If Keane was still a little dissatisfied with Ferguson's special arrangement of Lao Lei before, then after the two of them met for the first time this time, he had already attached importance to Lao Lei. What the ears hear and the eyes see is not as profound and effective as what you have experienced. Keane touched his ribs, which were still slightly painful, and said in his heart, "Interesting." When he and Lao Lei were entangled just now, their hands and feet were actually not very clean.

After he secretly hung Lao Lei's heel with a shoe spike, Lao Lei immediately returned the favor and gave Keane an elbow to him. If nothing else, just relying on Lao Lei's unflinching appearance in this encounter was enough to attract Keane's attention. After Keane's notoriety, few people dared to go head-to-head with him, especially among the younger players. Undoubtedly, Ray's response gave Keane a sense of novelty. On the field of play, getting Keane's interest is never a good thing for the other players.

When Howard got the ball back in the game, it was United's turn to attack the ball. Manchester United's attacking characteristics can be summed up in one word, that is, the word running, this attacking system built by Ferguson. The courage to innovate, keep up with the trend, and not indulge in the glory of the past is an important basis for Ferguson's success. Acutely aware of the emerging trend of football reform, Alex Ferguson immediately made the bold decision to reform and create a tactical system that runs without the ball that is unique to Manchester United. It is the success of this system that has established Manchester United's long-standing dominance in the Premier League.

Manchester United's off-ball running system is a holistic off-ball run. On the field. No matter who has the ball, there will be people running around him. Any player takes the ball from any location. At least two players will be around him, and the three will form a solid triangle. Both forwards. Backwards or to the sides will have the most direct passing route. Everyone's movement will be very fluid, and there will be a point of contact at any threatening location. The Manchester United players on the field will form a lot of interconnected triangles, which will affect the whole body when they are launched. This is the main reason why United's players rarely break through with the ball individually, but they are not inferior to any team in terms of speed and fluidity with the ball. Maybe this kind of system can't play a very pleasing attack like Arsenal, but it is practical and has extraordinary flexibility. Whether it is in a counterattack or a positional war, it will be of great use.

These are two systems that are diametrically opposed to Porto, where they are undoubtedly the player with the most touches per game. Porto's offense and defense are built with him as the core, and Lao Lei is like Porto's central processing unit, and it is up to him to go in and out. Originally, such tactics were likely to be restricted, but Lao Lei's extremely strong running ability and increasingly mature comprehensive technical ability made this weakness weakened by wireless. Manchester United know this best. So before the game, Mourinho had already told Lao Lei that he should be ready to run non-stop with Keane for 90 minutes.

As for Manchester United, Mourinho's defensive approach is simple. Compress the space, can't you run, then I won't give you room to run at all. Even if it can't completely limit you. Then I'm going to give you the most difficult offense as well. That's what it's like on the pitch now, when United have the ball. Porto would have come back all over the field and form a net in their own half. Fish all the Manchester United players in and slowly tighten the net until they are all caught.

And if this net is to be tightened, it will require Porto players to have strong running ability and defensive ability. And this happens to be what Porto is not lacking, except for Baia, the other 10 players on the field of Porto are all engaged in defense. Among these 10 people, except for McCarthy, who is a temporary cram, the rest have good defensive ability. Lao Lei's mind quickly flashed these things that Mourinho explained before the game. At this time on the field, Porto did the same, and the formation was based on Lao Lei as the core to complete the contraction, so as to face Manchester United's attack.

Such a defensive set-up undoubtedly caused a lot of problems for United's attack, and the United players found that there was too little room for them to run. After passing halftime, Porto's defensive system, which relied on the ability to run, used his fast and sharp rotation to make it difficult for Manchester United's attack. Manchester United didn't have anything to do about it for a while, and Ferguson on the sidelines also frowned and thought, he could predict the hindrance of such a defensive system to Manchester United. glanced at Mourinho, who was holding his chest with his hands, and he also cursed in his heart: "Little fox." "This situation is not impossible to solve for Manchester United now, that is, it needs the individual ability of the stars to play.

