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Chapter 401 Overtime game

Before the start of overtime, both sides have a 5-minute rest and adjustment time. During this time, the players stay on the field and cannot return to the locker room.

The head coaches of both sides also took advantage of this time to start forming formations. At this time, Ferguson did not want to make too many tactical arrangements. He just told the Manchester United players:
"Now, at the most critical moment, it depends on who can grit their teeth and persevere without making mistakes."

"Therefore, everyone must withstand the pressure, concentrate their minds, and face the overtime game seriously."

And Benitez is also cheering for Liverpool.

"There's nothing scary about Park Yisheng. He's just a player. Remember, in overtime, as long as Park can be defended, Manchester United won't be able to make a big splash."

Of course, Benitez also put forward requirements for Liverpool's offense. They lost to Manchester United in the last game because Benitez played a little conservatively. Therefore, Benitez asked Liverpool's players to To strengthen the offense.

At the end of the short 5-minute break, the referee blew the whistle to start overtime.

The game was about to start, and for the final championship, both sides decided to fight.

After the kick-off, Manchester United suffered a frantic press from Liverpool. At this time, Manchester United will no longer play as steadily as in the opening game. Faced with the tactics of pressing, Manchester United will not carry out inverse passes and cuts in the midfield. Instead, he sent the ball directly to the frontcourt and hit a long pass.

Ferguson is not willing to see the backcourt pass error like in the first half of the game. Based on the principle that the farther the ball is from the goal, the opponent will be less threatening to the goal. Manchester United implemented a simple and rough traditional Premier League style of play, that is The backcourt players pass the ball directly to the frontcourt through long passes.

Liverpool's backcourt defense is very strong, and Rooney and Anderson basically can't grab the long pass sent forward by their own side.

Therefore, Manchester United's offense was simple and ineffective.

An old and cunning head coach like Ferguson chose such a tactic that hardly did anything in such a critical overtime game. Could it be his coaching problem?
In fact, Ferguson was also forced to help. No one knows the current Manchester United team better than Ferguson. The midfielders Scholes and Giggs are both veteran players. Although they have rich experience, their physical fitness has not supported them to continue. Playing such a long game.

Under such circumstances, Manchester United's midfield is not dominant. With the decline of the physical fitness of the two veterans, it is easy to make mistakes in the midfield. Therefore, Manchester United cannot rely too much on the midfielders to organize the advancement.

In addition, Park Yisheng was basically restricted to catch the ball, so Ferguson could only play the most traditional tactics in the Premier League, at least to ensure that Manchester United would not concede the ball due to mistakes.

However, the Liverpool team let go of their hands and feet to attack aggressively, so that Manchester United could only fall into passive defense.

In today's overtime, there is no difference between the golden ball system and the silver ball system. Since the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, the golden ball system and the silver ball system have been canceled one after another.

The current overtime period is divided into two 15-minute halves, which actually extend the game time by 30 minutes.

Such an overtime method is more acceptable, and neither team will be bound by the overtime, which feels more scientific.

For example, the previous golden ball overtime was not very scientific. The rule of golden ball overtime came into being only in the atmosphere of the rise of offensive football.

The intention is to encourage offense, no matter the first few minutes of overtime, scoring a goal can win the game.

However, in fact, the golden ball overtime has become an encouragement to defend, because losing the ball is equal to losing, so both teams will become very stubborn, lose the viewing of the game, and cannot produce some classic overtime games .

Benitez believes that extra time has an advantage for Liverpool. He also knows that Scholes and Giggs' physical fitness has declined seriously, and Liverpool has an advantage in physical fitness in overtime.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liverpool must attack with all their strength, because scoring is the key to winning.

In addition, he saw that Manchester United began to play long passes, and Benitez became more determined in his offensive tactics, because Manchester United seldom played long passes. Ferguson must have no choice but to choose this way of playing.

In the 9th minute of extra time, Liverpool team found a gap on the right side of Manchester United through crossing and cutting. After the ball was split from the right side, a cross from the side of Kevin Dirk, Alonso's header hit the goal of Manchester United. The crossbeam, Van der Sar was frightened into a cold sweat, and his heart began to pound.

Faced with such a situation, Ferguson had to use Manchester United's last substitution, with Gary Neville replacing Hargreaves.

At the same time, he also adjusted Manchester United's tactics. Since Benitez wanted to score goals so much, it's time for Manchester United to show off its unparalleled defensive counterattack tactics in the Premier League.

As a result, Manchester United started a strange position, only Rooney was left on the forward line, Anderson was drawn to the midfield position, and then Park Yisheng was left on the wing.

What formation is this?
4-4-1-1?Benitez also probably guessed Manchester United's defensive counterattack tactics. At this moment, Manchester United huddled in their own half, waiting for Liverpool to attack.

Benitez smiled secretly, Manchester United also had a day of shrinking and defending, this is not the style of Manchester United.

Standing on the sidelines, Benitez told Mascherano:
"I don't care what method you use, you must not let Park get the ball."

Benitez believes that the key to Ferguson's defensive counterattack tactic lies in Park Yisheng. Therefore, as long as Park Yisheng can be restrained, Manchester United's defensive counterattack will not be successful.

As a result, the next game became Liverpool's main offense, while Manchester United's main defense.

Liverpool's attack was very careful. Without absolute certainty, they would not send the ball forward, because Manchester United's defensive counterattack is notorious.

The game dragged on until the 24th minute of extra time, and United didn't even have a clean tackle because Liverpool played too carefully.

At this time, Ferguson was a little anxious. He didn't want to take a penalty kick with Liverpool. Manchester United's penalty shootouts have not been very satisfactory.

So, Ferguson stood on the sidelines and shouted:

"Don't stand and defend, fight for it!"

As a result, Manchester United began to scramble, and Liverpool had to speed up their pass coordination under Manchester United's tight defense.

The game became heated in the final minutes, and all the fans in Wembley Stadium were on their feet, and people looked forward to these final minutes together.

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