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Chapter 660 Volume [-] Red Ginger Is Old and Spicy

It stands to reason that according to the principle of defensive alignment, George Wood's defensive object should be Manchester United's midfielder Paul Scholes, and the person opposite him now is exactly this "ginger head".

Wood glanced at Cristiano Ronaldo.

In this game, Tang En didn't ask Wood to defend Ronaldo with man-to-man. He just placed Wood on the right side. If Ronaldo got the ball, Wood could go over to support the defense.Because he studied Ronaldo's performance this season and found that it is very unrealistic for the only defensive midfielder in the team to mark Ronaldo exclusively.Ronaldo is not fixed on a certain side, his position is very flexible, and he can score so many goals, it is not enough to just play on a certain side.

Before the game, he was in the wing.As soon as the game started, his position became much more flexible.It can be on the left or on the right, or even...become a legitimate center forward!

Ronaldo has indeed scored a lot of goals this season, but he has scored as a midfielder, playing as a center forward, and he has not experienced it once.Not only that, but Wayne Rooney, who was supposed to be Manchester United's Zhengyin center, actually appeared on the... wing in this game.

Scholes did not choose to fight George Wood. Although Wood had already announced his withdrawal from the national team when he entered the England team, he was quite clear about the ability of this junior.He passed the football to Rooney on the sidelines.

As Manchester United's striker, Rooney played a full-back in this game, which made everyone unable to understand.

Even the commentator kept asking: "What does Ferguson think? Pull Rooney, who is suitable as a center forward, out of the penalty area, far away from Nottingham Forest's goal. Let Ronaldo, who was originally a winger, become a center forward. Being sandwiched by the tall defenders of the Forest team, he can't fully display his advantages and technical characteristics."

Before that, Manchester United had never had such a change, maybe in training, but it never happened in the game.

Seeing Rooney taking the ball, Tang En turned his gaze from the field to Ferguson.Sir Alex is currently directing the game from the sidelines.In fact, there is no need to come out to direct now, so he just stood with his hands in his pockets and watched from the sidelines.

Regarding this personnel adjustment... what does he think?
Tang En pondered in his heart.

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In this game, Nottingham Forest naturally ranked their best 442, goalkeeper Van der Sar.From left to right on the back line are Gareth Bale, Pepe, Piqué and Rafinha.The midfielders from left to right are Franck Ribery, Van der Vaart, George Wood and Beckham.Van Nistelrooy and Arshavin partnered up front.

It is almost the strongest lineup.

Manchester United used 451.

The goalkeeper is a young Ben Foster.From left to right on the back line are Evra, Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Brown.The midfield was different from the lineup Dunn was familiar with.

Wayne Rooney occupied the midfield left that originally belonged to Ryan Giggs or Park Ji-sung. Neither Giggs nor Park Ji-sung got a chance to start today, and Park Ji-sung didn't even make the squad.

Carrick and Scholes are considered parallel positions, but there is an extra defensive midfielder O'Shea behind them.O'Shea was originally a defender, but his defensive ability is better than that of Carrick and Scholes. Ferguson put him behind the two and in front of the central defender. The meaning could not be more obvious-to help the defense , Blocking the Forest team's attack.

Hargreaves appeared on the right, an all-around player who can play anywhere in midfield.The most important thing is that on the basis of a certain defensive ability, his offensive ability is not weak.

This is Manchester United's midfield configuration, and the only striker who deserves it is Cristiano Ronaldo.

For the audience, this is really a strange formation.People who should play center forward don't play center forward, people who should play winger don't play winger, people who should play fullback don't play fullback... Could it be that Ferguson's brain is confused by the pressure?

Tang En obviously didn't think so.

Who is Alex Ferguson? He survived such a thrilling scene as the 99 Champions Cup final, as for a decisive battle for a league championship?

So Ferguson must have his reasons for such an arrangement.

As a central defender, O'Shea played as a central defender, but it made sense, because Ferguson hoped to increase his defensive strength in the midfield, so as not to make the Forest team counterattack.Since Roy Keane left, Ferguson can no longer find a world-class midfielder with both offensive and defensive capabilities like the Irishman.Carrick came under the title of "Kean's successor" at the beginning, but he is better at being a midfielder who controls the rhythm, and his defense is far worse than that.

So, what happened to Rooney and Ronaldo's swap...

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Twain thought about this in secret. Rooney had already started to break through with the ball from the wing.

Rafinha's defense is not as good as his offense, so he struggled against Rooney.Beckham ran back from the front and unceremoniously hooked Rooney from behind.

There was a burst of boos from the stands, but thankfully, it wasn't overwhelming.It shows that although there are people who hate Beckham, they are not all of them.This time, after all, Beckham destroyed Manchester United's attack. Even those Manchester United fans who don't hate him, it is impossible to stand up and applaud the destroyer because their attack was destroyed...

Those boos reached Beckham's ears, and he could hear them clearly, but his face remained normal, and he didn't even cast his eyes on the stands.

The referee called Nottingham Forest a foul, Rafinha retreated to the wall, and Beckham stood in front of the ball and Rooney, preventing him from taking a quick free kick.At the same time, he also took the time to turn his head and signal his teammates to quickly arrange the defense in the penalty area.

Rooney stood up from the ground, he looked at Beckham standing in front of him.When Beckham left Manchester United, he was still emerging at Everton. He only moved to Manchester United after the Portuguese European Championship in 04. He didn't play with this man for a day, but he played with England. Experience, but he and Beckham also had minor conflicts in the game.

At other times...he has multiple impressions of this person, such as the captain of England, the star of Real Madrid, the big star across the business world... Wait, he will not be wearing Manchester United in these impressions that shadow.

