I am the king of football

Chapter 362: Strengthening

This was an eye-opening goal, because no matter from the comparison of the situation between the two sides or the offensive and defensive data, this goal made no sense.

"Van Persie and Qin Hu used their keen sense of smell to seize the few opportunities for the team in the first half. It was a very beautiful and quick counterattack. Both Van Persie, who passed the ball, and Qin Hu, who stopped and dribbled into the penalty area and shot directly after receiving the ball, performed very well."

Top stars, unreasonable, this is the intuitive feeling given by the two forwards. During this offensive process, even the team's midfielder did not appear, and Evra's long kick could be considered an indirect assist.

"Shit!"

With a low curse, Laudrup on the sidelines was a little defensive. For the first time, he hated the word "star" so much. Little did he know that in his career he had played the role that Qin Hu played in his eyes countless times.

Qin Hu and Van Persie were the first to celebrate as soon as they arrived at the sidelines, and their teammates followed suit belatedly. Everyone felt that the goal was a little unreal.

"Nice shot, Qin!"

As a spectator who witnessed the entire process of Qin Hu's shot, Van Persie knew how rare that shot was. He kept patting Qin Hu on the shoulder to express his appreciation.

"Well done, this goal is so precious~"

Carrick also came over. He was more pleased with the result of the goal than the process of scoring the goal. After the team had fought so hard for more than 40 minutes, a goal that narrowed the gap to one goal was precious. It meant that the team's pressure in the second half would be greatly relieved.

By the time the Manchester United players finished celebrating and returned to the field, the game time had reached the 43rd minute. After the restart, the Swansea team rushed towards Manchester United like an enraged goose. Unfortunately, the Red Devils players who were well prepared lined up and did not give the opponent any chance.

“Sh ...

As the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score was fixed at 0-1. In this game, the home team Swansea had the advantage on the field for more than 1 minutes, but Qin Hu scored a goal and the total score between the two sides came to 2-.

Both coaches left the field with their players with stern faces. Due to the dramatic developments in the first half, neither Laudrup nor Ferguson were happy.

"You guys played terribly in the first half! You might as well just surrender now to avoid embarrassing yourself here!"

As soon as he entered the locker room, Ferguson roared at his disciples in front of him. It had been a long time since he had used a hair dryer to give a speech in the locker room, but this game really made him feel relieved.

"Don't tell me that you can't defend against their excellent skills. Didn't you defend well against Arsenal? Everyone, put in 100,000 efforts and use all your strength. How can you not defend against them?"

Ferguson tapped the tactical board at hand and spoke in a very domineering manner. In his opinion, it was hard to understand why the team was completely suppressed by Swansea. You know, the orders he gave were just to stabilize the team and they still had to attack. But look at what the team played in the first half.

"We change formation in the second half!"

Without further ado, the four parallel midfield arrangement was obviously a wrong choice. Ferguson directly moved Carrick to the defensive midfielder position and adjusted the team's formation to 4132.

"Protect our half vertically, don't give the opponent the opportunity to judge the ball at will, increase the intensity, use confrontation to disrupt them. The situation in the first half cannot be repeated in the second half. You can't always rely on luck to save you!" The sudden inspiration of the stars is certainly wonderful, but if the team wants to win the game, it must show enough strength, otherwise it will hand its fate into the hands of others.

"Don't be afraid of physical problems, run as hard as you can. We have plenty of substitutes on the bench to wear them down. I don't want to see them wreaking havoc in our half anymore!"

"Understood, Boss!"

Finally, he kicked the tactical board away. Ferguson, who is in his seventies, hadn't lost his temper in the locker room for a long time. The players present were all silent.

Several veteran players who knew how powerful their boss was were too brave to even say a word. Ferguson's move today made them dream back to when they were 20 years old.

So, when the second half of the game started, when the camera turned to the Manchester United players walking out of the player tunnel, people could clearly see the fearless spirit of desperation on their faces.

"The two teams are back on the field, and Manchester United's morale is back to the top. It seems that Ferguson had a good talk at halftime."

Zhan Jun, who is familiar with the Premier League, naturally knows what Sir Alex Ferguson's speeches are like, but as a fan he still agrees with this approach. After all, no one wants to see the team they support sleepwalking on the court.

As for Swansea, they had the upper hand in the first half and their morale was quite high. Laudrup obviously encouraged his players again during the half-time break, and when his home team's players stood on the field, the momentum of both sides was almost equal.

"Forty-five minutes, the score difference is one goal. The gap between the two teams is very small. Now they have similar morale. The exciting part of this game is really coming!"

"Shhh!!!"

The whistle sounded and the second half of the game officially began. Manchester United, who had the right to kick off, kicked the ball. Van Persie received the kick-off from Qin Hu and turned to pass it to Shinji Kagawa. When Michu's pressure came, Shinji Kagawa passed the ball back.

"Oh~, Manchester United adjusted their formation in the second half. They no longer played in a parallel midfield position but instead deployed defensive midfielders. This was a very correct decision. In the first half, they gave the opponent many opportunities due to the team's unfavorable vertical defense."

With the ball in control, Manchester United's deployment after the start of the second half was controlled by Carrick in the defensive midfielder position. Shinji Kagawa, who was knocked down by the opponent's attack in the first half, no longer had to bear this important responsibility.

This adjustment had an immediate effect. Swansea's pressure was no longer so effective, and they spent six or seven minutes just fighting for the ball.

As Manchester United did not launch an attack immediately, even though Swansea finally took advantage of their numerical advantage near the center circle to steal the ball from Shinji Kagawa who got the ball again because the team wanted to launch an attack, they were unable to find a route to pass the ball forward immediately.

When Ji Sung-yueng wanted to repeat his old trick with Nathan Dyer and make a series of wall passes to shuttle directly through Manchester United's midfield, Nani blocked his sprint path like a wall and hit him in the face. Then, players in all positions of Swansea began to feel the warmth of Manchester United players.

"The Red Devils are starting to get stronger. Except for Shinji Kagawa, all of their midfielders in this game are quite good at confrontation!"

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