Chapter 667: Almost

At half-time, a blast of music played at Old Trafford, and bands and cabarets soon appeared in the stadium to liven up the crowd.

Since Tottenham Hotspur took the lead in the operation of the home stadium and achieved quite good results, many teams in the Premier League have followed suit, such as Manchester United and Arsenal, and they are also inviting orchestras to come to the scene to perform before and during the game, as well as after the game, which can not only liven up the home atmosphere, but also can please the fans.

But at the moment, the band's explosive performance with obvious joy seemed more like a kind of schadenfreude to the Red Devils fans in attendance, because the red scoreboard at Old Trafford showed a shocking number.

No one could have imagined that the first half would be such a one-sided affair, and it was absolutely shocking that Tottenham Hotspur were able to thrash the Red Devils with five goals in just 45 minutes at Old Trafford.

There were many Red Devils fans in the stands who couldn't help but hide their faces and weep, but there were also many fans who obviously couldn't stand it anymore and chose to leave their seats, wondering if they would be in the stands at Old Trafford again in the second half.

After Ye Qiu explained some things to the substitute players, he walked into the players' tunnel at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils fans in the fan stand above the entrance of the tunnel were also polite to him, giving him merciless boos, and some even tried to spit on him, but they were quickly controlled by the police who maintained order at the scene.

Ye Qiu walked into the players' tunnel, and it didn't take long for him to pass by the home team's locker room, even if the door was closed, he could hear Ferguson's thunderous anger coming from the home team's locker room, and there should even be the sound of throwing things, it is estimated that the Scottish coach must have the urge to tear down the entire Old Trafford stadium at this moment.

Frankly speaking, Ye Qiu himself was surprised to play to such an extent in the first half, his original guess was to take the lead in the first half, but who would have thought that the team would play more smoothly and better, especially the team's midfield operation, as well as the pressure of the midfield, made Manchester United look very uncomfortable.

Ye Qiu got the data, in this game, Tottenham Hotspur's players have a lot more running distance than Manchester United players in the same position, even the veteran Pirlo, the running distance is more than Russ? Diarra and Carrick, not to mention the likes of Ramsey, Cavani and Vidal.

Some people say that the opportunities on the football field are all run-out, and Ye Qiu has always believed this.

In fact, Manchester United's problems have always existed, and they tried to play 433 tactics before, but with Sneijder's form in a slump, Russ? Diarra's problems continued, which caused Ferguson's entire midfield operation to be problematic, and Benzema, the front trident, also seemed to have encountered a bottleneck in development, so Ferguson tried to change the formation.

Nani's performance as a player has fluctuated a lot, and when he is playing well, he can show the level of a first-class or even a top winger, but unfortunately he often has bad performances, and even basically in some key moments, he is difficult to be satisfied, which is one of the reasons why Nani is not popular now.

Ye Qiu had a feeling that Ferguson estimated that he had been hesitating and groping all the time.

As Arsene Wenger said, he from Jack? Wilshere saw a new type of play after the English players were integrated into the tactical system of the European continent, but in fact, how to formulate such a style of play and how to organize the team around Wilshere, Wenger himself was also very confused.

Strictly speaking, Ferguson's confusion should start when Veron joined, and his purpose in introducing Veron was to introduce the tactical play of the mainland system and start to control the ball, after all, before Veron's arrival, although Manchester United won the treble, it was indeed very disadvantaged and abused in Europe.

But Veron's setback at Manchester United, or it should be said, has nothing to do with Veron's own strength, but is caused by some contradictions within the Manchester United team, but it does frustrate Ferguson's groping.

Looking at the players that Ferguson has brought in in over the past few years, there have been successes and failures, and the most successful is of course Cristiano? Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney, Carrick and others are also successful, but I believe that many people are a little puzzled by some of Ferguson's reinforcements or the transformation of players.

For example, Nani and Anderson, and others like Valencia and Evans.

Nani was introduced with the label of a future top winger, and Anderson played as a forward midfielder, known as Ronaldinho II, which shows the technical characteristics of these two players, but after coming to Manchester United, Ferguson transformed them, and Anderson became this kind of player who can't go up and down, and he hasn't broken through at all.

And the cultivation of Nani can only be said to be a failure, because from joining Manchester United in 07 to the present, Nani has played more than 30 games almost every season, whether it is a league or a cup, at least 31 of them, it can be said that Ferguson attaches much more importance to and cultivates Nani than other young rookies.

Although he performed well last season, he was the best player in the Manchester United team and was selected in the Premier League's best team, but Nani did not complete the transformation, and he failed to make himself a first-class star, let alone a top superstar.

Some people say that Manchester United's front trident, Tevez, Rooney and Benzema determine Manchester United's lower limit, and Nani's performance determines Manchester United's ceiling, which is indeed a bit interesting.

In addition to this, Valencia and Evans have problems.

