green showman

Chapter 987
With a 2-0 lead and an away game, almost half of Manchester United has already entered the quarter-finals, so during the intermission, the atmosphere in the locker room was very cheerful.

Sun Wu also had no intention of standing on the opposite side of the players. After all, he was different from Mourinho and Ferguson. It was Mike Phelan who stood up and reprimanded the most noisy Luke Shaw.

Uh, this is the so-called division of labor is different, there is an old man who is willing to take the blame, Sun Wu is much more relaxed.

Sun Wu didn't make any adjustments, but pulled Alderweireld and Van Dijk to whisper a few words.

Walking out of the locker room, Rojo asked curiously, and Van Dijk grinned, "You'll find out later."

Two goals behind at home, even though it is difficult to enter the quarterfinals with the strength of the team, the Valencia coach still took out the last card.

"Paco came off the bench." Zhan Jun immediately recognized the young players on the sidelines who were eager to fight. "Paco is a talented striker from Valencia's youth training. This season is the ace of the bat team, but he was injured in the last round of La Liga .”

Zhang Lu added: "Should have played with an injury."

Sun Wu knew that this striker, a big parallel importer, was brought to Barcelona by Enrique next year, and Enrique was killed in the end...

But soon Sun Wu found out that he was wrong!

In the 53rd minute, Mustafi cleared the corner kick, Parejo passed through from a long distance, Paco carried Rojo who was defending around the front, and then crossed to find Cancelo, the right defender who was actively advancing.

Cancelo made a straight breakthrough to attract Van Dijk's defense, and then crossed the middle. Paco showed his smart off-the-ball running ability.

"Di!"

The sharp whistle sounded, and the referee quickly showed Alderweireld a yellow card.

Alderweireld, who knocked Paco down, and Van Dijk, who ran over, looked at each other, and Rojo came over and whispered, "Are you going to shuffle the cards?"

Alderweireld and Van Dijk have already received two yellow cards in the Champions League group stage, and they will be suspended if they get another one. Fortunately, the opponents are not strong in the one-eighth knockout round, and they lead 2-0 in the away game. But if it goes further, the suspension may cause the defense line to be unstable.

Alderweireld walked away with a blank face... Sun Wu did tell him that he could shuffle the cards if possible, but this time he really didn't shuffle the cards!
Paco's movement is very coherent, stopping the ball with his left foot, and rubbing his right foot to shoot. Alderweireld was stunned, and then he had to put a tackle.

Rojo's eyes were confused, Van Dijk was holding back a smile, and Sun Wu was also grinning, but this mentality quickly disappeared.

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"Valencia has come back, there is still hope!" The Spanish commentator shouted: "Paco's wonderful free kick directly scored the goal, what a beautiful falling ball!"

Sun Wu's eyes widened. There was no mention of this guy taking a free kick in the pre-match information collection!
In fact, Sun Wu didn't know that in the original time and space after he traveled, Paco went to Dortmund and performed very well, and scored such direct free kicks many times.

After regaining one city, Valencia's morale was boosted, but instead of pressing forward to try to equalize the score, they started a tougher defense. After all, it was a two-round match.

In the eyes of Sun Wu in the first half, Valencia's defense was full of loopholes, but now the opponent uses diligent running and tough collision to make up for the loopholes.

And because Alderweireld received a yellow card, Valencia's counterattack basically went to the left, staring at the Belgian.

In the 67th minute, Sun Wu made an adjustment, replacing Alderweireld with Coleman, and then asked Pavard to retreat to play the right center back, and Coleman to play the right wing back.

In fact, Paco's speed is not fast enough, and his explosive power is average, but he has a strong ability to run without the ball, and he is very bold in his moves near the penalty area, but Paval is not afraid at all, and Paco soon calmed down.

In the 76th minute, Valencia, who had been unable to attack repeatedly, finally lost the ball again. Salah dribbled the ball inward from the right, and the Valencia defender intercepted the ball.

But the ball fell right in front of Sun Wu, and he sent a pick pass at the first time. Coleman inserted into the penalty area at high speed and crossed. Although neither Harry Kane nor Griezmann grabbed the point, the Valencia defender Knocked the ball into his own gate.

"Oh, unlucky Valencia, own goal." Zhang Lu said with a smile: "3 to 1, if this score is maintained until the end of the game, it should be said that Manchester United has basically ended the suspense."

"Almost, almost." Zhan Jun is more cautious, and some words cannot be said indiscriminately. "In the history of the Champions League knockout match, there has never been a precedent of being eliminated at home after leading 3-1 in an away game."

Then Sun Wu replaced himself with Fletcher to strengthen the defense, and retreated to start a defensive counterattack. He sat on the coach's bench and whispered to Rolf and Mike Phelan.

"For the goal just now, you should go forward into the penalty area instead of waiting for Salah to pass the ball." Mike Phelan drew a sketch on the tactical board, "Threatening the ball is your biggest feature, but in the 343 formation, The attack from the flanks develops into the middle and you have to run out of space."

"Well, it's my fault." Sun Wu nodded and admitted, "If I go forward, I may not be able to score, but Salah probably won't be intercepted."

This is the biggest problem in Manchester United's current 343 formation. If Sun Wu goes forward, the midfielder will lack a player who can pass the threat. Herrera is too mediocre in this aspect, but Bernardo Silva has this ability , but he will not return until March.

In this regard, Sun Wu has nothing to do... What the hell, I know those excellent midfielders who can pass threatening balls, such as Pjanic, but how could they be willing to help me!

Back then, Rakitic gave Sun Wu a shot because of his lack of reputation. After that, he never got such treatment again. The fact that Pogba decisively left after cooperating for one season also made Sun Wu not very famous in this regard.

Sun Wu stared intently at the tactical map for a while, took the pen and drew a few scribbles, and Rolf asked in surprise, "Wing guard?"

"But in this case, the wing attack will be weakened, and the left and right central defenders will have to bear a lot of defensive pressure. They must be positioned." Mike Phelan is not very optimistic.

"But at the same time, the sense of hierarchy in the offense is stronger, and there will be more routes to choose from." Rolf has different opinions, "I think it can be tried."

After the two assistant coaches argued quietly for a while, Sun Wu said with a smile: "Try it on the training ground first. In the second half of the Manchester Derby, you must always come up with something new, otherwise Guardiola will be disappointed." of."

Sun Wu had just finished speaking when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Although there were minor twists and turns, Manchester United still defeated Valencia 3-1 in the away game, and it is almost impossible to advance to the quarter-finals.

Manchester United was the first to play in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. The other game played at the same time was Paris Saint-Germain's away game against Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid won 1-0 with a header.

Sun Wu hopes to touch Atletico Madrid again, but he feels a bit invincible. Diego Costa went to Stamford Bridge, Lucas was kidnapped by Sun Wu to Manchester United, and Griezmann was poached long ago.

And Simeone spent 3000 million euros to buy Jackson Martinez... Tsk tsk tsk, it's hard to say, 2 goals in half a season, including a penalty kick, for which Simeone loaned Cavani, However, the old teammates will not be able to play in the Champions League.

(End of this chapter)