coach legend

Chapter 414 The Second Skill of Warcraft
"At the beginning of this season, all analysts believed that this season's Premier League championship had nothing to do with Blackburn. Even player critics believed that Blackburn would collapse this season. Because Blackburn's performance at the beginning of the season was very poor."

"But at the end of half the season, Blackburn unexpectedly became the top team in the Premier League. Now Blackburn and Manchester United will have a face-to-face game. In the first league meeting this season, Blackburn used defense A tough draw against Manchester United at home."

"After that game, Van Nistelrooy even scolded Blackburn. Said that Blackburn didn't want to play at all, it was completely sabotaging the game."

"At that time, Blackburn's performance was poor, but Manchester United was very strong. But now Blackburn has won seven consecutive victories and is in good condition. And Manchester United will not give up at home. The game is a real strong dialogue .”

Mortensen explained the strong dialogue.

Old Trafford, the most famous stadium in Europe.And it is the hottest stadium in Europe.

Today's Old Trafford stadium is full again, or the average attendance rate of the Manchester United stadium for a season must be 99.9... .Before the game started, Manchester United fans began to support the team with singing.

Manchester United fans in recent seasons have also been aggrieved.

As the overlord of the Premier League, Manchester United has been firmly suppressed by Blackburn in the past few seasons, which makes them really dissatisfied.

When Manchester United was about to establish dominance in the Premier League, Blackburn, an upstart, turned out to rob a Premier League champion.Unexpectedly, after a few years, the upstart Blackburn came back again.

He also grabbed two consecutive Premier League titles.

So when the Blackburn players came out, there were boos all over the place.The boos reached a climax when George came out.

Although George has criticized many teams, George is still merciful to Manchester United.But Manchester United fans still hate George very much.

But George didn't care.

George has never cared about the boos of visiting fans.The average person wants booing from visiting fans without that kind of treatment.

In this game, George did not play Kaka, but used a combination of Pires, Micoud and Duff.And Drogba is at the top.

The two defensive midfielders are Alonso and Essien, and Hargreaves was sent to the left by George.

Every time he played Manchester United, George couldn't help but use Drogba.Because Drogba doesn't score many goals, but every time he plays against Manchester United, he will have some magical touches.Drogba seems to be the nemesis of Manchester United. As long as he plays against Manchester United, he can often perform well.

Of course, if it is only because of this, George will certainly not send Drogba.George is not superstitious about these things.

What George appreciates more is Drogba's impact.The current Drogba is still very good in other aspects except that his shooting is a bit blind.Of course, a striker who doesn't score many goals is a failure.But George doesn't care, Blackburn has plenty of players who can score goals.And the current style of play also needs a bridgehead like Drogba.

After the game started, Manchester United had the advantage.

Manchester United is now also playing a single striker in five midfielders. The single striker is undoubtedly the "king of the small penalty area" Ruud van Nistelrooy.The five midfielders are Beckham, Giggs, Keane, Philip Neville and Scholes.

Scholes was right behind Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Manchester United's offense relies more on the two wings.Beckham's cross and Giggs' breakthrough, as for the attack in the center, it serves the two sides.In the past, Blackburn's style of play also attached great importance to the wing, but now Blackburn plays less on the wing than before.

Now Blackburn's style of play is getting simpler and simpler.

Especially after handing over the offensive rights to Alonso behind, Blackburn's style of play is no longer cumbersome and delicate as before, but it is open and close.Go directly to the striker in front, or counterattack with a long pass.

Blackburn is completely different now.

But even so, Ferguson did not dare to ignore Blackburn.When George was at Burnley, those players were not as good as the current Blackburn players, but they still defeated Chelsea and Arsenal to win the championship.

The current Blackburn players are N times stronger than the Burnley players at the time.

You only need to look at the value of the two teams to understand.

When George was at Burnley, the biggest transfer did not exceed 300 million pounds.But look at the current transfer prices for Blackburn players.

Lucio and Alonso are both players with over ten million euros.There is also Campbell, free transfer, but the signing fee alone gave him nearly ten million pounds.The strength of this group of players far exceeds that of Burnley, so it is not worrying to play a defensive counterattack.

Ferguson hated George.

With such a strong lineup as Blackburn, you still play this kind of defensive counterattack, and you still let other clubs live.Especially a team as close as Manchester United.

Blackburn can't play a defensive counterattack, and Manchester United can also play a defensive counterattack.That's not Manchester United's style.

