Father Green

Chapter 233: Five defenders solid defense?
Although Van Persie scored in the end, the referee Michael Olivier did not let Ter Stegen go. He showed a yellow card to the German goalkeeper as a warning.

"This is a pull on Van Persie by Ter Stegen just now. The referee Olivier showed him a yellow card."

"After leading by a goal, Southampton was not conservative. In fact, Southampton played very openly at the beginning of the game, even more aggressive than the giants Manchester United. This is indeed commendable. Facing the Ferguson's Manchester United, a newly promoted team dared to play like this is definitely beyond everyone's imagination. But this conceded goal also came from here. If the Saints shrink their formation backwards, maybe the ball will not give Van Persie a single-handed space. gone."

"However, Southampton has performed very well. They have brought a wonderful game to everyone. The fans must be very happy to accept the draw. After all, they are facing the strong contenders for the title. It's so entertaining to play."

Although the opponent scored a goal, the home fans were a little regretful, but they still applauded their players.Especially Sturridge, as an offensive player, has worked so hard on defense and spared no effort in physical fitness, and the fans really can't ask for more.

In their hearts, there is no hope of scoring points in this game itself. Although they verbally say that they want to kill Manchester United, everyone understands it in their hearts.This is much better than many domestic fake fans, at least they are very rational in their hearts, and domestic fake fans start to curse once the team loses, without analyzing the situation between the two sides at all.

So when they watched such a wonderful game, they were even more excited.So I didn't hesitate to give my applause to express my support for the team.

Ferdinand was unable to stand up after falling to the ground in a summit fight.The Manchester United team doctor made a gesture of substitution after checking it. The team doctor came to the sidelines and told Ferguson.Ferdinand is not seriously injured, but his physical fitness is a bit overdrawn, and the risk of continuing is too great.

Ferguson nodded and immediately began to change players.

"Manchester United made the last substitution adjustment. The central defender Smalling came on and replaced the veteran Ferdinand. This is a match-up substitution. It should be that Ferdinand's physical fitness has a problem. After all, he faced the opposing team in this game. Rapid impact consumes more."

"Southampton also immediately made substitutions and adjustments. The game has reached 10 minutes of the game, and both sides have played all the cards at once."

"Charlotte changed two people in a row, Pogba and Stephens played, and replaced Lallana and Sturridge, who were not physically fit. These two players also consumed a lot of energy in this field, second only to Rodriguez. S."

"It is worth mentioning that the French teenager Paul Pogba is a youth player of Manchester United. He was loaned to Southampton last season and was bought out by the Saints during the winter transfer. It is said that Ferguson is very optimistic about the French midfielder. At the same time, Charlotte visited Ferguson and finally persuaded the old man to let him go, so this is also a game for him to face his old club."

"And Jack Stephens is a Southampton youth training player who serves as a central defender. He is younger than Pogba and only turned 17 in the second half of this year. It can be seen that he is very young. But in the FA Cup last season He had an excellent performance in the final of the Saints. It can be said that if Stephens hadn’t been in that game, the Saints might not have won the championship. Therefore, he is also an excellent young man trained by the Saints, and he may become a player in the future. Bale, Walcott or Lallana at centre-back."

"Two substitutions, one is a defensive midfielder and a central defender. It seems that Charlotte has learned to accept as soon as it is good and plans to increase the team's defense. However, if he had made such substitutions five or six minutes earlier, it might not have happened. There was a third goal."

Ferguson breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered to his assistant: "A draw is fine, this kid is too fucking hard to deal with. Although he didn't complete the set task, it is acceptable to take away a point. After that, there will be national team games and The Champions League and the League Cup are already here, and the schedule is relatively tight, so it is not wise to face Southampton here."

If the opponent in this game is the top four teams in the Premier League such as Arsenal or Liverpool, then Ferguson will have to fight to the death. After all, these are direct competitors. Maybe such a difference of two points will eventually affect a team. Who is the champion of the season?

Don't think too much, Ferguson doesn't think that Liverpool may win the league championship, he just looks at them as a deadly enemy.

But Ferguson was a little unhappy, and whispered: "I didn't see how many starting opportunities Paul had in Southampton. Charlotte, this kid, shouldn't be fooling him."

Speaking of Charlotte's ability to fool people, Ferguson still understands. In the old man's heart, his ability to fool people is much better than him leading the team to play games
It’s just that he didn’t know that Pogba and Charlotte have a very good relationship, especially Charlotte prepared a very detailed training plan for him, and also communicated with the other party, so the current playing time is still acceptable for Pogba of.

