Array football

Chapter 89 Warm-up Match 2
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Although suppressed, but in terms of formation, there are not many real good opportunities for Manchester United.

Duncan's midfield combination of Barton and Hargreaves is a defensive combination.Hargreaves is a defensive midfielder, and Button is also a strong defensive player with a late position.

The candidates for the striker are Samaras, who stole the limelight at the end of last season, and Rolando Bianchi, the No. 4 scorer in Serie A.With these two men guarding the penalty area, Manchester United's defenders did not dare to move around, and the midfielder Scholes did not dare to insert it with peace of mind.

Under Manchester United's ferocious attack like a storm, although on the surface it seems that Manchester City's defense line will collapse in an instant, but the goal that Ferguson was looking forward to was delayed...

The team couldn't start the situation, and Ferguson was walking around anxiously on the sidelines; affected by Ferguson, the Manchester United players were also impetuous, and before they could cooperate well, they took a long shot to hastily ended the attack.

To some extent, this game is an extremely important test for Duncan.

Duncan wants to try a friendly match to see what kind of strength he has after the battle of the previous season without the support of the formation system!
In this way, Duncan can exercise his own tactical thinking and the ability to rely on his own judgment to solve difficulties in various situations when the score is behind or ahead, so as to truly grow into a qualified head coach.

The array system can be used as a crutch, but it cannot replace a leg.

Ferguson and his Manchester United are obviously a good opponent!

However, the impatient Manchester United has obviously not returned to their due level, and the limited few times of good cooperation have also been wasted by Tevez, a striker who likes to go it alone.

Especially in the second half of the first half, after Ferguson replaced Scholes with Barry, the team's advantage further shrunk.

It is said that the running-in time of Manchester City is short, but the running-in time between Barry and Manchester United is even shorter.

Therefore, the keen Manchester City can easily find the loopholes in Manchester United's center.

42 minutes.

The Manchester United midfielder, who had been unable to attack for a long time, made a mistake. Hargreaves used his body to overturn Barry with an exquisite positioning, and a wide range of long passes to the other side of the field...

The dialogue between the two newly joined midfielders was won by Hargreaves!
Center forward Samaras leans on Ferdinand's header to return...

boom!
The unmarked Rolando Bianchi volleys and the ball whizzes into Van der Sar's gate...

1: 0!

In the second half of the game, the two sides replaced most of the starting players.

65 minutes.

Trabelsi and Ljungberg combined brilliantly on the right, and Trabelsi finally crossed and Samaras scored the second goal with a header...

2: 0!

In the 81st minute, Hargreaves received a corner kick from Button, headed the goal from the penalty spot and scored another goal...

3: 0!

Before the end, Manchester United's new aid Carlos Tevez used a brutal dribble to resist Richards, and then volleyed from the penalty area line.

Substitute goalkeeper Weaver was distracted and watched the football hit the net.

Nine and 10 minutes later, the final score of this world-renowned friendly match was fixed at 3:2!

Manchester City 3:2 Manchester United!

In stoppage time, Park Ji-sung, nicknamed "Park San-lung", used unremitting running to grab a ball, and finally C Ronaldo completed the shot.

Then the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Ferguson put his hands in his pockets and walked into the player tunnel with a cold face.

This is a warm-up match, so naturally it doesn't matter the press conference and handshake ceremony after the game.

It's an official game, I'm afraid Ferguson has no interest in doing it...

The attitude of the outside world towards Manchester City has not improved much from the first game.

"Manchester City has no advantages other than winning the game!" Jonny jumped out again: "The loopholes in their defense are shocking. If the game is 100 minutes, then I am afraid Manchester United will win." indefinite……"

That's true, City have capitalized more on the efforts of a few core players than as a whole.

The only good news is that the new additions Bianchi and Hargreaves both scored goals, which can help them quickly integrate into the team!
In Duncan's view, the team is actually developing in a good direction.

As for the results of the warm-up match...why care so much?

On August 8th, Manchester City ushered in the last opponent of the summer warm-up match at the City Stadium——

Leeds United!

This opponent is quite weak, and it is also the last game for the team to determine the main lineup.

Because it was only two days away from the last game, Duncan sent most of the substitute players to let them find the feeling of the game.

As for the main players, only Shevchenko played.

This is not only because Shevchenko played a short time in the warm-up match and has plenty of physical strength, but also because Shevchenko has not scored a goal so far...

In fact, Shevchenko had many opportunities in the first two games, but whether it was a push shot from close at hand or a long shot from outside the penalty area, there was no threat...

Some media have predicted that Sheva has begun to go downhill. Manchester City bought Shevchenko, and the greater role is to sell jerseys...

"Perhaps it was a mistake for Shevchenko to leave AC Milan. The sky in the Premier League is not suitable for Shevchenko's nuclear warhead, otherwise he would not have scored only five goals on behalf of Chelsea last season. From Mr. £3500 million to 1700 million pounds, Shevchenko has experienced a transformation from a god to a man this year..."

"There are rumors that Abramovich is very dissatisfied with Mourinho's sale of Shevchenko, whom he appointed to join. Could it be that Duncan spent the 1700 million pounds to intensify the conflict between Mourinho and Abramovich?"

There are many rumors, Sheva Alexander.

Today, the weak Leeds United has become a straw for Shevchenko to save himself.

Leeds United did not have a monster like Chu Zhongtian, so Manchester City easily suppressed their opponents.

The game lost its suspense from the 10th minute. Vassell used his speed to pierce Leeds United's defense twice.

2:0, Manchester City leads.

Shevchenko also had a great chance, but his goal went straight into the goalkeeper's arms.

Shevchenko, who wasted the opportunity, looked serious.

Duncan got up and motioned for other players to help Shevchenko.

For a striker, the most fearful thing is the goal shortage, which is something that cannot be grasped but actually exists.

Then it became Shevchenko's shooting show...

Trabelsi's cross, Shevchenko's header...

Martin Petrov slanted, Shevchenko pushed...

Button's long pass, Shevchenko single-handedly...

……

After five or six consecutive chances, until Mido and Petrov expanded the score to 4:0, Shevchenko still didn't get any good chances.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Petrov won a penalty kick, and the team's penalty shooter Button gave the ball to Shevchenko.

Missed again...

The open hands of the Leeds United goalkeeper seemed to be a silent mockery of the Ukrainian striker...

The whole game was completely a rehearsal of Manchester City's offensive routines. The Leeds United players were like wooden stakes, without any sense of existence...

In the 58th minute of the second half, Manchester City succeeded in anti-offside. Vassell used his speed to throw off the opponent's entire defense line. After dunking the Leeds United goalkeeper, Vassell selflessly crossed the ball to the center. Shevchen who followed up Coe hit a shot and the football finally flew into the goal.

But immediately the flag of the assistant referee was raised...

Offside!

(End of this chapter)