The strongest winger

Chapter 700 Speed ​​Rolling
Compared with the tactical changes in the home team's locker room, Mourinho still requires players to focus on defense.

In his mind, he must be cautious in the away game. One bite cannot make him a big fat man. First of all, he must defend patiently, so that he can seize the loopholes in Manchester United's defense and give him a fatal blow.

The 15 minutes of the intermission passed in a blink of an eye, and players from both sides returned to the huge stage at Old Trafford one by one.

When the home team players appeared, there was a tsunami of cheers from the stands, and when it was the visiting team's Chelsea players' turn to play, there were only extremely harsh boos over Old Trafford.

What no one noticed was that the corners of Ai Luo's mouth raised slightly when he heard the boos all over the sky.

"Okay, Weber blew the whistle to start the second half. Now the one who gets the ball is the Croatian international Modric who sent a key pass to Aiello in the first half. I believe domestic fans who watched the European Cup last year know him better. His chic style of play and practical skills, coupled with a superb pass, finally helped the team equalize the score before the end of the first half..."

Zhan Jun held his breath and began to explain the second half of the game.

With the whistle of the referee Webber, the second half of the 2008st round of the 2009-21 English Premier League focus match between Manchester United and Chelsea began.

Modric received Aiello's return pass and did not dribble himself. Instead, he pulled the ball and turned around to pass the ball to Lampard, and then the team's entire formation slowly spread out.

If you look at it from a bird's-eye view, you will see that Aiello and Drogba are like two sharp knives piercing the heart of Manchester United.

In Chelsea's first attack in the second half, Aiello broke through and then sent the ball to Lampard, who was plugged in behind.

Therefore, it also caused a burst of laughter from the home team fans in the stands.

When it was Manchester United's turn to attack at home, Van der Sar kicked a goal kick. Cristiano Ronaldo came from his left to the center, overwhelming Ballack to return the ball to the midfielder Fletcher, and then slowly ran to his attacking left rib.

In the end, this wave of offense also ended with Berbatov's back shot and missed the goal post.

This is the case with football games. In the final analysis, it is a game of offense and defense. One side attacks and the other defends.

However, the two sides of the competition went back and forth to attack several times in this situation, but none of them achieved obvious results.

In other words, both sides of the game are still a bit cautious, afraid of the opponent's quick counterattack, and dare not invest too much troops into the attack.

The 10 minutes of the second half were gone in the blink of an eye.

Mourinho, who was standing in the command area of ​​the visiting team, was mentally prepared. He insisted on defending for 10 minutes in the second half.

After 10 minutes, Manchester United's offense still hadn't improved. Ferguson, who was standing in the home team's command area, couldn't sit still.

This is Old Trafford!
It is necessary to win Chelsea at home, otherwise the league championship will really have no suspense.

So he took the lead in making personnel adjustments, replacing Carrick with the experienced veteran Giggs to increase the diversification of the frontcourt offense.

After all, Ferguson still believes that the lack of offensive effect in the first 10 minutes of the second half is directly related to Carrick, who organized the attack in the midfield. Replacing Giggs at this time can increase changes and disrupt Chelsea's defensive deployment.

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Although the commentator team in the live studio was a little puzzled that Ferguson replaced Carrick in less than 10 minutes of the game, he was still optimistic about Ferguson's substitution. After all, the nearly 70-year-old coach Ferguson is the godfather of Manchester United. Coaching experience is extremely rich, and his substitution adjustment naturally has his own considerations.

Indeed, Ferguson's consideration is to use Giggs' experience to revitalize the frontcourt trio.

He always feels that Cristiano Ronaldo and Berbatov cannot be kneaded together, and it seems that they need a medium to be fully combined and exert the strongest combat effectiveness.

But sometimes what works in theory may not work in reality.

Forwards like Berbatov, although standing in the center position, often like to hold the ball to organize the attack in the frontcourt, but Cristiano Ronaldo also likes to take the ball to break through and shoot when attacking.

Therefore, in a sense, the two have a positional conflict, which means that Giggs' playing did not increase the quality of Manchester United's offense.

Even if the frontcourt offense has become diversified, it is still the same in essence.

On the contrary, with Giggs playing, Manchester United's midfield defense has become much weaker.

Carrick is an organizational midfielder, but he also has a certain defensive ability. However, Giggs is 36 years old this year. His running ability, running range and speed are not as good as those of a young man in his 20s.

Park Ji-sung's task is clear and monotonous, and he is only responsible for Ai Luo. The team's overall defense has little to do with him. Ai Luo's inaction in the past ten minutes in the second half is inseparable from his defensive quality.

