Chapter 406: Combining the Strengths of Many Schools

Completely different from his statement at the pre-match press conference, Manchester United's head coach Ferguson was very "violent" in the locker room. M

He seemed very excited and spoke loudly.

"Our performance in the first leg was perfect! We must keep in mind your feelings in that game. This game is our best chance! We must be defeated by Lazio twice in a row in this game. Winning! People say that Lazio is invincible and almost invincible, but I don’t believe such nonsense! There is no invincible team in this world. They must have weaknesses. You must be calm during the game and don’t get excited. , we didn’t care about anything. The reason why we only lost one goal in the first round was because we were calm enough!”

"...This game is our home court. Old Trafford is not a place for them to run wild! We have to defeat them here and eliminate them!"

Ferguson's face turned red as he spoke, and his saliva flew everywhere.

You can see how excited he was.

It stands to reason that this old coach should rarely be so excited now.

His performance also illustrates the importance of Lazio in Ferguson's heart.

Since Lazio snatched his second Champions League title, Ferguson has never forgotten revenge for a moment.

So every time they played against Lazio, Manchester United seemed to be on drugs, very fierce.

This time is no exception.

That's because their boss Ferguson is more drugged than they are...

Ferguson dreamed of beating Lazio, not in the group stage, but in the knockout rounds or finals.

Beat Lazio and win the Champions League. For him this is the best revenge.

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When the players from both sides were waiting in the tunnel, the Old Trafford stadium's broadcast was introducing the lineup of players from both sides, and applause and boos broke out in the stands.

The applause is for the Manchester United players, and the boos are naturally for the Lazio players.

Sitting on the coach's bench, Chang Sheng thought that Old Trafford was introducing the players from both sides separately. If this happened in a staggered way, would Manchester United fans be schizophrenic?

In fact, there is really no need to boo Lazio like this... Lazio players have been trained for a long time.

This kind of booing can't disturb them.

On the contrary, it will make the Manchester United fans boo and hurt their throats, and they will be speechless the next day.

My voice won't get better for a week just to watch the game... As for that?

Chang Sheng curled his lips.

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To the majestic music of the Champions League theme song, players from both Lazio and Manchester United filed into the stadium.

this moment. The stadium was filled with applause and cheers. This was given to their home team by Manchester United fans.

As for the visiting team, there is no need to deliberately boo them. Manchester United fans firmly believe that the thunderous applause and cheers are enough to put enough pressure on the visiting team Lazio players.

Then the captains of both sides shook hands, exchanged team flags, and picked sides...

After this series of rituals, the game begins.

The referee blew the whistle, and Manchester United's starting forward Rooney stepped on the football and gently rubbed it forward. The football rolled into Lazio's half and the game officially started!

"Hello, audience friends, welcome to watch the live broadcast of the 'Earth Defense Battle'!" The commentator started the broadcast of the game in a joking tone.

"This game is called the 'Battle of the Earth' by the media. There is a reason. The powerful Lazio is playing in the domestic league, the Champions League and the domestic cup this season. In addition, it includes the two Super Cups before the season and the mid-season. Club World Cup... maintained a record of undefeated victory in all official games! No team has ever been able to achieve this before! Generally speaking, it is not easy for Lazio to remain undefeated in the league. Maintain a complete victory! Such amazing results make Lazio as if they are from an alien planet. Their results are no longer something that teams on earth can achieve..."

"Manchester United lost 0:1 to Lazio in the first round. They are currently the most promising team to end Lazio's victory, so this game is also called the 'Earth Defense Battle.' So Manchester United really Can it successfully defend the earth? Let’s wait and see!”

In this game, Manchester United's tactics were offensive, but it was not a crazy attack regardless of the situation.

We still have to be wary of Lazio's offense...

Lazio's offensive power ranks first in the entire European football.

If Manchester United really doesn't care about anything. Just relying on their home court advantage, they went crazy against Lazio at their home court. Then he will definitely die crazy in the end...

Ferguson still has a clear understanding of this.

Manchester United's strategy is actually a defensive counterattack in another sense.

The first is to actively defend and ensure that the ball is not conceded first.

This is very similar to the tactical thinking adopted by Juventus in the game against Lazio.

Not conceding the ball first is a prerequisite for defeating Lazio.

Once Lazio scores the first goal, everything will be over.

As for the defensive method, it is naturally high-pressing.

This is also the method chosen by Juventus.

In fact, against Lazio's ball-control team, the most effective defensive method is definitely not shrinking defense, but high-position defense.

