Compared to the tactical changes in the home team's dressing room, Mourinho still asked his players to focus on defence.

In his mind, he must be cautious in the away game, and he can't eat a big fat man in one bite, and he must first be patient in defense to have a chance to seize Manchester United's defensive loopholes and give a fatal blow.

Fifteen minutes of the break went by in the blink of an eye, and players from both sides returned to the huge stage at Old Trafford.

When the home players showed up, there was a tsunami of cheers from the stands, and when it was the turn of the visiting Chelsea players, there was only shrill boos over Old Trafford.

What no one noticed was that the corners of Iroh's mouth lifted slightly when he heard the boos from the sky.

"Well, Webber blew the whistle at the beginning of the second half, and now the ball is the Croatian international Modric who sent a key pass to Ailo in the first half, I believe that the domestic fans who watched last year's European Championship know him better, the chic style of play and practical skills, coupled with a brilliant pass, finally helped the team equalize the score before the end of the first half......"

Zhan Jun began to explain the second half of the game with bated breath.

With the whistle of referee Webber, the second half of the 21st round of the 2008-2009 English Premier League season began when Manchester United hosted Chelsea.

Modric received Elo's return pass and did not dribble himself, but pulled the ball and turned to pass it to Lampard, and the whole formation of the team slowly dispersed.

If you look from above, you can see that Iello and Drogba are like two sharp knives in the heart of Manchester United.

Chelsea's first attack of the second half ended with Arlo breaking through and slotting the ball to Frank Lampard, who had plenty of power but made a mistake in the area where he hit the ball and fired an anti-aircraft gun right below the ball.

As a result, it also caused a burst of laughter from the home fans in the stands.

When it was United's turn to attack at home, Van der Sar kicked the ball in goal, Cristiano Ronaldo came from his left to the middle, forced Ballack to head the ball back to the heart of the midfield, and then slowly ran to his own attacking left flank.

Eventually, the attack ended with Berbatov's step-up shot deflected wide of the post.

Football is like that, in the end it is a game of attack and defense, one side attacking, the other defending.

However, the two sides of the game attacked back and forth several times in this situation, but they did not achieve obvious results.

In other words, the two sides of the game are still a little restrained, afraid of the opponent's rapid counterattack, and dare not invest too many troops in the attack.

Ten minutes into the second half went by in the blink of an eye.

Mourinho, who was standing in the command area of the visiting team, was mentally prepared to insist on defending for 20 minutes in the second half, and if there was no attack during this period, he would increase the number of troops invested in the attack.

Ten minutes later, United's attack still did not improve, and Ferguson, who was standing in the home team's command area, was a little unable to sit still.

This is Old Trafford!

You have to win at home to Chelsea, otherwise the league title will really be out of the question.

So he took the lead in making personnel changes, replacing Carrick with experienced veteran Ryan Giggs to increase the diversity of the attack up front.

At the end of the day, Ferguson still felt that the first ten minutes of the second half did not have an attacking effect, and it was directly related to Carrick, who played the attack in midfield, and the substitution of Ryan Giggs at this time could add more variation and disrupt Chelsea's defensive deployment.

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Although the commentator team in the live studio was a little puzzled by Ferguson's substitution of Carrick in less than 60 minutes of the game, he was still optimistic about Ferguson's substitution, after all, the nearly 70-year-old coach Ferguson is the godfather coach of Manchester United and has a wealth of experience in his coaching career.

Indeed, Ferguson's consideration is to use Ryan Giggs' experience to revitalize the front three.

He always felt that Cristiano Ronaldo and Berbatov could not be kneaded together, and it seemed that it took a medium to fully combine and play the best possible fight.

But sometimes what works in theory doesn't necessarily work in reality.

A striker like Berbatov, although he stands in the center position, often likes to take the ball himself to organize the attack in the frontcourt, but Cristiano Ronaldo also likes to use the ball to break through and shoot when attacking.

So in a sense, there is a clash of positions between the two, which means that the presence of Ryan Giggs does not add to the quality of United's attack.

Even if the attack up front becomes diverse, it is still essentially the same.

On the contrary, with the arrival of Ryan Giggs, Manchester United's midfield defense has become much weaker.

Carrick is a playmaker midfielder, but he also has some defensive ability, but Ryan Giggs is 36 years old this year, and his running ability, running range and speed are not as young as those in his twenties.

And Park Ji-sung's task is clear and monotonous, only responsible for Aillo, the team's overall defense has little to do with him, and Iro's inaction in the second half of the ten minutes is inseparable from the quality of his defense.

