Chapter 461 The only dominant player in football!
Looking at the "2:0" displayed on the Old Trafford scoreboard, Allegri, standing on the sidelines, began to regret it.
He regretted why he did not turn against the guests in Dream Theater and take the initiative to attack, but chose cautious and conservative tactics.
Because, Juventus' aging defense line simply cannot withstand the impact of Ling Feng, the number one player in the Premier League today!
Juventus' defense line, whose average age is over 33 years old, looks very experienced and very solid defensively.
They even shut out Barcelona, which has the historic trident MSN combination, in two rounds.
But in fact, every defender's single defense ability is seriously insufficient. Bonucci, Barzagli, and Chiellini are all easy to be passed one-on-one, and they can turn around for 10,000 years. Frontal central defender.
In the past few years, Juventus has dominated Serie A and reached the finals of the Champions League, always relying on the pressure of the frontcourt to ensure the defensive quality of the defense.
Why did Juventus lose to Barcelona in the 2015 Champions League final?
And two years later in the Champions League quarter-finals, why were they able to keep Barcelona clean in two rounds?
In two years, it’s not that Juventus has become stronger, but Barcelona has become weaker!
In the 2015 Champions League final, Barcelona had the peak MSN combination and the midfielder "Habaibu", who directly controlled the midfield and frontcourt.
No matter how strong Juventus was, they could not suppress Barcelona at that time.
Two years later, with the departure of Xavi and the injury of Sergio Busquets, Barcelona's midfield lost its strong control in the past. As a result, the pressure on the defense increased sharply, and it was unable to play in Juventus' frontcourt. Under pressure, the ball was successfully passed forward, resulting in the frontcourt MSN combination unable to perform freely.
This is also an important reason why Barcelona was blocked by Juventus in the quarter-finals.
In two years, Juventus' tactics have not changed, but have become more mature.
Before, Tevez, Morata, Vidal and others pressed and suppressed in the frontcourt, then Pogba and Morata, and now it is Pogba and Mandzukic.
As for Higuain and Dybala, they are actually the type with a soft style of play.
In Allegri's tactical philosophy, only by suppressing the opponent in the frontcourt and preventing the opponent from easily organizing an attack can Juventus' defense be protected from too much pressure to the greatest extent and thus remain stable. Lost the ball.
Once the opponent's offensive is unable to be suppressed and the pressure from the rear continues unabated, the result will be like this game, where the rear defense was easily defeated by Ling Feng alone!
This is why Mourinho chooses to press high at home and suppress Juventus with offense!
In fact, Manchester United's defense, like Juventus, has the problem of insufficient central defenders' individual defense capabilities.
Even Manchester United's central defender combination is much worse in pressure resistance than Juventus' central defender combination.
Then why does Manchester United concede very few goals in the Premier League with this defensive line?
To a large extent, it is also because their offensive suppression is so powerful!
The frontcourt offensive line composed of Ling Feng, Ibrahimovic, Martial (Rashford), Rooney and others, under Ling Feng's organization and dispatch, each performed their own duties and showed their own characteristics.
The frontcourt offense was smooth, and the passing and cutting cooperation were impressive.
Of course, the reason why Manchester United's offense is sharp is largely due to the existence of Ling Feng.
Whether he is making breakthroughs, finishing, or attracting defenses and creating opportunities for open teammates, he can create threats at all times!
But as the opponents in the Champions League become stronger and stronger, the difficulty of defense increases, and the team begins to concede more goals.
Mourinho's response is to continue to hold high the banner of offensive football and give full play to Ling Feng's super personal offensive ability, so as to replace defense with offense and suppress his opponents!
At the same time, due to the limited personal abilities of the frontcourt teammates except Ibrahimovic, they were unable to convert their passes into goals more stably, so Ling Feng had to choose to solve the problem himself. question.
This is also the reason why Ling Feng scores more goals than assists in key games.
Because, if he hadn't stepped forward, the team would have basically been unable to score!
Ling Feng also realized this and began to try more personal breakthroughs and shots in the middle of this season.
For the team's victory, for the championship, and even more for the coveted Golden Globe Award, just work harder.
Who makes him the core and leader of the team with unlimited firepower?
