Chapter 31: Offside

Flying with both wings, this tactic is arguably one of the most common tactics in football.

The two wings flying together in modern football do not necessarily require two wingers on both sides, or two fullbacks, the characteristic of this tactic is that two wings need to be opened at the same time, so that there will be more opportunities to score, only one way, the opponent's defense will become very easy, and there will be fewer opportunities. And now the two wings also pay attention to cross-switching, the purpose is to increase the opponent's defensive pressure and increase the success rate of attack. When an opportunity arises on one wing, the centre-forward and the player on the other side have to flank the goalkeeper, and the other winger plays the role of a striker.

It sounds great and wonderful, but in reality, there are not many people who can actually fly with both wings.

In the Premier League, the more famous examples, Manchester United with Beckham and Ryan Giggs was one of them, and now Manchester United's wings are aging with Giggs, Ronaldo is away from Real Madrid, no longer as gorgeous as before, but in fact, Manchester United's tradition has never changed, although the era of relying on "one trick" to "eat all over the world" has passed, especially for the giant teams, the changeable game conditions and the competition of strong opponents have forced them to move closer to the legendary "three-dimensional attack".

The same is true for Manchester City. Flying on both wings is not City's only tactic, but it is the main one.

In the first half, Manchester City's main offensive was on the left side, although this does not mean that Manchester City's right side is walking, in fact, if there is no right side of the containment, Di Maria will not be able to be windy and rainy on his side in the first half, but, after all, the attack is not on the right side, so it is certain that the physical consumption is less than the left side, of course, this is also related to the object that Bale is facing.

Di Maria's main opponent is Rafael, while Bale's main opponent is the twenty-nine-year-old Evra.

Play from left-back to left-back. And then to the more pure wingers, if these changes can be considered Bale's own "turf", then the right side is a real challenge.

Therefore, the difference in opponents, coupled with the adaptation to the new position, it is not difficult to understand Bale's silence in the first half.

However, Linson asked Bell to go to the right, not so that Bell would have a good excuse when his table was bad, and Bell was well aware of this. It is said that the ideas of geniuses are all interconnected. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, MARTIN TAYLOR COMMENTED ON EACH TEAM'S LINEUP ON HIS FOOTBALL SHOW FOOTBALLFIRST, AND FOR MANCHESTER CITY'S LEFT FLANK, MARTIN TAYLOR'S KEY WORD WAS NOT LUXURY, BUT LUXURY.

Yes, it's luxury. Bell at the level of 30 million, Di Maria at the level of 20 million, and Reuss at the level of 10 million, this is only the price when these people bought it. Looking at such a list, it is not difficult to understand why Petrov still had to leave the team when he was willing to be a substitute and his performance was not bad.

The "luxury" in the same position can be called a blissful annoyance for the head coach. But for the players, it means cutthroat competition. If the arrival of Reus at the end of last season, Bale can still get along with each other "peacefully", then the arrival of Di Maria in the new season. It's a direct impact.

Because Di Maria's cousin is so good that if Linson chooses the latter between him and Di Maria, Bell has nothing to say.

At this time. Moving to the right may be an evasion, but it is not an attempt, because if Bale can also give a good example on the right, it will undoubtedly give him a sufficient amount of chips in the manager's position. You must know that the role of winger, now the boundary between left and right has become blurred, and the requirements for transposition in tactics have forced the role of winger to no longer cling to one side as before.

Bale's attempt in the first half wasn't a failure, at least, although he couldn't create any good chances on this side, the opposition Nani couldn't get much advantage from his side.

In the second half, Bale, who noticed that the opponent's Evra's fitness began to decline, began to gradually exert his strength.

Manchester United's left side is different from the right side, in the first half Manchester United was Park Ji-sung Gallafel on the right, and the former can be regarded as "making up" for the latter in defense, while Naniga Evra on the left is the latter making up for the former, because everyone knows Nani's playing characteristics.

In the sixty-fourth minute of the game, the game changed again.

'Yaya Toure steals in midfield, he gives the ball to Bale on the right, and it is Patrice Evra who defends Bale......"

An ordinary football game is 90 minutes, and it is impossible for any commentator to roar for 90 minutes, so generally only at certain times, the commentator will show his "passion", for example, when it is possible to score, the commentator's tone will be raised in advance, and the speed of speech will suddenly increase, and this time, Martin Taylor's commentary speed is still flat, which means that he does not think that Manchester City's tackle will pose too much of a threat, or rather, it is not special compared to before.

