Chapter 80 Manchester United's Three Lines of Defense

Ji Ming's breakthrough in the middle was very sudden and fast. !

Under such circumstances, Manchester United's response was also very fast.

Three lines of defense were quickly organized.

They defended and intercepted Ji Ming in the midfield, backcourt and front of the penalty area.

In the case of a sudden incident, the hasty response to the battle, to be able to have such a performance, can already show Mourinho's level - this team is his team, and the defense is naturally trained by him.

But even so, Manchester United's three lines of defense are not much different from three layers of window paper in front of Ji Ming.

The first line of defense is the double defense of the two Manchester United players after Ji Ming just broke through, and they let Ji Ming break through with his unique footwork.

The second line of defense is the Manchester United player who went up to hold Ji Ming.

As a result, Ji Ming used a very simple fake move to shake it.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Ming had already approached Manchester United's third line of defense with the ball!

If this third line of defense is broken again, Ji Ming can directly face Manchester United's goalkeeper!

A huge cheer rang out over the Wanda Stadium.

In fact, the cheer had already started when Ji Ming started to break through. As Ji Ming broke through, the sound became louder and louder, like thunder, rolling over the Wanda Stadium, like the sound of hooves and footsteps of thousands of troops.

At this time, even the commentator had to shout hysterically when commenting on the game to ensure that his commentary would not be drowned out by the sound of the scene!

"Ji Ming--! Ji Ming! He broke through the defense of four Manchester United players in one breath! So amazing!"

"Ji! His straight line breakthrough is so sharp that Manchester United's defense is nothing in front of him!"

"Ji! Ji! Ji! Ji--! Facing Manchester United's shaky defense, can he break through them in one breath!?"

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The shouts of the fans ignited the air in the stadium, making people feel as if breathing could burn their lungs.

This high temperature can even make the blood boil!

But in this situation,

Ji Ming, who was dribbling the ball, remained fully calm.

He didn't dribble with his head down, but kept observing the situation while dribbling. His head turned left and right, locating Manchester United's defensive players, locating his teammates, and looking for space.

Some players like to use dribbling as a means of showing off their abilities. They always dribble the ball on the court until they can't dribble anymore.

For such people, once the ball is passed to their feet, don't think about passing it out again.

But Ji Ming is not such a person.

Although he has speed, skills, and abilities, he knows very well that he is a midfield organizer.

He can't show off his dribbling ability anytime and anywhere.

This is why Changsheng didn't let him play as a winger even though he has so many advantages - in fact, according to his characteristics, he is more suitable to play as a winger.

Changsheng saw that Ji Ming was calm and smart beyond his peers, and thought that putting him in the winger position was a waste of Ji Ming's talent.

So from the beginning, he was fixed in the midfield, and in the middle.

So Ji Ming would never keep his head down and dribble until he couldn't dribble anymore.

Even though the situation for his breakthrough is very good now, he has prepared at least three plans for this attack in his mind.

The first one is that he dribbles into Manchester United's penalty area.

The second one is that he passes the ball to his teammates.

The third one is that he shoots from a distance now!

He wants to see which method is the best.

Generally speaking, if his breakthrough can disrupt the opponent's defense and tear open a gap near the front of the penalty area, he tends to pass the ball to his teammates.

He is not the kind of player who likes to shoot and score. Compared with shooting, he prefers the feeling of passing and assisting.

Perhaps it is because he thinks that sending the ball accurately to his teammates and allowing them to shoot and score easily is more difficult and more challenging than shooting and scoring by himself.

So his first choice is basically to pass the ball.

But if there is really no good passing opportunity, he will not force the pass and knows how to make adjustments.

Whether it is a long shot or a breakthrough, it depends on the situation on the spot, not his preference.

Gotze appeared in his field of vision, but his position was a little off.

Cavani was in front of him, but he was a little anxious and ran a second earlier, just in an offside position.

He noticed it himself, so he retreated. At this time, there was no way to pass the ball to him.

When he retreated to the right position, it would be too late for him to pass the ball. Two consecutive sprints were too difficult for a 35-year-old veteran.

This was not a good choice.

What about Messi? He was blocked by the opponent's players, so it was impossible to pass to him.

Can I wait a little longer?

Obviously not.

The situation of the game changed rapidly, and he was very close to the opponent's last line of defense, and the goalkeeper was behind this line.

Manchester United would never let him ignore it.

