Chapter 631: Let's Fight
"You're not worried about our attack?" When shaking hands before the game, Ferguson asked Dick with some curiosity.
"I believe in our defense." Dick smiled.
In fact, when Ferguson saw Dick's starting lineup, he knew that Dick was planning a murderous battle with Manchester United.
However, Ferguson will not be afraid, with attacking players like Rooney and Ronaldo at hand, and top strikers like Tevez and Berbatov sitting on the bench, he is not afraid at all!
Although he fielded a relatively defensive-oriented formation in this game, Manchester United were not bad at all when it came to attacking.
Goalkeeper Van der Sar, right-back O'Shea, left-back Patrice Evra, central defender is partnered by Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, who have returned from injury in time, midfielders Fletcher, Carrick and Park Ji-sung play, Anderson and Ronaldo play on both sides, and single striker Rooney - in fact, Ronaldo has been very active since last season, not so much a winger, but a free man up front, who can take on more goals.
In the frantic shouts of Manchester City fans, from the beginning of the game, Manchester City took advantage of the home field and began to launch a crazy attack and pressing!
Manchester City rarely field two wide attackers at the same time in a game, but that doesn't mean they won't play this kind of tactic of flying on both wings, with three excellent wingers on hand, if they can only play a single winger, then Dick is a fool, and in normal training and some games, Manchester City send two wingers a lot.
And in this game, the main reason for making such a decision is to let Ribery fix on this side, focusing on the right side of the opponent, Manchester United's right-back has not been too stable after Gary Neville is old, and the left-back They have bought Evra has stabilized, but on the right side, whether it is Brown or O'Shea, there is a look of Adou who can't be supported, and it may be okay to play defense, but as long as you attack on their side, then you will definitely get a chance!
In the first leg, Manchester City also focused on attacking this side, but Manchester United did a very good job of filling this side, and in this game, Manchester City strengthened the attack on both sides, even if they made up for it well, it was impossible to invest too many troops on this side, Dick's primary tactic in this game was to focus on playing on the wing, the two midfielders in the middle were mainly responsible for defending and sending the ball to the wings, not only two wingers, but also two fullbacks would continue to step forward to form a suppression!
So Dick sent Di Natale instead of Benzema, Benzema's technique and dribbling ability are better, but Di Natale's ability to grab points is much stronger, with Torres and Di Natale in the middle, the opportunities created after the two wings break through will be easier to grasp!
Manchester City's tactics at the beginning were very simple, which was to divide into the wings, and then create opportunities by the breakthrough of the wings, and the positions of Barnes and Alves began to presuppose and focus on attacking the wings!
In the face of this unconventional style of play, Manchester United is obviously a little unprepared, and O'Shea's side is even more attacked by Manchester City in a frenzy, although Fletcher and Carrick, and even Park Ji-sung continue to fill in on this side, they can't stop Manchester City's crazy offensive!
In the third minute, Manchester City completed the first shot of the game, Vidal split the ball, Ribery and Barnes made a one-two combination and then suddenly dribbled the ball and then took a long shot from the edge of the box, the ball hit Vidic and Ferdinand and bounced off the bottom line, Manchester City won a corner.
Kompany and Samuel both rushed up, with Ribery driving a corner to the back post and Yaya Toure scrambling for the penalty but being judged to have charged the goalkeeper.
United were about to launch a counter-attack, but Rooney's pass was cut off by Kompany, Vidal received the ball and made a feint to distribute the ball to the feet of Ashley Young on the right, but quickly turned and distributed the ball to the feet of Ribery again!
Ribery took the ball and then forced his way down to get the ball out before O'Shea could make a move, and Torres at the front of the post was able to get the first spot under Vidic's defence, but his header went wide of the near post.
"City started with a ferocious attack! Will they be able to score a goal quickly? If there is a goal, they don't need to play so fiercely......"
The commentator said this, Manchester City fans also expected to see a goal quickly, and Manchester City, did not disappoint them!
In the eighth minute of the game, Yaya Toure received a pass from Vidal, and when United's two midfielders pounced on him, he sent a beautiful diagonal pass, and Ribery, who suddenly cut in, got rid of O'Shea's defense and received Yaya Toure's pass in the box!
Rio Ferdinand quickly rushed over to block Ribery's shot, but Ribery quickly passed the ball sideways, Torres drew Vidic's defensive attention, and Di Natale, who was quietly inserted at the back post, fell to the ground on the edge of the six-yard box and fired into the corner of the net, even if Van der Sar made a save, he couldn't prevent the goal from going into the net!
