Chapter Ninety-Nine: No One Retreats

Sitting on the advantage of being at home, Alex Ferguson's United have not played conservatively, and they have not defended and counter-attacked at home.

Because they are behind in the aggregate score after all.

The lagging side is not eligible to choose a defensive counterattack.

If they defend and counterattack, Lazio will certainly shrink their defense, so no one can attack.

It will be up to them to see who is more patient, and there may be a situation where Lazio will only play half the game - and Ferguson is absolutely confident that the little slut who wins will do that.

This can be seen in his previous fights.

He can keep his two centre-backs passing the ball back and forth for more than ten minutes.

He's done something like that!

So Ferguson has to let the team attack, and only when he equalizes can he shrink his defense and play counter-attack.

Before that, it was still attack-oriented.

In the face of Manchester United's attack, Lazio will not shrink their defense and play defensive counter-attacks, they are best at and most accustomed to attacking football.

Manchester United want to attack, Lazio will attack them!

Now it's up to who's more powerful......

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Just like the game against Roma, Lazio was still a little uncomfortable after the game started.

Manchester United took advantage of Lazio's discomfort and launched a fierce attack on Lazio's goal.

Ferguson sat in the dugout, chewing gum constantly.

He knew Lazio wouldn't be able to adapt to the new tactics so quickly, especially with so many key players out there......

Now it's up to Manchester United's attack to get past Lazio's goal.

As long as United can score and equalise on aggregate, the balance of victory will be tilted in Manchester United's side.

When the time comes, under pressure, Lazio will only play more and more impatiently.

Mad Dog tactics can't be rushed, because it requires a lot of passing and cutting runs.

Once you are impatient, you don't have the heart to pass the ball and run to the position.

The effectiveness of the mad dog tactic will be greatly reduced.

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Rooney tries to cut inside and meets Francesco Papa. Two people collided together. Then they all fell to the ground.

The game was interrupted for a few minutes.

Chang Sheng was very nervous, but at the end Pa stood up and got back on the court and threw himself into the game.

Rooney recovered faster than Pa.

But this collision is just a microcosm of the fierce collision of the game.

Both Lazio and Manchester United gave their best in this game.

Because in fact, whether it is Lazio, Manchester United's situation is actually not very good.

After all, they are still one goal behind on aggregate.

Playing at home is not a panacea, playing at home is a sure win.

Ferguson had stressed this to them before the game began.

In this game, Manchester United will have to give it their all and give it their all to beat Lazio.

It's a sign of respect for the opponent. More about always being responsible for yourself.

If United think they can breathe a sigh of relief when they get to home, they are mistaken!

Ferguson also used the winning Lazio players in their first Champions League appearance as an example of how tenacious the team is.

"It's the quarter-finals too. They were scored twice at home by Bayern Munich with a 2-2 scoreline. At the time, everyone thought Lazio was finished, and even Bayern Munich thought so. The result? In the second leg, Lazio poured two from Bayern Munich at Bayern Munich's home stadium! They returned Bayern Munich a 2:2! The game went to penalties. If it weren't for Jose Passarella's slippery feet, it's hard to say who would have reached the semifinals in any year...... What does this mean? Shows that Lazio has such a tradition! If we take it lightly. Let's just wait to be the joke of all over Europe! ”

So in fact, there is no way back for Manchester United in this game.

If Lazio had scored in this game, it would have been away from home...... With Lazio's attacking power, it's hard to keep them from scoring......

So if Lazio also scored two goals, United's advantage on both away goals in the first leg would be gone.

Can Manchester United not fight hard?

They have to try to score, and they have to fight hard not to let Lazio score.

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Because both sides were desperate, the game was deadlocked from the start.

Lazio's attack is not yet very adaptable. However, their defence was tenacious, so even Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo were unable to find the back of the net for a while.

This match is not just a place to qualify for the last four for both teams. Manchester United lost to Lazio in the final last season. They were holding back their strength for revenge.

And equally, if Lazio are knocked out of the competition by Manchester United here, does that mean that they won the Champions League by luck?

So it's about glory and dignity.

No one will budge!

The scramble between the two sides became more and more intense, and people turned on their backs from time to time.

The game had to be interrupted by the whistle blowing frequently.

