Football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Amsterdam Arena.

In the 16th minute, Sporting Lisbon center Lourenco retreated and created an opportunity.

Cristiano Ronaldo got the ball forward, reached the top of the penalty area, and almost scored with a long shot.

This kick directly demonstrated the powerful offensiveness of the "three centers" tactic.

Sneijder immediately switched from midfield to defensive midfielder and returned to participate in the defense of the three centers.

In the 19th minute, Sneijder did both defense and offense, making a long pass from the backcourt in an attempt to connect with Van der Vaart.

Veloso, who was marking Van der Vaart, directly blocked Van der Vaart and gave the ball to his teammates with his head.

Don’t forget, Veloso played as a central defender in the first half of this season!

Defense, confrontation, and blocking are all what he is very good at.

But his speed is not slow.

And Van der Vaart is good at everything, except that he is not fast enough.

Take care!

Crushed to death!

In the 24th minute, an Ajax player sent a through ball to Van der Vaart.

Veloso directly got on the body, and Van der Vaart fell to the ground during the confrontation and lost the ball. However, the referee believed that this was a normal confrontation and did not blow the whistle.

In the 30th minute, Deng Kai in the midfield made a tackle and intercepted Sneijder's long pass from the backcourt.

Sneijder's long pass is really awesome.

But if he wants to penetrate Sporting Lisbon from the backcourt, he would be treating Deng Kai as a fool.

In the 33rd minute, Van der Vaart was guarded by Veloso, and it was difficult to get space to catch the ball. Even if he caught the ball, he would only make a transition and kick the ball.

In order to avoid Veloso, he took the initiative to retreat to respond.

However, this time he finally caught the ball and was knocked down by Deng Kai who caught up before he could turn around.

It is very important for the defensive player to bring down the player with his back to catch the ball and not give the opponent a chance to turn around.

Because once the opponent turns around, the difficulty of defending will increase countless times.

Whether it was Manchester City or Liverpool later, all strong teams have one characteristic, that is, they will not easily give the opponent a chance to turn around and hold the ball head-on.

The referee blew the whistle and came over to warn Deng Kai.

He believes that Sporting Lisbon players have used fouls to block Van der Vaart's turn too many times, and if it happens again, he will consider giving a yellow card.

Deng Kai said that he understood, but the look in his eyes when he turned to look at Van der Vaart clearly said: Next time you catch the ball again, I will do the same!

Hey, I just won’t change it! It’s just for fun!

Looking at this scene, Scholes, who was far away at Manchester United, couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong? Paul, are you tired?" Ferguson misunderstood Scholes' state.

The latter shook his head and said: "I just didn't expect to see such a desperate temperament in a fourteen-year-old child."

Ferguson frowned, obviously not understanding what he was talking about.

Scholes explained: "During this period, Van der Vaart's performance has been greatly restricted. Veloso's personal marking made him uncomfortable."

Ferguson said: "But Van der Vaart is constantly adapting. Veloso's defense against him is no longer as successful as it was at the beginning, and Deng Kai is needed to participate in the defense."

"Continue like this, and when Van der Vaart is fully adapted in the second half, he can continue to threaten Sporting Lisbon's goal. By then, Sporting Lisbon will be completely defeated by him!"

Scholes smiled: "Van der Vaart thinks so too, but what if Veloso's purpose was never to restrict Van der Vaart?"

Everyone at Manchester United was stunned.

Not restricting Van der Vaart?

What's that for?

"I'm just asking why this guy makes so many little moves!" Black Wind Shuangsha reacted almost at the same time.

As forwards, they will also make small moves like this.

When he has the ball, he takes the opportunity to elbow others a few times.

When you don't have the ball, hit others more often.

Many center backs do the same thing.

The purpose is the same, that is... to consume the opponent's physical energy and blow up the opponent's mentality.

As long as they complete any goal, they can help them defeat their opponents.

