While Hamburg were held to a draw by Borussia Monchenchen, their Champions League rivals Manchester United seemed to be in good form.

In the 31st and 32nd rounds of the Premier League, they defeated West Ham United 2-0 away and Aston Villa 4-1 at home.

Although there is no change in the standings, it is still close to Everton and Tottenham Hotspur in front of them, and there are more chances to qualify for the Europa League.

On top of that, such a winning streak can also greatly boost the confidence of Manchester United!

Especially in the match against Aston Villa, Manchester United also sent a rotating lineup to prepare for the Champions League quarterfinals against Hamburg in a few days, including Shinji Kagawa, Buttner, Da Silva and others, but still won a big victory.

In the game, Wayne Rooney scored twice, Juan Mata and Little Pea Hernandez also scored, which also showed the good competitive form of Manchester United's players.

In comparison, Hamburg's draw with Borussia Mönchenchen was a bit disappointing.

The German media are even starting to get slightly worried about the trip to Manchester in Hamburg.

After all, football matches still depend on the current state and morale of the players.

Is it really as Guardiola said, Hamburg's draw with Borussia Mönchen will be the beginning of Hamburg's collapse?

If Borussia Mönchen loses to Manchester United again after the draw, it is really possible to lose the spirit of a team that was originally high-spirited.

Then we lost to Bayer Leverkusen, then we lost to Hannover 96, and then we lost because the championship was gone.

And the recent two consecutive wins have obviously given Moyes a lot of confidence.

He has always kept a low profile and said in an interview with reporters that Manchester United is now in high spirits, and the whole team is confident that they will beat Hamburg at Old Trafford and take the lead!

He finally responded to Pan Yi's previous "contemptuous remarks" against Manchester United:

"Pan Yi said that the whole team loves to play Manchester United, so I hope he can continue to say it with a smile after this Old Trafford game."

And when Pan Yi led the team to Manchester and participated in the pre-match press conference, he also responded to Moyes's response:

'We really enjoyed playing for Manchester United because they are the lowest of the eight teams in the major leagues.

'Yes, it's always been difficult to play at Old Trafford, but that was before. Manchester United have broken quite a few records here this season, right? A lot of teams have won their first ever win here......"

"I don't know why they're so ordinary and confident. Yes, they've won two games lately, but that's about it. Before these two games, they also lost 0-3 to Liverpool, so quickly forgot? ”

"It also shows that their Manchester United team will no longer play strong teams. Unfortunately, we in Hamburg are a strong team. ”

'Yes, we are number one in the Bundesliga and they are seventh in the Premier League. I wouldn't treat them as underdogs, but it's clear that United aren't the team that won the treble. ”

"So, we're going to take a win at Old Trafford, there's no doubt about it!"

Pan Yi's statement can be regarded as psychological warfare.

When the other party's morale and confidence rise, it is necessary to use such words to suppress it.

It also boosts the confidence of your players.

After all, Hamburg did draw a game now, so that the players who have been winning streak may also have a little self-doubt.

But as long as Pan Yi firmly believes that his team can win easily, this little doubt will also disappear as the game progresses.

Of course, this is also a response to those Manchester United legends who play tricks.

Inzaghi had been thinking about punching them in the face!

Pan Yi can be regarded as taking the lead for Pippo first, and then defeating them completely on the court!

……

Once again, the Hamburg players stepped onto the football stadium in Manchester.

Unlike the last time, which was sky blue everywhere, this time it was all red.

This is the home of the Red Devils Manchester United, Old Trafford!

Due to the war of words between the two sides before the game, and due to the importance of this Champions League quarter-final match, the Hamburg players were greeted with overwhelming boos and cheers during the warm-up.

The more than 70,000 Manchester United fans in the stadium made a huge noise, as if they wanted to crush the Hamburg players and tear them to shreds at once.

The Hamburg players are young, but they have all weathered the storm and are used to this kind of away treatment.

You boo yours, I practiced mine, and I was not affected at all.

And Pan Yi also got Manchester United's starting lineup list for tonight:

Forwards: Wayne Rooney, Welbeck.

Midfielders: Marouane Fellaini, Carrick, Fletcher.

Defenders: Ashley Young, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Phil Jones, Valencia.

Goalkeeper: David De Gea.

"This is actually a 532 formation? Five defenders and three midfield sweeps, is this to put the bus at home? ”

Nagelsmann said in surprise.

Although Pan Yi had already guessed before the game that Moyes might play a defensive counter-attack, Nagelsmann did not expect Moyes to be so resolute.

"But Moyes doesn't seem to have played in a three-centre-back system this season? I haven't heard him use it at Everton either. Inzaghi also looked at the list in his hand suspiciously, "Is he going to learn the whole trick from Guardiola?" ”

"It's also possible that this formation is fake, to confuse us." Pan Yi said, "At that time, the actual position of their players may not be 532, or 352, in short, it is not a three-center-back system." ”

When submitting the roster before the game, some coaches do do do this kind of trickery, that is, it is right to submit the personnel list, but the positions of the players are placed randomly.

