No one expected that Deegan would come to such a hand, the game had just begun, and he was so far away from the goal that he shot directly at the goal.

The speed of Degan's shot was very fast, Van der Sar's position was a little forward, after all, the game had just begun, and he was still making preparations, who knew that Degan actually shot directly, seeing that the football was like a cannonball, with the whistling wind directly towards the goal, Van der Sar hurriedly moved to the back.

Ferguson on the sidelines is also a chrysanthemum nervous, he has directed countless players, and he has also seen outstanding foot strength, such as Keane, Strachan are famous heavy gunners, but like Degan, who has broken through the limits of human beings, this is the first time he has seen it.

The football flew to the front of the penalty area, and the speed did not decrease at all, fortunately, Vidic appeared on the line where the football was running, but in the face of this bomb-like football, Vidic, the black iron man, was also cold, and almost subconsciously leaned back.

"Bastard!"

Seeing this, Ferguson roared, and the fear and evasion that Vidic showed at this moment was the behavior that the old lord despised the most.

The football was impartial, just hit Vidic's shoulder, Vidic only felt a heart-piercing pain in his shoulder, and then he was numb, it is conceivable that if he didn't want to lean back, the ball hit him directly in the ribs, and it is estimated that he can go directly to the hospital to report.

After the ball hit Vidic's shoulder, it didn't bounce back, but flew straight into the sky, then slid over a parabola and ran towards the goal again.

Van der Sar looked up, feeling a tingling in his scalp, with excellent prediction, he could be sure that the ball was falling in the range, it must be the range of the goal, but how to catch this kind of ball?

As the ball got closer and closer to the goal, Van der Sar stood directly on the goal line, his head up, his hands held high, ready to give him a zuihou fight.

Boom!

There was a muffled sound, and the goal was shaking, but to Van der Sar, the muffled sound was very pleasant, and it was simply the gospel of God.

Degan's shot shocked Manchester United into a cold sweat, and finally smashed on the crossbar, and then Van der Sar flicked it off the bottom line.

"It's a shame that Degan's shot was ultimately denied by the crossbar of the goal, if this goal can really be scored, Degan will set a record, the fastest goal in the Champions League final, let's see the time, from the start of the game, to the football out of the bottom line, it was only 20 seconds ago."

The Fiorentina fans in the stands were also full of disappointment, and Dravalai, who attended the final with Parkinva, was even more disappointed.

Degan didn't think anything of it, it was originally an act of gambling, it was luck to score, and it was luck not to score, and a shot like this was to let Degan come ten more times, and it was estimated that he would not be able to kick out.

Corner kick!

At the beginning of the game, Fiorentina won a corner, and Digan, Kompany and other Fiorentina header players all squeezed into the Manchester United penalty area.

Montolivo watched his team-mate's movements while waiting for the referee's whistle.

Beep~~~~~~

The referee's whistle blew and Montolivo took two steps to take a corner, and the ball arced towards the back post, where Digan was already waiting.

Vidic wanted Digan to compete for the position, but Vidic, who usually looked very strong, was not enough to see in front of Digan, although he was stuck in the position, but when he jumped, the whole person was suppressed by Digan.

Facing the direction of the ball, Digan forehead a little, and Kompany, who followed up in the middle, rushed up to head the goal, but the shot that was close at hand, at the moment when it was about to cross the goal line, was actually blocked by Van der Sar with his shoulder.

Rio Ferdinand reacted very quickly and rushed in the first time to clear the ball off the touchline with a big kick, and United narrowly defused the first crisis.

Seeing that such a shot didn't go in, Kompany also couldn't help but stay up, and hit Manchester United's goal post with a kick.

"Fiorentina's performance after the start of this game was really unexpected, they did not play conservatively, even in the face of a strong Manchester United, they did not hesitate to invest a lot of troops when attacking, it seems that this game is not destined to be dull!"

This is definitely great news for neutral fans, who don't want to see a super dull game, like the previous Italian civil war between AC Milan and Juventus, which was torture for even the most loyal fans.

"Paul!" Ferguson shouted, then pressed his hands down to signal Sockles to slow down the pace of the game.

