Football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Chapter 99 On Protracted War

Amsterdam Arena.

No.16 minutes, Sporting Lisbon center Lorenzo retreated to create a chance.

Cristiano Ronaldo got the ball in front, reached the top of the penalty area, and almost scored with a long shot.

This kick directly demonstrated the powerful offensiveness of the "three centers" tactic.

Sneijder immediately changed from midfielder to midfielder and came back to participate in the defense of the three centers.

No. In the 19th minute, Sneijder made both defensive and offensive mistakes, and made a long pass in the backcourt in an attempt to connect with Van der Vaart.

Veloso, who was guarding against De Vaart, directly stuck Van der Vaart and pointed the football to his teammate with his head.

Don't forget, Veloso played as a central defender in the first half of the season!

Defense, confrontation, and positioning are all things he is very good at.

But his speed is not slow.

And Van der Vaart is good at everything, except that he is not fast enough.

Take it!

crush!

No. In the 204th minute, the Ajax player sent a through pass to Van der Vaart.

Veloso went straight to the body, and Van der Vaart fell to the ground and lost the ball in the confrontation, but the referee thought it was a normal confrontation and did not blow the whistle.

No. In the 30th minute, Deng Kai, who was in the midfield, made a flying tackle and intercepted a super long through pass by Sneijder in the backcourt.

Sneijder's long pass is really awesome.

But if you want to play through Sporting Lisbon in the backcourt, you will be treating Deng Kai as an idiot.

No. In 303 minutes, Van der Vaart was marked by Veloso, and it was difficult to have space to receive the ball.Even if he catches the ball, he just takes a turn and sends the ball out with one kick.

In order to avoid Veloso, he took the initiative to withdraw and respond.

However, this time he managed to catch the ball, and was brought down by Deng Kai who was catching up before he could turn around.

It is very important for the defender to lay down the player who catches the ball with his back and not give the opponent a chance to turn around.

Because once the opponent turns around, the difficulty of defense will increase countless times.

Whether it is Manchester City or Liverpool later, all strong teams have a characteristic, that is, they will not easily give the opponent the opportunity to turn around and hold the ball.

The referee blew his whistle and came over to warn Deng Kai.

He believes that the players of Sporting Lisbon have used fouls to block Van der Vaart's turn too many times. If it happens again, he will consider a yellow card.

Deng Kai said that he understood, but he turned his head and looked at Van der Vaart clearly saying: Next time you catch the ball, I will do it again!
Hey, just don't change it!Just for fun!
Watching this scene, Scholes, who was far away in Manchester United, couldn't help but sighed.

"How? Paul, are you tired?" Ferguson misunderstood Scholes' state.

The latter shook his head and said, "I just didn't expect to see this kind of desperate temperament in a 14-year-old child."

Ferguson frowned, obviously not understanding what he was talking about.

Scholes explained: "During this period, Van der Vaart's performance was greatly restricted. This Veloso's close marking made him very uncomfortable."

Ferguson said: "But Van der Vaart is constantly adapting. Veloso's defense against him is not as successful as it was at the beginning, and Deng Kai is needed to participate in the supplementary defense."

"Continue on like this. After van der Vaart fully adapts in the second half, he can continue to threaten Sporting Lisbon's goal. At that time, Sporting Lisbon will be completely defeated by him!"

Scholes smiled: "Van der Vaart thinks so too, but what if Veloso's purpose was never to restrict Van der Vaart?"

Everyone in Manchester United was stunned.

Not limit van der Vaart?

What is that for?
"I'll just say why this guy has so many tricks!" Black Wind Shuangsha reacted almost at the same time.

As strikers, they will also have such small moves.

When you have the ball, take the opportunity to elbow others a few times.

When you don't have the ball, bump into others more often.

Many centre-backs do the same.

The purpose is the same, that is... to consume the opponent's physical energy and to blow up the opponent's mentality.

But completing any one of the goals can help them solve their opponents.

