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Chapter 876 Too far away?

At half-time, Ferguson praised the performance of the players in the first half, mainly for their ability to execute tactics.

Foul tactics This kind of extreme tactics, they can all execute meticulously on the court.

This actually reflects Ferguson's prestige and status in the Manchester United team from another aspect, and it shows that he has successfully controlled the team.

Ferguson told his players, don't think about other things, just keep playing like this.

"...You have all seen the effect. When we pushed the foul spot closer, the threat of Manchester City to us plummeted... Rong also tried a few free kicks in the game, but they didn't score. Why? Because the distance from the goal is too far, although we don't have Rong's free kick data, but according to the way we played in the first half, we can guess that Rong's ideal shooting range should be in the range of 25 meters to 32 meters..." Ferguson continued, talking on the tactical blackboard. drawing.

"So you guys keep playing like this, first keep the danger of conceding the ball away from us, and only then can you consider scoring... You must constantly provoke them, but be careful yourself. Players with yellow cards on their bodies should not do this kind of thing... Once the mentality of the Manchester City team is out of balance, that is our chance!"

This is Ferguson's plan. He didn't think about playing the whole game with foul tactics, which is courting death and unrealistic.

On the one hand, the foul tactics are to prevent Rong Guang from scoring too many chances. On the other hand, the significance of foul tactics is that it can irritate the opponent and make the opponent lose his cool. Perhaps it is more difficult to make Rong Guang lose his cool - this was tried by Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo before the last city derby, and it turned out to be useless - but it is very possible to make other Manchester City players lose their cool.

If there is any Manchester City player who has been impulsive and suddenly retaliates against Manchester United players... that's fine, he will definitely be sent off with a red card.

When the time comes, there will be one less player in the number, coupled with an unbalanced mentality... What if Manchester United is behind by one goal?

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At the same time, in another locker room, Benitez said to his players with a stern face: "...Don't fall into the trap of Manchester United, don't fight with them. They fouled, and it's the referee's job to punish them. You don't go up. The opponent wants us to lose our composure. We must not let them get what they want... If they continue to play like this, then we will retreat and counterattack. Anyway, we are leading now. You must have this psychological advantage..."

Although Rongguang scored a goal with a free kick, Benitez did not mean to rely on Rongguang's free kick.After all, things like free kicks have technical content, but they also have a lot of luck.

The free kick scoring rate is definitely not as high as everyone thinks, it is not a penalty kick.

A player can achieve 80.00% shooting in training, and half of his shooting may be gone on the court.

Pinning the hope of winning on Rongguang's free kick is simply an insult to the head coach.

So he didn't let the whole team cooperate with Rongguang's free kick, and desperately fought for the chance of being fouled in the opponent's frontcourt.

Anyway, Manchester City leads by one goal, if they can't do it, they will stick to it. If they hold on to their one-goal lead, they can still win the game.

As for whether this game is still worth watching... that's not what Benitez considers.

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After the start of the second half of the game, everyone found that the situation was similar to that of the first half, and there was no fundamental change.

Alan Hansen rolled his eyes in the commentary booth.

"It seems that the outcome of this game is between one ball." He said.

While he was speaking, the two sides were fighting in midfield.

Fletcher cut off Elano's ball with a flying tackle. Elano was knocked to the ground by Fletcher. Manchester City players signaled the referee Fletcher to foul, but the referee signaled the game to continue.

Then Harman came up and knocked Fletcher to the ground. The referee finally blew his whistle and sentenced the Manchester City players to a foul and gave Manchester United a free kick in the middle circle.

The Manchester City players were still very dissatisfied and yelled at the referee. They thought that Fletcher's kick must be a foul, and they should call Fletcher a foul. How could they still be sentenced to a foul?

Seeing this scene off the court, Benitez frowned even tighter.

His instructions during the intermission didn't help...

Once on the court, the players are dominated by adrenaline...

If the referee's penalty is slightly unsatisfactory, they will easily be carried away by anger.Harman's foul just now was completely retaliatory. He didn't intend to steal the ball at all, he just wanted to bring Fletcher down...

He shook his head slightly.

If this continues...it's hard to say what the game will be like...

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United took advantage of this free-kick in midfield to launch an attack that not only allowed them to create a chance to threaten City's goal, but also eliminated a potential threat to their own goal...

One ebbs and another, it seems that Manchester United is going to gain the upper hand...

