United see Parma's wide areas as their weakness.

So their attack also started from the wing.

This is not the judgment made by the players, but the result of Ferguson and his coaching staff after two weeks of investigation and research, and sending the team's chief scout to Italy to spy on the ground.

Football fields in Italy are generally relatively small, especially in terms of width. They are generally a few meters narrower than those in England.This seemingly inconspicuous few meters will play a big role in defense in the game.

When a Serie A team chooses to attack from the side, unless the opponent presses heavily, it is difficult to achieve the effect of flying with both wings.Because the sideways are too narrow, it is not easy for the players to cooperate well, and the skilled players at their feet want to make a breakthrough, leaving little room for them to play.

This makes Parma's players rarely encounter the opponent's wing breakthrough. The players may know that Manchester United will make a fuss in this regard.In a hurry, can you defend the Red Devils' mad attack from the side?

In the attack, Manchester United player Hargreaves quickly broke through Balzaretti's defense, but at this time Hulk had already returned to the defense.

Although he is not a qualified defensive player, what he needs to do is not to defend, but to delay Hargreaves' offense.

Ferguson knows how to make a fuss on the wing, and Levi is not a fool. He is more aware of his weaknesses, so he also responded.In today's game, including Falcao, all bear the responsibility of defense.As early as two days ago in the training session, Li Wei had clearly explained the situation to the players, and said that whoever does not want to defend or is not active enough in defense, even if the first half is not over, he will replace this player.

Li Wei's tough attitude forced Falcao and Hulk, who were already a little proud, to dare to play big names.

Hargreaves had no choice but to pass the ball at a 45-degree angle.

In the end, the football hit Bonucci to form a refraction.

Siligu was very focused and easily caught the football.

I don't know if Hargreaves wanted to cross or lob. Anyway, this ball was judged to be a shot, and it was also the first shot in the game, but it was not a big threat.

In the next time, most of Manchester United was attacking.

Because Parma's overall strength is weaker than Manchester United's, Li Wei's strategy is to defend and counterattack, and in the first three to 10 minutes of the first half, it is basically based on defense, and the counterattack depends on the individual combat of the front players.

Because in the first three and 10 minutes of the game, Parma needs to consume the physical strength and morale of Manchester United players before they can safely increase their investment in counterattacks.

Because Parma focused on defense, Manchester United was not able to play a good attack.

After Hargreaves played a slightly dangerous attack in the 5th minute, Manchester United played a wave of threatening attacks again in the No. 17 minute of the game.

In the 17th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo lightly broke through Maggio's defense from the left and made a cross with his left foot. Hargreaves failed to reach the ball and missed a good opportunity.

In the 21st minute, Manchester United chose to attack in the middle, but the effect was not very good.Their attack is like hitting an iron wall.

Hargreaves finds Scholes with a long ball, but Thiago Motta has come up too, and both sides are fighting for the header, but Scholes is clearly on the unlucky side, and he is hit with a bloody nose. For this reason, he stood up and pushed Motta. Motta fell to the ground and raised his hands to signal to the referee that there was a foul here.

Scholes quit, cursing at Mota.

Players from Parma and Manchester United also immediately gathered around to support their teammates.Seeing that the situation was wrong, the referee immediately came up and showed Scholes and Motta a yellow card warning, which calmed down the conflict that was about to break out.

But it also put United's plan to turn to break Parma's defense from the center into trouble.

Parma's defense in the middle is very tough, especially Motta, who has the aura that if you dare to come up, I will dare to apply for a red card and break your foot.

Although Modric is Parma's midfield commander, he is not a thin midfielder who needs protection from others. He is 174cm tall but weighs 130 catties. He is not bad when it comes to fighting against him. The most important thing is He's smart after defense.He is not the kind of player who can often stage wonderful steals in the midfield, but his biggest role in defense is to slow down the opponent's attack speed.

When the opponent breaks through Modric, they often find a very helpless thing...Parma's players have already returned to the defense, and these players also include strikers...

In order to strengthen the defense, Li Wei deployed a 9 lineup that is stronger than the legendary 1-10 lineup.

In defense, even Falcao had to return to the front of the penalty area to assist in the defense.

Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, was very dissatisfied and yelled at the fourth official, thinking that Parma's defense was too barbaric, this should be given a red card, why is this ball not awarded a free kick!

Naturally, Li Wei would not let Ferguson complain about Parma in front of the fourth official, and he would remain indifferent.

He also immediately went up to refute Ferguson's allegations and counter-accused Manchester United players.Falling to the ground so easily, is this still a Premier League player who is good at physical confrontation?It must be a flop!
For a while, the TV broadcasts frequently showed Ferguson and Levi on the sidelines. This Champions League final had the taste of Levi VS Ferguson.

The head coaches of both sides have used various tactics against each other, but in football, besides tactics, sometimes luck is also very important.

Mourinho also used the tactic of parking a bus at the door, voluntarily giving up possession of the ball, giving up all the space outside the 30-meter area, and then eliminated Barcelona in this way.

But he almost failed.If it wasn't for Barcelona's last goal that was judged offside first... In the football world, there are too many unknown factors, and these factors can affect the direction of the game and even the result.

One of the most important elements is called "luck".

If you're lucky, you can still win even if the back line becomes a sieve.Bad luck, you sieve the enemy's back line, and you still lose.

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