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Why would the area blockade enforced by Manchester United on the front of the penalty area be completely ineffective!?

Sir Alex Ferguson Sr. was puzzled by this question, you know, Manchester United had a lineup of five midfielders in this game, and before the game, Ferguson had clearly laid out the way of playing for the players, and also told them how to limit Wang Li's play. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ferguson is sure that this is not because the United players did not try their best to play, nor because they did not execute the tactics correctly, but the game is still going on, which is a failure for a world-class coach, but also a doubt, and it also makes Ferguson explore more intensely.

So, for the next 20 minutes of the game, the old sir's eyes were always fixed on the field, especially the position between the Manchester United half-time penalty area and the halfway line, in this position, Manchester United's blockade is the tightest, and it is also the initiation point of Chelsea's breakthrough attack in the front, and Wang Li's area of activity in the attack is mostly in this position.

"Come on!! Come on!!! Come on!!! ”

As the game progressed, as Wang Li played more and more smoothly, and at the same time Chelsea's attack became more and more smooth, Manchester United's goal was threatened again and again, as if it could be breached again and again, and the enthusiasm of the Blues fans became more and more frenzied - the game against Manchester United, who once dominated English football, but the game was played one-sided, which made them feel sincerely proud.

As a fan, the stronger the team you support, the more proud they will be, and it's wonderful that the team can press Manchester United onslaught.

However, all of this seems to have nothing to do with Ferguson, he still keeps his eyes on the field, on Wang Li, who is constantly running on the field, carefully observing Chelsea's tactical play, as well as Wang Li's performance, trying to find Chelsea's offensive rules and loopholes, and thinking about the next response.

At this time, the big screen on the court also switched to him, and I saw that the coach in his 60s was still the same, sitting firmly on the chair, holding his chin with his hands and contemplating.

This action makes Creed. Peswack had another topic, and he immediately said sarcastically: "Chelsea's attack has left Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson with nothing to do, he just sat there helplessly, expecting the game to end quickly, but unfortunately even if the first half is over, but we still have the second half, Manchester United's dream of going home with 1:0 is really difficult to realize, it is estimated that after this game, Chelsea will get a ticket to the League Cup final." ”

………… Mourinho's modified set of tactics, the main executor is Wang Li himself, the task of other attacking players is very simple, only need to cooperate with Wang Li's position to run, pull out the position to receive the ball or pass. And because Manchester United have put the defensive focus on the middle, this makes the two wings Damien. Duff and Alkin. Arjen Robben has been very active, and in the last 40 minutes, the pair have barely had two minutes to make a pass or a long lob, threatening the United goal again and again.

In the face of this kind of attack, Manchester United can only strengthen their defense, which is obvious to all.

In the crisis situation, Ferguson did not intervene, but Manchester United captain Roy Fernandes. Keane had to step up and direct the team to continue to strengthen the defense. As a result, for a long time, Manchester United had almost no one up front, and even Saha retreated to the back of the line, silently watching the backfield suffer Chelsea's 'ravage'.

Although Manchester United played very passively, they were not without the will to resist, the two fast Rooney and C. Ronaldo on the wings often plan rapid counterattacks, but because many players in the Manchester United midfield did not dare to rush too forward, every counterattack was anticlimactic. Without manager Alex Ferguson's interim command, these big stars have been a bit conservative in attack.

In this case, the situation on the field is completely one-sided, Chelsea have an absolute advantage in terms of possession, number of attacks, shots on goal and other statistics, and the onslaught of the first ** makes Manchester United a little overwhelmed. However, in reality, with Manchester United defending on all fronts, Chelsea could hardly find any good opportunities, and although there was absolute pressure in the form, Manchester United's defense was so tight that for a long time, Chelsea did not even find a chance to shoot.

Experienced captain Roy. Keane's command is very decent, he knows very well that no matter how passive the game is, the game will be dragged until halftime, and in the case of the strength of the two teams is not much different, after stabilizing the first half, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose the game.

………… Before the game, all the media and fans never thought that the game would be like this.

Even though most people think that Manchester United will be difficult to win away from home in this game, and think that Chelsea is more likely to win, but the last meeting between the two teams, Chelsea only narrowly won 3:2, and Manchester United's situation has not been passive to this point. This has been a bit unbelievable to many, considering that Manchester United are best known for playing the games after the year, but now that Christmas is over, Chelsea's advantage over Manchester United seems to be growing.

Could it be that Chelsea have strengthened again!?

No way!!!

In the winter transfer window, Chelsea have only just brought in a dispensable Czech midfielder, and he has not yet played in the game, so how can we talk about the increase in strength!?

But in its current form, it seems that the gap between United and Chelsea has widened, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before Chelsea score their first two goals.