Charlotte sneered in her heart: A draw?defense?Hey hey hey.
After Pogba came on the field, he raised three fingers at his teammates. Outsiders didn't understand, but the Saints players knew in their hearts that this was what their boss meant by using Plan C.

After the game restarted, everyone noticed some changes in Southampton's formation.

"This is. It seems to be a three-five-two formation. Stephens, Lovren and Nkuru are the three central defenders in the middle, and Danny Rose and Carvajal are still on the wing, but the position obviously has a lot of prerequisites In the middle of the midfield are Pogba, Wanyama and Schneiderlin, Aubameyang went to the middle and Icardi formed two forward double arrows."

"Of course, maybe Charlotte wants to play a five-back formation to ensure the team's defensive ability."

After playing for 6 minutes, everyone found that Southampton is indeed a five-back formation. Danny Rose and Carvajal are involved in defense most of the time. After all, they consume a lot of energy and run a little bit. not moving.

No.807 minutes, Southampton got a chance, Aubameyang and Icardi ran out of position, Pogba stood on the penalty area line and hit the goal directly!It's just a little higher, a little higher than the beam and flew up to the stands.It's just embarrassing that the ball hit a young player and knocked over his beer.

No.809 minutes, Manchester United retaliated, Scholes sent a wonderful through ball, Van Persie ran out of space and swung his leg to hit the goal.This time Ter Stegen didn't let the opponent do what he wanted. He pressed the football firmly under him with a side attack.

At the No.90 minute of the game, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a sign for 3 minutes of stoppage time. After all, there were many substitutions in the second half, and the players also had a lot of cramps, so a lot of time was wasted. Time is not too much.

No.901 minutes, Manchester United got the ball.It's just that they have given up the game, and the consumption of this game is higher than that of playing Manchester City and Arsenal.When there is more than a minute left, grind it a little bit, and just mix it in.

Ferguson frowned. Although he planned to let it go, he didn't like the attitude shown by the players.

Scholes got the ball and was pressed by Pogba, who immediately crossed Cleverley.Wanyama also rushed forward to grab the old opponent in the midfield. From the corner of Cleverley's eyes, he saw Rooney and Valencia standing beside Danny Rose and Carvajal. Speed ​​so Cleverley passed back to Carrick just to be on the safe side.

But at this time, the central defender Stephens, who was supposed to be in the backcourt, suddenly came out, rushed up to the pass, and then fell directly to the ground, catching the pass with his legs.

"I'm stupid!!" Ferguson couldn't help but swear. Sure enough, there is no slow player on the other side. A central defender's speed is so fast!

Carrick immediately jumped up to avoid the opponent's sliding tackle. After all, the opponent had already got the ball at this time. It was not a foul for him to go up to the opponent. Instead, he got kicked in vain. He planned to wait for the opponent's sliding tackle to stop. Time to grab the ball.

But Stephens didn't stand up first, but lay on the ground and kicked the ball directly to Aubameyang not far away.

Seeing Aubameyang take the ball, Icardi immediately ran forward and raised his hand to ask for the ball. Smalling, who didn't dare to be careless, followed the opponent closely.

Carrick saw that the football was already at Aubameyang's feet, and immediately changed his target to find Aubameyang.

Aubameyang protected the ball and turned around halfway, immediately started his own speed and dribbled the ball straight to the opponent's penalty area.

Phil Jones put on an "embarrassed face" to face Aubameyang. The Gabon forward did not pass one by one. If he was still in the French league, he might have passed the opponent directly, but here is more emphasis on teamwork Southampton, so he crossed the ball wide.

"Two over one again!!"

Stephens, who had already stood up and ran a few steps, had already got the ball, and Phil Jones turned and pounced on Stephens again.Stephens, who is only 16 and a half years old, is not stage frightened. He immediately sent the football out and passed it behind Phil Jones.

"Kick the wall to cooperate!! Manchester United's defense line has been penetrated again!!"

Aubameyang has already received the ball and ran directly to the opponent's penalty area. At this time, De Gea decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.

"Single knife!!!"

At the front of the arc top of the penalty area, the two encountered each other.Aubameyang faked a shot but failed to fool De Gea.The Gabon striker passed the ball diagonally again, and the ball went behind the Spanish goalkeeper.

De Gea turned around and chased back. He thought the ball was given to Icardi. Although Icardi was followed by Smalling, he was not at ease.