Wayne Rooney ran back on the pitch and exchanged a few words with a few team-mates, with a couple of times aiming at the Leeds United goal. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sure enough, as soon as the throw-in was thrown, United launched an onslaught, and the two full-backs also pressed past the midfield and became involved in the attack.

"Back to the defense!" Xu Yifei waved his hands and beckoned his teammates.

After three passes and two downs, the ball came to Rooney, and this time he planned to bypass Xu Yifei and switch to Ashleyyan's right side to try to create a numerical advantage on this side.

Ashley Young had a strong desire to attack and was ready to respond early.

Carrick is behind Rooney's side, forming a protection.

Xu Yifei's first task is to keep an eye on Rooney and immediately stick it up to interfere.

Rooney no longer sticks to the ball and is very crisp with the ball. However, to everyone's surprise, he did not pass it to Ashley Young, who ran out of space in front of him, but knocked his heel and handed it to Carrick in the back.

'Carrick got the ball, he had a lot of space around him, at least 10 metres away, there were no opposing players. He can pass it on now or bring it himself, see what he does? ”

"After Rooney's pass, he immediately ran to the space at the edge of the box, he was asking for the ball!"

Xu Yifei hesitated slightly, and then followed Rooney back to the top of the penalty area, he didn't dare to let Lu Xiaopang get the ball here!

Carrick took two big steps forward. At this time, Murphy is coming from the flank, and he is trying to stop Carrick! ”

Out of the corner of his eye, Carrick saw Murphy chasing back and took the ball decisively. 45 degree angle cross! ”

"The ball was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had passed in front of the goal, and no one on either side could get it!"

The ball flew to the back post and Fellaini arrived on the horse! I saw his explosive head flick and push the ball into the near corner! ”

"1 to 1! In the final moments of the first half, Manchester United equalised with a goal from Michael Carrick and assisted Marouane Fellaini! ”

Leeds United complained that Fellaini was offside, and the referee looked at the linesman, but the linesman did not raise the flag.

The referee circled his finger to signal that the goal was valid, then looked at his watch and blew the whistle at the end of midfield.

'Marouane Fellaini has been in inconsistent form since joining Manchester United at the start of the season, and has been slow to put in a convincing performance. Moyes asked him to continue to start today, but in fact, there was a lot of pressure. Fortunately, Fellaini stepped up when he was needed the most and repaid Moyes' trust with a goal. ”

'Leeds United defended very problematicly just now and there were serious leaks at the back post. It was almost the only negligence they had in the first half, and they paid a terrible price for conceding a goal! ”

"Against an opponent like Manchester United, you can't afford to be careless. A look at the slow-motion replay shows that United's attack was originally launched on the right flank, with Leeds' defenders almost completely drawn in.

Rooney's running for the ball was also deceptive, and he attracted the defense of Xu Yifei and Wooton.

And in the box, there was also the Dutch assassin Van Persie, with Byram and Pierce all focused on him.

This series led to an unguarded back post. ”

In fact, in the process of Fellaini cutting forward, Leeds United's right midfielder Michael . Don should have come back to keep an eye on it, but he only gave up after a few symbolic steps back. If he had been following Fellaini all the time, I wouldn't have said he would have managed to disrupt the attack, but at least it wouldn't have made Fellaini's goal so easy. ”

"Yes, Michael Tang does have to take responsibility for the goal conceded, but to be honest, it was Rooney's back-heel pass that was the key to the goal. His pass gave Carrick a very relaxed environment to take the ball. You see, Carrick is dribbling forward and watching the situation on the field. He waited until he saw Fellaini cut in at high speed on the left before he got up and passed the ball. ”

"Indeed, because no one interfered, Carrick's cross was very well placed, just past the front and middle points, leaving the Leeds defenders completely unable to fight for the top, and the goalkeeper had nothing to do but watch the ball pass in front of the goal!"

"If, I mean, if Xu Yifei didn't follow Rooney at that time, but rushed up to interfere with Carrick, would it not have caused this conceded goal?"

"Then it's going to be a two-on-one with Carrick and Wayne Rooney, who will have the ball at the top of the box and no one will come up to defend him. In front of him, there are two centre-backs from Robin van Persie and Leeds United. Rooney can either get up and hit the goal with his own feet, or feed Van Persie very calmly, or even burst into the penalty area by himself to form a two-on-two. Such a situation is still very dangerous for Leeds United. ”

"Yes, it seems that Xu Yifei's choice is right. It was Murphy who failed to keep an eye on Carrick, and he rushed over to interfere after the other party took two big steps, and it was too late.

Therefore, the goal was conceded this time because Leeds United's midfielders were careless, whether it was Murphy or Michael Tang, who had problems defending United's off-the-ball personnel. ”

"That's what we've been saying repeatedly, defense is not a matter of one person or a few people, it's not a question of how many defenders there are, defense is a team-wide thing, from strikers to forwards, to midfielders, to defenders, including the last goalkeeper, which should form a tight defensive system.

The moment the opponent gets the ball, the whole team immediately switches to defense. Specifically, the opposing personnel should press the ball holder at the first time, and at the same time other players should keep an eye on the opponent's non-ball personnel, the forward line, the forward line, the guard line, the distance between the three lines should be reduced as soon as possible, and the formation should be kept compact to form effective protection between each other. It is necessary to build layers of interceptions behind the opponent's teammates, especially to pay attention to the important areas such as the top of the arc of the penalty area and the two ribs.

Leeds have made at least two mistakes in the case of Leeds United. The first is that there is no one to effectively obstruct the ball carrier. Second, there is no defense on the right rib of the penalty area. ”

"Thank you Director Zhang for your wonderful review. Take a break and enjoy the first half of the game. ”

Back in the dressing room, the Leeds United players were a little depressed and clearly regretting the late goal.

"Hey, what are you doing? Did we lose? Xu Yifei felt the need to say a few words to boost morale, "No! It's Old Trafford, it's Manchester United's home stadium, but we didn't lose!

We're here to win!

Luke, you scored a goal in the first half, tell me, what was that like? ”

"Cool!" Murphy remembered his goal and shouted excitedly.

"Is it difficult?" Xu Yifei asked.

"Difficult? No, no, no! Murphy loudly denied, "It was almost my easiest goal!" ”

"Listen! Old Trafford's goal is not difficult to break down, it is even very simple! Xu Yifei raised his index finger and asked, "Who wants to score in the second half?" ”