Chapter 273 The Power of the Strange Formation
The football bounced out and was taken by Chelsea players. Chelsea took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. However, their ball was blocked by Kean just after halftime. At the same time, Rio Ferdinand and Vidic had both returned to defense at high speed. Ferguson didn't have to worry about Chelsea's rapid counterattack. At the same time, Kean's performance also proved his cleverness in arranging such a number-one character in the midfield.
Chelsea's quick counterattack did not start, so they had no choice but to continue retreating.
The more the game continues, the more awkward the Chelsea players feel.
Manchester United's two wings are a tactic for flying together all over the world, so the tactics arranged by Mourinho before the game have become the place where Forest teams are heavily guarded. Drogba is also the most outstanding center forward today, as well as Ronaldinho, the first person in football today, and Scholes, a low-key but dangerous figure, so Marklele and the central defenders still need to take care of the middle.
But now that Drogba and Ronaldo have changed positions, the Chelsea players are at a loss.
Moreover, the pressure not only comes from a few dangerous people, but more importantly, Ferguson's team adopts a full-attack attitude at home! Even Keane has to overtake halftime. Manchester United is not an unknown team. If they want to attack all the money, it will bring great pressure to the defensive side.
This is what Mourinho didn't expect.
He thought that in such a critical game, the old man Ferguson would be more steady and cautious, first stabilize the defense and then deal with Chelsea.
Unexpectedly, this old man had no such plan at all. He was very courageous to let the team attack and crush Chelsea at home.
As for preventing Chelsea's counterattack, Keane is a gate, but in fact, it is more important to rely on their offense to suppress Chelsea's offense.
Mourinho is thinking of Chelsea fighting back against the away game, and he will first test it. Who would have thought that he would face such huge pressure from the beginning of the game?
He couldn't sit still anymore.
Although Ronaldo is a center forward, he is not staying in front of the goal honestly. His position is as flexible as ever, but he is closer to the goal than when he played in the midfield. With his current state of continuous goals, getting closer to the goal means closer to the goal.
What's more, Ronaldo has outstanding footwork, is 1.85 meters tall, and is not bad at heading.
Mourinho knew this from his fellow villager, so he decided to squeeze Cristiano Ronaldo out of the penalty area regardless of Drogba.
He walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly to the defenders not to let Ronaldo enter the penalty area.
Ronaldo stopped entering. After receiving the pass outside the penalty area, he directly shot a long shot and flew out against the post, which shocked Chelsea everyone from the top and bottom.
Mourinho found that he had done useless work. Originally, Ronaldo didn't have to be fixed in the penalty area. Ferguson's arrangement should be because he was interested in his state and feeling of scoring consecutive goals, and he thought he could score goals in this game. So he was arranged to be on the forward line and be closer to the goal.
In fact, an excellent player has many ways to score goals. Not only can he be defended by not allowing him to enter the penalty area, but Ronaldo used to be a midfielder, and he also scored a lot of goals outside the penalty area... Anyway, he will definitely have a way to score.
Now, Mourinho frowned. How to defend Ronaldo? Let Marklele one-on-one? This is not on the wing, but in the middle. At the front of the penalty area, it is impossible for Marklele to freeze Ronaldo for 90 minutes without making any rules. Even at Marklele's peak, it is not possible for Marklele to freeze Ronaldo for 90 minutes at this time. Moreover, Marklele is already old at this time.
This season, Ronaldo scored six free kicks in various games, almost with wonderful balls and beautiful balls. Mourinho was deeply impressed by the free kick he scored against Liverpool.
Even if Ronaldo's frontal breakthrough in the middle by fouls, he can still use a free kick to score. If it were a season ago, no one would care about his free kick. Now it would not be possible, if he didn't care, he would concede the ball...
Mourinho bit his lip and said nothing.
The performance of Chelsea players on the court was influenced by Manchester United and performed poorly. Under Manchester United's strong offensive, they could only temporarily have no time to counterattack out of a completely defensive situation.
Manchester United launched a tide-like attack on Chelsea's hinterland amid the cheers of home fans, one wave after another, one wave higher and one wave higher.
Ferguson's meaning is very obvious, which is to use home advantage to strive to use Mourinho's unexpected tactics to lock in the victory in the first half, and at the same time bring the game into the rhythm that Manchester United is best at. At that time, as long as they establish enough lead, the players will all enter the state again, and it is not until Manchester United decides how to play the game? In addition, the deafening cheers at Old Trafford arena, home advantage and home advantage are not something to play with.
Ferguson observed on the sidelines for a while and found that the game was still under his control, so he turned around and walked back.
When he turned around, he found Jose Mourinho standing on the other end, who seemed very distressed. A smile appeared on his face that was not easy to be discovered.
In the main stand of Old Trafford Stadium, Jiang Feng and Abramovich, who were sitting side by side on the rostrum, had the same expression as those of Ferguson and Mourinho. Jiang Feng looked relaxed and freehand, while Abramovich had a serious face.
After fifteen minutes of the game, Manchester United had an absolute advantage on the court. The failure to score was just because their luck was slightly worse.
