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Chapter 527 Breakthrough

On the football field, the head coach often needs to temporarily change tactics according to the situation on the field, adjust the player's position and movement, and even change the position of the players.

However, many adjustments cannot be made in words. You must know that the command areas of the coaching staff on both sides are not far apart, and in European football, language cannot become a communication barrier...Of course, examples such as Ebrahim who understand Korean are not too far apart. Too many to see.

Therefore, gestures have become the most critical means for the head coach to direct the players in the game.

Hearing the old man on the sidelines yelling at Carrick, Sun Wu and Rangnick looked over at the same time, knowing that Manchester United would definitely make adjustments, but they didn't understand the details of the adjustments.

In the 31st minute, Cavani stopped the ball in the front court and was blocked by Vidic and Ferdinand. Carrick gave the ball to Giggs immediately.

Firmino did not lose his position this time, and appeared vigilantly behind Giggs, but the Welshman directly sent a cross back to Carrick who advanced forward.

"Giggs... Firmino, this is Manchester United's chance to counterattack!" Zhan Jun watched nervously as Giggs and Firmino were competing for speed, and the two were running along the touchline.

But Sun Wu was keenly aware of the problem. He saw Rooney suddenly withdraw, and Carrick swung his right foot, and the inside of his foot aimed at the ball...

"Best..." Adam Simpson couldn't help but growl, he saw Sun Wu suddenly appeared between Carrick and Rooney, blocking the passing line.

Cavani has already pounced on Carrick.

But as if he had eyes in the back of his head, Carrick suddenly pulled the ball with his feet and evaded Cavani's counterattack, and then immediately sent a 40-meter long pass.

"Long pass transfer...it's Valencia!"

Manchester United, who had been staring at the left side, suddenly switched sides. Valencia, who hadn't shown any performance for the first half hour and even wanted to help defend, suddenly appeared behind Fuchs!
Without stopping the ball, Valencia slowed down a little and directly pushed the ball forward with his chest, then headed a little, and accelerated again to pass Hewedes who was defending!
"Schalke 04 is wide open, three against three!"

Milito had to make up the defense, Valencia immediately passed back in an inverted triangle, and Rooney shot vigorously from the edge of the penalty area!
"Rooney shoots... oooh Neuer!!!"

"Hernandez... oh my God, Neuer today is simply a god!"

First blocked Rooney's tricky grounder shot with his legs, and then faced Hernandez's header shot, Neuer barely jumped and held the ball out of the crossbar with his fingertips!

"Wonderful save!" Adam Simpson praised: "The transfer rumors before the game didn't seem to have much influence on Manu!"

Sun Wu, who ran back, looked at Valencia panting. He knew that he underestimated the Ecuadorian winger before the game.

Although this guy has never been able to become a first-class winger in his previous life, his amateur left foot ability and dribbling are always a new trick, but his explosive power and absolute speed can be called the top of the Premier League.

Especially in today's situation on the field, Valencia's speed will become a sharp weapon for Manchester United. Firmino's adduction directly caused Schalke 04's midfield to move slightly to the right, and should have helped defend Lackey on the left. It was difficult for Tichi to contain Valencia's breakthrough.

What's more terrible is that it was not Draxler but Raul who started the game. The Spaniard's defensive ability is quite weak, and Valencia has a lot of space, which allows him to use his speed advantage unscrupulously.

For the next 10 minutes, Valencia became the protagonist on the pitch.

In the 39th minute, Valencia made a comeback and once again received a long pass from the backcourt. Neither Fuchs nor Hevedes dared to pounce on it but retreated slowly. Valencia chose a cross and then accelerated himself The empty run took Fuchs away.

Wayne Rooney in the corner of the penalty area faced Hewedes and suddenly chose a curve ball to lob the far corner.

Neuer, who was standing slightly forward, took two steps back, jumped up high and stretched out his hand, and the ball hit the junction of the beam and the column!
"Great Neuer... not over yet!"

Milito barely grabbed the header before Hernandez, but the ball fell to Evra's feet, and Pecarik headed it out immediately.

"I missed someone!" Zhan Jun couldn't help reminding loudly through the screen, "Giggs..."

Facing Pecarik, Evra dialed the ball back, and Giggs threw off Firmino and hit the goal with a right-footed arc on the penalty area line!

