Chapter 160: The Opening Situation
Journalists in the media gallery, as well as various commentators, football commentators, and veteran fans also watched the game seriously, and they also couldn't understand the situation on the field, and it was clear that the current Derby County team on the field was completely different from what they remembered.
They have the impression that Derby County are a team that is good at attacking.
Their offense is very beautiful, the formation is very clear, and the defense is also carried out by using the full-court pressing, even if the ball is converted, their formation will still be pressed very forward, if the opponent is not suitable for the pressing, and concedes the ball quickly, then the offensive threat of Derby County will be greatly increased, which is also a means for Derby County to suppress the opponent and they can often win by large scores this season.
But from the beginning of this game to the present, Derby's table is incomprehensible, needless to say offensively, they have not threatened the attack so far, and the defense is also surprising, their formation has become 541, but you can't see the formation at all if you don't look carefully, their positions are very chaotic.
Could it be that the Derby County players have not been able to adapt to the game and have not played well recently? But it's not so bad that you can't stand
A lot of people are confused.
But even if it was 'not playing well', Manchester United didn't seem to take advantage of it, Manchester United's continuous attacks, but they didn't achieve any effect, just like this time, C-Ronaldo went straight on the side and rushed up with the ball.
There were a lot of cheers from Manchester United fans in the stands!
C-Ronaldo with one season. With his eye-catching skills at his feet, he has conquered many Manchester United fans, and he is now the new young idol of Manchester United. This time C-Ronaldo is really good, he directly passed the starting youngster Leto Ziegler, who was desperately chasing, but C-Ronaldo's speed is very fast, and it is difficult for Leto Ziegler's five-ball run to keep up with C-Ronaldo.
But it doesn't matter.
Soon C-Ronaldo dribbled the ball to the bottom line, at which point he looked up again and wanted to stop the ball to complete the cross. But suddenly found himself facing the defense of three people, looking at the figures of the three defenders in front of him, C-Ronaldo was a little confused for a while. In the corner flagpole position, in the face of the defense of three people, even if he is the world's No. 1 dribbling master, it is estimated that he will not want to continue dribbling. If you can kick the ball on the opposing player and bounce off the bottom line, it would be the best result to get a corner kick opportunity, otherwise you will definitely be tackled.
C-Ronaldo is obviously still a little inexperienced, he didn't make the first judgment, and was directly hooked away by Leto Ziegler behind him.
"C-Ronaldo's ball is broken!" The on-site commentator shouted regretfully.
Although he has no tendencies for the game and will not favor Manchester United, C-Ronaldo's dribbling is still very beautiful, but the ball is still broken, which is somewhat regrettable.
Derby County win the ball and attack. However, after a misplaced pass from the flank of midfield, the ball was cut off by Manchester United captain Roy Keane, and soon another wave of United attacks came.
This time it's Scholes.
As Manchester United's 92 golden generation. Scholes doesn't look outstanding compared to stars such as Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, but his skills are very well-rounded, and he is very good in everything, and the dribbling is the same, this time Scholes just crossed the halfway line. Seeing that there was only one defender in front of him, he decisively chose to break through.
In front of him was none other than Leon Osman.
Osman came and pressed. He cautiously stared at Scholes's feet, but this time Scholes still tricked him with a feint, and by the time he reacted, the movements were a little too much to follow.
But that's okay!
When Scholes broke through Osmane and went to chase the ball again, he found that he didn't know when, there was another player in front of him - Baker Alfred, the young central defender of Derby County went out of the penalty area and rushed straight over, Scholes reacted and ran quickly, but the football was still kicked out by Alfred.
"The ball was cleared by the teenager Alfred!" Said the on-site commentator.
It's not the first time he's said something like this, the first 10 minutes of the game, Manchester United have been attacking, but football rarely gets into the Derby penalty area, always for various reasons, the football will be cut off, and then the ball will be converted and it will be Derby's turn to attack.
However, Derby's attack was not smooth, and they did not advance too far forward, and as a result, there was no other way to show anything other than a long-range shot from the edge of the box in the seventh minute.
It's the kind of game that looks like an offensive and defensive drill between Manchester United and Derby, Manchester United are attacking all the time, Derby is defending most of the time, and the offense is not attacking at all.
"Is it difficult for Dogbee to hold on for 90 minutes?" Some media speculated.
This conclusion is not surprising, in the face of a team like Manchester United, it is normal to want to have a chance, focus on defense, and play defensive counterattacks against strong teams, which is why there is hope of victory, but Derby County's choice of defense is still very surprising, after all, Derby County have been playing offensive football all season, and they can play well if they change their tactics directly when it comes to the FA Cup final?
