Chapter 49: Substitute Meritorious Service
Brian Kidd is a very careful coach, he has paid great attention to Andy since he came to Manchester United, all Andy's training plans including extra training are formulated by him, it can be said that he is by Andy's side all the time, every day Andy's training data, every technical statistics, game data of the match he knows, all of this is based on Brian Kidd's positioning of Andy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
He was a genius, a genius among geniuses.
This comment is based on his understanding of Andy's time in this period, as a veteran coach who has been an academy coach for four years to develop Manchester United's 92 golden generation, and has created Manchester United's running system with Alex Ferguson, he has every reason to trust his judgment of Andy.
But today's conversation with Alex Ferguson still made him a little resentful, he admitted that he is indeed not as experienced and authoritative as Alex Ferguson, and understands his use of Andy, but understanding does not mean agreeing, he always thinks that Andy, who has shown good form in training during this time, is qualified to play in such a game, you must know that Andy's growth, intelligence, and attacking power make him feel gratified.
Alex Ferguson went on with his job after a few shallow words with his assistant coach, but he didn't realize that his hard work was not understood by Brian Kidd at all.
"Maybe I should have thought about being a head coach instead of being an assistant coach all the time." Brian Kidd thinks about the few Premier League teams he has been in contact with.
On 12 August 1998, three days before the start of the Premier League, Manchester United welcomed their European Champions League qualifiers at Old Trafford.
Andy was very disappointed when he heard Brian Kidd announce the roster before the game, he always thought that he would be able to play in such a game that was not very important, including his teammates who had told him this in the past few days, but Nicky Bart replaced Roy Keane on the court, and even Phil Neville also played, but without him.
Andy wanted to question the coach at first, but he controlled his emotions very well, but when the overall situation was decided, the indescribable tension in his heart was finally swept away, and it was replaced by a sense of relief and a kind of relief.
No one doesn't want to play, and Andy is the same, but the manager's arrangement always has his reasons, this is his right, and Andy can only comfort himself with this thought.
Seeing assistant coach Brian Kidd look at his faint resentful eyes, he couldn't help but want to laugh, thinking about the days ago that he tortured himself, but now he seems to be dissatisfied with his failure to play, what a lovely person.
The game began, with Andy sitting on the bench at Manchester United and observing the situation on the pitch.
The Lodz team clearly wanted to draw at Manchester United's home stadium, so their line-up was defensive-oriented, leaving only one striker who looked like a speed in the front, while the other 10 players have been huddled at the back since the start of the game.
As the game progressed, the iron bucket defense of the Lodes team allowed Manchester United to firmly suppress the opponent in the front, and in the cheering of more than 50,000 spectators, Manchester United's attack wave after wave, Andy Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the front line got a lot of opportunities, but the opponent's defense was too sharp, and the two of them were not able to shoot comfortably in the penalty area, and were basically knocked down or destroyed by the opponent's tall defenders in the process of getting the ball.
'Lodz put all 10 men in front of the goal, and United had no choice but to shoot from outside the box again and again, look at the turf and dirt on poor Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, you know what happened to them!' BBC radio commentator Jonathan Brown, who was the commentator for the game. Pierce mocked the Lodes defense in a mocking tone. …,
Alex Ferguson is helpless in the face of this kind of dense defensive situation, especially in the first half when the opponent is full of energy, so should he blame the opposing coach for why everyone doesn't play together?
The first half ended in such a fruitless situation, with United taking full control of the game but unable to open the doors.
During the 15 minutes of rest in the dressing room, Alex Ferguson focused on the two strikers to move quickly after getting the ball, not to be afraid of fouls, he hoped to use David Beckham's free kick to break the deadlock, and he also told the two full-backs to tell them not to drag the ball when they take it, try to be concise, take the ball and cross decisively, and Andy Cole's task is to get close to the opponent's goal and wait for the opportunity.
At the start of the second half, Manchester United continued to dominate the field, but were unable to score.
For Lodz, playing away from home and against a big club like Manchester United, they lost a little less on the road and they were like a winner, and they put all their hopes on their home games, so even if the hope was slim, they still put 12 points of strength to defend.
The tall Lodz players are very tenacious in defense, at least 5-6 people stand in their penalty area, and other players have been making up for the periphery, Manchester United's 2 side crosses are indeed very accurate, but in the face of this situation, their passes are not always able to fall on the heads of their opponents, and Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's height is only about 1.8 meters, although the ability to grab points is excellent, but they can only look at the ball and sigh when they are drowned in a group of people.
More than an hour passed before the time passed, and there were less than thirty minutes left in the game, and seeing that time was running out, Brian Kidd walked up to Alex Ferguson and said, "Let Andy play, he definitely helps with this format!" ”
Alex Ferguson glanced at his old buddy, and he turned his head to look at Andy who was watching the game on the bench.
"Andy, go warm up." Alex Ferguson commanded.