Sometimes Ye Qiu really thinks that as a giant team, players like Valencia and Nani are more like a substitute, and you can't rely on them to be the main force, in Ye Qiu's rating, they are not even higher than Di Maria and Sanchez, let alone Gareth? Bale, Franck Ribery, Messi, Arjen Robben and Cristiano? Ronaldo and other top stars.

Of course, Ye Qiu doesn't think that Nani or Valencia and others don't have strength, but feels that they are still a little bit short of the strength requirements of the main players positioned as giants like Manchester United.

And if you want to talk about potential, Nani is now twenty-five years old, and he will soon be twenty-six, if there is any potential, then it should have been shown a long time ago, Valencia is also twenty-six, it is basically certain, and the ceiling of their two players is almost like this.

Evans, who is 23 years old this year, as a central defender, is a little more understandable to mature late, but at the age of 23, if he doesn't play again in the next two years, then basically this player will be scrapped.

Perhaps for Manchester United's current predicament, Ye Qiu is not incomprehensible, the Glazer family forcibly bought Manchester United through debt, although it was finally successful, and through their operation, Manchester United's market value is now soaring, but the heavy debt burden also makes Manchester United almost breathless.

Now Ferguson is not to mention the recruitment, and even the salary structure of the players must be carefully considered, which shows how grim Manchester United's financial situation is, especially after the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, as the hardest hit area of the United States, the Glazer family can almost be said to bear the brunt, it is estimated that Ferguson sold Cristiano that year? Ronaldo, who was able to introduce Rooney, doesn't know how much it took to talk about it.

When the team is in deep financial crisis, Manchester United's reinforcements are basically based on good quality and low price, but in many cases, cheap prices are not necessarily good, you get what you pay for, and this world is still relatively fair.

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At half-time, Alex Ferguson made two substitutions.

Once was Fletcher replaced Russ, who already had a yellow card? Diarra, the temper of the French midfielder is not good, Ferguson is obviously worried that he will lose control in the second half, so he replaced him early, but from sitting on the bench Russ? Diarra's face, it is estimated that he will continue to make trouble next.

This is also the reason why Ye Qiu doesn't like to introduce players with this kind of character!

Another substitution was the replacement of Nani with Sneijder and a return to the 433 system, with Tevez, Benzema and Rooney playing the front three, and Fletcher, Sneijder and Carrick forming a midfield three, with the back line remaining the same.

Manchester United's adjustment has both defensive purpose and counter-attacking purpose, after all, the first half of the team exposed that Carrick alone could not support the team's counterattack, so Ferguson must bring on another player to share Carrick's attacking responsibilities, that is, Sneijder, and the Dutchman's defensive ability is also good.

It is important to know that Sneijder was a typical Dutch midfielder known for his versatility.

After the start of the second half, both sides played relatively consistently.

Tottenham Hotspur already have a five-goal lead, and Ye Qiu asked the players to be vigilant at halftime and not to be careless, especially against Manchester United's possible counterattack in the second half.

Manchester United pressed the Tottenham Hotspur defense through the front trident, disrupting the Tottenham Hotspur midfield, in order to get some opportunities, but Tottenham Hotspur's backfield was relatively clean, and began to use more two wings to complete the advancement, and even directly passed forward.

The game did not slow down because of the stalemate, it still passed quickly, and it didn't take long to go into 60 minutes, a third of the way through the second half, but United still couldn't find an effective chance to create a threat, which made the United players look a little impatient.

On an attack, Wayne Rooney took the ball with his back to him, received a pass from Sneijder, turned and hit the goal.

Although the angle of the shot was right, it was too far from the goal, so Cech held the ball steadily, ran forward quickly, and kicked the ball forward with a big foot in the front of the penalty area.

At this time, Tottenham Hotspur's entire midfield was rushing forward, and Vidal judged where the ball would fall, grabbed the advantageous position, blocked Carrick behind him, jumped high and headed the ball.

The ball grazed Vidal's head and fell to the edge of the penalty area, Cavani used his body to block Evans, who always had problems predicting the landing of the high ball, and the Uruguayan stopped the ball directly to Messi nearby, he turned and rushed forward, Messi pushed the ball directly forward, forming a through ball and tearing apart the United defence.

"Here it is, Tottenham Hotspur's through stopper, one-on-one !!!!!"

Just Andy? As soon as Gray finished speaking, he saw Ferdinand stabbing out diagonally, and when he saw that he couldn't stop Cavani, he chose to fall to the ground and put the tackle from behind, but he didn't tackle the ball, but shoveled Cavani down at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the Uruguayan was planted headlong into the big penalty area.