The Manchester United players who had been broken through by him were chasing back quickly, forming a siege on him.

He had no time to wait any longer.

He had to make a choice immediately.

The plan of passing the ball was quickly rejected by Ji Ming.

However, when Ji Ming was about to run to the top of the penalty arc, he swung his right foot. !

This was a posture for a long shot!

As a Lazio midfielder, whether you are responsible for defense or organizing offense, the ability to shoot from a distance is standard.

So Ji Ming also has it.

Manchester United also knows Lazio players very well. They have carefully studied the characteristics of each Lazio player.

Ji Ming's long-range shot was marked by Mourinho as needing "special attention".

Generally, Mourinho divides the threat of the opponent's players into four levels: "not a concern", "attention", "special attention" and "serious threat".

Ji Ming's threat level in long-range shots is "special attention", which is the second highest threat level.

It is considered very powerful.

In other words, as long as he wants to shoot from a distance, he must immediately go to defend and block his shot.

Manchester United's midfielder Nacho is responsible for doing this - the central defender cannot be allowed to go up, otherwise it will form a loophole in the back line and give the opponent a chance to pass the ball.

It can also prevent his breakthrough. Even if Nacho is broken through, there are still one or two central defenders behind him, so the opponent will not be able to penetrate with one poke.

Manchester United's defense was indeed very good. Even this last line of defense could be split into two lines of defense to form a depth.

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If someone thought that Ji Ming's long-range shot was a feint and that he was going to break through immediately, he was wrong.

After Ji Ming's foot came down, he did not shoot or flick the ball, but went around the front of the football, a fake bicycle kick.

This fake move did not fool Nacho.

It seemed to have failed.

But in Ji Ming's view, his goal had been achieved - his long-range shot fake move was not to break through Manchester United's last line of defense in one go, but to test how Manchester United would deal with him.

Sure enough, he tested it out as soon as he tried.

Manchester United still had a trick up their sleeve!

If he had just broken through directly, he would have been destroyed by the Manchester United central defender who was ambushing behind him!

Now, he had a plan.

He was not too close to the two Manchester United players - if he was too close, he would be broken through by Ji Ming in one go, and there would be no defensive depth.

So there must be a distance between them.

It was probably that Manchester United's defensive midfielder Nacho rushed outside the penalty arc and Manchester United's two central defenders were near the penalty spot.

Is this distance enough for him to get rid of two people?

Ji Ming has such confidence!

He suddenly stopped while dribbling the ball.

This change in rhythm was beyond the expectations of Manchester United players.

Because he had been sprinting all the way before, especially when he broke through Manchester United's second line of defense, he changed direction and accelerated, which was so fast!

But no one expected that he would suddenly stop.

After this sudden stop, Ji Ming moved again immediately, but not started, but kicked the ball with his foot!

The long-range shot kicked out a lightly rubbed arc ball!

The football was not high, not the kind of overhead ball.

It was a half-high ball that flew past Nacho's side.

Because it was exactly opposite to the direction of Nacho's center of gravity, even if Nacho saw the ball, he had no way to stop it.

His only question was-what was Ji Ming doing with such a ball? Was there a Lazio player behind him?

He just paid attention to it, but he didn't see it with the corner of his eye!

And behind him was his teammate.

Did Ji Ming miss the ball?

Did he want to make an overhead kick but missed?

Or did he want to pass the ball to other defenses but missed?

Anyway, Nacho didn't think Lazio's attack could continue.

So he breathed a sigh of relief that his mission was completed...

So he didn't reach out to stop Ji Ming who ran past him.

At this moment, he heard the cheers from the stands suddenly increase.

In fact, the Lazio fans had been cheering before.

But if Lazio's attack ended, there shouldn't be cheers, and the cheers were even louder... What's going on?

A very bad idea suddenly came to Nacho's mind.

So he turned his head sharply!

In his field of vision, he saw Lazio's No. 22 Ji Ming leaning his body and raising his right leg to pick up the ball again!

And in front of him was Manchester United's central defender Jonathan Evans jumping high!

He jumped up and stretched his neck as far as possible, trying to head the football in the air. At the same time, he waved his arms. Did he think he was a goalkeeper at this moment? He wanted to block the football with his hands? If he really did that, he would definitely get a red card plus a penalty kick... There is no worse result than this!

His actions looked a little funny, like a turtle...

But Nacho didn't think his teammates were funny at all.

Because their goal was fucking threatened! ! !

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