Ferguson stood off the court and saw that the substitution adjustment did not have the desired effect, and considered whether to continue the substitution.

But at this moment, Manchester United was preparing for a threatening attack.

Fletcher passed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo who retreated from the left to meet him. After receiving the ball, he found that there was no room for breakthrough in front of him, so he cross-passed to Giggs who came to meet him, and then continued to run to the left rib to see if he could find a good attacking opportunity.

Giggs took two steps forward, and Ballack came up to defend, not letting him pass easily.

Giggs poked his toe and passed the ball to Berbatov, who had the ball behind his back, and he suddenly accelerated forward.

At the same time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was looking for an opportunity on the left rib, suddenly accelerated and ran towards the space between Carvalho and Ivanovic.

Berbatov leaned on Terry and passed the ball into Giggs' forward path.

This is...a center forward takes the ball with his back and passes it to the playmaker + the ribs are inserted into the attack. That is to say, this coordination routine is very common.

Giggs didn't mean to stop the ball. Under Ballack's interference, he directly used the arch of his foot to pass the football passed by Berbatov to Cristiano Ronaldo who inserted in the back.

But Terry's reaction was so quick that almost as soon as Giggs pushed the ball towards Cristiano Ronaldo's forward path, he fell to the ground and blocked the passing path.

The football was blocked by Terry. Giggs wanted to grab the first spot, but Ballack was strong and stuck in the position. He made a big clearance when he was facing his own goal. However, under the interference of Giggs, he did not kick.

Coincidentally, the running route of the football is directly in front of Modric, and his excellent overall situation just happened to find that Ai Luo was suddenly accelerating from his own arc, and he suddenly realized that this was an excellent opportunity for a quick counterattack!
Modric did not stop the ball, but leaned directly to the left side of his body, almost at 45 degrees with the turf, and then kicked the ball towards the opponent's half with a big foot.

Bigfoot is good quality, not too tall, and very fast.

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"Modric's big-foot clearance seems a bit reckless. There are no Manchester United players within three meters of him. He has time to stop the ball and observe the running positions of his teammates..." Before Zhan Jun finished speaking, the camera followed the football to the circle of the field, followed by Aiello, Park Ji-sung and Rio Ferdinand, and his voice suddenly rose an octave: "--opportunity!"

At the same time, Ferguson's heart thumped.

Aiello started the arc in his own half, and was nearly three meters away from Rio Ferdinand, who was standing close to the center line. When Modric kicked the ball forward, Aiello was only less than two meters away from Rio Ferdinand. When the football fell to the left of the arc in Manchester United's half, Aiello was only one meter away from him.

The speed of the Fengchi Electric Engine caused many home fans in the stands to lose their voices instantly.

Rio Ferdinand knew that he was the last defender and did not dare to foul Aiello easily.

Now the score is tied, if he is sent off for a foul, then the game will become no suspense, and the football is slightly turned outward.

But what happened next made him regret it too much.

Ai Luo catches up with the football on the second bounce of the football, which is about 40 meters from the bottom line.

Without any warning, Ai Luo suddenly used the outer instep of his right foot to slam the bouncing football towards the penalty area for more than ten meters while attacking the left rib, and then accelerated a second time.

Originally, the gap between the two was only half a meter, but Aiello's choice made Rio Ferdinand stunned for a few tenths of a second while returning to the defense. At this time, Ailuo's legs were like a super sports car with the accelerator pedal pressed to the bottom. The speed reached a critical point, passing by Rio Ferdinand at high speed, and overtaking!

"Oh my God, this is absolutely crushing speed!!" BBC commentator Lineker said excitedly as he watched the scene full of visual impact.

When Rio Ferdinand came to his senses, Aiello was one position ahead of him, and he didn't dare to foul. This position was about 30 meters away from the goal, so he didn't dare to fight!
Ai Luo's free kick skills are notoriously strong!
However, between Rio Ferdinand's hesitation, Ai Luo has gone from one position ahead to three positions, which means that he has no choice but to foul.

Innate disadvantages made him helpless, he was desperate while running, and left the hope of successful defense to the veteran van der Sar.

Ai Luo received the football in an arc from the Manchester United penalty area, waded the ball forward two meters, made a slight adjustment, directly swung his right foot, a ground ball, and shot!
The football rolled to the far corner of the goal against the turf, and Van der Sar couldn't catch it!

After a long time, the score on the big screen changed from 1:1 to 1:2!

(End of this chapter)