Chapter 80 Manchester United's three lines of defense (guarantee
Ji Ming's breakthrough in the middle was sudden and very fast.!
Under such circumstances, Manchester United's response can be considered very fast.
Three lines of defense were quickly organized.
Defend and intercept Ji Ming in the midfield, backcourt and front of the penalty area respectively.
Being able to perform like this in a hasty response to the challenge when the incident happened suddenly can already illustrate Mourinho's level - this team is his team, and the defense is naturally trained by him.
But even so, Manchester United's three lines of defense were not much different from three layers of window paper in front of Ji Ming.
The first line of defense was the two Manchester United players who had just broken through after Ji Ming. They allowed Ji Ming to use his unique footwork to break through.
The second line of defense is the Manchester United players who come up to hold off Ji Ming.
As a result, Ji Ming used a very simple fake move to get past him.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Ming had already approached Manchester United's third line of defense with the ball!
If this third line of defense is broken through again, Ji Ming can directly face Manchester United's goalkeeper!
Huge cheers rang out over the Wanda Stadium.
In fact, the cheers had already started when Ji Ming started to break through. As Ji Ming started to break through, the sound became louder and louder, like thunder, rolling over the Wanda Stadium, like thousands of troops galloping.
The sound of hooves and footsteps.
At this time, even the commentator had to roar hysterically when explaining the game to ensure that his commentating voice would not be drowned out by the sound of the scene!
"Ji Ming——! Ji Ming! He broke through the defense of four Manchester United players in one breath! It's amazing!"
"Ji! His straight-line breakthrough is so sharp that Manchester United's defense is not worth mentioning in front of him!"
"Ji! Ji! Ji! Ji——! Facing Manchester United's shaky defense, can he break them in one breath!?"
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The fans' shouts lit up the air in the stadium, and it felt like their lungs were burning just by breathing.
This high temperature can even make your blood boil!
But under such circumstances, Ji Ming remained completely calm while dribbling the ball.
He did not concentrate on dribbling the ball, but kept observing the situation while dribbling. He turned his head left and right to locate Manchester United's defensive players, locate his teammates, and still look for openings.
Some players like to dribble the ball as a way to show off their abilities. They always dribble the ball on the court until they can no longer carry it.
For people like this, once the football is passed to their feet, don't even think about passing it out again.
But Ji Ming is not this kind of person.
Although he has speed, technique and ability, he clearly knows that he is a midfield organizer.
He cannot show off his dribbling ability anytime and anywhere.
This is also the reason why he is not allowed to play as a winger even though he has so many advantages and is always victorious - in fact, according to his characteristics, it would be more suitable for him to play as a winger.
Chang Sheng saw that Ji Ming's calmness and brains were beyond those of his peers, and believed that placing him as a winger would be a waste of Ji Ming's talent.
So from the beginning, he was fixed in the midfield, and in the middle.
Therefore, Ji Ming will never keep immersed in dribbling the ball until he can no longer carry it.
Even if his breakthrough situation is very good now, in his mind, he has prepared at least three plans for this attack.
The first is that he dribbles the ball into Manchester United's penalty area.
Second, he passes the ball to his teammates.
The third type is that he himself takes a long shot now!
He wanted to see which method was best.
Generally speaking, if his breakthrough can disrupt the opponent's defense and create space near the front edge of the penalty area, he tends to pass the ball to his teammates.
He is not the kind of player who likes to score goals. He prefers the feeling of passing and assisting than shooting.
Perhaps it is because he believes that it is more difficult and more challenging to accurately deliver the football to his teammates' feet so that he can easily score than to score the goal himself.
So his first choice is basically passing the ball.
But if there really isn't a good passing opportunity, he won't force the ball and knows how to adapt.
Whether it is a long shot or a breakthrough by himself, it all depends on the situation on the spot, not his preference.
Gotze appeared in his field of vision, but the position was a bit off.
Cavani was in front of him, but he was a little impatient and ran a second early and happened to be in an offside position.
He noticed it himself, so he retreated. At this time, there was no way to pass the football to him.
By the time he retreated and passed the ball, it was too late. Two consecutive sprints back and forth were too difficult for a thirty-five-year-old veteran.
This is not a good choice.
What about Messi? It happened to be blocked by the opponent's player, and it was impossible to pass it to him.
Can you wait a little longer?
Obviously not.
The game situation was changing rapidly. He was already very close to the opponent's last line of defense, and after that was the goalkeeper.
It is absolutely impossible for Manchester United to leave him alone.
