Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 976 Fighting Wits

Seeing the football fly into the goal, Ferguson slapped his thigh hard.It still happened!Let the hero score the goal and let Liverpool take the lead... The defensive strategy did not work... It used to work before, but how could Chen Yingxiong suddenly become a second striker?

Before he could think of a way, the opponent scored.

He doesn't have to think about it anymore, because what he should think about now is how to score a goal and equalize the score...

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Chen Yingxiong, who raised his right fist, was soon surrounded by excited teammates.

Everyone patted his body to express their excitement.

Fortunately, Chen Yingxiong has a strong body. If it were Suarez's small body, he would have been shot down long ago.

The game against Manchester United always makes Liverpool players excited and excited.There is no need to mobilize on such occasions, and now they are leading their rivals at home, that feeling is really the most wonderful in the world!
Gerrard hugged Chen Yingxiong and shouted loudly: "Let's pull them down! Pull them down!!"

The other teammates also roared along with him, and in the end, the goal celebration turned into a swearing-in meeting for Liverpool players...

Many people may still remember the leader of the Red Army in the year when he won the Champions League trophy for Liverpool. At that time, Gerrard was only 25 years old, in his prime, and in the golden years of a professional player.

They all forget that Gerrard, who was born in 1980, is actually 33 years old...

He has only played for one team in his career, which is rare in today's world football.

He has won the League Cup, the FA Cup, and the Champions League in his career, but he lacks a league title.

This championship was something he dreamed of.Without this, his life seems incomplete.

Ferguson once said that his greatest achievement was to bring "fucking Liverpool off the horse", so now for Gerrard, his ultimate pursuit is to bring down Manchester United.

They had hopes last season, but in the end they failed to achieve this goal.

Although this season has just begun, for Liverpool, the championship battle with Manchester United has already begun, and Liverpool must win this game anyway.As long as Manchester United can be defeated, for Liverpool, it is a symbolically very important victory.

Now that they had a good start, Gerrard took the opportunity to cheer everyone up.

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The Liverpool people were celebrating wildly, while the Manchester United players looked very disappointed.Now they are facing tremendous pressure, because everyone knows that the most important thing in this game is not to concede the ball first-Ferguson had repeatedly emphasized in order to strengthen everyone's understanding of this point.

As a result, the ball is lost now, what should I do?

Everyone is confused.

It is Manchester United coach Ferguson who should stand up at this time.

Just as the Liverpool people celebrated the goal, Ferguson got up from his seat and made his own decision.

Keep on defending!

It is of course good if you can not lose the ball, but if you accidentally lose the ball, then let this loss be limited to one ball.

Only one goal behind in the first half, he can still make adjustments at the halftime break, and fight hard in the second half.But if two goals are conceded in the first half, then this game will be difficult to play, and Manchester United may lose this game.

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Although it seems a bit spineless to continue to defend after losing the ball, but that is only a superficial view.Now that Liverpool is in full swing, running out to fight against Liverpool is courting death. That will only make you die faster, and there will never be any miracles.Only when the game is over ten minutes away, will he choose this desperate style of play.

A head coach can never lead a team well just by being full of blood and passion.An old coach like Ferguson will not be those young people who have just debuted.

He was right, and Ferguson's calm decision kept United from conceding goals until the end of the first half.

Finally, at the end of the first half, Liverpool temporarily led Manchester United by one goal at their home court.

This score made the second half full of suspense.It can be that Liverpool made persistent efforts in the second half to expand the score and finally seal the victory.It can also be that Manchester United launched a Jedi counterattack in the second half, turned defeat into victory, and staged a good show of reversal.

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During the mid-term break, Martin O'Neill praised Chen Yingxiong for taking the initiative to retreat and switch positions with Suarez, because it was this decision that allowed him to score a goal, which was very important.

But at the same time, he also has a problem that he doesn't understand, that is, it was good to do so. If he continues to play, maybe Liverpool can score another goal before the end of the first half.Why did the two switch back soon?

After Chen Yingxiong's goal, Martin O'Neill originally thought that the two of them would continue to do so, but just after kick-off, when Liverpool attacked, Martin O'Neill found that the positions of the two were exactly the same as before...

This surprised him greatly, and at the same time let Ferguson next door heaved a sigh of relief.

Chen Yingxiong and Suarez looked at each other when they heard the head coach's question.