Hitzlsperger, who was still in shock, failed to make up the defense in time, but there was Neuer!

Although Giggs has a golden left foot, the quality of this right-footed curve ball is very high. Neuer jumped forward and hit the ball directly out of the bottom line with his right fist.

Giggs, Hernandez, and Rooney held their heads together and sighed. The German goalkeeper was able to resolve one after another of high-quality shots. This guy is amazing!
"Today's Neuer is Avalokitesvara!" Zhan Jun said with a smile: "He has played for 10 minutes so far, and he has made [-] effective saves!"

Zhang Lu nodded and said, "The point is, the quality of Manchester United's six shots is pretty good!"

There was a bit of chaos in the stands at the Veltins-Arena, with applause, chants, but also boos.

Sun Wu hugged Neuer who got up from the ground, then made a gesture of applauding towards the North Stand, and then pointed to Neuer who was directing his teammates to defend the corner kick.

Applause gradually erupted from the North Stand...

"Giggs takes the corner... Neuer again!"

Neuer jumped high and hit the ball out of the penalty area with a single punch.

From the north stand to other stands, the applause became louder and louder, the shouts became more and more orderly, and the boos became smaller and quieter...

"Manu deserves to be treated like this," said Adam Simpson. "He played for Schalke 2001 at all levels for ten years from 2010 to 04, and he won the double last season. , he was the best goalkeeper of the season in the Bundesliga three times."

Neuer's magical performance kept the goal clean, but the pressure on the defense was increasing, and Sun Wu turned his head to look at the sidelines.

Rangnick made a gesture to let Rakitic return to his position and defend the first half first.

Rakitic's return means that the offensive deployment before the game has completely become empty talk, which means that the Croatian midfielder needs to help defend Valencia...

There is no need to observe the positions of Manchester United players. Through the "God's perspective", Sun Wu can clearly see that although Valencia frequently poses threats on the right, Manchester United's right back Fabio has no tactical meaning to overwhelm the half. On the other hand, Evra frequently advanced forward.

Sun Wu licked his lips, feeling ominous in his heart.

After 3 minutes, Schalke 04 finally conceded the ball.

Carrick in the center made a move to the right, Valencia had started to speed up, Fuchs spread his feet to chase the Ecuadorian, and Rakitic had already defended outside the penalty area.

But Carrick sent the ball to the left, and Rooney, who pulled out to catch the ball, forced an inside breakthrough to take Firmino away.

"Roberto!" Sun Wu roared to remind him.

But it was too late, Rooney stumbled and passed the ball back before Hitzlsperger grabbed it. Carrick rubbed the ball over the top and sent it to the left again. This time it was Evra who got the ball at high speed.

The French full-back faced Pecarik for two consecutive emergency stops, accelerated and then passed back to the outside of the penalty area in an inverted triangle. The unguarded Giggs appeared there.

"Missing someone again!" Lannick stuck out his tongue, biting his teeth down slightly.

Firmino, who was taken away by Rooney, had no idea where his opponent Ryan Giggs was...

Faced with Milito's defense, the old Welsh winger was bold, and after two consecutive spikes, he shot obliquely from the far corner in the penalty area.

The speed is not fast, but the angle is very tricky, and when it hit Hewedes' heel, it changed slightly...

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

"Ryan Giggs, the 38-year-old legendary Welsh winger opened the scoring for Manchester United!"

Mortensen shouted: "The German goalkeeper with blocked vision can't do anything this time, 1-0!"

Neuer was helpless. This shot was too unexpected. In the detailed study of the habits of Manchester United players before the game, Giggs rarely chose to go it alone in the penalty area.

Seeing Wang Laoji, whose hair was already a little gray, rushing to the sidelines and hugging Scholes passionately, Sun Wubian was a little disappointed, and turned to look at Ferguson.

This Scottish old man has been able to go up and down for 20 years, which is really a thief. Valencia's threat is still a cover after all, and the final breakthrough is still on the left, or on Firmino.

After the re-kick-off, although stoppage time was only 2 minutes, Manchester United hoped to make another strong attack when Schalke 04 was unstable.

But Sun Wu has directed the team to retreat across the board, and even Raul and Cavani retreated to defend.

In the end, Manchester United entered the dressing room with a 1-0 advantage in the away game.

(End of this chapter)