It's not just him, all the fans who are watching this game will think so.

Because although they were tackled, Manchester United's formation was well maintained and did not give the opponent any chance to play a quick counter-attack.

It's just that there are exceptions to everything.

Bell's speed, for example, is an exception.

Bale, who didn't seem to have much advantage of Evra's before, suddenly chose a simple and violent way to break through: the ball was divided.

And then.

Like a rocket, ignited and lifted into the air.

Evra was caught off guard, wasting a turn time, he had already been directly pulled away by Bell, and then, when he also began to ignite the chase, the Bell rocket had already entered the first cosmic velocity......

“…… Hiss ...... "Maybe because of his age, Martin Taylor rarely uses onomatopoeia to express his amazement, but now, he can't help but gasp, even through the guò screen, he can also feel Bell's speed, because Evra, who is not slow, is gradually moving away from Bell.

"Gareth Bell! Breakthrough! Nemanja Vidic has made up for it, Carrick is stepping back, hopefully they will have time......"

But, it's too late!

Bale was not only faster than Patrice Evra, but also faster than Carrick when he stepped back, and he didn't want to give Vidic, who was in action, any one-on-one chance with him. He just glanced up at the penalty area, and then, with his feet, passed the ball.

A fast and fast low flat ball.

Ferdinand, who was alone in the box, was a little careless, because in front of him was Falcao, who had scored a goal earlier, and behind him, Di Maria was cutting in at high speed.

Van der Sar showed his decisiveness at this point, abandoning the goal and then slotting the ball out with a single fist before Falcao could shoot.

But the crisis was not resolved, and the ball that was played by Van der Sar flew to the feet of Yaya Toure, who was cutting forward.

Everyone in the world knows that Yaya Toure has a beautiful long-range shot.

Van der Sar was eager to put a spring on himself, and by the time he got up, Yaya Toure had already made a gesture to shoot, and by this time United's Michael Carrick was also in place, and he was ready to fight for the risk of injury and the opponent's "foot strike".

It's just that......

"Beautiful! Yaya Toure didn't shoot, he deceived Carrick and fed the ball to Di Maria on the left, Di Maria curled the ball and Van der Sar couldn't do anything about it...... "Martin Taylor couldn't help but exclaim when he saw Yaya Toure fake his pass, however, at this time, he saw a man at the far end holding the flag high.

"Uh...... Offside? …… Yes! The linesman raised it to signal that Di Maria was offside, and the goal did not count. It's a dramatic change......"

Offside?

Di Maria, who had already returned to celebrate, quickly noticed that the situation was not right, he stopped a little strangely, and then looked back at the referee, referee Webb's hand did not point to the center circle, and then he saw the flag raised high by the linesman, Di Maria, who had always appeared in public with a gentle expression, suddenly became a little hideous, and he rushed to the linesman.

It's just that Lin Sen, who has always never concealed his feelings, was unusually calm this time, and after standing in front of the coach's seat and expressing his dissatisfaction with the fourth official at the first time, he quickly took the initiative to run in the direction of the linesman, signaling Di Maria, who was theorizing with him, not to entangle.

Of course, this is not that Lin Sen suddenly changed his character, or he also thinks that this ball is really offside.

As before, Lin Sen still believed in his teammates, not to mention, he saw at a glance the change in the situation of the party Di Maria after knowing that the goal was ruled offside, at least, Di Maria must be very sure that the goal was not offside, then, of course, he also has reasons for dissatisfaction, but he has to temporarily suppress this dissatisfaction.

If the score had been a draw, then Linson would not mind putting pressure on the referee with his anger, but for now, City are still ahead. If City affected the mentality of the game because of this goal at this time, it would be the worst thing.

The City Stadium stands were on a rollercoaster ride again, shouting as Di Maria scored the goal, but when Webb signalled for the goal to be disallowed, they fell silent for a moment, followed by a shrill boo.

Looking at the Manchester City players who were still entangled with the referee, Ferguson, who was standing on the other side, knew that it was not an appropriate choice to smile at this time, because after all, Manchester United was still behind, but it was undeniable that the penalty just now really helped Manchester United, Ferguson did not look at the big screen, because whether it was offside or not, it didn't matter to him now.

Ferguson turned his gaze to Linson again, and also sighed inappropriately in his heart: where is this a young manager......

Ferguson thought about it for a moment, and suddenly decided to add a fire.

He got up from the dugout, walked to the sidelines, and then raised his hand and applauded. (To be continued......)