Manchester United's game will be much easier after leading, and this is their home court.

Panasinaikos was mentally prepared for fighting at Old Trafford and was a little reluctant to let go, as if he had been knocked out of his soul.

It may be a bit exaggerating to say this, but Panasinaikos did not reorganize after conceding the ball, and it is also true that he still couldn't find his form.

Shum no longer sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. After he was shocked by the loss of the ball, he jumped up from the coach's seat. He never went back. He stood on the sidelines and stared at the center of the court anxiously, paying close attention to the changes in the game situation.

He kept calling out the names of the players on the field, reminding them to pay attention to defense, let the line recover and recycle it a little more. He compressed the space for Manchester United players to move, and threw the midfielders into the defense in the penalty area, so as to avoid the disadvantage in numbers and ensure that each Manchester United player has two Panasinaikos players around.

He can only do this now.

Counterattack? Don’t think about it first. Don’t say that Manchester United’s strength is much stronger than Panasinaikos. In addition, after Manchester United led, they were in full swing with the almost crazy voices of home court, while Panasinaikos was in a low momentum. With one increase and the other decline, if Panasinaikos pressed out to attack, they would probably be seized by Manchester United to fight back. As he has studied, Manchester United’s counterattack was also very sharp.

Shum knew very well that a wealthy club like Manchester United had many star players. These super-strong players would be extremely sharp to fight back.

In fact, the same is true. On this planet, the most good at counterattacks are those giant teams.

If you are conceiving a goal, you will basically have some thoughts about this game.

So now the team's goal is to maintain this score at the end of the first half. Of course, if there is really a good chance, he doesn't mind equalizing the score before the end of the first half.

Panasinaikos' defensive strategy to compress space does cause some trouble for Manchester United.

But it doesn’t matter. Manchester United just happens to have a way to break this intensive defense, that is, excellent personal skills, tacit cooperation, and unreasonable power!

Excellent personal skills, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Giggs, etc. As for tacit cooperation, although the team has joined many new members, it is not a problem after two months of running-in.

As for the unreasonable power, it is quite special. It only belongs to one person - Drogba.

"Didier, Didier, Didier - E!! Long shot! Beautiful! Nicopolidis saved very reluctantly, he might have planned to hug him directly..."

Panasinaicos goalkeeper Antonios Nicopolidis did plan to hold the football directly when Drogba took a long shot, but when the football flew over, his intuition strongly told him - play it out! Play out!

So he changed his posture in a hurry, from holding the ball to attacking with both fists!

The football was directly knocked out of the sideline by him, and the corner kick was not given, which attracted praise from the Greek commentator.

But after Nicopolidis got up from the ground, he shook his hand hard - the football hit his hand, which brought a shock far beyond his imagination to his wrist, and it was extremely painful.

This is the first time Nicopolidis has fought with Drogba. All his previous knowledge of Drogba comes from some textual materials and videos.

But as a goalkeeper, you still have to get first-hand information. Of course, you need to use your own body to personally feel the power of the other party!

The conclusion of the feeling is - such a powerful force!

Although Panasinaikos shrinks the defense, it still makes them feel very difficult to defend. Because Ferguson then made adjustments - do you want to create an advantage in numbers in some areas by shrinking the defense? Then I will follow up! He waved his hand. The Manchester United Front premise is to support the front line, so that the number of players will be even.

What if Panathinaikos strikes back? That's what Keane and Ronaldinho are responsible for.

It looks a bit crazy and has a lot of risks. If Keane and Ronaldinho cannot stop it, the opponent's counterattack can directly face the back line or even the goalkeeper.

But this is the style of Ferguson and Manchester United. In the game, you have to take some risks. If you don’t dare to take such risks at your home court, you might as well be a turtle forever.

To win, you have to push up and attack!

And this is not a rash pressure. Ferguson saw that Panathinaikos was in poor condition. They seemed to be frightened by the huge booing and shouting at Old Trafford Stadium. This is Manchester United's opportunity, which must be seized and then used, and completely beat the opponent to death without mercy!

"Press up!Press up!" The old man in his sixties shouted passionately on the sidelines.

Ronaldinho and Keane were almost pressing against each other's 30-meter line, and what about Panasinaikos? Except for one striker, almost all of them retreated just to survive the dozens of minutes of the first half.

