Starting from Manchester United, starting with Maguire

Chapter 18 Maguire, you are the Diva!

Atletico Madrid's team has always been known for its "iron blood", iron blood defense and tenacious counterattack are their hallmarks, but facing such a team Rangnick still stubbornly implements his "high position oppression" tactical play.

The purpose of "defensive counterattack" is to shrink the defense line and force the enemy to invest a large amount of offensive troops, so that a large area of ​​space will appear in the opponent's backcourt, and then he will use these spaces to complete a quick counterattack in the shortest possible time.

However, in the "high position press", the defenders almost move forward to the edge of their own half or even the enemy's half. The unmarked space behind them is self-evident, and it is almost perfect for "defensive counterattack". restraint.

Coupled with Manchester United defender and captain Maguire's bulky body and extremely slow turn, as long as the opponent sends the ball behind him, the opponent's faster striker can easily throw him off and catch up with the football to form a single knife.

Although Simeone has completely defeated Rangnick in terms of tactics, when his eyes swept over Gao Changfeng, he couldn't help raising his hand to wipe the sweat on his head, and then looked at Ronaldo, shaking violently all over his body.

Rangnick watched the video of Gao Changfeng's debut for Manchester United no less than a hundred times. It felt like the peak of Messi returning to the arena. As for Ronaldo, it was even more so.
This poor coach who was tortured by the "peerless double pride" at his peak, now has to face a young player who looks like Messi at his peak, a Ronaldo, and he can't help but tremble.

Why isn't Gao Changfeng nervous?The Champions League, this is the highest technical and tactical competition in the world.

Looking at the young and handsome Joao Felix, Gao Changfeng clenched his teeth and swallowed wildly, as if he was about to swallow him alive.

Fortunately, Felix didn't see Gao Changfeng's expression at the moment, otherwise what a deep psychological shadow it would have left?

This time Rangnick is in a 4-2-3-1 formation: the defensive personnel remain unchanged, Gao Changfeng and McTominay partner with double midfielders, Sancho and Rashford are left and right midfielders, and B Fernandes front Waist, Ronaldo center.

This is a relatively stable regular formation. The defensive line can be protected through the numerical advantage of the midfielder, and the firepower can be strengthened by advancing. It can be described as comprehensive offensive and defensive.

But according to Manchester United's situation, it is estimated that Gao Changfeng and McTominay will be responsible for the defense of the midfield when they really play, and B Fei can occasionally help them share the pressure.

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid's 4-4-2, the double forwards Felix and Angel Correa are not slow, playing a "defensive counterattack" is not a small threat.

[Main goal: win the game, talent points x 5
Secondary goal: complete three steals, talent point x 1; win three confrontations, talent point x 1]

"Man-to-man, Phillips."

[Atletico Madrid striker Phillips has been locked. 】

As long as you keep an eye on Phillips, it will be difficult for Atletico Madrid to score!

With this belief, Gao Changfeng clung to Phillips to ensure that he would not even get the ball.

And Atletico Madrid coach Simeone was obviously scared of being kicked by Ronaldo. As soon as the opponent got the ball, he shouted from the sidelines: "One midfielder back, two defenders, fast, at least three people defend him!"

Faced with such special attention, Ronaldo not only found it difficult to find a breakthrough opportunity after taking the ball, but even the route of the ball to the front or both sides was completely blocked, and he was forced to choose to pass the ball back after five touches.

However, while Atletico Madrid invested a lot of force on Ronaldo, it also gave up a wide sprint space for Sancho and Rashford. The two faster Manchester United princes actively moved their positions forward.

4—2—3—1阵型变成了4—2—1—3，而对于阵型的擅自变动，只会纸上谈兵的朗尼克竟然毫无察觉！
Fortunately, Gao Changfeng knew this situation would happen a long time ago, so he still calmly defended Felix alone, holding him firmly in the palm of his hand.

But no matter what, Felix is ​​an excellent forward, how could he catch Gao Changfeng's single defense?

Although his running position is not as exquisite as that of Ronaldo, he can still keep all the numbers around him below 57%. Always be able to catch up at the first time to prevent the opponent from completing the stop.

Faced with the difficult Gao Changfeng, Phillips finally became impatient. He was always weak in physical confrontation, and he boldly leaned on Gao Changfeng with his back and wanted to "stop the ball with his back", which really made the frontcourt C Luo's heart trembled.

No one can rejuvenate one's physical resistance in just eight days. Gao Changfeng's Achilles' heel is probably about to be exposed!

However, Gao Changfeng then used his body to squeeze Phillips out of balance, successfully destroying the operation of the opponent's stop, which really shocked Ronaldo. In just eight days, the physical confrontation went up?

It's too late to think, since the young player Gao Changfeng can successfully make up for his shortcomings in just eight days, why can't he, as an experienced veteran, use his brains to get out of the predicament in the game?

