The strongest winger

Chapter 611 "Tit for Tat"

Boas admires Mourinho's ability to accurately grasp the player's mentality. Sure enough, there is no shortcut to success. To become a world-class coach, in addition to having extraordinary coaching ability, he also needs to adjust the mental state of the players.

For example, the current stimulation of the players' emotions can ensure that they are full of enthusiasm throughout the second half.

After adjusting the players' desire to fight in the second half, Mourinho turned his attention to the team's skills and tactics.

The players in the visiting team's locker room were quite depressed at this time, and they were ready to wait for coach Ferguson's 'hairdryer' to serve them.

Sure enough, after the red-faced Ferguson entered the locker room, he yelled at the person responsible for the goal conceded in the first half.

When he felt that it was about the same, he stopped roaring and began to make targeted deployments for the second half of the game.

Surprisingly, Ferguson's first name was not Cristiano Ronaldo, but - Wayne Rooney!

"Wayne." Ferguson looked up at the chubby Rooney and said, "Remember that you are a striker and not a playmaker. You were too selfless in the first half. You must be selfish when you have a chance. You are a striker! A striker who destroys cities!!"

Rooney's eyes lit up, especially the phrase 'You are a striker, a striker who destroys cities and villages! '.

It wasn't until now that he remembered...he was a striker!
At the beginning of last season, coach Ferguson asked himself to sacrifice appropriately to give his friend Cristiano Ronaldo more opportunities, so many times his first reaction was to pass the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo instead of looking for a shot.

"I see!" Rooney nodded firmly, while clenching his fists tightly, and said secretly: "I will prove that I am no worse than Cristiano!"

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Fifteen minutes passed quickly in halftime. Players from both sides came out of their respective locker rooms, passed through the player tunnel, and entered the stadium.

At the same time, the team song "Blue-is-the-colour" sung by the Chelsea stadium in the stands increased accordingly.

Listening to the singing from the main stand, the players of the home team turned around collectively after entering the field, gave them a high thumbs up, and clapped their palms to show them that they are doing well.

The fans of the home team saw that their efforts were seen by the players, and their voices became louder and louder.

Rooney pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly to his friend Cristiano Ronaldo next to him: "This sound is really ugly!"

"Yeah... so we have to score as soon as possible and stop them!" Cristiano Ronaldo raised an arc at the corner of his mouth.

"great, good luck!!"

Rooney stretched out his right hand and clapped his hands with Cristiano Ronaldo to encourage each other!

"come on!"

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Manchester United deserves to be the best performing team since the establishment of the Premier League. They were not timid in the away game against the league leader Chelsea. From the first second of kick-off, they launched a strong attack on Chelsea's defensive hinterland.

In just 30 seconds of the opening, Cristiano Ronaldo rushed into the penalty area at high speed and overwhelmed Chelsea captain Terry to hit the football. It was a pity that he missed the post, but it scared the home team fans into a cold sweat.

Mourinho, who was standing in the home team's command area, was also scared into a cold sweat. The defense just now was really critical. If it wasn't for Cristiano Ronaldo's header that missed the goal, it would be dangerous.

So he yelled at the two defenders on the wing: "Limit their passers!"

Although facing the strong attack of a team of Manchester United's level, it is difficult to keep the goal without conceding the whole game, so what Mourinho requires the players to slow down the offensive rhythm of the Manchester United players as much as possible, so that their offense cannot be played smoothly.

This is why Mourinho asked the players to seize the opportunity to counterattack during the intermission, because a team of Manchester United's level will not give opponents too many opportunities to counterattack.

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With the attack less than 1 minute into the game, Chelsea consciously restricted the two ball-handlers on the side, making it impossible for Cristiano Ronaldo, who frequently cut into the penalty area, to compete for the header. Therefore, he pulled out of the penalty area to shoot from a long distance as before the end of the first half.

After successfully defending against Manchester United's two attacks in a row, Chelsea also got a chance to attack, but it ended up with Drogba's grabbing point in front of the goal and missing the goal post.

The two sides played back and forth with great joy, and the fans in the stands never stopped shouting, which made the players on the field play extremely hard.

However, they don't know that their goal is slowly in jeopardy.