But George was steady.

The current state of Manchester United is actually not very good.In other words, Manchester United has been in a bad state in recent years, which is why some people say whether Ferguson is old or not.There are many problems with Manchester United's decline in performance over the past few seasons.

But in George's view, the biggest problem with Manchester United's decline in performance is their unstable defense.

Since Schmeichel retired and Stam was sold by Manchester United, Manchester United's defense has not been able to completely replace their players.So Manchester United conceded a lot more goals than other strong teams.Just like last season, Blackburn and Arsenal only conceded about 48 goals.But Manchester United conceded [-] goals.

Although they supplemented Ferdinand this season, Manchester United's defense is still unstable.

In the 28th minute of the game, Scholes' pass was intercepted by Campbell.Then it was handed to Alonso in front. After Alonso got the ball, he quickly handed it to Pires in front.

Gary Neville is quite familiar with Pires.

The two have played against each other many times, so they know each other well.Therefore, Neville did not make a rash move. Pires' skills are definitely the top in the Premier League.Therefore, Neville defended and retreated, preventing Pires from easily breaking through.

But Pires is not easy to defend.

After reaching the opponent's penalty area, Pires suddenly cut inside.Fortunately, Neville was already prepared for Pires' inside cut, so he hurried out to break the ball.However, Pires was faster and had already touched the ball first, so that Neville's foot hooked Pires.

"beep--"

The referee's whistle sounded.

The angle is not bad.It is not far from the position of the gate, and it also has a certain angle.This ball is a very good shooting angle for Pires and Alonso.Even for Micoud is a good position, their free kick skills are good.

Barthez directed the players to line up the wall.

Barthez put all his energy on Pires.Because among the three Blackburn free kicks, Pires' free kick is the best.As a teammate of the French national team, Barthez is quite familiar with Pires.

Therefore, Barthez did not pay attention to other players.Keep a close eye on Pires.

In fact, at this time, there are three players in front of the ball.Drogba is at the front, Pires is in the middle and Alonso has the furthest approach.But Barthez has ignored Drogba and Alonso.

Drogba is not in the eyes of Barthez.

As for Alonso, he often takes free kicks.It's a pity that Alonso's free kicks are usually from long distances.For free kicks at this distance, Blackburn usually takes Pires.

In addition to Pires, it is Micoud.

So Barthez believed that the ball was definitely taken by Pires.As for Drogba and Alonso, it was as a cover.

So when Drogba came forward and ran, Barthez didn't care.Not only Barthez, even the Manchester United wall thinks so.

But Drogba didn't step forward to cover, but stepped forward and used the inside of his foot to pump up with a half-push and half-pump.Surprised, really surprised.

"... Drogba, run... shot, Drogba is not a fake move, but a real shot!"

Mortensen was all quite unexpected.

Because now Drogba has a lot of playing time.Although not as good as Klose, it is already a very important pawn in George's hands.Otherwise, it would be impossible to start in such an important game.But in so many games, they have never seen Drogba take a free kick.

So no one believed that Drogba would shoot this ball.

But Drogba has a shot.

Kicking the ball with the inside of the foot, it floats left and right with a perfect arc in the air.When it reached the highest point in the air, there was a sudden drop.The ball caught Barthez by surprise.

Not only did he not expect Drogba to shoot, but he also did not expect Drogba's free kick to be so weird.

Although Barthez tried his best to save the ball, he failed to catch the ball.

"GOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!" Mortensen yelled. "Drogba, this is Drogba's free kick! It's wonderful, it's a standard falling ball."

"Drogba, who has always been the representative of the rough brother, has such an ability. This free kick is really beautiful. Who would have thought that Drogba would have such an ability. One to zero, although Drogba Not scoring a lot, but scoring a lot at Old Trafford."

"Drogba is getting more and more mature now. Is George going to train a second Klose? It took four seasons for Klose before he started to explode. If this season has passed, then Drogba is also George has four seasons on his hands."

Mortensen was really surprised.

Drogba's free kick is a deciduous ball, a real deciduous ball.

Drogba was very excited when he saw the goal.Old Trafford is like Drogba's blessed land. Every time he comes here, Drogba can score goals.

And George raised his hands in celebration on the sidelines.

Warcraft, Warcraft.Drogba gradually began to play his monster-like strength.Free kick is also one of Drogba's stunts.

　The two watches are over.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)