Chapter 81: Retro Formation

The King's oracle brought the atmosphere at Old Trafford to its highest level since the start of the game, with red waves rising in the stands and shouts echoing throughout Manchester.

On the field, the players of the Red Devils also began to attack fiercely, and the momentum was so fierce that they forced the incomparably powerful Fiorentina back to their own half for a while!

The pitch is like a battlefield - I can't remember which bastard said this, but it's true, on the pitch, in addition to technique and coordination, there is one more thing that is crucial, and that is morale!

Influenced by Manchester United fans, Fiorentina's players, although not timid, are temporarily behind the knights who were awarded medals by the king in terms of morale.

The scene now resembles that of the general Cantona, who raises his arms and shouts "charge", and then a group of wolf-like knights rode up on their iron-armored horses.

Fiorentina's formation was broken up for a while.

With Rui Costa gone, Fiorentina's overall attacking quality has improved significantly, but at the same time, Fiorentina have to make a discount on their defence without a midfielder.

Under this situation, it is reasonable for Fiorentina to be pressed, but there must not be any loopholes in Manchester United's crazy attack, otherwise, there are three strikers in the front field who are on full alert, waiting for the opportunity to attack quickly.

However, this was the time when United planned a brilliant attack.

Although Manchester United's current forward level is a notch worse than Fiorentina's, the Red Devils are only stronger than the Purple Lilies compared to the midfield, because there is one more person......

Ireland does not belong to the Kingdom of Great Britain, but it is inextricably linked with the United Kingdom, after all, the southeast of the island of Ireland belongs to the territory of the United Kingdom, and Manchester United's midfielder is the strongest midfielder imaginable in the world today in the British Isles and the island of Ireland combined!

Roy•Keane, Ryan Giggs, Beckham, Skewers.

If these four can represent England at the same time, then the level of England can easily break into the top five in the world!

Keane and Giggs, two non-English players, Keane does not belong to the Kingdom of Great Britain after all, but Giggs, the Welshman, is an orthodox Englishman - just unfortunately, not English.

The arrogant English consider themselves to be the nobility of the United Kingdom and look down on the other three neighbors, but unfortunately, looking at the entire British Isles, and even the world, there is no such good left midfielder as Giggs, and some people have once wondered, if England's wings are Beckham + Giggs, what will it be?

Giggs is a player who, like Ling Feng, can turn the situation on the field in an instant!

In the seventh minute of the second half, Manchester United tore apart Fiorentina's solid defense through the cooperation of the left and right wings!

Even Ling Feng didn't expect that this time Manchester United's attack, on the route, there were only two people, Beckham and Giggs, and the others were all decorations!

When Keane passed the ball to Xiaobei on the right side in the midfield, Ling Feng and Vieira naturally concentrated in the center of the penalty area, but at this time, Comrade Xiaobei suddenly raised his foot and made an accurate long pass, which was directly hit to the other side of the court!

A long ball across both wings of the pitch!

Xiao Bei's pass can be described as a must in world football, that is, Ling Feng and him are slightly inferior to the accuracy of the long pass from 40 meters away, and this time it is obvious that Comrade Xiao Bei was cheered up by the surrounding fans and became extremely brave, and the ball landed at the feet of the Welshman who was running forward from the midfield!

In the instantaneous explosiveness, Giggs's sprinting ability - that is, the acceleration in the game - is almost unparalleled in the world, Effenberg was pulled down a position in an instant when he started at the same time as him, and the German tiger, who is not known for his speed, is obviously not Giggs's opponent, when Giggs rushed out of ten meters and unloaded the pass at his feet, Effenberg was forced to leave five or six meters away by him!

It's not a horizontal line!

Beckham's pass, Giggs's breakthrough, this is the Red Devils' magic weapon that has always been successful, and in the face of the French defender Thuram, who is almost the same strength, Giggs chose to force a breakthrough!

Although Thuram is known as the only right-back in the world who can talk to the alien Ronaldo alone, it does not mean that he is completely insurmountable, and Giggs's ball control ability is not as fancy as that of the alien, but it is very practical.

In such a conversation, no one is sure to win the result, depending on who handles it at that moment.

Giggs is a taciturn person in Ling Feng's impression, compared to the limelight Beckham, he is more down-to-earth, more low-key, conscientious on the court, diligent off the court, and no scandals.

But such an honest person, the power generated by the explosion will not be underestimated!

Giggs and Thuram had a conversation that lasted three seconds, and after two seconds of staring at each other, the Welshman moved, relying on speed!

Such an instantaneous sudden launch, even Thuram, who tensed the nerves of the whole body, did not react in time, ninety minutes of the game, maybe the real critical time is only a few tenths of a second, and in this tenths of a second time, Giggs dodged Thuram's outstretched foot, and then used his strong body to squeeze away from the Frenchman and enter the penalty area!

Cannavaro, who originally thought that Thuram would be able to defend successfully but did not make up for it in time, knew the fate of the underestimating enemy, and the Welshman in front of him should treat him as an opponent like Ling Feng!

Unfortunately, there was no regret medicine on the pitch, it was too late to regret at this time, Cannavaro pounced and tried to cut off the ball from the Welshman with a flying tackle, but Giggs pulled the ball to the left the moment he fell to the ground, and then went forward!

Single-handed!

At this time, Toldo was useless at all, and Giggs hit a hanging shot with his left foot into the far corner of the goal, and Toldo, who had already rushed up, only made a gesture of looking back.

And he saw that the ball slowly flew into the far corner of the goal......

1:2, Giggs narrowed the gap between the two teams to one goal, and was able to break through two Fiorentina defenders in a row to score the ball, Giggs is also the first person in the world!