Drogba did not always stand in the innermost part of the penalty area - it was full of people there, and he couldn't get any chance if he couldn't get out of it. His teammates couldn't even pass the ball, so he retreated. His partners Van Nie and Van Persie were more flexible, and the three of them kept crossing positions, covering each other, and making balls with each other. In this way, it made it very difficult for Panasinaikos to defend.

Although Drogba does not have as outstanding skills as Van Ni and Van Persie, he has strong power. In the penalty area, his power is better than his skills.

Look at this ball: After Van Persie broke through, he passed the ball to Drogba. Drogba stepped on the football with his feet. The opponent's defender Gumas originally wanted to rush up to intercept the ball, but Drogba stuck out his butt and blocked the Greeks behind him. He followed him and shot, but he still missed the shot under the interference of Gizakos.

Although the football did not enter the goal, it showed the important role of Drogba, a tall center, in the penalty area. If such a center who can't even hit the ball, if he gets the ball in the penalty area, what else can he do besides letting him shoot or foul him?

If Drogba didn't kick the football this time, it doesn't mean he won't play it next time. If he didn't score a goal next time, it doesn't mean he won't score every time.

If he always asks him to do this, he will always find a goal.

However, Panasinaikos has no choice but to stop Manchester United from scoring again. One goal is behind in the second half, and two goals are still at home, so they can't play in this game.

Panasinaikos was unwilling to let Manchester United score another goal, so Manchester United insisted on leading two goals.

Ronaldinho suddenly made a cold arrow outside the penalty area, and Nicopolidis saved the ball beautifully and gave Manchester United a corner kick.

Manchester United's two tall central defenders Ferdinand and Vidic rushed to the front from the backcourt to compete for the corner kick.

Today, Manchester United is on the court with many people, eleven people, and all of them are over 1.8 meters tall. Therefore, when the corner kick is taken, it is definitely the most dangerous time for Panasinaikos.

Except for captain Keane and goalkeeper Van der Sar, and Giggs who went to serve corner kicks, the rest of Drogba, van Persie, Van Ny, Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho and others were in the penalty area. Ronaldinho was at the front point, but he was just a pretender. He has never been a scoring point in Manchester United's corner kick tactics.

Brown and Fanny were at the front, approaching the goal, and Drogba was on the penalty area line. He lowered his head and did not raise his hands, looking very low-key.

But everyone knows that he will always be the most important person in Manchester United's corner tactics, because his header is so powerful!

Nicopolidis also pointed at Drogba and shouted: "Be careful! Pay attention to their number nine! Don't let him rush in!"

Drogba couldn't understand English, but he didn't need to understand it at this time. He rolled his eyes. He was so low-key, don't hold on to me and don't let go...

But he didn't retreat and stood there. Hearing the goalkeeper's words, Kilzakos immediately threw Kerchon down and ran to defend Drogba. As the only person in Panathinaikos team who can get closest to the opponent in terms of weight and height, how could he not stand up? Shum's evaluation of Drogba's header was: "No matter how far he is, he can't hit the ball without any interference!"

Drogba didn't even look at Kilzakos, he just stared at Giggs who ran to the free throw.

Van Persie stood at the front point, as if he was going to head the ball from the front and rub it. He was 1.86 meters tall and his heading skills were barely enough.

But this is just a cover. When Giggs stood in the corner flag area and raised his arms, Van Persie suddenly ran straight towards Giggs!

This is what it means to play tactical corner kicks!

Panasinaikos' defensive players did not dare to neglect them, and Angelos Basinas, who was guarding the front point, followed behind Van Persie's butt and chased after him.

At this moment, Giggs kicked the football out with one kick!

It wasn't a rolling ball against the grass, and of course it wasn't for Van Persie. The football drew an arc and flew directly to the goal!

Almost at the same time, Drogba, who was originally standing on the penalty area line, leaned back and flicked, and Kirzakos, who had been staring at him, was stunned.

Immediately afterwards, Drogba rushed out like an arrow and went straight to the front point!

No one could have thought that Drogba was waiting in the penalty area to rush to the goal to compete for the top when serving, but to grab the front point!

Nicopolidis and other Panasinaikos players all focused on the middle, but Drogba slapped the front line and hit the front point with a diagonal line!
Chapter completed!