Ice Shooter of the Green Field

Chapter 145 The tug-of-war in the second half

The score is reversed!

Chelsea faced Manchester United in such a crucial game at Old Trafford and used a reversal to take the lead!

If a draw with a difference of four points is already an insurmountable chasm for Manchester United, then being reversed is an abyss of hell. It has already been sentenced. Chelsea can win the Premier League championship today.

At Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement ceremony, at his home stadium, how can he allow others to act wildly!

It's just that in the tug-of-war, the gap in strength will be magnified. Manchester United's style of play is always more physically demanding than Chelsea's. Of course it is good to score first, but then being reversed is a double psychological and physical torture.

However, Chelsea also lacked stamina in the second half.

This is the reason why they played one more game than Manchester United in midweek. Chelsea played relatively effortlessly in the first half, but running with the opponent also consumed a lot of physical energy.

Sometimes, defense is more troublesome than offense, because the initiative is in the hands of the offensive players, but this time it is a little different, because Manchester United's play style is more aggressive, long passes are used to launch the offense, and long passes are used to attack the defense. In fact, there is not much difference between the two sides and the offensive side. Just like David Luiz's long pass just now, Zize and Jones have to chase the landing point, which is a test for the physical fitness of both sides.

As for physical fitness issues, it depends on the on-the-spot management ability of the coaches on both sides. The most important thing is substitution.

Of course, there are not so many substitution opportunities to replace all players with physical problems. The test for the coach is to observe the overall physical condition of the players on the field, and the most important thing is to make adjustments in key positions.

In the 60th minute, Hiddink made the first substitution adjustment, Schürrer came on and Mata came off.

Before this game, we considered the need to control the ball and Mata's lateral breakthrough ability to create more time to hold the ball in the offense. However, now that the backcourt is playing high balls and long passes, Mata has no effect. It is better to change. The fast Schurrle rushes, and Schurrle's performance on the defensive end is worse than Mata.

Soon, Ferguson also made adjustments. Nani, who was in poor physical condition, was replaced and replaced by Ashley Young. This was to thoroughly implement the cross-playing style from both sides. However, Ashley Young also had some problems after coming on the court. Manchester United's attack has also seen an impact.

They lacked a breakthrough player.

When Azpilicueta faced the England international, he obviously felt more relaxed than when he faced Nani just now, because Ashley Young's breakthrough method is to accelerate and force, but Azpilicueta Ta is not a vegetarian. Faced with Nani's difficult-to-judge dribbling, Azpilicueta would have the confidence to stop this accelerated breakthrough as long as Bell was not so perverted.

Even if Ashley Young prepares to pass directly,

At a 45-degree angle, Azpilicueta could also predict in advance. In the fight with Ashley Young, Azpilicueta won a complete victory.

Manchester United's attack on the left side was paralyzed, and the focus had to go to the right side. On the right side was Ecuadorian star Antonio Valencia, and opposite him was another Ashley, Ashley Cole.

Thirty-two-year-old Ashley Cole faced off against 26-year-old Valencia. In terms of physical fitness, Valencia won.

In the 66th minute, Carrick's long pass was transferred to the right. Valencia stopped the ball and broke through. Facing Ashley Cole, the Ecuadorian and Ashley Cole's normal confrontation directly knocked over this player. The former world's number one left back!

Seeing Ashley Cole lying on the ground in a panic, Hiddink also knew that it was time to make a substitution.

After all, Ashley Cole is old. He will turn thirty-three this year. For a position like full-back, which is very physically demanding, thirty-three is considered old.

Valencia was at the age of 26 when his physical fitness and level were at their peak. His speed and confrontation were not bad. This time he knocked over the Chelsea left back.

Valencia broke through to the bottom line of Chelsea's left wing and passed the ball to the center with a powerful sweep. Van Persie kept the ball in the middle and whipped the ball directly to the door!

