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In order to cope with the upcoming Champions League match, Real Madrid, like Manchester United, chose to give up the league and send substitute players, so as to preserve their strength and strive for victory with all their strength.

Real Madrid has already won the championship in advance in the league, even if they lose all the remaining games, it doesn't matter.Although Manchester United did not win the championship in advance, they are also in their own league and lead a large number of points, so they also carried out the same rotation.

In fact, the most important reason why Manchester United dared to rotate was that Chelsea, their biggest enemy in the championship, also encountered extremely tenacious resistance in the Champions League.The Ligue [-] opponent Lyon, who thought they were vulnerable, played extremely tenaciously in the game.Mourinho really knows Chelsea well. His series of words before the game caused Chelsea to be in chaos. In the away game, they lost to Lyon, which made them try their best to return to the home court and compete for a game. Victory, in the league, is also handled casually.

The same is true for Lyon. They played more aggressively in Ligue [-]. This season they won the championship seven rounds ahead of schedule. For them, the remaining games are just enough to cope with.The four teams in the UEFA Champions League, on the weekend, uniformly chose to rest their main players.

And in this game, Real Madrid naturally lost-the opponent was Athletic Bilbao, but Real Madrid played a big rotation. How can there be a win?And Manchester United did not win, they also ended up with a draw, and what is even worse is that they not only drew, but also included players in the game-Giggs was injured in the game and could not participate in the week. The UEFA Champions League game is over. [

This made the Real Madrid fans extremely excited-perhaps, this game was much better.And the media is equally excited: Originally, Manchester United scored three away goals and returned to Old Trafford. The strength gap between the two teams has narrowed a lot.The current Real Madrid may really be able to win an away game.

Since Ronaldo did it back then, Zhao Yaning should be able to do it this year, right?

Offensive battles always get more attention than defensive ones. In the last game, Real Madrid and Manchester United opened up their stance and scored 4-3, which made the media excited for a while. In this game, Real Madrid and Manchester United are going to decide life and death again, so the media is naturally paying attention.

Of course, another highlight is the duel between Zhao Yaning and Ronaldinho-although Zhao Yaning had a hat-trick of assists, but in the final analysis, he only scored one goal.Both he and Ronaldinho only scored one goal, which naturally makes people wonder whether Ronaldinho can play better at Old Trafford.After all, since 04, Zhao Yaning has been in the top position. This long-term excellent performance has made many people feel that he has to be challenged.

Amidst the media's attention, this game has officially kicked off.

Manchester United's lineup is still very luxurious - the frontcourt is still Ronaldinho, Carlos Tevez, and Rooney as the starters, and the midfield and backcourt are not much different from the previous game. The only change is Schole After the suspension, Manchester United sent Park Ji-sung, and after Giggs was injured, he sat on the bench, and Manchester United's Fletcher replaced him as the main player.

As for Real Madrid, the lineup was the same as the previous game, with no changes at all-the best lineup was finally obtained, and Schuster did not dare to change it easily.

As the whistle sounded, Manchester United immediately attacked.

"Manchester United's attack is very violent. It can even be said that their defense is amazing. Real Madrid's attack is temporarily contained. They have no ability to attack. They are completely suppressed in the backcourt and cannot attack."

Manchester United's attack was the same as the previous game. They chose to attack immediately after opening.Zhao Yaning was not surprised by this.However, their defensive strategy has changed a lot compared to the previous game.The biggest difference is that their two defenders walked out of the penalty area and began to press forward.

Not a very good sign.Seeing the positions of Lucio and Ferdinand, Zhao Yaning subconsciously raised his vigilance in his heart.

There are a variety of guard positions, and the more traditional one is the so-called one-up and one-fill style of play.In fact, this style of play is also arranged according to the attacks of a tall center forward and a nimble shadow forward in the 442 formation.The attacking central defender fights against the center forward, and then the supplementary central defender fights against the opponent's flexible shadow forward-this kind of play has a clear division of labor.In the era when football was popular 442, an attacking defender and a filling defender to defend the opponent, this is the most standard defensive line configuration.

However, that is already a somewhat outdated football concept.After all, football now uses more single forwards, and at the same time, the two wingers cut inwards crazily, and their running positions are more flexible, making it even more difficult to deal with when playing.This is also the reason why there are fewer and fewer supplementary central defenders in modern football, and more and more attacking central defenders: supplementary defenders who play with consciousness are too demanding under the increasingly flexible requirements of forwards. , most people can't reach it.But because standing center forwards are gradually fading out of the football world, players with a slightly weaker body, but more flexible, faster, capable of intercepting lines, and capable of chasing back and counter-robbing players with high overall quality have become the mainstream. Strong ones don't need to exist anymore.

In the current defense line, it is very difficult for people like Nesta to appear, because they cannot meet the requirements.It is also very difficult to have someone like Stam, because there is no need.

In addition, the requirements of modern football for central defenders, in addition to technical and physical abilities, the most important extra is to have excellent mobility, to be able to defend and block opponents outside the penalty area.And how much is considered qualified?A qualified modern player can defend twice as far outside the penalty area, that is, a range of about 30 meters.

