Super Coach

A packed Old Trafford stadium was not welcoming to Liverpool at all.

When they saw the players of the two teams walking out of the tunnel side by side under the leadership of the referee, they immediately gave them huge boos. Although it has been difficult for Liverpool to pose a threat to Manchester United in the Premier League over the years, the Red Devils mí I still hate this group of mortal enemies who wear the same color jersey as them.

The same is true for Liverpool's football team!

Yang Cheng followed the players out of the tunnel. He felt as if he was suddenly under a waterfall, with boos and noises pouring into his ears so violently that the faint of heart would be frightened to death.

Didn't you say that the atmosphere at Old Trafford is getting worse? Yang Cheng walked forward with a smile.

Ferguson stood at the entrance of the passage not far away to block him, and smiled slightly, It is usually quiet. Only when rivals such as Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City come, will they show their magic again. Often this time If we play better, we will perform better.

Yang Cheng sneered, Devil? You can't even stand still. Are you still a demon?

The two head coaches stood at the entrance of the player tunnel and exchanged a few words. Yang Cheng turned around and returned to his coaching bench.

What's there to talk about with that bastard? Dalglish turned his head and looked at Ferguson with an unhappy expression.

Just now, while the players were warming up, Ferguson took the initiative to come to him. As a result, the King of Liverpool did not give him a good look, and just gave him a few cold and perfunctory words.

Yang Cheng shrugged, mōmō his details!

Everyone laughed.

This is the first game for Dalglish to join the coaching staff. Although he was once the head coach of Liverpool before and led the team to win the top league championship, and the latter also led Blackburn to win the Premier League championship, but in the end He has been away from this industry for a long time, and now he needs to get familiar with it again, especially for a coach like Yang Cheng who has introduced more advanced coaching concepts.

Manchester United's starting lineup is still 442, which they are good at. The goalkeeper is Howard, the defense is O'Shea, Sylvester, Brown, Gary Neville, and the midfielder is Keane, Giggs, Scholes and Solskjaer, the two forwards are Saha and Forlan.

Liverpool's starting lineup has undergone certain adjustments. The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Leighton Barnes, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan, and the three midfielders are Davis and Cary. Ke and Gerrard, Ronaldinho in the trident was taken down by Yang Cheng,

Replaced with the versatile Murphy, known as Manchester United's killer, Drogba played in the middle, and Robben was moved to the right.

No matter how good the trident's performance is, Yang Cheng still feels that the winger's reverse foot is more in line with the current combination of Liverpool's trident, so he will continue to try to switch the two wingers with the reverse foot in the future.

Moreover, he is also studying a more varied tactical routine specifically for the two wingers Robben and Ronaldinho, in order to make Liverpool's trident play a sharper offensive cooperation.

I heard that Murphy is always in good shape when he plays against Manchester United. Manchester United has a shadow on him! Paul Bayer said with a smile.

Sometimes this kind of thing is really difficult to talk about, as if it is a psychological factor, but I have to admit that Murphy is always in good form when playing Manchester United, so Yang Cheng will rotate the lineup in this game to ensure that he wins Manchester United. .

Manchester United's defense has a big problem. They attack hard after the opening, and they press a lot in the frontcourt. It's best to let them mess up their position!

Yang Cheng is very familiar with Ferguson. This old guy is a very stubborn person with a deep understanding of football.

Looking at his signings over the years, almost all of them have been in the midfield and frontcourt, that is, Stam and Ferdinand, the two more powerful signings in the defense, because of his very stubborn determination and the stability and tacit understanding of the defensive combination. , the key lies not in the player's own strength, but in the long-term cooperation and tacit understanding. Therefore, many central defenders such as Brown and Johnson who obviously cannot meet Manchester United's requirements are still in the Red Devils camp.

Regarding the deficiencies in defense, Ferguson adopted another strategy to fill it, which is the active attack in the midfield and the team's super running ability, as well as the defensive coverage area, making Manchester United's defense seem to be very solid.

