Football's Number One Madman

Chapter 21 Hurry up and find a seat
"Three defenders?"

When the players from both sides lined up on the field, the commentators immediately expressed their surprise.

Lineker was the first to speak:

"Van Gaal not only wants to train young players, but also practice three-back tactics?"

As a Manchester United star who has just retired a few days ago, Neville was also very surprised:

"The Manchester United I am familiar with has always insisted on the traditional 442-[-]-[-] style of play. Even if there are occasional changes, there are rarely three defenders. Van Gaal... Is this going to initiate a big tactical change in Manchester United?"

Lineker muttered in a low voice:
"Would this be too risky?"

Neville glanced at him. Although he didn't directly object, the expression on his face clearly implied dissatisfaction:

[Just a League Cup?What adventure? 】

[This is a halftime offensive and defensive drill for the Premier League giants against the fourth-tier teams! 】

[Even if Manchester United only sends seven people, it can crush Wimbledon with 11 people! 】
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"Drip~~~"

A whistle ignited the atmosphere on the King's Grass Court, and also announced the official start of this game of great disparity.

Akinfenwa kicked off the ball and passed back. The center back Phillips took possession of the ball and passed it diagonally to the right. The football came to Li Polo's feet.

Manchester United's formation is 352, or more detailed, it can be described as 3412, three central defenders, four midfielders, one midfielder, and two forwards. In this formation, the positions of the two forwards are relatively close to the center. Naturally, there was no dedicated winger to form a direct pressure on Li Poluo.

That being the case, Lee Polo has plenty of time to move forward with the ball and participate in the attack properly.

Seeing that he chose to go forward, Welbeck, who had two forwards on the left, hesitated for a moment, and instead of stepping up to press immediately, he watched him dribble the ball across the center line.

At this moment, Shinji Kagawa was far in the middle, and the four midfielders retreated habitually. There was no defensive player within 20 meters of Li Polo. No matter how amateurish his dribbling skills were, it was enough Push with ease.

When Lee Polo entered the 25-meter area of ​​Manchester United, the Manchester United players finally reacted. The nearest midfielder, Nick Powell, gave up the retreat and rushed over aggressively!

But as soon as he started to speed up, he saw that the opponent sent the ball behind him, so he had to brake to slow down and change direction to return to defense.

But he also failed this time. Powell had just completed his turn when he saw the home team's midfielder George Francon sweep the ball to the front right!
The simplest two over one!

[Negative sentiment from Powell, +1! 】

Li Poluo received the ball again, he was infinitely close to the edge of the penalty area!
Malnic Vermeer, the most peripheral of Manchester United's three central defenders, did not dare to neglect, rushed out of the penalty area in time, and got stuck on the inside cut route.

But the defender didn't know that the opponent he was about to face had mediocre talent in dribbling breakthroughs.

The fact is exactly the same, Lee Polo didn't mean to challenge him one-on-one at all, and he didn't change the movement to cut inward. He just swung his right foot after a little acceleration and scored a cross!
Although the full-back is not the position he is most used to, Li Boluo is no stranger to the basic routine of crossing from the bottom. After rubbing the ball to the center, the rest depends on the luck of the two forwards!
Akinfenwa and Dubis, who had already entered the penalty area, were observing the flight trajectory of the ball, but it was Manchester United captain Jonathan Evans who took the first action.

The central defender from Northern Ireland leaped high ahead of Dubis, trying to push the ball out of the danger zone, but perhaps due to lack of preparation, his take-off was still a little slow, and the ball changed slightly when it rubbed against his hair The flight trajectory, but still flew towards the most dangerous area.

Goalkeeper De Gea's heart sank. If Evans didn't have this touch, the ball would still be within his control, but he couldn't die. The ball had such a refraction on Evans' head, and the landing point shifted outward. Two or three meters away.

It was the distance of two or three meters that put De Gea in a dilemma!

The ball just landed at the feet of Akinfenwa near the penalty spot.

Among the three central defenders of Manchester United, Vermeer is still in front of Li Polo, Evans is still flying in the air, and only Michael Keane is left, but he is restrained by Dubis, and the unguarded Akinfenwa easily draws Even though De Gea reacted quickly, he could only watch the ball whizzing past his fingers!

1: 0!

In the 27th second of the game, New Wimbledon opened the scoring!

The stadium with less than 5000 people instantly boiled!

Many fans hadn't even found their seats when their team took the lead!

