Chapter 122: All the ways to play
The title match between Manchester United and Manchester City was very hot by the FA, and many fans in other regions saw the publicity to pay attention to the game, and everyone was looking forward to a collision between Mars and Earth, and the media also reported it, but in fact, the opening of the two teams was lethargic.
No one would have thought that the opening would be like this.
In summary, it was Manchester City who were in control of the ball...... And then, there was no more. Manchester City is passing, Manchester City is passing, Manchester City is passing, it has always been like this, Manchester United's pressing has no effect at all, Manchester City is not in a hurry to attack at all, they seem to be in order to control the ball to play, the field seems to have become an 11V11 monkey game, Manchester City players use continuous subtle cooperation to pass the ball to each other, but they just have no intention of attacking.
The Manchester United players are all out of energy.
They are not worried about the goal, because there is no problem with their defense, or even if there is a problem with the defense, Manchester City will not attack at all, but it is still very frustrating to not get the ball for a long time, so Rooney, Saha and other frontcourt players continue to step forward to try to press, when they have success, when Manchester City passes the ball to the middle of the player area, the possibility of conceding the ball is much greater, but Manchester United did not get a good chance to break the ball twice in a row, and then it was Manchester City's turn to control the football.
The game is like this now, the fans of both teams are cheering for the team, but even the fans of both teams are not in good spirits, and the game on the field is really far from what they imagined.
Manchester United players are puzzled by Manchester City's style of play, just control the ball and don't attack, and can't score? What are they trying to do?
A lot of people don't understand.
Not to mention the average fan, some football professionals, commentators and guests don't understand what Manchester City are doing.
"This may be Wansheng's specially arranged style of play, but what's the point of them controlling the ball like this and not attacking?"
Questions were raised.
Then everyone continued to watch, but Manchester City was still playing like this. The game was not in a hurry at all, and you can see that Manchester City is really not in a hurry, and there were a few gaps in the midfield, and they did not pass the ball forward, but continued to pass each other.
The game on the field was boring, and several cameras began to pay attention to the two managers on the sidelines.
Ferguson watched the game with some agitation. You can see that the old knight's brow is already furrowed.
The game is no longer under his control, he didn't expect Manchester City to play like this, if he keeps controlling the ball, it is of course good to be patient and look for opportunities, but now Manchester City's patience is too strong, right? 、
He didn't understand.
Compared with the old man Ferguson, Wan Sheng's energy is much better, he has been standing on the sidelines and watching the game seriously, although his expression is very serious, you can still see the smile on his face.
He was very happy with the game.
The team is sticking to his style of play. And the implementation is very thorough, Wansheng is still quite satisfied with this, in fact, this style of play is also very simple and direct, that is, compared with Manchester United patience!
Manchester City has always been a team that is good at attacking outside, so Manchester United will definitely work defense, if it is a normal way of playing, it is not easy to use the attack to find opportunities, so you have to be patient with Manchester United. As long as you keep the ball in control, it will definitely be Manchester United who can't stand it first.
Think about it. When the football has been at the feet of the opponent, constantly passing and controlling, your side will definitely be a little anxious, want to grab the ball, and want to complete the attack.
If you know the other party's intentions, you can still stand up to the defense at first. But after a long time, it will definitely be uncontrollable, or careless, and then it will be the team's chance.
That's what Wansheng is going to do.
City have two advantages over patience. One is that they are the one who controls the ball, the football is at their feet most of the time, and the other is that they are mentally prepared for this, Wan Sheng has emphasized many times before the game, this is the way they are in the active play, and Manchester United is definitely not mentally prepared for this, they are the passive side, so it must be them who lose patience first, and they are anxious first.
The Manchester City players on the field were in control of the ball while also thinking about what Wan Sheng said before the game.
'If we have to be patient with them, if they have a solid defence, we will keep playing like this, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, it doesn't matter longer, anyway, the football is under our control, even if it is 120 minutes, it is just a penalty shootout with them.
"As long as we are more patient than them, we will be invincible......"
If other people understand Manchester City's style of play, they will definitely comment - dirty!
The kick is just dirty!
This tactic can be described as 'disgusting', but this is a match between Manchester City and Manchester United, as long as you can achieve the best possible victory, it doesn't matter what means you use, not to mention, the championship is the most important, so the best way to win the championship is the best, as for what other people think? He can't do that much!
History always remembers the winners!
Many people are very dissatisfied with Mourinho's conservative style of play, and a large number of football commentators and football legends think that it is a 'regression of football', but what is the result? Jose Mourinho has enjoyed successes at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
When he won the title, people would just think that he was a very successful football coach and not think about how 'dirty' his conservative style of play was.
The world of football always belongs to the winners, the losers have no say, the way of play, so winning is the most important thing.
At this time, Manchester City insisted on controlling the style of play.
