Chapter 192: Dismantling and Adjusting
(Thanks to the newspaper for the tip!! )
The Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, was the main stadium of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, with nearly 70,000 seats, and is now full of spectators.
Tickets to the Champions League final are certainly not just given to home and away teams. Manchester United and Liverpool each split around 18,000 tickets, but that is included in the number of tickets sold to the public. The number of tickets sold to the public is almost 42,000, with most of the rest at UEFA's disposal.
UEFA will reserve nearly 25,000 tickets for sponsors, officials and partners. There are also tickets for a few thousand that are sold to fans through the Internet.
As far as the eye can see, the stadium is red. Manchester United were drawn in the red shirt at home, while Liverpool wore the white away kit. But many Liverpool fans also wore red home jerseys, which was auspicious and festive.
There were also many Chinese fans at the scene, who raised banners and waved flags in support of Kaisa. Huaxia is the first player to reach the semifinals and finals of the Champions League, and the most important thing is that he is still the top scorer in the Champions League this year, and he won the Premier League Golden Boot by the way.
Kaisa's crazy performance has made countless Chinese people proud, and every time he talks about it, he is like showing off his own children, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Woo...... Kai Sa Shuai cried, good man. ”
"Don't you like TVXQ?"
"How can a few sissies compare to Kaisa? That's whether a man is good or not. ”
Not only Huaxia fans, Kaisa also has a large number of foreign fans, who shout "kill" with broken Chinese...... Kill...... Killing ......" is deafening.
The camera swept over, and there were Kaisa's fans everywhere, there were many Chinese, and even more foreigners. There are also beautiful fans who hold children to support Kaisa, and the children are wearing Kaisa's No. 10 jersey, "Son, do you see it?" That's Kaisa, and you'll have to remember it for the rest of your life. ”
"Babbling"
Kaisa's fans are not all, other players also have fans, and Ronaldo has a lot of fans.
After the opening ceremony. The game begins.
The two teams are very familiar with each other, and there is no need to test at all, and the opening is to rush, dry, and whoever instigates him to go home to fish.
The Reds were very active on the flanks in the opening game, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs using their individual abilities to sprint into the defensive positions of Steven Gerrard and Pennant. It was difficult for them to move forward, so they could only retreat. Manchester United were active on the wings, the pressure in the midfield was suddenly relieved, and they also found an opportunity, Cristiano Ronaldo passed in and gave Rooney. Rooney adjusted, hit the goal, adjusted a little longer, and was destroyed.
Rafa Benitez knew United would be attacking both flanks. This is dictated by the characteristics of Liverpool's formation.
Liverpool's central axis is unmatched, goalkeeper Reina, midfielders Marcos Alonso, Hargreaves and Gerrard, and Torres up front, can play against any strong team in the Premier League. And Gerrard is the main attacker, the shooting is full of threat, Alonso is organized and well-organized, Hargreaves is the main defense, providing lateral coverage for the two, and the three work together perfectly and seamlessly.
In the Premier League, only Chelsea's combination of Frank Lampard, Ballack and Essien can be compared, Manchester United's Paul Scholes, Mascherano and Carrick can be compared.
However, Liverpool's squad has a natural weakness, which is that the squad is thin, and the backline and two wings are weak. This has always been the main target of other teams. Especially in the two league games against Manchester United, Liverpool could not solve the wide defense and could only lose.
Benitez thought of United's opening line-up and made a quick decision, Kuyt returned to the wing to help the defence, and Riser and Finnen at the back barely finished half the pitch to solidify the backline.
Liverpool fans like Reese and Finnen, because they are very hard-working, but in the top giants, they are not strong enough, and can only focus on defense or attack. Reeser is a typical example of attacking the strong and defending the weak.
Kuyt tangled Cristiano Ronaldo and United's wide attack was blocked. Both sides entered a state of anxiety.
Liverpool capitalised on Torres' impact and also created chances to threaten United's goal. Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic is struggling and Torres is so explosive that he has to be careful at all times.
