Chapter 766: God-like Cristiano Ronaldo
With the arrival of Ballack, Chelsea's two centre-backs have an extra layer of protection in front of them, and the pressure on John Terry is not as great as before, and the pressure on the whole backline has also decreased.
Defense and offense are mutual, and since the defensive ability has increased, the number of counterattacks has also increased, which makes Ferguson fearful, and the number of troops invested in the attack has never dared to increase.
Originally, he hoped that Cristiano Ronaldo and others would take Terry off before Chelsea made personnel changes, but Mourinho reacted very quickly and found a solution within minutes of discovering the problem, especially after the defensive counter-attack, which worried Ferguson.
Whether it is Ballack or Lampard, there is a precise long pass, coupled with Modric's speed and short pass, whether it is a fast long pass counterattack or a quick pass to speed up the counterattack, it will be a threat to the existing Manchester United lineup, O'Shea is very high, so the director zhì He is not fast enough to chase back, but now the team's right-back is scarce, there is no better choice, can only be used.
Ryan Giggs is 36 years old and his fitness is his weakness.
So Ferguson opted to replace Ryan Giggs with South Korean Park Ji-sung, using his fitness and willpower to take over Fletcher's job.
Fletcher is a midfielder who is known for running and intercepting, his main task is to defend, he is physically strong, very good at intercepting and tackles, and he has a lot of physical range of movement, which is a good protection for his own backline, plus the ability to insert back is also good, if he is placed alone in the back to defend Iello is too wasteful of talent.
Ferguson did this to make the most of it.
At this time, Ailo mixed garlic at his feet to make the ball a little bigger, and O'Shea fell to the ground to kick the ball out of the sideline with the advantage of his height and legs, and the referee signaled for a substitution on the sidelines.
Park Ji-sung stood next to the fourth official holding aloft the substitution electronic card.
Suddenly, it caused a scream from the South Korean commentator on the scene: "Haha, at the most critical moment of Manchester United, the first thing that the old coach Ferguson thought of was Park Ji-sung of our country, and I believe that in his mind, Park Ji-sung is a super substitute!" The next game is up to you, Park Ji-sung!! Smecta ......"
The Korean students who came to watch the game also cheered up as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, holding up the prepared slogans and howling non-stop, but in the frenzied new Wembley Stadium, their voices could not be extended at all.
And after a minute, the excited South Korean fans had to stop screaming.
Because...... Park Ji-sung on the court was defending Iroh when he was being pierced by the latter twice in a row, playing like a monkey.
"Ai's foot skills are really fancy!" Boas laughed beside him.
Mourinho turned his head to look at his assistant, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Yes, if Ai wants to play tricks, he must be more fancy than Cristiano Ronaldo, but he doesn't like to do that, because practicality is king!" He also realizes that practicality is very important and will only be used if it is a patient drain on the opposing defenders......
"Oh? And what's going on? Boas asked, confused.
Mourinho laughed but didn't say anything.
Sure enough, in the third minute when Park Ji-sung was substituted, he had to foul behind him because he was divided by the ball by the Arlo people, and the referee gave him a yellow card.
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Park Ji-sung received a yellow card after three minutes on the field, which made Ferguson extremely annoyed, there are still more than 20 minutes in the game, and getting a yellow card now is completely equivalent to restricting his hands and feet, if he can't control his feelings, then it is not impossible to get a second yellow card and be sent off before the end of the game.
Ferguson was a little impatient, and the attack that had just picked up became passive again.
So after thinking for a while, Ferguson took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to call Fletcher to his side, signaling him to take care of the defense of Iello while taking care of the defense in the middle.
In those few minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Iroh both had good chances with their team-mates, but due to luck and the goalkeeper's performance, they always missed the goal.
Under normal circumstances, the game does not reach the watershed of the players on both sides until about 75 minutes, but because this game is under the acceleration of Ailo and Cristiano Ronaldo, the general consumption is too large, except for the players who replaced the players on the field in the second half, the physical fitness of the other players has dropped significantly by 70 minutes.
Like Fletcher, who has a large running range, is a clear example of this.
However, many players on the pitch should be able to survive it, after all, the Premier League has always been known for its high confrontation, if there is no abundant physical strength to ensure it, how can you hold on to the end?
Of course, Chelsea, who are now in the lead, are not in a hurry and can use continuous passing to drain the opponent's energy as much as possible in attack.
