Football King Bale

From 1:0 to 1:2, in just six minutes, Manchester United seemed to have fallen from heaven to hell. This made the Manchester United players a little confused in the last few minutes of the first half, not knowing what was going on.

The home team was full of morale and launched a wave of attacks towards Manchester United's goal. They really wanted to score another goal in the first half and completely defeat Manchester United. However, Manchester United was lucky. AC Milan's two threatening shots failed to score in the end.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score on the field remained at 2:1, with the home team AC Milan in front.

After returning to the dressing room, Manchester United's players looked low-spirited and low-spirited.

This is not surprising. In such a short period of time, anyone would find it unpleasant to go from being one goal ahead to one goal behind.

So does Bale. This is the most difficult moment in the more than two years since he moved to Manchester United.

Although he himself had been resting for more than a week due to a previous "injury" and was in very good physical condition, his teammates who had been playing continuously showed fatigue from the outside to the inside.

In the past two seasons, the performance of Manchester United's defense has been unsatisfactory. The performance in this game was particularly poor, especially at the central defender position. Ferdinand was really beaten.

Evans is still relatively young and has no advantage in defending against high balls, so he didn't perform well in this game.

In games last season and before this season, Manchester United has always relied on its powerful midfield attack to suppress its opponents, thus covering up the poor performance of the defense. But in this game, Manchester United's powerful offensive end also did not give a very good performance. Welbeck on the right was still lacking in sharpness. If the right wing can create more pressure on AC Milan, then Bell will be much easier on the left wing. But now the right side is a little weak. After conceding the goal, AC Milan began to strengthen its defense on Manchester United's left side, which put a lot of pressure on Bell.

But sometimes, football games are like this. Bell can't blame his teammates for this. After all, they are either not in ideal condition or they are trying their best.

The impact of Van Persie's injury on Manchester United is too obvious. If General Van Persie is here, the striker composed of him, Rooney and Bale will be truly powerful.

Welbeck's ability, and even potential, are still a bit lacking for Manchester United.

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After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Ferguson took the lead in making substitutions, replacing Carrick with Kanter. Manchester United adopted a more determined defensive strategy of shrinking.

Today's Kanter is not yet the No. 1 defensive midfielder in the future, but judging from the games he has played this season, his defensive ability is already better than Carrick.

Originally, Ferguson lined up Carrick and Modric, two defensive midfielders with good offensive organizational skills, in the hope of achieving good results in the away game. For this reason, he even asked Bale to fake an injury to deceive AC Milan.

This tactic was indeed successful. Bell's sudden start at the San Siro Stadium somewhat disrupted AC Milan's rhythm. However, Robin van Persie's injury, coupled with the fierce battle with Everton on the weekend, had a great impact on Manchester United. The effect of Sir Alex's strategy was greatly reduced.

Ferguson clearly saw the fatigue of Manchester United players, so he made personnel adjustments in the midfield, and the tactics also changed accordingly.

AC Milan is naturally happy to continue to take the initiative to attack. They very much hope to gain enough advantages at home. It is best to end these two rounds of the Champions League knockout rounds in one game like they did against Arsenal last season.

AC Milan created an opportunity in the first four minutes. It was a cross from the wing. Boateng's header hit the goal, but it missed the far post slightly.

Bell's former Tottenham teammate has already had many header opportunities in this game. If his ability to grasp headers were better, Manchester United would have been eliminated long ago.

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Subsequently, AC Milan continued to control the situation on the field,

Opportunities were frequently created. However, due to Manchester United's contraction of defense, it was difficult for AC Milan to easily pass the ball into the penalty area at the front of the penalty area, and there was no absolute chance to score.

For AC Milan, the best chance occurred in the 57th minute.

Prior to this, Modric was given a yellow card for challenging AC Milan forward Pazzini in front of the penalty area, and AC Milan received a free kick about 30 meters from the goal.

Montolivo received a free kick and crossed with his right foot to attack the goal. The ball bounced off the wall. Boateng turned around with his left foot in the penalty area and shot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal!

Just when the AC Milan players rushed to the sideline frantically, preparing to celebrate the third goal of the game, the referee Thomson blew the goal away. He believed that AC Milan player Pasata committed a handball foul before Boateng scored.

This penalty made AC Milan players very dissatisfied, and the stands at the San Siro Stadium were booed, but Thomson insisted that his penalty was correct.

In the process, Boateng also received a yellow card for his excessive rhetoric.

And then the slow motion played on the big screen at the San Siro Stadium showed that the AC Milan player did hand the ball first.

