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Chapter 440 Returning to the Champions League
The first round of the 17/18 UEFA Champions League group stage kicked off on September 2017.9.13, [-]. Manchester United was in Group A, along with CSKA Moscow from the Russian Super League, Benfica from the Portuguese Super League, and Basel from the Swiss Super League.

All three teams are dominant in their respective leagues.

Benfica is a veteran team. In the history of the club, they have won two Champions League championships in the 60-61 and 61-62 seasons, two consecutive championships!The "Black Panther" Eusebio in the team is a star on par with Pele.Later, Rui Costa, one of the representatives of Portugal's golden generation, also came from the Benfica youth academy.

After entering the millennium, Benfica continued to be in a strong position in the national league. They won 16 of the 6 league championships. Especially last season, they achieved four consecutive championships in their domestic league and became a veritable class bully.

In the UEFA Champions League in the past three years, in the 14-15 season, they failed to qualify for the group stage. In the 15-16 season, they reached the quarterfinals. They did not stop their progress until they met Bayern. In the 8-16 season, they were defeated Dortmund are locked in the round of 17.

Overall, this is a team with a certain level, but there is still a certain gap compared with the European giants.In this kind of team, Manchester United must be careful not to capsize, because for them, the favorite thing is to beat a team like Manchester United and go to the next level.

CSKA Moscow is the top class in the Russian Super League, but compared with Benfica's four consecutive championships in their home league, their three championships in four years seem to be a bit inferior.

In the UEFA Champions League for three consecutive years, they all played in the group and failed to qualify.

He was in the same group as Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 15-16 season. At that time, Manchester United had one win and one draw against him. Manchester United was third in the final group, and CSKA Moscow was fourth. At that time, the group was ranked first and second by Wolfs Fort and PSV take away.

Of course, Manchester United is now much stronger than before, and CSKA Moscow seems to be still maintaining the same. Their top scorer in the team last season was Vitinho, who came on loan, and he has not continued on loan this season.

It is conceivable that it should be difficult for CSKA Moscow to cause too much trouble for Manchester United.

Basel, the third opponent in Group A, is the veritable overlord of Ruichao.After entering the new millennium, they only lost two league championships (02-03 season, 05-06 season). However, because the Swiss Super League is not ranked high in Europe, they often have to go through the Champions League to play in the Champions League. Baptism of qualifying.

In the 14-15 season, they broke through the UEFA Champions League group stage, but were sniped by Porto in the top 16; in the 15-16 season, they were defeated by Maccabi Tel Aviv in the play-offs and failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage. In the Europa League, they were defeated by Sevilla when they met in the round of 16; in the 16-17 season, the bottom of the group did not qualify.

Judging from these records, Basel seems to be the weakest, but any local class bully cannot be ignored, because if the arrogance that has been cultivated in their hearts for a long time is cut off by the head coach, then this The tenacity of the team is extremely strong.

As a veteran team, Manchester United has not performed well in the European arena in recent years after Ferguson retired.

The absence of Manchester United in the Champions League in the 14-15 season, as the pain of Manchester United's revival, fans can still accept it, but in the 15-16 season, Manchester United was eliminated in the Champions League group stage, and was eliminated by Liverpool after moving to Europa. This ignited Manchester United The fans were furious.

But fortunately, in the 16-17 season, Mourinho took over and brought Ye Tian and Ibrahimovic. They began to revive strongly and won all the championships. This suddenly raised the expectations of the fans. up.

Especially after they beat Real Madrid to win the UEFA Super Cup, optimism spread among the fans.

group matches?It's drizzling!

Basel?
Where?

In the eyes of the fans, there are only Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Juventus and other teams of this level left.

Mourinho said at the pre-match conference: "I know what our fans are thinking now, but I want to say that this is our return to the top of the Champions League. All the teams here are very strong. We can't take it lightly in a game, otherwise, our big ship may be overturned by our opponent at any time!"

And the 5-3-2 free agent formation he gave before the game did show his caution.

Ashley Young on the right, Blind on the left, Lindelof and Smalling defend in the middle, Ye Tian sweeper, Matic, Mata, Mkhitaryan in midfield, Martial and Ibrahimovic One high and one fast combination frontcourt.

Of course, in fact, the 5-3-2 can be adjusted with Ye Tian, ​​he stepped forward to become a 4-4-2, or he took Mata and Mkhitaryan forward to form a 4-1-3-2 , or leave Blind, Lindelof and Smalling behind to form a 3-5-2, or even put Mkhitaryan or Mata in front of the front into a 3-4-3. After all, these players on the field , the respective tasks during various changes are already very clear.

These many changes, and the frequent switching of these players with each other, made Basel's defense somewhat overwhelmed.

Of course, what the fans see is that Manchester United players are running actively.

What they didn't know was that Ye Tian was observing and directing the movements of the Manchester United players.

As a free agent, among his heavy and diverse tasks, commanding and sorting out the team's offense is one of the key points.

This requires him to be able to understand the game in a very short time.

He needs to use the fewest rounds of offense and defense to advance and retreat, understand the opponent's offensive points and hidden ultimate moves, and provide reminders and organization for the team's defense. Moreover, he also needs to find the weakness of the opponent's defense in various ways. And carry out targeted team player scheduling.

He is the field commander, the coach.

Before finding these things, Manchester United will test their opponents according to the pre-match arrangement or the way they are best at.

And now this Manchester United team is good at offensive methods, it is a bit much.

Sidewalk breakthrough?You can try it.

Infiltration in the middle?No problem either.

Defensive counterattack?We are second, who is first?

Single point breakthrough?We have superstars.

……

So, they started from the wing, and Mata, Mkhitaryan, and Professor Yang all went to the right wing.

It seems to feel good to frequently pass behind the opponent.

The opponent's defense is a bit messy.

Hit the bottom of the wing, and then can cut in or pass in, and get a corner kick.

With Manchester United beating their opponents wildly, they got a corner kick shortly after the opening.

After Mata's corner kick was overtaken by many people in front of the goal, Ibrahimovic grabbed the spot and volleyed the goal, but the opponent's goalkeeper performed bravely and saved the ball.

What Ye Tian saw outside the top of the arc was that Basel's defense was very chaotic. They had many times in the penalty area where they were not tight enough to mark people. Moreover, they were completely unable to organize an effective defense against Manchester United's attack...

Ye Tian stepped back and gestured to everyone.

Rashford, who was off the court, saw Ye Tian's gesture and was extremely envious, because all Manchester United players knew that the gesture meant:
The opponents are weak, we can eat them with big gulps!

　Dichlorvos: A little effort, it is a humble speech after helping, not a rhetoric for kidnapping before helping.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)