I am the king of football

Chapter 416: Despair Lingers
Back to the half-time break, Malaga's rest time was wonderful and comfortable. Their coach Schuster was so excited that he even gave a massage to the two scorers.

The team members talked and laughed for a long time before they looked at their coach at Schuster's smiling wave.

"Everyone, in the second half, it's time to change tactics again..."

"Malaga directly blocked Manchester United's attack outside the midfield. In the second half, they even changed their formation to 451!"

When the second half started and Manchester United's attack quickly advanced, the fans did not see the Red Devils quickly score a goal. Instead, they saw the opponent erecting a high wall directly in front of their own goal.

"Schuster's tactical change was very decisive. He did not let the team maintain an offensive 442 formation in the second half but directly deployed the bus formation. And it seems that even this bus formation was not a spur-of-the-moment tactic. Malaga must have practiced it many times in daily training."

They couldn't get through, they really couldn't get through. This was the most intuitive feeling of Manchester United players after the start of the second half.

Although Carrick quickly pressed forward with the ball, and although Qin Hu and Rooney directly penetrated the opponent's midfield and kept weaving in and out, in fact, Manchester United's attack on the field could hardly threaten Malaga's goal.

The first round of confrontation gave Malaga a deep understanding of Qin Hu's ability. In this game, there were the most defensive players around him in both the first and second half, which put this tiger in shackles.

As for the defense of the other striker, Schuster had been troubled for a while about how to defend against a comprehensive striker like Van Persie, but Robin did not appear on the field at all in this game, which made Malaga's defense a lot simpler.

A player like Rooney who is used to relying on personal physical impact will often fail to create any sparks unless he is given enough space and is pressed tightly when he has the ball.

On the field, after the start of the second half, the Malaga midfielders and backcourt players, who had already practiced countless times by Schuster on how to defend Qin Hu, could be said to have perfectly executed their coach's arrangements.

As the ball was continuously sent to Qin Hu's feet by Carrick and others, the Chinese striker was completely defeated at this moment, and it was visibly seen that he looked quite embarrassed.

"Qin Hu was targeted too harshly. At least three players were marking him regardless of whether he had the ball or not. This is really a bit exaggerated."

Ten minutes into the second half, Zhan Jun and the fans in front of the TV discovered this problem. Especially when Rooney was having trouble sharing the defensive pressure with Qin Hu, it was really difficult for Qin Hu to do anything alone.

"Try a long shot! Stop passing the ball to Qin~"

In the 59th minute of the game, Ferguson finally issued a new tactical instruction. He was expecting Qin Hu to create a miracle and support him again, but at this moment it seemed that the opponent was determined not to let the striker do anything.

People cannot hang themselves on a tree, and the same goes for teams. When the team's superstar is unable to play a role, they need to rely on others to solve the problem. This is not something difficult to understand.

Therefore, in the following time, Manchester United's offensive tactics gradually left Qin Hu and Rooney aside and turned into Carrick and Shinji Kagawa constantly coordinating long shots and Nani suddenly kicking a strange pass with the outside of his foot to create space and assist the two midfield teammates to create opportunities to move forward.

Such an attempt did have a certain effect when facing the bus defense, but as the Malaga team estimated, the other Manchester United players' direct threat to the goal was not as great as Qin Hu.

Ten minutes later, Manchester United finally had two shots that threatened the opponent's goal, but unfortunately, due to Caballero's high defense, these shots that were not directly in the absolute blind spot could not score even a goal.

"The game has reached the 0th minute. The score has not changed since the start of the second half. Manchester United is still trailing 2- at home."

When Zhan Jun's voice sounded again, his tone was full of worry and anxiety, and the fans in front of the TV had already lost hope. More than 20 minutes had passed in the first half, and Manchester United's attack was really weak. Malaga's tight coordination and well-prepared play were aimed at them everywhere, which made the Red Devils fans less and less hopeful.

In the stands of Old Trafford, the away fans, who were far less in number at the moment, were cheering for Malaga with even louder and more attention-grabbing shouts.

As for the Red Devils fans, they almost screamed their throats out in the first twenty minutes of the second half, but the team didn't score a single goal in return. For a moment, everyone was a little discouraged.

So, this is the end of the Champions League this season?

Being eliminated at their home ground, at Old Trafford, by a La Liga team that once had no reputation at all?

For a time, despair lingered in the hearts of every Manchester United fan.

"Pull the side!!!"

On the sidelines, Ferguson changed the team's tactics again in the 70th minute of the game. The attempt to break the bus with a long shot from midfield had failed, so he had to make a new attempt.

The tactics this time were very simple, but also very much in line with the style of English football, and were the long pass tactics that the England team would start trying once they got stuck in an international competition.

As a result, Qin Hu no longer moved back and no longer frequently took the ball with his back to the goal just to pass the ball to the team. He kept moving along the opponent's penalty area line, and the team's two wingers quickly moved to the sidelines.

As for Rooney, he moved back and formed a partnership with Carrick.

At this moment, Qin Hu recalled the days when he just made his debut in Hull City. At that time, he only had his headers to help the team, and Bruce arranged the team's tactics based on this ability.

"Shu~"

"Oh!"

"Shu~"

"Oh!"

Whether from the left or the right, Qin Hu was focused at this moment. When the ball was continuously passed to the middle from the left and right sides by Nani and Shinji Kagawa, no matter his position or how far he was from the goal, there was only one thing he had to do - head the ball.

"Every shot hits the target! Qin Hu hits the ball in a row. Two consecutive crosses from the wing have worked. It looks like this tactic has potential!"

Although the two consecutive headers did not hit the ball into the goal, the second header caused Caballero to make an extreme save and the ball went out of the baseline, so Manchester United got a corner kick opportunity.

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