For Manchester City's continuous passing, Manchester United players are a little numb, several people feel that Manchester City is playing like this, just to drag out time, as long as the time can be dragged on, until the end of extra time, the two teams will decide the loss with penalties, and then Manchester City will have a good chance.
When they saw that Manchester City were still in control of the ball, there were a lot of Manchester United players who thought so.
So they pressed forward and pressed harder.
It worked, at least because City had to kick the ball forward as they were in danger at the back, and United quickly snatched the ball at their feet and unleashed a wave of attacks, creating a shot from outside the box.
With this successful steal. The Manchester United players remembered their style of play, which was to press more forward and play tougher, which is the style of play that manager Alex Ferguson has repeatedly emphasized.
Now that style of play works, they create chances with hard pressing, so they play more decisively.
But what they didn't notice was. When City were in control of the ball again at the back, they ran up front to get involved in the pressing.
Wayne Rooney, Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs and even O'Shea were not willing to be lonely and ran across the halfway line...... The premise of the two central midfielders drove Manchester United's entire formation forward, but in fact, the football was still at the feet of Manchester City, so Morris's eyes lit up and he suddenly stretched out his hand to ask.
It's been a couple of times before and United haven't taken it to heart. Because then Morris also passed the ball back.
Soon Morris got the ball.
O'Shea ran back to press closely, and he thought Morris would pass the ball back again, but this time Morris didn't pass the ball, Ziegler and Reina ran forward at the same time, and the three formed a triangle position on the middle side.
Suddenly, O'Shea didn't know how to defend it.
He wanted to press Morris from close quarters, but Ziegler ran past Park Ji-sung and was unguarded, and Reyna was even higher, the same. He doesn't have any Manchester United players with him.
In the end, O'Shea insisted on pressing Morris, who he believed was still the biggest threat.
Morris didn't covet the ball. Quickly handed the ball to Reina on the diagonal side.
Manchester United full-back Silvestre slowly ran forward to put some pressure on Reina, but he was too far away to form an effective defence. Reyna didn't dribble the ball himself, his technique was good, but he didn't want to waste his energy. So he handed the ball to Morris again.
At this point, O'Shea went to defend Ziegler, and Giggs had time to drop back to defend Morris.
Morris didn't pass the ball again this time.
Ryan Giggs was running back, two positions away from him, and he took advantage of the opportunity to hurry forward.
Giggs didn't expect Morris to carry the ball on his own, and he didn't follow for a while. As a result, O'Shea had to give up Ziegler and continue to defend Morris, at which point Morris gave the ball to Ziegler, and then he accelerated forward himself.
Ziegler didn't stop the ball and he kicked straight back to make a brilliant one-two with Morris and O'Shea was left behind.
That's when Morris passed Andy Cole again!
Andy Cole is theoretically playing as a shadow striker behind Darren Bent, but City's tactical position is more ambiguous, in fact, all areas of the front field are his space to move, and his freedom is the highest in the team.
When he saw Morris about to attack, he immediately ran forward and is now in the corner of the box.
Just now, everyone was paying attention to the cooperation of Morris, Ziegler and Reina, and no one noticed Andy Cole at all, and Andy Cole received the pass easily.
However, the defense around the penalty area was already very dense, and he had no chance to get the ball, so he crossed the ball to the middle.
The continuous cooperation of Morris and others on the flanks made Manchester United's defense negligent in the middle, and as a result, there was a large gap in the middle, and the direction of Andy Cole's pass was completely empty.
Just then, a figure followed, it was Ivan Crewe, he was not fast, but he had just arrived in front of the ball.
Ivan Crewe knew it was a good opportunity and he didn't hesitate at all and swung his right foot at the football!
Volley!
"Bang!"
"Ivan Crewe! Shooting-!! ”
The on-site commentators shouted, and all the commentators who were paying attention to the game exclaimed.
The ball sticks to the turf and flies straight to the right corner of the goal.
United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar reacted and made a quick save, but it could be seen that his reaction was a little slower, and Ivan Crewe's shot was quite precise and powerful.
The hearts of Manchester United fans are in their throats, and Manchester City fans can't help but cheer.
It's a pity that the next moment, the football hit the post and bounced directly out of the bottom line, and suddenly there was a sigh of regret in the stands.
It was a brilliant attack and the quality of the shots was high, but a little bit of luck was missing.
Wan Sheng was very satisfied with the attack, and he clapped his hands to show his approval of the team's performance.
It's impossible to score a goal every time you play a good attack, that's too much to ask, and this attack at least proves that the team is in very good form and can threaten the United goal directly if they don't pay attention.
That's all City play today.
Quite a victory, control and attack, of course, are indispensable, first with control to let the team take the initiative in the game, and then early opportunity to attack, to threaten the United goal.
Wansheng believes that if he continues to play like this, the victory will definitely belong to his team. (To be continued......)