Ferguson stood on the sidelines and saw that this substitution adjustment did not have the desired effect, and considered whether to continue to make substitutions.

But at this very moment, United were preparing a threatening attack.

Fletcher passed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, who retreated from the left flank, and after receiving the ball, he found that there was no space to break through in front of him, so he crossed to Giggs, who came to pick up, and then continued to run to the left flank to see if he could find a good attacking opportunity.

Giggs took two steps forward, and Ballack came up to defend and didn't let him pass lightly.

Giggs saw a poke of his toe and passed the ball to Berbatov, who was holding the ball with his back, and he suddenly accelerated forward.

At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was looking for an opportunity on the left flank, suddenly accelerated towards the gap between Carvalho and Ivanovic.

Berbatov got close to Terry and passed the ball to Giggs's forward path.

This is...... A center takes the ball with his back and passes it to the core of the organization + the ribs to insert the offensive coordination routine, which means that this coordination routine is very common.

Giggs had no intention of stopping the ball, and under Ballack's interference, he directly used the arch of his foot to pass the ball from Berbatov to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was inserted behind.

However, Terry reacted so quickly that he fell to the ground to block the pass almost as Giggs pushed the ball towards Cristiano Ronaldo.

The ball was blocked by Terry, and Giggs tried to grab the first spot, but Ballack was strong enough to get stuck in position and cleared the ball with a big foot facing his own goal, but Giggs didn't kick the ball in the middle of the field and kicked the ball to the side with the outside of his right foot.

Coincidentally, the ball was running directly in front of Luka Modric, and his brilliant big-picture vision just caught Ielo suddenly accelerating forward from his own arc, and he suddenly realized that this was a great opportunity to counter-attack quickly!

Modric did not stop the ball, but leaned his body directly to the left side of his body, almost 45 degrees to the turf, and then kicked the ball towards the opposition half.

Bigfoot is of good quality, not very tall, and fast.

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"Modric's big kick seems a bit reckless, there are no Manchester United players within a three-metre radius of him, he has time to stop the ball and observe his teammates' movements......" Zhan Jun's voice did not fall, the camera followed the football to the middle circle of the field, followed by Elo, Park Ji-sung and Leo Ferdinand, his voice suddenly rose an octave: "-Chance!" ”

At the same time, Ferguson's heart 'churned'.

Iroh started in a half-circle on his side, almost three metres away from Rio Ferdinand, who was standing close to the halfway line, and when Luka Modric kicked the ball forward, Iroh was just under two metres from Rio Ferdinand, and when the ball fell to the left of United's half-time arc, Iello was just over a metre away from him.

The speed of the wind made many home fans in the stands instantly lose their voices.

Leo Ferdinand knew he was the last defender and didn't dare to foul Iro.

Now the score is tied, if you are sent off for a foul, then the game becomes no suspense, plus the football is a slight outward arc.

But what happened next made him regret it a lot.

Iroh caught up with the ball on the second bounce of the ball, which was about forty meters from the baseline.

Without warning, Iroh suddenly used the outside of his right foot to slam the bouncing ball out of the direction of the penalty area for more than ten meters with the outside of his right foot in the position of attacking the left rib, and then accelerated twice.

Originally, there was only a half-meter gap between the two, and Iro's choice made Leo Ferdinand stunned for a few tenths of a second in the process of returning to defense, and at this time, Iro's two legs were like a supercar stepping on the accelerator to the end, and the speed reached a critical point, passing Leo Ferdinand at high speed and overtaking!

"Oh my God, it's definitely a rush of speed!!" BBC commentator Lineker looked at this scene full of visual impact and said excitedly.

By the time Leo Ferdinand reacted, Iroh had already surpassed him by a position, and he didn't dare to foul him, this position was about thirty meters away from the goal, and he didn't dare to fight!

Iroh's free-kick skills are notoriously strong!

However, in the midst of Rio Ferdinand's hesitation, Iello had gone from leading one position to three positions, which meant that he couldn't do anything if he wanted to foul.

His innate disadvantage left him powerless, and he was desperate on the run, leaving the hope of a successful defence to the veteran Van der Sar.

Iello received the ball in the arc of the Manchester United penalty area, walked the ball forward two meters, adjusted slightly, directly picked up his right foot, a ground ball, and shot!

The football rolled against the turf to the far corner of the goal, and Van der Sar couldn't reach it!

After a long time, the score on the big screen changed from 1:1 to 1:2!