"Veloso's main goal is to consume Van der Vaart's physical energy." Scholes said, "He has many unnecessary actions with the purpose of consuming Van der Vaart."

"Although Van der Vaart's current running is not necessarily as much as in previous games, the quality is completely different. Look, Veloso is actively looking for confrontation again. When Van der Vaart pushed him, the blood vessels in his neck bulged.

, which shows that he works very hard.”

"Even in order to get rid of Veloso, Van der Vaart is running more. And there are many sudden stops and changes of direction, which also consumes physical energy."

Manchester United center back Stam frowned and said: "But what can Van der Vaart do after consuming his physical energy? They are already 2-0 behind. If the game ends with this score, Sporting Lisbon will lose."

"It's impossible that they want to wait until Van der Vaart has completely stopped before starting a counterattack, right?"

"This is unrealistic. It will happen in at least seventy minutes."

"No team trailing 2-0 dares to start attacking after 70 minutes."

"Every goal on the court is hard-won. Many times, a goal may not be scored in 90 minutes."

Scholes nodded: "Yeah, that's why I couldn't believe it before."

"How confident a player must be and how much he trusts his forward players to dare to do this!"

"Once he fails, his behavior will be seen by others as giving up resistance in advance, and he will become the biggest loser."

"And... during the time Van der Vaart was wasting, because he gave up two wings to the opponent, and Sneijder still has the ability to pass that cannot be restricted, it is possible to lose the ball again."

"What should they do then?"

"Do they still dare to persist? Once this kind of attrition tactic is implemented, it will be meaningless if it is not persisted to the end. Even if it is persisted, it may not be meaningful..."

…

Scholes' prediction soon came true.

After Ajax's midfield playmaker Sneijder was pushed into the backcourt, he could only communicate with frontcourt core Van der Vaart through long passes.

But ground passes are easily intercepted by Deng Kai.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The air pass will be intercepted by Veloso again.

Van der Vaart cannot help the team in a short period of time.

In this case, Sneijder began to guide the team to attack from the side and make good use of the side corridor.

Thirty-four minutes.

Ajax made an easy pass from the wing and almost created a threat with a cross.

In the 36th minute, Ajax made another pass, this time resulting in a corner kick.

And in the subsequent corner kick attack, he hit the post and almost changed the score.

In the 41st minute, Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the three centers, retreated to respond. He relied on his own personal ability to create an opportunity and passed the ball to Marcelino.

Marcelino directly challenges the Ajax center back after receiving the ball. Once successful, he will get a shooting opportunity.

This is already the best offensive opportunity Sporting Lisbon has had in recent times.

Unfortunately, Marcelino was not strong enough and failed to challenge the central defender, and the opponent confiscated the ball.

In the 43rd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo once again retreated to respond, and continued to hit the wall with Lorenzo, maximizing his weak passing ability.

Cristiano Ronaldo truly performed at a genius level.

Even if he is not as amazing as Van der Vaart, he is still intuitively superior to ordinary players.

But ordinary player Marcelino got another chance and his long shot was saved by the goalkeeper.

Marcelino covered his head in disbelief.

The whole Sporting Lisbon is like a trapped beast.

There were originally few offensive opportunities. When I finally got a chance to attack, the three center forwards repeatedly retreated and sprinted and lacked physical fitness and footwork. The shots either missed or were weak.

In the 44th minute, the worst situation that Scholes expected occurred.

Sporting Lisbon's corner kick was blocked by Ajax.

After receiving the ball, Sneijder directed a long pass and accurately found Van der Vaart.

Veloso temporarily gave up the restriction on Van der Vaart because he wanted to participate in the corner kick attack.

Even though he faced two defenders after receiving the ball, Van der Vaart still used his powerful dribbling to complete consecutive passes and face the goalkeeper.

Pilar strikes out.

Facing the arrogant Pilar, Van der Vaart easily scored with a soul-stirring shot, completing the score twice.

The Master...is unstoppable!