Chapter 203 Champions League Manchester United VS Lazio II
"This is definitely an exciting battle that the fans have been waiting for for a long time! The race has just begun! Manchester United launched a menacing attack on Lazio's half-field! After the opening kick-off, United's number nine striker Taylor passed the ball to Tutankhamun, who played with Alex again before backing the ball to the back. It was a normal start, but the Reds didn't play a number of lateral interactions after passing the ball back to the back, but Glass, who was playing as a central defender, drove the ball straight into Lazio's half! ”
When the United centre-back Glass drove the ball into Lazio's half as it fell to him, the crowd was mobilized before they could cool down after the grand opening ceremony. A lot of fans stood up at that time! Make an exclamation sound!
As United's best left winger of the season, Tigos almost as soon as he heard the sound of Glass slamming the ball forward, he began to rush towards the half of the field where Lazio was stationed! With Alex, Tutankhamun and Taylor in place quickly, United's attacking end was actually starting a powerful tie just twenty seconds into the game!
Pablo, who was sitting in the manager's seat, watched the expected surprise attack from Manchester United and was silent but did not rise from his manager's seat.
This is a style of play that Manchester United slowly changed from last season to success this year. This is a positional style of play that is highly recommended by the current Manchester United manager, and it requires the players to have a good understanding and a good sense of the big picture. As a tactic to use, the head coach of the team also needs to have strong on-the-spot command and adaptability.
This is not only a confrontation between the 22 people on the field, but also a silent confrontation between the coaches of the two teams.
"The side that Darmian was defending was broken by Tigos again! It's only been three minutes since the opening! But Lazio's left side of the line has already been breached twice! On this side, the one who is responsible for defending Tigos is Darmian, who is the fastest in the 100-meter sprint of the Lazio team! But in the moment of face to face with Tigos, Darmian could not play an effective defense and interception! ”
Obviously, against a winger of Tigos' calibre, speed is not enough to solve a qiē.
Even if Darmian's sprint pace and turning speed would make him a world-class player in his position, the Portuguese's brilliant footwork and strong body will be a weapon against Tigos. In a head-to-head confrontation with Darmian, the boy with green eyes and slightly curly black hair was only a few changes of direction and footwork that made it difficult to react to the moment of contact, and the real and false movements allowed him to break through the defense of the Lazio right wing-back.
After being so easily overtaken by Tigos, Damian waved his arm in frustration, then immediately turned and chased back. But by this time, Tigos and his teammate Tutantamon had formed a pass back and forth on the left and right sides of the penalty area! It was a curved pass, with a strong spin that bypassed the protection of the Lazio defender's back, and flew towards the landing point where Tutankhamun was headed!
It was at this time that the tall Croatian Ngojvic, with his stature and excellent header skills, jumped high and intercepted Tigos's pass with a header and slammed it into the halfway line!
Before the Lazio fans who came to the scene could give excited applause to Ngoivic for this wonderful and thrilling clearance, Lazio's attacking midfielder Joao had already fought with Manchester United's back to fight for the pass that Ngoivic hit with his header and kicked the ball forward! And Lazio's powerful centre-forward, vice-captain Cavallée, has rushed towards Manchester United's penalty area!
As a result, the attacking and defensive sides on the field completely switched identities, and after only two passes, the clean and exciting Lazio team had already brought the attack to Manchester United's goal!
It was at this time that Lazio coach Pablo walked to the sidelines of the pitch, speaking loudly and gesticulating to direct the midfielders' attacking strategies and movements, as well as the defensive set-up at the back.
Before Thunder could pick up Cavalle from the right, Lazio's captain Gazzola was already in place. They did as the manager instructed them to avoid Ashley, who was quicker to turn around and more solid in defence, and instead fed in attacks into the area that Glass was tasked with.
But when Gazola took the ball and was about to shoot, he rushed to make up for the defense, and was kicked away by the Manchester United right-back behind him with both hands! But Lazio still has a chance! In today's 3-5-2 formation, Nash played as a left wing-back and rushed to the baseline to save the ball! He's going to shoot Manchester United again!