This ball was extremely tricky and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal. Cech reacted quickly and threw his entire body out before the ball flew into the goal. He fell down and saved the ball!

Old Trafford sighed, Manchester United missed another excellent scoring opportunity!

In fact, Van Persie's shooting angle is not good, but Van Persie's technical characteristics always allow him to always convert opportunities that are not opportunities into goals. This is similar to Zize, but in terms of shot conversion rate, it is better than Zize. Not even close.

Corner kick.

"It seems that Manchester United's physical fitness has also been greatly affected, including Chelsea. Chelsea experienced a big battle in midweek and seemed to win easily. But in fact, facing a team of Bayern Munich's level, who can It won’t be too easy, and Manchester United’s style of play in the first half caused a lot of physical damage to them. The second half will be interesting. Who has stronger willpower?”

The second half of this game is really interesting. If the first half is a tactical game and the stars shine, the second half may be a competition of willpower. Manchester United has very important reasons to win, and Chelsea is also fighting for the championship.

The corner kick was not well placed and was pushed out by Terry. Cleverley from the outside came up and fired a blast. The football flew high over the goal. It was Chelsea's goal kick.

Hiddink took advantage of this dead ball opportunity and replaced Ashley Cole with Ivanovic. Azpilicueta was moved to the left to play left back. The Spaniard is very versatile. Can kick left and right.

Ferguson watched the field silently. The game time had reached 70 minutes. It seemed that the best situation for Manchester United was just a draw. Even if it was a draw, Chelsea could basically lock in the championship in the next game.

But now Manchester United still needs a goal!

The second half became a tug-of-war, and Ferguson quickly made the second substitution adjustment. Rooney was replaced by Welbeck. Rooney also consumed a lot of energy in this game, because he was Van Persie's green leaf in Ferguson's tactics. It opens up space for the Dutch, but also presses and defends, allowing Van Persie to focus on offense.

This tactic was effective, at least Robin van Persie scored, but Rooney was also tired for this. Ferguson replaced Welbeck, allowing Welbeck to continue to act as a troublemaker, forcing Chelsea's defense in the frontcourt.

Unexpectedly, this adjustment was really successful!

Although Welbeck, who just came off the bench, is not good at shooting, in terms of hard work, he can run more actively than Rooney. In a wealthy club like Manchester United, Welbeck has only two advantages to gain a foothold. First, he has a well-established Red Devils youth training. , reusing youth training players is also a characteristic of Manchester United.

The second is his diligent attitude. Although his shooting skills are not good, Ferguson gave him a lot of opportunities. This is not just because he is a youth training, but he can really play his role on the court. Manchester United fans jokingly call Welbeck For Manchester United's defensive forward, starting from the forward to defend, what an advanced thinking!

Welbeck's active fight in the frontcourt really gave him a chance. When Meyer passed the ball back to David Luiz, Welbeck rushed forward and squeezed together with David Luiz.

David Luiz had already seen Welbeck. The Brazilian player's show-off nature made David Luiz decide to trick Welbeck who seemed to be rushing very hard and dunk the ball.

Unexpectedly, Welbeck was already prepared and directly stretched out his foot to intercept. David Luiz tried to move away again, but it was already too late. The football was thrown together under the feet of the two of them. At this time, Van Persie came over and gently hooked the football away. And he shot the ball before Terry!

"This ball is too big for David Luiz! He wants to get past Welbeck. This ball may put Chelsea into a dangerous situation!"

And Welbeck, a player who is often ridiculed by fans, has also been welcomed by the Old Trafford Stadium at this time. Perhaps at this moment, the red kid who was born in Manchester United's youth training is the figure who determines the outcome of the game.

This is no exaggeration at all. Ferguson has been the head coach of Manchester United since these Manchester United youth training players were born, and it has been so until now. And Ferguson is the hero in the hearts of almost every Manchester United youth training player when they were young. This kind of power will At this moment, inspire their greatest fighting power!

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