i want to be king

Chapter 878 Hexagon Warrior

In a Manchester City attack, Su Dong pulled to the left side of the front court again. After receiving a pass from Marcelo, he wanted to form a breakthrough on the left side, but was blocked by Ferdinand who followed him.

As a last resort, Su Dong stopped to protect the ball and passed the ball back to Marcelo.

Marcelo crosses to Busquets and the team reorganizes.

After receiving the ball, David Silva completed a two-for-one cooperation with Toni Kroos, and the Spanish midfielder dribbled the ball forward.

Di Maria suddenly drove straight to the left side of the box, took Carrick away and attracted the attention of the defenders.

Su Dong suddenly ran from the left side, along the front of the penalty area to the middle, and just cut into the front of Manchester United's penalty area.

David Silva understood and passed the ball to Sudong.

Ferdinand immediately abandoned Di Maria and chose to block Sudong. As a result, Sudong did not stop, but stopped David Silva's ball in the middle, and he also accelerated suddenly, rushing past Ferdinand's defense.

As soon as he broke away from Ferdinand's defense zone, Su Dong quickly kicked a powerful long-range shot with his right foot.

There were exclamations from the Manchester United fans throughout Wembley Stadium, mixed with the muffled sound of a ball.

I saw the football, like lightning, quickly flew out from the left side of the front of the penalty area and landed on the lower right corner of the goal.

Van der Sar was well prepared this time, and he flew sideways. The tall and long-legged Dutch goalkeeper was sure to save the ball, but what he never expected was that Su Dong's long-range shot bounced even faster after landing in the small penalty area.

It was a total surprise to Van der Sar and although he made a save, the ball went over his hands and into the goal behind him.

There was a burst of thunderous cheers from the audience.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

After Su Dong scored, he raised his hands high, turned around and rushed to the sidelines, heading straight to the stands where the Manchester City fans were.

"No. 307 minutes, Su Dong made another victory and scored twice!"

"This is a long-range shot from the outside of the penalty area, from the area where Su Dong is best at. He bounced the ball with a very wonderful kick and broke through Van der Sar's goal again, [-]-[-]!"

"Manchester City not only took the initiative in possession of the ball, but also suppressed Manchester United on the pitch."

"Ferguson should reflect on Manchester United's tactics, especially after the wave of attack in the opening 10 minutes, Manchester United retreated a bit too far and played too negatively, which caused Manchester United to be at the front of the penalty area and completely lose power in the midfield."

"Carrick didn't appear in the position he should appear in time. He was taken away from his position by Di Maria, but can he be blamed? Ferguson should reflect. Facing Manchester City, is it too risky for Manchester United to deploy such a midfield configuration? Or, did he never think about winning this game at all?"

Su Dong rushed out of the field excitedly, ran all the way, jumped over the billboard, and finally stopped under the stands of Manchester City fans.

He raised his hands high, yelled at the Manchester City fans in the stands, and finally kissed the ring on his left hand vigorously, while the live TV camera switched the scene to the stands very cooperatively, focusing on Wang Chuqing's flowery face. At this moment, she was full of excitement and pride.

But soon, Su Dong was surrounded by players who were chasing up by Manchester City.

Two to zero!
Manchester City has a key advantage!

……

Ferguson didn't lose his composure as before this time.

It's not that he didn't think about winning, but he didn't expect that Guardiola would adopt such a style of play, and even withdraw center Su Dong to play the free agent, which is simply unbelievable.

If it is a player of the type of Messi or Maradona, it is understandable to play a free agent, but that is Su Dong!
Instead of putting Su Dong in the most threatening position closest to the goal, let him retreat and pull the side?

Isn't this nonsense?
Overkill!Violence!Unreasonable!

But, Guardiola did just that, and it worked wonders!
Ferguson really wanted to ask, what is going on in this world?
Why are there such hexagonal fighters as Su Dong?
In fact, Carrick really can't be blamed for the conceded goal just now.

why?

Because of Carrick and Di Maria, it was Ferguson's instruction.

The key is that Su Dong pulled the side, and Ferdinand chose to follow. At this time, there was a defensive space on the left side of the penalty area, so Di Maria stepped in, and Carrick had to follow.

But follow up, well, there is a problem at the front of the restricted area.

Su Dong, who was originally on the sidelines, chose to return to the middle lane, playing the neutral position after Carrick followed up.

Of course, Su Dong's long-range shot was very beautiful and was also the decisive factor in the goal, but the whole offensive coordination is like this, and Manchester United really has no effective way to do it.

Unless, there is one more player in the midfield.

Ferguson really feels powerless now, because he found that all his deployments before the game did not achieve the expected results, but he had nothing to do with Manchester City's tactics.

For example, when he played Hernandez, he hoped to strengthen the frontcourt pressure and display Hernandez's speed when counterattacking, but in fact, Pepe and Kompany did not give Hernandez many opportunities.

