The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 530

On April 4, Manchester United welcomed Lyon, their opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League, at home.

After letting go of Diarra and Benzema, Lyon is no longer the frightening Lyon team that has won 7 consecutive Ligue [-] titles.Their strength has dropped very badly.

But this year they played really well.

In the group stage, they were grouped with Liverpool, Fiorentina, and the make-up team Debrecen, and they qualified second in the group; then they met Real Madrid and defeated their opponents 2:1 in two rounds.This season, Real Madrid lost Ricardo and Ronaldo, and Kaka was injured. Although they got Benzema and Ronaldo, their style of play is still being adjusted, so they stumbled.

In the next quarter-finals, Lyon's opponent is Bordeaux.In the domestic arena, Lyon beat Bordeaux to nowhere, and they were overjoyed to draw this opponent. The total score of the two rounds was 8:3 and they were close to the top four.

But Lyon's Champions League journey ends here.No one is optimistic that they can beat the mighty Manchester United, and they themselves don't believe that they can do it.

Several core players of Manchester United have been fully rested. Ricardo was very active in this game, and he messed up Lyon's defense by himself.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Ricardo sprinted with the ball, broke into Lyon's penalty area with three players in a row, and then suddenly passed the ball to the back post.

The chasing teenager Owen followed up in time, and with a poke on his toe, he took the lead for Manchester United.

Ferguson adjusted his tactics in time, and Manchester United no longer pressed the frontcourt, but began to recover, focusing on possession of the ball and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

At the end of the first half, United had 65% possession and there was nothing Lyon could do.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United slammed for a while, and it also achieved results.

After Carrick steals the ball in the frontcourt, he is quickly assigned to the right. Nani breaks through with the ball and sends a low pass, which is destroyed by the Lyon defender.Fletcher kept up and passed the ball into the penalty area again. Rooney leaned against the defender with his strong body, forcibly took the ball and turned around to shoot, rewriting the score to 2:0 for Manchester United.

Now Lyon almost completely lost his fighting spirit.Manchester United, on the other hand, was not in a hurry at all. They slowly controlled the ball, killing the opponent's patience, and then suddenly sent a through pass when they saw the opportunity, keeping the rhythm firmly under control.

In the 74th minute, Ricardo suddenly cut inside. Carrick sent a through pass knowingly. Ricardo took the ball into the penalty area and smashed the ball four times in a row. Shot, scored the third goal for Manchester United.

Ferguson began to replace the core players. Although Manchester United still had the opportunity to expand the score, they did not seize it again. The score of 3:0 was maintained until the end.

This is enough, Manchester United has entered the final with one foot.

In another contest, Inter Milan unexpectedly defeated Cosmos Barcelona 3:1 at home.

Ferguson must consider the possibility of playing against Mourinho in the final.He had always thought that his opponent in the final would be Guardiola.

Back to the league, on April 4, Manchester United played against Tottenham Hotspur at home.The FA has brought the championship trophy to Old Trafford. If Manchester United beats their opponents, they will win the championship trophy ahead of schedule.

Tottenham are naturally going all out.Manchester City lost at home to Manchester United in the last round of the league, and the biggest beneficiary was Tottenham. They were originally ranked fifth. Taking advantage of Manchester City's loss, they rushed to fourth in one fell swoop and entered the Champions League.

The difference between the Champions League and the Europa League is huge, not to mention the hidden effects, the prize money of the Champions League alone is tens of millions of euros more than that of the Europa League, not to mention the higher sponsorship fees that can be obtained by entering the Champions League.

But now Tottenham are only 3 points ahead of Manchester City, so they don't allow themselves to make mistakes and must not lose to Manchester United.

But in the football field, strength must be used to speak after all. When both sides have enough determination and will, the competition is the technical and tactical level.

The scheming Ferguson did not attack at home, but instead shrunk his formation from the beginning, holding the ball backwards in the midfield and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

The so-called one-bomb, then decline, three exhaustion, the morale of the Tottenham team was like a rainbow, and they wanted to fight against Manchester United, but Manchester United ignored them at all. As a result, the Tottenham team gradually fell into the rhythm of Manchester United and was led by the nose. Morale gradually declined.

So Ferguson is really a mouthful of old ginger, so spicy that Bai Lily loses its color.

When Tottenham's rhythm was chaotic, after the 35th minute of the first half, Manchester United suddenly accelerated, stepped up the press in the frontcourt, and organized an attack on the spot after getting the ball.

In stoppage time, Park Ji-sung forced a corner kick with his undying physical strength. After the corner kick was taken, Tottenham made a man-marking error. Ferdinand jumped high and headed Manchester United into the lead.

At half-time, Ferguson looked very happy. The team implemented his tactics and achieved a good situation.And all of this does not depend on the star's personal performance, but his proper arrangement, which makes him feel quite fulfilled.

He glanced at Li Kaduo.In this game, Ricardo was not active. Although he completed the ball control task well, he did not have much personal performance.He averaged 8.4 successful dribbles per game this season. Known as the "British Superman King", he only tried to break through once in this game.

Every time he took the ball, Ricardo quickly passed the ball as if he had caught a hot potato.

Of course, by doing this, the team can operate faster, which is good for realizing the team's overall tactical intention.

But nothing like his usual self.

After thinking about it for a while, Ferguson could understand Ricardo's choice.

Now the league, the Champions League and the FA Cup are coming to an end. There are only two rounds left in the league, only the final of the FA Cup, and the last two games in the Champions League.

At such a critical time, Ricardo dared not get hurt.And soon there is the World Cup.

As a reserve champion, Ricardo now only needs a Hercules Cup to justify his name.For Ricardo, the World Cup is definitely more important than the Champions League, the league and the FA Cup.

Even if he wins 4 championships, but misses the World Cup due to injury, Ricardo must regret it.

In this game, Tottenham adopted a foul tactic against Ricardo. If it was normal, Ricardo might not care. If he was fouled, he would take a free kick.

But at this time, Ricardo didn't dare to gamble on luck, so he reduced the number of times he controlled the ball and made breakthroughs to avoid the risk of injury.

After entering the second half, Ricardo still played timidly, but Manchester United still had the overall advantage.

In the 54th minute, Rooney made a sudden kick on the edge of the penalty area and scored another goal for Manchester United, and the score became 2:0.

Tottenham became more and more impatient, and the defense made frequent mistakes.

Although they pulled back a goal in the 72nd minute, Manchester United finally scored a goal each from Ricardo and Scholes who came off the bench, and finally defeated Tottenham 4:1.

(End of this chapter)