In the end, Chen Yingxiong pointed to Suarez: "I promised him that he would return after scoring a goal, because he is not used to being in that position..."

Suarez also spread his hands: "Yes, boss. Put me at the top, I can't fight. I can't do anything except stand there."

"But then our offense will be very threatening..." O'Neal said.

"That's what you say, boss. But I'm uncomfortable playing, I need the football at my feet, not me waiting for the ball in front of the goal. Even if it helps the attack, I don't like to play like this." Suarez Frown and tell the truth.

Now there is such a choice in front of Martin O'Neill-sacrifice Suarez and let the team continue to score in the second half?Or take care of Suarez's ideas and let him play in the way he is used to?

As for the former, Liverpool has a greater advantage over Manchester United, which is a way to win.

The latter is a bit more difficult, and of course there is a chance of winning, but this chance is much smaller than the previous one, and it is a thorny road.

Which should he choose?

This is simply no need to think about it!
Martin O'Neill nodded: "Okay, then you and the hero will still be like this, and play in the way you are used to."

Suarez smiled: "Thank you boss!"

This question really does not require hesitation and consideration.Do whatever it takes to win, even if it hurts the feelings of the players inside the team. This is not Martin O'Neill's way of football.He believes that a good internal atmosphere is more important than a mere victory.Victory is of course what he pursues, but if he does something that hurts his own players for the sake of victory, he can't do it.

In his opinion, a good internal atmosphere is more important than victory.Because when your team has such an atmosphere, will there be fewer victories?
Just for the sake of victory, he sacrificed his own players, which led to the gradual formation of gaps within the team, and finally fell apart.How long can such a victory last?Can even that really lead to victory?
So this kind of multiple-choice question is particularly easy to calculate-I have a fighting team, and I am afraid that there will be no champion in the future?
Just look at the heartfelt smile on Suarez's face, it's proof!
Although the tactics I chose were more difficult, I got a Suarez who was determined to play for me. If this is really a deal, he has made the most cost-effective deal!

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In the Manchester United dressing room, Ferguson did not criticize the team for conceding goals, because this problem even he can't help, the fault is not the players.And the players quickly stabilized their position after the loss and defended Liverpool's offensive wave after wave. Just for such a performance, they should also be praised.

So Ferguson did not criticize the players, but praised the performance of the players.

After praising the team's performance in the first half, the key is how to break Liverpool's goal.

Ferguson has been prepared for this aspect.In fact, the main impact of conceding a goal on him is that the team's offensive pressure will be greater-it may be enough to score one goal in the second half without conceding a goal, but now it must be at least two goals.

The problem for Liverpool is that the centre-back combination is all tall centre-backs.The two central defenders Skrtel and Agger are both big men with a height of more than 1.9 meters. For such a tall man, the turning speed must be slow.

So just pass the ball behind more.

Rooney has speed, body, and impact. He is a very comprehensive center forward.He was cruising near the Liverpool defense, while the Manchester United midfielder was responsible for passing the ball through and creating opportunities for Rooney.As long as there is one success, Rooney may be able to equalize the score for the team, and if there are two successes, it will turn defeat into victory.

So Manchester United's tactical tone in the second half was... defensive counterattack.A counterattack element was added to the pure defense in the first half.Give full play to the characteristics of Carrick's long pass accuracy, pass the football directly to Rooney's feet or a little in front, so that Rooney can rush up the speed.

As for whether Liverpool will shrink their defense after leading by one goal, so as not to give Manchester United a chance to counterattack, Ferguson thinks there is no need to worry.where is thisAnfield!This is Liverpool's home court. Facing the deadly enemy, can the Liverpool people accept that their team will hold on to their home court early because of a goal lead?That would be too ugly.

And take a step back... Even if Liverpool really chooses to stick to it, keep this one-goal lead, and finally beat Manchester United 1-0 at home.Then Ferguson has nothing to be angry or worried about, because this result and process shows that Martin O'Neill's Liverpool still don't have the confidence to confront him head-on, and they have to choose such a conservative tactic at home to win us Manchester United. What capital and strength does the team have to compete with us for the championship?This defeat was just an accident, and it had no impact on Manchester United. At the end of the season, Manchester United was still the champion, while Liverpool was at best the runner-up of last season.

Ferguson doesn't care what Liverpool's final ranking is, as long as Manchester United is always better than them.

(End of this chapter)