Mourinho didn't expect that his team would be so embarrassed at Old Trafford, and he was a little annoyed.
It is useless to blindly defend against Manchester United's offensive. If Chelsea's counterattack cannot be hit, it will be slowly eaten by Manchester United.
But how to defend against Ronaldo in good condition...
Cristiano Ronaldo almost retreated to the midfield to get the ball. Chelsea's men were forcing him to go out. He also followed suit and came back to receive the pass. After getting the ball, he used his superb foot skills to break through the Chelsea team's defense line.
Lampard, who helped Marklele defend, found that Ronaldo was more difficult to defend this season than in the previous season. It was not that Ronaldo's foot skills were much more fancy, on the contrary, the Portuguese's foot was more practical, not only to dribble, but also know when to pass the ball and when to shoot. The diversification of offensive methods made it more difficult to guard against.
When Marklele saw Ronaldo driving the ball, he looked around and confirmed the positions of the team and the opponent's players, and then went up. Although Mourinho did not ask him to specifically guard Ronaldo, the opponent has now reached his own defense zone. If he doesn't go up to defend, would he still hide?
He went up to intercept Ronaldo head-on, but Ronaldo passed the ball and was unwilling to get involved with Marklele.
Ronaldo, who was running without the ball, bypassed Maclale and received the ball from his teammates again. He successfully squeezed Maclale behind him. Now it is a dangerous area, and he does not dare to make a foul easily.
Marklele really dared not make a foul easily. He wanted to poke the ball in the back, but Ronaldo also did a good job of protecting the ball while dribbling, which made him unable to find the right opportunity to step down. After a little hesitation, Ronaldo had found the right opportunity to enter the penalty area.
Now, I don’t dare to commit a foul.
Terry planned to cut off his ball while Ronaldo had just entered the penalty area and was still firmly in the ground. Unexpectedly, in the narrow space, Ronaldo still controlled the ball under his feet. No matter how many people wanted to cut off his ball, they just couldn't cut it! And because it was in the penalty area, the defending players must be careful. The stealing force was not enough, and it was not so easy to successfully intercept the ball.
Ronaldo took a quick look and suddenly shot in the crowd. Although he was not strong, his angle was tricky enough.
Cech was caught in sight by the crowd, and despite this, he tried hard to save the football, using his fingertips!
"Wooooow - Cristiano Ronaldo's condition looks very good today! A man attracted all Chelsea's defensive power in the penalty area, and he could shoot with foot and shoot so well. If Cech hadn't performed bravely, Manchester United should have taken the lead 1:0 at this time!"
Ronaldo held his head high and squeezed into the crowd, ready to score a goal during the corner kick. His height of 1.86 is not inferior to those of the central defenders, and his outstanding bounce ability is indeed a threat to Chelsea in front of the goal.
Terry pulled Marklele, pointed at Ronaldo, and signaled him to defend Manchester United No. 7.
Marklele did not refuse, he stood in front of Ronaldo.
The Portuguese looked at Maclale on the opposite side, but did not push. The two of them just watched face to face. Such "friendly" corner kick defense seemed a bit inexplicable to others.
But when the ball was opened, Marklele and Ronaldo got the ball almost at the same time. Marklele wanted to hold Ronaldo, while Ronaldo wanted to push Marklele away.
The two of them jumped up in a tangled way and realized that they had done useless work. Manchester United didn't drive the corner kick well enough and went out of the baseline directly in the air...
Ronaldo's great activity made Chelsea very nervous. After that, as soon as he got the ball, at least three people would surround him and prevent him from breaking through easily. Anyway, Chelsea's middle is a place with crowded people, so it is normal for three people to siege him. As one of the current popular attacking players, he deserves this treatment.
The players of the Forest team went to defend Ronaldo, but gradually ignored one person.
When Ronaldo was once again surrounded by Forests, he did not choose to break through individually or shoot at the goal this time, and he divided the football to the left.
Ronaldinho received his pass.
Now there is only one Ferreira in front of Ronaldo.
Due to Ronaldo's active performance, Chelsea unknowingly shifted the focus of defense from the wing to the middle, and then to him alone. Even Duff sometimes needs to retreat to the middle to assist in defense. As for other Manchester United players, Chelsea has unknowingly lowered their vigilance. They don't even know when Ronaldo has switched positions with Drogba, Ronaldo moved to the left forward position, while Drogba has reached the middle of the midfield.
Therefore, after Ronaldo got the ball, he had no guard against him.
Ferreira's defense is also first-class, but he is still more than a little worse when facing Ronaldinho, the world's number one player in today's world football. Ronaldinho was not polite to him. He swung him to a stubborn center of gravity and accelerated his breakthrough. Ferreira's reaction was also fast. Seeing that Ronaldo was about to pass by him, he immediately turned around and let the shovel. Even if it was a foul, it would be better than allowing him to break through easily.
Ronaldo seemed to have eyes behind his back. When Ferrera reached his foot, he jumped up. Ferrera did not tackle the ball, but just hooked Ronaldo.
Xiao Luo staggered, but he quickly adjusted his outstanding physical coordination and stumbled to catch up with football. (To be continued. Please search for Piao Tianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!)
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