With this in mind, Ronaldo decisively retreated to the midfield, and his retreat also successfully took away the three defensive players of Atletico Madrid, clearing many obstacles for the team's wing attack.

Cristiano Ronaldo's passing is extremely threatening. Many oblique plugs have successfully sent the ball behind the enemy's full-back. Manchester United's wide players Sancho and Rashford have also repeatedly relied on speed to throw off defensive players and catch up with the football. It's a pity that the two teenagers' shots were either sliding the door or firing anti-aircraft guns, and their ability to seize opportunities was insufficient.

Every time the cake he feeds is wasted by his teammates, Ronaldo is not annoyed, while signaling to B Fei to rush forward to find a good opportunity to score after he pulls the enemy defender away, while running back and forth in the midfield position to balance offense and defense.

After Simeone saw through Ronaldo's thoughts, he quickly ordered the three players responsible for marking the opponent to retreat and return to their positions to defend. Atletico Madrid's iron-blooded defense became impenetrable again, even if it was as strong as Ronaldo. Effective threat ball.

Atletico Madrid's two counterattack points were tightly entangled by Gao Changfeng and McTominay respectively. The whole team could only defend passively and could not achieve counterattack at all.

Relying on the firepower of Sancho, Rashford and B Fei, Manchester United bombarded the entire first half, but the outrageous shooting level turned out to be 19 for 3, and the few three-footed shots were all missed by the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper. Jan Oblak confiscated with ease.

Sure enough, special care for Ronaldo is the right choice, because no one in Manchester United can contribute high-quality goals at any time except him.

After the first half, Felix, whose face was flushed by Gao Changfeng, just entered the player tunnel and whispered in the ear of his own midfielder Kondogbia. He couldn't hear what he was saying, and the opponent just nodded vigorously.

But Rangnick did not make any tactical adjustments, and encouraged everyone in the locker room to maintain their state. As long as they maintain their offensive firepower, it will be a matter of time before they score goals.

Apparently, Rangnick has never heard a famous saying about football: "A team that squanders too many good chances will be punished in the end."

Except for Manchester City under Guardiola, no team has escaped the sanction of this sentence.

After kick-off in the second half, Felix retreated quickly. Gao Changfeng thought that he wanted to imitate Ronaldo by retreating and taking away his defense to create attacking space for other players, so he decisively gave up marking him and stood in his position to guard against Ma. There are other players plugging in to attack.

I don't want Felix to pass the ball back to Kondogbia after receiving the pass from his teammate. The latter sent the ball behind Gao Changfeng with a high-altitude long pass.

Although Felix is ​​slightly slower than Gao Changfeng, he has an obvious advantage in explosive power. He quickly turned and sprinted and successfully threw away Gao Changfeng to catch up with the football.

Gao Changfeng knew that it was too late for Gao Changfeng to chase the ball back. Felix had successfully stopped the football and moved forward. He could only block the opponent's right side to prevent him from passing the ball to the right or cutting inside.

This mistake was not fatal. Gao Changfeng blocked Felix's right side and called Maguire to help defend. The two of them only needed to firmly block Felix on the left and right to regain the ball.

It's a pity that with such a simple defensive strategy, the stupid Maguire made a mistake. He didn't choose to step forward to block Felix's left line, but rushed to the opponent's right side.

At this time, Gao Changfeng was sprinting with Felix, and 47's body balance could not help him complete the deceleration in a short time. Maguire's huge body solidly knocked him out and stared at him.

As for Maguire, Gao Changfeng also staggered and fell to the ground. Felix faced the "plain" in front of him and easily broke through Manchester United's defense and scored a single-handed goal.

Manchester United 0:1 Atletico Madrid.

Annoyed, Maguire got up and went to help Changfeng, only to find that the other party was covering his head and rolling crazily on the ground, unable to stand up at all.

After being examined by the team doctor, it was determined that he had a mild concussion. With the "help" of Maguire, Gao Changfeng's Champions League debut ended with lying on a stretcher in the 47th minute.

[Congratulations on getting talent points × 2]

When Gao Changfeng woke up in the hospital bed, only Ronaldo and Lingard, who took good care of him, stood by.

Ronaldo's expression can't be called angry, let alone happy. In Gao Changfeng's heart, this man who is full of desire to win will be elated when he wins, and angry and restless after losing. Now this expression represents
"A tie?"

Ronaldo and Lingard nodded at the same time.

Gao Changfeng closed his eyes tightly in annoyance. To others, this was a draw, and he still had a chance in the next round, but to him, it was a blatant failure!

Is it really impossible to prevent Manchester United from being eliminated by Atletico Madrid?
With annoyance, Gao Changfeng kicked open the door of Manchester United's dressing room, rushed in, pointed at Maguire's head and cursed: "Maguire, you are the diva!"

　Maguire, you are the Diva!
　　B Fei, you are Ge Xiaoji!
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