0289 A different Leeds United 2
Ferguson was on the sidelines, and when he saw Leeds United's performance at Ibrahimovic just now, he was surprised by the performance of the Swedish striker. What does it mean that a tall striker has agility that doesn't match his height, and that his skills are very delicate?
That means that this striker must be very good and must strengthen his defense.
But if Leeds only have that one attacking powerhouse here, then Ferguson might just do it.
But actually, Leeds United is here for you and me.
Not long after Ibrahimovic shot on goal, Leeds formed a tackle in midfield, Charlotte Black suddenly hit the midfield from behind, and combined with Smith to form a trap on Scholes.
Jiang Tou made a rare pass directly wrong, and the ball that wanted to pass the ball to Park Ji-sung on the left suddenly passed to Leeds United defender Barry.
After seeing Scholes' mistake, Barry switched directly from defense to attack and passed the ball to Sneijder.
The Dutch midfielder has seen a big improvement in his fitness after two seasons of training in the Premier League. He relied on Carrick, a defender here at Manchester United, to dribble the ball all the way to the left.
Bale had just stepped forward from behind Sneijder to draw the centre of United's defence.
Sneijder made a direct diagonal long pass and passed the ball to the right.
There Robben had already burst out between O'Shea and Patrice Evra, and chased Sneijder's long ball through between the two.
It didn't even take too many dribbles to go straight to Manchester United's penalty area.
O'Shea and Patrice Evra's hard follow-up failed to catch up with Robben, who was like wings, and finally Leeds United's No.10's solo ball was saved by the attacking Manchester United goalkeeper Forster.
That's not all, Manchester United just cleared the ball here and tried to take advantage of the situation to find a counter-attacking opportunity, but the ball just crossed the halfway line and the ball was headed away by Albchesten, who was stuck in the position in advance.
The ball is headed towards the right side of the team.
Blake received the ball, which was closer to the wing.
However, at this time, there were no Manchester United players around Blake to defend.
Ferguson shouted from the sidelines: "Go grab it, go up and grab it." ”
It's no wonder that the old man was in such a hurry, because he saw that Park Ji-sung, who should have been on the left just now, actually followed Milner to the middle, and let Blake easily get the ball and start to organize the attack.
On the field, Park Ji-sung had just gone up to try to defend when he saw the ball flying past him.
As soon as he turned around, he saw that Milner, who he had been staring at, had received the ball.
"WM formation?" Ferguson said to himself.
Because he saw that after Blake pulled away to the right, Milner immediately came to midfield. And it's not the full-backs who are close to the wings in front of them, but the midfielders. The flanks were more like giving the opportunity to get forward to Black, who played at centre-back today.
In this way, Leeds United has four players in the midfield: Milner, Barry, Smith and Sneijder, and occupies the absolute initiative in the midfield competition.
Manchester United saw Milner receive the ball here and wanted to try to grab it again. However, as soon as they left their original defensive positions, they found that Leeds United goals were eyeing those defensive gaps.
Milner was also very comfortable receiving the ball and turning unguarded.
Finally, it was Paul Scholes, who had just made a passing error, who came over to defend Milner.
Milner played the ball back to Albuchesen in the back, and then ran to the right, taking away Park Ji-sung, who wanted to go to the middle to help the defence.
Now Manchester United have to let Wayne Rooney drop back to help the midfield and make up for the numerical disadvantage a little.
As soon as Rooney made a move, the Danish central defender immediately passed the ball to the right front.
And Blake didn't know when he stepped forward to where Milner was.
Because Wayne Rooney was eyeing Albuchesen, Paul Scholes was by Barry's side just now, and Park Ji-sung was taken to the wing by Milner. So Blake also received the ball very calmly.
"What are you doing?"
Ferguson saw that Leeds United only had two passes and two runs here, and received the ball comfortably in the midfield twice in a row, and also defused Manchester United's midfield defense, which was very annoyed.
This Milner and Blake, in particular, are not honest at all. If you are not careful, you will go to the midfield, and you will go there and bully more people against Manchester United.
There is no way around it, after all, Manchester United are not undefensive, they also have a lot of manpower in the middle.
But it can't stand Leeds United's constant rotation in the midfield and backfield.
Through Blake's forward insertion just now, Leeds United launched another wave of attacks.
This time, Leeds captain Smith took advantage of Sneijder's run to attract Carrick's defence and came to the left to receive Barry's ball.
After receiving the ball in a position he was still familiar with, Smith had a variety of options.
He can cut inside and hit the goal, or he can cut inside and then split the side. Whether it's Bale in front of the left or Bynes in the back left, he can pass the ball.
At the same time, he can also find Sneijder in the middle and Robben in the distance.
Ibrahimovic, who has been at the front, also has a chance to counter offside.
In the end, Smith opted for the split after the inside cut. After seeing Fabio coming after cutting inside, he knew Bale would definitely take advantage of the gap behind his opponent.
So Smith dunked the ball directly past the defense and passed it to the left with his right foot.
Bale stepped forward like lightning, giving Fabio no chance to catch up.
Go down to the baseline and cross with your left foot.
The ball didn't fly straight to the goal, but went to the back post a bit like an inverted triangle.
Ibrahimovic had been kept out by O'Shea, and it looked like there was no chance of winning the header.
And when O'Shea saw that Ibrahimovic had no room to jump, he thought about getting stuck in his position and then watching the football fly off the baseline.
This will not only defuse Leeds' attack, but also alleviate the sense of crisis that has been pressing the goal-line of Manchester United lately, and give all team-mates a chance to cushion.
O'Shea's gaze kept looking from the left to the right, and when he turned to the far right, he had not only a football in his sight, but also a foot popping out of his sight.
As the ball flew to O'Shea's right, Ibrahimovic used a pedaling motion to lift his leg and kick the football.
O'Shea was taken aback, he obviously completely blocked Ibu's upper three lanes, but no one expected that this person could raise so high in the lower three lanes.
If Evans had been on the move, he might have been able to take precautions against Ibrahimovic's surprise after the opening one, completely blocking Ibrahimovic's angle when he was stuck in the spot.
But it was O'Shea who didn't know Ibrahim, and he gave Ibrahim this opportunity.
After being kicked by Ibrahimovic, the ball flew straight into the goal against the post.
1 to 0.
Forster didn't have time to make a save, and he didn't expect Ibrahimovic to score the ball with such a move.
After the goal, Ibrahimovic immediately got up from the ground, and then turned around with his waist crossed, feeling a little pretended.
But it was this kind of action that detonated the audience, who were really surprised by Ibrahimovic's shot.
The celebration after that is also very individual, giving people the impression that this Swede is really very confident and characteristic.
After Ferguson saw the scene, chewing gum became slower and slower after Ibrahimovic was surrounded by Leeds United players.
After scoring a goal, you can do this to make a supremacy of the world, and Manchester United have had one before.