champion light

Chapter 864 Transposition
"...Manchester City fell behind in the first half, but in the end they equalized the score and entered a super zero-angle world wave..." When Wenger walked out of the dressing room, his assistant coach Rice quickly followed him, and then reported to him about the situation of another game, which Wenger was very concerned about, the match between Manchester United and Manchester City.

"The score can't explain the problem, the key is the process." Wenger said.

He actually said this to himself.

Because now in terms of the score, Arsenal, who are playing at home, are also behind.

But on the scene, it was Arsenal who had the upper hand.

Wenger is cheering himself up.

So what if you fall behind?
As long as we continue to take the initiative in the game, sooner or later we will equalize the score, and then take advantage of the situation to reverse and win!
"From the point of view of the scene, Manchester United had the upper hand... Rong was forced to the wing by the Manchester United team, and the threat was greatly reduced... After Rong's goal to equalize the score, Manchester City launched a fierce offensive afterwards, hoping to complete the lead before the end of the first half. But they failed. Their offense did not improve. Rong's goal was also lucky to score..."

Rice briefly described the situation in the first half.

Wenger nodded.

At this time, he still believed in Manchester United. It was Manchester United's home ground, and it was such an important city derby. How could that old fox of Ferguson let his team lose such an important game?
As long as Manchester United can beat Manchester City, the pressure on Arsenal will be much less.

Even if Arsenal failed to beat Chelsea in the end, they just equalized the score.The difference between the two sides can also be widened to three points.

Even if Arsenal lose to Manchester United in the next round of the league, they will still be on the same points as Manchester City. In the last round of the league, if both sides win, they will still be on the same points.

According to the rules of the Premier League, when the two teams have the same points, the goal difference is compared first.

As of the No.30 fifth round of the league, Arsenal scored 63 goals in the league, conceded 32 goals, and had a goal difference of 31.

Manchester City scored 64 goals, conceded 42 goals, and scored 22 goals.Arsenal's goal difference is nine more than Manchester City's.

As long as Arsenal will not lose to Chelsea by a big margin in this game, and will not lose to Manchester United by a large margin in the next round of the league, in the case of a tie, Arsenal can step on the corpse of Manchester City and break into next season's Champions League qualifying round just by relying on goal difference.

But first of all, Arsenal must not lose this game, at least it must be a draw.

Now that Arsenal have the upper hand, Wenger believes that a draw at his home court should not be a problem.

And if Manchester United beat Manchester City at home, it will also have a great impact on the next direct dialogue between the two sides.After Manchester United won the derby in the same city, they continued to lead Liverpool by six points in points. With only two rounds left in the league, the six-point point advantage can basically allow Manchester United to lock in the league championship.

So they may not be so desperate in the game against Arsenal, anyway, they will definitely not be as desperate as this city derby.

In this way, Arsenal may still have a chance to beat Manchester United away.

Or worse, a draw with Manchester United.

With Manchester United leading Liverpool by four points, they can win the championship after losing to Bolton in the last round.

So Manchester United probably doesn't care whether they win or draw against Arsenal.

But this is much better for Arsenal.

If Arsenal can beat Manchester United, they can lock in the Champions League places, and they can lock in a tie.

There is absolutely nothing to worry about.

In his own mind, Wenger has analyzed all the possibilities and the situations that these possibilities correspond to.

In any case, Arsenal have a greater chance than Manchester City.

After all, Arsenal are now leading by two points, not Manchester City.

Unless Arsenal lose this game and Manchester City wins the city derby, that is the worst result.

But ... how could Ferguson allow Benitez to swagger on his turf?

Wenger and Ferguson have been fighting in the Premier League for 13 years. Based on his understanding of Ferguson, he firmly believes that Ferguson will definitely win this city derby.

Manchester City has no reason to win at all!

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In such an important game, the 15-minute intermission often seems extremely long, making the waiting fans wish that the second half of the game will start in a second.

So when the players from both sides reappeared on the turf of the Old Trafford stadium, the fans in the stands cheered-the second half of the game is finally about to start!

What will be the final result of this important game involving several teams?

When the referee blew the whistle to start the second half, Manchester City kicked off and attacked Manchester United's goal.

This time they didn't try to create opportunities in the middle, they directly distributed the football to the side.

Football fell to the feet of glory.

At the beginning of the second half, Rongguang and Robinho switched positions. He changed to the right to deal with Evra, while Rongguang went to the left to deal with the young Rafael.

The change made Ferguson frown.

If you only talk about the level of players on Manchester United's two wings, Evra must be above Rafael.The young Brazilian full-back Rafael is not as stable as Evra in defense because of his lack of experience.However, in many cases, he can rely on his excellent physical fitness to make up for the lack of personal experience, which is also the benefit of being young.

