Chapter 40: Victory

The second half of the game between Blackburn and Manchester United soon began, and Arthur was in a rather happy mood to order a cocktail - and the question of how he could drive his Aston Martin back to Blackburn Rovers after the game had already been left behind him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Blackburn Rovers came in again, and most of the young players looked relaxed and confident after the first half of the battle against the Red Devils, and they were in good shape, and it was clear that they had completely gained the confidence to fight against the strong and the giants.

"Good luck, thank you, Manchester United!" Arthur held a cocktail and toasted the United hierarchy.

Although United were the reigning champions of the Premier League in previous seasons and completed the treble in 1999, this season's season was the worst season since the rise of the 92 generation.

Arthur, who was a die-hard Red Devils in the previous life, clearly remembers that Manchester United was in extremely poor form at the beginning of the season, and even in the middle of the league table in the middle of the league table for the first time in the championship race this season, Manchester United was missing, replaced by Arsenal and Liverpool.

However, all this is now only Arthur knows, Manchester United does not know, and the Blackburn generals do not know, and the current Blackburn soldiers only know that they and Manchester United, which is the king of the Premier League, can completely compete with each other, and can even have a chance to defeat the opponent, which will be a great boost to the self-confidence of the young players of Blackburn, who are still quite immature!

"The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, besides, we are not dogs, but wolves eyeing the tiger!" Arthur couldn't help but clench his glass.

A whistle blew and the second half began.

In the first half, Duff suppressed his desire to attack under Mourinho's instructions, but when making half-time adjustments, Mourinho gave Duff unlimited firing rights, allowing the Irish to use his speed to break through Manchester United's defence.

Duff was firing at full power, and the effect was immediate. In the face of Phil Neville's defense, Duff made a simple feint, which first made Phil Neville slightly stunned, and then immediately went out of the ball and shook off the latter with speed.

One Neville was passed, though, and there was another Neville.

Gary Neville is not a top player, but he is experienced and resilient.

Duff saw that Phil Neville did not chase after him anymore, but went to target Frank Lampard who came to pick him up, and decisively chose to go head-to-head with Gary Neville.

In this game, Duff's competitive state was almost bursting, competing with the real left-wing king Ryan Giggs, known as the little king of the left, Duff was not to be outdone, facing Gary Neville's left foot forward, and immediately pulled the ball back.

Gary Neville was not fooled, stood very steady, and did not give Duff any chance at all - Gary Neville's placement at central defender was a complete disaster, but at this time, in order to keep an eye on Duff, he temporarily pulled down the right wing, and became the top right wing-back in the Premier League.

Duff tried to take another half-step forward with his instep, and Gary Neville immediately adjusted his foot, neither pounced nor lost position.

Duff was not in a hurry, his body shook forward, but his feet did not move, and when Gary Neville subconsciously followed the center of gravity, Duff waited for this time, directly smoothed the ball out, and then borrowed the action of swinging his arm to forcibly squeeze out half of his body and cut inward.

After Mourinho took charge of Blackburn's managership, the two wings were more played in the attacking end, and Mourinho, who pays attention to quick counterattacks, emphasized the in-cut of the two wings, and Duff's in-cut is one of the most commonly used tactics in Mourinho's arrangement.

After Duff successfully broke through, Gary Neville was almost blocked behind the side at this time, and there was no way to stop Duff, so he could only choose to reach out and pull the shirt and put Duff down outside the box.

Even if this game was the home of Manchester United, Gary Neville's action was inevitably whistled for a foul and received a yellow card.

Aggressive!

This is another phrase Mourinho has repeatedly emphasised in his team's attacking set-up, and he has asked his team to play tough and aggressive not only in defence, but also in attack.

For example, Gary Neville has received a yellow card for Duff's tough breakthrough, and a yellow card will more or less make Gary Neville as a Manchester United central defender cringe.

Gary Neville is not a qualified centre-back in his own right, and after receiving a yellow card, Blackburn has repeatedly set him in this position, causing Manchester United to be in danger many times in front of goal, and even Keane has received a yellow card in order to make up for Gary Neville's hole.

United's attacking performance in the second half was noticeably worse than in the first, with the best being a free-kick from the left side of the box.

Beckham's free throws were still of high quality this time, with speed and power, but the angle was too positive and was easily defused by Friedel.

Friedel picked the ball off steadily, and this time he didn't choose to play steadily, but suddenly took two steps forward and kicked the ball out.

"Not good!" All United were stunned, and this time the free-kick was heavily pressed by United, and it was inevitable that the back-up was defence, leaving only the Neville brothers and Sylvester.

