Section 685 Midfield confrontation
Chinese Zhao Yaning knows enough about Manchester United, after all, he knows very well that Manchester United's weakness lies in the lack of good back position, and when attacking, the most important thing to do is to fight for absolute control of the midfield.
Of course, this one is hard. After all, Manchester United is not a weak team, and their midfield, which is now a combination of Fletcher and Kompany, is also quite good. Moreover, with Ryan Giggs on the side to help sort out the midfield, their midfield rhythm will not be completely inferior.
What's more, Manchester United's current tactics were originally focused on defense and quick counterattacks, rather than midfield pressing, so their weaknesses in this position are not very obvious when they meet ordinary teams. However, their midfield, after all, still has a big problem, otherwise, they would not have met Arsenal twice, and they were repeatedly pierced by Arsenal and played extremely embarrassed.
Manchester United have built up a solid strategy and an excellent formation, but they still haven't completely rebuilt. It's just that Arsenal's malaise, coupled with Chelsea's continued decline, has made them Liverpool's biggest rival now. They still have problems at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and Zhao Yaning is still confident to beat them in such Manchester United.
And Zhao Yaning's breakthrough point this time is Kompany in the midfield.
In Manchester United's double midfield, Fletcher's strength is actually weaker than Kompany. After all, Kompany was a famous player in Europe when he debuted, although he was a small player in the club and easy to play, but I have to say that his ability is still much stronger than Fletcher. After arriving in the Premier League, Ferguson has developed his ability to play both defenders and midfielders, with first-class physical fitness, and he has not suffered too many injuries, he is already a rising star who is favored by the media, compared to Fletcher who has gradually settled in the main position for three years, he plays better.
However, this is also the reason why Zhao Yaning wants to target him.
Fletcher has been abused by attacking players of various teams for a long time in the Premier League, although his defensive ability is slightly weaker, but his psychological endurance is still very good. Kompany has just secured the main position this season, and is also an important figure in Manchester United's backline, Zhao Yaning estimates that he aims at this point to play hard, if he is lucky, if he can mess up his mentality, then, the entire Manchester United defense will be greatly affected.
Of course, in addition to the psychological factor, in terms of technical characteristics, Kompany's defense is more focused on physical fitness, as well as his good awareness, and he is not as good as Fletcher in terms of experience and tenacity. After all, compared to those players who are not valued by themselves, it is naturally difficult for players who are born as geniuses to play football. Compared with guys like Fletcher, Zhao Yaning still prefers to play with Kompany.
And Kompany is also very happy to meet Zhao Yaning at this time. In the past Champions League game, Zhao Yaning's play made him famous again, and randomly, Arsenal was also beaten by Liverpool. Zhao Yaning has played well against strong teams in two consecutive games, and now he is also in full swing, and this also makes Kompany have some thoughts about Zhao Yaning, and he wants to weigh Zhao Yaning's weight. Although his teammates were reminding him that when he met Zhao Yaning, the slightest mistake would be discredited, but even so, he still wanted to try to play against Zhao Yaning once.
And when Zhao Yaning cut inside with the ball again, he immediately defended it.
Zhao Yaning looked at the coming Kompany to a position one step away from him, and suddenly accelerated, Kompany was about to slow down when he saw this, but Zhao Yaning did not accelerate again, but retracted it in one step, and changed slightly towards the side, which made Kompany, who had taken a big step, hurriedly want to keep up. Zhao Yaning accelerated forward again, and Kompany was about to catch up, but he didn't realize that his pace had been taken away by Zhao Yaning. And before he could react, Zhao Yaning hooked the ball back, and a man with a crotch split the ball and kicked the ball behind him.
Kompany didn't put his foot away and fell to the ground, Zhao Yaning's continuous shaking made his steps messy, and naturally he couldn't defend. Although he had long known that Zhao Yaning was difficult to deal with, such a simple shaking was enough to make his steps chaotic, and it still made him feel a little incredible.
There was no acceleration, no drastic change of direction, Zhao Yaning's steps, in Kompany's eyes, seemed to be able to intercept every time as long as he tried a little harder. However, what disappointed him was that every time, his pace was a little bit worse, but between the continuous shaking, so that each time it was a little bit of a distance, it accumulated and became a great trouble.
"Kompany was shaken to the ground, and Zhao Yaning successfully broke through."
Lineker exclaimed. Zhao Yaning can often shake people down now, such a sense of rhythm and dribbling are obviously extremely heartbreaking. The fact that a master of passing people shakes people down by rhythm is naturally the most exciting technical action in the football world.