At the beginning of the game, the team's momentum was suppressed by Fiorentina, which is not good news, at this time, it can only slow down the pace of the game a little, and let the momentum of Fiorentina slowly wear off is the king.

Abate's cross was then headed over by Nemanja Vidic and the second was met by Michael Carrick to give it United's turn to attack.

Manchester United's attack is still mainly on the two wings, especially after Scholes began to transform, the penetration of the middle is no longer suitable for Manchester United, when attacking with two wings, Scholes controls the overall situation, and frequently uses the impact of two sharp knives on the side to tear through the opponent's defense.

Watching Scholes stop the ball and Manchester United's formation slowly pressed, Ferguson was relieved, turned back to the coach's box and sat down, although Fiorentina's sneak attack just now looked dangerous, but as long as the rhythm was controlled by Manchester United, he had nothing to worry about, everything was under control, and he had confidence in his children.

Ferguson attaches great importance to tactics, although his contribution to tactical play in football has always been despised by others, and many people will even think that his more than 20 years at Manchester United have not brought anything new to Manchester United, to the Premier League, to Shijie football, has not set off a new tactical storm, and has not succeeded in a tactical revolution.

He has led Manchester United for so long, in addition to rehearsing the 442 lineup extremely skillfully and forging Manchester United's wing attacking style to be extremely powerful, his contribution to other lineups and tactical play is very small, very pitiful.

Many journalists who despise Ferguson will always describe him as an old antique that should have been buried in his grave, an old dinosaur that has been eliminated and destroyed by the tide of the times.

In fact, this is a big misunderstanding of Ferguson, who is very good at learning and has the courage to reform, is a rare tactical reformer, and is also a brave tactician who "dares to change his own life".

Since coming to Manchester United, Ferguson has decisively optimized Manchester United's wide style of play and re-practiced a more jishu idea. From the British sling tactics of hard bridges and hard horses, and high and high play, it has been reformed and transitioned to a leading style of play that focuses on fast attack on the side, combines high-intensity pressure in the front court, continuously improves the overall offensive and defensive rate, and emphasizes attack and suppression.

From the perspective of the tactical lineup, from 442 to 433, from 4231 to 460 without strikers, from 4321 Christmas tree to 451 midfield strangulation battle, Ferguson's playing style of lineup and tactics has always been constantly new and ingenious. Looking at the tactical evolution and exploration of Alex Ferguson at Manchester United for more than 20 years, there is great significance and inspiration in it, that is, innovation out of nothing is of course powerful, and the integration of progress is equally important.

When Alex Ferguson first came to Manchester United, Manchester United played a consistent 442, and Ferguson did not study the popular 442 formation of Manchester United and English clubs. On the contrary, Ferguson, who studied under the famous coach Stan, has long been familiar with the 442 formation and tactical changes. As soon as he arrived at Manchester United, he began to make targeted tactical changes.

At that time, Manchester United and the traditional British 442 had very distinctive characteristics, that is, body first, high-altitude work. In terms of playing style, the British 442 often pays attention to the bottom of a pair of full-backs, and assists with high ball crosses, while the two forwards must require at least one to be a high forward, using headers to attack the goal and ferry in the attack, and requiring the two midfielders to take the initiative to rush forward to respond when attacking, and the tactical thinking is very rigid.

Ferguson brought a new approach and tactics to the table, and he did not change the 442 formation lightly, but he demanded that both wings, including the full-backs, be on the traditional path of low crosses, plus a quick break to get as deep into the opponent's heart as possible, into the ribs or near the baseline, and then play from the bottom line or look for opportunities from the box.

He asked to minimize the 45° diagonal long pass into the penalty area in the attack, which is a bit like hitting the luck of the attack, which is easy to be prevented by the opponent.

In the same way, he also asked that defenders should be prohibited from directly stepping forward to find the striker and rushing in a swarm. Ferguson believes that this style of play is actually a big kick to clear the siege and kick indiscriminately, the opponent can immediately continue to break the ball and press, and the back line is under no less offensive pressure.