After falling behind two to zero, Allegri learned from the painful experience and immediately called Pogba to the sidelines. , the opportunity for face-to-face training:
"Paul, you don’t have to guard Ling! Just give full play to your offensive talents and help the team."
Hearing this task, Pogba also once again Nodding seriously:
"Don't worry, boss!"
Although Pogba felt that it was a very shameful thing to be played by Ling Feng and score a goal while on defense.
However, in his opinion, defense is not what he is good at, and it is normal to be unable to guard against someone like Ling Feng.
After all, he is regarded by everyone as the strongest person in the Premier League comparable to Melo!
And liberating Pogba, the core of the team's offense, and letting him lead the team to start a counterattack is Allegri's radical move after falling behind by two goals!
Since you can't defend yourself, let's fight against your opponent!
As long as the offense is strengthened and Manchester United is suppressed in the half court, no matter how powerful Ling Feng’s personal ability is, he will not be able to get the ball from his own half and pass several people all the way, complete a long-distance attack, and finally defeat the Buenos Aires. Feng, send the ball into the goal, right?
Should, maybe, probably it’s impossible, right? !
After Higuain kicked off the ball at Old Trafford for the second time, Allegri immediately waved his hand to signal the team to attack!
And such a change was not beyond Mourinho's expectations.
Already trailing by two goals in the away game and finding that he can't hold on at all, how stupid would Allegri be if he didn't take the initiative to attack and try to score an away goal!
And his response was also very cool, putting one hand in his pocket, raising the other hand and pressing forward, indicating to the disciples not to relax, just press and kick!
Fight against each other and fight against each other!
Who is afraid of who!
. . .
Next, in Manchester United's offensive round, even if Ling Feng gets the ball, Juventus will not send anyone to defend.
Instead, all players contracted the defense to compress Ling Feng's dribbling space as much as possible, and then surrounded it like a pocket.
In their opinion, as long as Ling Feng is not allowed to continue to break through or complete the shot, and forces him to pass the ball out, the defense has been successful.
Because, except for Ling Feng, other Manchester United players can't make any trouble even if they get the ball!
Even now that physical skills have reached the top level in football, it is entirely possible to use the combination of speed and foot skills to forcefully open the defensive circle.
However, under the siege of three to four people, Ling Feng still did not force a breakthrough, but chose to pass the ball out.
Anyway, we are already leading 2-0, and our teammates are in the open space. It is simply an unreasonable choice to bump into the crowd instead of passing the ball.
After all, football is a team sport, not played by one person on the field
With the self-correction of tactics, in addition to the improvement in defense and no longer being so vulnerable, Juventus’ On offense, he started to reach the offensive third area of the frontcourt repeatedly and complete shots.
In the 38th minute of the game, Juventus launched a very threatening offensive:
Pogba retreated to get the ball in the midfield. Even when he saw Ling Feng coming towards him, he no longer had the confidence and idea to pass Ling Feng just now.
Looking up and observing the wing, the core midfielder wearing Juventus No. 10 directly drew his instep and sent a very accurate long diagonal pass to find Dybala who was advancing forward on the right. .
Wearing the No. 21 jersey left by Pirlo when he left for the MLS, Dybala lightly stopped with his left foot and then sent a through ball.
Higuain turned around and stepped in, getting ahead of Rojo and completing a stab!
This shot was too sudden and came close to the turf towards the near corner.
Fortunately, De Gea was focused and immediately used his signature [De Gea sitting on the ground] technique, stretching his legs to block the ball out of the goal!
Although no goal was scored, this wave of offense also threatened Manchester United's goal. Both Allegri on the sidelines and the away fans in the stands applauded.
In the next corner kick attack, Chiellini, as Juventus and Italy's main central defender, also beat Bailly and completed the header
It's a pity that the header was slightly higher than the crossbar and failed to hit the goal.
Otherwise, at such a close distance, even De Gea, who has top goal-line skills, would have difficulty saving the ball.
A few minutes after this wave of offensive, Juventus made a comeback again!
Pogba feinted past Herrera in the midfield, and then sent a direct pass to Mandzukic who was serving as the fulcrum in the frontcourt.
The latter leaned on Bailly with his back, and then passed it across to Dybala who was on the right side. Without any hesitation, the little devil directly took off his left foot and hit a very high-quality rub shot!
