Chapter 1198: Hidden in the team
After the glorious goal, the entire Manchester City Stadium was filled with the shouts and cheers of the Manchester City fans.
Manchester City fans are very excited because they feel that they have a good chance of making it to the final this time.
When they played in the semi-finals against Inter Milan last season, almost every single one of them bode well for City.
This time, the semi-finals will be a sworn rival in the same city, Manchester City and Manchester United have met many times in the Premier League in recent seasons, and they already know and are familiar with this team very well.
Playing Manchester United, Manchester City fans have nothing to worry about.
Now that Glory has opened the scoring for the team in the game, many people's hearts are more stable.
The goal from Glory to midfield, to Leighton Barnes' pass, to his goal being put into the back of the net, was being played out in full view of the goal.
Alan Hansen looked at the goal and said: "This kind of glory is terrible! β
John Mortenson nodded, "Of course, it's scary. β
But Alan Hansen shook his head and said: "No, I'm not saying how about the goal. In fact, if you talk about the wonderful goal of Cheng DΓΉ, this goal will not be in the top 50 at all in Rong's career wonderful goals. But I think it's this kind of Rong who is even more terrifying, because he hides himself in the whole team {......"
Alan Hansen said, and John Mortensen, who was next to him, also understood.
"Yes, when he retreated, he was accompanied by two people. But when he passed the ball, Carrick stopped following him and defended David Silva. β
"Exactly. Young's two regular passes made United's defenders let their guard down on him, and it looked like David Silva and Sneijder were the main targets of City's attack. How did Rong do it before? He was so sharp that he drew all the defenders to his side, and then he turned them all over and down, and finally even gave the goalkeeper and then shot the football into the goal......" Alan Hansen said it very vividly, so that the fans in front of the TV heard it and thought of the individual heroic goals of Glory.
"I'm not saying it's not good to play like this, Rong can always score such goals, which proves that his quality is outstanding, it is difficult for ordinary people to score a goal like that, but Rong can keep scoring and score a lot of goals like that. But because Rong's talent and ability are outstanding, I think he should be given more expectations and stricter requirements. It's not enough for Rong to just show off himself, and his way of scoring goals is beautiful, but it's very risky...... I'm not talking about the risk of not going in, I'm talking about the risk of him getting injured because of it...... There's no guarantee that a madman on the pitch will suddenly lose his mind, like Rorick Khanna......"
Alan Hansen talks eloquently.
"And what makes me happy about this ball is that Wing has learned to hide him in the team so that the opponent's defensive focus is not on him and he can do a lot of things. I think a really great player has to be able to perform well not only with the ball at his feet, but also without the ball at his feet. I'm glad to see that Wing is making progress in this direction......"
"Makes sense, Alain. A Rong who can hide himself in the team is even more terrifying. It's like a sniper ambushing in the jungle in disguise, so that his opponent will be more difficult to defend! β
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While the two commentators were discussing glory, the game had already restarted.
After conceding the goal, Manchester United faced a very difficult situation.
Ferguson stood on the sidelines, frowning and staring at the pitch.
The timing of the goal was really bad. If he had to concede, Ferguson would have liked to have conceded at the end of the first half. In this way, he can also make adjustments at halftime to stabilize the team's morale.
But now that half-time has passed, he has lost his best chance to adjust.
Now he can only make adjustments through substitutions and shouting from the sidelines.
But such an adjustment is destined to be only a minor repair, and the impact is limited.
This kind of on-the-spot adjustment can also be used against other teams. However, for the glorious Manchester City, Ferguson believes that such adjustments are not strong enough......
After Manchester City scored a goal, the morale of the whole team rose and they firmly gained the upper hand on the field.
They formed a siege on Manchester United's goal.
Although Manchester United played a defensive counterattack in this game, they hoped that Manchester City would besiege their goal. But now Manchester United is facing the siege of Manchester City, but they can't even pass half the game, let alone any counterattack......
During this time, Manchester United played very passively.
Thankfully, they did not concede any more goals β conceding again in the short period of time after conceding them, which is what many Manchester City teams fear the most.
Because Manchester City have the ability to do so, they are very good at breaking down their opponents in a short period of time.
That was the case in the last city derby.
This time United got through.
Not only did they not concede a goal in five minutes, but they also did not concede a goal in the sixth and seventh minutes.
This is also thanks to Ferguson's decisive adjustment, after conceding the goal, he asked the whole team to quickly strengthen the defense, and don't think about any counterattacks during this time, just don't concede the ball.
For him, in fact, a 0:1 away loss is also acceptable.
If you really can't score an away goal or something, then don't force it.