Maradona frowned on the side, originally the purpose of his replacement of the three strikers was to demonstrate to Manchester United, in the opinion of Lao Ma, if Fiorentina insists on attacking, Manchester United will not have a chance to attack at all.

However, Giggs has become a sharp knife to disrupt the old horse's plan, for this Welshman, the old horse is not unaware, but he didn't expect that he could break through Thuram and Cannavaro two top defenders in a row!

"Fortunately, this guy is not from England...... "Lao Ma exhaled, if Giggs is in the England national team, when England and Argentina play each other, it will really be very bad for Argentina!

While the Manchester United players were celebrating, Lao Ma called Ling Feng aside and arranged the next task in his ear.

Four strikers! Fiorentina fielded a front four?!

Oh, my God! The entire Old Trafford stadium erupted in earth-shattering boos, Ling Feng's position had rushed to the vicinity of Manchester United's penalty area, and there was no retreat when returning to the defense, Carlos and Thuram's position was slightly closer to the middle, and Vieira was left alone in the middle!

In the front court, Shepchenko and Batistuta served as center forwards, mainly breaking through to the middle of the penalty area and interfering with the opponent's defenders, while Ling Feng and Baggio were two wingers, one left and one right, clearly two wingers, leaving only Effenberg and Vieira standing in the midfield!

This, this is, an evolution of the traditional WM formation adopted by the mighty Brazilian team, which won three consecutive World Cups led by Pelé in 1954 - the 4-2-4 formation!

It represents the formation of the strongest attack at the time!

Maradona adopted such a retro formation in such a game?

Even Manchester United's king Eric Cantona, who was watching the game in the press room, exclaimed into the microphone: "Maradona is crazy! ”

But the king of Manchester United is very eager to see the power of this lineup, because in modern football, there are more and more defensive players, and the strength of midfielders is gradually biased and all-round, and this legendary 4-2-4 formation represents the once glorious strong attacking football, there is no midfield scheduling, only attack!

This is the fastest transition between attack and defense in the history of football!

The two midfielders in this formation are crucial, with Effenberg in charge of the team's attack, while Vieira has to keep the midfield's dangerous zone stuck with fewer defenders.

In the trend of modern football defense is greater than offense, Maradona's lineup can be said to be very dangerous, but as a miracle soldier, now Fiorentina is playing the same strength as Manchester United's onslaught just now, and the situation on the whole field has been reversed all at once!

Being able to easily set up a tactic to turn the tide of things on the pitch is something that a top manager can do.

Naturally, the head coaches of various countries watching the game in the stands or in front of the TV also frowned, and it can be seen that the biggest change in this formation is the change of Ling Feng's position, as long as the Chinese devote himself to the attack, the consequences will be very terrible, the last time Ling Feng cameo as a center forward has made everyone's jaws smash on the ground, and now as a winger, what kind of miracle can he bring to himself?

Obviously, now Manchester United are being blinded by this onslaught of Fiorentina.

This formation is especially suitable for Effenberg's play, known as the most creative midfielder in Germany in the 90s, Effenberg's most terrifying thing is not his midfield organization, but his ghostly passing!

And this kind of formation that does not require the midfielder's pounding foot is passed directly to the feet of the strikers, so that the German tiger is like a fish in water!

Only five minutes before Manchester United's last goal, Effenberg made a long pass to Batistuta in front of him in the midfield, and the Argentine god of war pressed Bruce's header to the side, Baggio quickly followed, and crossed before the ball landed, and the Ukrainian nuclear warhead in the middle was a fish leap to the top of the ball, the top of the ball was very positive, and the power was very large, but the angle was not bit, and Schmeichel flew out, and the ball rolled to the sideline.

And at this time, Ling Feng unknowingly rushed to the landing point of the ball, and raised his foot to hit the goal with almost zero angle!

It's not a shot! Ling Feng didn't choose to volley vigorously, instead, he gently rubbed his right foot under the ball!

At the junction of the almost big penalty area line and the bottom line, Ling Feng chose the curve ball hanging door!

Schmeichel just got up, but he had already seen the ball fly backwards, and hurriedly flew backwards, but his speed could not be compared with the ball, and when he saw that the ball was about to fall to the goal, the Danish goalkeeper finally gritted his teeth and pounced back, trying to lift the ball out of the bottom line with one palm!

It's just a pity that this ball hung into the dead corner of the goal with a beautiful arc, and Schmeichel couldn't reach it!

The ball is in! 3:1!

Ling Feng scored a shot at a zero degree angle!

Although he didn't shoot completely on the bottom line, he was only less than three meters away from the bottom line, and this curved ball fully showed Ling Feng's calmness and excellent skills!

The entire Old Trafford was silent, only Ling Feng was heard roaring excitedly, Ling Feng had reason to be excited, because this shot had no one used it all over the impression in his mind!

This is Ling Feng's originality, and it is a top-notch shot that is completely his own!

It wasn't until all the Fiorentina players rushed up to knock Ling Feng to the ground in celebration that Cantona's cheers came from Old Trafford's radio.

Although his own king applauded the opponent's goal, no fan could blame him, even if he was not Cantona, as long as he was a fan, he knew the difficulty and excitement of the goal.

And at this time in front of the TV, a bald man who was watching the game said to his teammates sourly: "That guy can even take a corner kick directly, and it is expected to score such a goal, the German team, you must squeeze this guy to the second place in the group, otherwise I don't want to meet this guy after finally reaching the semi-finals!" ”

This complaining bald head is the current national goal of the French team, the bald goalkeeper who was once successfully hung by Ling Feng with a corner kick when he was in Monaco - Barthez......