Football: Starting from the Ronaldo Template

Chapter 58 The Counterattack Begins Now!
  No one knows what Mourinho and Klopp said during the halftime break, but when the players from both teams returned to the green field, their eyes were faintly red.

At this time, Sir Alex Ferguson was chewing gum in the stands and his hands could not stop shaking slightly.

As a former top coach, he can naturally tell what the situation is like on the field and can even predict the trend of the next game.

"Mourinho will just set up a bus and take away the spirit of Manchester United -"

"To shut up!"

Just as Scholes was about to speak sarcastically, he was interrupted by Ferguson's angry scolding.

On such a critical occasion, not only did he not want to cheer for the club, he actually wanted to criticize Mourinho's tactics.

This is the spirit of Manchester United that has been lost.

Dalglish, who was looking at him from afar, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, thinking about what to say after the post-match interview to make his old rival angry to death.

At this time, the second half of the game has begun on the green field.

Liverpool continues to strengthen the exchange of positions between players and utilize personal skills to the extreme to create an advantage of advancement.

Manchester United could only keep retreating and adopt a 4-5-1 defensive formation, leaving only Lukaku in the frontcourt.

At the same time, the vast space in the midfield is given up, but the dense positioning in the backcourt is strengthened to ensure the effectiveness of the defensive end.

And let Mkhitaryan go forward to interfere with Liverpool's offensive organization and launch.

This resulted in the space inside and outside the penalty area being severely squeezed. Liverpool players were unable to get in no matter how flexible they were, and could only frequently make long shots and crosses.

Unfortunately, without a center, Liverpool's scoring efficiency is not high and cannot threaten Manchester United's goal.

In just a few dozen minutes, Liverpool had five more shots, but the quality was not very high.

Under such a situation, the voices of the fans of the two teams ebbed and flowed, and in the end only the cheers of the Liverpool fans were left.

Manchester United fans cursed the tactics, players and coaches with stinking faces.

In fact, most fans of wealthy clubs are very picky and always want this and that.

But it's completely understandable, after all, they support the club and cheer for the team day and night.

As time goes by.

The physical fitness of the players from both teams began to decline rapidly, and the intensity of Liverpool's frontcourt pressure gradually decreased.

The 64th minute of the game.

After Wijnaldum's long shot was blocked by Smalling, Matic controlled the second shot.

The latter faced the counter-attacks of Salah and Firmino, who were obviously unable to do what they wanted, and easily passed the ball out.

Manchester United's formation changed instantly.

The two wing-backs began to press forward, Mkhitaryan moved closer to the right, and Herrera moved forward simultaneously.

If you look at it from a God's perspective, they have a numerical balance on the right wing.

Several players cooperated and ran continuously in a small area, using Herrera as the pivot to carry out rapid counterattacks.

In the blink of an eye, they reached the thirty-meter area.

Chu Feng on the other side was also gritting his teeth and speeding up, forcing Wijnaldum and Gomez to defend themselves.

After several passes, Mkhitaryan's precise diagonal pass found Ashley Young on the wing, who directly kicked the ball in.

Faced with the close marking of Matip and Lovren, Lukaku could only barely grab a little bit.

But the quality of the header was too low and Mineola easily caught it.

to be frank.

If Liverpool's goalkeeper is replaced by Karius on the bench, maybe this goal can be scored.

Klopp on the sidelines suddenly hesitated. If he made a substitution now, it would mean shrinking the defense.

This is not in line with his philosophy.
  While he was immersed in his thoughts, the situation on the field suddenly changed dramatically.

Liverpool's frontcourt trident carried out the crazy running tactics for 65 minutes to the letter, and their physical reserves had already begun to run out. At this time, they were no longer able to form effective frontcourt pressure. Manchester United has been dormant for so long and finally showed its fangs.

Mourinho's level of on-the-spot adjustments is undoubtedly among the best in the world.

He identified the opponent's weak points and moved the overall formation forward.

At the same time, the previous right-side advancement mode was copied, changing from the original number of people to a numerical advantage, solving the problem of insufficient offensive forces.

"Ashley Young made a beautiful breakthrough, and the low ball was swept directly to the middle!"

"Lukaku shovel shot"

"Mignolet was very fast and used his feet to block this inevitable goal at the critical moment."

"It's not over yet, Mkhitaryan lobs the ball into the penalty area again!"

There was chaos in the penalty area. In fact, before Van Dijk joined Liverpool, their defense level was only average, not much better than Manchester United, or even worse.

Without the pressure from the frontcourt players, it will soon show its original shape.

For example, in the previous game against Manchester City, Guardiola used the midfielder tactics to break Liverpool's high pressure, and then scored 5 goals.

At this time, Lukaku got up on his hands and knees and squeezed in front of Matip and Lovren.

He jumped up like a green onion on dry land, and made a classic rhinoceros look back at the moon.

The football was suddenly lifted up, passed over Mignolet's glove, and finally fell into the goal.

Wow! ! !
  The away stands instantly erupted in enthusiastic cheers. Even if Manchester United fans are dissatisfied with the conservative tactics, they will not be stingy with applause after their own players score.

Lukaku, on the other hand, rushed towards the corner kick and did a handsome kneeling celebration.

The Manchester United players followed closely behind, sliding over one after another, with happy smiles on their faces.

Chu Feng is no exception.

Although the arrangement before the game is to defend and counterattack, no matter who is being pressed and rubbed in the penalty area, everyone will feel aggrieved.

He was playing more like a full-back, and now he finally started to counterattack.

Chu Feng silently encouraged himself in his heart.

I want to score a goal too!
  The Liverpool players not far away looked slightly disappointed, but this negative mood quickly dissipated.

This is the Double Red Club, and there is no time to waste on self-pity.

Listen to the cheers of tens of thousands of Liverpool fans in the stands. If you can score one goal, you can score two more, or three more.

They have full confidence in this.

Klopp punched the air in annoyance on the sidelines. He should not have hesitated at that time.

If substitutions continue to press the frontcourt, Manchester United will definitely not be able to form a numerical advantage on the flanks, let alone easily advance the formation into the attacking third.

Mourinho on the other side hugged Faria excitedly.

His previous adjustments were also dangerous moves. If the offense failed to achieve results, it was very likely that Liverpool would counterattack and break through the defense.

Now that the two teams are back on the same starting line, Klopp, who is playing at home, absolutely cannot accept a draw and his next substitutions will be more radical.

And this will be a great opportunity for Manchester United to take the lead.

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines raised the LED sign.

"In the 70th minute of the game, both sides made substitution adjustments."

"Liverpool replaced Salah with Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sturridge replaced Coutinho."

"Both are substitutions. It seems that Klopp is not willing to take only one point and wants to continue to maintain frontcourt pressure."

"And Manchester United replaced Mkhitaryan with Lingard to also strengthen the impact of the frontcourt."

"I think the next games will be even more exciting!"

(End of this chapter)