Chapter Seventy-Six: Inducements
Manchester United's goal.
It's not so much Ferguson's gain, but Linson paying the price for his hesitation.
Objectively speaking, Manchester United's goal is an obvious blow to Manchester City.
When Hernandez sent the ball to the Manchester City fans, in Linson's eyes, almost all Manchester City players had a change in their feelings, from Joe Hart, who had just kicked the ball, to Cahill, who was leaking, to David Silva, who stood up front with his hands crossed and couldn't do anything against him......
Nervousness, disappointment, anger......
All kinds of emotions seem to burst out suddenly.
It is not difficult to understand the reason for the change in the mood of the players, this is not the first half, this is the second half, and it is close to the halfway of the second half, in the past hour or so, everyone knows how difficult the opponent in front of them is, in this case, Manchester United's goal, can not be simply regarded with the idea of "just scored a goal", this is a goal to break the deadlock of the game, and it is very likely to become a decisive goal.
Regret is useless!
Lin Sen forcibly removed the growing love called regret out of his mind, and the only thing to be thankful for at the moment may be that Manchester City still has time.
Twenty minutes.
Although in this final period, Manchester City have to do what they have not been able to do in the last hour or so.
Lin Sen doesn't know if it's too late to make amends, but the problem is still there, and it won't disappear by itself just because City have conceded a goal. So, until then, what needs to be done, still has to be done.
There is no doubt that after scoring this goal, Manchester United's defence will rise in intensity for the rest of the game. Because it was a score that was enough to put Ferguson at the top of Europe for the third time. However, Lin Sen can't be too naïve.
Manchester United, is it really only this goal?
Lin Sen only knew that if it was replaced by himself, as long as the opponent's loopholes were still there, what reason was there not to lock in the victory?
"It seems that Lin is going to adjust." When Linson was seen walking to the bench, Andy Gray immediately guessed his intentions.
"There's no way around it." Martin Taylor nodded and said, "It's definitely not good for Manchester City to concede a goal at this time, but to put it another way. It's better than conceding a goal at the last minute, and think about what would have happened if this goal had been ten minutes late? But if Lin Sen is still indifferent now, in fact, there is not much difference, so if Lin Sen wants to adjust, now is the best time. ”
"But, for whom?" Andy Gray asked a question that Linson had been hesitating for a long time.
"It should be an offensive player." Martin Taylor paused for a moment, and quickly said, for him as a bystander. Linson's hesitation was not as complicated as he thought, Manchester City were behind and they needed to attack.
Just quickly. The players standing on the sidelines rejected his words.
"Javi Martinez?"
Andy Gray made no secret of his surprise, and he was sure that there would be many people who would be similarly surprised-
When Javi Martinez was seen standing on the sidelines. Ferguson knew he needed to change his strategy.
He wouldn't simply interpret this substitution as simply because of Lin Sen's conservatism, like the others.
Bringing on Xavi Martinez is certainly about defending, but sometimes defending doesn't have to be conservative. Because there is another saying: defense, for better offense.
Ferguson is not afraid to change Linson's attacking players at this time, as long as the hole in the Manchester City defense is not filled, then he is sure that his team will tear this button bigger and bigger, big enough to ignore Manchester City's attack, especially when his team is already ahead.
But now, apparently, Lin Sen is ready to make up for this opening first.
Pity? Of course, there is, but Ferguson knows that it can't be all the same.
For Linson, replacing David Silva and replacing Xavi Martinez is not only a remedial move, but also a negation of his pre-war arrangement.
Where is his weakness, Lin Sen is very clear, this is just an open secret, the reason why Lin Sen did not continue to use the three-back system against Barcelona, the original idea was just to replace defense with offense and reduce the pressure on the opponent's own defensive line, but now, he had to be forced to change his strategy, and ......
When the team needed to attack the most, he was substituted.
This is clearly not something to be proud of for David Silva, who is on top of Europe for the first time.
David Silva, who walked slowly off the field with his head down, didn't even hug Xavi Martinez, who originally raised his hand, had to improvisably pat the other party's back, even if the handover was completed.
Lin Sen, who knew that David Silva's feelings were low, did not pretend to wait for David Silva to clap his hands with him, but walked directly forward and patted him on the shoulder.
David Silva still didn't say anything about Linson's "initiative", just bowed his head and walked back to the bench.
