Football King Bale

On the evening of December 7th, Greenwich time, at the St. Jacobs Park Stadium, in the 6th round of Group A of the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage, Manchester United challenged Basel away.

This is a very crucial game for both sides!

For the home team Basel, they must beat Manchester United at home by more than 2 goals in order to overtake Manchester United and advance to the Champions League knockout rounds. For Manchester United, their choice is much wider. Even if they lose a small away goal, they can still qualify.

Of course, if Benfica loses at home, they will tie with Manchester United at home, and the two teams can also advance together. However, neither Manchester United nor Basel are willing to face this kind of judgmental situation, so winning this game has become the only option for both parties.

Before the game, everyone thought it would be a difficult game.

Manchester United has been in poor form recently. The team has suffered a lot of injuries, especially on the front line. Berbatov and Hernandez are both recovering from injuries. Although Welbeck has returned from injury, his condition is still not good. As for Rooney, even more so Encountered a goal drought in many games.

The midfield is not much better. Sneijder, Cleverley and Giggs are all injured. Nani and Ashley Young, who were in hot form at the beginning of the season, have been in a downturn recently. That is to say, Bell alone can still play. Maintained good condition. For several other players, whether it is Park Ji-sung, Fletcher or Valencia, it is difficult to expect too much.

The situation on the back line is slightly better. Although the Brazilian twins entered the injured list at the same time, they are just rotation players on Manchester United's back line and have little impact on the defense. Several generals Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra and Phil Jones can all play.

In this case, everyone concluded that Manchester United would face a tough battle on the road.

Ferguson's starting lineup is a surprising but not surprising 433 formation.

Goalkeeper De Gea, the defense is Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand and Evra. Although the two veterans Vidic and Ferdinand have made a lot of mistakes this season, they still appear to be more reliable than Evans and others.

The midfielder is a brand new combination, Park Ji-sung, Ashley Young and Phil Jones partner, Phil Jones is slightly behind, Ashley Young and Park Ji-sung are separated on the left and right.

Bell was once again pushed forward as a left winger, partnering with Rooney in the center and Nani on the right.

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Because they were playing away from home, Manchester United started with a steady start.

Ferguson's intention is also very obvious. Rooney, Nani and Ashley Young are not yet in their best condition and need to slowly enter the rhythm of the game. The starting lineup has rotated many players and needs to be slowly adjusted.

On the contrary, the home team Basel played very actively from the beginning and used their home court advantage to suppress Manchester United.

After the game started, the Swiss pressed the center and frontcourt very fiercely. Manchester United started at a slow pace and was somewhat passive, and was quickly threatened by Basel.

In just three minutes, Basel created a dangerous situation in front of Manchester United's goal. Through a quick counterattack, Basel midfielder Xhaka drove the ball straight into Manchester United's penalty area and hit the goal. However, due to interference from Vidic, the shot missed the post slightly.

Manchester United goal kick.

Basel started off relatively smoothly, and this time the attack took the first shot of the game. It was a sign of great momentum. Instead of retreating very far, it was preparing to snatch the goal kick and launch an offensive again.

De Gea was obviously very aware of the Basel players' intentions. He took the goal kick directly and went to the frontcourt to find Rooney.

Although Lu Xiaopang is not tall, he is strong enough to seize the advantage of the first landing point and sail the header behind Basel's defense.

Bell on the left suddenly threw away the defensive player and penetrated behind the Basel defense line at an extremely fast speed. Like an arrow from the string, he easily shot through the Basel defense line and got ahead of everyone. The front edge of the penalty area caught up with Rooney's header.

The next thing is simple.

After Bell stopped the ball, he entered the penalty area and made a perfect pass that made the fans of the home team Basel couldn't help but applaud. He passed the attacking Basel goalkeeper Sommer and scored an empty goal, giving Manchester United the opening goal. Record!

1:0, just three minutes into the game, Manchester United broke Basel's goal.

This goal was completely due to Bell's personal performance. Although Basel has attached great importance to Bell, the current number one player in football, they still have difficulty stopping Bell who decided to take Basel's flag as a sacrifice.

Because Bell deeply remembers that in another time and space, Manchester United lost the opportunity to advance to the knockout rounds because of losing on the road. Although the situation has changed a lot now, even if Manchester United loses with the original score, they He can still advance, but Bale cannot accept a defeat as a gift for him to enter the final three-man list for the Ballon d'Or!

