Football’s First Defender

During the intermission, in such a strong confrontation, Ferguson naturally and inevitably pressed the switch of the "hair dryer" in the locker room.

However, Ferguson did not criticize Evans too much. The football field has always been the survival of the fittest. The master leads the door, and the practice depends on the individual.

Ferguson has already given him the opportunity. As for whether he can adapt to the brutal competition and seize the opportunity to gain a foothold in the Red Devils, it is purely up to Evans himself.

If Evans fails to become a talent for a long time, before Vidic and Ferdinand return, Ferguson doesn't mind buying another central defender in the winter window as an immediate combat power.

What Ferguson emphasized was the offensive performance of Rooney and Valencia.

Especially Rooney, as the team's top arrow figure, Rooney's performance in the first half can only be said to be mediocre, not too dazzling.

The main reason for Rooney's inability to play is that under Yang Feng's marking, Rooney's forward running in the penalty area is restricted. Although Manchester United's wing has been passed many times, it is still suitable for Rooney to compete. .

But there is a Yang Feng in front, always stuck in Rooney's forward position.

Rooney wanted to cross Yang Feng and ran to grab a spot in front of him, but Yang Feng basically blocked his way with his body.

And if Rooney made a detour to the rear point and was ready to catch the ball, Yang Feng also took advantage of his height and long legs to intercept the ball directly in front.

Manchester United also had a few shots at the end of the half, but Rooney had no chance to hit the goal at all, except for a long shot from outside the penalty area.

Ferguson thought about Yang Feng, who was sitting behind the defensive line of Chelsea with general demeanor and comprehensive defense, and then looked at his young central defender Evans who was a little dejected on the chair and regretted his previous mistakes.

"Wait, young?"

Sir Ferguson suddenly realized that something seemed wrong. Evans was indeed a very young rookie in the central defender industry. He was born in 1988 and is only 21 years old now. But Yang Feng on the opposite side seems to be born in 1988, and Evans' birthday is in January, no accident, Evans should be slightly older than Yang Feng...

Look at other people's young central defenders, a central defender from the Russian Super League, no accident, with the "longevity" of the current football central defender position, he should still be able to contribute 15 years to Chelsea's career, while his own central defender , is still a rookie and keeps making mistakes on the field!

No matter, you must train Evans hard in the future training, and you will rush to the team to take a vacation or something. Haven’t you seen a young Chinese who is better than you? You must know that China can be called a football desert. You, a Northern Irishman, can't play Yang Feng, who is younger than you, how can you be the future central defender of Manchester United!

As the successor of Manchester United's central defender handpicked by Ferguson, Ferguson doesn't want to prove his vision wrong with Evans. This is why Ferguson waited patiently for his growth even though Evans made many mistakes. Youth training is not easy. If it is a "mercenary" bought, Ferguson would have put him on the bench even if he lacked people. up!

Since Manchester United is still in a backward state, as an absolute enemy in recent years, Manchester United does not want to hand over the Premier League title to the blue team Chelsea when Liverpool and Arsenal have lost the chain this season.

In the second half of the game, Ferguson's goal was very simple, just to get back to the draw, and to prevent Chelsea from directly scoring three points would be considered as the completion of the goal.

"The second half of the game has begun! The players of both teams walked out of the player channel full of energy. There were no substitutions and adjustments. Both teams continued to use the starting lineup to participate in the game."

During Ferguson's adjustment, because Rooney's advance was not threatening enough, or in other words, in the dangerous area inside Chelsea's penalty area, Yang Feng's defense did not leave too many opportunities for Rooney to run, so Rooney had no chance at all. The method is to give full play to one's own strength on the offensive end.

Therefore, under the key training of Ferguson, Rooney will complete more retreats in the second half, catch the ball near the penalty area line, and let Anderson or two become full-backs, waiting for an opportunity to insert straight into Chelsea's penalty area. It is to attract Yang Feng's attention, so that Rooney can better hold the ball and hit the goal after retracing; secondly, it is also to allow offensive players of different styles to constantly intersperse to bring more changes to Yang Feng's defense. To create more pressure, through multiple people attacking in turn, try to break the iron wall formed by Yang Feng in the penalty area. After all, when hitting the goal, the certainty of getting close to the goal must be greater.

"Manchester United is on the right, and they are relying on Valencia's attack alone."

As the absolute main force of Chelsea in recent years, Ashley Cole can be regarded as witnessing the best right midfielders in the Premier League and European football.

Valencia, although not the strongest one, is definitely the most confident one.

Whenever Valencia takes the ball, there is an aura of giving it up, as if he is the best right midfielder in the world. He is not convinced by anyone. No matter who is standing in front of him, he has the confidence to try to do it. one time.

However, Ashley Cole, who has gained enough physical strength after the intermission, will not give Valencia too many offensive opportunities.

