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Chapter 57

"At present it seems...Manchester City did not have the smooth attack of the previous games, but was limited everywhere. It seems that Ferguson has found a way to deal with Manchester City..." the commentator said.

As the commentator said, after scoring a goal, Manchester United seized Manchester City's weakness and stabbed Manchester City's weakness vigorously.

After all, football is an eleven-person sport, but Manchester City's front four seems to separate these four from other players.In normal play, this is fine.But Ferguson's sophistication suddenly saw the fate of Manchester City.

The four-element formation is a four-man formation. Once there are only three or two people on top, the power is not enough, and the threat to Manchester United's defense will be greatly reduced.

So every time Manchester City attacks, Button, Mido, Samaras, and Vassell always attack together in order to keep a distance.Samaras and Vassell are nothing. They are forwards, and their job is to attack.

But Barton and Mido are terrible midfielders. Once the football is lost from their feet, Manchester United can directly threaten Manchester City's goal.

Ferguson seized this point and desperately greeted the space behind Button and Mido.

Poor Manchester City's two left and right midfielders, Sinclair and Sibielski, are almost turning themselves into central midfielders.

Duncan once tried to put the four-element formation on two full-backs and two forwards, but the system prompted that it was invalid.

The scope of action of the four-element formation is that the distance between the four players does not exceed 40 meters.Once this limit is exceeded, the four-element formation will fail.

Think about it too, if the distance of the four-element formation can be extended infinitely, then Duncan can completely include goalkeeper Isaacson into the four-element formation.

A goalkeeper who can calmly find his team's striker with a big kick will make any game lose suspense.

It is this damn 40 meters that has become a fatal injury to Manchester City!

In the 24th minute of the first half, Ronaldo received a long pass from the backcourt, ran 40 meters in the middle alone, and blocked Isaacson with a strong shot.

"Defend! Push up to defend!!" Isaacson said loudly. C Ronaldo's long shot is quite threatening.This kid has scored 23 goals this season and is a very difficult player to deal with.

Richards spread their hands helplessly, Ronaldo's shot was so fast and fast that the Manchester City defenders had no time to react.And at this time Rooney and Saha are still tugging, it would be great to be able to guard against them.

In the 27th minute, Giggs broke through Sinclair from the left and made a cross. Rooney beat Richards and the header was slightly deflected.

In the 32nd minute, Rooney retreated and broke Mido's ball. He broke through Sinclair and Sibierski one after another, dribbled the ball for 40 meters, and after a collision with Ronaldo, he fired a shot from outside the penalty area.

The goalkeeper had given up, but the post held to the end.

The football hit the door frame with a "bang", and the dull impact sound could be heard clearly even standing in the stands.This sound is like the drumbeat of the god of death, beating on everyone's heart.

Even the fans at home are silent. The team has been on a winning streak recently, and they have a full advantage on the scene. They can win and play pleasing to the eye.

But in this game, Manchester City fell into a disadvantage.

The fans were a little unhappy.

This would have been unimaginable two months ago.The fans just hope that the team can win, the scene?What is that, can I eat it?
The most fundamental reason for poor defense is insufficient offensive pressure.

Manchester United's defense does not have the air of a wealthy family at all, it is completely simple and rude.

Vidic followed closely behind Vassell, who was protecting the ball. The Manchester United central defender didn't use those predictions, and directly used his strong body to withstand Vassell.As the main central defender of a top giant, Vidic's strong body is not what Vassell's thin bean sprouts can resist.

Although there are [-] passing routes in his head, Vassell just didn't have a chance to kick. Instead, he fell to the ground because of Vidic's pressure.

Vassell's embarrassment is a true portrayal of Manchester City's embarrassment in the first half.

Manchester City's few good chances were just a few long-range shots from outside the penalty area by Mido, but the old Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar played steadily, made several saves steadily and accurately, and held the ball firmly in his arms .

Van der Sar was a treasure that Ferguson bought from Fulham after meeting several cheating goalkeepers. The 37-year-old Van der Sar did not show the fatigue of an old goalkeeper. Instead, relying on his outstanding performance, he became the most stable link in front of Manchester United.

A good goalkeeper is worth half a football team.Manchester United can have such a performance this season, Van der Sar has contributed a lot!
After tasting the sweetness, Manchester City stepped up their long shots from outside the penalty area.

Although he is restricted in the penalty area, Vidic is only a central defender after all, and it is difficult for his defense to cover the position in front of the penalty area.

The penalty area is not Manchester City's world, but Manchester United can do nothing outside the penalty area and let them run wild.

Although Alan-Smith and Fletcher are working hard to intercept, the target outside the penalty area is not as obvious as the target in the penalty area, and the range of running is too large, so Manchester City can always find space for long-range shots.

"Haha, is the Manchester City long-range team here today?" the Manchester United commentator teased.

In the 40 minutes of the first half, all Manchester City's shots were long shots.

Strong shots, explosive shots, volleys, strafing shots... Manchester City seems to have turned on the "long-range shot mode", and all kinds of long-range shots emerge in endlessly.Manchester City, who couldn't find a chance in the penalty area, seemed to only remember one way to shoot from a distance.

The four-element formation always gives them a chance to kick, but the quality of long-range shots is really unreliable.

But to be honest, except for Mido, other players' long-range shots are always very unreliable.

Among the ten long-range shots, there are always three or four feet that will fly high into the stands.

Even if there were occasional shots, they were firmly picked by Van der Sar.

Sometimes when the interest comes, Richards or Mills will rush up to try it!
Even once, Sun Jihai kicked in high spirits.

As an all-rounder in the backcourt, Sun Jihai's footwork is also guaranteed. In a League Cup in 05, he once hit the crossbar with a long shot.

I don't know if it was because of C Ronaldo's anger. Sun Jihai's shot bypassed Van der Sar's ten fingers, but hit the crossbar again.

This opportunity also became Manchester City's closest chance to score in the first half.

In the ensuing game, neither side scored. The score of 1:0 was maintained until the end of the first half.

Duncan didn't do anything concrete in the first half, just sit there.

When Manchester City encountered embarrassment, the camera also scanned Duncan several times.The wide sunglasses blocked Duncan's eyes, and his tightly pursed lips showed no emotions.

But everyone has become accustomed to Duncan's appearance.

It's just that after the whistle blew, Duncan was a little lonely when he got up and walked to the player tunnel alone.

"Perhaps what Duncan is thinking at this time is to introduce a player with a better long-range shot in the coming summer?"

(End of this chapter)