For example, now in the European arena, more teams have adopted high-position defense against Barcelona, ​​and the effect is quite good. Although it may not necessarily beat Barcelona, ​​Barcelona's advantage in the game is not as great as before.

In terms of defense, Manchester United definitely refers to the tactics of many European teams.

Without losing the ball first, considering the game between Lazio and Juventus, Lazio's physical fitness will be more or less affected. Manchester United must deal with Lazio patiently, consume Lazio's physical fitness as much as possible, and finally take advantage of their physical fitness to suddenly make a move and score a goal!

A goal can drag the game into overtime.

The 30-minute overtime is a severe test for the physical fitness of both sides, but Manchester United's main lineup did not play in the league last weekend, so he is confident that he has a slight advantage in terms of physical strength.

Although Lazio rotated in the last round of the league, not all of them were rotated.

If the game goes into overtime. Manchester United planned to copy the way they played in the first round away from home, dragging the score to a penalty shootout, and then fighting Lazio in a penalty shootout. To this end, Manchester United has focused on practicing penalty kicks in the past six days.

The Manchester United coaching staff also watched the video of Lazio's penalty kicks countless times, and studied and analyzed the technical characteristics and habits of each Lazio player when taking penalties, as well as Handanovic's habit of saving penalties.

Then write it in the video analysis report and hand it over to the coaching staff, who will conduct targeted training. If it really comes to the step of taking a penalty kick, then Van der Sar will receive a note. It describes in detail the habit of each Lazio player taking a penalty kick.

According to this note, the Manchester United coaching staff is confident that Van der Sar's success rate in saving penalties will increase by 20%.

This is a very scary success rate...

The penalty kick with Lazio was inspired by Naples. Naples once planned to do this in the Italian Cup match with Lazio. However, they failed in the end because of insufficient physical preparation.

It can be seen that when this Manchester United team was preparing for the match against Lazio, they were indeed influenced by the experience of many other teams and Lazio. They referred to these battles and then summarized the strategies suitable for Manchester United to implement.

It really deserves to be the battle to protect the earth...

Manchester United, which has gathered the strengths of many teams, is going to have a peak showdown with Lazio!

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At the beginning of the game, Manchester United took advantage of their first kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce press against Lazio's position.

This high-position press also caused some trouble for Lazio.

Lazio's players had to speed up the pace of passing in the backcourt.

But the game had just started, and it was not so easy to get into the rhythm of the game.

So when Manchester United pressed, they seemed a little flustered.

It can be seen that Manchester United did make very detailed and sufficient arrangements at their home court this time.

There is a certain reason why the media is optimistic about them.

Through high-position press, Manchester United took the initiative in the game.

In the technical statistics of the first ten minutes, Manchester United surpassed Lazio in many key data.

Of course, when Manchester United achieved this result. This time, no commentator rushed to announce that Manchester United suppressed Lazio and began to sing praises for Manchester United.

They also knew that it was meaningless to suppress Lazio on the field. If they could not get ahead in the score, this advantage would disappear.

Before Manchester United took the lead, these commentators did not dare to praise them even if they wanted to.

They were also afraid of "ruining their character"...

But they did not hold it back for too long. In the twelfth minute, Manchester United forced Chiellini to foul at the front of the penalty area through high pressure in the frontcourt.

The referee gave Manchester United a free kick only 23 meters away from the goal.

Then Rooney stood in front of the football.

Manchester United fans in the stands began to cheer collectively, cheering for Rooney who took the free kick.

Rooney is not Manchester United's top free kick scorer, but he does have a record of scoring by taking free kicks.

And because he didn't take too many free kicks and was not famous among free kickers, goalkeeper Handanovic didn't know much about the characteristics and routes of his free kicks, and couldn't make effective predictions. He could only rely on reaction.

The distance was so close...

Once the football bypassed the human wall, it was very close to the goal!

It was often too late for the goalkeeper to react at that time.

Of course, it was easy to lose control of the power and arc of the free kick that was too close to the goal, causing the football to fly.

So free kicks in this position have advantages and disadvantages for both the attacker and the defender.

Lazio was ready, with a full six people in the human wall, completely blocking the near corner of the goal, and then Handanovic was at the edge of the human wall, guarding the center of the goal.

This position would slightly block the view, but it was close to both goal posts, so no matter which direction Rooney kicked, he would still have time to react.

The human wall was finally completely built, and Rooney also placed the football.

Both sides were ready, waiting for the referee to blow his whistle.

The noisy Old Trafford suddenly became quiet at this time, and everyone could clearly hear the referee's whistle!