Chapter 370: You Put a Baffle on Your Stomach!?
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'Just over two minutes into the game, Manchester United players threatened the Chelsea goal twice in a row!! It seems that Manchester United played smoothly in this game, Scholes and Ruud van Nistelrooy had wonderful shots, and they are using these two shots to show everyone that Chelsea want to trample on the dignity of Manchester United to win the league title, it is like a dream!! After the replay, the commentator at Old Trafford breathed a sigh of relief and immediately commented happily. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The commentators of other TV stations talked about the performances of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Thomas, such as Mr. Jannis, the commentator of BBC Sports Television in the United Kingdom: "After recovering from injury, the performance of Dutch center forward Ruud van Nistelrooy did not disappoint the fans, he always appeared in the right position, and it can be seen from this shot that Ruud van Nistelrooy's awareness is very good, and the worries of Manchester United fans are unnecessary." It was a brilliant shot that I thought I would go in, but the Chelsea goalkeeper was even better. ”
“…… Thomas. Clark, a popular name in London, we can see from the shot replay that the lad reacted very quickly, and after saving Scholes's shot, he immediately got up again and blocked Ruud van Nistelrooy's powerful shot with his hands!! It's definitely the best performance in the world, and maybe we'll see him in England at the World Cup in Germany. ”
“…… He has a bright future ahead ......"
What Janis said is exactly what Mourinho thinks at this time, just like what Thomas thinks in his heart, the reason why Mourinho sent him to start this game is to give him a chance to start the tournament and observe his performance in the tournament, but at least at the beginning of the game, Thomas must have received a good evaluation just by virtue of this defense.
"It's really fast...... Mourinho was even a little surprised.
According to the team's goalkeeper coach's report, the Portuguese has long known that Thomas has a higher reaction speed than Cech, but this statistic is difficult to see in the game, and now, this difference in reaction speed is really reflected in the game, if the goalkeeper is Cech, he will definitely not be able to save the second goal.
However, if it had been Cech, it would have been possible to go straight to the bottom line with the first save.
Of course, this is only a possibility, at least judging from the reaction just now, Thomas's performance is still good. Chelsea, as one of the best teams in the world, can't think about a player's future like a small club, and the same is certainly true for Jose Mourinho, who needs to consider whether Cech or Thomas is better.
However, it is impossible to see everything through a performance, and Mourinho also touched his bare chin, sat back in his seat very calmly, and continued to watch the game.
………… Chelsea's defenders were unfazed and when United took a corner, Didier Drogba headed the ball out of the box with a ferocious header that didn't give the Reds another chance to attack.
It wasn't until there was no crisis that the Chelsea players were a little scared, if the goal just went in and they were 2 minutes behind at Old Trafford, how would the team play!? It's really dangerous, even if you have a lot of experience with Manchester United, but it's still worrying about facing such a desperate team.
At this time, they turned their heads to look at Thomas standing in front of the goal, and they also had a little confidence in their hearts, this young goalkeeper who is only 19 years old, sometimes his performance is really amazing, judging from the save just now, he is in good shape today.
The save just now also gave Thomas a lot of confidence, he laughed and shouted: "Guys, go attack, you can rest assured with me, they don't want to score!!" ”
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After the restart, the football was passed to Wang Li, the attacking method that Chelsea players had become accustomed to after a season.
When it comes to organizing attacks, Wang Li is certainly not as good as world-class masters like Ronaldinho and Riquelme, but his perfect individual skills and the absolute trust of his teammates fully make up for it.
After Wang Li got the ball, he was immediately closely guarded by Manchester United players, and near the halfway line, it was Manchester United captain Roy who defended him closely. Keane, the veteran is not fast, but his strong body and rich experience are not in doubt, and his close defense even Wang Li feels some pressure, and a little later, it is Scholes, who is ready to make up for the defense.