"Roar~~"

The hero of the goal, Ajin Fenwa, raised his head to the sky and howled excitedly, and smashed his fists hard on his chest. Coupled with the trembling tendons all over his body, he looked like a king kong!
This is a goal against Manchester United!
And it's the top goalkeeper De Gea!
How could he be indifferent? ! -
"It's an unexpected start. The Red Devils who were a guest in London were hit in the head. Within half a minute of the opening, the city guarded by De Gea was declared lost..."

Zhan Jun, who was still introducing the starting lineups of the two sides, was a little surprised, but he quickly stabilized his emotions and did not laugh out loud:

"Conceding the ball prematurely will definitely inspire Manchester United's fighting spirit. In the next game... Wimbledon may not play too comfortably!"

This sentiment was echoed by his British counterpart, with Neville saying:

"It may be a good thing to concede a goal at the beginning. We still have a full 90 minutes to tie and reverse the game."

Lineker praised the performance of the home team:

"Wimbledon's attack was very determined. It took only three passes to tear up the Manchester United defense. It seems that they do have some ideas about this game."

Neville said sullenly:

"Wimbledon is best to shrink immediately, because what will greet them is the offensive frenzy from Manchester United!"

What the old captain of the Red Devils said was right at all. After the celebration of the home team players ended, Manchester United immediately launched an attack.

In all fairness, in Manchester United's midfield, Welbeck's sharp speed, Hernandez's flexible movement, and Kagawa Shinji's delicate organizational ability, just relying on this offensive trident, is enough to cause huge troubles for Wimbledon's defense. .According to the characteristics of Manchester United, Adre also made special arrangements:
"High pressing, close pressing!"

Among the three, the core of the offense is undoubtedly the former King of Dortmund. Therefore, when Shinji Kagawa holds the ball, the four midfielders of Rigg, Francon, Boorman, and Reeves will start from the first place. The encirclement was formed in multiple directions, completely cutting off the line for him to transport the shells forward!

Unknown Kagawa wanted to go it alone, but was immediately stopped by the left back and vice-captain Smith with a vicious tackle, and Manchester United's first attack came to an abrupt end.

Smith, who had finally returned to the court, was full of blood and blue at the moment. After stealing the ball, he took advantage of the situation and took a big kick, trying to launch a quick counterattack. Unfortunately, the long pass was far and floating, and it flew directly out of the sideline...

Zhan Jun shook his head again and again:

"After all, he is only a player at the level of League Two. Although the defense is very fierce, the basic skills of passing and receiving the ball are indeed relatively average. A rare counterattack opportunity was wasted in vain."

Smith's old face turned black, and he raised his hands to apologize to his teammates:

"Performance is abnormal, be sure to pay attention next time!"

Fortunately, the score is leading, everyone is more tolerant, and no one will care about this ordinary mistake.

After all, as a fourth-level team, passing errors are already commonplace! -
Manchester United threw a throw-in and quickly formed a second round of offensive. After they pulled back and forth in the midfield a few times, Kagawa swayed the defense with his excellent dribbling skills and sent a kick forward to the ground!
Welbeck slapped the horse and walked away, and successfully reversed offside from the gap between Lee Polo and Phillips, forming a single-handedly in an instant!

It's a pity that "Hei Bei" didn't fully adjust his footsteps when he caught the ball, and he shot a powerful shot against the door frame and flew towards the stands, making goalkeeper Xie A startled into a cold sweat.

"Look at this attack, the strength of the Manchester United players is undoubtedly revealed!"

Neville is full of energy and spring breeze:
"Although Wimbledon's defense is very tight, the difference in strength between the two sides is too large. As time goes by, it is absolutely impossible for them to maintain a high position and press. Once the physical fitness is in trouble, they will be defeated by Manchester United in minutes!"

Before he finished speaking, Xie A took the goal kick.

As a goalkeeper who was once selected for the England national team squad, Shea's long pass level is completely beyond Smith's level. He accurately found Akinfenwa.

Francon, the left midfielder, almost repeated Li Polo's previous tactics: he dribbled the ball forward 15 meters and made a decisive cross, and Dubis' header bombed in front of the goal!

It's a pity that they were a little less lucky. This time, De Gea reacted quickly and held the ball out of the baseline with a single palm at the last moment, avoiding the embarrassing start of the team conceding two goals in a row within 5 minutes.

New Wimbledon, got the first corner kick.

(End of this chapter)