The ball drew a perfect arc and headed towards the far corner of the goal.
"Dybala~~~"
Just when the Juventus players on the court and the visiting fans in the stands thought, "We have the ball!", De Gea once again showed why he has been able to steadily dominate for many years. The reason why Manchester United is the first goal:
I saw him making an extremely stretched sideways dive, like a trapeze artist. The fingertips of his right hand just touched the ball, instantly changing the trajectory of the ball.
The next second, the ball hit the outside of the far corner post and bounced off the baseline!
Dybala directly put his head in his hands, looking in disbelief!
The fans of the away team were just like him, holding their heads in their hands and looking in disbelief.
Holy shit!
Can you save this ball? !
"World-class save!"
"De Gea saved Manchester United again!"
"Manchester United should pay attention, Juventus's offensive is getting more and more fierce, especially"
After De Gea stood up, he also accepted the chest bumps and high-fives from his defensive teammates:
“Well done!”
“David!”
“Great!”
Seeing that the team was being suppressed, Mourinho stood up from the coaching bench and came to the sidelines to give instructions.
De Gea's world-class save is certainly wonderful.
But it is undeniable that Juventus' offense is getting closer and closer to scoring.
These threatening attacks were all instigated by Pogba.
Pogba is indeed a super midfielder who was once considered to be able to win the Ballon d'Or!
Not only can he dribble the ball in the midfield, but he can also make imaginative passes to find his teammates.
You can even fire from the outside to test the opponent's goalkeeper!
Even with Ling Feng Zhuyu, who scored twice, in front, he used his stunning performance on the offensive end to make everyone sigh:
He is indeed the best midfielder in Serie A!
Fortunately, just as Juventus was gradually turning away from home, the first half of the game ended with a sudden whistle from the referee.
Both sides quickly returned to their respective locker rooms for a rest.
The head coaches of both sides also rushed to improve the problems in the first half and then prepare for the second half.
Back in the locker room, Mourinho first praised the team's excellent performance on the offensive end, and then focused on the defense.
"Eric (Bailly), you gave Mandzukic too much space to get the ball with his back, you can attack more"
"N'Golo (Kante), You know very well, you just go to Pogba and you can’t let him handle the ball so easily.”
"Luke."
After Mourinho completed the targeted defensive arrangements, he also turned to look at Ling Feng who was wiping his body with a towel:
"Ling, What do you want to say about the offensive end? ”
No Manchester United players, including Ling Feng, were at all surprised by the head coach’s inquiry.
As a tactician who started out as a "defensive counterattack" tactic, Mourinho has his own unique concepts in defense and quick counterattacks in transition from offense to defense.
However, he is not very good at positional offense.
In particular, he was very dismissive of tikitaka
Therefore, many times, when the battle enters a positional battle, Mourinho most of the time leaves the offensive options to the team top star.
Then let them use their personal abilities to forcefully tear apart the opponent's formation and open up the situation!
In this Manchester United team, whether in training or in a game, Ling Feng is the commander on the field!
Everyone must follow his instructions to move and intersperse, just to allow him to get a more comfortable offensive space to pass or shoot.
And Ling Feng was not polite at all and started to say directly:
"Andre (Herrera), when I get the ball, move forward more to meet me. Don't worry. Leave it to N'Golo"
"Anthony (Martial), don't be too wide, just get in behind when you find an opportunity. The full-back won't turn around quickly and won't be able to catch up with you."
When Ling Feng expressed his opinion, the other teammates listened quietly and nodded to express their understanding.
Even Martial, who was very dissatisfied with Ling Feng at first and usually had a stern face, also looked serious.
The more they spend time with Ling Feng, the more they realize how strong Ling Feng is!
The reason why Ling Feng is trustworthy and the cornerstone of team building that all head coaches dream of is not only because of his extraordinary personal abilities and his own offensive system.
More importantly, he is almost immune to injuries and his competitive state is frighteningly stable.
No matter whether his teammates are in good or bad form, he is in excellent form in every game and maintains a high level.
There will be no fluctuations at all!
Strictly speaking, he is not a big-hearted player or a big-time player, but a "dominant player" who can dominate any scene or game!
(End of this chapter)