Ferguson thought there was nothing wrong with the game.

Manchester United had a big advantage in the first half, even if it was only 1:1, but the only goal conceded could be regarded as Cristiano Ronaldo's impulse, and then he didn't continue to do that, and Ferguson didn't say anything, after all, C. Ronaldo is a player that Manchester United focuses on developing. But all in all, Manchester United has an advantage, and a big advantage, which can be seen from the field, the team's defense is very solid, and Roma, who can attack, is unable to fight back.

As long as the game continues like this, Manchester United will definitely win, and it will depend on the players' table to win how many goals they win.

But within 10 minutes of the second half, Ferguson's brow furrowed, and he couldn't calm down - Roma were actually defending in a rigid posture, which he didn't expect, but then it would be very difficult for United to score.

There is a reason why Ferguson didn't expect it, because Roma is an attacking formation, how can the attacking formation defend with all its might? But on the field, Roma on the opposite side did just that.

Ferguson suddenly felt the urge to scold his mother.

This...... How can it!

This is the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League, and Roma actually chose to defend with all their might, and even attacked, so utilitarian...... The old man suddenly remembered the league opponents Chelsea, and whenever they had an advantage, they would play like this, but at least Chelsea's tactics were defensive counter-attacks, not pure defense.

Defending on the counter-attack is already a headache...... Defend with all your might, especially with an Italian quasi-giant, even if Roma themselves are not strong defensively, it will be too difficult for Manchester United to score.

Ferguson glanced at the Roma dugout.

Sitting there was Drinel, who was a few years younger than Alex Ferguson, but both looked about the same age, and he didn't care about the 'interim manager' of Rome. After all, this guy is not famous, and now Ferguson feels that he should face the other party squarely.

Rome's tactics were clearly the work of this guy.

Defensively, with all their might, the purpose is to make it difficult for Manchester United to score, that's all, as long as Manchester United score fewer goals. For example, if they only score one goal, then Roma are equal to a victory, they have an away goal and have a good chance of coming back to the Olympic Stadium to win Manchester United.

That's the strategy.

Obviously, the opponent has given up this game, and now the goal is to lose less miserably, as for the situation, it is no longer within the scope of the opponent's consideration.

Material gain! It's so utilitarian!

Ferguson felt the urge to go to the fourth official to complain, but he knew it didn't work, and that's how Roma played. Not to mention the fourth official, there is no way for the FIFA president to come.

Now it's time for him to think about how to get United to score more goals.

Do you want to press it a little higher?

Ferguson hesitated, he turned his head to look at the big man standing near the halfway line, and finally shook his head, and could only pray that his players would play better.

……

Manchester United's attack was very intense.

From the back to the midfield, from midfield to the front, they worked together very fluidly. Roma's loose defence was very difficult to make tackles, in the middle and on both flanks. Manchester United's continuous connection with the fans in the audience cheered repeatedly.

But when the ball is in the front, near the Roma penalty area, this fierce attack has very little effect.

The momentum is very good, and the play is also very good, but this is difficult to achieve in the face of Roma's double-layered defense. Football struggles to penetrate Roma's heavyweight defence in the penalty area.

Regardless, United's attack is commendable.

Most of the time, the football was under the control of Manchester United, most of the shots on goal belonged to them, and most of the dazzling passes and catches were combined. They also kicked out, and the Roma defense could only cower in front of their own penalty area, not even daring to move half a step forward, lest they leave Manchester United in space.

Anyone would believe that even the slightest gap for Roma would turn it into an opportunity for Manchester United in no time.

Such a Manchester United is terrible.

Sky Sports England commentator Alfer called the current situation as, "England's spear against Italy's shield!" ”

England are represented by Manchester United, who have the qualifications to do so, with their flamboyant and attacking football, combined with their technical prowess, and anyone can believe that their current attack can break through any bucket of goals.

Rome represents Italy.

Maybe more Italians will not think so, they will feel that Roma does not have this qualification, especially in defense, there are many teams that do better than Rome, but now this Roma team on the field, all the energy is focused on defense, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the goal as an iron bucket, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they can represent Italy in this regard, after all, even if they use crowd tactics, the basis is still Italian chain defense tactics.

Now spears and shields are constantly clashing.

Manchester United played well in attack but struggled to break down Roma's defence, and such a game made United fans look in high spirits, hoping for a quick lead and gnashing their teeth at Roma's tactics.

Roma fans have been on the lookout.

They won't comment on what Roma are doing now, in fact, there are Roma fans who also want the team to attack, not to defend all the time, but think about the strong Manchester United, the consequence of attacking is likely to be conceding goals, in contrast to the fact that they still want the team to keep the goal.

Even if it's ugly, it's nothing, it's important to have a good result.

That's what the Roma fans think, they really don't demand much, and now Roma can't ask for more, so even though the team is playing ugly, they still support it.

With so many different mentalities, spears and shields are constantly colliding, and it is difficult to quickly distinguish between victory and defeat.

The game entered a stalemate.

