"It was a brilliant counter-attack from Manchester United, arguably the most dangerous attack of the entire first half! I don't know if Ferguson sees the team's attacking changes, it is difficult to achieve results in the face of Chelsea's solid defence, and it is only wise to use Cristiano Ronaldo's super individual ability to play defensive counter-attacks! ”

The TV commentator came to a conclusion in this attack.

Of course, Ferguson spotted the problem at the first moment and called Fletcher to his side while Chelsea were lining up the wall.

Fletcher had no doubts about manager Alex Ferguson's arrangement, and immediately informed the players of the tactical changes through gestures.

John Terry's foul gave United a direct free-kick about 28 meters from the goal, about 80 degrees to the right-hand post, which is more suitable for left-footed players, but United's top direct free-kick was taken by Cristiano Ronaldo, and this free-kick was also within his range, so he should have taken it.

Cech also arranged for a wall of up to five men to interfere with Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick.

Because the Chelsea players who become the human wall are all big men over 1.85 meters, so there is a lot of interference with Cristiano Ronaldo, who takes the set-piece kick, his set-piece style is not much different from Elloh, they all need to fall from enough distance, too close to the goal and too high the human wall will affect his judgment of the height after the human wall jumps, so that he cannot find the best way to break the goal.

In the end, Cristiano Ronaldo had to give up the near corner in favor of the far corner, but this route was just caught by Cech, who cushioned the ferocious rush of the ball with both palms on his chest, and the ball bounced to the ground, and Cech caught the ball with both hands again, temporarily dissolving the crisis.

After Chelsea reopened the ball, it was not long before they found that the United players who had been pressing high in the opening game had all shrunk back and did not react for a moment.

The previous high concentration of the front court has been maintained by Manchester United, and it will always be uncomfortable to suddenly turn back to ease from under high pressure.

Mourinho, who was sitting in the coach's seat and recording the changes on the field with a pen, subconsciously frowned, Manchester United's tactical changes were too obvious, so it was obvious at a glance.

Is this the equivalent of taking the fist back and then charging up for a distance before striking hard?

Want to fight back against it?

Mourinho grinned, then turned his head to his assistant Boas and explained a few words, asking him to go to the sidelines to inform the players not to take advantage of the retreat of Manchester United's formation and raise the banner of attack, since they want to shrink the space, then let them shrink, anyway, the leader is their own side, and they can drop as much as they like!

Coupled with the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo's quick counter-attack caused a foul on John Terry and received a yellow card, it has already sounded the alarm for Chelsea's defenders, and it is difficult to make offensive mistakes in the front court again to form an opportunity for the opponent to counterattack.

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'It was the right thing for United to shrink the overall formation, but is it a bit late to make such a change? They are already behind and if they don't take the initiative, then Chelsea will be happy to play the ball in the middle and back, anyway they are 1-0 up, as long as there are no heavy mistakes, then the defending Champions League champions will not be far from ten......

Lineker took a sip of water and slowly analyzed the changes in Manchester United.

Seeing this change, the Manchester United TV commentator was very incomprehensible, he frowned and said: "Now the score is still behind, the formation can be moved back, but not the queen mother, otherwise it will be like now, leaving too much passing space for Chelsea, not only increasing the risk of defense, but also indirectly limiting the efficient and rapid counterattack of our side." ”

In fact, Manchester United's counter-attack was still impressive.

Mourinho asked the players to move back with Manchester United's formation, but sometimes the players couldn't bear the loneliness, they had been suppressed by Manchester United for too long, and always wanted to take advantage of Manchester United to take the initiative to retreat and move forward to participate in the attack to press back to the end, so the pass in the front court was cut off, which naturally caused huge pressure on the rear defense, Cristiano Ronaldo's technique and speed are particularly powerful in rapid counterattacks.

Fortunately, Cech was very good at this time, making high saves to keep the goal in the net.

Iello didn't get a good chance because of United's backward formation, and he was always faced with two or three people in the build-up, and even four or more defenders if he accelerated to the heart with the ball.

So in this situation, Ilo had to choose to pass the ball to his team-mates and only occasionally try to shoot from distance, but it was difficult to threaten Van der Sar's goal due to the distance.

In the blink of an eye, the game came to the end of the first half, with Chelsea still leading Manchester United 1-0.

Despite Cristiano Ronaldo's hard work, he has to fend off Carvalho or John Terry as a central striker, making him play awkwardly, preferring to break through along the flanks and then go straight to the Yellow Dragon.

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In the 43rd minute, the score was still 1-0, and Chelsea took the lead.

Everyone thought the score would remain until the end of the first half, when Chelsea attacked from the back.

