i want to be king

Chapter 722

Some people say that from the moment Wenger entered Arsenal, the Premier League launched a vigorous European reform.

Ferguson was the first to respond to this trend and tasted the sweetness. The arrival of Stam and other players made great contributions to Manchester United's victory in the [-] Champions League. Therefore, at the beginning of the new century, he introduced Veron from Lazio at a sky-high price.

This is a gamble aimed at revolution.

As the world's top midfielder at the time, Veron was known for his pass organization ability, and it was also a role that Ferguson placed high hopes on. He hoped that Veron's arrival could inject more European elements into Manchester United, so that Manchester United's runaway wild horses could be controlled and sublimated at the technical and tactical level.

He won the Triple Crown in [-], but whether it was against Juventus or Bayern Munich, Ferguson clearly saw the obvious gap between Manchester United and the European giants, and he wanted to try his best to make up for it.

When Veron first arrived at Manchester United, he once showed very good strength, but soon fell into a downturn.

He can't adapt to Manchester United, and Manchester United can't adapt to him.

Coupled with the fact that Manchester United had built a lineup based on the Class of [-] at that time, they naturally developed hostility and resistance to the sky-high priced superstar Veron who came by air, and he would definitely touch the cheesecake of the old team.

Although Ferguson has always maintained Veron, but in the end, he had to choose to give up.

At this time, Arsenal was invincible in the Premier League by virtue of the French gang and European elements, and even won the championship with an undefeated season.

Chelsea, owned by the rich Russians, also experienced the Ranieri era and ushered in the Mourinho era. The Portuguese madman not only brought the most advanced European technical and tactical concepts, but also brought the most advanced training concepts.

Under the strong pressure from Arsenal and Chelsea, Ferguson continued to struggle, groping for a way out for Manchester United. Class [-] also gradually fell apart during this groping, marked by Keane's departure from the team.

Veron is a foreign monk and can't read the Premier League, so Ferguson chose Carrick, a local monk.

Carrick is a very different English native player, or it should be said that he is one of the few English players with a very European style of play. His distribution and scheduling are quite rare in the English midfielder, and it is also what Manchester United urgently needs. Therefore, he was appointed by Ferguson as the midfield playmaker of the new generation of Manchester United.

But Carrick also has a very obvious problem with the England midfielder. First of all, his ability to pass the ball forward is very poor, that is to say, he basically cannot pass many threatening balls.

Therefore, Ferguson chose veteran Giggs and Scholes to assist Carrick. Carrick was responsible for distributing the ball and scheduling, and Giggs and Scholes were responsible for passing the threatening ball forward.

Secondly, Carrick's defense was weak, so Ferguson arranged for Fletcher and even transformed Anderson to match Carrick.

Originally, the former Bayern midfielder Hargreaves that Ferguson placed the most hopes on was the former Bayern midfielder. Unexpectedly, the England midfielder was seriously injured and missed the game just after half a season of good football at Manchester United.

The last is Carrick’s lack of technical characteristics. His ability to get rid of is considered outstanding among the midfielders in England, but in continental Europe, his ability is still seriously insufficient. This point will be exposed in the Champions League, especially in the knockout rounds. Therefore, Carrick’s position can only be delayed to avoid the opponent’s midfield strangle.

This style of play helped Ferguson win the second Champions League, but the core problem has not been resolved, and hidden dangers have always been there.

Manchester United is still like a runaway wild horse, unable to control the rhythm skillfully.

Rhythm is a metaphysics, the art of competing for time and space.

Manchester United is on this side of the English Channel, but it is on the other side of the Channel.

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When Ferguson adopted a four-three-three formation, won Scholes, and arranged for Carrick, Fletcher and Gibson to start, Manchester United was doomed to start the attack, and it was desperate to attack.

Two goals are the best reward for Manchester United's courage and determination to break the boat.

But at the same time, Manchester United's rhythm is like a kite with a broken string, flying higher and higher and further away.

Especially when Heynckes on the sidelines realized this, when he started to ask Modric to press forward, to press Carrick like he pressed Pirlo against AC Milan, United's rhythm was out of order.

Carrick and Ferdinand are the two most European players in the Manchester United team. One is a midfielder and the other is a central defender. However, Ferdinand was restrained by Su Dong, and it was difficult to lend a helping hand.

This suddenly made Carrick overwhelmed.

His own ability to hold the ball is not strong, and after being pressed so tightly by Bayern, he began to be overwhelmed.

However, Scholes and Giggs were not there, Ferdinand couldn't run away, and the support points around him suddenly disappeared.

Whether it's Fletcher or Gibson, neither of them is a good point to receive the ball, let alone get them to get the ball.

So, gradually, the rhythm of Manchester United could not slow down.

Rhythm is wonderful if you say it is wonderful, but if you say it is not wonderful, it is very simple.