'It's incredible, Chelsea are so strong.

At this time, even the blind commentator of court billiards, who has always been "neutral", also sighed: "The gap between the strength of the Manchester United team and Chelsea is too big, I can't believe that this is a world-renowned Premier League giant battle, Manchester United may have something wrong, they are too passive, and in this case, their head coach will not make any adjustments, so Chelsea will win!?" ”

Back on the pitch.

Between Chelsea and Manchester United, every collision has touched the hearts of many people, but Manchester United are very steady, and it is difficult for Chelsea to find a chance to shoot, even Wang Li.

In the face of Manchester United's crowd tactics, Wang Li himself had a bit of a headache, he kept running back and forth, and even tried to make his teammates fall backwards in the backfield to pull Manchester United's defense and look for offensive opportunities. But Manchester United are in the captaincy of Roy Brown. Under Keane's command, the defense is indeed very steady.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, looking at the timer hanging above the field, Wang Li was also secretly anxious, he was about 10 meters in front of the penalty area, with continuous running, with exquisite footwork and ability, let the Blues fans enjoy watching, this is of course not a performance, but he wants to use his personal ability, pull Manchester United's back line, to create opportunities for teammates.

It's complicated to say, but the actual situation is very simple, after Wang Li received the pass from his teammates, he didn't take the ball forward at all, but slowly moved sideways with the ball, so that Manchester United's two midfielders had to step forward to force, but Wang Li was not strong, and he didn't pass the ball, so he used exquisite skills to keep the ball at his feet. Even in the end, C. Ronaldo, who was next to him, couldn't help but fall to the bottom to tackle, and Wang Li still did the same after dodging, which made Manchester United midfielder Scholes also attracted from behind, and other players also intended to go over and "teach" this black-haired boy who played Manchester United.

However, Manchester United captain Roy . Keane stopped them with shouts, and the experienced Keane knew exactly what the opponent was trying to do, and the current game was about the trophy that Manchester United had the best hope of winning this year, and this was not the time to be impressed.

In this case, Wang Li's intention was not achieved, and the three-man bag also made him a little unbearable, so he could only pass back to Lampard.

However, in the process, Chelsea's attacking performance was a little breakthrough, but it caught the eye of Sir Alex Ferguson in the United dugout on the sidelines, and he finally noticed that Chelsea's attacking performance was unusual compared to the previous game.

Because after he observed Wang Li to no avail, he kept looking at Altyn on the left road. Robben's run.

In this game, if you want to say that the highlight of Chelsea, in addition to Wang Li who shines throughout the game, that is, Robben's performance is the most brilliant. In the first half, Arjen Robben's succession of dangerous balls forced United to tighten up their defence on the left, and it was difficult for Robben to try to make a difference in the minutes that followed.

But he has been working hard, and this effort is to adjust the most appropriate distance between him and Wang Li through constant running, and find space to receive the ball.

In this way, it was easy for Ferguson to see the scrutiny, and he found that every time Chelsea attacked, Robben's movement almost revolved around Wang Li, which was normal for a while, but it was like this several times in a row, and Ferguson noticed something strange.

It stands to reason that as a left winger, Robben's job should have been to break through and find opportunities, to attack, to find receiving positions or to attract defenders, but now he has made it a priority to find receiving positions, and has been constantly adjusting his position without caring whether the defenders next to him will support the middle, which is puzzling.

With the breakpoint in place, the rest of the observation was much smoother, and in the next wave of attacks, Ferguson found that the Irishman and Frank Lampard on the right even plugged in the assist of William. Gallas's approach is the same, not much the same.

This discovery made Ferguson suddenly enlightened and struggled at the same time, because even if he knew the reason why Chelsea's attack was so much smoother than last time, he could not come up with a good strategy in a short period of time.

………

Soon the end of the first half was over.

Although Chelsea pressed the entire half, the 1-0 score was only barely acceptable.

At the same time, the statistics of the first half also show that Manchester United have been suppressed in an all-round way, Chelsea have 71% of the possession time in the case of all-round dominance, while the number of shots on goal is only 9, on the other hand, Manchester United only have a pitiful 3, if you only look at the number of shots on goal, nine shots on goal to score a goal, this efficiency is also acceptable, but if you look at the possession, the score really does not reflect this.

"The players of Manchester United finally stayed up until half-time and hopefully they are in the dressing room, the manager Sir Alex Ferguson can adjust his tactics and reverse the passive situation a little bit, if the game goes on like this, I will almost fall asleep, the gap between the two teams is too big." Even though it was time for the halftime "break", Creed. Peswack's croaking mouth continued to sarcastically mock Manchester United, leaving the Red Devils fans in the stadium indignant and unprepared to argue that United had played so badly in the first half.

