Chapter 399: Offense and Defense at the Beginning

This match is crucial for both sides.

Manchester United can return to the top of the table if they win, which is what they have been waiting for, and Millwall hope to consolidate the top spot in the league, but the objective factors of the game are not good for Millwall.

From the very beginning, the Millwall players felt the hostility that came from the stands.

That's from Manchester United fans.

Manchester United fans are too keen to see the team win, and there is only Chi Guoguo's hostility towards Millwall, who have snatched the top spot for Manchester United, and they use shouts and boos to influence Millwall.

It's different from the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Manchester United have a history of glory and United fans don't think they can't beat Millwall, so they cheer for the Reds even louder, with very few boos.

This may be called 'the confidence and heritage of a wealthy family'?

But in any case, the Millwall players who have experienced the atmosphere at the Olympic Stadium in Rome have not been greatly affected, at least few players will be nervous, but they are looking forward to the game.

Before the game began, the camera camera frequently pointed at the rostrum.

Prince Mossad and Manchester United chairman Glazer were both on hand to watch the two teams take on the action.

Prince Mossad usually doesn't go away to support the team, but this one is different, and when the game is over, Prince Mossad will return to Saudi Arabia, and this is the only one that can support the team this year, so he still came to the scene.

Prince Mossad was at peace.

Speaking of other games, it is not difficult for Millwall to win, but it is not easy to beat Manchester United away from home, he is mentally prepared to lose, come to watch the game, and only with the purpose of supporting the team, he is chatting with Glazer about the game, and his tone is also very modest and low-key, "I think Manchester United has more hope of winning, but Millwall also has a chance, Zhang Yang is a young man who likes to surprise people." ”

Glazer smiled, "Your coach is really surprising, he is too young and he leads the team too well. ”

Glazer didn't say much about the game, but was concerned about Millwall's transfer, "Have Millwall considered selling one or two core players, I think Darren Bent, Braniff, and Livermore are all very good players, looking forward to the opportunity to work together in the future, Manchester United are very interested in these players." ”

"Then you have to ask Zhang Yang." Prince Mossad smiled, "Although the club is mine, I never interfere in the affairs of the team." ”

Glazer pursed his lips and said no more.

Millwall's situation is similar to Manchester United, the manager has absolute authority, Manchester United wants to sell a certain star, it must be approved by Ferguson, otherwise Ferguson is not satisfied, the fans will be dissatisfied, Glazer does not want to see a large group of fans demonstrate, collectively boycott him as the president of the club.

Millwall is about the same.

The young Chinese brought Millwall from the Championship team to a top powerhouse, with unimaginable prestige among Millwall fans, if Zhang Yang is not satisfied, not only the fans, but probably even the players in the team will not be satisfied, and then the disintegration is just around the corner.

In this regard, the Glazer believes that there is a common language with the Mossad prince.

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The race is on.

Manchester United, with home advantage, launched an onslaught towards Millwall from the start.

Manchester United's tactics have not changed, still with the wings as the main direction of attack, and the middle plays a supporting role, which is also a lineup-based style of play, Manchester United's right side of C-Ronaldo, is the team's main offensive core player, the left side of Park Ji-sung is also quite strong, in terms of personal ability, Park Ji-sung is slightly worse, but Park Ji-sung and his teammates in the middle play well, excellent vision and running ability, so that he can have a stable and excellent performance.

When Manchester United continue to attack, the brightest player is undoubtedly Cristiano Ronaldo.

C-Ronaldo has won the hearts of almost all Manchester United fans with his outstanding performances and handsome appearance, and when the football reaches the feet of Cristiano Ronaldo, the cheers of Manchester United fans will rise a notch, and they expect Cristiano Ronaldo to have a wonderful performance.

C-Ronaldo also lived up to expectations.

In the first five minutes of the game, C-Ronaldo had two forced breakthroughs, so that Pire could only bury his head in the back, he is also a fast player, but C-Ronaldo's explosiveness is too good, and an acceleration is a little unresponsive.

Zhang Yang sat in the coach's seat, watching C-Ronaldo's performance, and couldn't help but praise 'It's really C-Ronaldo'.

Last season's C-Ronaldo is still immature, this season's C-Ronaldo has matured much more, he not only shows excellent speed, explosiveness and foot skills, when it is time to cooperate with teammates, he will not carry the ball alone, every pass is also very steady, when the football reaches his feet, he needs to be 100% energetic to be vigilant, let alone grabbing, as long as he does not form a threat, it is already a successful defense.

Now Cristiano Ronaldo has shown the level of a true world-class star.

Millwall also made preparations.

If you want to say that in the entire Premier League, there are still some people who will underestimate C-Ronaldo, Zhang Yang is by no means one of them, he knows that players like C-Ronaldo can't deal with it too hard.

