Chapter 085: Fatal Strike (2nd Update, Urgent Monthly Pass)
United made a substitution before the start of the second half, with Welbeck coming off and Hernandez coming on as a substitute.
'It was clear that he missed that great chance to score in the first half and it made Moyes angry, and he replaced Welbeck. Lineker said.
"Maybe Moyes is going to let Welbeck take the blame after the game." Mortenson said sarcastically.
Subsequently, it was noted that Manchester United's tactics changed dramatically in the second half:
David Moyes's side seemed to have made up their minds on the flanks, with high balls into the box and passes to Fellaini for headers, and even Wayne Rooney and Hernandez had chances to play wide for Fellaini.
'I feel like I'm going to watch another Championship game.' In the media gallery, a Manchester reporter said with an embarrassed face.
'Did Moyes really think Fellaini was a strong centre-forward? Commentator Mortenson also questioned.
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Sixty-six minutes into the game, a brand new statistic came out.
'Now the stats show that Manchester United have 45 crosses. Lineker looked at the latest stats and said, "In the first half, it was 29 times, and now, just 21 minutes into the second half, United have 16 crosses. ”
'David Moyes' team set a new record. Mortenson said sarcastically.
How did such a record come about? It's all thanks to Moyes's "one tendon". Facing the Dortmund backline with Hummels and Papastathopoulos, Moyes seemed to have learned the lesson of the first half's inability to play effectively from the middle, and instead of seeking to use the ground to attack the opponent's feet, he began to use the tactics of wide crosses, and the crosses sent by him were repeatedly pushed out by the Dortmund defense led by Hummels and Papastathopoulos.
Klopp sat in the coach's box, looking relaxed, he didn't understand what his counterparts next door thought, he actually wanted to use high-altitude bombing to blast Dortmund's goal, you know, with Hummels' defense, it is one of the best teams in the Bundesliga with air defense, in fact, the Bundesliga team is known for defending high-altitude balls.
Besides, Manchester United now only have Fellaini as a 'big centre-forward', and it would be strange if such a conspicuous target could not be prevented.
That's fine, since Moyes has a tendon, he is also in the hands of Klopp.
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Seeing that this tactic did not work, Moyes seemed to be in a battle with his opponent: 10 crosses are not good? Then I'll come again! 20 times no? Go on! See how long you can last!
As a result, everyone was shocked to find that Manchester United in the second half of the game was completely crazy in the cross, and set a new cross record for Manchester United step by step.
It cannot be said that Manchester United's wide cross tactics were not threatening, and the United team had two barely "successful" crosses, which only achieved the goal of creating chaos in the opposition penalty area, and were eventually destroyed by the Dortmund defenders.
It is surprising that Moyes has used this as his main tactic.
In fact, United have always favoured "flying on both wings", which was one of the magic weapons of the Ferguson era, but now it will not work in the hands of David Moyes.
The reason is simple: although the Lord attaches great importance to the traditional British wide attack, he has also continuously absorbed the technical flow concept from the European continent, integrating the wide attack with the middle pass control to create a multi-dimensional attacking system. And Moyes is completely crazy, completely relying on the side attack, naturally inevitably into a dead end, unable to extricate himself.
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Manchester United's high-altitude bombardment did not pose a lethal threat to the Dortmund defence, but it was a counter-attack from Dortmund that gave the Reds a fatal blow.
Shaheen plays a long ball in midfield.
Jiang Chenxi took the lead at the top of the penalty area, and the football flew into the penalty area.
Smalling had already grabbed the landing point, but because he didn't realize that Dortmund player Aubameyang, who was following quickly behind him, he actually made a dangerous move to stop the ball with his chest in the penalty area, Aubameyang was fast, and when Smalling was not paying attention, he squeezed in from the side, inserted in front of him, and completed an irregular shot directly with his knees.
De Gea was completely unprepared for his team-mate's short-circuit digging behavior, and he subconsciously tried to block it, but there was nothing De Gea could do about this kind of close-range shot.
The ball is in!
Aubameyang was even a little stunned after the goal, he just subconsciously stepped forward and completed a reluctant shot, but he didn't expect to really score.
The Gabonese gave a 'grateful' look at Smalling, who was in a state of bewilderment, and then turned and began to run in celebration.
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Boos rang out over Old Trafford.
'Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored! Three to zero! Borussia Dortmund lead Manchester United by three goals away from home, and this is a dark moment for Manchester United! Borussia Dortmund is almost half-footed in the semi-finals! ”
"Jiang's header ferried, Smalling made a low-level mistake! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on the next level! ”
"Smalling! He made another low-level mistake! In the first half of the game, Jiang Chenxi scored a goal and left the field with an injury to defend him, and Smalling came on as a substitute, but I didn't expect this to be a big hole! ”
There was also an uproar on the commentary bench, when the team was 0-2 behind and the attack was fruitless for a long time, it was really desperate for the back line to send such a big gift.
In the past two seasons, as Nemanja Vidic and Ferdinand have aged, Chris Smalling has gradually gained more and more opportunities to play, but the most worrying thing about this player is that he will "short-circuit" his mind from time to time, making all kinds of leaky and brainless behaviors in the penalty area.
This low-level mistake in the box gave Manchester United a fatal blow.
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Boos rang out over Old Trafford.
Smalling's suicide was almost tantamount to killing the game early.
Smalling has been talking about a lot lately.
On a March morning, Chris Smalling was spotted wandering the streets, muttering "We are Manchester United and we will do what we want to do". In response to this incident, Manchester United manager David Moyes also showed his great dissatisfaction, he warned the England central defender to be careful about his words and actions, and not to let these ridiculous actions affect his future.
Before this incident, Smalling was also bombarded by many fans for playing a terrorist who attacked suicide at a masquerade ball. It wasn't until the England centre-back came forward to publicly apologize, saying that his move was "not carefully considered and a bit of a fool's errand", that the incident calmed down.
Of course, those are off-the-field behaviors, as long as the performance on the field is good, the fans still forgive, but ......
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"The game ended early, 0:3, Manchester United suffered an unprecedented defeat at Old Trafford, Jiang single-handedly destroyed Manchester United, and Aubameyang stabbed him again." Lineker looked at the United dugout, "Manchester United need to make a decisive decision, it's time to make a decision. ”
At the same time, the camera gave a close-up of the stands, the old coach Ferguson's face was pale, as if he was holding back his anger, and then, the old man said something to his friends and left the stadium directly, and the old man couldn't stand it.