Chapter 302 The Red Devil(1/2)
Old Trafford Stadium is worthy of being one of the most terrifying devil's home courts in the world.
The moment Atletico Madrid walked out of the player channel, more than 70,000 fans in the entire stadium never stopped harassing and attacking them, even for a second.
Although Ferguson and captain Keane have repeatedly criticized the home atmosphere of Old Trafford, and Ferguson even mocked many fans for sitting in the private room, drinking red wine and eating steak and playing, the atmosphere of this stadium is still terrifying.
The high pressure formed by more than 70,000 fans is enough to make the slightly timid people frightened.
Atletico Madrid has been well-informed in the past two years. It has entered the Camp Nou, made trouble for the Bernabeu, and made a breakthrough in San Siro. Even Bayern Munich's Olympic Stadium has been exposed, and the players have developed a lot of courage.
But when they walked into Old Trafford, they still felt the madness and enthusiasm of England fans.
More importantly, the Champions League final this season will be held at this stadium.
This made all Atletico Madrid players who walked into this stadium have some special associations.
In the Champions League final, is that the stage that many professional players dream of?
Compared to the visiting team's surprise when Liu Laolao entered the Grand View Garden, Manchester United seemed much more mature and steady.
Even though Ferguson blew smoke bombs before the game, everything was revealed before the game.
Manchester United basically sent all the main players to play.
The goalkeepers are French Butters, and the defenses are Sylvester, Ferdinand, Brown and Gary Neville.
The midfielders are Giggs, Bart, Keane and Beckham from left to right.
Scholes takes the lead in the front and front midfielder, and Dutch center Van Nistroy independently supports the front line.
Although gold medal substitute Solskjaer performed well on the right side while Beckham was recovering from injury, Ferguson still chose Beckham to start.
In addition to sending all the main players, Ferguson's game intention is also clear at a glance.
With the whistle of Italian gold medal referee Corina, Manchester United began to push forward with a big push, and even the entire defense line was desperately pushing forward, with only one goal, and strive to score as soon as possible.
Without any fancy or temptation, the two teams seemed to be two major legions facing each other on the battlefield.
The whistle sounded, and at the same time, I was invincible.
When the two legions collided, they immediately killed the sky and the earth, with sand and stones flying, and the sun and the moon and the sun and the moon were gone.
This also made the fans in the stands scream and exclaim.
The game was very fast and both sides played without reservation.
Compared with Manchester United's main force, Gao Han fine-tuned Atletico Madrid's starting lineup.
Out of fear of Giggs, Gao Han finally chose Roberto, who was more reassuring in the right back position.
In the right position of the third midfielder, Diego Simeone rotated Marcos Senna to start.
These two teammates from the 1990s double championships cooperated very well, which Gao Han relied very heavily on.
As he said before the game, Giggs' ability to create threats with high speed dribbling is very rare in European football and has to be guarded against.
Gao Han was mentally prepared for Manchester United's way of attacking after the start of the game and speeding up the pace of the game, so he was not panicked when dealing with it.
But after the opening, Atletico Madrid's players seemed a little impatient.
The fast-paced pressing and oppressing style used by Manchester United still makes Atletico Madrid players feel uncomfortable and it is a bit difficult to deal with.
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"This old guy Ferguson is not easy."
Although Gao Han never talks soft-hearted to Ferguson, he still admires the old man in his heart.
Giggs, Keane, Scholes and Beckham, these four midfielders are not only complementary in their characteristics, but also perfect in their eyes. They are both admired and tacit in understanding. Ferguson's skills can be seen.
"In recent years, Ferguson has begun to focus on moving Manchester United's tactics toward the direction of mainlandization and began to pay attention to controlling rhythm and ball rights. This is right, but he still does not trust enough in Perron."
Peron's performance at Manchester United is indeed not as good as at Lazio, but it is not useless. In many games, the White Wizard still showed a very high level, but his position at Manchester United is very embarrassing.
Manchester United plays four and four two, and now it starts playing four and four one.
At first, Ferguson meant to join Bellon, but soon discovered how to divide the work and cooperate between Bellon and Keane?
Even in many cases, there is a conflict of power between Bellon and Beckham.
The two have a lot in common, such as large-scale active running, sharp and accurate long-term transfer...