The Manchester United fans in the stands became active, singing songs to cheer for the Manchester United soldiers.

Even Manchester United once again gave Manchester City a free kick in the frontcourt, and it didn't stop them from singing.

Before Manchester United fouled, they would still boo, but now they don't even care about booing.Anyway, if Manchester United continues to play like this, as long as they can win.

Manchester United's foul was also quite far from the goal. The number given on the live TV was 37 meters, and the foul was 37 meters away from the goal.

This position is already relatively far away. Generally, a free kick at such a distance will not be shot directly, but will pass the football.

Rongguang tried to shoot a free kick at a place similar to this distance before, but the effect was not very good, which also made Manchester United players think that fouling at this distance is safe.

Harman held the football and planned to come up to take the free kick.

But he watched glory at the penalty spot.

Rong Guang happened to be standing at the point where he wanted to place the football, with his back to himself and facing Manchester United's goal.

He did not let him come, so Haman reminded him: "Rong?"

Only then did Rong Guang turn around, saw Harman, and his eyes fell on the football in his hand again.

Then he said to Hamann: "Sorry, Dittmar. I'll take the ball."

Harman didn't object, but simply gave him the football: "Okay."

Rong Guang must have wanted to shoot directly. Although the distance is a bit long and the success rate of the shot is very low, it doesn't matter if they miss. Manchester City is now in the lead, so it doesn't matter if a free kick is wasted. Anyway, there are still many free kicks...

After Rong Guang took the football, he bent over and placed the football where he used to stand.

Then he didn't retreat, but got up and continued to look towards the goal.

He is measuring distance.

37 meters, this is the number given by the TV broadcast, and he didn't watch the live broadcast of the game, so he didn't know the specific number.

But looking at it from where he was standing now, it was indeed quite far away.

The goal with a width of more than nine meters has become very small. Coupled with the players on both sides, it is really difficult to shoot directly here.

At this distance, Manchester United did not even do a good job of lining up the wall.

They arranged for two people to stand between the football and the goal, and the others were distributed near the penalty area. Obviously, even the Manchester United players did not think that a free kick in this position could directly threaten their goal.

Rongguang had tried it before, and it was really difficult.

The curved ball kicked by his left foot was not enough to support such a long flight distance. Before reaching the goal, he lost his strength and fell down, unable to threaten the goal guarded by Van der Sar.

This distance is too far, and he has never practiced such a long free kick in his usual training. This position belongs to the category of indirect free kicks.

He never thought he would take a free kick here.

But today the situation is different, he wants to try.

If the curve ball with the left foot is not good...then try a strong volley with the right foot?
From Rong Guang's point of view, a free kick from this position is a super long-range shot...

As a free kick, this distance is a bit far, but if you regard this opportunity as a long shot, it is still within your range.

With the football in place, it is also easier to control the position and accuracy of the kick.And no one came up to force him, and he had plenty of time to prepare...

It's almost like practicing long shots on the training ground.

Just ignore the wall and just send the football into the goal.

Thinking of this, Rong Guang stepped back.

He didn't just take two steps back and stop like he scored before, he kept going back, back.

He took five or six steps back, almost five meters away from the football, before stopping.

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Everyone saw Rong Guang's action and knew what he was going to do. He was going to shoot directly!

But no one took it seriously, because Rongguang had tried it before, but the effect was very poor.

Rong Guang was obviously not reconciled, so he wanted to try again.

Just try, he can't get in anyway.

Only Ferguson frowned when he saw this scene off the court.

This run-up distance doesn't look like he's going to kick a curve ball with his left foot...

But before Ferguson could figure it out, the referee's whistle blew, so Ferguson didn't have time to continue thinking about it. Just look at his actions to know what Rongguang is going to do.

The whistle blew, and Rong Guang started to run. He was not running fast, at least not comparable to his speed when he sprinted with the ball.

But he soon came to football, this time instead of supporting his body with his right foot, he kicked the ball with his left foot.Instead, he stepped on the side of the football with his left foot, then raised his right foot, and kicked the football hard!

Bang!
A muffled sound.

The football is like a cruise missile launching, sticking to the turf and rushing forward!
It looks like a low flat ball against the turf.

But... With such a dense crowd in front of the door, this kind of long-range shot against the turf can easily be blocked by someone stretching his legs, without any threat...

It seems that Rong Guang's kick failed again...

(End of this chapter)