"Manchester United's attack did not work. Instead, Parma used a counterattack to score a goal. This time was a bit too early. Sir Alex Ferguson did not expect it. Now let us see if Manchester United will produce some changes and let Manchester United win."
Come back to advantage.”
Looking at the Parma players celebrating on the court, Lineker couldn't help but speak. Less than 10 minutes into the game, Parma scored a goal. The goal was lost too quickly, and the impact was really bad, even
Ferguson can't sit still, it's really too bad. However, I also want him to see how the current Ferguson will change his formation to solve this problem.
But surprisingly, Ferguson has not made any arrangements.
If I let Hargreaves retreat, then I won't be able to suppress his backcourt. With this single change, they can completely activate a wing, thereby forcing Manchester United's three-headed monster's counterattack to change.
Kick like a crippled leg. And if I don’t let it
Greaves comes back, but let Carrick come back, and midfielder Yaya Toure will press Scholes, thus freeing Motta. The trouble is not small, and what is even more troublesome is that let
Carrick defends Arshavin alone, only if he is very clever would he consider this...
Ferguson stood on the edge of the court, unable to make up his mind what to do. He could clearly see the ball just now. The two defenders were maintaining parallel positions in order to maintain the formation. Their positions caused Milito's pressure.
They succeeded. After Arshavin got the ball, they were afraid of being surprised by Arshavin and did not dare to attack directly. They gave Arshavin a chance to pass the ball, and finally it turned out to be a good goal.
This is not their fault - Manchester United's usual tactics, harassing counter-attacks in front of the penalty area, are the tasks of the defensive midfielder. But in this game, Ferguson could not make up his mind, who should be the defensive midfielder, and how to play the main defense.
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The most important reason that makes it difficult for him to make changes is that his targeted weaknesses are what he has been pursuing - the parallel positioning of two defenders is one of the most basic things in English football. Ferguson insisted on it.
For so many years, he has wanted to make English football more continental, but now, on the football field, one of his most insistent principles has been so easily torn apart by Parma led by Li Bin, which is really hard for him to accept.
Manchester United's current situation is the result of his many years of management. From last season, he established the tactics of playing steadily in the backcourt and running freely in the frontcourt. This season, he sharpened Ronaldo, fully demonstrated his strength, and began to truly become a top team.
, Ferguson believed that Manchester United would be able to fight against any team they met, but he did not expect that the link where they were least prone to problems would be defeated by Parma first.
Parallel positioning of two defenders is the basis of English football. Ferguson has been working hard to bring English football close to the mainland level for so many years. But now, he found that after taking many steps, the foundation of English football is still so unfavorable.
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Therefore, he has not made any changes until now, but still allows Manchester United to insist on pressing. He conceded a goal less than ten minutes after the opening, which he can accept, but if he has walked away in recent years, it will be a blow to him.
It was too big. Ferguson didn't make any changes. He hoped to get one back and change the situation. At the same time, he also wanted to see how strong his team was.
The game between the two sides was still going on. Ferguson just called Scholes back in the midfield to give him a few words, asking him to pay attention to the appropriate fouls to interrupt the opponent's counterattack. So far, although Parma has scored a goal
However, Parma's defense has been in danger twice in a row. If this continues, even if Parma can seize some of Manchester United's problems, as long as Manchester United can interrupt Parma's counterattack in a timely manner, then who will lose and who will win?
It's still hard to say.
There is indeed nothing wrong with this idea. However, when the players from both sides met again in the midfield, Parma immediately began to attack Manchester United's midfield. Yaya Toure was in the middle of the midfield, doing what he did with Scholes.
Motta influenced Carrick from time to time, always forcing him to the right. Obviously, after scoring a goal and establishing a firm foothold, Parma's players no longer defended the backcourt, but
It was time to start a siege in the midfield.
Ferguson also quickly saw Parma's strategy: in the midfield, they wanted to press Scholes so that Scholes could not use his abilities in transition between offense and defense. They wanted to rely on this method to block
Manchester United's attack.
Manchester United's frontcourt attack relies on the raging three-headed monster, but in the process of this attack, there is another part that cannot be ignored, which is Scholes' precise dispatch as the central axis in the midfield position.
Although his point seems to be some side passes and rough flying tackles,
, coupled with the occasional cannon shot, it doesn’t look like much, but it can be said that it is the fulcrum of the entire frontcourt. Restricting this point can make Manchester United’s attack less smooth as a whole. This is Parma
When defending, it is a more important choice to make.
Limit the opponent's midfield playmakers instead of defending the backcourt - after Parma gained a foothold in the game, they began to plot to compete for control of the midfield.
This also made Lineker a little surprised. However, although he was surprised, he was not surprised at all. "The Parma team, in the game against Liverpool, once struggled with Liverpool's midfield.
.If they play midfield with Manchester United, it may be difficult for Manchester United to hold on..."
His worries are naturally not unreasonable. Although Manchester United's current midfielder is not weak, it is not a controlling team after all. If their opponents have technical advantages or good physical advantages, they will not be able to occupy the midfield. If so,
If Parma puts pressure on Manchester United's midfield, then Manchester United's strong attack may not last long.