He reformed Manchester United's traditional lineup and style of play for 442, and the requirements of this reform are obvious, that is, to focus on Liliang who maintains defense in attack, and pay more attention to jishu and cooperation in attack, rather than blindly bombing from high altitudes, which is the first tactical change that Ferguson brought to Manchester United.

The simple description is that the defense emphasizes more on zone defense, the general configuration is that the two midfielders are responsible for sweeping in front of the arc of the penalty area, and limit the opponent's players to enter the penalty area to grab points, one of the central defenders should keep an eye on one of the opponent's strikers, and the other one will fill in and card at any time, and the two fullbacks will be recovered in time as needed, and the full-backs will take care of the opponent's crosses and limit them from easily starting the ball. The first defensive focus is the new thinking that Ferguson has brought to the players of Manchester United.

He asked the strikers to be active in the 35-metre area of the opposition backfield and to interfere and press the two centre-backs. For the midfield quartet, he asked the players to take the initiative to retreat to the arc of the penalty area when defending, protect the back line, and do not allow blind up and out of position. The two wing-backs will return to the back area to play together, mainly targeting the opponent's two forwards or forwards close to this side, and the full-backs will need to return to the vicinity of the penalty area to assist.

On the basis of guaranteeing defence, of course, there is an emphasis on attack, which is the tradition of the Red Devils. Ferguson's emphasis was on the effectiveness and sharpness of the attack.

In the attack, the striker is required to do a wider range of pulls in the front, more emphasis on the striker's foot control and breakthrough, and emphasize the striker's grabbing of the cross low ball, and strive to find a goal opportunity in the penalty area, and the arrangement of long-range shots is generally responsible for the midfielder.

At present, this Manchester United, because Scholes is excellent at his feet, Ferguson entrusted him with the heavy responsibility, allowing him to hold the ball more in attack, take the initiative to press the opponent's midfield, and look for opportunities to form a breakthrough and directly face the opponent's defenders.

Ferguson even allowed Paul Scholes exclusive freedom in the opposition penalty area, deciding whether to pass, break or shoot.

For another central midfielder, Carrick, Ferguson's main position is that the midfielder is slightly behind, more like a defender to protect his own defense, the forward attack arrangement has been reduced, but once Scholes is targeted by the opponent, then Carrick must take the initiative to move closer and form a transfer in time to strive for local advantages.

Ferguson will not blindly insist on attacking, but try to achieve a balance between attack and defence, and he is concerned about the solidity of Manchester United's backline in a sense more than the investment in attack, after all, the attacking gene has flowed in the blood of the Red Devils players, they do not lack the urge to attack, what they lack is the consciousness of defence.

Not only that, but according to the composition of the team in different generations, Ferguson also made timely changes. On a long-term scale, this is an even greater exploration. Regardless, United's attacking and team-oriented approach has always been prioritised in terms of style of play. With the infusion of more advanced styles of play, United's progress has continued.

Alex Ferguson is undoubtedly a master tactician, and his style of play under United is distinctive, with the Reds attacking and pleasing to the eye.

To sum up, the basis of Manchester United's tactics under Ferguson is to attack on the wing, outflank in the middle, resolutely have the opportunity to play behind with long passes, and maintain the overall impact of the formation, but Ferguson has added a lot of continental football elements to improve the English style of play, such as fullbacks inserting sets, fast passing in the middle and ball control to form a cut to the opponent's formation, frequent exchanges between the left and right wings, and the use of flat fastballs or inverted triangles in side crosses.

In the current Manchester United squad, Ferguson also requires every player to adapt to multiple positions, and in addition to dealing with injuries and allowing for rotation, the tactical need is to be able to form a small group of quick counter-attacks at any time, without waiting for a fixed player in one position to arrive at his position.

Fluidity means that the formation of the whole United is constantly rotating, and if the players cannot adapt to multiple positions, the rotation of the whole team will inevitably be limited by the speed of one of the slowest players. But once the players are all-rounders, the speed of team rotation will inevitably increase. That is, at any time and place, a small detachment of rapid assault can be assembled at any time.

Keeping the pressure on the opposition at all times, fighting for the opposition in any area, is the essence of Manchester United's tactics under Alex Ferguson.