For example, if you originally played 433, you may turn in a 361, which can confuse some opponents who are not familiar with their team.

But how could Pan Yi be deceived?

He knows that David Moyes is a cautious coach who will never surprise him before an important game like Pep Guardiola.

'There's a possibility for Valencia to play as a winger, so he forms a front three with Wayne Rooney and Welbeck.

At this point, Phil Jones will move to right-back to form a standard 433 formation. And this 433 will also evolve into 442 at any time according to Valencia's position. ”

'I guess David Moyes really wanted to play defensively, but the recent good results at Manchester United have given him some ideas, so he came up with this formation to play against us.

'Whether it's the three guys in midfield or Valencia as a winger or a wing-back, the defensive quality is good. They may want to take advantage of the home field to take advantage of a wave of attacks to see the situation, and if not, they will switch to defense. ”

"Well, we might have to make some adjustments to that as well......"

……

With the sound of passionate music, the referee team has led the two teams of players into Old Trafford one after another.

The fans immediately burst into warm applause!

Pan Yi took the initiative to walk over and shake hands with Moyes.

Although there was a bit of a-for-tat before the game, it was all for the game.

For a good old man like Moyes, Pan Yi will not have any real hostility.

"Hamburg fans say you're a genius, and Manchester United fans say I'm a genius." Moyes suddenly smiled as he shook hands, "Let's have a competition today to see who the real genius is!" ”

Pan Yi almost burst out laughing.

I really didn't expect that Moyes is also quite humorous.

I've learned to hack myself.

"Your five-back formation is indeed quite genius." Pan Yi also smiled, "But Valencia is going to run to the forward line later, right?" Don't say you went to Bielsa or Louis van Gaal overnight and learned the back three......"

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Moyes laughed, "So we have 433 on both sides, so do you think I will attack or defend today?" ”

"Then it depends on where your Valencia stands." Pan Yi smiled slyly, "No matter how you arrange it, I already have corresponding countermeasures, don't believe you just wait and see." ”

Pan Yi seems to be very relaxed, which makes Moyes also very envious.

This guy is only 27 years old!

It's like being 72 years old, it seems that he has seen all kinds of scenes, he won't be scared of any opponent at all, and his psychological quality is also very good.

And Pan Yi's judgment of Moyes's tactics is also accurate.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Pan Yi showed such confidence at this time.

But this is a move that Moyes came up with after careful consideration, that is, it can maintain the team's attacking power while ensuring that the overall defensive ability does not decline.

In this way, it is possible to balance the original intention of defending and counter-attacking while maintaining the satisfaction of Manchester United fans.

But Pan Yi instantly saw through his intentions.

And when the two shook hands and Pan Yi turned around and walked to the away team's bench, Moyes's smiling face just now suddenly disappeared.

His brow furrowed.

Thinking of Pan Yi's high profile before the game, and listening to what he is saying now, Moyes unconsciously felt a little weak:

Is he bluffing me?

Did he really find a way to crack his tactics in such a short period of time?

……

With the referee's whistle, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals officially began!

Hamburg kick-off.

Vardy handed the ball to Mohamed Salah on the side, who played it back to Casemiro in the midfield position.

As soon as Casemiro got the ball, he found that Manchester United's players were pressing hard.

Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck and Valencia all pressed on Hamburg's back line, including the midfield.

Sure enough, it's a three-striker formation!

And this also indicates that Manchester United, as Pan Yi expected, took the initiative to attack at the beginning and pressed in the frontcourt.

But the Hamburg players have seen a lot of it.

Casemiro was not in a hurry at the moment and still passed the ball back to Van Dijk.

Several players on the Hamburg back line started to fall again.

Old Trafford immediately erupted in boos.

At this time, Manchester United's players pressed more and were more aggressive, including Carrick in midfield, who was also assisting the forward line to press.

When the ball was at Robertson's feet, Rooney and Valencia rushed towards him, while Welbeck cut off his pass to the centre-back.

At this time, Robertson saw Sun Xingmin in front of him raising his hand to ask for the ball, so he picked up his leg and wanted to make a big foot long pass to the front.

But this time, under the opponent's pressing, his kick was a little hasty, and the ball was closer to the sideline.

Son Heung-min jumped up and stopped with his chest, but when his feet landed, the whole of the ball went out of the sideline at the same time.

Manchester United's touchline ball.

The Old Trafford stadium was suddenly jubilant and bursts of applause.

This applause, of course, was given to the Hamburg players, to "compliment" them for passing well and stopping well.

Robertson reached out to Son Xingmin to signal that he was not passing well, and Son Xingmin extended a thumbs up to Robertson, indicating that his teammates were doing a good job.

