223 The Light Under Despair(2/2)
This has reached the most painful moment of his coaching career. Unlike losing to Lorient in the league, he is really embarrassed on the Champions League stage.
As a rookie, what can you not be convinced when you are beaten 0:3?
But on the Champions League stage, Situ Yunbing really couldn't accept the current score.
As for Monaco's promotion situation, he didn't have to think about it and knew that it was on the verge of being eliminated. Perhaps everyone except the Monacos had already sentenced them to their "death penalty"!
Seeing Situ Yunbing holding his head up and chest out of his suit and top with his hands on his hips, he thought he was Manchester United's head coach!
How could he be so imposing if he falls behind three goals?
But that's the fucking belief!
Anyway, Situ Yunbing will not give up!
Fight to the end!
Even if there are mistakes in preparations before the game, will you accept your fate?
In the two rounds of the game, I haven't even finished half of it. What's the reason to kneel down for Manchester United?
Monaco needs to score goals and away goals!
Even 1:4 is better than 0:3!
But Situ Yunbing did not lose his mind. In the context of the season challenge goal, he actually could devote himself completely and better to his work because he had no worries!
Monaco did not make substitutions, Manchester United made substitutions, and Premier League evergreen veteran Giggs came on as a substitute to replace Nani.
Obviously, the current score is already satisfied with Ferguson!
Giggs appeared to help Manchester United control the scene, and at the same time, he used his experience to ensure the quality of the offense and avoid being hit by Monaco to counterattack if he concedes the ball too early in the offense.
After re-teletting, Monaco focused on launching an offensive from the left, Matic retreated to strengthen defense, Moro's assists strengthened, and at the same time, Vertonheng's mission to make a heavy ball shot from the backcourt.
Manchester United significantly contracted its defense line in the midfield and backcourt, blocking Monaco's three attacks in succession, and Manchester United's attack gradually disappeared because the rhythm dropped.
This is also a common problem for Premier League teams. They are strong at fast pace. Once the rhythm drops, their playing style is very rough and it is difficult to truly threaten by peeling off the cocoon. Liverpool led by Benitez in the past two years is the best example, and is nicknamed x**t by fans!
Time passed by minute by minute, and the Red Devils fans in the Old Trafford stands were already singing in the team.
Situ Yunbing still maintained the posture of putting his hands on his hips to supervise the battle. Many Red Devils fans thought Situ Yunbing was pretending.
Desperate situation!
This is Monaco's Champions League road to the desperation.
Gareth Bale and Suarez's impact threat declined, and Manchester United became more and more stable after they became familiar with their offensive methods.
If you return to Monaco with a score of 0:3, Manchester United will easily advance to the Champions League semi-finals in the next round, continuing the glory of the Red Devils, while Monaco will only be a flash in the pan this season in European football.
It’s not that Situ Yunbing hadn’t considered Falcao, but who was replaced was a headache. The midfield defense finally curbed Manchester United’s offensive. Scholes and Carrick were the only one who made Scholes’ mid- and long-distance over-top pass in the second half, and they were all mediocre at other times!
Retreatment of the defender is a life-and-death battle. In Old Trafford, he is not in a position to fight against Manchester United in life and death. It is highly likely that Situ Yunbing will drag Monaco's body away.
Withdrawal of the midfield affected the system, and Situ Yunbing did not make a substitution decision while hesitating.
Especially if you want to change, you have to change it in at least about 60 minutes. At that time, you can still give Falcao time to adapt to the competition. If you change it in the last 15 minutes, it is really a lottery ticket and scratching the prize.
In the 87th minute of the game, when Gareth Bale received a pass from Morro on the left, he quickly pushed forward to the offense, and then suddenly splashed the ball when he encountered Gary Neville. The football passed, but the person didn't pass. Gary Neville stretched out his legs and put Bale down to the ground.
The referee blew a foul. Gareth Bale stood up and put the ball in place to take a free kick. The Manchester United defense player was also on his way back to the penalty area. At this time, Gareth Bale glanced at the back. Morro was running up quickly. Gareth Bale immediately ran forward in the left rib direction of the penalty area. His running position led to the alertness of Manchester United's defense. Neville, Fletcher, and Ferdinand all went to the left rib area of the penalty area to mark.
Vidic, Carrick and Evra are marking Suarez, while other players are alert to Monaco's midfielders Matic and Perez, who are walking towards the penalty area.
While Moro was running up, there was another person running forward at full speed in parallel with him!
Veltonheng!
