Zhigao Supreme: The Legend of Greenery

Chapter 209 Fighting the Blue Army 8
In the 35 minutes of the first half, Yu Liang's performance was indeed not good. In the one-on-one confrontation with Chelsea players, he only won once.Although his mistakes did not cause the team to lose the ball, it is difficult to provide great help to the team in organizing offense.

But now facing Chelsea's crazy attack, you ask him to replace Yu Liang?

Although Yu Liang's confrontation ability is very poor, his ability to check for gaps and make up for omissions is quite high!

When Queiroz was talking to him, Yu Liang completed a block in front of the penalty area, blocking Gremi's long shot.

Removing Yu Liang now is tantamount to weakening the team's interception ability in the midfield.

Who should I replace?

Alan Smith or Paul Scholes?

Alan Smith's running ability is indeed very strong, and his iron-blooded fighting spirit and tenacious will can indeed provide the team with a good defense in the midfield.But when it comes to counter-attacking, can you count on him and Fletcher to play in midfield?

Obviously this is not realistic.

But what about Paul Scholes?
His confrontation ability is not much stronger than Yu Liang.

Some are just rich game experience and reasonable ability to handle the ball.

On offense, Scholes is definitely the first-class midfielder on the planet, but on defense, Scholes is generally difficult to help the team.Therefore, players like Roy Keane and Fletcher are needed to provide protection around him.

Is it to strengthen the offense, or to strengthen the defense?
With Ferguson wobbling, the first half was over.

"Haha, Claude, you are right, that guy is really special! I really don't understand why Ferguson actually took a fancy to him. He is so thin that he has no resistance at all."

Back in the dressing room, the Chelsea players were there to tease Makelele.

Before the game, Makelele asked them to pay attention to Manchester United midfielder Yu Liang.

But after the first half of the game, they found that it was a joke.

Because of Yu Liang's low confrontation ability, it is difficult to provide effective organization in the game.

"Yes, he's too weak! He's so weak that he doesn't have the slightest ability to fight, and he's basically knocked down in a match!"

"Ha ha……"

Chelsea's players didn't seem to be saddened by being a goal behind.

When they talked about Yu Liang in the locker room, they could still burst out laughing.

"Is it funny?"

After Mourinho entered the locker room, he immediately asked the players: "Is the game in the first half ridiculous? If so, it is because of your poor performance!"

Mourinho's words quickly silenced the dressing room.

Although Chelsea fell behind by one goal in the first half, the performance of the players was not bad.

Especially after falling behind, they performed even better.

Their possession rate reached 52% in the first half, 4 percentage points higher than Manchester United.And their pass success rate reached 81%, which is not bad.But their passing success rate in the frontcourt is only 65%, which is really hard to call excellent.

"Do you still have time to laugh at other people's confrontation ability here? At least his free kick gave them the lead! If you don't want to leave Old Trafford with a loss, give me yours in the second half. Hit the guy hard, I don't want to see him complete a successful pass in the second half! Let the guy know that this is the Premier League, here is full of strength and confrontation!"

"Listen, you are the best players in the world, you are invincible! So in the second half, I have only one request for you, attack and score!"

Mourinho first mocked the performance of the players in the first half, and then encouraged his players with words.

This method of slapping and giving a sweet date, although old-fashioned, is very effective.At least now the enthusiasm of the players has been successfully mobilized by him.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the players being mobilized by himself, Mourinho immediately started to adjust the tactics there.

When Mourinho began to adjust his tactics, Ferguson was doing similar things in the home dressing room.

Although they scored in the first half and led Chelsea, their performance on the field was not good.Especially Yu Liang.

After returning to the locker room, I thought I would face Ferguson's hair dryer.

But Yu Liang was not reprimanded by Ferguson, on the contrary, he was comforted by Ferguson. Although it was just a simple sentence that he performed well, and it even sounded perfunctory, Yu Liang was indeed encouraged in his heart.

But at the same time, Yu Liang was still a little worried.

He worried that his poor performance in the first half would cost him the chance to continue the game in the second half.

"Guys, good performance, but it's not enough! One goal is not enough, we need more goals to win! The second half like this..."

……

"Okay, everyone, the second half of the game is about to start. We can see that both sides have made substitutions and adjustments on the sidelines! It can be seen that the head coaches of both sides are not satisfied with the performance of the first half."

Chelsea was the first to make a substitution. The fourth official held up a substitution sign on the sidelines. The green one showed 16, and the red one showed 14.
Mourinho replaced Robben and replaced right back Gremi.

Robben playing is a clear signal for Chelsea to strengthen their offense.

The 442 formation has become a 343 formation.

After Chelsea made substitution adjustments, Manchester United made substitutions.

The electronic board held up by the fourth official showed that No. 24 was under and No. 18 was on.

Ferguson's substitution surprised many people.

Because judging from the performance of the players on the court in the first half, Yu Liang should be replaced most, not Fletcher!Because Yu Liang not only failed to organize the offense well on the court, but also his contribution on the defensive end was limited to a few interceptions and blocks.

But Fletcher is different. He has good physical fitness, strong body, excellent confrontation ability, and a wide range of running, which can provide good protection for Manchester United's defense.

Replacing Fletcher now will greatly weaken the team's defensive ability in the midfield.

Although Scholes' playing can strengthen the team's offensive ability, but can Yu Liang alone support the defense of Manchester United's midfield?Especially under Chelsea's attack, can they hold it?

Everyone has such questions.

However, Ferguson seemed to be full of confidence. After coming to the sidelines, he sat directly on the bench.

After the two sides completed the substitution adjustment, the second half of the game started soon.

After changing sides, Chelsea, who kicked off the ball first, launched an attack.

After replacing Robben, Chelsea became more threatening when attacking.Because of Robben's assault ability, he can attract the defense of multiple players, which can create space for other teammates.

After kick-off in the middle circle, they handed the ball directly to Robben.

Robben, who received the ball, cheated Giggs directly with two consecutive bicycles on the right.

Seeing that Giggs lost his position, Yu Liang immediately defended to the side.

Facing Robben, who was fast, with excellent assault and dribbling abilities, Yu Liang carefully blocked the inside line, and at the same time slowly retreated to keep a stable distance between Robben and Robben to prevent him from using his speed. Tossed away.

Although stretching out his feet from time to time to interfere with Robben's dribbling, such a conservative defense did not cause Robben much trouble.In a small space, Robben is still able to control the ball at his feet with ease.

In the process of advancing with the ball, Robben is also looking for opportunities to break through.

Seeing Yu Liang keep a certain distance from him carefully, Robben frowned.

He is a left-footed player.

But in the game, he was placed on the right more often.

The intention of the coach's arrangement is to rely on his shot from the right.

Now being stuck inside does not mean that Robben will give up cutting inside.

When he was about to advance to the 30-meter area, Robben stepped on the bicycle again.

Seeing Robben's feet swaying non-stop, his body swayed accordingly.Yu Liang's center of gravity also swayed from side to side following Robben's shaking.However, Yu Liang didn't obviously lean towards one side. The center of gravity of his body swayed there very regularly, which allowed him to maintain a good balance in defense.

When Robben watched Yu Liang's body sway, he thought it was his chance to cut in.After the left foot draws a circle above the football, the outer instep knocks the ball to the left side of the body, and at the same time kicks the right foot, and the side is about to cut inward towards the middle.

(End of this chapter)