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Chapter 876 We all guessed wrong!

Goalkeeper Van der Sar, the defense line from left to right is Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand and Fabio, the midfielders are Park Ji-sung, Giggs, Carrick and Valencia, and the frontcourt is Rooney and Hernandez.

In this FA Cup final, Ferguson ranked his ideal 11-man starting lineup.

But what is surprising is that he did not adopt the commonly used four-three-three formation, but adopted a four-four-two formation.

The positioning of the specific players will not be observed until the game, but Ferguson has obviously adjusted his past style of play.

When Guardiola saw this style of play, he was obviously secretly relieved, and looked at Su Dong with affirmation in his eyes.

He guessed it right!

Ferguson adopted a four-four-two formation, in fact, he wanted to defend and counterattack.

Manchester City's overall strength is not inferior to Manchester United, and even slightly better. Coupled with the advantages of the team's tactical play, it basically adopts active suppression tactics, while Ferguson's [-] is actually deliberately showing weakness and retreating to defend.

But if you think Manchester United is like this, you are wrong.

What Ferguson wanted was counter-repression.

But there is also a problem, that is, if you want to counter-repression, then why Hernandez?
"We all guessed wrong, he didn't adopt a five-middle tactic." Estiat shook his head.

In the speculation of the Manchester City coaching staff, Ferguson will use Fletcher instead of Hernandez.

In this way, Manchester United adopted a five-middle tactic. When counterattacking, Valencia and Park Ji-sung pressed up from the two wings to find Rooney.

Such a style of play has been used by Manchester United before, and it can be regarded as familiar.

But Ferguson didn't do that. He took Fletcher and replaced Hernandez.

"He still wants to suppress our defense and possession of the ball in the midfield." Guardiola thought about it for a while, and he understood what Ferguson meant. Manchester City's possession of the ball in the midfield is a big problem for any team.

Would that be the case?
……

With referee Martin Atkinson's whistle, the world-renowned Manchester derby finally kicked off.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United, who took the lead in kicking off, quickly kicked the ball to Giggs. The latter made a diagonal pass to the right side of the front court. Valencia advanced very quickly, ahead of Marcelo, headed the ball forward, and tried to speed up to catch up.

But Pepe took the lead and tackled the ball out of bounds.

Less than ten seconds into the opening, Manchester United won a throw-in in Manchester City's frontcourt.

The Red Devils quickly took a throw-in, but Manchester City held on firmly and did not give Manchester United a chance to pose a threat.

And with the beginning of the first wave of offense, the game slowly unfolded.

Manchester City was suppressed by Manchester United, and the starting tactics have not yet been played out, but Manchester United's starting tactics are already very obvious.

That is oppression.

Although it adopted a four-four-two formation, Manchester United did not adopt defensive tactics at the beginning of the game, but actively pressed them out, especially against Manchester City's midfield, adopting high-intensity pressing and oppression.

The two wings of Park Ji-sung and Valencia were very aggressive, but Hernandez in the middle was at the forefront, while Rooney dragged behind and was solely responsible for suppressing Busquets.

This style of play allowed Manchester United to seize the initiative from the beginning and suppress Manchester City. They quickly entered the game and planned offensive threats twice, but unfortunately they failed to score.

For Manchester United's style of play, Manchester City is still a little uncomfortable. They tried to control the ball several times, but were intercepted by Manchester United.

Especially Su Dong, as long as he gets the ball, there are at least two defensive players around him staring at him.

In this case, Manchester City's opening kick was not smooth.

However, whether it is Sudong and Busquets on the field, Pepe and Kompany in the defense, and Guardiola on the sidelines, they are constantly calling on the players to be calm, not to be chaotic, and to maintain the order of the team.

It is not the first time that Manchester City has encountered such a high-position pressing team, so they are very clear, whether it is Manchester United or other teams, this kind of full-court pressing can only be temporary.

Su Dong also quickly adjusted his role. From being at the forefront, he began to retreat, focusing on grabbing Carrick.

This strategy was really effective. Carrick himself was afraid of being robbed. When Sudong withdrew, the pressure he faced suddenly increased. Manchester United began to make more mistakes in passing and receiving the ball. Relatively speaking, Manchester City also had more ball possession.

So, gradually, Manchester United began to retreat.

But at this time, the game has passed 10 minutes.

Ferguson's opening three tricks were crackling as soon as they came up.

It is a good thing if it works, even if it doesn't work, it can bring some troubles to Manchester City.

After three tricks, Manchester United began to serve the main course, which was to shrink the defense.

Guardiola's guess was right. Ferguson didn't intend to fight Manchester City head-to-head, but to avoid Manchester City's edge and adopt defensive counterattack tactics. This is why he took the risk of Hernandez.

To put it bluntly, he wants to defend, but he is not willing to defend.

This is in line with Manchester United's current mentality.

On the one hand, they admit that Manchester City is an opponent of comparable strength, and may even be slightly better than Manchester United, but on the other hand, due to long-term historical reasons, they look down on Manchester City, thinking that Manchester City is just a rich and upstart, nothing special.