……

At this time, the most idle person is Zhang Tiehan.

The task given to him by Drinel is to find opportunities to counterattack, and at the same time, attacking has become his responsibility, but he is not required of anything, Zhang Tiehan can stand in the front of the potential Manchester United backfield players have enough energy, as for scoring goals or something, it is really a bit of a fantasy.

Zhang Tiehan is also very clear about his task, and in summary, he is standing in the front court and idle.

If only there was a chance. For example, when a player at the back passes the ball, he goes to grab the ball, and then he desperately leads the way, and then he has a shot to shock Manchester United, and there is no need to think about anything else.

This task......

Zhang Tiehan didn't know whether to be satisfied or dissatisfied, and he was satisfied that the team's offense was all on him alone. This is a real burden, which shows that Drinel relies on him, and is not satisfied that the attack is his own, and it is really a fantasy task to challenge the entire Manchester United backline by himself.

It's hard, it's too hard!

However, Zhang Tiehan is very clear that he is very dissatisfied with his current situation, and he doesn't want to be just a target standing in the front court, standing. Potential opponent's energy, that's it?

No, no!

He still wants to score!

You must know that the opponent is Manchester United, this is also the best opportunity he has gotten to prove himself in the past two years, there is nothing more important than proving himself in front of Manchester United, and in other games, Zhang Tiehan even feels that it is the Champions League final. It's not as good as the game against Manchester United, especially at Old Trafford. In front of tens of thousands of Manchester United fans.

Lao Tzu still wants to score!

scored a goal at the beginning of the first half, Zhang Tiehan was still not satisfied, what is a goal? That goal would even be considered lucky, after all, it was Cristiano Ronaldo's brainless guy who had been impulsively trying to pass his own chances, and that kind of goal didn't prove anything, and now he still needs to score. There was one more goal that blew Manchester United open the net, especially with such a big advantage for Manchester United.

This thought made Zhang Tiehan's heart become hot.

He kept his eyes on the backfield, hoping that his teammate would cut off the ball and pass it over. Give yourself another chance. There were a few such opportunities just now, and two of them Zhang Tiehan also grabbed the ball, but when he got the ball, there were already two defenders coming over, plus there were defenders in front, Zhang Tiehan couldn't do anything.

But even so, he hopes that he will have more opportunities.

He had faith.

As long as United can make a small mistake, as long as they allow themselves to shoot within 30 meters of the penalty area, he will definitely seize his chance!

This kind of opportunity is not difficult, but the other party will definitely not think of it, although he is not 100% sure that he can score, but the opportunity is good, Zhang Tiehan stared at the backcourt with flirtatious eyes, looking forward to the next pass.

……

Manchester United players don't know what Zhang Tiehan is thinking.

Thirty minutes into the second half, they couldn't know much more about Roma's tactics, Roma completely gave up attacking, and the only one in the front field when attacking was Zhang Tiehan, what threat can one person pose to Manchester United's backline?

They don't care at all.

On a few occasions when Zhang Tiehan got the ball, they also quickly rebounded through the siege, but unfortunately Roma's defense was too tight, and so far they have had a few chances, but still no goal.

They don't care about Roma's attack anymore, they are about their own attack, and if the game ends like this, 1-1, this score is unacceptable for Manchester United, it is no different from them losing.

As time passed, United pressed more and more.

Ferguson noticed the situation off the pitch, such as Silvestre coming in frequently, and the two full-backs were also up front a lot of the time, but the old jazz didn't say anything, he didn't stop it, because he thought the same as the United players - he had to score anyway.

So when Zhang Tiehan received the pass from his teammates again, Manchester United didn't care at all, the players didn't care, and the fans didn't care, because Zhang Tiehan had received the ball many times, and every time he would take the ball to the front court and then lose the ball.

What they didn't notice was that this time when Zhang Tiehan got the ball, Sylvester was not in the backfield. With Silvestre not available, there is only one O'Shea and full-back Heinze at the back.

Heinze is an Argentinian who was loaned to Sporting Lisbon in Portugal before he even played at Valladolid, but in 1998/99 he made just five league appearances. After the season, Heinze returned to Spain and gradually played for Valladolid, playing almost the entire season in 2000/01, scoring twice.

In 2001, Heinze moved to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. Heinze developed into an excellent centre-back in Ligue 1 and was at the heart of PSG's defence, defensively decisive and tenacious, leading them to the 2003/04 French Cup. The excellent table Xiàn also caught the attention of Manchester United.

Heinze moved to Manchester United in the Premier League last summer for £6.9 million, and after a stellar debut, he opened the scoring for the team and quickly became an absolute mainstay at United's left-back.

Now Heinze, the table can be described as 'radiant', when Sylvester stepped forward. Heinze stayed behind to participate in the defense, and when Zhang Tiehan received the pass, he was standing on the penalty line and looking forward, not in a hurry to grab the ball, but waiting for Zhang Tiehan to attack with the ball.

On the other side, O'Shea also waited.