"Good chance!" All Blackburn Rovers were excited, and although the whole team almost retreated to half court just now, Duff and Benayoun were near the center circle.

Obviously, in the ring of speed, the Neville brothers will not be a match for Duff and Benayoun.

Silvestre's speed is not inferior to Blackburn's two fast horses, but the French full-back's sense of position is simply desperate, and after seeing Friedel kick the big foot, he didn't choose to return to the defense quickly at the first time, but to see who would pick up the football.

Duff kicked off the ball at the top of the center circle arc to meet Friedel's big foot, and did not choose to stop the ball, but suddenly turned around, shook off Phil Neville, who was defending the top, and formed a breakthrough at once.

At the moment, between Duff and Manchester United's goal, only Gary Neville, Silvestre, who was pulled away by Benayoun, and French goalkeeper Barthez.

Duff didn't hesitate and sprinted straight forward before being met by Gary Neville less than 40 yards out a few seconds later.

Duff swung his leg and shot straight away before Gary Neville could get on it.

Originally, with Gary Neville's defensive characteristics, he would not have been reckless, but it was a positional battle, and now it is a two-on-two counterattack.

The steady Gary Neville stretched his leg long to block the shot while blocking Duff's incision.

Truth be told, this kind of defense can be considered almost perfect, and if Duff shoots, then Gary Neville's body will block it; If you don't shoot and want to cut inside, you'll definitely have a full deal with Gary Neville, at most a free-kick in front of the box.

However, Duff is on the wrong side of the sword.

After Duff faked his shot, he flicked the ball outside and then continued along the line of the penalty area.

Although Duff was invisibly farther away from goal and had no angle to shoot, he completely escaped the defense, and then Duff sent a beautiful ground pass.

Benayoun, who went straight, was clinging to Silvestre, and if he received the ball directly at this time, he was very likely to be blocked, and the angle was not large.

Benayoun faced the ball and did not choose to shoot head-on, but lightly rubbed the ball with his heel.

A surprise back-heel shot sent both Silvestre and Barthez to the ground and just watched the ball roll slowly into the net to make it 2-1.

"It's wonderful! Perfect goal! Cool and cool! Arthur was so happy that he threw a combination punch in the box again, cheering!

Arthur was not just celebrating the goal, but also the upcoming victory.

Normally, as long as Mourinho's team is ahead, then victory is not far from them, because once they are ahead, Mourinho will use the "super bus" tactic without reservation.

It's not pretty, but it's definitely practical!

After the game restarted, and sure enough, Blackburn's tempo slowed down significantly, with the exception of Ibrahimovic, Benayoun and Duff, the remaining eight Blackburn players all retreated to their own half to participate in the defense.

Mu-style bus officially debuted in the Premier League!

And Ferguson couldn't sit still, walked off the sidelines from his seat, and turned on the "hair dryer" of his famous altar.

Manchester United's attacking wave after wave has been winning wave after wave.

In the 70th minute, Ryan Giggs combined with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to go down the line and face the older Mihadev Kenna, the Welshman's speed advantage was evident, and he scrambled to deliver a beautiful cross before he could block it.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was able to get the head start in the battle with 32-year-old Henning Berg.

However, the old Blackburn Rovers captain was not completely shaken off, he was pushed to the side of Vanney, and there was a small movement in his hand that was almost invisible, but it was enough to interfere with Vanney's aerial battle, and the football was held firmly by Friedel.

Five minutes later, it was again a dull side for United, this time it was David Beckham who delivered a very high quality cross, but Stam had a good sense of position and scrambled to kick the ball off the line.

However, as the game went on, the United attack was on fire, and if Blackburn did not make adjustments, I am afraid that the Muhammad bus may not be able to hold out until the end of the game.

Although Mourinho is still immature compared to Ferguson, he still showed the qualifications of a top coach, and as the game entered the 76th minute, Blackburn had two strikes.

Jose Mourinho was replaced by goalscorers Benayoun and Ibrahimovic, while Carsley and Drogba were replaced.

Now Black's line-up has changed to 4-4-1-1, with the physical Didier Drogba as the lone arrow up front, and the extremely fast Duff in charge of the team's quick counter-attack.

In midfield, Jose Mourinho lined up a back four, with Marcos Alonso, Carsley, Cambiasso and Frank Lampard in charge of the midfield strangulation.

"After the game, Ferguson was definitely going to attack us for 'anti-football'." Arthur saw Mourinho's substitution and sneered.

"Still, whatever he says, we just need to win!"