"The ball is in! Just eight minutes into the game, Manchester City equalised on aggregate! Beautiful goal! Such a goal puts both sides back on the same page! City's attack was truly terrifying, and it only took eight minutes for them to score and make their disadvantage no longer exist! ”
When Di Natale stabbed the ball into the United goal, there was a huge cheer over the City Stadium!
They wanted to score, and City immediately brought them goals! Originally, Manchester City fans have begun to think "love you even if you win, love you when you lose", and now Manchester City has used their performance to make Manchester City fans start to feel that they will win until they reach the top!
Because they have Dick! Because they have a great group of players! These are all trustworthy guys, and they will never let them down when it matters!
Ferguson chewed gum and frowned slightly.
He doesn't worry about conceding a goal, but Manchester City's momentum of saying that you can score a goal...... He has not been dealing with Dick for a day or two, whether it is the earliest Atletico Madrid, or the later Dortmund and Inter Milan, they all have this kind of momentum that can say that they can score goals!
In fact, in the private discussions of many top coaches, they feel that the most terrible thing about Dick is not anything else, but that when he needs to score, the team can always score goals, although his coaching, buying players, tactical changes and setting tactics are all top-notch, but those things are things that everyone can try to do, only this situation is really too frustrating......
However, Ferguson quickly put aside such concerns, anyway, he has come to this point, if he wants to hit the championship, he has to pass the level of Dick, even if no one can beat Dick in the real sense of the word before, but as a top manager, it is impossible to give up so early!
And he also firmly believes that this group of players under his command will never score a single goal in this game!
As long as there is one goal, then the situation of Manchester United will become extremely favorable!
And his players ...... It really didn't disappoint him!
Three minutes after City's goal, United seized a chance that wasn't a chance to score!
Even Dick had nothing to say about this goal, except that this goal was luck, coupled with the flash of the top superstar in that moment!
Fernando Torres, who dropped back to help the defence, fouled Fleice and United were awarded a direct free-kick from 35 yards out, and Cristiano Ronaldo was still running from such a distance to the goal!
Straight up and down the elevator ball!
The ball seemed to be over the crossbar, but as it flew into the box, it began to fall in a straight line and plunged into the corner before Hart could pounce!
Such a goal! Such a world wave that could enter the selection of the best goal in this season's Champions League appeared at this moment, it equalized for Manchester United and put Manchester City in an extremely difficult situation!
When Cristiano Ronaldo yelled at the stands, there was silence in the stands of the entire city stadium, and now Manchester City are down 2-1 on aggregate and need to score at least two goals in the remaining games to win, while not allowing Manchester United to score a single goal! Such a situation is already extremely critical!
However, after a few seconds of silence, the Manchester City fans let out loud boos at Ronaldo, while they were chanting the names of the Manchester City players, hoping that they would be able to launch a quick counterattack!
Even if you lose, you have to lose vigorously, instead of losing a goal and becoming cringe, and you are extremely cowardly!
Dick made an offensive gesture to the field, and the Manchester City players also launched an attack silently - they understood before the game that this game was not about whether Manchester City could score one goal, but whether they could score two more goals than Manchester United!
In that case, let's attack, let's fight, we have the strongest attacking line in England, there's no reason to be afraid of Manchester United, right?
In the next game, the two sides launched a fierce attack, Manchester City did not give up the game, Manchester United did not fear each other, in addition to defense, they are still attacking, constantly attacking!
Ribery just shot wide of the far post after a forced inward cut, Rooney returned the color with a long shot, Torres just grabbed a point in the penalty area and shook his head to attack, Ronaldo grabbed the first drop point with a header in the penalty area, Yaya Toure just stepped forward to complete an attack, Fletcher almost scored outside the box!
The offense of both sides went back and forth, and the defenders of both sides also showed a very high standard, and in this back and forth, they tried to keep the opponent's attackers from getting too many chances!
The clock was in the thirty-eighth minute of the first half.
Ashley Young won a corner after forcing his way down the flank, and Yaya Toure, Kompany and Samuel all rushed up to score another goal from that corner – and the first half would have to go into the second half with at least a one-goal lead so that the task would be easier!
And Manchester United is basically back on defense, the time left in the first half is running out, hold on one more time, and there will be more hope of victory!
Ribery stood in front of the ball, the box was full of people, and after the referee blew the whistle that could be punished, Ribery did not send the ball to the penalty area, but directly to the front of the box!
It was Ashley Young who showed up and fired a direct volley at the first time!
Park Ji-sung appeared there in time to interfere, the ball hit him and bounced into the penalty area, Yaya Toure, who forced his way through Fletcher's defense, appeared near the ball, and he turned and shot directly in the air!
The ball flew into the corner of the goal, and Manchester City took the lead again!