The famous Premier League football commentator Martin Samuel gave the mistake made by Manchester United's stubbornness in the central defender a very interesting medical name, called the Red Devils Central Defender Intermittent Sexual Disorder Syndrome.

This situation became even more obvious when Rio Ferdinand was absent due to a drug test incident and Ferguson did not introduce a capable central defender during the winter break.

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Only 2 minutes into the game, Liverpool's attack advanced. After seeing Robben's breakthrough from the right restricted, Carrick immediately stepped forward to respond. After receiving the ball, he passed the ball diagonally and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.

Drogba stuck Sylvester firmly with his body, faced the ball, and headed the ball to the left.

Gary Neville failed to keep an eye on Murphy in the penalty area in time. The latter pushed the ball directly into the goal held by Howard 6 meters in front of the left post, 0:1!

This goal came very suddenly, because no one thought that Gary Neville would not watch Murphy, and after losing the first opportunity, Brown did not fight for the second goal. Thoughts, watching Murphy sweep the ball into Manchester United's goal.

This was definitely a very stupid mistake!

But if you think that the person who scored the goal is Murphy, you can't help but wonder, why did this guy score as soon as he met Manchester United? Is it really certain?

Manchester United central defender intermittent sexual disorder syndrome, that's it!! After seeing Liverpool score, Dalglish rushed out of the coaching bench very excitedly and cheered on the court. It looked like he had scored a goal. As if.

Seeing his appearance, Yang Cheng and others couldn't help laughing.

This goal came by a bit of a fluke, but being able to score at the beginning will undoubtedly give Liverpool an even greater advantage.

Ferguson from a distance didn’t see it that way. In his opinion, the guy yelling at the stadium in the distance was like a country bumpkin, as vulgar as a nouveau riche, “Isn’t it just a goal? Look at how happy he is, he is doomed to be a useless loser for the rest of his life!

But in fact, he felt strange in his heart.

Walter Smith beside him could naturally sense the helplessness in Lafayette's heart, and walked over with a wry smile, It will be fine! As an assistant, he could only comfort him in this way.

Ferguson felt somewhat ashamed. During the winter break, based on the current situation of the team, Ferguson and Walter Smith jointly formulated two transfer plans. The first was to introduce Saha, and the second was to introduce a trustworthy player. Center back.

But Ferguson only took Saha. He felt that the central defender problem could be filled by Brown, Johnson and others, but now it seems that Walter's concerns were correct.

Many people found it strange at the time, why did Ferguson eagerly spend 18 million euros to introduce Saha after already having forwards such as Forlan and Solskjaer?

This was the inspiration he got from Yang Cheng's previous two-forward tactic at Inter Milan, which was a two-forward configuration. One retreated and the other advanced. The two players formed a counter-run, which could pull out the opponent to the maximum extent. The loopholes in the defense line can be exploited to gain offensive space.

This idea is very similar to the trident offensive tactics developed by Yang Cheng for Drogba, Robben and Ronaldinho in Liverpool. They are all completed by using reverse running and fast defense. This set of tactics is actually effective in Serie A. It's not too big, because the defense in Serie A is very tight and the space is very limited, but it can play a huge role in the Premier League.

Obviously, Ferguson and Yang Cheng saw the same direction.

The difference is that Yang Cheng is a poor man and can only cultivate Drogba, Ronaldinho and Robben on his own. However, Ferguson is an old rich woman and directly introduced Saha, who is very good at turning around with the ball, just to make Saha Form a double forward with Forlan, playing behind the defense.

Through the forward penetration of the wing, Giggs and Solskjaer, two players who can complete the inside cooperation, coupled with the combination of two forwards, Manchester United's offense can minimize the disadvantages caused by the loss of medium and long passes. Midfield problem.

