Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 222 Survival in the Cracks

"Rooney scored with a header! Another goal for Manchester United! Monaco is a bit beaten to nowhere!

Manchester United's two goals came from consecutive offensive opportunities. Although Monaco was passive, they were able to cope with the first wave of offensive defense, but whenever they resolved a wave of danger, Manchester United's offensive would immediately come to the fore. The slow-paced Monaco finally found it difficult to resist the continuous offensive of the Red Devils!
The score became 2:0, the situation is extremely favorable for Manchester United! "

Ferguson stood up and clapped with a calm smile, as if everything was under control.

So far, Monaco has not really brought the Red Devils a threat that makes them frightened.

Relying on top-notch defense and good rhythm impact, the Red Devils Manchester United have no reason to be afraid of Monaco.

The focus of the scene seemed to be Situ Yunbing. The Red Devils fans wanted to see how the young marshal would react under such a disadvantage, while the Monaco fans expected Situ Yunbing to turn things around through on-the-spot scheduling.

Situ Yunbing had a youthful and stubborn look on his face, unwilling to admit defeat and unwilling to bow his head, but he still pragmatically chose to signal the team to retreat.

After conceding two goals, Monaco's first half was basically over!
The team itself did not have a firm foothold in the game, and it was difficult to support the team to make phased tactical changes in the rest of the first half of the game. Besides, this is at Old Trafford. If this adjustment is not made, then Monaco can still play. How to do it?
Are you going to make a fuss?
Why?
He couldn't even switch between offense and defense well, so how could he threaten his opponent?
And once the offense is strengthened, the risk of conceding the ball will inevitably increase. Once the opponent scores another goal in the first half, Monaco will collapse!
There is no suspenseful collapse, no one dares to guarantee that in such a situation, they will be able to turn the tide!
Let's talk about it after the first half.

Monaco's absolute trust in Situ Yunbing made them resolutely implement Situ Yunbing's tactical adjustment at this moment without any hesitation.

After shrinking the defensive line, Monaco's formation became 451. From the previous preparations for Real Madrid to today, they have been running in training and games many times, so the adjustment will not bring out of sync.

Manchester United is still attacking with a two-goal lead, but Monaco has further compressed their defense. First of all, their offensive threat on the right has been greatly reduced. Gary Neville's own offensive ability is also extremely limited. Neville is an old Red Devil under Ferguson for more than ten years. He has a high degree of understanding of tactics and rich game experience, which makes him always appear in the right area at the right time.

If Manchester United only plays on the left and center, the offensive threat will also be weakened to a certain extent.

However, although Monaco has improved its defense, and the transition between offense and defense has also improved, but because the offensive starting position is too far back, Manchester United's defense has enough time to adjust. Monaco's sporadic counterattacks or last chances are slightly reluctant. Or die on the way.

Manchester United fans are not overjoyed. In their opinion, winning Monaco is a big gift package.

As for Monaco's elimination of Real Madrid, it is not worth mentioning in their eyes.

What role has Real Madrid played in Europe over the past few years?
insignificant role.

However, Manchester United has been in the semi-finals of the Champions League for three consecutive years, including a semi-final, a championship, and a runner-up.

Ever since Real Madrid took away Beckham, Manchester United fans didn't have much affection for Real Madrid. This feeling of disgust reached its peak when C Ronaldo and Real Madrid flirted until it became a reality last summer.

So they selectively ignored the objective strength of Monaco's elimination of Real Madrid.

It's just that Monaco is regarded as a strong Ligue [-] team. As for the status of a strong Ligue [-] team in the Champions League, it is nothing more than studying with the prince.

In all fairness, Monaco's performance in the first half was not a disaster, but it showed the gap with the Red Devils.

When the Red Devils began to strengthen their defense at the end of the first half, Monaco did not counterattack aggressively. It is not wise to do so at this time, especially the Red Devils are not slow in counterattack speed.

Their midfield conversion efficiency is much higher than that of Monaco, and Scholes and Carrick are the guarantees.

The whistle for the end of the first half finally sounded, and maybe even the Monaco players felt that the first half was a torment.

Situ Yunbing calmly walked from the sidelines to the player tunnel at the corner of the stadium. The Red Devils fans in the nearby stands harassed him in various ways. Some booed him, some satirized him by applauding him, and some made crying gestures.
Situ Yunbing suddenly felt that the road was a bit long, and in addition to admiration for Ferguson's move to change the design of the stadium, he also felt somewhat disgusted.

But this "long" road gave him more time to think.

As far as technical performance is concerned, Monaco did not make mistakes in its performance, but it was not particularly good either, and it just reached a passing level.

This is already very good, not intimidated by the Red Devils, but the discomfort caused by the high-intensity rhythm impact reduces the technical performance.