But now Manchester United is still holding on. Although Scholes was watched to death, he immediately handed the ball to Carrick on the side, and Carrick passed the ball to Ronaldo in the frontcourt.
His long pass was lifted by the running Ronaldo with his left foot, and he followed it with a kick, trying to make a counterattack. However, Grosso was very close to him, and when Ronaldo took the ball away with one kick
, he was also in front of Ronaldo, stuck in position and ready.
Ronaldo moved his body twice, trying to circle the ball with his feet and kick the ball forward, but Grosso ignored him at all, just stood still and refused to move. At this time, De
Rong Ye had already rushed up from the side of Ronaldo. He stretched out his foot from the side of Ronaldo. While grabbing the ball, he turned around to protect the ball, pushed it with his butt, and knocked Ronaldo to the ground.
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"Cristiano Ronaldo's breakthrough was unsuccessful...Cristiano Ronaldo seems to have never performed particularly well when facing Italian defenders. Odo, Gianluca Zambrotta, and now Grosso are all very guarded against him.
Okay. Now we can see that Grosso is stuck in the front position and basically doesn’t eat.
Suddenly, Cannavaro blocked the passing line in the middle, preventing him from passing the ball out, while De Jong grabbed the ball from the side...The help defense system of Italian football caused a lot of damage to him
The pressure is on, I don’t know if he can break out and perform like he did just now.”
At this time, Ronaldo had also climbed up from the ground. He saw Parma's counterattack interrupted by Hargreaves, which did not pose any threat. However, he also heard Ferguson calling him from the sidelines,
Called him over.
"Use your strengths, don't be too impatient, you can play better!" After Ferguson called him over, he didn't say much about the tactical issues, but just told him that the way he played was wrong.
"My foot didn't feel right when I caught the ball. I couldn't break through in the first step. This is not my problem!" Ronaldo said dissatisfied.
"Overcome, no matter what, overcome this problem. Cristiano, you have to know that you are a genius and you can overcome the problem. This is the Champions League final. Only by overcoming the problem can you play better!"
Ronaldo nodded and ran back to the field, but behind him, Ferguson's confidence was getting less and less.
He saw how Parma limited United's attack.
Manchester United is not afraid that Scholes will be pestered. They also have Carrick as the second ball point. But compared to Scholes, Carrick's passing level is a bit worse. Ronaldo receives the ball, like it
What he wants is to receive the ball from behind directly in front of him, which allows him to directly launch a quick attack while receiving the ball. And when it comes to direction, he prefers to receive the ball in a wide range, and the ball comes from the left.
, he can directly use his right foot
Unload it and then launch an offensive. However, now that Scholes is entangled, Carrick cannot pass a beautiful through ball, and his position has been forced to the right, which makes his pass
, they are all overhead long passes launched directly from behind. Ronaldo does not receive the ball well. He will not be able to directly counterattack in the first step. Therefore, he will also fall into the siege of three players in the backcourt.
After that, the advantage cannot be used.
It's not that Ferguson couldn't see this problem, but he could see it, but he couldn't change the way he played.
When people watch football, they sometimes say that the system is very powerful. What is a system? To put it simply, when faced with the same problem, the first thought that goes deep into the players' bones is how to solve the problem. The same is true
Facing a strong defensive team, Manchester United's method is to move on a large scale and use super
He can use the 30-meter long ball to open up the opponent's defense and tear apart the defense. If Scholes is here, he will do this. If Giggs is here, he will have to do the same. If it is Manchester United in the future, Carrick will do the same.
Well, Rooney and Rooney all work like this. But if it were Barcelona, their passing would definitely be
Within meters, Xavi is like this, Iniesta is like this, and it is also like this when Messi is replaced. Long passes and parallel positions are also things that are deeply rooted in the bone marrow of Premier League teams.
But now, Parma told Ferguson a big problem with the essence of his tactics: long passes, as the essence of tactics, need to be supported by other abilities. Long passes are more difficult to stop than short passes.
Normally, few people pay attention to this, but now it is such a small problem. After being targeted and exploited by Parma, it has become a big problem for Manchester United.
The long ball as the main passing method is one of the important principles of Manchester United that Ferguson has always adhered to, but now, this has also become an important flaw that opponents can exploit. Eliminate the central axis players, and then use the auxiliary attack
The organizer exerted pressure so that he could not successfully complete the offensive. Ferguson understood this tactic very well, but this way of attacking the core idea of his team made it difficult for him to react.
His Manchester United, the most important offensive method and the most relied on defensive method, were all targeted by Parma, causing flaws. Manchester United lost its advantage on the scene, which was not enough to worry him, but the tactical damage
, but it made his face extremely ugly, and his thoughts became confused.
He didn't realize that this was the most important point in Parma's tactical arrangement - they were not targeting Ronaldo or Scholes. In Li Bin's eyes, the most important person in Manchester United was Ferguson. He wanted to use
Tactical arrangement, focusing on attacking Ferguson!