Andy has been watching the situation on the pitch from the bench intently, and although Manchester United's attack is fierce at the moment, it is essentially only carried out on the edge of the penalty area, and the Lodes team's defense in the box is almost leaky, and Manchester United's attack can barely penetrate it. Looking at the united expressions on the faces of the Lodz defenders not far away, Hoy suddenly had a strong sense of coming on the field, which was a natural psychological reaction, and it was at this time that he heard Alex Ferguson call his name.
Andy excitedly agreed, then stood up, ran to the sidelines and began to warm up, moving the joints of his body.
"Andy Chan started his warm-up on the sidelines and it seems that Coach Alex Ferguson is ready to use the 17-year-old as a surprise soldier once again, using his good physicality to attack the opposition goal, now let these Poles suffer the taste of being hit!" BBC commentator Jonathan. Pierce began to make fun of the Polish team, as an Englishman, he could not accept that Manchester United had not opened the door to this Polish team until now, and in his eyes, the Polish team was a weak team both in the national team and the club.
After Andy finished warming up, Ferguson called Andy over.
"Andy, you use your speed and impact to take the ball to the box as much as you can, and use your height to grab more points in the box, you go and tell Kerr to ambush you and try to take every opportunity."
Andy nodded heavily, he liked this arrangement, he liked to charge on the front line of the team.
Soon after a dead-ball chance, Andy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had been substituted, embraced and stepped on the turf of Old Trafford for the first time. …,
"Big Andy, the coach said I'm in front of you, try to concentrate the ball at my feet, I'll break through." Andy, who ran onto the field, went straight to Cole.
"No problem, you have to help me get revenge, you see how many times they have knocked me down." Kerr was not resistant to such an order at all, he didn't want to be scarred in a game like this after suffering a serious injury last year, and he actually preferred the position of nine and a half to the center up front, so he replied with a smile.
The head coach of the Polish team Lodz watched in disbelief at the moment when the game had changed.
The score was still the same, but his defenders were under the onslaught of a human beast.
The Manchester United players also sensed the change in the situation since Andy came on the pitch, so they focused the ball at his feet again and again.
Andy controlled the ball in this way, constantly impacting the opponent's defense, shooting himself when he had the opportunity, and creating a free kick when the opponent did not have the opportunity.
In the ten minutes that Andy has been on the pitch, Manchester United have taken three free kicks, although the position is not very good, and the opponent's wall is quite dense so there is no score, but everything is going in a good direction.
Andy's long-range shot in the penalty area caused the opposition goalkeeper to get out of his hands, but Cole's tackle was slightly off the line, but despite this, Kerr gave Andy a thumbs up.
The second half has been going on for more than 20 minutes, and the Lodes team is already out of breath, feeling tired, and every time they defend, they have to use their best to defend every time, and since the young player has come on the field, he has deliberately used his body to contact them, and they have been playing for almost 70 minutes, and they are already feeling physically exhausted.
David Beckham was in control of the ball at his feet, and he saw that Andy was determined to give the ball to him, even though he was being looked at by his opponent.
Looking at the ball rolling rapidly, Andy quickly ran down to catch the ball, when his back was pushed against his opponent with his arm.
Defending Andy is the Lodz defensive midfielder Dells, an experienced veteran player, who put his arm against Andy's waist, hoping to force Andy to make the next move with this reasonable defensive move.
But Dells' calculations were completely ineffective in front of Andy, who kicked the ball forward the moment he received the ball, and wiped it with a deft turn.
After all, Dells is a thirty-five-year-old veteran, and his physical flexibility is far less than when he was young, and he couldn't react to Andy's sudden change.
Andy continued to rush forward with the ball, seeing that the distance from the penalty area was getting closer and closer, another defender of the opposing team rushed up, Andy made a sharp stop in the run, and the opposing player also stopped the action accordingly, and at that moment, Andy immediately started again and broke through him like that.
Seeing that Andy had rushed to the big penalty area, the opposing team's 2 defenders pounced together, Andy observed the situation in the penalty area, but he originally wanted to pass the ball but found that each teammate was marked by defenders around him, and his passing route had been blocked in his hesitation.
Faced with this situation, Andy clenched his arms fearlessly, and the ball under his feet went forward hard, and his body rushed forward, and he directly hit the opposing player at the moment when he closed the door.
In the surprised eyes of the audience and players, Andy squeezed through the crack in the door.
Andy had already caught up with the football when he stumbled a little, and after he took a few steps forward, he found that the last defender of the opposing team had rushed up, and immediately kicked the ground with his left foot, and aimed at the goal with a swing leg of his right foot.
Facing the goal, Andy's powerful shot went straight to the top left corner of the goal like a cannonball.
Although the goalkeeper of the Lodz team was quick enough to react and stretch his body well enough, he was still slow in the face of Andy's inevitable shot, and his hand had just arrived when the ball whistled past.
At this time, he could only look at the ball and sigh.
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