223 The Light Under Despair(1/2)
Ferguson, who is nearly 70 years old, has actually lost a lot of his sharp temperament. When people talk about him, it is no longer his feelings about football: damn football, his passion for mortal enemies: pull Liverpool off the throne, treat his favorite generals and opponents: give me two qiāng, one at Victoria and the other at Wenger.
People are talking more about Ferguson's plan for retirement. He has refuted his retirement over and over again and again, and it is indeed time for him to truly retire.
Just as people now see Ferguson sitting in the coach's seat to watch the game more than being hot on the sidelines, Situ Yunbing didn't know whether to be glad that he had not met Ferguson, who had full firepower at his heyday, or should he regret not being able to experience the profound education of a strong opponent in person.
This Champions League quarter-final finally made Ferguson show a deep thought and solemn look on the coaching seat in the second half, because Situ Yunbing's halftime adjustment worked!
If Monaco, who has always been well prepared before the game, finally failed to fully realize today that he was able to welcome Manchester United's storm-like offensive impact at Old Trafford, then the break of the dead will still leave them with a glimmer of hope on the road to the Champions League semi-finals!
Ferguson has changed from "defeating more enemies" to "appreciating more up-and-coming shows" over the years. The situation forces him to know the new trend even if he does not blindly follow the mainstream. Often, some coaches who emerged suddenly are always the drivers of the new trend.
Wenger, who came to London fourteen years ago, exclaimed in Fleet Street: Who is Arcena?
As a result, it became Ferguson's enemy for the next ten years.
Six years ago, Mourinho landed on Stamford Bridge, and Ferguson and Mourinho also changed from being disgusted with each other and becoming sympathetic.
If anyone else can give Ferguson the feeling of his first match against Wenger and Mourinho in the past, then it must be Situ Yunbing today.
It's just that this feeling came too late.
Wenger is elegant, and Arsenal, who took over that year, still has the support of the championship team.
Mourinho showed off his strength without hiding his own sharpness, and even enjoyed it to sting everyone's eyes.
Situ Yunbing was humble and gave people a low-key look. Ferguson was like drinking new wine, and only then did he taste a little unique.
No team will make no mistakes, no coach will make no mistakes, but the test of coaches and teams is often the speed at which they can correct mistakes!
What makes Guardiola strong is that he has built a tactical system with higher tolerance and a nuclear weapon with a high error correction ability. Even if the team at Barcelona is not good, Messi will stand up and all problems will not be a problem. Even if Messi is silent and Barcelona's team does not have problems, it will still be smooth sailing.
Situ Yunbing did not have the team of Barcelona and had no nuclear buttons to press. Because of this, his corrections depended entirely on him alone.
At present, he did a good job, which made Ferguson feel a little excited.
Manchester United’s mistake correction depends more on experience, fighting will, and on the magic that has become traditional!
The first half of the game was Manchester United's one-man show, and everyone saw how Manchester United crushed Monaco, the familiar rhythm, the familiar taste, and the familiar trend.
At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United and Monaco were really confronted. Manchester United lowered the rhythm due to changes in the situation. Holding two goals in his hand, it requires a certain degree of defense to be strengthened. The adjustments of traditional coaches are mostly like this. Unexpectedly, if the new generation coach is thinking about taking advantage of the victory, because Ferguson, who has more experience, knows that the best choice at present is to score as many goals as possible without conceding the ball, rather than to do his best to do his best to score as much as possible regardless of the risk of conceding the ball!
Monaco's adjustment is also to ensure that he will not concede the goal anymore and get away goals as much as possible.
Needle-to-be-skinned!
Suarez and Gareth Bale moved two sides and then the defense line in the middle contracted, Manchester United's attack on the edge weakened, and the attack on the middle was also a bit difficult. Rooney and Park Ji-sung's play space was suppressed, Fletcher could not go up, Carrick guaranteed the transition between the midfield and the backcourt. Scholes connected the attack and wanted to play exquisite cooperation in a small range, but he encountered setbacks.
The game became relatively stalemate, with not as many exciting scenes as in the first half, as if Manchester United had fallen into an offensive bottleneck, and Monaco's counterattack was a little less time.
