The Ball at Your Feet

Until the end of the first half of the game, Liverpool relied on Milito's goal to lead Manchester United 1-0. However, throughout the first half, Liverpool did not find any decent opportunities again to expand the score.

Manchester United's defense is indeed quite a set. Zhao Yaning met them several times and was greatly restricted by the rigor and decisiveness of their defensive system. These guys don’t have Essien’s body and Makelele’s predictions, but they have an excellent defensive positioning system, as well as familiarity with the Premier League rules, timely fouls, and complementary set-piece defense skills to limit. Every opportunity of Zhao Yaning.

When confronted with them, they always fouled more than others, but they were able to better grasp the measure, so that Zhao Yaning could deal with it, which was very troublesome.

However, although Zhao Yaning has dealt with the troubles of Manchester United's defense, he is still on the offensive. And Manchester United only had one shot in the first half. Compared to Liverpool, it was completely out of control in the midfield.

"After the second half, they shouldn't have any changes, right?" Zhao Yaning was also thinking, "This game is the first time that Manchester United has been suppressed so much."

The several clashes with Manchester United did not go smoothly, which also made Zhao Yaning a little jealous of Manchester United in his heart. In this game, he was very happy to be able to establish an advantage in the first half early.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United made adjustments. Saha was replaced by Van Nistelrooy, and they replaced the fearsome shooter.

"Manchester United has replaced Russell Van Nistelrooy now...this is really incomprehensible behavior. If you want Russell Van Nistelrooy to play, why not let him start? If you don't want him to play, why do you let him play again? What is Ferguson thinking?"

In fact, Ferguson's thinking at this time is very simple: tactically, Ruud van Nistelrooy does not meet the needs of Manchester United. But this group of young people is immature, and it is very likely that Manchester United lost the ball. In other games, Manchester United can sacrifice some to let them grow, but in such a game, Ferguson wants to win anyway.

In Ferguson's heart, after all, he still regards Liverpool as his biggest enemy. In time for Chelsea to defend their title, in his opinion, it is not as threatening as Liverpool's recovery.

Manchester United's current problem is actually a problem: tactics and stars, which one to choose.

If you choose tactics, you should give up Van Nistelrooy. An excellent shooter can indeed score goals, but such a center who only values ​​shooting skills has gradually been eliminated by the times. The wingers cut inside to better disrupt the backcourt defense. Players on the forward line pull the moves and do more. Cooperation and anti-grab, these are the trends of football development. The forward that modern football needs is a forward who has a wide range of activities, can cooperate more with his teammates, has excellent assault ability, and at the same time has not weak anti-grab ability. Van Nistelrooy, obviously does not meet this requirement. Manchester United knows this and they chose to follow that path. The introduction and training of Rooney and Ronaldinho has always been this path.

But the problem is that Manchester United has an exceptionally good striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. His efficiency is really hard to give up, especially when Ronaldinho and Rooney have not fully grown up, Ruud van Nistelrooy can guarantee that Manchester United's results will not drop excessively. For Manchester United, he is like a dose of drugs. Although he clearly knows that his existence has a great destructive effect on the integrity and tactics of Manchester United, the wonderful moment of scoring is also inextricable.

But this kind of mentality of looking forward and backward is also delayed by each other. When Russell Van Nistelrooy was at Manchester United, he encountered a strong team, and he was often unable to perform at an excellent level. It was not unrelated to this kind of tactics. In the era of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United's performance has also been poor, and it has also been affected.

But in this game, it is clear that Manchester United also needs Ruud van Nistelrooy to save.

Several triple attacks were blocked by Liverpool, which also made Manchester United no longer consider relying on the breakthrough of Giggs and Ronaldinho to create opportunities. Liverpool attaches great importance to defense, and they are extremely careful when playing against Manchester United. Even with excellent wingers like Robben and Duff, they were suppressed when they met Liverpool. Manchester United's current wing is not as good as Chelsea. , Forcible breakthrough, meaningless.

At this time, Manchester United made another choice. Several times in a row, Manchester United began to pass the ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy in the penalty area to solve the problem.

Such a pass is not good enough-Zhao Yaning is still thinking about the passing of Manchester United. It is true that the long passing skills of the Manchester United players are not bad, but in this game, their passing options are not good. Too impatient, too fast to deliver, unable to create too good opportunities.

However, even so, Manchester United is insisting on doing this for a very simple reason. They have Ruud van Nistelrooy, an excellent shooter who can turn a large number of unreliable half-goals into opportunities.

The role of a star is often extremely huge. Liverpool relied on Zhao Yaning to rampage in the midfield, while Manchester United relied on Ruud van Nistelrooy to make the game extremely simple. As long as it passes to the penalty area, Van Nistelrooy can do the job of grabbing a shot.

Only at this time, this kind of attack by Manchester United is also very gambling in nature. The game against giants has reduced to relying on the individual ability of the star instead of the whole. This is already half of the loss.

Moreover, Liverpool's defense is not bad at all. Hypia and Carragher's defense did not give Ruud van Nistelrooy too many opportunities, until nearly 70 minutes, Manchester United still had no chance to shoot.

However, the turning point came at this time.

After Giggs passed the ball again, Ruud van Nistelrooy came directly out of the penalty area and received the ball. He backed up in front of the penalty area to withstand the upper-grab Hypia, shaking his shoulders gently, looking for opportunities for himself.