Forcing often means thinking too much, and thinking too much is often tragic.
There are too many defeats against Manchester City because the opponent thinks too much, thinks about equalising when they can lose less, and wants to win when they draw.
The result was disastrous......
Ferguson now feels strategically it would be a good deal to lose just one goal away from home in the first leg.
So he quickly adjusted the team's tactics and will focus on defense for the rest of the time.
Trying to hold on to the score behind - it may seem awkward to say, but it was Ferguson's idea.
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On the Manchester City side, after a period of attacking frenzy and not getting a goal, they also made adjustments and slowed down the game a little.
However, Manchester City can slow down the tempo, but the glory is not, because if he also slows down, it will really not be a threat to Manchester United's goal, which is the situation that Manchester United wants to see the most.
At a time when the whole team is slowing down, Glory has to be fast because he wants to give Manchester City the possibility to accelerate. In addition, his speed can also disrupt United's defense - now he is running up front with Park Ji-sung and Carrick.
Glory's running position is still very erratic, sometimes in the front, sometimes in the midfield, sometimes to the front, sometimes to the left and right.
Park Ji-sung and Carrick are both excellent runners, and if they were replaced by others, they would be dragged down by Rongrong like this.
But now these two people are also a little unbearable.
Carrick's breathing was already heavy and slowed.
And Park Ji-sung can still keep up with the pace of glory, but it is also very difficult.
It's just that it's not very obvious in him, because Park Ji-sung is making up for this deficiency with his tenacious willpower.
"Rong's physical fitness is simply limitless......" Manchester United's assistant coach Whelan couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene.
Ferguson, who was sitting next to him, chewed gum with a blank face.
"It's not often that I've seen Park run so hard in a race...... "Coach Muhrenstin, who was sitting next to Whelan, shook his head.
They are right, Park Ji-sung has a nickname called "Park Sam Lung", which means that Park Ji-sung is very good at running. He can be favored by Ferguson, and it is precisely because of his excellent running ability that he is not an absolute main force at Manchester United, but he has a lot of opportunities to play, which has a lot to do with his running ability.
When defending glory, Park Ji-sung's running ability comes in handy.
But even so, Park Ji-sung made the glory a little unable to keep up......
They don't know that Rongguang has been running through mountains since he was a child, so he is not only fast, but also his physical strength.
He never seemed to know what tiredness was......
And Glory is not just about running, he keeps receiving passes from teammates while running, and then keeps passing the ball, and sometimes he will choose to shoot by himself, or break through with the ball, but you don't know whether his next action after receiving the ball is a breakthrough, a pass or a shot. So wherever he is, Carrick and Park Ji-sung must follow him.
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Under the tireless run of Glory, Carrick was the first to quit, and he cramped in the 72nd minute of the game.
Ferguson replaced the exhausted Carrick with Anderson.
After Anderson came on the court, he still followed the glory with Park Ji-sung.
But perhaps just after coming on, Anderson hasn't had time to get into the game yet.
Maybe Park Ji-sung's physical strength has dried up......
In short, these two men are not as strong as they used to be against Glory.
Rongguang seized this opportunity and took advantage of a sudden acceleration to temporarily break away from the close monitoring of the two people.
And Sneijder's pass was just right, and he got to the ......
Of course, for a player like Rongguang, Ferguson naturally can't just arrange Anderson and Park Ji-sung to follow his defensive plan.
There will inevitably be other United players coming up to make up for it.
So even if Sneijder passes the football to Glory, Glory may not have a chance to score.
But what if Glory didn't think about scoring by himself?
In the face of the ball passed by Sneijder, Rongguang did not stop the ball or shoot, but turned around and kicked the football to the other side!
The ball slipped past Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand, who had come up to defend him.
It wasn't fast, but Rio Ferdinand couldn't do anything about it when he stiffened due to inertia and could only watch the ball pass past his feet......
He turned his head to follow the football, wanting to see whose feet it ended up at.
That's when he saw David Silva cut into the box from the wing and picked up his left leg against the football!
"David Silva!!"
The ball was struck by David Silva and flew towards goal.
Although Van der Sar had already made a save, he was also attracted to the other side of the goal by Glory before, and when he saw Glory passing, he quickly turned back and pounced back, took David Silva and shot the football in the direction he was before, and the football passed him by, and it was not easy for him to make another save...... It's really hard to stop the ball from flying into the goal!
β2οΌ0οΌ 2οΌ0οΌ Beautiful goal! David Silva doubles the score for Manchester City! β
The cheers at the Manchester City Stadium were loud enough to drown out one qiΔ and with a two-goal lead in the first leg, Manchester City fans felt they had already made it to Wembley! I1292