There was a dead silence at St Jakob's Park, with only a handful of United fans cheering to heart's content.

Basel fans fell silent at this moment.

On the pitch, Manchester United players were celebrating with excitement as their team's goal arrived.

The scoreboard at the stadium reads: Basel 0:1 Manchester United.

The live broadcast was in a weak completion routine: "It was the ...... who scored the goal Robin van Persie of Manchester United. ”

Just three minutes into the game, United relied on a wide attack, Valencia passed the ball into the box, Van Persie managed to grab the ball and score to give Basel a 1-0 lead.

This is a huge blow for the home team, Basel.

……

After the camera gave a close-up of the Manchester United team's celebration players, it gave a close-up of Jiang Chenxi, a 20-year-old young man who is now Basel's top scorer in the team, shouldering the responsibility of Basel's goals, and the camera language is obvious.

'It couldn't have been a worse start, conceding a goal at the start against a strong Manchester United. "Now the pressure is entirely on Basel's side. ”

"To be exact, Jiang Chenxi's pressure is even greater." Zhang Lu said, "In this game, Jiang Chenxi and Basel faced great difficulties at the beginning. ”

With a strong opponent and a desire for revenge, Basel got off to a dream start and Basel struggled from the start.

……

On the sidelines, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson sat in the dugout with a smile on his face, the team started very well, and the old man was in a good mood.

Basel head coach Hawky. Vogel stood in front of the dugout with a blank face.

Although he had prepared for the difficulty of today's game, conceding a goal in the opening three minutes caught Basel off guard.

This completely disrupted his tactical deployment.

Because Basel is three points ahead of Manchester United, Warger judged that Manchester United would be more anxious, and he wanted to take advantage of Manchester United's rush to attack, so that Basel could concentrate on defending and counterattacking, in fact, in this game, Basel got a draw is also acceptable.

Now, however, United have scored in the opening stages, which has made Voger's counter-attacking tactics meaningless.

Vogel is thinking about how to deal with this poor start.

……

Tactical level.

Even if the score is behind, however, Basel obviously does not have the strength to play against Manchester United.

Therefore, it is not possible to press on it rashly, and it is necessary to defend well.

However, it is impossible to defend just in the face of Manchester United's strong attacking group, and it is necessary to put the necessary pressure on the Manchester United defence: when there is an attacking opportunity, it must be resolute to counterattack.

The game continued.

Basel played very passively, especially at the attacking end, and simply could not pose a threat to the United goal.

Under the joint defense of Ferdinand and Evans, Jiang Chenxi was surrounded by the other party alone, and it was difficult to support himself.

Not only that, but Basel's other offensive players found it difficult to provide Jiang Chenxi with the necessary support.

No one could deliver the shells, and Jiang Chenxi was completely unable to exert his ability to grab points.

……

Basel's first shot of the game came in the 21st minute, when Salah finally made a successful breakthrough when he dribbled from the bag of Patrice Evra and Anderson and sent a pass into the box.

Under the pressure of Ferdinand, Jiang Chenxi barely reached the football, but he was unable to withstand the strength and was easily held by Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea.

There was a round of applause from the Basel fans in the stands, and although the attack did not threaten the United goal, the fans encouraged the players.

……

It's just that, to be honest, Basel's side crosses have a very average effect, and under the tight defense of Ferdinand and Evans, Jiang Chenxi's attack point is basically easy to freeze.

On the field, Jiang Chenxi gave his friend Salah a thumbs up, indicating that the breakthrough and passing were good.

Vogel's heart moved.

Jiang Chenxi and Salah have a very good tacit understanding, the two boys are good friends, and they often practice together.

Maybe you can take advantage of the tacit understanding between the two?

After thinking about it and taking advantage of a dead-ball opportunity, Vogel called Salah to the sidelines and lectured the Egyptian lad in person.

Salah was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

He ran back inside the pitch and told midfielder David about the manager's tactical intentions. Degen and the others then ran to the front and told Jiang Chenxi about the head coach's tactical adjustments.

"Not bad." Jiang Chenxi also smiled and nodded.

This is exactly what he thinks, it is indeed very difficult for him to be alone in front, and with Salah to help, his pressure will be reduced, and it also means that he can have the opportunity to catch the void.

……

"Basel has changed." He Wei was quick to notice the change in Basel's on-pitch, "Salah's position has changed, his position has moved forward, and he has appeared in the front line. ”

"Salah and Jiang Chenxi form a forward partner." Zhang Lu's eyes also lit up, "This change of formation is very necessary, Jiang Chenxi is under too much pressure in front alone, he met the tight defense of Ferdinand and Evans, and now, Salah is up, and the two central defenders of Manchester United are bound to separate one person to defend Salah." ”

"Not only that, there is a tacit understanding between Jiang Chenxi and Salah." He Wei said.

Yes, Volger's change of formation is: Salah goes to the front line and forms a double striker with Jiang Chenxi. Degen stepped in to right-back and Cabral returned to the middle.

Ferguson was quick to notice Basel's change, but the old Jazz didn't make any immediate changes, and he had to keep watching, and he was confident in the team's defence: Salah, who had been playing on the wing, was suddenly up front, and it was almost impossible to have an immediate effect.

It's not that easy for a player to get into an unfamiliar position and want to perform well, it's a game, not a live game.

……

Mohamed Salah has moved up front, but it's not a very standard two-striker set-up.

In fact, Salah is more of an attacking core.

The ball was clearly focused on Salah.

Use Salah's excellent footwork and pace to create a breakthrough to create opportunities.

When the football fell to Salah's feet, Jiang Chenxi, who had been active in the penalty area before, took the initiative to pull out of the penalty area and seek cooperation with Salah.

The change surprised Ferguson, who had carefully studied the Chinese striker, a pure goal-grabbing shooter who is a rare player in football at the moment, and his threat was in the penalty area, in front of goal.

Now, Jiang Chenxi pulled out of the penalty area and stayed away from the goal.

This change, Ferguson was a little puzzled for a while.

This is a self-severing arm.

……

Under such adjustments.

Jiang Chenxi seemed to be even less threatening, even if he received Salah's pass, it was outside the penalty area, and the football could only transition to him for a while, and then returned to Salah's feet.

The Egyptian's technique at his feet was indeed good, but in the face of Manchester United's tight defence, it was simply not possible to open up the attacking situation.

However, Basel seems to have firmly established this tactical play, the football was handed over to Salah, who wanted to use technology to form a breakthrough, but if the breakthrough failed, he passed the football to Jiang Chenxi, and he himself inserted forward, Jiang Chenxi passed the ball to Salah who was inserted forward, and then, Salah fell into the encirclement again and had to pass the ball to Jiang Chenxi again, or choose to pass back.

And so on and so forth.

Basel's attack seemed to be stuck in a dead loop and could not pose a threat to Manchester United's goal at all.

And their top scorer Jiang Chenxi, when the game was nearly 40 minutes into the first half, he still only had one shot on goal that was not threatening.

The Chinese striker, who is the top scorer in the Champions League, almost completely disappeared throughout the first half of the game and was unable to pose any threat to Manchester United's goal.

Ferguson was relieved that Basel's tactical change was just a useless exercise.