This half-time break was indeed a relief for the Manchester United players, who held out at the back for too long, which made the team's morale drop to the extreme in the last minute of the game, and no player likes to defend passively all the time, even as a defender.

And if given the choice, although Chelsea's attack has not progressed, Wang Li would have liked the game to continue like this until the end of the game, because in this way, Chelsea would have won almost surely - although even after 15 minutes, Wang Li did not feel that they had any hope of victory.

However, the rules of football are not going to change for Chelsea and the players are back in the dressing room.

………… Back in the dressing room, head coach Jose Mourinho came to the dressing room with a smile on his face amid the laughter of the Chelsea players, and it was clear that he was still pleased with his team's performance in the first half, although only one attack was scored, but in the eyes of the Portuguese, the goal was very close to Chelsea.

'You guys were all great and although it was a bit of a shame to score one goal in the first half, the win was close to us. It's the first round of the Carabao Cup semi-finals and I want to try to score a few more goals in the second half to keep the Carabao Cup final ticket firmly in our hands so that we don't have to fight to the death at Old Trafford and if it's just 1-0 it's the loser. ”

Seeing the players nodding knowingly, Mourinho continued: "This season, Mr. Chairman has told you about Chelsea's goal, this goal is difficult to achieve, I think so, but the championship is won one by one, as long as we win Manchester United, the next opponent is Liverpool, I believe that team will not cause us any trouble, a trophy has been obtained, if we add the league title, we only need to fight for the Champions League trophy or FA Cup, I won three trophies, I don't think this goal is very far, do you have confidence!? ”

“yes！！ Boss. "The players came back piecemeal.

"In the second half, we have to keep working hard and score a few more goals!!"

Mourinho didn't have much to adjust to the tactics of the second half, and he believed that even if Ferguson was aware of Chelsea's style of play, he would not be able to think of anything to deal with it in a short period of time, at least not yet!?

So, as long as the team continues to play like this, a big victory is almost in sight.

In fact, the elder Ferguson is in the same state as Mourinho thought, and after a period of observation and reflection, he has fully understood Chelsea's style of play - maximizing Wang Li's individual ability.

This kind of play, which is almost "heavy sword without edge, big skill", highlighting Chelsea's strengths, made him think too much and couldn't come up with a way to deal with it.

Now, Manchester United has strengthened the area blockade, the purpose of which is to limit the play of Chelsea's attacking core Wang Li's personal ability, but Chelsea just did the opposite, using the running position of the attacking players in the front court to maximize Wang Li's personal skills, thus just cracking Manchester United's area blockade tactics against Wang Li.

Manchester United, on the other hand, have only 11 players, and only nine of the 11 players are apart from goalkeepers and single centre-forwards.

In the penalty area, you have to keep at least three men, and at least two on both wings, so that there are only a maximum of four people who can defend in the middle. And this algorithm is completely wrong, Manchester United can't put only 2 people on the two wings, and there must be 2 or even 3 people to defend Wang Li, so what about Manchester United's attack!?

Even though Saha has been doing well this season, Ferguson doesn't think he can score goals on his own.

In short, Chelsea's tactic is almost to completely maximize Wang Li's play, and from the field it makes people feel that Manchester United have been playing 11, 12, 13 or even more, which is the most important reason why the team has been suppressed in the first half.

Now, Ferguson has seen the tactics and forms of the two teams very clearly, but he can't think of a strategy to deal with it, and even the idea of 'why Rooney was not brought in at that time' occasionally flashes in his mind, at least then he doesn't have to worry about this.

However, as the head coach of the team, Ferguson still had to bite the bullet and set up his tactics: "I'm sure you're in a bad mood right now, and I'm the same, if we continue to play like this, the score is likely to become 2:0, 3:0 or even more, then we won't have a chance to win back the semi-finals at Old Trafford." "So, we have to strengthen our defense and limit Chelsea's goals so that we have a chance to save the suspense at home, and the focus is to strengthen the defense against the opponent's number 21, understand!!"

In the face of Ferguson's words, the Manchester United players who were bowing their heads were all full of doubts, you know, if Manchester United behaved like this in normal times, the Scotsman would definitely scold mercilessly, but now it is not, the manager is actually 'docile' reasoning!?

Be reasonable!?

The scene even left the United players at a bit of a loss, who didn't understand what was going on with Alex Ferguson.

However, they still understood the meaning of the old Jazz's words - continue to strengthen the defense, that is, the tactics in the second half are still defensive, trying to keep the score 1-0, this tactic makes even these usually arrogant Manchester United stars feel a little unacceptable.

But in the face of Ferguson's stern old face, they could only choose to accept it......

(To be continued)