Chapter 177: Deterrence
'It's the final, we have a chance and we have to keep scoring goals.' Ferguson roared in the dressing room, "In the second half, Kaisa came on and squeezed their midfield to create space for the players in the back. ”
Kaisa nodded, just waiting for your words!
Alex Ferguson set up another tactic, the morale of the team was high, and it suddenly felt like he could turn Chelsea around. On the other side, Mourinho was also making arrangements, screaming and the Chelsea players were very quiet.
"Come on! Brothers! 'Mourinho mobilized at the last minute.
At the start of the second half, Manchester United's Smith was substituted and Kaisa came on. Jose Mourinho immediately frowned, Ferguson changed too quickly, and his little hope was now completely shattered.
When the Chelsea players saw Kaisa, they immediately reacted to Mourinho's arrangement, defending Kaisa, you must be aggressive, and the midfielder must not be flattened, otherwise the game will not be playable.
After Kaisa came on the field, he appeared in the midfield position and did not press forward. The front is still left to Rooney, Ryan Giggs and Saha.
Chelsea still had the initiative, but when Kaisa had the ball, they couldn't make a tackle. Kaisa combed through Manchester United's attack, and the front trio suddenly came alive, frequently threatening Chelsea's goal.
Mourinho is even more depressed, this game is not easy to play, and Manchester United is also a team that can't suffocate with a stick, and it has to continue to grind.
With the score ahead, Chelsea played calmly and without impatience, but it was Manchester United's passing speed that kept going up and down, getting faster and faster.
Park Ji-sung keeps running, as long as Kai Sa makes a gesture, he will run to the end, which is his ability to establish himself at Manchester United.
Kaisa received the ball, faced with the assistance of Ballack and Essien, unhurried, controlled the ball, Ballack was difficult to get down, and Essien couldn't understand Kaisa's rhythm and didn't know how to deal with it.
Wayne Rooney and Saha suddenly accelerated, Kaisa followed closely and picked the ball over, Lampard jumped up to block, Kaisa's pass was accurately calculated, just over Lampard's head, not giving Lampard a chance.
There was no way to block the pass, Essien had already turned around and chased after him, blocking Saha who was holding the ball, Saha was very fast, and if he sprinted, it would be equally difficult to defend.
Essien and Frank Lampard chased back to keep Saha out of danger. Saha has a high goal rate this season and is quite fit, not easy.
All the attention of Terry and Carvalho was also on Saha. As for full-backs Diarra and Bridge, they have long been taken away by Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-sung. Chelsea's defence is stretched thin and it seems that there are not enough of them.
Mourinho instinctively sensed that something was wrong and jumped to the side to tell the players not to pay too much attention to Saha, who was enough to defend alone.
But it can't be helped, he's just a coach, and he can't decide the judgment of the players on the field. He just felt that Kaisa still had a plan, and after Kaisa passed, his body didn't move at all, waiting for Saha to pass back.
Sure enough, Saha grabbed everyone's attention and then returned the ball to Kaisa.
Kaisa smiled slightly, Saha's pass was on time, he has the quality to play for Manchester United, and if his fitness level is improved, he can develop better.
Rooney follows Kaisa's rhythm and steps forward! Kaisa's ball was passed just out and stuffed through.
What I was looking for was the gap between Terry and Bridge, the gap between the two was a bit big, and Terry had a ghost in his heart...... It's not good to get too close to Bridge. The gap he left behind was exploited by Kaisa.
Rooney stepped in and just received the ball from Kaisa, and without any adjustment, he shot directly with his feet.
Sou!
Stick to the earth, the speed is fast, and it goes directly to the network.
Petr Cech went to the ground, but it was too late, the ball was too fast, and he could only look at the ball and sigh.
In the 60th minute, Kaisa went straight to the goal, Rooney scored, and Manchester United equalised.
2:2。
Chelsea's advantage is gone. Kaisa's arrival directly changed the situation on the field, and Manchester United's chances suddenly more than doubled.
Mourinho covered his face and scolded Briech in his heart, he should have defended his position, he pulled out a meter and a half to give Rooney enough space. Wayne Rooney was lurking next to him and had the opportunity to cut into the box at any moment.
After the equaliser, Mourinho immediately changed his tactics and intensified his attack, not giving Manchester United a chance to get excited.
Frank Lampard swapped positions with Ballack to strengthen his long-range shots.
After Manchester United's goal, Chelsea's counterattack had long been anticipated, and it was immediately recovered, Saha and Rooney both returned to the half-court defense, and Kaisa switched positions with Rooney, raised the high position, and prepared to counterattack.
Ryan Giggs even stepped back to a central midfield position to strengthen the defence against Frank Lampard, who knows all too well the quality of his long-range shots, and if he is given a chance, United will have a chance.
The League Cup, which originally did not have much gold content, became as exciting as the Champions League final because of the performance of the two teams.
Chelsea were in the upper hand, with Park Ji-sung running for a full 75 minutes, covering more than 12,000 metres, and almost collapsed, and Ferguson rushed to replace him.
Mascherano came on to strengthen his control in midfield. According to Ferguson's plan, he intends to build Mascherano with Carrick and Paul Scholes into Manchester United's invincible midfield combination.
All three are very strong, they can control the ball, they can pass the ball and control the tempo, no matter what team, it is difficult to defend against such a player. Add to that the defensive duo of the likes of Fletcher and Mikel, and Manchester United's midfield line will be invincible.
It's a pity that after running in for most of the season, the combination of Mascherano, Carrick and Scholes did not release much power, several people have one thing in common, that is, the breakthrough ability is insufficient, Scholes shoots from a long distance very well, but he is old, the defensive speed is very slow, and he is easy to eat cards.
Mascherano and Carrick's poor goalscoring ability limits their threat, while Carrick still scored and Mascherano didn't score a single goal.
Kaisa has become the absolute trump card of Manchester United, organization, breakthroughs, goals, assists, proficient in everything, almost no shortcomings, difficult for any team to deal with. Mourinho's biggest concern is Kaisa's deterrence.
He did a lot of preparation before the game, which was to guard against Kaisa's passes. But against Chelsea today, Kaisa first nested in the backfield and paralyzed the Chelsea players. After setting up Wayne Rooney's equaliser, he was up front to threaten the Chelsea defence.
If Kaisa is there, Chelsea's defenders will not dare to dare to lean on it. If Kaisa is given a chance, they will surely die.
The two sides were in a state of scorching, and the game was fast approaching 85 minutes and it was time to go to extra time. Kaisa got the ball, and Essien immediately rushed over, grabbed up, got down, and did it all in one go.
I'd rather give you set-pieces than give Kaisa a chance to dribble. That's Chelsea's last resort.
Kaisa stood up and kicked a few times, but his body was fine. Strong physical fitness is good. Evans, who was preparing for set-piece tactics, and Pique looked at Kaisa together, with a look of longing, "When will I have such a strong body?" ”
Drogba was also surprised, Kaisa's physical fitness was not worse than him at all, and his flexibility was even better, which was scary.
Giggs saw the timing and kicked off and Kaisa received the ball. There were people in the penalty area, and when I clicked it, the ball jumped high, and my feet moved, past Carvalho, and I did the same thing again......
This is? Ferguson stood up, the action seemed similar, last year's League Cup final, one of Kaisa's goal-scoring actions, I thought it was impossible to replicate at the time, but I didn't expect Kaisa to use it again.