In the 14th minute of the first half, Manchester United, who had been unable to push the ball into the dangerous area of Porto, began to take the initiative to change. Scholes dropped back across the halfway line and received Bout's pass, and without interference, he unleashed his precision-guided passing skills. Unlike David Beckham's Machete, Scholes' passing is known for being flat. Even Lao Ray had to scream at Scholes's pass, a long pass with an error range of only about half a meter, so that the ball fell accurately to the feet of Giggs on the left, without giving Ferreira a chance to come forward to interfere with the ball.

In the face of the famous Welsh left-sided king, Ferreira appeared very cautious, retreating step by step, and did not rush up. While blocking Giggs's inner lane, he also waited for his teammates to come to support and form a trap on Giggs. However, just as Alenichev was packed, Giggs suddenly accelerated. A trip with his left foot is a sudden start, and he wants to eat Ferreira raw with speed. Although he is 31 years old this year, his physique has declined slightly, but his excellent personal body management makes his speed still a little feared by others. It's like his speed was originally 20% faster than others, although it has dropped by 10%, but it is still 10% faster than others. After Giggs started, he took the lead, and although Ferreira immediately followed, it was clear from the running posture that Ferreira was slightly struggling.

When he got to near the baseline, Giggs didn't choose to cross, but suddenly slammed his left foot and then turned his right ankle outward to follow. The ball rolls straight forward after touching the inside of the right foot. This made Ferreira, who had just come to a sharp stop, a little unprepared, and the ball rolled straight between his feet, which was a beautiful crotch pass. Immediately afterwards, Ryan Giggs accelerated past Ferreira from the outside and went straight into the box.

There, though, Costa was already in good time. At this point, Giggs did not seek a breakthrough again, but knocked the ball back to the edge of the box. There Paul Scholes was already in place, and as a well-known back-up attacker, Scholes had a very good long-range shot. At this time, Lao Lei had already quickly made up for his side.

Before Scholes could shoot from distance, Ray made a direct sliding tackle to keep the ball behind, and Scholes fell to the ground instead. It wasn't a foul defense, Ray's tackle was a beautiful tackle, and Scolas fell to the ground only because of his unsteady center of gravity when the ball couldn't shoot successfully. After getting the football, Lao Lei didn't look at Scholes, and quickly got up, wanting to turn around and move forward with the ball. However, just as he turned around, a red figure appeared in front of him.

It turned out that Keane had been watching Lao Lei all the time, and unconsciously followed Lao Lei to the front of Porto's penalty area, and this should also be Ferguson's arrangement. Manchester United's No. 16, directly turned around, and the old thunder who was about to turn around suddenly fell to the ground, which was an obvious block, and the ball passed people. For such an obvious foul, the referee's whistle also sounded and the game was suspended. Such a foul will not let Keane eat the cards, and Porto's counterattack, which is still in the bud, was stifled by Keane himself.

At this time, Keane also leaned down and pulled Old Ray up with a "friendly" face. And Lao Lei knows that this is not friendly. Keane whispered in his ear, "This is just the beginning, boy, just wait." The threat in his words, Lao Lei didn't have to think about it to hear it. Looking at this well-known Premier League villain, Lao Lei was stunned for a moment, and then he also showed a "friendly" smile, hugged Keane fiercely, and then whispered to Keane: "Mr. Keane, you too." And watch out for your little brother. After saying that, no matter how Keane reacted, Lao Lei just turned around and prepared for the game to start again. Lao Lei's words made Keane's gaze even colder, which Lao Lei didn't see, or didn't care.

And Lao Ray and Keane, this friendship first, made everyone look very confused. The reputation of these two people is not very good, and they are so friendly to each other that everyone has to carefully wipe their eyes or glasses, and they don't know why.

It was Mourinho on the sidelines, and from Keane's foul this time, he saw some of Ferguson's arrangement of Lao Lei. Using Keane to defend against Lao Lei will indeed cause a lot of trouble to Lao Lei. However, Mourinho is not afraid of this because, like Alex Ferguson, he believes his players will have the upper hand.

In other words, the contest between Lao Lei and Keane will be a very important point in the absolute victory or defeat of this game. Once Keane or Lao Lei is suppressed by the opponent, it will mark the failure of the tactics formulated by Manchester United or Porto before the game, which will undoubtedly give the opponent a huge advantage, and even decide the game.

As for the outcome, who will win?

Lao Lei firmly believes that he will be this person.

He looked at Keane's back, and his gaze contained a word.

Who else can I be!! (To be continued......)