In the 62nd minute of the game, when Gareth Bale received a long pass from the backcourt from Moro on the left and turned forward and quickly pushed the offensive. In the stands near him, Manchester United fans repeatedly shouted "unlucky" to him. Gareth Bale was not affected and quickly dribbled to the offensive dangerous area. Facing Gary Neville's defense, Gareth Bale quickly knocked the ball back diagonally, and then ran forward.
Matic touched the ball and passed directly before Fletcher. In the second half, if Monaco attacked from the left, Matic would step forward. If it attacked from the right, Witsel would step forward. The offensive investment was not large, but they all had a meticulous arrangement of tactical cooperation.
Manchester United fans saw Gareth Bale quickly rushed past Neville and then splashed from the bottom and cut across the cross direction into Manchester United's penalty area!
Gary Neville was thrown away at a significant distance, and at this moment, I have to admit that he was old too.
Gareth Bale, who cut across the cross-cutting area, quickly swept the ball from near the bottom line before Ferdinand came to block!
The ball was passed very suddenly, as if it was a small angle shot. Van der Sar was almost knocked away. Suarez appeared ghostly at the back point of the goal. Van der Sar quickly moved to the back point of the goal and saved it in advance less than one meter from Suarez. Vidic blocked Suarez and stopped the ball without shooting and dunked Van der Sar's line. This was the biggest reason why Van der Sar saved the blocking line in advance.
Suarez, as expected, grabbed the spot and shot directly!
The result seemed to be destined before he shot, because Van der Sar had blocked 99% of the angle. As for that 1% angle, it was nothing more than leaving a hole in the miracle.
But there is no miracle in reality. Van der Sar blocked Suarez's shot.
This is the closest shot that Monaco has scored in this game!
Suarez looked helpless and sighed at the strength of his senior Van der Sar and the calmness and grandness of Vidic blocking his spike line!
This may really be the temperament and experience that only top giants have, and this is also where many players yearn for giants.
Situ Yunbing was disappointed inside, but on the surface he did not show any disappointment.
Looking positively, Monaco's offensive threat is increasing!
Three minutes later, when Suarez was pushing on the right side of the dribbling, Evra was dexterously changed direction by Suarez because of rash robbing, Vidic had to pull out to defend himself for the top. He and Fletcher went to attack Suarez with him, but after the defender in the middle left, Suarez immediately hit the ball across the middle. Perez assisted and rushed forward to the snatch before Carrick, and sent the ball straight to the middle area in front of the penalty area.
Ferdinand stepped forward to intercept the ball, but Gareth Bale dribbled in front of him at a rapid speed and killed the ball. Ferdinand really had a trance illusion: Irving?!
Of course, Gareth Bale of Monaco is also a wind-chasing boy!
The Red Devils fans in the Old Trafford stands were instantly worried!
Just kill!
When Gares Bale dribbled into the right side of the penalty area, he gave Van der Sa the time to pass the ball. When Gares Bale caught up with the football and shot, Van der Sa was also prepared to save the game two meters ahead of him.
Gareth Bale was still very calm. His speed made him unable to stop quickly or change direction or continue to wade through Van der Sar along the original route, which might directly drift the ball out of the bottom line!
So he could only shoot, and he chose to use his right foot to shoot the ball towards the far corner of the goal!
The moment he shot out of the football, Van der Sar seemed to instinctively raise his right hand to block it while lowering the center of gravity.
The right palm happened to touch the football, which changed the direction of the football. Van der Sar turned his head and looked at it. The football with a spin finally turned the Red Devils fans from worry to surprise. The football flew out of the bottom line against the outside of the far post.
Thrilling!
"Van der Sar magically resolved Gareth Bale's shot!
It's so wonderful!
Evra's rash robbery caused a flaw in Manchester United's entire defense!
This chain reaction is that the defense in the middle is empty. Gareth Bale switched from the wing to the middle and cut inward, and then dribbled the ball to form a single shot, but Manchester United won the experience level!
Van der Sar's save put Monaco in despair!
