Section 459 Declaration of Battle
Tottenham scored a goal that sent Alex Ferguson on the sidelines and slapped his thigh hard. He didn't care what a beautiful attack the opposition team played, but he did care that Manchester United's defence was so vulnerable.
Ferguson knows that in his team, Nemanja Vidic is already starting to look old. Although at his peak, Vidic was hailed as the world's No. 1 centre-back, Ferguson has led enough defenders that he knows how unreliable his words are. Vidic's physical ability is very strong, but the technical ability, is not very good, his physical decline, is his usual reckless play problem is more serious, therefore, Ferguson wants to replace the current players with a new lineup, he hopes for the young Evans, wants him to grow into a qualified member of the team, however, his hope does not seem to be so easy to achieve.
'We've seen a lot of changes in Tottenham's attacking side this season. They are now able to break down United's steel defence with ground penetration, something they couldn't do last season......
The commentator's commentary, Ferguson can't hear it, and even if he hears it, he won't particularly agree with it: the current Manchester United defense line is still far from the word steel, at least compared to last season, they are far behind.
But what can he do?
As soon as the 09 Champions League passed, Ronaldo and Tevez left, Vidic declined, Brown fell sharply, Hargreaves was seriously injured, and the entire Manchester United team needed major surgery for tactics. According to his own words, Manchester United at this time should be the time for a big change.
But Ferguson knew he didn't have the guts or the ability to do that. Chelsea and Arsenal are still fierce rivals, Tottenham and Manchester City are also eyeing each other, the entire Premier League can be said to be surrounded by strong opponents, in this case, Manchester United does not have much money, and he is getting older day by day, and wants to lie dormant for another three years, how dare Ferguson?
It's really starting all over again, I'm afraid that time is running out, and what he can expect is that these players are mature and strong.
And after the second half, Ferguson also took the lead in making substitutions and began to make adjustments.
'Manchester United made a substitution...... Scholes went down and replaced Dzeko, which was tuned to 442. And O'Shea went down and brought on Rafael, and Valencia replaced Nani. United made three changes at once, and without Ryan Giggs, they didn't look like they were trying to win, they were trying out their squad. It's weird, doesn't Ferguson care about the Community Shield at all? ”
Ferguson doesn't care less about the Community Shield, but he cares more about the Premier League title. Li Bin has added a group of substitutes this season, and he has expanded the thickness of his squad so much, there is no doubt that he wants to play on two fronts. Tottenham, which was already third in the league last year, would really laugh at Li Bin's timidity if he didn't join the title race this year. He knew what Li Bin wanted, and he also wanted to fight a protracted battle with Li Bin. What is a Community Shield compared to a league title? Why don't you take this opportunity to learn more about Tottenham's tactical changes, and at the same time use Tottenham to sharpen your squad in order to compete for dominance in the league?
Ferguson knew very well which was more important, the league or the Community Shield, so he made adjustments. He wants to open the attack on the right side and let the right side launch an offensive - if you storm behind Tottenham, Tottenham's left attack will naturally collapse automatically, and Ferguson's intention to redeem the son is very obvious, he just wants to find out how powerful Tottenham's left attack is.
Tottenham introduced Raul, relying on Raul to activate the attack on the left, this move, even Ferguson has to praise. Raul is full of experience, but his impact and physical ability are already insufficient, but with Di Maria, Bale and others around him to supplement the impact, he can play very well. Tottenham were still building their defensive line last season, honing Bale and Di Maria, and this season, they will want to build up a attacking pattern up front with Coentrão and Raul. Originally, if this kind of work had been done by the inexperienced Suarez, it would have been possible to do it almost the same in a season, but now, it didn't take long for them to do it.
With the experience provided by the veterans and the energy provided by the newcomers, Tottenham were able to establish a channel on the left so quickly was more terrifying than Ferguson thought.
Tottenham last season, although the defense was very good, there was still not much strength in attack. They have won many games by one goal and have not played a single game with a goal difference of more than four all season. Ferguson is well aware of this, and he knows that Li Bin, who was born in Serie A, will definitely focus on defense in his first season, and in the second season, he will focus on attack. A top-class coach leads a weak team, the improvement in the first and second seasons will be obvious, Ferguson originally thought that Tottenham's improvement would be shown first in the set-piece attack, but he did not expect that Tottenham would have shown good in the attacking routine by then.
A left-wing corridor – how unreliable Ferguson is for right-backs who are familiar with the Premier League, and knows what such a change means.
So he also wants to find out what kind of attack Tottenham's wide attack can be broken down, anyway, there were as many as five substitutions in this game, and he believes he can do it.
However, Ferguson soon discovered that the first adjustment was not enough. Manchester United's attack did adjust, but the attack they did didn't mean much. The offensive form of Rafael and Valencia on the wing is still unable to suppress Tottenham's attack and defense on the left side well.