Rooney retreated, with the purpose of choking Busquets to death, but the Spanish midfielder was not sticky to the ball, and was always moving. He kicked the ball quickly, so that Rooney couldn't guard Busquets at all.

As for the offense, don't be kidding, when did Busquets overwhelm?

The targeted defensive tactics did not work, but the hidden danger of going to Hernandez appeared.

Without Fletcher, the center of the midfield was weak, so Valencia and Park Ji-sung had to shrink to the center, and the side was given up. Marcelo and Zabaleta were very active, and Su Dong also frequently pulled the side.

This damn guy has real eyesight!

Su Dong, David Silva, Toni Kroos, and even Di Maria, these players took turns to attack Carrick, so the unlucky Red Devils midfielder ended miserably.

It is necessary to block the midfield, but also to withdraw the defensive line in time to make up for the position. When switching from defense to offense, he is also responsible for passing the ball.

Not to mention that Carrick is an ordinary mortal, even if he is given a pair of wings, he is probably like this.

Ferguson is very clear that what the team needs now is to strengthen the midfield defense, but there is not much that can be done.

When facing Arsenal in the league before, Ferguson once switched Park Ji-sung and Ryan Giggs, let Giggs go to the wing, and played the Korean running and covering ability, but Park Ji-sung performed poorly in the middle of the midfield, lost his position in defense, and was scored by Arsenal midfielder Ramsey.

Since then, Ferguson has not dared to let Park Ji-sung come to the middle.

Now, unless Ferguson is willing to make a substitution in the first half, otherwise, he can only continue to hold on like this.

……

The first half ended with waves of attacks from Manchester City.

After leading by two goals, Manchester United invested more troops in defense, and Manchester City also slowed down their offensive slightly. In the end, they failed to score again in the first half, but Manchester City, especially Su Dong's performance, was still very eye-catching.

During the intermission, Guardiola did not adjust the team's lineup.

With the team leading [-]-[-], he believed that Ferguson would try to counterattack, but there was a premise that Manchester United should be able to stabilize the team's midfield, so he concluded that Ferguson would choose to substitute.

Hernandez was mediocre in the first half. If there is no accident, he is likely to be substituted. His replacement should be midfielder Fletcher or Anderson. The purpose of the substitution is very simple, which is to strengthen the midfield defense.

If Manchester United wants to counterattack, they must first stabilize the midfield and defense, and if they want to stabilize the midfield, they need an extra midfielder. Fletcher or Anderson is the best choice.

It is basically unrealistic to make adjustments in tonight's starting lineup.

From the current point of view, Ferguson's starting tactics tonight can basically be said to have failed.

He obviously failed to get any cheap from Manchester City.

Guardiola adjusted the team's tactics. He told Su Dong that he was allowed to decide his position according to the situation on the field. When necessary, he could step up and return to the center position to directly suppress Manchester United's defense.

This is also the problem exposed in the first half.

Neither Di Maria nor Sanchez could hold down Manchester United's defense, and the ability of these two players to seize opportunities was not strong enough, which caused Manchester City to miss a lot of opportunities in the first half.

If Guardiola’s starting tactic was a bet that Ferguson would restrain Su Dong in a targeted manner, then the tactical adjustment in the second half was a bet that Ferguson would seek stability. Manchester City, which is leading by two goals, also needs a player like Su Dong to suppress Manchester United’s defense.

If the frontcourt is suppressed, the midfield will be more relaxed, and the team's goal will be more stable.

As for the goals, they have already led by two goals, do they still need to take risks?
……

Things seem to be as Guardiola expected.

When the two teams returned to the court, it was discovered that Manchester United had indeed made substitution adjustments.

Fletcher replaced Hernandez.

This is an unsurprising substitution, and even the on-site commentator said he guessed the substitution.

"Manchester United's midfield loss in the first half was too obvious. It would be a big strange thing if Ferguson hadn't replaced a midfielder at halftime to strengthen the midfielder's defense."

If this is the case, everyone will think, is Ferguson plotting something?
Of course, Lafayette may also be overwhelmed by his own willfulness, and eventually lose even worse.

Now it's all right, honestly strengthen the midfield, block Manchester City's offense and penetration, and leave only Rooney in the frontcourt, which basically restrains Manchester United's offense, but at least the defense is stable.

Fortunately, Manchester City also had two goals in hand, so they were not in a hurry and continued to control the ball steadily.

Sometimes this is the case. Both sides are predicting each other's tactics. Manchester City guessed Manchester United's tactical adjustments in the second half, but Manchester United adopted a slightly conservative tactical strategy, so that Manchester City did not have an effective way to deal with it.

After Fletcher came on the field, the strengthening of the midfield was obvious.

Although Manchester City still has a huge possession advantage, the offense can no longer be as willful as it was in the first half.

The game also fell into a stalemate stage.

(End of this chapter)