In this Champions League final, it is a matter of who makes fewer mistakes, and neither side has a strong and boundless ability to pass and control. Manchester United are in better form, they also have Kaisa in the middle, Kaisa drops back to help comb the midfield and control the tempo. Kaisa has magical abilities, and the abilities of Zidane and Xiao Luo are gradually released by him, merging into one and making them more personal.
Ferguson's tactical style of play this season is becoming more and more continental, and the control of the middle is becoming more and more powerful. The cooperation of midfielders and the improvement of skills and tactics are one thing, but more importantly, the emergence of Kaisa.
If Manchester United is a traditional Premier League team, it integrates the technical and tactical play of the mainland, but in essence, it also uses the surprise ability of the side to tear up the space and reduce the pressure in the midfield. That's what Ferguson insisted on.
His dream of building a team with both skill and strength has now taken shape, and the most important thing is that Kaisa is in the middle, controlling the tempo of the front and slowing down Manchester United.
Manchester United is a ferocious bullfight, a hot-blooded young man, Manchester United. Ferguson's continental transformation has installed a reducer for the bullfight and has a certain amount of control, but when encountering a mainland technical giants and teams with super control, Manchester United will often find it difficult to exert force and be tactically restrained.
The emergence of Kaisa solved this problem, and Kaisa's passing control in the middle led Manchester United to slow down, allowing Manchester United's continentalization to complete the last step.
Ferguson sat on the sidelines, watching Kaisa control the ball, and kept thinking, if Kaisa left, would anyone else or other tactics take his place? Cristiano Ronaldo has offered to leave, and he can make up for it with tactics, but Kaisa can't make up for it.
Ferguson's technical and tactical skills are still improving. He is the best team manager, but few say Ferguson is a master tactician.
Kaisa controls the rhythm in the middle, the ball is dispatched by his feet, and Hargreaves keeps harassing, but he still can't prevent Kaisa from organizing the ball. Kaisa has also improved in the two legs of the match against AC Milan, and it has been much easier to face the grappling midfielder.
Kaisa made a 360-degree turn in the face of Hag, making room, looking at Ronaldo who cut inside, and sent the ball away.
C Roma received the ball, took a step, twisted the step, and shot violently.
Rumble!
Bad luck, Luo Yangtian sighed, helpless.
Rooney and Ronaldo frequently switch positions, that is, Giggs often appears in the middle, and Liverpool's formation is squeezed badly and passively beaten.
Benitez saw the move and immediately ordered Gerrard to retreat, ready to respond, Kuyt even defended back to the midfield, increasing the number of midfielders, Liverpool's formation was squeezed into 451, Torres at the front.
Agger disrupted Giggs' pass and broke the ball out, and Gerrard snatched the ball and played a long ball straight up front.
Let's sprint! Torres!
Torres is young now, extremely explosive, and with a little effort, he can pass Mascherano, no way, a natural advantage in speed.
Vidic grabbed and tied up into the second line of defense, Torres wiped it lightly, and dialed a thousand pounds in four or two, past Vidic, Vidic chased back, and his clothes were not pulled, embarrassed.
The third line of defence was Rio Ferdinand, who judged the pace of Torres and finally broke Torres' rhythm with the ball, and Patrice Evra responded with the ball on the side, took the ball away, immediately went down to the bottom, and assisted through the half.
If other Liverpool players come up, Torres has a passing point and is more threatening, but unfortunately everyone else is pressed at the back, and it is difficult for Torres to succeed in the attack.
"What a terrible impact." Ferguson watched in amazement. Manchester United began to observe Torres when he was 16 years old, but Torres renewed his contract with Atletico Madrid, which seemed to be a long-term stay at Atletico Madrid, and he had no idea of leaving, and was poached by Benitez.
After Patrice Evra came down, United were more numerous and more threatening, and Kaisa pulled to the top of the box to meet it.