Rather than kicking the ball forward with a big kick, Cech played the ball to John Terry and it was ...... soon The ball was passed to Frank Lampard, who had retreated halfway into the arc of his side.

Since Manchester United did not have a counter-attack up front, he and Luka Modric switched positions and it was up to him to move the team's attacking direction.

Cristiano Ronaldo made a symbolic move forward, Lampard stomped the ball and easily slotted it in the opposite direction of the former, and Modric also ran out of space at this time, and he quickly tucked the ball in.

Modric received the ball and turned in one go, facing the veteran Scholes, a simple emergency stop change of direction flashed, attracting the attention of Carrick's defense and passing the ball to the feet of Iello without the slightest hesitation.

O'Shea and Fletcher, who defended on the right flank, instinctively approached Aillo, while Carrick also blocked the space between the central defender and Fletcher, while Park Ji-sung also actively returned to the defense.

In the blink of an eye, Manchester United formed four defenders to defend Elo!

“Oh-My-God！！ The moment Ai took the ball, it attracted four Manchester United players to pounce, which is really a big defensive spy! ”

As soon as Andy Gray finished speaking, Iello passed the ball at his feet to Modric who stepped forward, and then started on the spot and accelerated laterally!

Therefore, Carrick and Fletcher both subconsciously approached Modric, but Modric did not take the ball forward, but secretly knocked the ball with his heel, and the football returned to the feet of Iello who was running horizontally, which made the protective barrier in front of the central defender Fletcher and Carrick nervous and quickened their pace to follow.

At this moment, Iroh suddenly picked up his right foot, and Carrick, who was closest to him, subconsciously stretched his right leg to block, but Iroh did not choose to shoot, but played a rhythm difference, passed the ball to Drogba, who pulled out of the gap, and then continued to run vertically.

As soon as they were about to step over the edge of the penalty area, United's entire backline tensed up instantly, with both full-backs choosing to shrink into the box at the same time.

Drogba then pushed Rio Ferdinand behind him, pushed the arch of his right foot, and passed the ball to Iello who cut forward at high speed and picked up his right foot.

Leo Ferdinand moved in a hurry and fell to the ground to block.

Patrice Evra, the left-back, also stepped forward and fell to the ground to put a tackle, like two thick walls, completely sealing the angle of Elo's shot from the ground.

"Shot !!!???"

With Clive Walker's exclamation, Iello did not choose to shoot, but faked a real shot, and gently flicked the ball to the right, just to avoid Carrick from the left behind, while right winger Kalou was pressing the last defender of Manchester United at this time, ready to cut forward.

Without the slightest hesitation, Iroh passed the ball to his own right.

With Patrice Evra no longer in his defensive position, Kalou has plenty of time to dribble and observe.

Immediately, after passing the ball, Iroh quickly ran to the far end of the penalty area, raised his right arm and extended his index finger to give Kalou a code.

"Iello and his team-mates didn't choose to shoot themselves with a back-to-back touch, but sent the ball to the feet of winger Kalou, who pulled out the gap on the right flank!" He exclaimed: "But his series of actions have already made a mess of the entire Manchester United backline, and if the quality of the cross can come up, then it is possible to take a two-goal lead before the end of the first half!" ”

Meanwhile, the Chelsea fans in the stands erupted in shouts again.

Obviously looking forward to this attack from Chelsea.

Carrick turned around and tried to tug at Iroh's back jersey, but he only caught a cloud of air!

It's too fast!

Fletcher, who was recycled into the penalty area, got started at the moment when Iello stepped forward, but he didn't dare to blatantly exert his force, otherwise it would be a penalty when the referee saw it!

So there was a very interesting scene in the Manchester United penalty area - the dragging Fletcher was led by Ailo from the middle of the box to the far end of the goal.

Kalou looked up to see Iroh's code, then adjusted his step with no one to watch, and crossed!

"Cross!!"

With Rio Ferdinand still unable to return to block Elloh's shot, Vidic had to take on the responsibility of defending Drogba.

And O'Shea, who shrank into the penalty area, took advantage of Fletcher's interference with Iello and stuck the position in advance.

But no one thought that Iroh, who seemed to be rushing to the back point at full speed, would choose to make an emergency stop halfway, and then retract his legs and kick into the air.

It was only then that O'Shea and Fletcher realized that they had made another 'big mistake' - they only marked people and didn't watch the ball!

Ball to man!

Under the gaze of the audience, Iroh twisted his head and headed the ball into the near corner of the goal.

Even though Van der Sar flew sideways in the move, he could only look at the ball and sigh in the face of Elo's header with good angle and power.