Hypias did not dare to relax. He knows very well that although Ruud van Nistelrooy is a shooter, the physical confrontation and technique are not bad at all. Give him a chance, but it's a very troublesome thing.

But Van Nistelrooy moved. With a sudden turn to the right, Van Nistelrooy took the pressure of Hypia. Although he could not face the penalty area completely and he did not almost kick his feet, he still squeezed Hypia away and ran to the front left. But at this time, Carragher was also blocked in front of him, and he almost had no chance at all.

But this time, Van Nistelrooy kicked the ball to the right, stabilized himself, and then caught up. Carragher's interception failed, but at this time, Hypia had already rushed to the ball. In order to get Hypia one step ahead, Carragher stretched out his hand and pulled on Van Nistelrooy's jersey.

And it was this foul that made Ruud van Nistelrooy to fall on his back and fell into the penalty area!

"Penalty!"

The surrounding fans roared, and the referee ran over and pointed his finger at the penalty spot.

Penalty kick.

The place where Van Nistelrooy fell was indeed in the penalty area, and Carragher did indeed have a pulling action that shouldn't have been done. But even so, the ball still aroused Carragher's anger, because he really couldn't imagine that Ruud van Nistelrooy would play this game in this way.

"Are you a girl? Then even my three-year-old son can't be pulled down!" Carragher couldn't help but yelled at Ruud van Nistelrooy, "Derby is a man's game, this kind of kick is nothing. ?"

With his roar, Rooney and Xiao Luo both rushed up. On the Liverpool side, Riise and Haman also rushed back, and the referee pulled everyone away, but even with such a fierce conflict, the audience booed. The referee gave Carragher and Rooney a yellow card each to calm them down.

At this time, you can no longer add fuel to the fire.

"The referee's penalty is debatable. This penalty cannot be said to be an error. Carragher did foul, but the penalty that affects the trend of the game can be considered again..." Martin Taylor still sighed. "But Liverpool's luck is also good. Carragher got the card. If I remember correctly, Gerrard and Alonso have accumulated four yellow cards. No matter who they are, they will be suspended if they get another yellow card. This is also the reason why Gerrard did not have the past, and Liverpool cannot bear this blow..."

In the sixty minutes of the game, Manchester United had only one shot. Such a game, it can be said that Manchester United has completely lost control on the scene. At this time, if this is not Old Trafford, it is not Manchester United who played, and the person who fell is not Ruud van Nistelrooy, this penalty is indeed very likely not to be judged. The lagging team wants to rely on penalty kicks to tie the game. This kind of thing is not always successful.

However, Manchester United's influence, Ruud van Nistelrooy's status, Old Trafford's home court effect, these things add up, this penalty, can not but judge.

Hypia pulled Carragher away, and at this time, he didn't know what to say. He has suffered from Ruud van Nistelrooy's loss. In the 03-04 season, Ruud van Nistelrooy's fall made him red. Whether it was a flop or not is still a matter of controversy. On the issue of Ruud van Nistelrooy and flopping, Vieira has always been a firm Ruud van Nistelrooy. Even in Serie A, he has already cleared up Keane’s previous suspicions, but when it comes to Russell Van Nistelrooy, he still regards Fannie Nepal is called a liar.

Van Nistelrooy is tall and has plenty of strength. This gives many people the illusion that he is an excellent tall and powerful center. Even players who are very familiar with him will involuntarily think of him when confronting him. His size and strength are lost. But people often forget that Ruud van Nistelrooy plays football by relying on his excellent sense of smell, first-class shooting skills, and excellent agility that does not match his body. It is true that he has the ability to fight, but the strong fight against the antagonistic hard bridge has never been his characteristic. And this illusion makes it easy for the defender to move too much, and it also makes the referee often willing to believe that he really fell, which makes it easier for him to get a penalty.

But in the eyes of people like Vieira and Carragher, if he is so tall and so strong, he should play hard. Therefore, he will have a bad impression of him.

Ruud van Nistelrooy put the ball on the penalty spot, this crucial penalty, of course, he himself took the penalty.

Since this season, he has fewer and fewer opportunities. Because Ronaldinho’s technical characteristics tend to shoot inwards, and he is too sticky and can’t play with Ruud van Nistelrooy. Therefore, Ferguson is now more of a teenager who can pull out in many games Saha and Ronaldinho have cooperated, and Van Nistelrooy's current main position is precarious. In this game, against a team like Liverpool, Ferguson didn't dare to put all his hopes on Ronaldinho, so he had to use him again.

But ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Since the opportunity was given, Van Nistelrooy never let the opportunity slip away.

Lift your foot and shoot!

"Al!!! Van Nistelrooy made a penalty kick and Manchester United got back the score!!!"

Carragher still stared at Van Nistelrooy unconvinced. In his opinion, such a fall is no different from a flop. He is even more angry about himself. He doesn't know the rashness of his own football, but he just can't control it. The last time Liverpool lost to Manchester United at home, he scored two own goals in a row, which made Liverpool lose 2-3. This season is when he won the championship, he made mistakes again and again, first against Chelsea’s own. The game gave another penalty kick, and he really couldn't forgive himself.

"Jimmy, don't worry." Zhao Yaning patted him. "Such a goal is nothing great. They have no other way. This shows that we are strong. Don't worry, we can win."

Since Manchester United has used all the means to score goals in this game, it is enough to show that their strength is indeed not good. That being the case, Zhao Yaning also began to figure out how to rely on his own attack to score another goal and make Manchester United completely defeated.