At that time, Montolivo's free kick hit the Manchester United wall, or Welbeck's arm in the wall to be precise. During the rebound, it was blocked by AC Milan player Zapata's hand. , just arrived in front of Boateng.

However, Welbeck's arms are clamped to his body, while Zapata's hands are open.

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Although Manchester United escaped due to the opponent's own foul, the Manchester United players were still shocked into a cold sweat.

If we lose 1:3 in the away game and return to home in that round, the game will be very difficult.

Of course, Ferguson, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, knew this very well. He immediately made adjustments to Manchester United's lineup, allowing Rooney to retreat behind Sneijder to form a back three with Kante and Modric. Bell also retreated and tied with Sneijder. Welbeck became a single arrow, with one person in front, and Manchester United changed into a 4321 Christmas tree formation.

The home team fans in the stands of the San Siro Stadium felt a little strange when they saw Manchester United's changed formation. Because of this formation, their team is famous all over the world.

Ancelotti's love for Christmas trees is well known, but due to the nightmare in Istanbul in the second half of the 2005 Champions League final, Berlusconi once ordered Ancelotti to use two forwards. But in 2006, the nuclear warhead Andriy Shevchenko left for the Premier League. Milan's front line was stretched thin. Ancelotti had to reuse 4321 in the 2006-2007 season, which also achieved another glorious period of Ancelotti's career.

The Christmas tree formation used by Ancelotti in the 2007 Champions League final is the most standard Christmas tree formation. Four defenders are lined up in the backcourt. Both defenders must have good assist ability and also have important defensive responsibilities; three Among the defensive midfielders, Pirlo is the brain center of the team and is responsible for the important task of organizing the offense. Gattuso and Ambrosini beside him are also crucial in protecting him during the game; both attacking midfielders are With his unique skills, he can not only send sharp passes to the forwards, Seedorf's long shots and Kaká's breakthroughs are all weapons that are taboo for opponents, and forward Inzaghi will complete the final fatal blow in the penalty area.

It has to be said that Manchester United's current lineup on the field really meets the requirements of the Christmas tree formation, except that the forwards are slightly lacking in sharpness. If Welbeck is replaced by Van Persie, it will be perfect.

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With the changes in Manchester United's formation, Bell began to gain more and greater freedom. He was no longer limited to the left, but could roam in any position in the frontcourt. Wherever there is an opening, he goes.

Welbeck acted as the fulcrum in the frontcourt and was at the forefront. Although Heibei's ability is a bit poor, the physical talent and fulcrum role given to him by the black people still plays a good role. The three defensive midfielders composed of Kanter, Rooney and Modric also have an obvious protective effect on the defense.

Manchester United gradually reversed the unfavorable situation on the field.

When the game reached the 73rd minute, Manchester United once again launched a quick counterattack.

Valencia quickly advanced with the ball along the right, and after breaking into the 30-meter area of ​​AC Milan, when he saw Bale pulling to the right to open up the defensive position for him, he immediately chose to cut into the ribs. These are two The tacit understanding between people.

Ambrosini immediately stepped forward to entangle Valencia, and Valencia immediately distributed the ball to the right.

Bell stopped the ball calmly, but Constant didn't dare to be careless about him at all and stared at him.

After Valencia passed the ball, he quickly ran over and came to the gap to receive the ball. Bell quickly passed the ball back to Valencia and suddenly accelerated.

At that moment, Constant hesitated for a moment, considering whether to focus on Valencia or Bell.

This moment of hesitation prevented him from following Bell in time.

Valencia understood and when Ambrosini got in front of him, he passed the ball to the baseline. Bell and Constant competed for speed. The Guinea international was no match for Bell, and he was easily left behind.

After Bell caught up with the ball, he passed a curve ball directly with his right foot. Welbeck used his body to block Passata at the front point, and faced the ball and directly swung his head towards the goal.

Abbiati's reaction speed was not fast enough. He judged Welbeck's attack angle before he could, stooped to block, and actually blocked Heibei's close-range header.

But the ball did not fly far. The one who followed behind was Rooney. He got ahead of Montolivo and Muntari and shot directly. He used a powerful and heavy long-range shot to send the ball into AC Milan. The goal tied the score at 22.

After Lu Xiaopang scored, he was so excited that he looked up to the sky and screamed.

Manchester United players swarmed over and celebrated Rooney one after another. Bell also ran over, hugged the little fat man warmly, and comforted Welbeck at the same time.

Heibei is indeed not an efficient scorer. Otherwise, a ball like the one just now should not have been saved by Abbiati.