In fact, before the game, Manchester United's rising star Cristiano. Ronaldo took the initiative to ask Ying to defend Wang Li, the main reason he did this was to really have a 1v1 with Wang Li to prove himself, but he was denied by Sir Alex Ferguson. C. Ronaldo's ability has been fully proven this season, but when it comes to defending, he really can't compare to the rest of the team.
Ferguson didn't want to put the victory or defeat on the 1v1 PK, mainly because he didn't think that C. Ronaldo could defend Wang Li.
Manchester United's way of defending and supplementing is indeed a headache, and the same is true for Wang Li. Keenga Paul. Scholes's combination, it is estimated that only Wang Li has this special treatment in the entire Premier League.
This is no longer Roy. Keane defended Wang Li for the first time, but despite this, he was still very serious about his task, Keane knew that as long as he could defend successfully, then Manchester United's chances of victory would be several percent greater, otherwise, Manchester United was almost certain to lose. The pressure on Keane can be imagined.
Keane moved slowly and carefully, so that he could be ready for sudden changes.
However, Wang Li did not come hard, in the middle line, even if he got rid of Keane and Scholes, he still did not have a good chance, so he chose to transfer the ball out, and then went towards the Manchester United penalty area.
When Wang Li ran without the ball, Keane and Scholes were helpless, and when they were stunned, Wang Li had already crossed Scholes. When he arrived at the line of Manchester United's penalty area, his teammates passed the ball over again, and saw the three Manchester United defenders in front of him solemnly blocking the goal, Wang Li raised his head slightly, and his legs made a feint to shoot as soon as he missed, and the football passed between his legs.
Manchester United's defenders were obviously deceived by Wang Li's feints, several defenders jumped up at the same time to block the ball with their bodies, but Drogba on the right received a pass, he received the ball and waved his foot to volley, probably too hasty, the ball did not hit any force, and the ball was easily pocketed by Manchester United goalkeeper Howard.
The Ivorian monster pursed its lips, waved at Wang Li, and ran towards the backfield.
………… On the pitch, as the days went on, the players were all in the game, Chelsea's defence was becoming more solid, and as Manchester United were impatient, Chelsea's attacking threat was growing.
In the 13th minute of the first half, Manchester United played a wonderful combination, the football changed several times in a row from the middle, and passed directly to the right side of the penalty area. Gallas kicked a big foot out of the touchline.
Just two minutes later, Chelsea counter-attacked, with Wang Li alone on the right flank and a succession past Roy. Keane, C. Ronaldo, and Heinze, with a precise through ball, gave Lampard, who came up with the assist, a chance, but unfortunately the latter hit a plane in excitement.
After the restart, the two teams engaged in a battle for control of the midfield centered on the midline, and the fierce scramble of the Premier League style was played to the fullest by the two top English teams, and the commentator of the court station was even more shocked to explain what happened in the game, but in fact, the attack of both teams became less and less threatening.
In this game, Mourinho did not line up an attacking formation, but a traditional 442 defensive formation, with four players in the middle being Lampard, Makelele, and Wayne. Bridget and Damien. Duff, among these 4 people, except for Duff, who is a winger with a balanced attack and defense, everyone else is more focused on defense.
In Mourinho's view, this game only needs a small win, and he does not have to risk the attacking formation. With Wang Li and Drogba in the front, Mourinho feels that scoring a goal is not a problem, so for the backfield, the Portuguese is eager to put a bus in front of the goal, such a victory is the most comfortable.
Manchester United did not dare to attack with all their might, afraid that Chelsea would play defensive counter-attacks, Mourinho also wanted to play defensive counter-attacks, and the two most glamorous coaches in the Premier League had the same idea, which made the game between the two teams more and more mediocre after the wonderful opening, and the players on the field seemed to be unable to work.