Tevez was very unhappy in the first 10 minutes of the game. Due to his own characteristics, he is not the kind of striker who grabs points. He is a bit similar to Rooney. He needs the support of his teammates on the ground instead of high-altitude balls. During the intermission, Ferguson reminded him to be active and not to stay in the penalty area and wait for opportunities. So this time he is going to pull out of the penalty area to see if he can find any good opportunities.

Even if you can't score a goal, it is acceptable to assist your teammates. After all, football is a team sport.

Tevez pulled to the right made Ashley Cole a lot of pressure, because he must always pay attention to the Manchester United right back Hargreaves in this game.

But the effect is still not good, because the purpose is too strong.

In the 11th minute of the second half, that is, the 56th minute of the whole game, this time it was Cristiano Ronaldo who came to the wing. He quickly received a pass from Carrick. As usual, when the full-back receives the ball from the wing, the full-back must implement the tactic of lapping the edge and then inserting.

As for whether to pass or not, it depends on the ball holder's own considerations.

Cristiano Ronaldo made a fake move to pass the football to Hargreaves who was plugged in behind him, and Ashley Cole, who was tricked, made a subconscious movement of turning around and chasing someone.

At this moment, Cristiano Ronaldo flicked the ball horizontally, and quickly connected his right foot with a fast cross.

No one thought that Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 35 goals in 33 league games, would choose to cross.

Even Ashley Cole, who was subconsciously chasing back, focused most of his attention on Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden inside cut.

Mourinho, who was standing in the command area of ​​the home team, frowned, looked at the football in mid-air, and instinctively worried about his own goal.

Because the quality of the ball was quite high, the football drew a wonderful arc in the air and flew towards the penalty spot.

Seeing this, he suddenly remembered that Cristiano Ronaldo before the World Cup in Germany was just a standard winger?It's just that Ferguson discovered his terrifying scoring potential later, so he switched to playing the free agent in the frontcourt to get more shooting opportunities.

Danger!

As a key part of Manchester United's wide pass, although Cristiano Ronaldo was not in the penalty area at this time, Terry and Carvalho still paid attention to the striker combination of Rooney and Tevez.

But what I didn't expect was that Cristiano Ronaldo's cross was very precise, and the landing point happened to be between Terry and Carvalho. Rooney ran to the crossing point with a few strides, and dived sideways to head the ball.

Although Cech tried his best to make a save response, it was still beyond his reach, because Rooney's dive was very powerful, and there was a ground bounce, which was very difficult for Cech, who subconsciously made a save. He could only watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding.

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When Cristiano Ronaldo takes the ball on the right side, everyone's attention is on him. In the past season, this Portuguese is the only one who can bite Aiello on the scorer list. As a winger, he has a scoring ability no less than Aiello. Many Manchester United games this season have relied on his personal flashes to win the game.

Therefore, no one dared to take the ball lightly to Cristiano Ronaldo from the wing. Ashley Cole treated it seriously, but Hargreaves did not dare to ignore it, so his defensive position was very good.

This is not scientific!
Rooney, who has played with Cristiano Ronaldo for four seasons, has already guessed the location of his best friend's pass. Therefore, there is a running emergency stop when responding. In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo's cross is very accurate.

Suddenly, Stamford Bridge Stadium became extremely quiet.

The Manchester United fans who came to the scene to cheer for the team seized the opportunity and shouted Rooney's name desperately.

"Beautiful! Cristiano Ronaldo's pass is beautiful, and Rooney's running and header are equally wonderful!! I have to say... Chelsea's defense made a serious mistake this time, otherwise Rooney, who is less than 1.8 meters tall, would not have found a chance!"

BBC commentator Lineker said, shaking his head.

"... Have the Chelsea players forgotten? Two seasons ago, Cristiano Ronaldo was an indispensable assist point for Manchester United. It was only after Sir Alex Ferguson discovered his crazy offensive ability in these two seasons that he changed his style. Therefore, every time he saw him was when he scored goals. Chelsea's goal conceded was due to its lack of prediction of the players..."

Andy Gray also shook his head and said.

"Hahaha...Chelsea's Ai assisted a goal, and Cristiano Ronaldo also assisted Rooney to score. It's really tit for tat...Come on, victory belongs to the Red Devils!"

The local commentator in Manchester said happily.

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