When the scene was almost static, Gareth Bale's running position only caused little sāo luàn, but the rushing forward from the center line between Morrow and Vertonheng was particularly eye-catching!
It seemed like two wild horses were running wildly!
Vertonheng still did not slow down when he ran to the penalty area, and at the same time he pointed his finger at the sky in the direction of Morrow!
Manchester United's defense was suddenly panicked, and many players turned around and tried to stop Vertonheng, but they obviously had a huge gap in speed with Vertonheng who was running wildly!
The moment Vertonghen broke into Manchester United's penalty area, the calm and composed Morrow rushed to the front of the football and made a cross directly!
Situ Yunbing put down his hands on his hips on the sidelines and secretly clenched his fists!
The cross sent by Morrow bypassed the crowd with a strongly rotating outer rotation, and began to fall over the top of the crowd in the penalty area. The landing point was in the hinterland of the right rib of the penalty area, which was behind Manchester United's defense line!
Manchester United is not ready at all!
Not ready at all!
Morrow and Vertonheng cooperated with this pass, and the football landing point was also very accurate!
Gareth Bale is silent, Suarez is silent!
Matic, Perez, Witsel, these heroes who eliminated Real Madrid seem to have all fallen!
But there are still people in Monaco who stand up in desperate situations!
The heroic posture of Veltonghen's strong forward and rushing forward in the middle deeply shocked all the audience. Even those who were not present on the scene could feel goose bumps and sweat blowing all over their bodies!
The figure, like a god descending to earth, smashed the ball into the upper right corner of Manchester United's goal with an extremely powerful impact!
Then he followed the forward rush and slipped into Manchester United's goal!
Van der Sar was stunned!
He wasn't ready either!
Vertonheng immediately stood up, turned around and ran towards the midfield with a cold expression.
If Suarez and Van der Sar are just halfway, then Vertonghen and Van der Sar are both children of Ajax. This junior brother who has debuted for more than ten years late and scored a goal, really shocked his senior brother!
"What happened? What happened!? Vertonheng scored a header!
Monaco scored a goal!
More importantly, Monaco scored a away goal!
The score became 3:1!
Monaco originally only won a normal free kick on the flank, but Gareth Bale's sudden running made Manchester United's defense a little panicked. Then we saw Morro and Vertonheng running forward quickly. Morro ran up to take the free kick, and Vertonheng had a clear purpose to rush towards Manchester United's right rib in the penalty area. It was too late when the Manchester United defender reacted!
Everyone thought Monaco had no hope, but they stubbornly scored a goal!
Will this ball change their destiny?
At least we can't say that Monaco is in a desperate situation now.
In the next round, they will return to home court. If they can win Manchester United 2-0, they will be able to advance to the Champions League semi-finals!"
Ferguson's face was solemn, not very good-looking, and this loss of the ball seemed to have changed the situation!
The subtlety of the situation is that if Manchester United wins Monaco 3-0, Monaco will basically be eliminated.
But now Monaco has entered one, and Manchester United's advantage has been greatly reduced!
Because the score of 3:1 is much worse than 2:0 for Manchester United!
A very simple truth is that Manchester United 3:1 Monaco, and Monaco eliminated Manchester United 2:0 in the second leg.
But Manchester United 2:0 Monaco, even if Monaco beats Manchester United 2:0 in the second leg, they still have to play in overtime!
This is the value of away goals in the Champions League!
Situ Yunbing did not celebrate the goal. He clenched his fists on the sidelines and waved his fists hard, his expression still cold. Then he reminded the players to hold on. It is hard to say that they will counterattack at this time. Even the free kick opportunity for the goal was not exchanged for the team's heavy pressure.
On the contrary, will Manchester United be in a hurry now?
Will strengthen the offensive give Monaco an opportunity to take advantage of?
Unfortunately, no.
In the last few minutes of the game, both teams attached great importance to defense. If they only looked at the results, Monaco might not have a good situation, but if they divided the game into the first and second half, Monaco fell behind 0:2 in the first half and 1:3 in the second half. The situation was a little better than when they ended the first half!
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Situ Yunbing turned around and was about to leave. Only then did he see Ferguson walking down from the coach's seat. The two shook hands after the game and parted ways.
Faced with the ridicule of fans on the sidelines, Situ Yunbing walked towards the player channel as usual.
His team suffered the most painful defeat of the season!
There is no way, who made Monaco never lose in French local competitions, and only lost 0:1 to Chelsea at home in the Champions League?
Chapter completed!