In modern football, the old-fashioned central defender who can only guard the area inside the penalty area, no matter how strong his ability is, it is difficult to get room to play.Facing the flexible movement of a group of small and fast players, a player with a small range of activities, daring to go up is tantamount to waiting to be beaten behind him.Among the old-fashioned central defenders, Chelsea's Terry played the best, but when it comes to playing against a strong team, Chelsea's way to win can only be to stick to it.And Manchester United's Kompany also has the same problem. Although he has an extremely strong body and has a terrible one-on-one success rate in the penalty area, he looks like a super-class defender. He is not a new type of central defender. Although in the league, he can kill all sides against weak teams, but in the Champions League, when the opponent is stronger, he can't sweep the backcourt in a large area. Send yourself to death.

Ferguson knew this very well, so he didn't let him play.

And Lucio and Ferdinand's speed and body are good enough, they can press outside the penalty area to complete the man-marking task, which is enough to give Zhao Yaning a headache.

The most important thing for a defender to play is that his physical fitness is good enough.Lucio looks careless, distracted from time to time, and his skills are not top-notch, but his physical fitness is indeed extremely good.Although football can rely on one-on-one offense and defense, but in many cases, it is indispensable to attack and defend one-on-one, and the strength of the body ensures that Lucio will not have any problems in one-on-one offense and defense. He can do all the movements completed by technique in one step - this kind of ability is really terrifying. [

Now that he has defended 30 meters away, he has to retreat to catch the ball.Otherwise, no one of these teammates would be able to beat Lucio one-on-one.Ribery and Marcelo's skills are not bad, but their 170m height is destined to be unable to carry Lucio.However, fortunately, the opponent has pressed out, and there may be opportunities behind him. It may be a good idea to pass the ball behind him and hit him behind him.

Soon, Zhao Yaning withdrew, and seeing his retreat, Ferguson also smiled.

It was exactly as he expected.

And Zhao Yaning immediately discovered that the opponent's defensive strategy was obviously more than that.

In the middle, Park Ji-sung entangled Guti like crazy, and let him go to the side to meet him.Guti's strength is much better than that of Park Ji-sung, but physical strength and running are not his strengths. Park Ji-sung's running without hesitation basically locked him in this point.In the backcourt, Rooney is also constantly influencing Yaya Toure, making him unable to get in. Although he is a striker in name, Rooney does not hesitate to withdraw to midfield and Yaya Toure. of.In this way, there are fewer two support points in the middle, and Real Madrid's side attack only leaves Zhao Yaning and Marcelo to cooperate.The connection between the two points is easy to cut off, especially when Tevez on the other side is running at all costs, Manchester United gradually emptied all the support points around Zhao Yaning, cutting off his connection with his teammates , which made Zhao Yaning play out of cooperation again.

Manchester United obviously has a good strategy against Zhao Yaning, but why did they not come up with it until this game?Zhao Yaning doesn’t know, but what he knows is that playing like this consumes a lot of energy, and it is difficult for the opponent to support the whole court.

Manchester United's attack was extremely ferocious, but it did not have an immediate effect.Although Tevez immediately passed a good ball and sent it to Ronaldinho's feet shortly after the opening, but Ronaldinho did not choose to pass the ball immediately when facing Ramos' defense. When it comes to Rooney in the vacant seat, he has to pass Ramos by himself.

However, Ramos was not fooled by his tricks.Ronaldinho is very arrogant, and Ramos is not soft-tempered. When he saw Ronaldinho playing a bicycle for him, Ramos kicked him with a tackle without saying a word.

This made Xiao Luo dodge this guy's ferocity rather embarrassingly, which was more excessive than he thought.And Ramos, who got the ball, directly made a long pass and gave the ball to Zhao Yaning on the other side.

After Zhao Yaning got the ball, he ran two steps sideways, put his foot straight behind him, and kicked the ball through the gap between Lucio and Brown. At the same time, Higuain also ran up quickly. Received the ball and waded into the penalty area!

This made Old Trafford scream at home, and at this time, the goalkeeper Van der Sar also rushed out. The goalkeeper is considered to be more suitable for modern football. The reason is this. At this time, they can Come out of defense and play one-on-one with your opponent in the penalty area!

Higuain hesitated a little at his feet. Although he is not lacking in skills, he can even be said to be quite good in skills, but at this time, he still has a bit of stage fright.He didn't choose to shoot directly, but took a step to the side, trying to get out of the way of Van der Sar and hit the empty goal.

But van der Sar obviously expected his thoughts, he moved a step to the side, relying on his own pace, trying to block Higuain.

Of course, it is impossible for him to do it, but Higuain has no extraordinary success, but he can't stop Higuain's shooting angle.Higuain also knew that he had wasted his time. At this time, he could not wait any longer, and he had to make a choice.

He kicked the ball out with one kick, and kicked it directly towards the far corner of the goal. Van der Sar made an empty shot, and the football looked like it was about to rush into the goal!

But at this time, Ferdinand, who had returned to defense, had already arrived.He cleared the ball out of the bottom line with one kick and resolved the danger!

"Higuain didn't catch the shot that was close at hand!"

Higuain held his head angrily.When he shot just now, if he was not so nervous and had to pass the opponent to count, the goal would have been scored.However, because of his mistake, the team missed the opportunity to lead.

Higuain thought so in his heart.I just don't know, is there still such an opportunity?