"Veloso's main goal is to consume Van der Vaart's energy," Scholes said. "He has a lot of unnecessary movements, the purpose is to consume Van der Vaart."

"Although Van der Vaart's current running is not necessarily as much as in previous games, the quality is completely different. Look, Veloso is actively looking for confrontation again. When Van der Vaart pushed him, the blood vessels in his neck bulged. , which shows that he is very hard."

"Even to get rid of Veloso, van der Vaart was running more. And there were a lot of stops and changes of direction, which also took a lot of energy."

Manchester United central defender Stam frowned and said: "But what can you do if you consume Van der Vaart's stamina? They are already [-]-[-] behind. If the game ends with this score, Sporting Lisbon will also lose."

"It's impossible for them to wait until Van der Vaart has completely stopped before starting a counterattack, right?"

"It's unrealistic, at least seven or 10 minutes later."

"No team that was down two to zero dared to attack after seven or 10 minutes."

"Any goal on the court is hard-won. Many times, nine or 10 minutes may not be able to score a goal."

Scholes nodded: "Yeah, that's why I couldn't believe it before."

"It takes such a confident player, a player who trusts his own striker, to dare to do this!"

"Once he fails, in the eyes of others, his behavior is tantamount to giving up resistance in advance, and he will become the biggest culprit in losing."

"And... During the time that Van der Vaart was consuming, because he gave up the two sides to the opponent, and Sneijder still has an unrestricted passing ability, it is possible to concede the ball again."

"At that time, what should they do?"

"Do they still dare to persist? Once this attrition tactic is implemented, it is meaningless if it is not persisted to the end. It may not be meaningful if it persists..."

……

Scholes' prediction soon came true.

After Ajax's midfield organizer Sneijder was pushed to the backcourt, he could only connect with the frontcourt core Van der Vaart through a long pass.

But the ground pass is easily intercepted by Deng Kai.

The air pass will be intercepted by Veloso again.

Van der Vaart could not help the team in a short time.

In this case, Sneijder began to guide the team to attack from the side, making good use of the side corridor.

No. 304 minutes.

Ajax went down easily from the wing, and a cross almost created a threat.

No.306 minutes, Ajax made another cross, this time creating a corner kick.

And hit the post in the subsequent corner kick attack, almost rewriting the score.

No. In the 401st minute, Ronaldo, one of the three center forwards, retreated to respond, created a chance by relying on his own personal ability, and passed the ball to Marcelino.

After receiving the ball, Marcelino directly challenged the Ajax central defender, and once he succeeded, he would get a chance to shoot.

This is already the best offensive opportunity that Sporting Lisbon has obtained in recent times.

It's a pity that Marcelino is not strong enough, he failed to challenge the central defender and was confiscated by the opponent.

No. 403 minutes, Ronaldo retreated again to respond, and cooperated with Lorenzo to hit the wall continuously, bringing his weak passing ability to the extreme.

Ronaldo has indeed played a genius-level performance.

Even if it is not as amazing as van der Vaart, it intuitively surpasses ordinary players.

But the ordinary player Marcelino got another chance and his long shot was saved by the goalkeeper.

Marcelino held his head in disbelief.

The entire Sporting Lisbon is like a trapped animal.

Originally, there were few opportunities to attack, and finally had the opportunity to attack the goal. Because the three center forwards repeatedly retreated and sprinted, they lacked physical fitness and foot feel, and their shots either flew or were weak.

No. 404 minutes, Scholes expected the worst situation.

Sporting Lisbon's corner is blocked by Ajax.

After receiving the ball, Sneijder directed a long pass and accurately found Van der Vaart.

Veloso temporarily gave up the restriction on Van der Vaart because he wanted to participate in the corner kick attack.

After Van der Vaart faced two defenders after receiving the ball, he still used his powerful dribbling to complete consecutive dribbles and faced the goalkeeper.

Pilar strikes.

Facing Pilar, who was flaring his teeth and claws, Van der Vaart easily scored with a heart-warming shot and scored twice.

The master... is unstoppable!

(End of this chapter)