So if you want to talk about good looks, this match is obviously not as good as the previous round.

But on the fierce. This game is more than good.

In the sixth minute, the first yellow card of the game appeared.

Carrick pushes Motta from behind. Yellow carded by the referee.

Three minutes later, Barzaretti avenged Motta with a vengeance for a tackle on Carrick and a yellow card.

Prior to this game, Winner had not asked the assistant coach to tell his players how many yellow cards they had before they would be suspended.

He didn't think it was necessary.

If they can't even get through this game, then what's the point of them being clean as a blank sheet of paper?

If you want to get through this game, you have to give it your all, and you can't think about being suspended with a few yellow cards. You must not look ahead and look backwards.

Even if he finishes this game, he no longer has the strength to play in the semifinals, and he will admit to winning often.

Although he didn't tell the players, Di Matteo, who was sitting next to him, took notes.

When Barzaretti was taught, he said to Chang Sheng next to him: "This is Balzaretti's second yellow card in the Champions League this season, Chang." ”

Chang Sheng nodded, indicating that he understood.

Even if you eat one more, you will be suspended. So what?

It's a final!

You don't have to think about the future or the future in the finals!

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As the playmaker of Lazio, Motta was heavily cared for by Manchester United during the game.

Carrick's midfielder rushed to the front and kept an inch off Motta.

This is expected in the long victory, and targeted arrangements have also been made during the pre-match training.

So Motta knew what he should do in such a situation.

Everwin told him that if Carrick came up to defend him, then he would drop back and drop back to a midfield position.

Seeing that Carrick was pressing him, Motta retreated. Back to the position of the lower back.

How do you organise an attack in a midfield position?

The distance between him and Cavani was too long.

But it doesn't matter, Chang Sheng has such experience.

In the past, when he was at Valencia, Deco was playing in a central midfield position.

The core of the organization is also carried forward by Changsheng.

How did Valencia solve the same problem?

After there is Deco. There was Ronaldinho in front of him.

Deco sends the ball forward to Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho linked the front and back of the field.

And this means that Valencia has two cores, which makes it difficult for opponents to guard against.

It's about the same with Lazio now.

Motta's retreat does not mean that Lazio's offensive cannot be improved.

With Candreva, Cazorla and Gotze, don't worry about the football not going to get through.

The core of the organization retreats. Although there was less chance for Motta to make a direct final pass, it protected him.

It allows him to schedule without interference.

Of course, there is a disadvantage to this, that is, it is far away from the penalty area, and it is impossible to send a dangerous scalpel-like pass.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and you want to pursue perfection. Hard.

That's why Everwin has given Candreva and Cazorla, Gotze and others a heavy responsibility.

What used to be done by one Modric is now shared by several people.

Use the number of people to make up for other shortcomings. Everyone is good at only one thing, and the combination is the core.

So. To say that Motta is the heart of Lazio is not true.

Yes, it's because Motta's role in this lineup is important, he is the dispatcher, and the importance of the dispatch is self-evident.

But at the heart of Lazio is not he alone. Also included are Cazorla, Gotze, Candreva.

Suffice it to say, none of them are the core. It's all core, fragments of the core.

Together, these fragments can become a complete core that can really work.

If Candreva, Cazorla and Gotze don't perform well, then no matter how good Motta is, it doesn't matter.

So in this game, the key to whether Lazio can win is not Motta, but several other Lazio midfielders.

Chang Sheng stood on the sidelines, slightly nervously looking inside the court.

Against Roma, it took Lazio a while to get used to it.

How long will Lazio have to adapt to today's game? Looking at it now, it is still adapting.

What if the adaptation period allowed United to score?

Will the players be able to withstand the pressure and come back from behind?

These are things that you can't know from the tactical board, and that's why the manager can't fully control the game.

It also makes the game suspenseful, interesting to watch - for neutrals.

I did the best I could, but to implement them it was up to the Lazio players themselves.

The so-called generals have no regard for the orders of foreign kings, and they have high hopes for them, can they not let themselves down?

Especially Candreva is a newcomer.

Never before had he taken on such an important task in a previous match, was he able to handle it with composure? Will he be able to keep his mind awake at critical times and know what to do and what not to do?

Of course, he'd better not let himself down......