Manchester United did n’t take Derby County ’s offense seriously, because Derby County did not attack many times and did not pose any threats. Most of their players still defended in the backcourt, so Manchester United can steadily continue to advance and surround Derby County half. Look for opportunities. ∮∮,
But Manchester United did not find a good opportunity.
Manchester United ’s offensive continued, but the threat of the ball did not happen once. The Manchester United players on the field soon discovered that every time they took the ball in the frontcourt, they were intercepted by at least two players. If it was only 1v1, they were confident they could at least protect It is difficult for the two defensive players to stay on the ball. After all, the strength of the players on the Derbyshire side is not too bad, and they cannot break through the other side at will.
The result was that Manchester United conceded consecutive goals in the frontcourt, and the offense was inexplicably ended over and over again.
Twenty minutes in a row, many people were surprised to find that Manchester United did not even threaten a shot. Most of their offenses ended outside the penalty area. Several passes to the penalty area were also quickly released by Derbyshire without causing any threats. .
This situation is surprising.
It ’s already surprising that there is no threat of shooting in twenty minutes. Think about it, this is a match between Manchester United and Derbyshire, the latter is a first division team, even if they are the first division champion this season, But they have n’t escaped from the league of the first division, and Manchester United is a top-tier league team and one of the strongest teams in the world. The strength gap between the two teams is very large. In the imagination of many people, this game should It was Manchester United who had no suspense to suppress Derby County and won the game, but now the situation is that Manchester United has achieved suppression, but there is no threat to the ball, Derby County goal is steady.
The reporters in the media were surprised.
They didn't expect the game to start like this. In their impressions, to say offensive, Derby County is really doing well, can it be defended? Derby County defense is not very strong, right? They haven't played defensively several times in a season.
They were surprised by this, because on the court, Derby County is all defensive, and their defense is doing very well-you know, their opponent is Manchester United, there are several teams in the world that can rely on The defense has left Manchester United unable to find a good opportunity for nearly thirty minutes?
A handful!
It's pretty good to be able to do this!
Fans in the auditorium of the Millennium Stadium also saw the performance of Derbyshire. For Welsh fans, neither Manchester United nor Derbyshire are the teams they support, but Manchester United are more famous and know more stars. So during the warm-up and the opening of the game, they will cheer for Manchester United, but in fact, most people have sympathy for the weak. On the one hand, they also hope that Derby County can perform well and create a miracle to beat Manchester United.
So when seeing Derby County's solid defense, many fans cheered on Derby County.
Along with these sounds, cheers for Derbyshire also sounded from the stands. These sounds made Derbyshire players very happy. After all, this is not Pride Stadium. But in distant Wales, in this large-scale competition, there are many neutral fans cheering on themselves, and many people encounter it for the first time. So they are more devoted to the defense, Manchester United's offense feels a lot harder.
At the same time, the various commentators also took advantage of the gap in the game and began to make a summary of the first 30 minutes of the game.
This summary is statistical. The reason for their summary is that the previous game data is a bit amazing, "Let ’s see. So far, Manchester United ’s ball control rate has reached an amazing 74%, and Derby County is only one-third of them, 26%, However, Manchester United has only 4 shots, 0 threats and 0 goals. So far the two teams have not scored. "
"Let ’s look at Derbyshire again. Derbyshire ’s focus is still on defense, but they have 6 shots, 5 of which are long shots outside the penalty area, 1 is a header, and there is no threat of the ball, but their shots are actually More than Manchester United ... "
Surprisingly at this point, neither team threatened to shoot, but Derby County had more shots than Manchester United.
This is very strange.
But think about Derby County's 5 outbound long shots. This data seems to be normal, but Manchester United's ball control rate has reached an astonishing 74%, but only 4 shots in 30 minutes, there is no threat of the ball, which is It means that Manchester United has the advantage, but it has not been able to give play to the advantage. In other words, Manchester United has not yet found a way to break through the Derby County defense.
This also shows Derby County's defensive success.
The same is true.
This is the most obvious feeling for the players on Manchester United. They attack again and again, but for a long time, it is difficult to hit the ball into the penalty area, because as soon as the football reaches the other half, they feel that they will always be robbed. It ’s often not one person, at least two. In this case, it ’s okay to force them to have to pass more balls, but the opponent ’s players seem to have excellent stealing ability, as long as their pass is a bit wrong, Often means that football will be broken.
Time and time again, Manchester United players are a little bit unsure.
They didn't expect it to be like this before the game. They all felt that they won't have any problems in this game. After all, the opponent is just a League One team. The FA Cup final encounters a League One team. Manchester United's luck is also Very good.
In their view, the FA Cup champion has already been included in the bag early, all they need to do is to play normally for 90 minutes, and then celebrate the victory.
But the current situation is different from what they imagined. They have achieved repression, but they have been blocked from the opponent's defense line. The repeated attacks failed, and their confidence was frustrated again and again. In this case, they did not know a bit. How to play, some players take the ball in the frontcourt, the first time will be careful whether there will be more than two defensive players suddenly around.
In this state of mind, some players' performance has been affected, and as a result the Derby County defense has become more stable.
Ferguson, the Manchester United coach sitting on the coach's seat, also frowned.
At this point, the Scots can already see the situation of the game, and can generally understand the tactics of Derbyshire.
As an experienced head coach, he can see a lot of things in thirty minutes. For example, the Derbyshire method is that they rely on the continuous running of all players to increase the defensive strength. In addition, their defense will hardly appear. Neutral, this is because they use zone defense ... zone defense? What an ancient vocabulary, when this vocabulary comes to mind. Ferguson could n’t even believe that because that kind of defense had long been eliminated by modern football, but now Derby County on the field, the defensive tactics used must be related to regional defense. They seem to be very confused on the defense, but in fact each None of the players will leave a certain range, the defense will never cross-transpose, the full-back is the full-back. The midfield is the midfield, and the central defender is the central defender. The overall defensive formation looks chaotic. In fact, the position of each player is very clear. They use the methods of expanding the defensive area and increasing running to make up for the lack of regional defense .