The first few times just now, it was Sylvester who defended Zhang Tiehan closely, O'Shea kept pulling, this time Sylvester was not there, O'Shea was also the same choice as Heinze, and the two planned to wait for Zhang Tiehan to bring the ball over. Complete a close goal together so that you can easily cut off the ball.

They also know that Zhang Tiehan has a good long-range shooting ability.

After all, they haven't really seen it, but they just heard the media reports, but how many players in the world are good at long-range shooting? The whole nine yards...... Every team can find a few, even at Manchester United, Scholes, Roy Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney, etc., there is no one who is not good at long-range shots, especially Keane. As the captain of Manchester United, he scored at least ten or more long-range shots at Manchester United.

But so what?

A long-range shot can go in. Most of them are a bit 'coincidental', such as the angle is too tricky, and then the goalkeeper's position is not good, or the line of sight is blocked, otherwise it is a cold shot, in short, there are many reasons. But in the current situation, none of these reasons are valid.

In Heinze and O'Shea's view, Zhang Tiehan wants to score goals, only to break through the defense of the two.

As for this, it has been proven several times just now. This tall man is not good at his feet at all, he can use his speed to pass one person, but two people are simply impossible, they have full confidence.

So when Zhang Tiehan quickly brought the ball from the middle line, they were not in a hurry, but jogged to meet them.

Zhang Tiehan is also very clear, he knows that he can't break through the defense of Heinze and O'Shea at all, but he doesn't want to break through at all, he was robbed a few times just now, it's too difficult to break through two people alone, even if his speed is fast enough, but the frontal breakthrough is not just speed, especially Heinze and O'Shea have enough defensive experience, such a defender is a headache.

But the point is, there is no Sylvester by his side!

How important is Silvestre's defense? Probably Manchester United will not know very well, but Zhang Tiehan's experience is very deep, Sylvester is following him, he has no chance to shoot at all, without Silvestre's words.

Zhang Tiehan had already waved his right foot while running.

……

When everyone in the audience realized what Zhang Tiehan was going to do, they were very, very surprised.

At this moment, Zhang Tiehan's position is at least thirty meters away from the goal, thirty meters! What is the concept? The line of the big penalty area to the goal is only more than 16 meters, and 30 meters is equal to the distance between the two big penalty areas.

Sky Sports commentator Alfi didn't realize it, "Zhang ...... Is he going to shoot? ”

That being said, most of the United did not panic, after all, Zhang Tiehan's position was too far from the goal, and in their opinion, if they wanted to shoot directly from that position, there was no chance at all.

The United thought so, and so did the Roma.

Shot? Are you kidding?

The Italian commentator exclaimed, "Zhang is...... Shoot! But his tone was clearly not very favourable for the shot.

Zhang Tiehan waved his right foot in the rhythm of running.

His eyes were fixed on the goal and O'Shea and Heinze, who were more than five meters in front of him, and the two of them stopped one left and one right, and there happened to be a gap in the middle.

Zhang Tiehan didn't hesitate at all, and hit the football fiercely-

No way!

Nothing is impossible!

Lao Tzu is just going to score!

……

Boom!

A sound of wind rushed out of the grass, bringing up a few wisps of grass clippings, and the football swept forward.

Heinze and O'Shea both realized something, and they leaned sideways to block the ball, but the football rushed past the two of them first, and they turned their heads in the same direction, only to see that the football had already rushed towards the goal.

Carroll was on the lookout for goal.

So far in the whole game, Zhang Tiehan has a total of four shots, and the kicks are very hasty, but Carol still knows that Zhang Tiehan's shooting is very strong, and the distance is very far, but he is still very cautious, when he sees the football rushing straight over, Carol knows that he can't hold the ball, his choice is to clench his fists, run a step and knock the ball out with both fists.

Boom!

As their hands collided with the football, the United fans exhaled a long breath of relief, they didn't think they could score, but the ball was really good and powerful, and when Carroll knocked the ball out, they were relieved.

But at this moment, the hearts of all those who paid attention to the game immediately rose again.

"Zhang! It's Zhang! ”

"When is he in that position!"

"God!"

The voice made by the English commentator was full of panic, while the Italian commentator was full of surprise and a trace of disbelief, the football was knocked into the corner of the penalty area by Carroll, but Zhang Tiehan suddenly got there, rushed forward two steps to chase the ball, and even when he chased the ball, Heinze did not realize the problem, O'Shea saw it, but his position was simply unable to effectively intercept Zhang Tiehan.

I'm afraid that even if he goes over to intercept it as soon as possible, he won't have any chance.

Because when Zhang Tiehan got the ball, without any pause, he chose to turn around and volley as soon as possible! Turn and volley from the corner of the box!

The position is quite bad, but the goalkeeper Carroll is also not in a good position.

All Zhang needed to do was draw the ball into the frame of the goal, and by the time Carroll realized that it was not good and wanted to run back to a good position, it was too late, and the football had already rushed again, and with a sound that hit the post, the ball had bounced into the goal just when the United fans were looking with a glimmer of hope. (To be continued......)