But what I didn't expect was that it was Chelsea who were the first to make mistakes due to a decline in fitness.
In the 76th minute, Chelsea's attack developed from the left to the right, and Iello slowly ran to the middle, so Anelka, who was closer to the right, pulled to the right to respond, and the man reached the ball.
Anelka was ready to use the technical breakthrough at his feet in the face of the defense of his fellow French countryman Evra, but the technical action was not done well due to the decline in physical fitness, but was cut off by Evra's decisive outstretched foot, and Fletcher, who was protecting from the side, directly sent the ball passed by Evra to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was diagonally forward and close to the sideline.
"Whoa, whoa,, Chelsea, these wretched!"
Just close to the left side of United's second-half attack were Manchester United fans, who roared hoarsely when they saw Cristiano Ronaldo with the ball.
Cristiano Ronaldo faced Frank Lampard's on-the-spot counter-attack, made a feint with his right shoulder sinking to cut across to the middle, and then slammed the ball to the side with the arch of his right foot.
At this point in the race, Cristiano Ronaldo's fitness also dropped a bit, and he didn't use his speed to accelerate as he did before.
Ivanovic, who was about to reclaim to the middle to cover Frank Lampard, turned around and headed for his own defensive right, and Lampard chased after him with his own tireless efforts.
However, just as Lampard was about to catch up with Cristiano Ronaldo, the latter suddenly used the inside of his right foot to slam the ball towards Ivanovic's side and accelerated!
The roars of the United fans near the stands were even more intense.
In the blink of an eye, Cristiano Ronaldo has already led Ivanovic from three positions behind, the latter knew that the speed could not be beaten, so he fell to the ground and slid the tackle while the football was close to the sideline, ready to destroy the ball out of the sideline, but what he never expected was that Cristiano Ronaldo stabbed the football forward first, and the excellent explosiveness was vividly displayed at this moment!
The stands erupted in shouts.
After breaking through Ivanovic, Cristiano Ronaldo directly increased his speed, facing Mikel's supplemental defense, his trademark high-speed emergency stop left heel knocked the ball horizontally, Mikel was too late to brake due to excessive momentum, and could only watch Cristiano Ronaldo kill to the middle.
Terry didn't dare to come forward to foul because of a yellow card, but just stepped back in rhythmic small steps.
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After Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly accelerated past Ivanovic and Mikel, he had reached the 30-metre area of Chelsea's defense, Terry was afraid of his yellow card, and always kept a safe distance from Cristiano Ronaldo, just when he was only five meters away from the big penalty line, he knew that he could not continue to retreat, he had to fight!
At this moment, Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly played tricks, and his upper body changed his center of gravity continuously and drastically as he pedaled the bicycle under his feet.
"Riding a bicycle continuously, Terry is going to be in danger!!" Lineker suddenly felt bad and exclaimed.
The Chelsea fans in the stands were nervous as Cech was left with only John Terry, Alex and Ashley Cole in front of him, with Alex unable to help Terry with Berbatov on his heels, as did Ashley Cole, gritting his teeth and trying to catch Wayne Rooney.
"Past him, pass him, pass him, pass him!!"
The MUTV commentator shouted excitedly.
Terry was almost dazzled by Cristiano Ronaldo's continuous cycling, and he knew he was already close to the big penalty area, so he knew he had to have a choice!
Between the lightning and flint, he saw Cristiano Ronaldo's left shoulder sinking solemnly, and said in his heart: "Right! ”
But...... When Terry decisively fell to the right and tackled, Cristiano Ronaldo's left foot quickly slid over the ball and the arch of his left foot dunked the ball to the right, which is to the left of Terry's defensive position!
"Oops!"
By the time Terry realised he had misjudged, he couldn't make a second defensive move in a short period of time, and could only watch as Cristiano Ronaldo swept past his left at high speed.
"It's over, it's ...... Great opportunity! The MUTTV commentator slammed to his feet in excitement.
Cristiano Ronaldo stepped across the penalty line and, to the chanting of United fans in the stands, adjusted the ball with the outside of his right foot and fired it towards goal before Alex fell to the ground.
Cech's reaction was extremely swift, and he swooped sideways with a 'whoosh' and a beautiful movement.
But Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was from a tricky angle and close to the ground, with the ball grazing between Cech's left fingers and across the goal line at high speed......
Then the ball rises high and falls again......
“Oh-My-God!! Godlike Cristiano Ronaldo! ”