Rafael's physical fitness still has some advantages over Robinho, so when Robinho was here in the first half, he really didn't have a good chance to face Rafael's stalking.

But Raphael is not a particularly strong full-back, nor is he particularly fast.His physical quality may still have an advantage in front of Robinho, but once Glory stands in front of him... the situation will be different.

Raphael himself didn't even think that what he had to defend in the second half was Glory...

You must know that Robinho was still on his side when the kick-off in the second half...As a result, as soon as Manchester City kicked off, Robinho ran diagonally to the other side. Rong Guang was the same as him, and the two exchanged positions in the frontcourt.

As soon as Rong Guang appeared here, he received the ball from Harman.

Seeing the glory of holding the ball, Raphael, who was not mentally prepared, froze for a moment.

But when defending glory, half a second of distraction may put the defensive player into a very passive situation.

So at the moment when he was in a daze, Rong Guang suddenly pushed the football forward with his right foot, pushing the ball without technical content, and the football turned into Rafael and rushed past.At the same time, Glory started to accelerate, passing by the other side of Raphael's body!
The ball is divided, and the breakthrough is forced!
It was only at this time that Raphael realized that he turned around suddenly, but he couldn't catch up with Rongguang.What he saw was the back of Rongguang dribbling the ball into the penalty area, and the figures of Vidic and Park Ji-sung rushing towards Rongguang to defend.The entire restricted area fell into chaos in an instant!
"Rong... breakthrough! The speed is really fast!"

Fortunately, Park Ji-sung was always wary of Rongguang, so he posted it quickly, forcing Rongguang to use the outside of his left foot to push the football to the baseline, and he couldn't continue to cut inside to shoot.

Finally, under Park Ji-sung's close press, Rong Guang kicked in a cross, the football hit Park Ji-sung's leg and flew out of the baseline, and Manchester City won a corner kick.

Only then did Raphael run back, and he thanked and apologized to Park Ji-sung who wiped his butt with lingering fear.

Park Ji-sung patted Raphael on the shoulder: "Don't be distracted next time, you need to know who he is."

Raphael nodded desperately.Just kidding, I didn't mean to be distracted!I really didn't expect him to come to my side... Speaking of which, did he change positions by accident?After a while, he still wants to go back to Evra, right?

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But Raphael's fluke mentality was quickly shattered, shattered into glass shards.

After the corner kick came out, Manchester City failed to threaten the goal guarded by Van der Sar.

But in Manchester City's several attacks afterwards, Rong Guang appeared on the left side, which is where Raphael was guarding...

Rafael felt a completely different pressure from the first half.The pressure didn't even give him time to catch his breath.

This is the first time he has defended glory one-on-one in a game.

The last time Manchester United and Rongguang faced each other, Rongguang was still in Bayern Munich. It was in the semi-finals of the Champions League. At that time, Rafael was still in Brazil...

In the same city derby in the first half of this season, although Rafael started, Rongguang did not play, so he was not able to confront Rongguang.

This game was his first confrontation with Rong Guang.

Originally, he thought that he had played in the Premier League for half a season, and he would often play against world-class players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney, and Giggs during team training, so it should be no problem to deal with glory.

But now he knows how naive he is.

One-on-one with Rong Guang in the game is completely different from competing with Cristiano Ronaldo and others in training!

The greatest pressure Rong Guang put on him didn't even come from Rong Guang's super fast speed and flexible figure, but from his powerful self-confidence and momentum.

When he accelerates towards you, you will feel that it is a super sports car speeding towards you. If you don't avoid it, you will be hit and fly...

Only 10 minutes into the second half, Rafael was out of breath and looking tired.

This is not just the physical energy consumed by turning around and sprinting again and again, but also largely caused by psychological pressure.

Ferguson's brows became tighter and tighter off the court, and of course the gum in his mouth was chewing faster and faster.

If this continues, Raphael will collapse.

But I couldn't replace him. First of all, it was unfair and cruel to a young man like Rafael. It was tantamount to the fact that I, the head coach, had declared his defeat before Rong Guang had defeated him.This will deal a fatal blow to Rafael's confidence, so he must not be replaced at this time.He would rather lose this game than let Rafael lose the future of his entire career.

Secondly... Except for Rafael, there is really no one to replace him at the right back position.Although Gary Neville is sitting on the bench, he is already 35 years old. It is useless to ask him to deal with Rongguang.

So Ferguson can only work on the 11 players on the field and try to make adjustments.

(End of this chapter)