How easy is it?
you want to slow down?
Yes, as long as you can hold the ball and control the ball under the pressure of the opponent, then you can be slow.

Otherwise, if the opponent presses for a little bit, you will directly open your feet. How slow?
Manchester United can't hold the ball at all now. When Bayern reacts and presses, Manchester United can only continue to maintain a fast pace, but this is really a double-edged sword for Manchester United.

In the first 20 minutes or so, Bayern didn't even take a shot, and devoted all their energy to pressing and oppressing.

Manchester United's ball possession rate is getting higher and higher, even as high as 60.00%.

But only Ferguson on the sidelines knew in his heart that this was a hot potato.

He'd dreamed of Manchester United's possession rate against Bayern, but not in this way.

The only thing Ferguson can do is to keep reminding the players on the sidelines to stay focused, and at the same time let Rooney retreat more to respond to the midfield and increase the number of shots.

He can only wait.

When Bayern's wave of speed-ups is over and they need to rest, then it will be over.

After all, football is a game of nine and 10 minutes, and any team needs to allocate physical energy reasonably.

But Ferguson is still very worried, he has no bottom line.

……

Murphy's law says that the more you are afraid of something, the more he will come.

When Ferguson repeatedly reminded the players on the sidelines that he was worried about Bayern's pressing and oppression, there was indeed a problem with Manchester United's midfield play.

When Carrick received a pass from Fletcher, he stopped the ball when Modric rushed to him.

The England midfielder was taken aback, for fear of being entangled by Modric, he directly wanted to pass the ball forward to find Rooney, but Modric took the first step to block it.

The ball hit Modric's leg, refracted, and fell to Schweinsteiger's feet not far behind.

After the pig stopped the ball, he took two steps forward and quickly sent a direct pass to Ribery who ran over to ask for it.

Ribery ran from the left to the middle. After receiving the ball, before Gibson could get close, he quickly sent an overhead cross with his right foot.

The ball was passed diagonally from the left rib to the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area.

When everyone's eyes followed the trajectory of the football and fell to the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area, Su Dong suddenly rushed forward.

Vidic desperately tried to stop him, tried every means, even used both hands and feet, trying to stop him, but Su Dong insisted on a sudden stop and then accelerated suddenly, breaking away from Vidic's entanglement, rushed into the penalty area first, and raised his right foot high.

In the penalty area, Vidic didn't dare to make any more moves, but Su Dong was tall and long-legged, and he unloaded the ball from mid-air with his foot. The ball landed against his instep like a shot put.

This kick to stop the ball is enough to shock people!
As soon as the ball was stopped, Su Dong also stopped, which made Vidic next to him stop abruptly, for fear that Su Dong would change his foot and hit the goal with his left foot. Unexpectedly, just as Vidic stopped, Su Dong suddenly dribbled the ball forward and started.

The two happened to pass by each other. After Su Dong moved half of his body away, before Vidic could react, and regardless of Van der Sar had already attacked near the small penalty area line, Su Dong shot directly.

This sudden shot caught both Vidic and Van der Sar off guard. The ball passed directly from Van der Sar's right side, rubbed the right post and flew into Manchester United's goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"No. 206 minutes, Bayern's first shot of the game!"

"Su Dong scored for Bayern, one to two!!!"

After scoring the goal, Su Dong did not run out to celebrate the goal as usual, but ran straight to Manchester United's goal, picked up the football with his feet, turned around and ran to the center line.

"A very good attacking fit."

"Bayern's players completed a beautiful cooperation. After intercepting Carrick's pass, Ribery picked it up and created an excellent opportunity for Sudong."

"Look at the stop, it reminds me of Bergkamp's stop, it's very, very subtle."

"The subsequent shots were also very calm. Van der Sar was halfway through the attack and was scored by Su Dong."

"Su Dong seems to have a strong desire to win. He didn't intend to celebrate his goal, but directly returned to the center line with the ball in his arms, signaling to restart the game immediately."

Bayern's players also responded to Su Dong's call, quickly returned to their positions, and signaled the referee to kick-off quickly.

Right now, Bayern's morale is booming, while Manchester United has been hit hard. This is an excellent time to strike while the iron is hot.

Manchester United can score two goals in the first 6 minutes, can't Bayern change their colors?
Ferguson was obviously aware of this problem, and immediately yelled at the players on the sidelines, signaling them to be steady, not to rush, not to mess up.

But at the beginning of the game, when Rooney kicked the ball back to the midfield, the Bayern players headed by Su Dong had once again pressed in front of Manchester United's defense.

Once again, Ferguson couldn't help but think of his thoughts when he made up his mind to reform Manchester United's tactics at the beginning of the century, and a sense of sadness arose in his heart. He seemed to have returned to the miserable situation when he faced Juventus and Bayern in [-].

If you can't hold the ball, you can't play in the Champions League at all!

(End of this chapter)