Chapter 752 In the locker room
While Chen Yu was drinking with his relatives and friends in his later years at home, Manchester United coach Ferguson was also drinking, but Chen Yu was drinking wedding wine, while Ferguson was drinking stuffy wine. The chapters were updated the fastest
Liverpool is not easy to play, and Liverpool is even harder to play this year. So far, Liverpool has been unbeaten at home and has won 15 consecutive league wins. Such a state can definitely be described as horror. Although Manchester United's strength is not worse than Liverpool, facing his opponent's hot state, even Ferguson, who has experienced strong storms, can't help but worry.
In addition to Liverpool's hot state, there is another headache for Ferguson, that is Liverpool's striker Chen Yu.
In a sense, there would be no Liverpool's 15 consecutive victories without Chen Yu, which is not an exaggeration. Liverpool's current 15 consecutive victories started with Chen Yu's comeback. In these fifteen games at Liverpool, Chen Yu has scored 20 goals in every game, scoring more than one goal per game, and is terriblely efficient.
If Chen Yu's performance cannot be restricted in the game against Liverpool, then Manchester United will never be able to escape unscathed on the road.
Manchester United's tactics in this game are very simple, which is to fight back against the defensively, win if you can win, and draw if you can't win. As long as you don't lose, it's fine. However, a giant team like Manchester United cannot play an iron barrel formation even at Liverpool's home court. Even if you win, you will definitely be ridiculed by British fans after the game. Defensive counterattack is already the limit that Ferguson can arrange.
Since it is impossible to set up the iron barrel formation, Ferguson must consider how to defend against the core players of his opponents and limit their performance. Stars like Gerald, Alonso, and Crouch are very familiar with both Ferguson and Manchester United players, and it is much easier for them to arrange defense. However, this is the first time Ferguson and his Manchester United have encountered Chen Yu today. Today can definitely be called an encounter. Even though Ferguson and his disciples have studied Chen Yu countless times in the video, it is still different in reality. What makes Ferguson even more trouble is that Chen Yu's position is not fixed. He can play forward, winger, front midfielder, and even more outrageous is that Chen Yu can also play guest midfielder and goalkeeper.
Of course, Chen Yu will definitely not play as a midfielder in this game. In this position, Liverpool has many choices, including Alonso, Gerrard, Sissoko, and Mascherano who came from the winter transfer. However, in the frontcourt, Chen Yu can be beaten and beat, so it is difficult to arrange a fixed player to defend Chen Yu.
After thinking about it, after drinking most of the red wine, Ferguson still couldn't figure out how Benitez would use Chen Yu. In the end, Ferguson decided to adopt a regional defense method against Chen Yu. Where did Chen Yu appear, the players at that position put the focus of the defense on Chen Yu. Although there was no way to make targeted defensive arrangements, at least this would not happen the worst situation of missing defense.
Ferguson is a very decisive person. He thought carefully before the game and thought about every detail carefully. Once he made a decision, he would never change it easily. After thinking about how to deal with Chen Yu, Ferguson put down his wine glass and went to bed with confidence.
The highlight of the 29th round of the Premier League is the red derby between Liverpool and Manchester United.
Before this, Liverpool had broken Arsenal's winning streak record and was in a strong momentum in Europe. Many senior football commentators and football celebrities believed that only Manchester United could interrupt Liverpool's winning streak. If Manchester United could not draw or win Liverpool at Anfield, perhaps Liverpool's horrific winning streak record will last until the end of the season, so Manchester United is likely to be reversed by Liverpool. After all, it is almost impossible for Manchester United to win the last 9 games under huge pressure.
Both Manchester United and Liverpool people also understand what this game means, and everyone plays it as the final.
The game was held at 8 pm, and Anfield Stadium was full at 7 o'clock, and there were many fans without tickets outside the court.
Some fans have been waiting for a long time but have not sold tickets for scalpers. Seeing that the game is about to begin, they are angry and have gone to find a place to watch the live broadcast. Some fans have been waiting in a daze, hoping that someone will come out to sell tickets so that they can experience the rare red derby in the past ten years.
