fertonghen's side when counterattacking, but he didn't expect it to be accurate.

"Fertonghen is a good seedling, but it's a pity that it's still a little tender. 'Ferguson scored the goal, was in a good mood, laughed.

But he was well aware of the problems he was facing, so he immediately walked to the sidelines, called out all the United players who were celebrating and told them to hold on to the lead when they got back to the pitch.

"Next, Manchester City will definitely launch a crazy counterattack, we have no choice but to defend. ”

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Old fritters are old fritters in the end.

As it turned out, Ferguson's judgment was once again fulfilled.

After the resumption of the game, Manchester City, who were playing at home, immediately launched a crazy counterattack against their rivals.

The home fans also refused to let their rivals show off their home stadium, making a frenzy in the stands, and some fans even began to insult Manchester United, but the Red Devils still stuck to their own half, denying the slightest chance of direct threat to Manchester City's attack.

In the 26th minute, Luka Modric passed the ball in the middle, Sanchez shot from the edge of the box, and Van der Sar saved the bottom line, but a minute later, Manchester City took a corner kick, and Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed the first spot, but it went high.

Two minutes later, Nemanja Matic was fouled around 30 yards from goal and the Portuguese took a very high quality free-kick, but it grazed the post and went out of the net again.

In the 30th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball on the left side and crossed, Benzema in the middle deliberately missed, Sanchez followed up and pushed directly, but he didn't expect Van der Sar to be extremely brave, and he actually blocked the ball with his foot when he couldn't save the ball, and once again resolved Manchester United's goal crisis.

After Manchester City launched a series of fierce attacks, Manchester United held their own goal and did not give Manchester City the slightest chance to score, and the Red Devils showed tenacity.

After a long period of attack, Manchester City also had to take a break for a while.

But after the 38th minute, Manchester City once again suddenly played a counter-attack after a break.

Xavi Alonso received a long pass, Kaka cut in quickly, unloaded the ball before everyone else, and after entering the box, slotted into the bottom right corner from close range, only for Van der Sar to save the ball from close range.

A minute later, Kakara went to the left to receive the ball and set up a one-two with Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese stabbed in front of the six-yard box, but it was blocked by the timely arrival of centre-back Rio Ferdinand

City then kept the ball firmly in control of the pitch and organised waves of attacks to try to attack United's defence, but Ferguson's side remained stuck in their own half, especially Nemanja Matic and O'Shea, who almost joined forces to freeze Cristiano Ronaldo and make the Portuguese no threat.

Manchester United's iron wall has made Manchester City's attack hit the wall again and again, but the fans at the scene are still full of confidence in the home team, and everyone still firmly believes that under the leadership of Gao Han, Manchester City will be able to counterattack the rivals in the same city at home.

Gao Han also felt very helpless about the development of the game so far, the most important thing is that Manchester United seized an opportunity, while Manchester City missed several opportunities, and the team's attack also stepped into the trap dug by Manchester United in advance.

Another unexpected thing is that at the age of forty-one, Van der Sar still shows the level of a top goalkeeper, without the magical play of the Dutch goalkeeper, Manchester City has scored at least two goals since the opening, which is not counting the impact after the goal, so Ferguson should be grateful to Van der Sar.

For this old courtier, Gao Han didn't know what he should say, but he just felt that it was a pity to retire like this?

However, there is still a second half of the game!

"Alright, Brian, you go with Sergio to get ready for halftime. ”

After Gao Han told his two assistants, he looked at the court again.

Stoppage time was about to go.

"If there were no accidents in the first half, that's it. ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't forget to turn his head and glance at Ferguson, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

"See you in the second half, old man!"

(End of chapter)