This tactic is really obvious for the top teams, and it is also highly targeted. At least their players on the field are difficult to exert their personal abilities. They can only play more passes to find opportunities.
Manchester United can also play well in coordination. But at this time, many players on the field are not very comfortable with Derby County's defense, so that their performance is not good, only then will present the situation.
Ferguson sees everything, but it is also difficult to make changes.
He can only take advantage of the game. Find Captain Roy Keane and tell him to tell the team to ask, "... more cooperation!"
Multi-pass coordination will naturally create neutral gear through coordination. Even if all Derbyshire players are running, the pleasant running will certainly not keep up with the ball, as long as they play well together. Such a situation where it is difficult to find an opportunity will naturally be solved.
When Ferguson took action, Wan Sheng had already seen it. He naturally knew what the defensive tactics were most afraid of, that is, the opponents should cooperate more. If they meet the future Barcelona 'Dream Three' team, all of them It is a team with a passing pass. This defensive tactic will be as unbearable as a paper.
Fortunately, Manchester United is Manchester United, not the Spanish team, nor the 'Barcelona Dream Three' team. Their cooperation is also good, but in fact it is also very general. Manchester United's English football characteristics are still very strong-they rely more on the stars Play, not teamwork.
Nevertheless, if Manchester United plays together, it can easily penetrate the team's defense.
But there is no way for Wansheng, any defensive tactics are flawed, there can be no perfect tactics, and the tactics at the same time are different on different teams. Derby County has so much strength, the game can be played like this. It's pretty good.
What Wan Sheng hopes to see is that the team can take advantage of the fact that Manchester United has not adjusted well and make some appropriate offenses. If they can score a goal in the first half, even if they become passive in the second half, there is still a chance of victory.
At this time the players on Derby County are also working hard.
Before the game, Wan Sheng explained everything, and they knew that the team ’s tactics were very sudden. If Manchester United understood their tactics and adapted to this kind of defense, the effect of the tactics would naturally deteriorate, and they would have difficulty keeping the game. So they must attack.
They know what to do.
Especially now that Manchester United is not performing well on the court, they took advantage of the opportunity to advance several times to find opportunities. As a result, in the next few minutes, Derbyshire played several waves of advances in a row.
Although they will not attack too far ahead, they can still accomplish a long shot before the penalty area.
Manchester United believes that such a shot will not be as threatening as passing the ball to Manchester United, but as the number of times increases, Manchester United will soon not think so.
In the thirty-fifth minute, Lee Morris completed a volley in front of the goal. The football almost wiped the post and flew out of bounds. The shocked Manchester United were sweating.
Fortunately, the goal was not scored.
There was some luck at Manchester United.
"Derby County midfielder Lee Morris' long shot! Almost got in! This is also the most threatening shot since the start of the game! Morris is an old player in Derbyshire who has played in Derbyshire. More than four seasons, it is one of the absolute main forces of Derbyshire, and this season he also performed ... "
The live commentator began to introduce Lee Morris.
At this time Manchester United had already sent a goal kick, but Howard's big foot was not very accurate. The football was driven to the side of Ribery's foot. Ribery got the ball and hurried to the lead. When Scholes returned, he was slow After coming down, he passed the ball to Morris.
Morris just finished a wonderful shot, he was also a bit annoyed when he failed to score, but he has readjusted his mentality and glanced slightly at the direction of Manchester United's penalty area, intending to find opportunities again, but at this time Manchester United's defense is very stable , And no teammates inserted too far forward, as a result Morris passed back to Ribery.
Ribery regained the ball and still had to face Scholes' defense. He didn't make any pause because another player, Manchester United's full-back C-Ronaldo also followed, so Ribery passed to Mo Reese, the two fell like this several times. Seeing that their teammates could not break the ball, Manchester United centre-back Silvester couldn't help but come up.
At this moment, Morris suddenly pushed the ball towards the right neutral!
There is the frontier of the big penalty area. It is more than 25 meters from the goal. This position is still very safe. The Manchester United player is a little unknown. Then they saw another player, a young defender in Derbyshire followed. And he raised his right foot without hesitation!
Boom!
Another long shot outside the penalty area!
Manchester United players are used to it. To be honest, this kind of shooting is difficult to prevent because they cannot arrange dense defenses so far in front of the penalty area. The opponent shoots directly from this position. They also want to limit the method. not much.
But they did not care.
There have been many similar shots in Derbyshire before, and it has only just caused a threat. The other shots are almost all the same as returning the ball to Manchester United. Such a shot is really difficult to make a threat. The defense line can only use this method.
But these are just the thoughts of seeing Leiden Bynes shoot.
When many Manchester United players ~ www.novelhall.com ~ followed the direction of football and turned to look at their goal, the idea was immediately different, because the speed of football is too fast, and the angle is very tricky, in addition ... .... Howard in front of the door seems to be slower?
Leiden Bynes finished the shot and stood in place.
Manchester United players looked back at their goal.
The football goes straight to the bottom right corner of the goal!
Goalkeeper Howard flew to save himself, but his hands were still some distance away from the football ... This line of illustrations formed a complete picture. When the time passed, the football rushed into the Manchester United goal!
Correspondingly, there are even indifferent expressions that remain on the faces of some Manchester United players, which means that it is like expressing 'Goal does not matter', and Leiden Bynes has completed his shot with both arms. Raised in front of him, shouted excitedly.
The ball ... seems to be ... scored?
Many Manchester United players finally reacted at this time ... (to be continued ...) u