If you want to improve Monaco's performance at Old Trafford, there are nothing more than three elements: outperform your opponents in technology, control the rhythm of the game, and surprise at the level of tactical coordination!
In fact, Situ Yunbing's plan before today's game is to defend and counterattack first. As long as Monaco has a firm foothold, it will intermittently bring the impact of counter-robbing and oppressing the Red Devils just like playing against Real Madrid!

But under the background that Monaco's rhythm is completely out of control, this tactical plan can be thrown into the trash can.

Moreover, the obvious disadvantage made it difficult for Situ Yunbing to adjust.

It is impossible to reverse the opponent in the technical aspect, and it is also a luxury to rule the rhythm of the game.

Only at the level of tactical coordination can we think of a way.

He also made a mistake today, which was a wrong estimate of the rhythm of the game.

If he could have predicted that the Red Devils' offensive impact would be so violent, then he would definitely make Monaco stick to the extreme defense from the first minute of the game!

If the offensive and defensive input are quantified, the overall full score is 10, then the defensive input for extreme defense is 9, the offense is 1, and the general defensive counterattack is about 7 and 3, and Monaco is 7 at the opening stage today. And 3, after losing one goal, it becomes 8 and 2, and after losing the second goal, it becomes 9 and 1, but the situation is completely different.

The effect of playing extreme anti-reverse in the opening game and playing extreme anti-reverse after two goals behind is bound to be different. The difference in situation and team psychology is too great.

After returning to the locker room, Situ Yunbing made intensive adjustments. Before that, he first boosted the morale of the team and avoided making the players overly pessimistic!
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again.

Ferguson still sat on the coach's bench and did not come to the sidelines. Situ Yunbing stood alone in the coach's command area of ​​the visiting team to supervise the battle.

Even though the situation was not good, Situ Yunbing did not show a sad face. He knew that his expression would also affect the team, and he would not bring negative psychological pressure to the players.

Monaco still played defensive counterattacks in the second half, but had a slightly higher offensive tendency than at the end of the first half, that is, from 9 and 1 to 8 and 2.
Different from the first half, Monaco's adjustments in the second half appeared on the front line at a glance.

Gareth Bale is on the left, Suarez is on the right, both strikers are wide, and the center is empty!
In this way, Monaco is forcing Manchester United to frequently attack from the center, but at the same time there are obvious signs of Monaco's central tightening.

In the second half, Manchester United may have a two-goal lead, so their crazy momentum has diminished, but they pay more attention to the control of the ball.

In the 51st minute of the game, when Evra made an assist from the left to form a cooperation with Nani and then made a pass from the bottom, the football flew to the middle of the goal and was cleared by Benatia with a header.

Perez controlled the ball on the right side of the backcourt and knocked the ball back quickly before Scholes came to press. Monaco reduced their tendency to attack from midfield and passed the ball back to the defender immediately. Line, attack from the back line!
Because if the midfielder does not know the situation behind him, the longer the ball is in possession, the more likely it is to lose the ball. This is how Monaco lost the first goal in the first half. Learn a lesson.

Modesto took two steps forward and sent a long oblique pass directly.

The football quickly rolled to the right just past midfield.

Suarez stops the ball here and turns around and quickly launches a fast break forward.

At this time, you can see signs that Manchester United's defense is not willing to leave the center easily. Situ Yunbing's adjustment is to first suppress Manchester United's wing attack.

Although Fletcher's offensive strength was greatly weakened in the second half, he did not dare to quickly help defend the side from the center, because once he left, Gareth Bell might quickly cut inside and kill the center.

The same goes for the defenders, whether it is Vidic or Ferdinand, they are likely to be caught by the opponent after leaving the center.

In this case, they can only retreat actively to ensure the safety of the area in front of the door.

Suarez waded the ball unimpeded to the outside of the penalty area. Fletcher ran to intercept him after he made a sign of an inside cut. At this time, he was able to form a zone defense with Vidic, so he relieved his worries.

Suarez hit the ball obliquely back to the right of the penalty area before entering the penalty area, and quickly cut inside after the ball was released.

Witsel followed up and sent a kick pass to meet the ball!
The ball was not for Suarez, but for Gareth Bell!

Gareth Bale went around the outside line from the left and cut into the left rib of the penalty area. When Witsel's challenge came, he shook his head and attacked the goal after taking off. Think of Gareth Bale so fast!
Van der Sar was solid to seal the near corner, taking the ball off the air with ease as Gareth Bale's header headed towards the top left corner.

There is no danger!

Situ Yunbing didn't care about the result. He nodded and applauded the team on the sidelines. This is a positive phenomenon. At least Monaco can form an attack in Manchester United's penalty area!

It shows that his adjustment is still very effective!

(End of this chapter)