But the facts are in front of you.
The Manchester United players on the field didn't think about it so much, they only felt one thing - the speed of the Derby County players was too fast, like C-Ronaldo was caught just now, like Scholes was cut off just now, it was all related to the speed of Derby's defense, they were negligent, and the Derby County players had come over.
In the dugout, United boss Alex Ferguson kept his eyes on the game.
Five minutes into the game, he thought it was very strange, because the Derby County defensive formation was a mess, there seemed to be no formation to speak of, the positioning seemed chaotic, and the players' movements seemed chaotic, but after a long time he still found a pattern.
No matter how chaotic it is, there must be a certain pattern.
Three of Derby's five defenders are mostly in front of the penalty area, which means they have three centre-backs and the other two are full-backs; There was still a bit of a mess in the midfield. They don't seem to have a striker, so they're just five midfielders, and five midfielders can complement the defence. This is also a big reason why Manchester United will be blocked when they hit the ball in front of the penalty area.
Derby County seem to be all about defending.
And they are not a chaotic formation, they must have used a new defensive tactic, otherwise Manchester United would not have found a good opportunity for so long.
Ferguson couldn't think of any strategy to deal with this new defensive tactic for a while, because so far, he had not seen such a one-day tactic. Definitely up-to-date, and for a moment Ferguson didn't know how to deal with it. Because he still hasn't fully understood Derby's defensive tactics, it seems to be very chaotic, but there is a certain pattern in positioning and running, and the running speed of each player is also very chaotic. Their half-court defense was a mess, but the team couldn't find the slightest chance.
It's pretty amazing.
Doubts gradually surfaced, Ferguson glanced at the Derby County coach's bench on the other side, and now he had to admit that he had underestimated this young Chinese before, and if he looked at the other party's tactics now, he must have made some effort, and this kind of defense is not to copy tactics to set defense, but a new defensive tactic. This must have been figured out by the other party.
Come up with a new tactic and get the team to train and then use it straight away in the FA Cup final. Not to mention the tactics, this kind of confidence and courage alone is not something that ordinary coaches can have.
The point is that the defensive tactics seem to work surprisingly well, at least United haven't found any good chances so far, not even a single threatening shot on target.
Fortunately, Derby County seem to be focused on defense and not much on offense.
It also caused Ferguson to let out a long breath.
Even if the team doesn't find a good way to do it at the moment, the opponent can't attack. Naturally, there will be no pressure on the team, and he can analyze the opponent's tactics with peace of mind. No matter how late it was to half-time to make some adjustments, he didn't believe that 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes of extra time, would be a total of 120 minutes for the team to find the back of the net.
The opponent's energy is on defense, so if Manchester United score a goal, it is equivalent to seizing the victory.
Ferguson was relieved and watched the game patiently
On the other side of the Derby County coach's seat, Wan Sheng sat there and watched the game seriously.
He thinks differently from Ferguson.
Most of the team's energy is on defense? He admits that, but it's not necessarily a matter of saying that the team's offense isn't threatening.
Football defense is fundamental, but offense is also necessary, otherwise you don't want to win, Wan Sheng has always believed in this, otherwise he would not let the team do any 'offensive football', and now it seems that the team is defending most of the time, but there are still occasional shots.
To others, it was just a helpless long-range shot from front of the box, but it was Derby's goalscoring strategy.
That's right, it's the goalscoring strategy.
In this game, many of the players who were scheduled to start by Wansheng preferred to have the ability to shoot from a distance, Ribery, Morris, Cahill will not say much, Osman can also shoot outside the penalty area, the right wingback is Ivan Crewe, his long-range shooting ability is very average, but the set-piece ability is outstanding, plus the fullback young player Leto Ziegler and the team's most outstanding long-range shot Leiton Baines, and even the central defender Marcus, in short, the team is a player with shooting ability at every point.
Their long-range shooting skills may be far behind those world superstars, but the two coaching skill bonuses, 'shooting' can increase the evaluation of shooting ability by 5 points, and the 'long-range shooting power increase' can increase the strength by 20%, and the accuracy correction is 3 degrees, plus the players' union skills, honor skills, 'league champion halo' and other attribute bonuses, in short, the players on each point of Derby County now have an average long-range shooting ability of more than 80, and there are high players, such as Leiton Bynes, who can even get close to 90 points.
Considering the probability of scoring a goal from a distance, this may not seem like a big deal, but the more long-range shots, the more chances will increase, coupled with Ivan Crewe's set-piece skills for 90 minutes of play, Wan Sheng believes that the team's chances of scoring are still very good -
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