Chapter 895 Cracks
The second half of the game started again.
Manchester City made a threatening attack in just one minute of the opening game. Sanchez made a cross from the right, Ferdinand and Benzema competed for a header in the penalty area. Osheim blocked the ball out of the baseline under the interference of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Xavi Alonso sent a corner kick, and Kompani headed the ball ten meters in front of the goal, but was slightly higher.
The start of the game made Manchester City play smoothly in the second half and easily controlled the game. However, standing in front of the home team coach's seat, Gao Han also realized Ferguson's adjustment in midfield.
"That old guy moved Mkhitaryan to the left, and Tevez was pushed to the front position of the midfield by him."
"What does he want to do?" Brian Kidd asked with a frown.
Gao Han smiled slightly, "Have Alonso."
In the first half, Manchester City's pass control advantage was very obvious, almost putting Manchester United in the half, and the Red Devils scored a goal through several counterattacks. But Ferguson knew that if he continued to play like this, his team would sooner or later be broken. At that time, morale was exhausted and it would not be completely impossible to be reversed.
It can even be said that if Van der Sar had not performed as if he had helped in the first half, Manchester United would have been finished.
Teves is known as the most Red Devils player. After playing, he is very brave, runs actively, and has a very high defensive investment. Ferguson moved him from the left to the middle, hoping that he can increase the suppression and interception of Manchester City's middle, especially in the area of Xavi Alonso.
Of course, the advantage is that counterattack will be even more threatening.
What makes Mkhitaryan rare is that he is very multifaceted, proficient in left and right feet, and can be competent in any position in the left and right center. He can connect the midfield and the forward line, or score himself. Such a player can play a role in any position.
Sometimes when I think about it, Gao Han really feels that Mkhitaryan is selling cheaper.
"Tell Fertongheng, settle down and guard the left."
"Tell David Silva and Modric again to support Xavi Alonso and ensure possession of the ball."
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Gao Han's instructions were quickly conveyed to the court.
Two minutes after the corner kick, David Silva passed the ball, Cristiano Ronaldo took the ball from the left, tricked Matic and Oshe into cutting inside, and drifted past Carrick on the left side of the penalty area arc, shot low, but the ball did not hit the ball and was easily confiscated by Van der Sar.
In the 51st minute, Modric made a diagonal pass from the middle, Sanchez took the ball and rushed out of Leiden Bynes' defense, and shot a long shot, which was once again confiscated by Van der Sar. The Dutch goalkeeper performed quite steadily in this game, almost as if he had zero flaws.
A minute later, Kaka got the ball in the arc top area of the front edge of the penalty area. After getting rid of Carrick, he made a diagonal pass behind him. Cristiano Ronaldo followed up with his left rib and pushed the ball hard at the far corner with his right foot, but the ball rubbed against the post on the right and went out of the baseline.
In the 54th minute, Manchester City launched another attack.
After a long time in the frontcourt, Fertonheng suddenly stepped forward and received a pass from David Silva to pass the penalty area. Ferdinand and Cristiano Ronaldo fell into a group while fighting. The referee blew the whistle, and the Portuguese signaled Ferdinand to commit a foul, but the referee refused to make a penalty.
According to the slow-motion replay of the live broadcast, Ferdinand did have a secret action of pulling the jersey. However, after falling into a ball with Cristiano Ronaldo, the Manchester United central defender fell to the ground and could not get up. The referee signaled to the stretcher to enter the court.
Fortunately, after a simple process, Ferdinand returned to the stadium, but his walking was somewhat strange.
After the continuous attack failed, the fans in the stands also began to feel a little restless.
It has been sixty minutes since time passed, but Gao Han seems to have no sign of a replacement, which makes everyone wonder what he plans to do?
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On the court, Sanchez was also paying attention to the movements on the sidelines. He saw Gareth Bale starting to walk to the sidelines to warm up.
This is not a good phenomenon for him.
It can be seen that the head coach is not satisfied with his performance in the second half. At least, he did not complete the task of defeating Leiden Bynes as required by Gao Han, so he may be substituted at any time.
Sanchez knew how fast Gareth Bale was and how strong the impact was.
The existence of the Welshman, and even the existence of England international Sturridge, brought huge competitive pressure to Sanchez.
This season, he is still the number one candidate in the mind of head coach Gao Han, but with the rise of Gareth Bale and Sturridge, his position has been shaken. This game tonight is so critical if he is replaced...
Sanchez spat hard, walked back slowly, glanced at Leiden Bynes beside him, and gritted his teeth.
"Kill him, or I'll be done by myself!"
The ball was passed to the left again, Cristiano Ronaldo took the ball close to the left, and Osheim and Matic both stepped forward and double-teamed, forming a pinch, making it difficult for the Portuguese to have a chance to break through, and were forced to pass the ball back along the left sideline.
Fertonheng pulled the ball to the left line and quickly passed it back to the middle, giving Harvey Martinez.
In the middle, Tevez's follow-up defense against Xavi Alonso was also a headache, which affected Manchester City's midfield and backcourt goals, and could only pass back and reorganize.
Xavi Martinez pressed to the near-center circle to receive the ball, and then passed it horizontally to Kompany on the right.