The Manchester United players he had broken through before were quickly chasing after him, forming a trap around him.
He didn't have time to wait any longer.
He must make a choice immediately.
The passing plan was quickly rejected by Ji Ming.
However, when Ji Ming was about to reach the top of the free throw arc, he swung his right foot.!
This is a stance for a long shot!
As a Lazio midfielder, whether you are responsible for defense or organizing offense, your long-range shooting ability is standard.
So Ji Ming also has it.
Manchester United also knows Lazio players very well, and they have carefully studied the characteristics of each Lazio player.
Ji Ming's long-range shot was marked by Mourinho as requiring "special attention".
Generally, Mourinho divides the threat of opposing players into four levels: "not a concern", "attention", "special attention" and "serious threat".
Ji Ming's threat level on long shots is "Special Attention", which is the second highest threat level.
It's pretty awesome.
In other words, as long as he wants to shoot from a long distance, someone must immediately come up to defend and block his shot.
Manchester United's defensive midfielder Nacho is responsible for doing this - he cannot let the central defender go up, which will create a hole in the defense and give the opponent a chance to pass the ball.
It can also prevent his breakthrough. Even if Nacho is broken through, there will still be one or two central defenders behind him, so the opponent will not be able to penetrate him with just one poke.
Manchester United's defense is indeed very good. Even this last line of defense can be divided into two lines of defense to form a depth.
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If anyone thought that Ji Ming's waving of his feet like a long shot was a fake move and that he would soon receive a breakthrough, then he was wrong.
After Ji Ming swung his foot down, he didn't shoot or move the ball. Instead, he went around the front of the football, making a fake move of riding a bicycle.
This fake move did not fool Nacho.
It seems to have failed.
But in Ji Ming's view, his goal has been achieved - his fake long shot was not to break through Manchester United's last line of defense, but to test how Manchester United would deal with him.
Sure enough, he got it right after he tried it.
Manchester United still has something up its sleeve!
If he had just broken through directly, he would have probably been destroyed by the Manchester United central defender ambushing behind him!
Now, he has a plan.
He is not too close to the two Manchester United players - if he is too close, Ji Ming will break through in one breath, and there will be no defensive depth to speak of.
So there must be a distance between them.
It was probably Manchester United midfielder Nacho who rushed outside the penalty arc and Manchester United's two central defenders were near the penalty spot.
Is this distance enough for him to get away from two people?
Ji Ming has such confidence!
I saw him suddenly stop while dribbling the ball.
This change of pace was beyond the expectations of the Manchester United players.
Because he had always sprinted all the way, especially when he broke through Manchester United's second line of defense, he changed directions and accelerated, that was so fast!
But no one expected that he would suddenly stop suddenly.
After this emergency stop, Ji Ming immediately moved again, but instead of starting, he kicked the ball with his feet!
A long-range shot, but what came out was a gently curved ball!
The football is not high, it is not an overhead kick.
Instead, it was a half-high ball that flew past Nacho.
Because it is in the opposite direction to Nacho's center of gravity, even if Nacho sees the ball, there is absolutely nothing he can do to stop it.
His only question is - what is Ji Ming doing with such a ball? Are there any Lazio players behind him?
What he just paid attention to, he didn't catch it from the corner of his eye!
And behind him are his teammates.
Did Ji Ming make a mistake in kicking the ball?
He wanted to hit an overhead kick, but then the kick was flawed?
Or was he trying to pass the ball to other defenses, but made a mistake?
Anyway, Nacho didn't think Lazio's attack could continue.
So he breathed a sigh of relief that his mission was completed...
Therefore, he did not reach out to stop Ji Ming who was running past him.
At this moment, he heard the cheers from the stands suddenly increase in volume.
In fact, those Lazio fans had been cheering before.
But if Lazio's attack ends, there should be no cheers, and the cheers will be even louder... What's going on?
A very bad thought suddenly came to Nacho's mind.
So he turned his head sharply!
In his field of vision, he saw Lazio's No. 22 Ji Ming tilting his body and raising his right leg to pick up the football again!
In front of him was Manchester United center back Jonathan.
Evans!
He jumped up and stretched his neck as much as possible, trying to hit the football in the air. At the same time, he waved his arms. Did he think he was a goalkeeper at this moment? Still wanted to block the football with his hands? What if he really
If you do this, then it must be a red card plus a penalty kick... There is no worse result than this!
His actions look a bit funny, like a turtle...
But now Nacho doesn't think his teammates are funny at all.