In the locker room, Liverpool and Manchester United players also felt nervous, especially Liverpool. The Liverpool locker room was relatively relaxed and lively, but today, after warming up from the court, Liverpool players sat there very seriously, some closed their eyes to rest, while others packed up their sneakers, leg guards and other tools, but no one spoke.
Captain Gerald once took these guys to visit a gay club. His people were not as serious as they looked, but today he was silent. It was not that he didn't want to speak, but that he felt that he had nothing to say. He had to play with Manchester United at least twice a year. He had already finished what he should say. As for encouragement, does it still need to mobilize to play against Manchester United?
However, Gerald thought that Chen Yu was participating in the red derby for the first time today, so he stepped to Chen Yu, sat down, and patted Chen Yu's shoulders, who was resting with his eyes closed, "Hey! How do you feel when you first played Manchester United?"
Chen Yu said frankly: "Somewhat nervous, some excited, and some looking forward to it."
Gerald smiled and said, "It's the same as my first time playing Manchester United, but you'll soon get used to it."
Chen Yu said: "We are under greater pressure today."
Gerrard said: "This is certain, we are chasers, but Manchester United will not be easy, and they will be passive if they lose."
Chen Yu said: "It depends on who can perform his ability on the spot."
Gerald said: "Play well, it will definitely be hard today, we still need your goals."
Chen Yu said: "I think as long as I can win, it doesn't matter whether I score or not."
Gerald smiled and said, "You have a good mentality. If you can relax like this, I believe you will score even."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "I have no pressure. I scored 20 goals in 15 rounds. If I still have pressure, I would be too greedy."
The two were chatting, and head coach Benitez came back with a relaxed look on his face.
He also holds a Manchester United starting list. "I got the Manchester United starting list, which is not much different from what we guessed. Evra plays left-back, Scholes and Carrick plays midfielder, and Ronaldo and Giggs are separated. This is a very stable lineup. Ferguson wants to play a defensive counterattack, which puts higher requirements on our offense and defense. We will definitely not get so many opportunities, so our forwards must seize the opportunity, while our defense line must concentrate more and must not give Manchester United forwards the opportunity to sneak attack. This is a close-kick. From the past, the game between us depends on a small detail: a free kick, a corner kick or a player's skills."
Speaking of this, Benitez looked at Chen Yu, "Chen, your task today is very heavy. Judging from Ferguson's platoon, Evra will not have many opportunities to assist today. If you see you on the wing, Liverpool will definitely implement double-team defensive tactics on you, you must be careful."
Chen Yu nodded and said nothing, but his hands were clenched tightly into a fist.
Benitez continued: "Manchester United is under great pressure, and they know that this game is difficult for them. If they win, they will go further away from the championship and have more confidence in winning the championship. If we win, we are only three points away from Manchester United, and Manchester United will not make any mistakes in the next nine games. So for us, if we want to win the championship, we must win. Only by winning can we force Manchester United to make mistakes and we can turn over."
In the locker room of the away team, Ferguson also got Liverpool's starting lineup. Ferguson keenly discovered that Liverpool's forward line was a combination of Crouch, Kuyt and Chen Yu, and the midfield was Gerald, Alonso, and Sissoko, which made Ferguson feel relieved. Benitez did not make his plan and indeed a strong attacking formation. However, Ferguson was not worried. Crouch was okay to deal with some ordinary teams, and he was still a little thin to play against Manchester United. Under the clamping of Vidic and Ferdinand, he was likely to become a new attacking formation.
It became a poor sandwich, and Chen Yu was also among Ferguson's calculations as a winger, because Ferguson also understood the problem of his players. Evra was strong in offense and weak in defense, and Chen Yu would definitely use it to deal with him. However, Ferguson did not think that Evra could block Chen Yu alone. The helper he designed for Evra was C Ronaldo. At the critical moment, Scholes and Carrick would also make up for defense. In this way, no matter how awesome Chen Yu was, it would be difficult to make a difference on the wing. Even if he was allowed to pass a few good goals, Ferguson thought Crouch would be difficult to grasp.
When I was in a good mood, Ferguson, a super hair dryer, started to blow the players again.
Chapter completed!