In this mentality, Ferguson adopted such a tactic.

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After Manchester City controlled the ball, Su Dong began to retreat, responding to the pass from the midfielder, allowing Di Maria and Sanchez to go up and hold Manchester United's defense, especially the two central defenders.

At the same time, Su Dong also noticed that in order to help Manchester United's midfielder, Park Ji-sung and Valencia closed more in the middle, resulting in the side lanes being vacant, so Su Dong began to frequently run to the side lanes.

After the Manchester City players saw Su Dong's running route, they also understood, and began to frequently score the ball to the side.

When Marcelo crossed the center line once, he passed the ball to Su Dong who dropped deep and pulled to the side to receive the ball.

Su Dong blocked Fabio with his body, turned around and cut inward after stopping the ball. Before Carrick approached, he suddenly sent a through pass with his right foot, which accurately penetrated Manchester United's midfield and defense, and landed on the left side of the penalty area.

Di Maria moved forward at a very fast speed. When he stopped the ball and was about to hit the goal, Ferdinand blocked the ball out of the baseline.

The Argentine winger dribbled the ball and was shoveled in the penalty area, but the referee Atkinson indicated that Ferdinand did not foul.

Manchester City sent a tactical corner kick, Su Dong took the ball back along the left wing, passed it back to David Silva, and then quickly slanted into the left side of the penalty area.

When David Silva crossed the ball to Toni Kroos, the German midfielder crossed back to find Sudong.

Su Dong jumped high and headed back to the middle, creating a chance for Sanchez to grab a spot in front of the goal.

"Manchester City's shot!!!"

The whole Wembley Stadium heard the exclamation of the fans of the two teams.

At the critical moment, Vidic blocked Sanchez's shot with his body, trying to keep Manchester United's goal intact.

"Too dangerous!"

"Manchester City's successive attacks created a threat."

"Su Dong is not at the top tonight like before, but retreats more and moves around the wings to pass the ball and create opportunities for his teammates."

"Whether it was Di Maria's chance in the penalty area or Sanchez's shot this time, Su Dong has performed at a very high level, which involved a lot of defensive pressure on Manchester United, but his teammates failed to seize the opportunity."

At this moment, Manchester City once again planned an attack.

Su Dong ran to the right this time. After responding to Zabaleta's pass, he took the initiative to pass it to Toni Kroos.

At this time, Su Dong suddenly saw the opportunity, no longer running sideways, but turned to the direction of the goal and rushed forward.

David Silva's pass was accurately given to Sudong's running line. Sudong quickly distributed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, handed it to Sanchez, and rushed to the goal by himself.

Sanchez understood it, got rid of Evra who was defending him after getting the ball, and made a pass from the bottom.

However, the Chilean winger's pass was too close to the goal. Van der Sar directly grabbed the ball before Su Dong, and fell to the ground to catch the ball, which made Su Dong miss the chance to score in front of the goal.

Although he failed to score a goal, Su Dong's continuous cooperation with his teammates and his excellent running position won him applause from the audience and made Ferguson on the sidelines furious.

Nima, it makes Su Dong feel like he is in no man's land!
How can you hold on at this rate?
Panting heavily, Su Dong gave Sanchez a thumbs up as he walked back.

The Chilean winger was a little embarrassed because he really didn't make a good pass, but Su Dong didn't blame him.

……

The game continues.

From the 10th minute onwards, City turned things around.

Guardiola watched nervously from the sidelines, but also very happy.

He asked Su Dong to retreat and sideline, and to be a free man. At first, he was very worried about whether Su Dong was willing and whether he could do a good job, but now he was not worried anymore.

Su Dong not only cooperated with his tactics, but also did it very well, even far exceeding his expectations.

If it weren't for Manchester United's defense being good enough, Manchester City had at least two good scoring opportunities just now.

On the court, Su Dong also gradually found the feeling of playing a free man.

Although he is tall, he is fast, his feet are fine, and his explosive power is excellent. Once he rushes up, no one can stop him.

Just like this time, after Su Dong retreated to catch the ball, he turned around and started to take the ball. Through continuous shifting and changing directions, the ball broke through the interception of the three Manchester United players, and sent a direct pass from the front of the penalty area to the left side of the penalty area.

Di Maria slanted into the penalty area from the left, and when he was about to hit the goal, he was caught by goalkeeper Van der Sar again.

The Argentine winger wanted to go crazy with rage.

This is already his two shot chances.

Su Dong could see clearly that Di Maria was still not as good as Sanchez in terms of scoring goals.

Five minutes later, Manchester City made an attack from the left, attracting all of Manchester United's defenses to the left.

Su Dong took a look at the situation and felt that there was little chance of attacking, so he ran to the gap on the right rib.

David Silva passed back to the back line to reorganize, Pepe stopped the ball and looked forward, glanced ahead, and quickly passed a long pass to Su Dong's feet.

Su Dong stopped the ball and turned around, took the ball forward again, and went straight to the Manchester United penalty area.

(End of this chapter)