Their threat is increasing, but they can never surpass the Van der Sar Mountain!"
Gareth Bale was squatting in Manchester United's penalty area and covering his face was unbelievable. Although he was not sure, he was unwilling to accept that Van der Sar almost blocked his goal with instinct.
Just as Monaco's offensive gradually began and it seemed that it was just a gap between breaking a layer of window paper, Manchester United created murderous intent in its stable performance.
In the 73rd minute of the game, when Park Ji-sung received the pass from Fletcher in the middle of the frontcourt, he had no room to turn around and dribble, and could not find the route to pass the ball to Rooney. Nkuru and Matic attacked him from the front and back, which made him have to get the ball out as soon as possible, so he passed the ball diagonally backwards.
Scholes stopped the ball in front of the center circle and directly lifted the ball to the bottom line on the left.
The football landing point was near the junction of the bottom line and the penalty area line. Nani quickly cut in the outside line and then stopped the ball smoothly. Modesto and Benatia came to attack him together, which seemed to have approached him in a dead end.
Nani dribbled forward and entered the penalty area and suddenly picked the ball and killed it between Benatia and Modesto!
The football passed, and Nani fell to the ground while following up the next step!
Benatia turned around to block and cut off Nani's connection with football. This was a very conventional defense, but what Benatia unexpectedly was the referee's whistle sounded!
The referee's finger at Monaco's penalty spot made all Manchester United fans ecstatic!
Old Trafford is boiling!
"Punishment! Benatia made a foul in the penalty area and gave Manchester United a penalty!
This penalty will likely kill Monaco!
Benatia excitedly explained to the referee that he did not think it was a penalty kick, and he might not know where he had committed a foul.
But slow-motion replay can tell us what's going on.
When Benatia blocked Nani, his arm was raised. Although he did not hit Nani intentionally, Nani still hit Benatia's arm in the forward rush. Nani fell to the ground, covering his chin and neck, as if he was punched."
Benatia was shown a yellow card. If the referee judged that Benatia raised her hand too high was a dangerous move and was intentional, then it would not be an exaggeration to issue a red card.
Situ Yunbing protested to the fourth official in a furious manner, and Manchester United fans in the nearby stands couldn't help but cheer him up.
Ferguson saw everything in his eyes, looking at the young man who was furious in the thunder as if he had seen himself a long time ago. At that time, he was almost fired by Manchester United. It was the dark era of Manchester United, and it was the era when he had not tasted the taste of championship in seven years.
Can't bear to look back?
No, that is the wealth that will benefit you for a lifetime.
The penalty cannot be changed, Rooney personally took the penalty and took the penalty kick and scored it in one go!
De Gea made a mistake in prediction, and Rooney's penalty kick was like a knife stuck in the heart of the Monaco!
"3:0! Manchester United leads Monaco 3:0 at home! If this score is maintained, Manchester United will definitely be satisfied with this result, because in the history of the Champions League knockout stage, Manchester United has never tried to lead three goals in the first leg and was eliminated by their opponents. At the same time, in the history of the Champions League, the record of 3:0 in the first leg of the knockout stage was only once. It was in the distant 1986 Champions League semi-finals. Barcelona lost 0:3 in the first leg, returned to the Camp Nou and equalized the Swedish team Gothenburg 3:0, and finally advanced to the final with a penalty shootout.
Monaco is regrettable. They performed better and better in the second half, but the gap between the team's backwardness is getting bigger and bigger. This is football. It's not that your offense is more threatening, or that your performance is relatively better, and that you will definitely score more goals than your opponent.
I hope these young men in Monaco can hold on!”
Despair?
Monaco fans are already desperate!
Monaco players also felt their scalp tingling and didn't know how to deal with the next game.
It seems like a son is wrong, and everything is lost!
At this time, they looked to the sidelines at the same time, but saw Situ Yunbing calling Vitsel to the front of him. After pulling him to say something, Vitsel quickly ran back to the field to convey information to his teammates.
Situ Yunbing put his hands on his hips and looked cold-hearted.
It’s 0:3 now!
To be continued...