665. Favoritism
"In the first half, the two teams played a wonderful game, Manchester United had an absolute advantage in possession, but Liverpool had a higher ability to grasp the opportunity, relying on the goals of Zhang Yuan and Firmino, Liverpool is now 2:0 temporarily ahead of Manchester United at home! Coach Zhang: For the second half, what changes do you think the two teams might have?! When the second half was about to begin, Zhou Qiang and Coach Zhang conducted a pre-match analysis of the second half.
"Depay is probably going to end! His performance like this, Van Gaal doesn't make any adjustments, it would be too stubborn! Marouane Fellaini should also be off, with Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford still on the bench, and Louis van Gaal should consider these two youngsters! However, Liverpool's defense has been relatively deep today, and it is also a test for the two young people who are fast! Director Zhang looked at the note he had written and said.
"Manchester United's main attack is still not playable, 70% possession, only two shots on goal in the first half, this is unreasonable! And the current situation is that they are two goals behind, first to save the situation, to make changes must make some changes in the attack! ”
"What about Liverpool's side, I don't think it should be defended, in the first half, it can be seen that Klopp is quite a bit of a tactical purpose, attracting Manchester United's attack, allowing the opponent to reveal the gap in the defense, and give full play to Zhang Yuan's advantage on the side! In the second half, Manchester United will definitely pay more attention to the defense on this side, and it is estimated that if Luke Shaw is not replaced, Luke Shaw will not be allowed to assist frequently, and Liverpool's counter-attacking tactics may not be so easy to work! It's also a question of how long Liverpool's defence can hold out under the pressure of Manchester United, and I think it would be better for Liverpool to move the formation forward a little bit in the second half! One is closer to Zhang Yuan Firmino on the whole, which is conducive to Zhang Yuan's ball, everyone knows that Zhang Yuan's most threatening time is when the ball is at his feet, but we can see the data in the first half, Zhang Yuan actually only has 12 touches of the ball, which is too little! The main thing is that the support given by Liverpool's backfield is not enough! ”
Zhou Qiang kept nodding his head and said yes, although everyone is talking on paper, but the idea is generally eight or nine, of course, there are many decisive factors in the last game, but it is a tactical problem, as well as psychology, state, etc., let the players of the Manchester United team think about it, I am afraid that they can't believe it now, their own 5 people have not been able to stop Zhang Yuan's goal!
"Okay, now that halftime is over, the players on both sides have stood on the field, Zhang Yuan is discussing something with Firmino with his mouth covered, Manchester United made a substitution, ho, sure enough, Memphis, who did not play well in the first half. Depay is replaced by Ashley Young! Zhou Qiang saw that the fourth official on the sidelines was making a substitution, and Ashley Young was standing on the sidelines.
Liverpool's Klopp is also interested in wanting to make substitutions, but in the end he dispelled the idea, the factor to consider is nothing more than Henderson, you let him make a long pass is okay, but the ability to get rid of it is poor, and the short pass is also lacking a little heat, no accident in the second half, Manchester United's suppression will be more rapid, and the midfielders are pressed closely, there is no doubt that Henderson's shortcomings will be exposed in this case.
On the contrary, Ali's passing is not particularly good, but at least the ability to get rid of it is acceptable, but under the influence of the atmosphere of this game, Ali is still a little timid.
So Klopp did not choose to make a substitution at halftime, but spoke to Ali alone, to the effect that he should take it easy, not to bear too much pressure, dare to make moves, and don't worry about mistakes!
It is said that the mistakes in the first half are not less, but after repeated mistakes, Liverpool's midfielders and defenders can still get the ball back, of course, this has a lot to do with Manchester United's own side to grasp such mistakes.
There is no shortage of good passers in the Manchester United team, Carrick and Schweinsteiger's passes are also very good, and Mata's creativity in the front field is even better, but it is this striker, Fellaini He is not a striker, if it is said that in a passive situation, let Fellaini as a containment striker to contain in the penalty area It is a good note, the key is that you let him specialize in being a center forward, not only to contain, but also to run and score, it is a bit difficult for a strong man, Mata also passed the ball to him, and the rough technique of Fellaini can't catch it, The positioning is not flexible enough!