But as a result, the midfield pressure is insufficient. After all, Solskjaer is not Beckham. His aggressive forward penetration has caused a decrease in midfield control, causing the defense on the right to also encounter trouble.

One link after another, the problems of Manchester United's entire defensive line were finally exposed. Coupled with Ferdinand's drug test and suspension, Manchester United's current defense line is in a state of turmoil.

But Ferguson himself also knew that it was too late to regret!

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The so-called targeted tactics are actually not targeting people, but targeting the opponent's offensive routine.

Yang Cheng is very aware of Saha's role. As early as when Manchester United purchased Saha, he had already noticed the characteristics of the French striker, and was also thinking that Ferguson would use Saha's ability to turn around with the ball to make a fuss. Then it turned out to be true.

Therefore, in this game, Liverpool's targeted defense actually focused on two points, with Saha and Giggs deploying the defense.

By pinching these two points, Manchester United's offensive advancement routine is cut off, thereby destroying Manchester United's offense.

But this is reflected on the court, and what is presented to all the players is another impression, that is, they all feel that Manchester United's offense is in chaos and makes many mistakes, especially when they enter the hinterland of Liverpool, they always make mistakes, even if Whenever there was a chance to face Liverpool's goal, it was all done in a hurry.

But pinching Saha and Giggs and limiting Manchester United's offense is not an easy task, and it is not something that any team can do, because tactics are dead, people are alive, and running is It comes and goes, so in this game, Liverpool's overall idea is still to defend and counterattack.

After all, a lucky start gave Liverpool more leverage.

Manchester United launched an organized counterattack after losing the ball, but Liverpool did a good job defensively and choked Manchester United to death.

As the game passed minute by minute, although Manchester United had a certain advantage on the scene, it was always difficult to find a way to send the ball into the Liverpool goal and could only watch the time pass.

Although Liverpool was on a defensive counterattack, they did a very clean and thorough counterattack.

As soon as he seized the opportunity, he fought hard and beat Manchester United to the point where they had to defend, so the atmosphere on the scene was very heated.

Just like in the 37th minute, Liverpool returned a header from the backcourt, Carrick took the ball, and Keane tripped him from behind. Referee Bennett showed a yellow card to the Red Devils captain, but Keane expressed dissatisfaction. There were some verbal disputes between the two sides, which also made the atmosphere in the court more tense.

2 minutes later, Liverpool reorganized an offensive. Murphy on the left was very active. After receiving the pass from Davis, he dropped back and dribbled the ball forward. However, at this time, Manchester United's right defense had already into position.

Seeing that there was no chance, Murphy chose to dribble the ball along the front of the penalty area to the center. After attracting Keane's attention, he passed the ball across the center.

There was a gap at the front of Manchester United's penalty area. Since Ronaldinho and Drogba were both in the penalty area, Wes Brown hesitated in his advance. After Gerrard moved forward to get the ball, he made a slight adjustment and directly He took out a powerful and heavy long-range shot, and the ball went straight into the lower right corner of the goal. Howard's line of sight was blocked and he was beyond his reach, 0:2!

After Gerrard scored, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly and rushed to the area where the Liverpool fans were. He waved his hands vigorously and roared at them, Come on, harder, harder!

Gerrard's appeal was supported by the fans, who responded to the hero of the goal with even more enthusiastic applause and cheers, because now Gerrard has completely become the flag and symbol of Liverpool.

In the stands, many Liverpool fans jointly pulled out a huge banner that read Caesar: Gerrard is not for sale to our Liverpool! , once again expressed their determination to resolutely defend Yang Cheng and strive to keep Gerrard.

No matter how wealthy you are at Chelsea, you can buy anyone, but you will never buy our flag or our team!

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Strictly speaking, in this kind of real-life competition, the adjustments and changes that both sides can make are more in response to the situation on the scene.

But it is obvious that there is not much that Manchester United can do now.