Because in a relatively weak group, Manchester United failed to advance after the first five rounds of the group stage, which led many people to attribute the reason to Bell's poor performance.

This season, Bell scored 4 goals in the first 5 rounds of the Champions League group stage. Such data is definitely not bad for ordinary players, but it is 6 goals away from the top scorers of the group stage, Messi and Gomez. There is already a two-goal gap.

Especially compared to Bell's performance of scoring 10 goals in the group stage last season, it is even worse.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Bell's reduced appearances in the Champions League group matches this season. Because the schedule is too intensive, Ferguson arranged for Bell to rest twice in the first five group matches.

In other words, he has only played in three group matches so far, and this is his fourth appearance in the Champions League group matches this season.

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After taking the lead, Manchester United did not increase their offensive. They are slowly adjusting and finding their own rhythm of the game. But despite this, the advantages on the scene are becoming more and more obvious.

In the 12th minute, Smalling quickly came in from the right and passed behind the defense. Nani penetrated into the right corner of the penalty area and volleyed, hitting the side net, and almost scored again.

Ferguson on the sidelines also realized Basel's tactical weaknesses.

The Swiss team deployed a Christmas tree formation similar to AC Milan, 4321, with heavy troops in the middle. This was originally for defense, but this is where the problem lies.

After accumulating heavy troops in the middle, the wings will inevitably be empty. Even a team as strong as AC Milan cannot change this situation.

What's more important is that once Manchester United's midfield shows strong pressure, the 4, 3, 2 formation will easily become disconnected from the front and back.

AC Milan has suffered this kind of loss, and now it is Basel's turn.

Therefore, after Ferguson saw this, he began to ask the team to actively play on both wings, and this adjustment quickly worked.

Especially the left wing where Bell is located. After all, Manchester United's advantage on this side is too obvious. Bell and Evra, as well as Ashley Young who occasionally actively penetrates forward, all have very strong offensive capabilities.

Therefore, Manchester United's left wing naturally becomes the source of Manchester United's offense.

In the 19th minute, Evra dribbled the ball from the left. After a cooperation with Bell, Bell rushed away from the defense with the ball, passed the ball low into the penalty area with his right foot, and handed it to Rooney.

Lu Xiaopang used his strong body to block the Basel defender. After stopping the ball with his right foot, he turned to the left and volleyed directly with his left foot, breaking the Basel goal again.

The score on the field became 2:0!

The 36,000 home team fans were silent, but the approximately 3,000 Manchester United fans who traveled with the team used this stadium as their place of fun.

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Just three minutes before Rooney scored, Nani passed the ball from the right to the back of the penalty area. Bale quickly jumped in and headed the header, but the header was slightly too far. Basel goalkeeper Sommer flew to save the ball. .

Compared with Bell's near-perfect shooting skills, his header is really far behind!

Manchester United's corner kick, after Bell, Nani and Ashley Young discussed it, Nani took the ball to the corner flag area and quickly passed the ball low to the front point.

Bell took advantage of Ashley Young's cover and ran out of the gap. With no one marking him at the front point, Bell didn't even stop the ball. He volleyed with his left foot directly from the line of the small penalty area on the left at close range. The ball was sent into Basel's goal, and the score became 3:0!

With a beautiful volley from the sky, Bale successfully scored twice. His goals in the Champions League group stage this season also reached 6, tying Messi and Gomez!

The nearly 3,000 Manchester United fans who came to St. Jacobs Park with the team chanted Bale's name crazily. They were all so excited!

The Manchester United players on the court also seemed very excited, because they all began to find that the team was playing more smoothly. Rooney in front suppressed the opponent's central defender, Bell's left wing served as the main attack point, and Nani's right wing was responsible for assisting and responding. This made the team's frontcourt attack very active.

Although the three players in the midfield did not seem to appear in many offensive shots, it was their running and pressing in the midfield that made it impossible for the home team Basel to play a smooth attack.

Especially for Park Ji-sung, because Manchester United has a surplus of midfielders this season, the Korean has not had many playing opportunities. But his professionalism is indeed worthy of recognition. As long as he appears on the court, he is the most active person on the court.

And with his active running, his slightly inferior ability has been made up to a large extent.

It can be said that at this time, with a three-goal lead, the team's offense became smoother and smoother, and everyone began to realize that the crazy Red Devils who were invincible at the beginning of the season and defeated any opponent with overwhelming force were again. came back!

And this makes Manchester United players more confident.

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