"Shoot!! Nash was close to the United defenders near the baseline, and he opted to shoot straight at goal!! The shot landed directly on the net!! ”
This is the end of the first meeting between the two teams that have qualified for this season's Champions League final. Obviously, it will be a good enough start, and the managers of both teams have already seen what they need to strengthen and where their opponents are weak. A small adjustment is already clear in their minds.
Pablo gave Ray Wing on the field a command to join the team's left wing when necessary to help Damian defend Tigos, and with a simple gesture he told him where to go when Tigos was dribbling and where to go and under what circumstances he should defuse the crisis and return to his attacking position.
The Manchester United manager also gave orders to the back four defenders to adjust their strategy when attacking and how to adjust the defense of Lazio's attacking players.
Compared to Tigos, Thunder is not such a well-rounded player, but in La Liga, he has gradually taken on some defensive tasks at the request of his coach. And after coming to Serie A, which focuses more on defense, his defense and interception have been practiced by Pablo again. However, Leiy Garrincha's defense can be built from scratch, but it is difficult to change the area where he is used to moving.
There is no 'dominant foot' with a long or short leg, he can shoot with both his left and right feet, and his ball is quite accurate, allowing him to cut inside from the flanks when the manager needs to. But more often than not, playing on the right makes him feel more secure. It is precisely because of this that when participating in defense, he has to run a diagonal on the field with long and short legs! Run from your right side to the opponent's left side, which is the area where Tigos is active.
In the twelfth minute, Tigos, who has super offensive momentum in Manchester United, has once again taken the ball from the left side to attack the goal of the Lazio team! But in the twelve minutes after the game started, Lei Yi only came into the eyes of the fans when he was involved in defending Tigos!
The stark contrast seems to be different from what the fans envisioned before the game.
Yolandal, who brought his red-faced brother and sister to the Meazza Stadium to watch the game, looked a little anxious. In the opening 12 minutes, United seemed to have the upper hand. While Lazio have shown fans their excellent defensive tradition from Serie A for the past 12 minutes, it has always been a disadvantage for a United with terrible attacking firepower to dominate possession and play around their penalty area.
For the opening 12 minutes, United's attacking firepower was concentrated on the left side of Tigos. But Pablo didn't let Nash, who was on the other side, also participate in the defense on this side. On the right flank of Manchester United, there is also Tutankhamun, who is equally capable of scoring. On that side, they must have someone to keep an eye on another of United's firepower.
"Tigos' performance after the opening was really outstanding! We started by saying that as the two who won the European Golden Boot together this season, the battle between Thunder Wing and Tigos may be the biggest focus of this game! But I didn't expect the contest between the two of them to play out in this form!! Of course, it also has to do with the style and tactics of both teams! ”
When Tigos rushed to the Lazio team's half-court position with the ball, Lei Yi, who ran diagonally, could almost only clumsily follow his teammates to closely mark Tigos, wanting to do something but not knowing how to do it in a hurry. Seeing that he finally saw the right time, he ran diagonally before Tigos got the ball and started to speed, but he didn't have time to catch up, and Tigos, who was much faster than himself in the 100-meter sprint, was about to take out the speed of running!
In a hurry, the long and short legs are decisively put on a shovel!
Although the long and short legs are much clumsier in defense than when he is attacking, his head never turns when facing other players involved in the attack, thinking not about cutting but how to dribble the ball from others, but his tackle this time is really good, so that his teammates are moved to cry!
In the face of his good partner, of course, he did not shovel towards Tigos's man, but only tried to interfere with the opponent's ball and the consistency of the ball with his own tackle, so as to achieve the purpose of helping his teammates intercept him. But what he didn't expect was that Tigos would naturally fall down after he made such a kick! Except for the slightly exaggerated expression on his face, from other angles, it looks like Lei Yi has turned him over!
So the long and short legs that clumsily put the shovel on the face of shock met the exaggerated expression of Tigos when he fell! Both of them were shocked at the moment when they faced each other!
Tigos, who was still trying his best to perform, saw that the person who had just shoveled at him was actually his good buddy, so he immediately changed his posture and got up from the ground without any pause while his body was still sliding forward due to the inertia of that action just now!
But it was such a delay, Tigos, who got up from the ground, actually took back possession of the ball from Darmian, who was going to take the ball! Then he continued to run with the ball towards the Lazio penalty area!!
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