Although Rafael's technique is better than O'Shea's, and Valencia's skill is also skillful enough to break through on the flank, Tottenham also made a quick change after United began to attack on their right flank: Yaya Toure withdrew from the back, which allowed Gustavo to fill in on the left flank, while Coentrão was still free to cut forward.
"Gustavo's defensive ...... Well done! Brilliant interception, Rafael could not break through. It seems that Tottenham's attack and defence on the flanks have improved a lot compared to last season, when Kolarov was there, Tottenham were not like this. ”
Gustavo made a brilliant tackle and sent the ball straight to the front. Tottenham's style of play is very different now than last season, and he certainly knows that. On Tottenham's left side, Bale has played as a wing-back, a full-back, Coentrão has played as a wing-back, a full-back, Di Maria has played as a full-back, a full-back, Gustavo has played as a full-back and a midfielder, Raul has played as a wing-back, forward, and midfielder - they are very flexible now, Coentrão can be added to the front or the middle, Di Maria Gustavo can also be added to the left-back position to free up Coentrão, Manchester United want to make changes to suppress Tottenham's left wing, but they simply can't.
Li Bin prepared for a season and spent a lot of money to buy the players he wanted, but his purpose was not to create a backline that could be broken by the opponent's strong attack. He wants to rely on the rotation of these players to establish a thoroughfare for Tottenham's attack, and once this thore is established, he is not ready to be defeated by Manchester United's current level of attack - if he can't even deal with such an opponent, how can he deal with Ronaldo and Messi?
Seeing that his substitutions didn't work, Ferguson also made adjustments here. He simply brought on Park Ji-sung and Wayne Rooney, and brought on Owen and Ryan Giggs, wanting to see what Tottenham would do if he put pressure on Tottenham's middle.
However, Ferguson didn't have a chance to see what he wanted to see, and Li Bin also made substitutions: Di Maria was replaced by Bale, Raul was replaced by Suarez, and Cavani was replaced by Heskey, and Tottenham made adjustments, using three substitutions to replace two homegrown players, and Suarez has been sent.
"Tottenham have made a change, but I don't know what the meaning of this change is...... Bale should have no problem with his stamina, so why did he need to be replaced in the game? Moreover, Huskey didn't score a few goals at Wigan Athletic, so what else could Li Bin expect from him? ”
The commentator didn't quite understand Li Bin's substitution: the practice of replacing two foreign players and replacing two local players was very problematic in itself.
However, Li Bin himself knows very well: seven days later, Li Bin's team will still play against Liverpool, Cavani is hand-to-hand with the opponent in the front, Di Maria's physical strength needs to be saved, and these two people naturally have to be replaced. Replaced by Suarez and Bale, he formed two counter-attacking players with speed in the middle, and then used a Husky as a bridgehead to hold up in front, and he wanted to use the counter-attack to fight for his team enough opportunities.
has already taken a one-goal lead, and Li Bin has no intention of entangling with Manchester United anymore. Manchester United wants to test him through this game, which does not mean that Li Bin has to show all his offensive routines to Manchester United. Now that he is already ahead, it is enough for Li Bin to choose to shrink and retreat in time and rely on counterattacks to create a threat.
The season is still long, how can you show all your hole cards so early?
And he did. Soon, when Rafael made a mistake in attacking, Coentrão, who got the ball, gave it to Bale, who rushed straight away with the ball. Raphael came over to stop Bale, but he wasn't as physically strong as Bale. As a last resort, Fletcher took down Bell with a kick to stop the attack.
'Bale's counter-attack was beautiful and it made United shrink a bit. It's strange that Tottenham didn't choose to chase after the win, they chose to retreat to the back. Manchester United only need to score one goal at this time to change the situation, Tottenham Hotspur is so resolute in retreating, is it a bit too hasty to decide? ”
The commentator watched the change in the scene, but he didn't understand it a little: after scoring a goal, both sides made substitutions, but these substitutions didn't seem to be made to win the game. The coaches of both sides seem to be testing, and the content they are testing is definitely not as simple as the game.
Ferguson looked at this situation, he understood better than others what Li Bin wanted to do: not only did he want to use the retreat of this game to win the Community Shield, what he wanted more was to rely on this substitution to tell Ferguson that he was going to take Liverpool in seven days - from the beginning of this season, he would take down all the enemies, and his goal was to win the championship at the end.
The attack in the first half was to tell him about Tottenham's attacking ability, the counter-attack in the second half was to tell him about Tottenham's counter-attacking ability, and the substitution of key players was to tell him how good Tottenham's squad depth is and what kind of confidence they have.
Ferguson's goal is to win the league title, but why not Li Bin's goal? The process of two people testing each other and pressurizing each other has started since the league has not officially started. Li Bin used his substitution to give Ferguson a battle declaration, indicating that this season will not be so calm.