For the elder Ferguson, even if Manchester United are united to win, but in fact, he knows that his team can't play Chelsea, and his tactic is to slowly encroach on Chelsea from the back, with a steady defensive counterattack to get the first goal, and then defend with all his strength to delay the game, this tactic at Old Trafford is too conservative and shameless, but for the sake of victory, the old jazz can't care so much.
But Mourinho is also not stupid, if you want to win, the first thing to do is to defend, although Chelsea is very attacking, but it is not an unbalanced team like Arsenal, and Mourinho is better at and prefers to let the team do the defense.
"Do that, okay!? If the other side hits a wave of surprise attacks, it will be difficult to fight if they are behind. On the sidelines of the Chelsea dugout, assistant coach Mr Clark asked with some concern as he looked at the form on the field.
Mourinho, who was sitting on the chair, crossed Erlang's legs and supported his chin with his hand, grinned and said, "That old man doesn't dare, he doesn't dare to fight." We don't have to attack now, that would give them a chance. Perhaps his confident display infected Clark, who was slightly wrinkled by the media and slowly relaxed.
After a season of contact, he already knows the Portuguese man who is younger than himself, and when he is very confident, it often means success.
It turns out that when a team has scruples in attack, it will not play well in the game, and Wang Li is the scruple of Manchester United.
Although Chelsea's defense is very good, but Manchester United has Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney, two of the world's top center forwards, at the front, the threat of these two is not small, but Manchester United's midfielder always cares about Chelsea's counterattack, so every time he does not dare to assist too forward, which makes the two have no effective support in the front court, while Chelsea is steadily playing defensive counterattacks, and the game was once tilted in the direction of Chelsea, which is the gap in the form of the game now.
However, there was no doubt about the quality of the Manchester United team, and in the 27th minute, they still got a good chance.
Cristiano. Ronaldo was brought down by Makelele when he broke down the left, and referee Riley gave Manchester United a free-kick that was 'suddenly jumped' from the ground by C. Ronaldo. He spun the ball into the penalty area, and Thomas, who was tall and tall, squeezed several players away, and knocked the ball out of the box with both hands.
Manchester United's right winger Fletcher won the ball and shot straight from distance!!
But there were too many people in the penalty area, and Fletcher's shot hit Rooney's body directly and bounced off the bottom line, causing a burst of exclamations from Manchester United fans in the audience.
Soon, Chelsea fired back.
In this game, Wang Li and Drogba played as strikers, and the ability of the two to combine is undoubted, and Mourinho is also full of confidence that the two can bring goals to Chelsea.
In the 33rd minute, it was C. Ronaldo's dribbling again, he broke through Wayne Bridget's defense, and was knocked to the ground by Lampard, but this time the referee did not blow it, and waved his hand to signal that it was a good ball, lying on the ground and moaning so much that C. Ronaldo could only stand up helplessly and go back to participate in the defense, which even made the Manchester United fans in the audience feel a little embarrassed.
Seeing the ball broken in the backcourt, Wang Li immediately ran to the right side slightly, and saw that the ball passed to the feet of the side duff, Wang Li instantly threw off Roy beside him. Keane, running in the direction of the Manchester United team's penalty area, sure enough, Duff and Wang Li are full of tacit understanding, Wang Li just crossed the center line about 10 meters to receive a pass, although because Wang Li's position changed too quickly, the ball passed a little crooked, but he still slowed down and stopped the ball at his feet.
After receiving the ball, Wang Li chose to continue to dribble the ball.
After a season of research, many opponents have understood the danger of Wang Li attacking with the ball, and when they see Wang Li break through, they must immediately hold the penalty area, otherwise they may be shot by Wang Li or threatened by the direct plug at any time.
Many opponents know this, and Manchester United certainly does the same, when Wang Li took the ball, several Manchester United defenders consciously began to move to the middle of the penalty area, they had to block all the shooting angles of the brunette in front of them, so as to completely suppress his play and make Manchester United's goal safer.
This method has proved to be very effective, and in the face of this kind of human wall tactic, Wang Li really has no good way, he can only slow down the speed of dribbling and look for opportunities.