Depay, on the other hand, is in poor form, and in such a situation, even if there are those good passers, it is basically for nothing, which is one of the reasons why United only had two shots on goal in the first half.
As Director Zhang said, Klopp really doesn't plan to continue to defend anymore, the more he is facing pressure, his thoughts are obviously more positive than the Italians, that is, to stop the opponent's strong attack with pressure, you press me, I will also find a way to press you, I allowed you to turn in circles in the first half, but I didn't even let you turn in circles in the second half!
After the start of the game, Liverpool sacrificed the tactics of high pressing, Firmino and Zhang Yuan in the front court did not look at the national team game, but this is not a problem, in the first half he and Zhang Yuan touched the ball very few, naturally not a lot of effort, now the head is very strong, Firmino's attitude of pressing in the high position is very positive, plus Liverpool's formation as a whole is pressed, several lines are closely linked, but for a time the Manchester United team was forced to be in a hurry.
In the 49th minute, Carrick made a mistake in the rush under Ali's pressure, and was successfully stolen by Ali, Zhang Yuan stood nearby, rushed over, and planned to take the ball forward, Luke Shaw finally did not miss the opportunity this time, and shoveled directly from behind and shoveled Zhang Yuan to the ground!
Zhang Yuan got up and was furious, rushed to Luke Shaw and scolded, Luke Shaw also stood up at this time, and the two of them began to scold each other with their mouths unclean.
Zhang Yuan's anger is justified, Luke Shaw does not retract his feet, he completely lifts his foot from behind and kicks Zhang Yuan's back calf, fortunately Zhang Yuan is not injured, if he is not careful, this may be a serious injury!
This action is very big, no wonder Zhang Yuan is angry!
Several Liverpool players also gathered around, and Ali even pushed Luke Shaw!
"This dog mongrel! Does he want to abolish Zhang Yuan?! It's so cheap! If you can't kick it, you can use such a trivial method! Qian Huan in the stands was so angry that he scolded!
Manchester United fans gave Liverpool a huge boo, and many fans shouted: "Get out, go back to China!" Damn Chinese pigs! This is not the place for you! "Zhang Yuan is ravaging them with goals, Manchester United fans can't have a good impression of a Liverpool captain!
Of course, Manchester United's side will not show weakness, everyone is huddled together, which is quite a bit of a group fight!
The Double Red Society will never be short of these gimmicks!
Today in the stands are still sitting Ferguson and Bobby Charlton, these two are Manchester United's super big names and celebrities, at the end of the first half, Ferguson said to the people around him that he made a wrong move, too regretful, should be desperate to recruit Zhang Yuan to Manchester United! At that time, I had both regret and great appreciation for Zhang Yuan!
But at this time, he actually said to the people around him: "Luke Shaw should continue to provoke him and make him crazy, if only he was punished by Oliver!" ”
Selfishness, absolute selfishness! But there's nothing wrong with that! Sir Alex Ferguson wanted Manchester United to win, and he didn't want to see Manchester United lose at Old Trafford!
However, Oliver actually played fifty boards each for Zhang Yuan and Luke Shaw after the gaffe subsided, and one of them showed a yellow card, Zhang Yuan was really dumbfounded!
Skrtel was not convinced, you don't give a red card, this foul is so obvious that it can't be more obvious, he chased Oliver and questioned, Oliver gave him a verbal warning!
Also unconvinced is Klopp, Klopp was like a performance artist when Zhang Yuan fell to the ground, stomped on the sidelines, singing and dancing, he shouted at Oliver in the field, yelled at the fourth official, this is not a card?! And that's not a red card?! Malicious, absolutely malicious!
Oliver made such a biased decision, Klopp was even more furious, and asked the fourth official loudly: "What is this?!" What is this?! ”
Maybe because of the loss, after Oliver arrived on the sidelines, he patiently listened to Klopp's complaints, but he didn't mean to change his penalty at all, and finally warned him not to complain anymore! Please respect my sentence!