Regarding this response to C-Ronaldo, Zhang Yang arranged the 'crowd tactics', no matter how good his foot skills are and how fast the sprint speed is, whenever C-Ronaldo gets the ball, the fullbacks and fullbacks immediately go to defend, not seeking to grab the ball, as long as they force C-Ronaldo to pass, they will achieve the defensive purpose.

If Cristiano Ronaldo chooses to break through and succeeds in making a breakthrough, Braniff on the left side of the middle will also need to go over to make up for it.

That's Millwall's strategy.

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C-Ronaldo faced Millwall's 'a little shameless' defense, there are really not many ways, no matter how good his skills are, it is difficult to pass two players at once, with the middle of Braniff to supplement the defense, he is good at cutting inside and shooting, it is difficult to really play.

However, as long as Cristiano Ronaldo does not concede the ball, he is actually very useful, he attracts enough defensive attention to find opportunities and can play good passes.

This time, C-Ronaldo shook off Pire, saw Koncheski running over, and immediately pushed the ball sideways to the middle.

Wayne Rooney receives a pass!

There was a huge cheer from the stands, and the shouts of the United fans drowned out everything else.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Rooney had just stopped the ball when he was cut off by Livermore next to him, and then Manchester United's attack came to an end.

Rooney apologized to his teammates, feeling a little helpless.

C-Ronaldo faced a tight enough defense, but Rooney felt that the tall man next to him was more difficult than a few players on the other side, from the beginning of the game, this guy was by his side, and he had no way at all.

Livermore seems to have been born to restrain Rooney.

What Rooney is best at is using his strong body and explosiveness to dribble and impact, but he can't squeeze Livermore, Livermore's one-on-one defensive ability is quite strong, as long as Rooney doesn't pay attention, the football will be directly stealed.

Compared with C-Ronaldo's performance in the face of difficult defense, Rooney has been broken twice.

Now he's a little scared of his teammates passing the ball.

It's fine that the ball isn't at his feet, at least he won't be under pressure, but when the ball is at his feet, he has to face Livermore and will be afraid of being cut off again.

Just ten minutes into the opening period, Rooney had a shadow in his heart about Livermore.

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Millwall had been under pressure, opening with two waves of attacking action that failed to get into the 30-metre area in front of goal, but this time, they finally got the ball through.

Darren Bent gets a pass!

Manchester United's defense was suddenly tense, everyone knows how good Darren Bent's form is, last season Darren Bent ranked second in the scorer list, this season has only begun, Darren Bent firmly occupies the first place in the scorer list, the only one who can compete with him is the second striker Vardy, Millwall's ' In the 'dual-core' strategy, the positions of the two are somewhat conflicting, when Darren Bent played, Vardy rarely played, but with a few appearances, Darren Bent still scored eight league goals, an average of three or four goals per game.

Even Manchester United's luxury defence did not dare to underestimate Darren Bent, they knew that there was a goalscorer in front of them who was no less than Rooney, or even more threatening than Rooney.

When Darren Bent received the pass, all the cameras pointed over and everyone's attention was on him, even the Old Trafford commentator exclaimed, "Darren Bent!" Be sure to pay attention! It's too dangerous to be a football at his feet! Now anything can happen! Caution! Be cautious! ”

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson also has his sights set on Darren Bent.

This is a rare occurrence for Darren Bent, who receives a pass in a dangerous position, and the outside media believe that Darren Bent is one of the best strikers in the Premier League schedule, and only some Manchester United support the media, and strongly say that Rooney is stronger than Darren Bent, but anyone knows that in terms of goal statistics, Darren Bent is much better than Rooney.

But in terms of personal ability, how good is it?

Ferguson watched carefully.

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Darren Bent was very good on the ball, holding the ball firmly at his feet after receiving the pass, turning around and protecting the ball with his body, while also attracting enough defensive attention.

When Rio Ferdinand came running, Darren Bent had to face the pack on either side.

"Darren Bent is surrounded!" The narrator shouted.

Darren Bent really had nowhere to go, and it was difficult to pass the ball, but he didn't pass the ball, but suddenly swung his foot to the right, and at the same time his body deflected slightly to the right, Ferdinand, who followed him, subconsciously felt that Darren Bent was going to break through to the right.

"Don't let him pass!"

Ferdinand yelled.

Vidic immediately blocked the right side, but the next moment it was discovered that Darren Bent was not breaking through, but-

Shot!

Darren Bent swung his right foot with a small swing but pumped under the ball with great power, and he deceived Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic with his body movements, and unexpectedly chose to shoot, almost crooked, and the shot was quite threatening.

The ball flew off the line of the penalty area and quickly reversed and rushed to the left side of the goal.

"Whoosh......"

Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic looked at goal at the same time, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar had no time to do anything, but the ball flew out of bounds against the post.

"Hula......"

Manchester United skip a catastrophe!