Taking advantage of his abundant physical fitness, Ashley Cole will not give this little brother too much room to play, use his speed, judgment, and flexibility, the first step in Valencia, Ashley Cole Licole ran for the ball and made a precise interception with one kick. The Valencian passed, but the ball was directly intercepted by Ashley Cole.

"During Valencia's breakthrough with the ball, it was directly intercepted by Chelsea's full-back, Ashley Cole. Chelsea's counterattack opportunity."

Since Manchester United's right-back position in this game is O'Shea, the jack-of-all-trades player in the backcourt, it is different from the position of Evra and Giggs on the left, which are all over the midfield line when Manchester United is attacking. Manchester United's attack on the right side only relies on Valencia's personal ability. In order to prevent the opponent from attacking his side's defense space, O'Shea dare not rely too much on it, because he does not have that kind of response. Chasing speed, guaranteed to be able to catch up to Chelsea's offensive players.

Therefore, Ashley Cole dribbled the ball directly and pushed forward by himself. There was a smooth road ahead without any interference, and the defensive force came to block it.

O'Shea was too far away, so he simply shrank back to the vicinity of the penalty area and waited for it, while the other Manchester United midfielders ran straight back to their big penalty area at full speed.

The straight line between the two points is the shortest. The midfielders of Manchester United, in order to return to the defensive area as quickly as possible, run back first. As for the threat of Chelsea on the wing, there are several Manchester United players who stay in the defense , Directly expand your defensive range, and deal with Chelsea's wing attack in an instant.

The defense of the penalty area in the middle is supplemented by Manchester United players who have returned to the defense.

Ashley Cole's side, with almost no resistance, directly dribbled the ball into Manchester United's 30-meter area, and directly met O'Shea, who was waiting in full force.

As O'Shea who can play as a central defender, Ashley Cole also knows that he cannot recklessly engage in physical confrontation with him, but must use his speed advantage to create opportunities for the team as much as possible.

"Ashley Cole, when faced with O'Shea's forward defense, chose to dial the ball to the outside, directly chose to go closer to the outside line, and tried to bypass O'Shea's defense."

For O'Shea, when defending on the side, because of the speed of his approach, he generally does not get too close to the side, and chooses to blindly attack to prevent being directly passed by the opponent. The defensive position is to defend the inside line and prevent offensive players from breaking through. As for the pass of the opponent's player on the outside line, O'Shea will block it as soon as it is blocked, or pass the pass directly.

It's just that, at the beginning, the Manchester United central defender combination was Vidic plus Ferdinand, and now the combination of Wes Brown and Evans does not have such a strong air defense ability.

Therefore, when his teammates are not strong enough, Ferguson also has to increase the burden on O'Shea, let him expand his defensive area in defensive tactics, and achieve appropriate influence on the outside as much as possible.

Regarding Ashley Cole's side kicking action, O'Shea chose to interfere "at will". The old habit will not be changed for a while, but it suddenly occurred to him that Ferguson treated him like this before the game. With a little bit of a grab request, he had to take a quick step and try his best to grab and intercept Ashley Cole's pass.

"Ashley Cole! At the critical moment of O'Shea's attack, he chose a smash and dunked O'Shea. O'Shea's physical flexibility cannot be compared with Ashley Cole..."

"Ashley Cole goes to the penalty area!"

Fortunately, Fletcher in the middle has returned to the defense, and Chelsea did not invest too many people in this counterattack. Fletcher himself was in charge of the defensive area outside the penalty area in the middle, and there were no Chelsea players to follow up. .

And seeing Fletcher's supplementary defense, Ashley Cole, who was making continuous moves on the wing, no longer had the strength to break through another player.

"Ashley Cole took the ball straight to the left and crossed it!"

In the counterattack, as the Chelsea players moved freely, Evans was responsible for defending Drogba at this time.

Evans has height and weight, but he is indeed immature. Facing an old fritter like Drogba, Evans was pulled by Drogba to block the referee's sight before taking off, which affected Evans. Vince's take-off height.

Coupled with Drogba's own huge advantage in physical confrontation, this ball, even though Evans had a good jumping position before, in the end result, Drogba still had the advantage!

"Drogba! Overwhelm Evans, shake his head and attack the goal!"

"Van der Sar!"

"A brilliant save!"

"The ball didn't go out of the penalty area!"

"Anelka followed up with a follow-up shot!"

"Wes Brown! Before Anelka shot, there was a direct sliding tackle, the ball was tackled out of the baseline, Chelsea's corner..."

Ferguson on the sidelines, watching Evans' performance on the field, can only sigh with emotion, "Comparing people to others, you can compare them to death, and shopping around, you have to throw them away." He is also a young and famous young central defender. It is obvious that Yang Feng in the opposite lineup has grown up. more quickly.

This is talent, but also the accumulation of training. Ferguson thinks that Evans' central defender talent is the best he has seen in the youth training system since he coached Manchester United, so it is a matter of training volume. Ferguson had to admit that he paid less attention to Evans because of Vidic and Ferdinand. After that, Evans would never have a good life...