Chapter 143: Getting Better

"Viduka, Viduka picks the ball away from Brown and shoots straight at goal......"

Although Yu Liang was mentally prepared, after confronting Viduka, Yu Liang understood how big the gap was with these top physical players. www.biquge.info In the moment of confrontation with Viduka, he thought of another person, Drogba, and crashed into them as if he were hitting a wall, being crushed mercilessly.

Watching Viduka easily pick Brown to complete the shot, Yu Liang chuckled inwardly, and while praying in his heart, he accelerated and rushed towards the goal.

In the flash of lightning, I saw Van der Sar kick a side pounce with both feet, and his hands directly blocked Viduka's shot on the goal line. But because Viduka's shot was powerful, Van der Sar didn't choose to hit and hold the ball, just blocked it.

The ball smashed into Van der Sar's hand and bounced back into the penalty area, Yu Liang ran on the route, watching the ball roll towards him, Yu Liang chose the safest way and kicked the ball directly out of the bottom line.

"Hoo ......"

After Van der Sar blocked Viduka's shot and Yu Liang cleared the ball and kicked out the line, Ferguson let out a long sigh of relief.

Although Yu Liang's disadvantage against Viduka was quite obvious, the subsequent timely clearance also reflected Yu Liang's positive attitude towards the game, which can be regarded as making up for his previous mistakes.

However, this time the crisis was not completely resolved, with a Middlesbrough corner.

Downing's corner kick from the right side, Yu Liang followed closely by Viduka's side, but when the football flew over them, Yu Liang still did not resist Viduka. Viduka, who was physically strong, pushed Yu Liang away with his hand, jumped directly and shook his head to attack the goal, and the ball flew out of the bottom line against the crossbar, shocking the Manchester United people in a cold sweat.

"Adjust, Alex, if you continue like this, you're going to concede goals! Yu Liang can't stop Viduka. ”

After breathing a sigh of relief, Queiroz directly suggested that Ferguson make adjustments. In these two rounds, it has been proven that Yu Liang is not only unable to help the defense at the back, but also has the potential to drag down the entire backline.

"Wait!"

Yu Liang suffered losses in both confrontations, of course Ferguson can see it, but he made Yu Liang not value Yu Liang's confrontation ability, but excellent positional sense and defensive awareness. It didn't show up in either confrontation, but to make adjustments now, he thinks it's a little too early.

After Viduka's header went over the crossbar, United were quick to organise an attack. Ryan Giggs played a through ball from the left, Middlesbrough centre-back Woodgate made a mistake in interception, and Alan Smith, who burst into the box from an offside position, missed a good chance to score.

Desperate to overtake the scoreline, Manchester United then stepped up their attack, but were too anxious and lacked threat due to frequent mistakes in midfield. Middlesbrough also struggled to get past Manchester United's midfield, with the two sides tangling in midfield for some time.

In the 60th minute, Middlesbrough attacked.

This time, it was Middlesbrough's other striker Yakubu who found Yu Liang. Although Yakubu's body was not as strong as Viduka, he still firmly stuck Yu Liang behind him, and then waved his hand to signal his teammates to pass the ball.

The Middlesbrough midfielder saw that Yakubu was stuck in his position and immediately kicked a through ball.

At this time, Yu Liang, who was stuck behind Yakubu, couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart.

If he is stuck behind him like this, what role can he play in defense? From the moment he came on the pitch, he found himself to be a breakthrough point for Middlesbrough, first with Viduka and now with Yakub.

He must be guarded against!

Yu Liang made up his mind in his heart.

Yu Liang pushed Yakubu, but it had little effect. Although Yakubu was pushed forward by him and moved two steps forward, his two arms were still like iron pincers, and they stuck him. What's more, after he pushed Yakubu, Yakubu's hands tugged at his jersey tightly, making it even harder for him to do anything defensively.

"Uncle's ......"

After scolding secretly, seeing that Yakubu received the football, Yu Liang simply stepped back.

As soon as Yu Liang withdrew, Yakubu immediately lost his center of gravity. Originally, he put his focus on Yu Liang's body, and Yu Liang constantly exerted pressure behind him at that time, pushing him outward, so that after receiving the ball, he could use Yu Liang's strength to complete the turn. Now that Yu Liang hastily retreated, he directly lost his center of gravity and retreated backwards.

Seeing that Yakubu had lost his center of gravity, Yu Liang immediately spread out his hands, and then quickly rushed past Yakubu's side, poked the ball before Yakubu, and completed the steal.

"Beautiful. That's it! ”

Ferguson, who was sitting on the bench, waved his fist excitedly after seeing Yu Liang complete the steal on the backline.

After breaking the ball, Yu Liang did not immediately hand the ball to Carrick.

After looking up and observing, Yu Liang made a long pass directly to the right. But Ronaldo was unable to get the ball, Yu Liang's pass was too powerful, and it was directly intercepted by the opponent's player in the air.

Seeing that his long pass was not in place, Yu Liang shook his head with some dissatisfaction.

This kind of long pass, he hasn't used it in the game for a long time, and it seems to be a little rusty.

Although the long pass is not in place, Yu Liang's defense this time is quite good.

After a long delay in finding the back of the net, United made a substitution, bringing on King Dong and Alan Smith.

King Dong's arrival brought more pressure to the Middlesbrough backline, and the pressure on Yu Liang's backline was reduced a lot for a while. With the involvement of the front court and the strength of the midfield, Manchester United gradually took control of the situation on the field, pressing Middlesbrough into the back 40 metre area.

Despite dominating the game and creating a few chances, United were unable to overtake the scoreline.

Middlesbrough made their first change of the game after Wayne Rooney's shot went wide of the post, replacing striker Yakubu for South Korean Lee Dong-guk.

After Li Dongguo came on the court, he directly faced Yu Liang.

Standing with Yu Liang, Li Dongguo is nearly a head taller, and his advantage is naturally very obvious.

As United stepped up their attack, Middlesbrough struggled to organise an effective attack, and after the attack was pushed past half-time, they went straight to the cross, hoping to use the impact of Viduka and Li Dongguo's advantage against Yu Liang to form an attack.

"Uncle's!"

watched Middlesbrough pass the high ball directly diagonally on the side, and scolded directly.

Isn't that bullying him?

This time, Yu Liang did not defend Li Dongguo like he had defended Yakubu before, but rushed directly towards the football, as if he wanted to clear the ball before Li Dongguo.

South Korea's Lee Dong-guk is an experienced striker who played in the '98 World Cup with South Korea, and then spent a brief loan spell in Bremen in the Bundesliga before spending the season at Middlesbrough.

But after seeing Yu Liang rushing towards the football, Li Dongguo also ran over.

It's an instinct.

He thought that Yu Liang would be able to jump and clear the siege.

As a result, after Yu Liang rushed over, he immediately ran back with a reflex.

was shaken by Yu Liang like this, Li Dongguo didn't know what Yu Liang was thinking, but when he jumped up and wanted to unload the football, he found that he had jumped early, and the football flew directly against his scalp.

At this time, Yu Liang, who had already run back, lightly jumped his forehead to meet the football a little, and directly pointed to the retreating Carrick, Carrick received the ball and turned to attack, and Manchester United launched a counterattack again...... (To be continued.) )