That's what happens often in a team with a good atmosphere, and that's what a mature team should do.

When teammates make mistakes, they encourage each other, not blame.

But this mistake did give Hamburg the opening ball to Manchester United.

United took the ball in a throw-in and then started to attack with possession.

Hamburg, on the other hand, was not in a hurry, retreating the line to defend in position, and it still looked very cautious.

So, judging from the scene, it was Manchester United who had the advantage.

They were on offense, while Hamburg was defensive, and they weren't pressing.

This delighted United fans, while many neutral fans and media were a bit confused.

Isn't this Pan Yi very high-profile before the game?

Didn't you say you were going to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford?

Why did you come up and coward?

……

"Stabilize first, and then let's talk about the truth."

That's what Pan Yi said to the players before they entered the pitch.

Moyes's lineup today is indeed a bit new, in fact, even Pan Yi can't fully guess his thoughts.

So to a certain extent, what Pan Yi said when the two shook hands was indeed bluffing Moyes.

But the question is, even if it's Moyes himself, does he really know what kind of play he's going to be?

If he had really found a solution to United's problems a long time ago, he wouldn't be in this half-dead state as he is now.

It's really hard to rely on these people right now.

Unless there are substitutions, a group of people who can fit Moyes' tactics are brought in.

But how easy is that said?

Good players, especially those who can adapt to the coach's tactics, cost money.

Now it is too rare to be able to do big things with little money like Pan Yi.

This is also the reason why what Pan Yi did in Hamburg can attract attention from the football world.

Not only did he bring the team's results to the table, but the players he used were all those who everyone didn't look down on!

And then as the results went up, so did the status of these little-known players, which was equivalent to making a lot of money for the club.

Who doesn't love a manager who can make a lot of money and have a lot of results?

But it's clear that Moyes is not that kind of person.

He also has no ability to find such a good and cheap player, let alone ask Manchester United's top management to buy people according to his wishes.

So he had to experiment with his new tactics within the framework of an existing player.

The problem is that coaches have inertia and players have inertia.

No matter how you change it, it is difficult to change some habits in the game without long-term training and competition.

Like a cross.

It's almost in the DNA of the Moyes Manchester United players.

But Pan Yi is still unsure whether Moyes has developed a new trick, so it needs to be observed.

He's going to use the opening minutes to steady down his defence and see if there are any new changes to United's attacking play in this formation.

……

Now United have launched another attack.

Phil Jones and Ashley Young, the two full-backs, were both up front at this point, and it seemed that Moyes' opening strategy was really more proactive.

When Carrick got the ball in the middle, Ashley Young also started to cut in at high speed and did a cross with the winger Valencia on this side before hitting the bottom line!

And then there's ......

Cross!

Ashley Young didn't hesitate to cross the target.

Although the accuracy of the cross was okay, Rooney was also waiting in the six-yard box.

But Hamburg's side had been waiting for a long time, and Van Dijk's body was tightly pressed against Rooney, making Lu Xiaopang unable to get up.

Van Dijk, on the other hand, shook his head with ease and headed the ball out.

"It doesn't seem to have changed." Pan Yi on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief.

Moyes's thousand changes were finally implemented in the final cross.

The so-called "simplification into complexity" is just that.

And dealing with such tactics, of course, is very simple.

Even a team like Fulham can defend against Manchester United, but Hamburg can't?

Hamburg have the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Toni Rudiger at centre-back!

And whether it is Wayne Rooney, Welbeck, not to mention Valencia, they are actually not good at headers.

In the next few attacks, United's performances also confirmed that David Moyes did not have much to offer.

Either the two-by-one in the middle hits the wall, and then the midfielder divides the side to the winger, and let the winger cross;

Either that, it's a set on the wing, where the winger and the full-back work together and let the full-back go down to cross......

These offensive routines were all expected by Pan Yi, and they were also the focus of Hamburg's pre-game drills, which were basically not a problem.

As a result, Pan Yi began to signal Hamburg to increase the intensity of the pressing, and also began to pay attention to the restrictions on Manchester United's two wings.

This means that it's almost over, and it's time for us to perform.

And, even the cross limits you!

Otherwise, if you pass a hundred feet, won't you have to be blinded by one or two?

Hamburg brought up the rhythm, and Manchester United were a little uncomfortable.

At present, Manchester United's midfield three can play the ball, which is really not Hamburg's opponent.

In the 10th minute of the game, Fellaini won the ball in the middle and Casemiro snatched it back with a steal.

Fellaini immediately counter-attacked, but Casemiro was very good at protecting the ball, leaning on his body while dribbling the ball, and forced the ball to a more advanced position.

At this time, many of Manchester United's players were still attacking in front, and there were not many defenders.