"Penalty?" Andy? Gray said first, but soon, he noticed that the referee, Howard? When Webber ran over, Ferdinand was obviously about to rush up to defend himself, but Webber waved at him, "It's a red card, a tackle in the back, and it's a one-on-one opportunity, the red card is indisputable, and Webber said that this is not a penalty, but a direct free kick opportunity at the top of the arc!" ”

Richard? After listening to it, Keith shook his head and said: "This time it's a tackle from behind, but Cavani is obviously a single knife, and the red card can't escape, Ferdinand is also unlucky this time, carrying a big black pot for Evans, if he wasn't so easily turned and rushed forward by Cavani, Ferdinand wouldn't need to be so embarrassed." ”

Perhaps, this confirms the saying, if you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates.

"Ferguson is also very angry on the sidelines, he does have a reason to be upset, because now Manchester United is five goals down at home, and the referee has sent off Manchester United's players, isn't this going to make Manchester United suffer a catastrophe? And Ferguson has already used two substitutions, and he still wants to use the last one? ”

Richard? Keith sighed and said with a wry smile: "Now Manchester United has no trustworthy central defenders at all, O'Shea and Brown have left, and only one Smarin is left, but he, like Evans, may not be able to stop this group of attacking players at Tottenham Hotspur, and whether the last substitution is now is still worth considering!" ”

With half an hour to go until the game time, there may be some unexpected problems at any time, if we run out of substitutions now, if there is a breakdown of players or injuries waiting for a while, then United are not going to play with two less?

'Tottenham Hotspur got a set-piece in a good position, who would take the penalty? Pirlo? ”

"Andrea Pirlo is indeed a top free-kick expert, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed Pirlo's penalty, let's see what the quality of Pirlo's free-kick is this time, this is also his first free-kick after coming to the Premier League!"

"Manchester United have pulled out the wall, David De Gea is also a big enemy, this young player suffered one of the worst nightmares of his life today, and hopefully he can come out of the shadows soon after this game."

"The referee was telling Pirlo that you have to wait for me to blow the whistle before you can take a penalty, and Pirlo agreed!"

"Come on, Webb blows the whistle, Pirlo makes a free throw...... The ball is in!!!!! ”

"6:0, Andrea Pirlo scored! A wonderful direct free kick, a typical Pirlo-style elevator kick, penetrated De Gea's goal, 6:0, Tottenham Hotspur temporarily led the Red Devils Manchester United by a big score! ”

After the goal, the Tottenham Hotspur players quickly rushed to the sidelines, a group of players seemed very excited, hugging each other on the sidelines, they felt that their condition was really good tonight, the whole body seemed to have inexhaustible strength, they still want to continue to strive for goals, continue to maintain the pressure on Manchester United.

"It was an absolutely humiliating night for the Red Devils and Manchester United, even more humiliating than their half-time defeat at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, when they were almost helpless at Tottenham Hotspur at their Old Trafford!"

'Ferguson was clearly mad by the performance of his players, six goals down and now without his main centre-back Rio Ferdinand, which is an absolute nightmare for Manchester United, and now Ferguson should find a way to stabilize the team's defence as soon as possible.

'It looks like Ferguson is going to make the last change, he decided to bring on Smalling and replace Benzema, which is a clear signal that the only purpose of all the remaining games for Manchester United is to defend, they can't afford to be beaten by Tottenham Hotspur in their home stadium with a humiliating scoreline!'

"The biggest defeat in Manchester United's history was 7-0, three times, in League One in 1926 and 1930, and League Two in 1931, both at home 7-0, and never before in the last 80 years or so have United lost such a humiliating defeat."

"In the history of the Premier League, Manchester United has suffered a 5:0 bloodbath from Newcastle in 1996 and a 5:0 bloodbath from Chelsea in 1999, but both games were on the road, but now Manchester United has allowed Tottenham Hotspur to score six goals at their home stadium, which will undoubtedly refresh Manchester United's Premier League shame list!"

'All the players who played for Manchester United tonight will be on this list of shame and they should be held accountable for their poor performances!'

"The Red Devils fans on the scene are very dissatisfied, they are booing their team, they may be very dissatisfied with their team's performance, but we must also admit that playing such a high score, especially in this kind of strong dialogue, there is indeed a lot of chance, I believe that even Ye Qiu did not have such thoughts before the game."

Richard? Keith listening to Andy? After Gray's words, he also sighed, "Tottenham Hotspur is still continuing to strengthen the attack, for this game, we can only say that Tottenham Hotspur's performance is too good and excellent, especially their high-intensity pressing in the midfield, and their kind of offensive and defensive conversion that quickly forms a counterattack after breaking the ball, which is indeed impressive." ”

"This Tottenham Hotspur team has played more impactful and faster than in the past few years, but they have not become rough because of this, on the contrary, they have improved their impact and attacking speed, while they have also retained their passing stability and teamwork, and even often have delicate technical flashes, which is very difficult."

"We have every reason to believe that this Tottenham Hotspur team will amaze all the fans in the new season!"