Veron was like a third party who suddenly intervened. It was difficult to get into the four midfielders who originally cooperated with each other and had a very high prestige in the team. In addition, he was a newcomer and did not adapt to the characteristics of the Premier League, so Veron was unable to integrate into the team for a long time.
It is reported that Ferguson has decided to give up.
But Peron's failure also indirectly reflects the weaknesses of Manchester United and even most Premier League teams.
Lack of strong control over the pace of the game and ball rights.
Arsenal has done its best in this regard thanks to the French gang introduced by Wenger. Manchester United also consciously strengthened its abilities in this regard, but the existence of midfielders such as Roy Keane has kept Manchester United making progress slow.
Therefore, Gao Han's strategy is also very clear in this game.
Let Manchester United rush and grab the game at the beginning, because this is the characteristic of the Red Devils, and forcibly suppressing it is not possible.
But Atletico Madrid must maintain enough patience, stabilize defense, and wait for the opponent to make mistakes.
"Manchester United will definitely make mistakes!" Gao Han said with great confidence.
Emery and Cantalero both nodded constantly.
No team can maintain a fast-paced attack and pressing for a long time. The physical energy consumption is too high. Sooner or later, they will slow down on their own. At that time, the rhythm and ball rights will belong to Atletico Madrid.
Moreover, Beckham, Keane, Ferdinand and other players have returned from injury, and they are probably having problems with their physical fitness.
Therefore, as long as Atletico Madrid is calm and patient, Manchester United will definitely make mistakes.
Everyone knows that Atletico Madrid is best at counterattack.
Especially after a successful defense, the counterattack on the spot!
"Unai, Carlos."
"exist."
"I am here."
Two assistants, one left and one right, immediately looked at Gao Han.
"Always remind players to be patient and play Manchester United. You must not be anxious. If you are anxious, we will definitely die."
Cantalero nodded, "I understand."
"Tell Yankulowski again to let him go a little further. Beckham is not good at bottom, but he likes to find Fanny at the forty-five-degree angle pass in the penalty area and Gary Neville's back insertion. Be careful."
"Tell Deco, pay attention to protection of the left side."
"I understand." Emery agreed.
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"It doesn't matter if you go on the right, let Gary be a step further, or even just go to the bottom line."
Ferguson is also fine-tuning the team's on-court formation, especially the players' positions and responsibilities.
"Further forward, we become three defenders." Assistant coach Steve McLaren reminded.
But Ferguson looked determined, "Then let Brown move his position on the right side, and the three defenders are three defenders. We must strive for the goal as soon as possible, so we can't let out this tone!"
From Ferguson's face, there was no way to see even the arrogance and arrogance at the pre-match press conference. All it was just caution and anxiety about the situation of the game.
Steve McLaren didn't understand Ferguson's intentions, but he knew one thing, and he was definitely right to be obedient.
Only Ferguson shook his head and sighed after sending his assistant away.
Few English people today know the importance of controlling the rhythm of the game and controlling the ball rights.
Many people mention their stalemate Wenger, and they will only say that the various reforms he brought to Arsenal have made Arsenal leaps from its original ugly style of play to a gorgeous offensive football representative, but these are just superficial skills.
The real core is that Wenger taught Arsenal how to control the rhythm of the game and how to control the ball.
In the Premier League, which focuses on long passes and rushes away and pursues fast-paced offense and defense, whoever controls the rhythm and the ball will become the master of the field.
Why has it been difficult for England teams to make achievements in European football, especially in the Champions League, in the past ten or twenty years?
Not to mention other teams, even Manchester United faces giant teams of the same level in other European leagues, it is basically difficult to have an advantage, and they often end up in failure.
It is because in terms of rhythm and ball control, Premier League teams are far behind teams in other European leagues.
This certainly has historical reasons for English football, but it also has a lot to do with the pursuit of fast-paced offense and defense and physical confrontation in England.
Today's Premier League teams have only two moves to win in European football.
Either play the whirlwind quickly, strive for the first goal, disrupt the opponent's rhythm, and keep the game going at your most comfortable rhythm.
Or just retreat and fight back.
Ferguson was unwilling to play defensive counterattacks again, so he had to attack.
The Red Devils, the Red Devils, who don’t attack at home and are not passionate, is that still called the Red Devils?
To be continued...