In order to prevent Casemiro from continuing to threaten with the ball, Fellaini was ruthless and made a direct tackle to knock Casemiro to the ground.

The referee's whistle blew.

Kick.

It's a little bit to the left, not far from the edge of United's penalty area.

Kevin De Bruyne walked over to take the free-kick.

Although it is a little off, in terms of his footwork, it should still be within the range of the shot.

The rest of the Hamburg team-mates were walking into the box at this point, and it seemed that it was indeed De Bruyne who was going to shoot directly.

Under David De Gea's command, Manchester United also lined up a four-man wall and watched Kevin De Bruyne nervously.

De Bruyne runs, kicks!

But he didn't choose to shoot straight at goal.

He just kicked the ball out of a low arc so that it went right over the wall and to the front point.

There, the quick-reacting Hamburg striker Vardy has already made a sharp sprint into position.

Although he is not as tall and heavy as United's two centre-backs, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, Vardy has been very quick to start.

And the free-kick combination was clearly rehearsed in Hamburg, and as soon as De Bruyne reached out, Vardy was already running in that direction.

With the ball in place, Vardy ran to the front post and leaped high to get ahead of United's two centre-backs to get the first drop and head the ball to the right corner of the box.

Yes, Vardy didn't have a shot on goal either!

He is at the front point at this time, and if he wants to force a shot, he can only rub his scalp, in fact, it is difficult to threaten Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, who is currently in good form.

And Rio Ferdinand also rushed to the goal to fill in the moment when Vardy rushed to the ball, allowing him to shoot less space.

So he is the ferryman.

And that's what he's doing more often in the box now.

This kind of ferry is not easy to prevent.

With all eyes focused on Kevin De Bruyne on the ball and Jamie Vardy on the receiver, few paid attention to the far corner of the box.

But here, Salah had already rushed up from behind and was holding the ball to a steady stop.

At this time, Manchester United's left-back Ashley Young also rushed to make up for it, and he blocked the corner of the penalty area at the first time, forming a one-on-one with Salah.

Salah took the ball, took small steps forward, and slowly approached Ashley Young.

That's Salah's characteristic, he can shake up with small movements, and he can find a flaw in the opponent and get the ball over at once.

That's why he's called the "Egyptian Messi."

And Ashley Young has obviously studied Salah's move, and he has also fought and retreated, and is not in a hurry to make a move.

Salah stopped the ball and made a left-footed move to find Vardy in the box.

Young scrambled to reach for the angle of the pass, but Salah only flipped a shot.

He flicked the ball forward with the outside of his left foot, and then chased after him, spotted the defensive vacuum at the edge of the box, and sent an inverted triangle back pass with his right foot.

He didn't pass it to Vardy, but to De Bruyne in the middle!

After taking the free kick just now, Ding Ding didn't know when he had turned to the middle again, and then stood outside the big penalty area and waited for his chance.

And at this time, the opportunity came!

De Bruyne doesn't have a single defender in front of him!

Who cares about a free-kicker?

"Manchester United are in danger now!!

'The middle of their box is empty and De Bruyne has the ball!'

"He's got plenty of time to aim and get his hands dirty!"

"He's slamming his legs! He's pumping! He's cumming! ”

"The ball is in!!!!! In, in!!! ”

"In the opening 12 minutes, Hamburg was opened by Kevin De Bruyne!"

"It felt like another designed free-kick combination. Kevin De Bruyne sent a ball forward for Valdi's header to the other side. ”

"Then he used Salah's breakthrough ability to successfully attract the attention of all of United's defensive players. By this time, De Bruyne had run all the way to the edge of the penalty area, and Salah's pass and De Bruyne's movement were just right. ”

"Let's take a look at this slow-motion replay. Yes, Salah didn't even look up at De Bruyne's position when he passed the ball. He knew there would be his teammates there! ”

"Hamburg's whole attacking coordination, the idea is very clear, this must be a routine that has been practiced many times! I have to say that Hamburg does have a unique design of offensive routines. ”

"I don't remember how many times De Bruyne got a shot from behind! The young Belgian midfielder is really comfortable in this position as a pseudo-winger, whether it is passing or shooting, it is world-class! ”

"It's 0-1 and Manchester United are down at home! ……”

On the sidelines, Pan Yi hugged Nagelsmann, Inzaghi and others one by one, and then turned around and shouted to De Bruyne and the Hamburg players who walked back to the field.

Then Pan Yi glanced at the home team's bench again.

At this time, Moyes showed his familiar face with a mask of pain.

The corners of Pan Yi's mouth hung up slightly.

The current Moyes, the current Manchester United, is really not good.

After the tentative period in the opening period, Hamburg made a strong effort and felt that Manchester United could not catch it.

Pan Yi also proved that his pre-race remarks were not full of trains.

In dealing with the current Manchester United team, he is full of methods!

(End of chapter)