Football: Starting from the Ronaldo Template

Chapter 180 The second leg of the Champions League at Old Trafford!

4 month 12 day.

Old Trafford is once again surrounded by tens of thousands of fans, where the second leg of the 2017-18 Champions League quarter-finals will be held today.

In the last round of the Premier League, Manchester United narrowly defeated the relegated team West Brom 1-0, which made many outside fans not optimistic about Manchester United's promotion situation, including many Manchester United fans.

At 22: local time, players from both sides completed their pre-match warm-up and returned to the locker room to make final preparations.

The atmosphere in the Manchester United dressing room was slightly depressing, although they were only one goal behind in the first round and had an away goal.

But when it came time for the decisive battle, they were still inevitably a little nervous.

Ibrahimovic leaned against the locker door. Today he replaced Lukaku as the starting center for this game.

Looking back on his career in the Champions League, whether in Barcelona, ​​AC Milan or Paris, he has never entered the Champions League final.

If you say you don't want to win the Champions League, it's definitely a lie.

As a professional football player, no one can ignore the existence of the Champions League, and he is certainly no exception.

Ibrahimovic rubbed his thigh vigorously. Although the torn anterior cruciate ligament recovered quickly, it still left sequelae.

If it weren't for Mourinho's strong retention, maybe he would have left Manchester United last season and went to the Los Angeles Galaxy to retire.

But now he doesn't think so

"Okay, everyone, look at me." Mourinho clapped his hands, attracted the attention of the Manchester United players and continued: "Bayern should grab the start. You must not retreat at this time, and you must withstand the midfield."

"The focus of defense is still on the right side. Rashford, you have to drop back as much as possible to participate in the defense, and Antonio will help defend Ribery. At the same time, pay attention to the forward penetration of Bayern's full-back."

Rashford nodded.

He is obviously a left winger, but he is placed on the right wing and needs to do some dirty work.

If he was still the same person as before, I'm afraid he would be a little uncomfortable, but after sitting on the bench for so long and witnessing the rise of good friends, the sense of superiority in his heart has long since dissipated.

Now he just wants to complete the task of head coach and return to Manchester United's starting lineup.

"In terms of offense, we followed our pre-match arrangement. On the right side of the midfield, Pogba moves forward. Ibrahimovic and Rashford pull the Bayern defense, allowing Pogba to transfer the ball, and Chu is on the left. road to launching an actual offensive."

"If the attack on the left wing is not improving, then the direction must be changed as soon as possible."

"Due to Alaba's injury, their defensive strength on the left is limited. With Rashford, you can complete the matchup and try to bring the ball into the penalty area to create chaos."

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Mourinho pointed to the arrow on the tactical board.

The Manchester United coaching staff studied for a long time before the game and finally came up with tactics for Bayern's left attack.

That is to attack the left while imagining the left and actually attacking the right.

Use Pogba's personal ability to complete the advancement and complete the series with Rashford.

Once Bayern's defensive formation is attracted to shift, the ball is immediately handed to Pogba, completing a large-scale transfer again.

Mourinho took the trouble to repeat it several times, and it can be seen from here that the "madman" is also a little nervous.

After all, this is a crucial game.

In fact, he did not expect Manchester United to achieve such results at the beginning of the season, ranking first in the league standings and entering the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Perhaps it all starts with the youth team training that I observed.

A powerful explosive winger actually promoted the improvement of Manchester United's overall strength, and his own tactics were also maximized.

Mourinho was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Today we have no other choice. We can only advance by scoring goals."

"Don't be afraid of failure, go out there and prove yourself!"

"Let's go!"

After Mourinho finished speaking, he turned around and opened the door. Noisy sounds instantly flooded into the locker room. Chu Feng adjusted the position of the shin guards again, took a deep breath and stood up suddenly.

He could feel the tremendous pressure coming his way.

That is the expectation of tens of thousands of fans and also their own desire for the Champions League.

Regardless of whether he can win the championship or not, at least he does not hope and is unwilling to lose to Bayern.

But Heynckes has experienced the last game and will definitely make more targeted arrangements for him.

As one of the top clubs in the five major leagues, Bayern's players are definitely not idlers, and everyone's strength cannot be underestimated.

Can he still open up the situation on the offensive end?

Chu Feng didn't even think about the answer to this question and followed his teammates out of the locker room.

The players from the two teams didn't have much communication, including the "chatty" Muller, because everyone knew that they were going to fight to the death today.

Fortunately, the referee did not keep them waiting too long. When the exciting Champions League theme song played, the referee team led the players out of the green field.

Old Trafford suddenly erupted in deafening cheers.

The next second, hundreds of spotlights were turned on at once, emitting a dazzling light that illuminated the entire stadium as if it were daytime.

For Manchester United, this is the Theater of Dreams.

For the enemy, this is a theater of nightmares.

In the opening coin toss, Muller guessed the direction of the coin again and still chose the right to kick off.

Everything seems to be going according to plan.

"Good evening, viewers! What we are broadcasting now is the 2017-18 Champions League quarter-finals!"

"Manchester United vs Bayern at home!"

"Bayern 2-1 Manchester United in the first round and won with two wonderful goals, but Manchester United also got a precious away goal with Chu Feng's excellent performance."

"Today, the two teams are bound to be at odds in order to compete for promotion spots!"

"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams first. Manchester United still has a 4-2-3-1 formation."

"There have been major changes in the frontcourt players. Ibrahimovic replaced Lukaku and Rashford replaced Mata, which greatly increased the mobility of the frontcourt."

"Ibrahimovic also has certain organizational skills and can replace Mata to a certain extent."

"Under the cover of Ibrahimovic, Xiao Chu has plenty of room to play and can frequently attack Bayern's defense."

"Mourinho's tactical arrangements look very good, but I don't know if they can have the desired effect in the game."

"Bayern deployed a 4-3-3 formation."

"It seems that Heynckes's post-match interview about targeting Chu Feng was not a smokescreen. It can be clearly seen from Vidal's appearance."

"This Chilean player is the world's top defensive midfielder. He has outstanding interception ability and a very tough style of play. He can often put a lot of pressure on opposing players."

"But I don't know why Heynckes put James Rodriguez on the bench because of his outstanding performance?"

Zhan Jun looked to the side in confusion.

Zhang Lu quickly picked up the topic, "Because Ronaldo's defensive ability is limited, and Bayern's early tactics should be defensive. It should be replaced when Manchester United's offense is tired to have the final say."

"Director Zhang's analysis is very reasonable."

Zhan Jun gave a thumbs up and then looked at the screen.

(End of this chapter)