Ronaldo ran over to replace Rooney with a free kick.Beckham still stood in front of the ball and did not give way, so Manchester United's No. 7 signaled to the referee, is it illegal for Beckham to do so?

The referee came up and told Beckham to go away, and then Beckham slowly backed up to Rafinha and formed a double wall with him.

Ronaldo made a cross after a run-up, and the football passed the goal quickly. Whether it was Pepe, Piqué or Van der Sar, or Rooney, Ferdinand and Vidic, no one touched the ball.

The football flew over the most populated area in the center of the penalty area and flew to the other side.

Hargreaves appeared on the spot where the football landed and stopped the ball.The defenders of the Forest team just wanted to press out together when they saw Hargreaves got the ball, so they had to stay in front of the goal and prepare to defend Manchester United's second attack.

Of course, Hargreaves cannot be allowed to get the ball so easily outside.Someone has to push it up.Left-back Gareth Bale sprinted out and headed straight for Hargreaves.

Hargreaves didn't bother with Bell either, he passed the ball to Scholes who pulled out to meet him.Scholes took a decisive shot after dribbling horizontally. The football was not confiscated by Van der Sar in time, and was directly blocked in the crowded penalty area.

Unfortunately, the man who blocked the shot was one of United's own players - Carrick.

United fans could only put their heads in their hands and lament the bad luck of the attack.

The football popped out and was picked up by Forest players.Nottingham Forest took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.But their ball was blocked by O'Shea just after halftime.At the same time, Rio Ferdinand and Vidic have returned to the defense at high speed.Ferguson doesn't have to worry about Forest's quick counterattack. At the same time, O'Shea's performance also proves the cleverness of his arrangement of such a No. [-] man in the midfield.

Nottingham Forest's quick counterattack failed, so they had no choice but to continue to retreat.

The more the game went on, the more awkward the Nottingham Forest players felt.

The tactics arranged before the game were that Ronaldo was a dangerous man and he needed to focus on marking, so the two sides became heavily guarded by the Forest team.Rooney is the No. [-] man. At the same time, because Rooney likes to drop back to get the ball as a center forward, George Wood and the central defenders also need to take care of the center.

But now that Rooney and Ronaldo have switched positions, they are at a loss.

And the pressure isn't just from the two dangerous men.More importantly, Ferguson's team took an all-out stance at home!Even O'Shea had to press halftime.Manchester United is not an unknown team. If they want to go all out, it will put a lot of pressure on the defensive side.

This is the second point Tang En did not expect.

He thought that in such a critical game, Ferguson, an old man, would be more prudent and cautious, and first stabilize his defense before dealing with the Forest team.

Unexpectedly, this old man had no such plan at all, and he was so bold that he let the team go all out and crush Nottingham Forest at home.

As for preventing Forest's counterattack... O'Shea is a gate, but in fact it is more important to rely on their offense to suppress Forest's offense.

Tang En thought that the Forest team would defend and counterattack in the away game, so they should try first.Who would have thought that the game would be under such tremendous pressure from the very beginning.

He couldn't sit still.

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Although Ronaldo is a center forward, he doesn't stay in front of the goal honestly. His position is as flexible as ever.Just closer to goal than when he was playing in midfield.With his current state of scoring goals, closer to the goal means closer to the goal.

What's more, Ronaldo has outstanding footwork, is 1.8 meters tall, and his header skills are not bad.

Dunn knew this, so he decided to ignore Rooney and push Cristiano Ronaldo out of the penalty area.

He went to the sidelines and shouted to the defenders not to let Ronaldo into the penalty area.

Ronaldo didn't score. After receiving a pass outside the penalty area, he took a long shot and flew out against the goal post.Everyone in Nottingham Forest was in a cold sweat.

Tang En found that he had done useless work.Originally, Ronaldo didn't have to be fixed in the penalty area. Ferguson's arrangement should be based on his state and feeling of scoring consecutive goals, thinking that he might also score in this game.So let him be in the forward position, and it is logical to be closer to the goal.In fact, there are many ways for an excellent player to score goals, not just by preventing him from entering the penalty area.What's more, Ronaldo used to be a midfielder, and he scored a lot of those [-] goals outside the penalty area...Anyway, he will definitely have a way to score.

Now, Tang En frowned tightly.How to defend against Ronaldo?Let Wood one-on-one?This is not on the wing, but in the middle, at the front of the penalty area. It is impossible for Wood to freeze Ronaldo for nine or 10 minutes without committing a single foul.

This season, Ronaldo has scored six free-kicks in various competitions, almost all of them brilliant and beautiful.Twain was quite impressed with the free kick he scored against Portsmouth.

Even if he blocked Ronaldo's frontal breakthrough by fouling, he could still use a free kick to score.Two seasons ago, no one would care about his free kicks.It's okay not to care now, if you don't care, you will concede a goal...

Tang En bit his lips tightly and said nothing.

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The performance of the Forest players on the field was unsatisfactory due to the influence of Manchester United.Under Manchester United's strong offensive, they can only be in a completely defensive posture for the time being, with no time to counterattack.

Manchester United launched a tide-like attack on Forest's hinterland amid the cheers of the home fans, one wave after another, and one wave after another.

Ferguson's intention was obvious, that was to take advantage of the home court and try to seal the victory with a tactic that Twain hadn't thought of in the first half, while at the same time bringing the game into the rhythm that Manchester United was best at.At that time, as long as a sufficient lead is established and the players are in good shape again, Manchester United has the final say on how the game will be played?Coupled with the deafening cheers at Old Trafford, home court advantage and home court advantage are not just talking about it.

Ferguson observed from the sidelines for a while, and found that the game was still under his control, so he turned and walked back.

When he turned around, he found Tony Twain standing at the other end seemed very distressed.There was an undetectable smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)