When the players were resting in the dressing room, Ferguson gave his disciples an analysis of the gains and losses in the first half and focused on the issue of counterattack.
At the time of the game, Ferguson and his assistants were thinking about how to crack Tottenham's tactics and make a high-quality counterattack.
Obviously, it's difficult for Scholes to get the ball to the forward's feet smoothly. Scholes is old and slow. Originally, his physical fitness is not very strong. Now, he can't easily get rid of the entanglement of Tottenham by himself.
Before the goal, Gao Xiaodong and Scholes played together, and the midfield organization and transition were relatively smooth. After the goal, Gao Xiaodong withdrew from the defense, and Scholes alone was difficult.
The score is in the lead, the opponent's strength is also very strong, leaving Fletcher a single back is not very cost-effective, after all, it is much safer to fight back than to attack.
Ferguson's strategy is very simple, he replaced Anderson, replaced the slower Berbatov, formation into 442, let Anderson and Fletcher play back, Gao Xiaodong position ahead of time, and Scholes to organize scheduling.
In addition to Berbatov, Manchester United's players are very much in favor of this change. After the first half, they don't think they can easily beat Tottenham. It's a good way to use defensive counterattack to deal with the extremely fast Tottenham.
Berbatov is unhappy not only because he was replaced in the first half, but also because of the decline of his tactical position in the team this season.
Last season, Berbatov was the absolute main force. This season, he scored many goals, even more than Rooney. He is the second striker of Manchester United, but his starting time is not as good as Rooney. New aid Hernandez will often share his playing time.
In Berbatov's view, this is mainly because Gao Xiaodong scored too many goals in the midfield and turned away from home, which made his main striker last season become a chicken rib.
Therefore, Berbatov is more and more disgusted with Gao Xiaodong.
15 minutes later, at the beginning of the second half, although Tottenham were behind, they played very well in the second half of the first half, so Redknapp did not adjust the starting lineup and tactics.
Tottenham players soon found that the first half of the close - down tactics failed.
After Anderson came on the court, Gao Xiaodong's position was no longer at the back, he came to the position parallel to Scholes, Nani often retreated, Rooney's running range was also very large, Manchester United players had a lot of reception points, it was not so easy to force Manchester United players to pass back or make mistakes.
In the second half of the game, just over five minutes later, Tottenham made a series of large-scale transfers. Lennon crossed the ball from the side. Crouch and Ferdinand scrambled for the header. Ferdinand made a mistake and headed the ball in front of Anderson.
Anderson stopped the ball and quickly passed it to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong took the ball and pushed it forward. Rooney and Nani quickly moved to the side to give space in the middle to Gao Xiaodong.
At the moment, Tottenham are in the transition of attack and defense, fewer players return to defense, and the players in the middle are taken away by Rooney and Nani. Gao Xiaodong has a lot of space to break through in the middle, which is very conducive to Gao Xiaodong's speed.
See Gao Xiaodong long-distance straight into their own 30 meters area, Tottenham in the back guard Dawson let Nani, quickly moved to the middle to top Gao Xiaodong, and midfield Palacios before and after the attack Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong immediately passed the ball to Nani and continued to push forward.
Nani returns to follow-up Scholes, who is right behind Dawson, giving Gao Xiaodong the chance to make a single ball.
Dawson has been slow to turn around with Gao Xiaodong, but Gallas has rich experience. After Nani's return pass to Scholes, he realized that Scholes might be blocked. He left Rooney ahead of time to intercept Scholes's pass.
Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez didn't see Scholes's intention, but when Scholes passed, he immediately went out to get the ball.
Gallas has made a prediction in advance, and Gomes has also made a timely attack, but Gao Xiaodong's speed is too fast. Both Gallas and Gomes are slow, and the ball is preempted by Gao Xiaodong.
However, Gallas came to grab the ball on one side and Gomes jumped in front of him. Gao Xiaodong didn't have the angle and time to shoot, so he could only poke the ball to the bottom line and dodge the grabs of Gallas and Gomes.
In order to avoid Gallas and Gomez, Gao Xiaodong made a little more effort. When he caught up with the ball, he was close to the bottom line and the shooting angle was very small.
Gao Xiaodong can stop the ball and pass it back to the front of the penalty area to find his teammates. However, Gao Xiaodong does not know if there is anyone behind him. If he stops the ball and the opponent comes to destroy it, this excellent attack opportunity will become a corner kick.
In the light of lightning, Gao Xiaodong didn't have time to think too much. He caught up with the ball and forced a half turn to draw the ball to the goal with the instep of his right foot.
The half turn in the running is too difficult to shoot. After Gao Xiaodong shot, he turned 360 degrees like a top and fell out of the bottom line.
Gao Xiaodong is very lucky, this difficult forced shot even drew a small arc, hit on the other side of the post and bounced into the goal.
When Gao Xiaodong shoots, the fans and players on both sides think that Gao Xiaodong is going to cross the goal. Nani at the back of the ball tries his best to start and grab the landing point, but he is far away from the goal, and the ball is almost flying close to the goal line. Where can he get it.There was an uproar in the stands when the ball bounced into the net.
"In!"
"Hold the grass! Again
"A shot from almost zero!"
"It's a dream, isn't it?"
"Gao often enters the world wave!"
"Mei has opened twice!"
"2-0, Manchester United win!"
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"The ball is in!" The commentator stood up in surprise, "zero angle goal! High again! But do you want to pass or shoot? Should be shooting, because he used the outside instep, the ball is to the bottom line spin, it can only be shooting! If you really shoot, this is a zero angle goal comparable to that of Basten! Gao Zhen is a world wave professional
Tottenham coach Redknapp hugged his head, God! It's all about goals! Did Gao eat lucky grass? This angle is too small! Is it God who won't let Tottenham win? We have the advantage, but we can't score. Manchester United don't have the advantage, but no matter what goal we can score, it's really unfair!
Redknapp was very angry, but Ferguson was overjoyed. He held his fists high and ran out. It's a game to win. It's hard for Tottenham to play. Now Tottenham are the top four teams. It's worth blowing to win them.
In the grandstand, monkey, Xiao Le, bogba and Beibei sit together and see Gao Xiaodong enter a world wave. Everyone jumps up to congratulate him.
After the celebration, the monkey said to bogba and Beibei: "see, this is the star. If you have to be fat, you can play the main team of Manchester United."
Bogba convinced: "this shot is really good, I can't do it for another ten years."
Beibei said: "the shooting skill is really powerful. Brother Gao is so powerful and famous. Why can't he be the team leader?"
The monkey said, "Sir, I'm stubborn. I don't know how to adapt. I only look at my qualifications."
Bogba said: "look at Gao Ge's contribution to Manchester United, you don't need to accumulate qualifications to convince the public. Besides, Gao Ge has many friends at Manchester United."
The monkey said: "the captain has not finished the selection, I hope the goal of Xiao Dong can move Sir Alex."
Bogba and Beibei have repeatedly said that Gao Xiaodong's performance will definitely move Ferguson and make him change his mind.