Therefore, during the halftime break, even though Manchester United was trailing by a score of 0:2, Ferguson did not make any substitution adjustments, and Yang Cheng, who had the upper hand on the scene, naturally did not make any changes.

Both sides also returned to the game with their starting lineups.

But one obvious change is that Manchester United began to seek more stability. Scholes retreated to participate in midfield organization, and Keane protected his penalty area more. Therefore, from the beginning of the second half, the two sides entered a long period of time. stalemate.

Liverpool still followed Yang Cheng's arrangements and actively pressed in the midfield and frontcourt, especially against Manchester United's defense.

In the 63rd minute, Carrick made a long pass from the backcourt and Sylvester headed the ball to clear the ball. However, the ball did not fly too far and was intercepted by Gerrard. However, Gerrard was about to go straight behind him to find Robben, but Wes Brown intercepted the ball in advance.

Drogba immediately pressed forward. Wes Brown lived under the shadow of the Cote d'Ivoire monster throughout the game. He was tortured by Drogba to the point where he had almost no fighting spirit. As soon as he saw the Ivorian rushing up, his first reaction was to Pass the ball.

But he didn't notice that the ball he passed to O'Shea was intercepted by Robben. The Dutchman even increased his speed. After cutting into the penalty area from the right, he skillfully dribbled away Sylvester. Volleying with his left foot, the ball rolled against the grass and into the lower left corner of the goal. Although Howard judged the direction correctly, it was too late.

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Andy Gray exclaimed that he never thought that this English national derby would turn into such a scene.

In terms of strength, the two teams are definitely evenly matched, but he never would have thought that Manchester United would be beaten so badly in this game, especially the Red Devils' defense, which was as good as tofu, every one of them The positions are all making mistakes.

On the pitch, Liverpool's players were celebrating excitedly, venting about their upcoming victory, especially their revenge against Manchester United.

The Liverpool team lost 0:1 at home to Manchester United in the first round. Everyone in the Liverpool team was unhappy. Yang Cheng even shouted that he would take revenge on Manchester United in the second round. Now that they are visiting Old Trafford, Manchester United is at a low ebb. Although it is a bit The victory was not possible with force, but Yang Cheng didn't mind saying to Ferguson, I will kill you while you are sick!

Ferguson's biggest failure this season was the signings during the winter break! Andy Gray couldn't help but shake his head and sigh after replaying Robben's goal.

Before the winter break, Manchester United ranked first in the league standings. However, with Ferdinand suspended, Ferguson failed to introduce suitable substitute players in the defense, which directly led to Manchester United's collapse in the second half. To compete with Chelsea for third place in the league, they even lost 1:4 to Manchester City in the Manchester derby, and now they are even more likely to lose another complete defeat to Liverpool.

The bottom line of all this is that the signings during the winter break were not in place.

On the other hand, Liverpool did not perform well before the winter break. Although they barely maintained the style of a wealthy team, they showed no signs of winning the championship. However, during the winter break, Carrick was introduced, and the Englishman performed impressively. With his dazzling strength and midfield dispatching ability, he has gained a foothold in Liverpool and become the absolute main force of the team.

Two different recruitment ideas directly caused the transformation and collapse of the two teams, Liverpool and Manchester United. Ferguson was overly obsessed with the stability of the defense, but ignored the gap in strength, which directly caused today's defeat. ! Andy Gray felt very sad.

In the final analysis, Manchester United's overall comprehensive strength is still the first in the Premier League. With Ferguson, the Red Devils are still the most outstanding team. Arsenal's main force is outstanding, but the substitute lineup is a bottleneck. Chelsea has many stars, but they failed to do so. Develop a mature set of tactics.

As for Liverpool, they are too young and still have great potential for development. If they can really win the championship this season, they will rely more on Yang Cheng's tactical adjustments and the combination of players, so that every player can win the championship. Play your best in the right position.

Ferguson should really reflect on himself! Andy Gray said.

As soon as these words came out, the situation at Old Trafford changed again. ! .