Manchester United legend

Chapter 222 Fast-paced

Manchester United vs Real Madrid kick off the second leg at Old Trafford.

After the game started, it quickly entered a high-speed offensive and defensive scene-Manchester United attacked across the board, crossing the midfield to force the opponent, and Real Madrid also opened up their posture to attack the Red Devils. Both sides entered the confrontation at an extremely fast pace.

Thus, a wonderful game beyond the expectations of many fans kicked off.The game has been going on at high speed since the beginning, fast passing, high-speed dribbling assault, wide-range transfer, long-distance passing... The offensive and defensive transition of the game is very fast.

When the game lasted only 10 minutes, the two sides had a record of scoring 6 times into the opponent's penalty area!

The Manchester United players were cheered by the home fans. From the beginning, they launched a high-position press and frontcourt containment, and the offensive rhythm was fast, and they quickly occupied a certain advantage in the scene.

Despite encountering a Real Madrid with a change in formation and excellent form, Manchester United cheered up their morale and played their own characteristics.

From the beginning of the halftime, Jost directed his teammates to chase and intercept, and the tacit understanding formed after training together for a long time also made the passes of the Red Devils' frontcourt players very smooth and sharp, which was also pleasing to the eye.

Although there is an overall gap in personal skills, strong physical confrontation, Beckham's long-distance cross, Giggs' quick assault, Scholes' long-pass transfer and back penetration are still Manchester United's advantages.

In the first 2 minutes, Scholes shoveled Molenientes to the ground with a flying shovel in the opponent's circle. He was assisted by Borg who was boldly pressing forward. Then Borg swept Raul to the ground with a wave when he jumped up from the top of the penalty area. In the slow motion of the TV broadcast, Raul seemed to be plotted by Borg's elbow.

And Yorke took down the opponent's defender between the two penalty areas, and his fierce posture had nothing to do with the previous aura.

As for the captain Jost, he is undoubtedly the heart and soul of Manchester United's midfield - the Red Devils captain runs between the two penalty areas, his coverage is almost seamless, and face-to-face interception and scrambling are what Jost is good at.He suppressed Redondo of Real Madrid.

Brave and ruthless, not afraid of death and reckless... In these fields, no one dares to say that he is better than Jost!
Not just confrontation, but the tactical essence of Manchester United's team is on the offensive end: Beckham had a right pass in the 2nd minute to confuse the opponent's penalty area, and in the 4th minute he used a left corner pass to force Casillas to attack and save the ball.

In the 7th minute, Giggs volleyed vigorously after getting the ball from outside the penalty area, which also made the Real Madrid fans extremely nervous.

The midfielder's attempt to pick a pass or pass through the area behind Real Madrid also made the opponent frightened.As for the anti-offside tactics against the opponent, Manchester United almost fell into the routine of Cole plugging the ball back and Scholes shooting angrily at the ball...

However, even with the advantage, Manchester United's players found it difficult to completely suppress the opponent through aggressive and violent impact.Real Madrid, who appeared at Old Trafford, transformed into a real king's division.

The players are not afraid of the majestic and exciting cheers at Old Trafford, nor are they afraid of the fierce physical confrontation of the Red Devils players-McManaman and Anelka have told them some secrets about the Premier League, and they try to minimize physical contact with the Red Devils.

The Manchester United players found that their opponents did not use their bodies to fight. Their defense actually achieved their goals by seeing through the Manchester United players' intentions earlier, deftly stealing the ball, or effectively cutting off the Manchester United players' passing lines.

And once they retreated to the 35-meter area outside the penalty area, Manchester United players will find it difficult to penetrate the opponent's defense line-only Giggs' dribbling breakthrough and Beckham's pass can change the balance on the field, but both of them are tightly locked by Salgado + Elguera + Carlos, making it difficult to play freely.

In fact, Real Madrid's formation is extremely targeted. When defending, it becomes 532. The five defenders are very tight. Salgado and Carlos, who have always been obsessed with offense, played well. They performed well on both offense and defense throughout the game. Carlos is not inferior to Beckham.

In terms of footwork and speed, it will be even better.Although Salgado was under more pressure, both players fully played the demeanor of excellent "wing guards".

When defending, the two returned to their positions in time, and did not let their defense zone be completely blown up due to misplacement, while attacking, they boldly crossed the midfield and frequently put pressure on their opponents.

Carlos even crossed the dangerous area of ​​Manchester United's gate with a pass facing Beckham at the beginning of the game, making the entire Red Devils' defense frightened.

And Elguera played a super standard in this game. He commanded Real Madrid's defense to effectively compete with Manchester United's offensive, timely filled the position, and keenly cut off the activity lines of Manchester United's two sides on the edge of the penalty area, effectively limiting and narrowing the area of ​​​​the Manchester United strikers.

He can be said to be the core of the central defender, but also a midfielder.

Not only that, Elguera also effectively marked York to death during the game, making the striker Ferguson relied on almost disappear throughout the game.

Compared with Real Madrid's strategy of deliberately contracting and increasing manpower in defense, what scares Manchester United's midfielders is Real Madrid's control in the midfield-they don't need to rely on numerical advantages, but rely on excellent ball control skills and running support tacit understanding.

Helguera can play the ball in a more delayed position, which liberates several other midfielders, and Redondo, McManaman and Savio can launch an offensive in the midfield.

They run less distance, consume less, and are much more threatening.

The organization and offense of the three geniuses in the midfield made Manchester United players care about one thing and lose another, and it was impossible to defend against it.

What makes Manchester United's defense even more dangerous is that Raul and Moriientes have a very large range of activities. The two of them constantly change positions with the three midfielders.

Manchester United players man-to-man defense is very difficult.Not only that, Real Madrid's attack line is supplemented by Carlos and Salgado on the two wings, which can threaten opponents through richer tactical routines.

Manchester United found it difficult to get into the opponent's penalty area. The football often encountered resistance when passing in the midfield. The positioning of Real Madrid's players was very reasonable.

However, Jost, Scholes and Borg on the defensive line found that it was difficult to grab the ball at the opponent's feet in the midfield. Only when Manchester United had sufficient manpower in the penalty area could they easily resolve the threat of the opponent with only two forwards and not many attacking players.

But even so, Manchester United quickly lost its overwhelming advantage and was unable to overwhelm its opponents in momentum.

Although Ferguson asked the players to attack fiercely from the beginning to speed up the pace of the game, in fact, the pace of the game was beyond the control of both sides—it was like two fast gunners who were extremely confident in their hand speed.

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