Seeing this, Sanchez looked at the middle again, and Modric was quickly retreating.
This is the coach's instructions just now. Tevez clamped down on Xavi Alonso, Modric and David Silva to actively retreat to respond to the goal from the backcourt.
Kompani quickly passed the ball to Modric's feet. After the Croatian midfielder got the ball in an unmarked area, he turned around and took two steps back. He happened to see Sanchez running back to the right and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
"Give me."
Modric didn't even think too much and directly divided the ball to the right.
The Croatian passed the ball very well. Sanchez turned sideways and blocked Leiden Bynes behind him with his body, letting the ball pass by him, and accelerated and started after receiving the ball.
Leiden Bynes is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he keeps up immediately.
Sanchez suddenly stopped urgently, and the England left-back also stopped urgently, almost slipping. When he saw Sanchez making a move to cut in the middle, he immediately stepped out to block his incision route.
But at this moment, Sanchez suddenly dunked the ball to the bottom line, avoiding Leiden Bynes's shot, and accelerated again, and quickly dribbled the ball to the bottom line.
Leiden Bynes almost slipped and supported the grass with his hands. He also rushed quickly and chased Sanchez behind him, especially after entering the 30-meter area of Manchester City, he gritted his teeth and chased him desperately.
All the fans at the City Stadium were ignited by Sanchez's breakthrough in an instant, and everyone cheered.
When he entered the left side of Manchester United's penalty area, Sanchez suddenly stopped again, and Leiden Bynes, who had deceived him to chase at full speed, rushed over, scaring him to death. He stopped immediately and caught up with Sanchez again, hurriedly put a shovel, and threw him into the way of cutting inside.
The continuous speed change made Leiden Bynes panting and almost collapsed.
This little man is like a loach, so difficult to deal with.
The referee called Leiden Bynes over and warned loudly. The English left-back did not appeal, turned around and left, accusing his foul action, while Sanchez climbed up from the ground, looking helpless.
The whole field was full of boos, obviously not satisfied with Leiden Bynes's foul but failed to win the cards.
The game started again, Manchester City's free kick was cut into the penalty area, but Kompany's header was slightly higher and he missed another scoring opportunity, which made all the fans in the game feel disappointed.
But soon, Manchester City reorganized the offensive.
This time, Sanchez got a glimpse of the opportunity, ran to the middle, and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Xavi Alonso made a straight pass and passed the ball to Sanchez's feet. As soon as the Chilean received the ball, he turned around to get rid of Leiden Bynes, but this time the English left-back directly put the shovel without thinking and threw him to the ground again.
However, the referee finally did not show any mercy this time and directly showed a yellow card to Leiden Bynes.
This made Ferguson on the sidelines seem very dissatisfied, and he believes that such an action should not be obtained at all.
However, the Manchester City fans all responded with warm applause and cheers.
Sanchez got up from the ground twice in two minutes. The last time he was helpless, but this time he was grinning.
He knew that Leiden Bynes could not do it anymore.
Sanchez immediately conveyed this signal to Modric, Xavi Alonso and other teammates to know.
A minute later, Manchester City once again passed the ball back to the backcourt and turned to Kompany's feet.
The Belgian central defender pulled the ball to the right and got the ball. Mkhitaryan quickly came over to press, while Sanchez in the frontcourt quickly retreated to the near midfield and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Before Mkhitaryan approached, Kompani passed the ball long across the center line and landed at Sanchez.
As soon as the Chilean stopped the ball, Leiden Bynes came behind him. He deliberately exposed the ball to the right line and tempted Leiden Bynes to make a foot. The English left-back was confused by his movements, thinking that he was going to start the acceleration again, and he got his dribbling pace and rhythm, and then he made his foot directly.
But unexpectedly, Sanchez took the lead and picked the ball forward, picked over Leiden Bynes's shot, and started quickly and accelerated to catch up.
Carrick originally wanted to come and double-team and trap Sanchez on the right side, but she didn't expect Sanchez to break through Leiden Bynes and slid a kick, but Sanchez suddenly accelerated and poked the ball forward. He picked Carrick again and quickly caught up with the ball.
Leiden Bynes was chasing back, and Pepe was ready to assist in defense at any time, but Sanchez suddenly passed the ball across the ball and pushed Benzema to the feet of the French striker. The French striker was unmarked. As soon as he received the ball, Leiden Bynes and Pepe, who were closest, threw Sanchez down immediately and rushed towards him.
In this once-in-a-lifetime moment, Sanchez stepped diagonally behind Pepe at high speed and raised his right hand to ask for the ball.
Benzema, who was cognizant of this time, ran over to support Sanchez. After receiving the ball, he immediately passed the ball behind Pepe, completing a beautiful wall-to-wave cooperation.
Sanchez jumped high and used his chest to stop Benzema's pass to Manchester United's penalty area, and then accelerated to chase after him.
Ferdinand rushed over to block Sanchez, Matic and Oshei also rushed to the goal as soon as possible, blocking Kaka and Benzema, and Van der Sar also stood beside the post on the right side of the goal, staring at Sanchez attentively.
All the fans in the audience couldn't help but exclaim.
At this moment, a crack was finally chiseled out of Manchester United's iron wall.
Chapter completed!