The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 533 This Is Not Normal Ricardo

After Prince William left, Sir Alex Ferguson made the final mobilization in the dressing room.

"This season, we were double-killed by Chelsea. I am not convinced, and I believe you are not convinced. In the first leg, our lineup was not complete. In the second leg, we were distracted by the Champions League. This In both games, we were not at our best."

"But the media doesn't see it that way. They just say, look, Manchester United won the league and they got doubled by Chelsea. Chelsea were better, they just had less luck."

"Now you finally have a chance to prove yourself. In this game, you can test us and Chelsea, who is the best team in England?"

"Of course it's us, us!" the players yelled together.

"That's good," said Sir Alex Ferguson with a bright smile on his chubby face, "let's go and tell them the answer."

The game started, Chelsea kicked off.

Chelsea's lineup today is very neat, goalkeeper Petr Cech, defenders Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, midfielders Ballack, Lampard and Malouda, three strikers Didier Drogba , Anelka and Kalou.

It can be seen from the lineup that Chelsea's tactics are relatively aggressive today. They are eager to win and win within 90 minutes instead of dragging it to overtime.

Of course, this mentality is more beneficial to Manchester United.After Manchester United still has the task of the Champions League, it is of course best not to play overtime.

90 minutes to decide the winner?Come on then.

Want to attack?Let's see who has the sharpest attack.

Manchester United still use 4231, goalkeeper Van der Sar, defenders Valencia, Vidic and Smalling, and left back Evra.Double midfielders Carrick and Hargreaves, in front of them are Park Ji-sung, Ricardo and Nani, single striker Rooney.

Ricardo appeared in the position of the midfielder, which was unexpected by many people before the game.

Ricardo was interviewed by Ferguson once before the game. Ferguson pointed out the problem of his recent sharp decline in the number of ball possessions. Ricardo also admitted that in order not to get injured before the World Cup, he would reduce the number of possessions and breakthroughs.

Therefore, after consideration, Ferguson decided to put Ricardo in the front midfielder.

In this position, Ricardo can better use the pass to open up the situation, instead of always thinking about whether to go down or cut inside with the ball.

After kick-off, in accordance with Ferguson's instructions, Manchester United launched a full-court press.

Coincidentally, Chelsea also adopted a full-court pressing tactic today.

The two teams competed in every corner of the court, and did not give the opponent a chance to calmly organize the possession of the ball. The scene was very intense.

When attacking, Manchester United mainly relied on the cooperation of several frontcourt players, while Chelsea dared to invest in troops, so Chelsea gradually gained the upper hand in the situation.

The first shot was made by Chelsea. Malouda passed the ball to the center after going down the bottom. Drogba played the function of a strong center forward, leaning on the defender to get the ball. Although he couldn't turn around and shoot by himself, he returned the ball. To Lampard on the edge of the box.Lampard shot a shot with great quality, but it just went wide.

In the 8th minute, Chelsea almost broke the goal. Ballack transferred the ball with a big foot. Anelka took the ball and went straight to the penalty area of ​​Manchester United. After stepping on his bicycle a few times, he passed the ball to the bottom line. Drogba grabs the goal and the ball hits the crossbar and goes out of the baseline.

Seeing that Chelsea had the upper hand, the Manchester United players were not convinced.In the locker room, I agreed to give the other party a little color. How could Chelsea be so proud?

In the 12th minute, Manchester United played a beautiful match. After a multi-legged pass, the ball came to Riccardo's feet.

Ricardo was at the front of the penalty area, facing the goal sideways, knocked his heel, Park Ji-sung followed up with a long-range shot, Cech dived the ball out of the baseline.

The corner kick was taken and Smalling grabbed the point, but unfortunately his header was too straight and Petr Cech confiscated the ball.

In the 17th minute, Manchester United penetrated from the middle. Carrick gave the ball to Ricardo. entanglement.

Carrick immediately sent the ball to the front of Ricardo. Ricardo didn't take the ball, and after controlling the ball, he went straight. Rooney ran diagonally to catch the ball, and shot directly from the left side of the penalty area.

Cech fell to the ground in a panic and managed to flick the ball with his fingertips. The ball hit the post and bounced back into the penalty area. Terry made a clearance before Nani.

"Today's game was very exciting," commented the commentator, "Both sides played unconservatively and dedicated 20 minutes of wonderful confrontation to the fans. Both teams got some chances, but unfortunately so far no goals have been created .”

"Licardo retreated too deep today. Although it ensured that Manchester United had the advantage in possession of the ball, it also made Manchester United's offense not as sharp as usual today," the commentator hit the nail on the head. He has to be very cautious and avoid physical confrontation a little bit, which makes Ballack less pressure to mark him today. This is not a normal state of Ricardo. Of course, with the World Cup approaching, it is understandable that the stars have concerns."

"Oh! Oh! Ricardo suddenly went forward! He took the ball and continued to drive forward! This is his first pass today! Still dribbling, passing Alex! Ivanovic put a shovel , Beautiful smash! Ricardo shot! Goallllllllll!"

"Manchester United scored first and now the score is 1:0. Ricardo's wonderful performance broke the deadlock on the field! I was just saying that Ricardo played very cautiously today. He was afraid of getting injured, so he staged a long-distance attack. Good show, score the ball!"

"The ball was caused by Chelsea's mistake when it was inverted in midfield. After Carrick stole the ball, he immediately sent a through pass. Manchester United counterattacked successfully."

"In the game, it looked like Chelsea had the upper hand, they attacked more and threatened the ball more. But Manchester United played very solidly, they dominated possession, 55 per cent possession and 87 per cent. The passing success rate is very telling, and although the number of attacks they have is not many, they are very threatening every time!"

"In this contest, Manchester United has the upper hand. How can Chelsea break this situation?"

After taking the lead, Manchester United paid more attention to possession.It can be seen that their style of play today is a bit like that of Barcelona, ​​high press, slow ball possession, sudden through ball.

But of course there is still a difference between them and Barcelona, ​​and no one in Barcelona can imitate them.

Ferguson didn't think about copying Guardiola's style of play, just borrowed some useful things.

Chelsea were still running all over the field and fighting fiercely, but after 35 minutes of the game, their physical fitness entered a period of decline.

(End of this chapter)