Then, Lin Sen knew in his heart that, perhaps, David Silva really couldn't stay.
One more season.
This was the agreement between Linsen and David Silva last summer, but even with this agreement, Linsen actually still has hope of staying with the other party, but now, that hope may not be much.
Just like Ronaldo's departure from Inter Milan back then, most people thought that Ronaldo's departure had been decided at the moment when Inter Milan lost the league championship in the last round and Ronaldo cried with a low head on the bench.
It's not just Ronaldo, you can find many, many examples, and more famously, Beckham's flying shoes incident.
Similarly, David Silva, who seems to have no reason to leave at all, needs an incentive to leave Manchester City.
Lin Sen had thought about many situations, but what he didn't expect was that in the end, this trigger was very likely to come from him.
A momentary thought flashed, and Lin Sen, who had a small desertion in his mind, quickly turned his eyes back to the game in front of him. There may be some regrets. But in any case, Lin Sen will not regret his decision.
In the seventy-second minute, less than five minutes before Manchester United scored, Linson played his first card.
Xavi Martinez replaces David Silva.
Manchester City's formation has changed from a more balanced 4231 to a defensive-biased 4321, at least in theory.
And just as Linson wanted, Xavi Martinez's mall made Cahill no longer need to be frequently scrambling, and Manchester City's defense began to stabilize. After several failed attacks, Ferguson, who seemed to realize that he had run out of options, also played his first card, Scholes, to replace Valencia, who was physically exhausted.
At this time, with the addition of Ryan Giggs, there are already two veterans in the United midfield who are over 35 years old.
So, Lin Sen knew that Ferguson was going to defend it.
The veterans may not have much of an advantage in terms of physical fitness, but they have an advantage that no one can compare. That's the ability to control the field.
This time, Lin Sen did not hesitate at all, or rather, he had no time to hesitate, at this time. Eighty minutes into the game, he played the second card.
Di Maria, for Baines.
Lin Sen's substitution, Ferguson also knows the intention. As he had thought, the winds of the game could not have been on United's side all the time. Of course, Manchester United will delay this time as much as possible, and then fly as far as possible while the wind is still on their side, but once the wind changes, all they can do is withstand it!
His reliance is experience. Manchester City, on the other hand, is young.
Manchester City's wings, which had been tied up by Manchester United for 80 minutes, began to spread their wings and fly.
After Di Maria or Reus came on the pitch, Bale retreated to left-back, a trick used by Linson in the second half of the season, with the simple intention of strengthening the attack. Bale, who has dropped back to left-back, will not simply play as a left-back, but will form a double with another left winger on the pitch when attacking.
This trick has been tried many times by Lin Sen.
Some media called this Lin Sen's last killer weapon, and some media ridiculed this as Lin Sen's dying struggle, no matter which way it was said, Lin Sen did not deny it, because, they are all right.
Letting Bale retreat to guard is a last resort, so the dying throes are exaggerated but not false. Is it too much to have Bale and Di Maria or Reus take turns attacking in the attack, saying that this is a killer feature? Of course, there are two conditions for this, one is that the opponent's physical strength has been almost consumed, and the other is that someone fills the void behind them, such as the current three backs.
Di Maria's arrival undoubtedly increased the pressure on Manchester United's right side, and Rafael, who had to rely on Park Ji-sung in the contest with Bale, finally understood what it means to be a big pear mountain.
Within two minutes, Park Ji-sung and Rafael each had a yellow card.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ferguson immediately played a second card.
Smalling, for Rafael.
It should be said that the substitution itself is impeccable, the young Smalling was bought by Manchester United in the winter last season, but he did not join Manchester United until this season, and has been an important substitute for the Manchester United defense since joining, although he is young, but his appearance is not bad, at this time he replaced Rafael, who had a yellow card, completely reasonable.
However, not everything that is reasonable will be displayed in a reasonable way.
The similarly young Rafael's appearance may have paralyzed a nerve in Ferguson: not all youngsters can be indifferent to their first Champions League final journey.
In the 86th minute, Manchester City, who were already red-eyed, made a comeback, and this time, they also chose their left side.
Park Ji-sung entangled Bale, and Smalling, who had just come on the field, said that he was excited or nervous, after he was shaken away by Di Maria's continuous bicycle movements, he was hot-headed, and made a move against Di Maria's back who was about to go away.
Slide shovel. (To be continued!)
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