However, the defense of a group of people cannot always be perfect, and there will always be mistakes and loopholes. On the right side, C. Ronaldo, who had just returned to the defense, made a mistake in his run, he did not defend Damien Duff, but consciously moved towards the middle, obviously, he wanted to break Wang Li's ball by surprise, but this was obviously unrealistic.
Seeing this opportunity, at the moment when C. Ronaldo made a move, Wang Li pulled the ball lightly, turned to the right side, and ran into the crowded Manchester United penalty area.
Damien. Duff was already in the left corner of the Manchester United penalty area when he received the ball, which was not suitable for continuing to dribble the ball, so he met the ball and hoisted it high into the box.
Wang Li's pass and forward cut forward was almost the signal of Chelsea's sudden attack, and the United players obviously knew it, and the moment Wang Li ran into the box, three defenders leaned close to him to prevent him from taking the ball calmly, including England's first defender Rio Ferdinand.
However, Wang Li did not let them rely on himself so easily, and immediately after running into the penalty area, he performed the 'Ling Bo micro-step', and the United defenders could not keep up with him with his changing position.
But Wang Li's eyes kept staring at the flying football.
When the football fell to a certain position, he was lucky and jumped hard, and at the same time, Ferdinand next to him also jumped up, seeing that the two were about to collide in the air.
"Oh my God!!" The commentator of the imperial court station couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and he even knew the next picture in his mind.
On the field, Wang Li glanced left and right in the corner of his eyes in the air, and stepped on the surface of his right foot with his left foot in an instant, using a method similar to 'cloud ladder', his body was instantly raised a little higher, ahead of Ferdinand, and gently rubbed the top of his head towards the football, and then the two collided in the air.
Because Wang Li jumped higher, Ferdinand's body crashed directly into Wang Li's arms, and the two fell to the grass together, causing a group of fans in the audience to exclaim.
"Wang Li fell to the ground!! I hope he doesn't get hurt......" The commentator of the imperial court station is still reporting Wang Li, but the game on the field has not stopped.
On the other side of the penalty area, Drogba stepped forward to meet the ball and poked it gently, but goalkeeper Howard was stunned and didn't react at all.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!”
"Drogba!! goal!! The ball is in!! ”
'The Ivorian made a difference, he opened the scoring for Chelsea with a low shot!! This ball is more due to Alan, his header in the air is simply too accurate, and it can be seen from here that Drogba and Allen really cooperate too tacitly!! However, Alan doesn't seem to have gotten up yet, so I hope he's okay......"
Of course, Wang Li was fine, but he was lying on the grass now, and a strong black man from England was completely pressed against him—"You...... Are you alright!? ”
Wang Li covered his waist, sat up with his right hand supporting his body, and gently lifted the shoulders of the black strong man with both hands to slowly help him to the side, and then stood up from the ground. Seeing that Wang Li was fine, his teammates and the anxious Mourinho on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief.
At this point, Ferdinand was lying on the grass with his head in his hands, and the other players gathered around.
After waiting for a while, Ferdinand put down his hands, slowly supported and half-sat up, he closed his eyes tightly and shook his head vigorously, and after a while, the team doctor had already entered the field, Ferdinand turned his head to Wang Li as if he had eased up and asked, "Do you have a baffle on your stomach!?" ”
Wang Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and said, "Oh, I'm sorry......"
With that, he reached out and grabbed Ferdinand, patted him on the shoulder, and ran towards his own half of the field.
In the Manchester United half, Van Van. Nistroy kept looking at Wang Li's back, slowly walked to Ferdinand's side, and said: "Leo, I said a long time ago, his body seems to be made of iron, last time I tackled for half a year, you are not ......" said, Fan. A look of fear flashed across Ni's face.
Ferdinand reacted, glanced at Vanney, and shook his head vigorously.
(To be continued)