At this time, Fletcher had already rushed over to stop Zhao Yaning. He knows very well that Zhao Yaning's breakthrough skills have reached a very high level, and if he wants to rely on his defensive skills to defend his breakthrough step by step, he either has to have a strong sense of position, grab the position every time, and don't follow his rhythm, or he has a very fast foot frequency, one step faster than Zhao Yaning, and doesn't let him take advantage of it.
It's a pity that he can't do it. If he does the former, he is Makelele, and if he does the latter, his physical fitness is enough to make anyone envious. Generally speaking, European players can't do that, but South American players can do a lot.
He's neither, but fortunately, he has a third move. Close-fitting, pulling, and aggressive movements to stop opponents.
Such a trick can't be played in La Liga and Serie A. La Liga and Serie A defend with such an amplitude and have to blow fouls. But in the Premier League, this style of play is possible, the Premier League is much more lenient on defensive blows, which makes defenders have more physical contact when defending, and as long as the foul is timely, many excellent dribbling skills cannot be shown - which is why the Premier League is not very suitable for technical players to survive.
His squeeze did make Zhao Yaning run into some trouble, after all, Kompany was in the back, and Lucio was in front, and Zhao Yaning was not interested in eating them alone. He played the ball to Figo on the flank, and then ran towards the right of the flank.
Figo received the ball and slowly ran two steps with it, but Evra stared at him intently. Patrice Evra's ability, after all, is still extremely good, although sometimes, he has the problem of rushing up and not being able to get down, and he is not as fast as Ashley Cole in the problem of easy transition between attack and defense, but as long as he is willing to defend seriously, his defensive ability never needs to worry. After all, Figo is old, explosiveness is a problem, although he can deal with many players by smashing the ball left and right, but obviously, the people he can deal with do not include Evra.
But Figo is a top star after all, and he can't break through the opponent, but that doesn't mean he can't do anything about it. After bobbing back and forth twice, he kicked the ball to Kuyt, who ran to catch it, and then ran towards the middle of the lane himself. Kuyt received the ball and didn't hesitate too much, also kicking the ball to McConn, who was plugged in from the wing. McCone took the ball, and at the same time, he accelerated directly to the bottom line, relying on Evra's hesitation to not know who to defend, he had already kicked the ball into the penalty area.
"Zhao Yaning !!!"
At this time, Zhao Yaning had just run past Ferdinand's side, and a fish jumped to the top and pushed the ball towards the goal. Kuyt's pull and Figo's involvement made Zhao Yaning have this good opportunity to grab the header.
Unfortunately, Van der Sar flew up and punched the ball out. Zhao Yaning, who was close at hand, immediately made a supplementary shot, but Brown, who returned to the goal line, saved the ball with one kick!
"Brown saved Manchester United! Nice penalty area rescue! ”
Zhao Yaning almost scolded, how could he miss such an opportunity?
The football has been kicked out, and this time, the person who grabbed the point was Kompany, he over-kicked and gave the ball to the feet of Giggs, Giggs looked in front of him, Mascherano had already defended it, and he could only pass the ball with one kick and give the ball to Lucio, and Lucio, who received the ball, passed the ball back to Ferdinand, wanting to rely on the pass from the back to defuse the attack.
After all, Manchester United had just been raided by Zhao Yaning once, and they needed to stabilize a little.
However, at this time, there was a problem with their delivery. Ferdinand didn't stop the ball well, just inside the box, his foot slipped and he almost fell, and the ball was stopped by him.
And such an opportunity, put it in someone else's place, may not be nothing, but now Liverpool's striker is Kuyt.
He keenly grasped the opportunity, rushed to the front, in the box, and snatched the ball to his feet!
Kuyt!!!! Kuyt got the ball!! Kuyt's Single-Blade !!! ”
Ferdinand was too late to catch up with Kuyt, and Zhao Yaning at this time, but also rushed into the penalty area, in front of Van der Sar, there were two people at the same time, Kuyt with the ball and Zhao Yaning without the ball, the situation of double ghost shooting, so that Van der Sar also hesitated, after a little hesitation, he still chose to move closer to Zhao Yaning's side: Kuyt's shot may not be accurate, but if it is passed to Zhao Yaning...... Van der Sar is still more worried about Zhao Yaning.
However, Kuyt did not choose to pass the ball this time. With Zhao Yaning's containment of the opponent, his shooting preparation can be extremely calm, he knows very well that at this time, what Zhao Yaning wants will not be a chance to score by himself, he gets up, shoots, and hits with one kick!
With great speed, the ball flew towards the bottom right corner of the goal. Kuyt's shooting skills are not very good, but at this time, the football he shot did not deviate in the slightest. The ball flew into the goal and Liverpool took a 1-0 lead.
Kuyt!!!! Kuyt scored the first goal of the game!!! Liverpool took the lead and Kuyt gave Liverpool the lead!! "Cat flutter Chinese