Chapter 196: A tentative start
After the game started, facing the visiting team that reclaimed defense, the home team did not rush to strengthen the attack, but continued to pass back and forth in the midfield, hoping to find opportunities.
Jose looked at the court and Manchester United slowed down the pace, which of course was good news for Mallorca. Binding the legs of a Premier League team can often play a better role.[]
But we can't take it lightly - Beckham's scimitar cross from the Moon and the goal-striking ability of the King of the small penalty area Fanny's goal-striking ability is a huge threat to any team. Although Mallorca is not afraid of high-altitude balls, it depends on who it depends on - Beckham's cross from the Vanny's point-striking combination cannot be defended by just relying on his height.
At least Van Biten can't compare with Van Biten when moving under his feet, so the main focus of Nicholas is captain Nadal in this game. His rich experience can help Mallorca in defense, while Van Biten plays a role in checking for omissions. However, Van Biten has done a lot of work in the Belgian national team, so there is no problem.
After passing the ball back and forth a few kicks, the ball was passed to Beckham's feet, and Carlazer immediately forced him up. Everyone knew that Beckham could create opportunities through crossing without going down...
Seeing that Carlazer was pushing her tightly, Beckham immediately passed the ball to Gary Neville who was inserted into the side. Manchester United's right offense was not just Beckham. The tacit cooperation between Gary Neville and Beckham made Manchester United's right more threatening.
Neville's offensive ability is also quite good, and he is the kind of simple full-back. After the forward insertion, Capdvilla came forward, but Neville did not force a breakthrough, but instead distributed the ball to Scholes who was inserted in the middle.
Scholes shot with a long shot against the ball that was passed. Van Biden blocked his shooting route with his body in the penalty area. The ball bounced out of the penalty area. Mota removed the ball and then immediately passed it straight to launch a counterattack!
The foot flew straight to the ground and flew past Scholes, then landed accurately at Ronaldo's feet!
As soon as Ronaldo received the ball, Keane came over from the front, and Bart was eyeing him on the side.
Faced with the pressing of two top defensive midfielders, Ronaldo was not in a hurry. Although he was not very adaptable to Manchester weather, his own level had reached an extremely high level. After receiving the ball, he turned around one and a half times. While feeling the pressure brought by Keane, he bounced his left foot and passed the ball to Luke who was responding in front!
Luke didn't stick much to the ball, and after receiving the ball, he sent the ball forward and passed it to Etoo who was more forward.
After more than a year, the cooperation between the three players in the frontcourt seemed even more tacit. These passes were passed neatly and almost instantly, they hit the ball to the frontcourt!
After Etoo received the ball, the only defensive players facing were veteran Blanco in front of him and Johnson who was pushing from the side.
Facing the opponent's two tall central defenders, Eto'o was not afraid at all. Now Manchester United has a wide space in the half. In this case, he has never been afraid of the tall central defenders!
After receiving the ball, Etoo began to dribble the ball forward. He advanced very quickly. Although Johnson rushed over from the side at the first time, he was unable to complete the interference as soon as possible!
Blanco is not young anymore, but his rich experience makes him realize that he cannot force himself on. Once he is forced, he may be thrown away by the opponent with his speed if he is not careful. So he did not force him on, but half-sided, fighting and retreating along the route of Etoo's advance, leaving enough reaction space so that Etoo could not get rid of him as soon as possible!
In the face of such a stable defense, Etoo could not exert his speed. After moving forward for a while, he was forced into a dead corner by Blanco and Johnson. In the end, he had to force a step and then take a shot from the front of the penalty area.
Under the interference of Blanco, the quality of the shot was not high. The ball flew to the goal against the ground, and Badz fell to the ground and held the ball in his arms with his hands.
"Damn, this bald man is not a buttery hand." Seeing Battz holding the ball in his arms steadily, Jose muttered depressedly in his heart, but he also knew that Battz's performance in his first season at Manchester United was still OK. Although sometimes butter is also not many times...
Batterz threw the ball with his hand to attack, and Sylvester began to dribble the ball after getting the ball on the left. After Elvin retired, Manchester United's left side had always given Ferguson a headache. Sylvester was just a cripple general, but he always played better in the full-back position than in the central defender position. He was a bomb in the central defender position.
However, the focus of Mallorca's midfield defense in this game was mainly in the middle. After he dribbled the ball through the half, Garcia rushed over from the side, while Campano followed Giggs tightly. Seeing that there was no chance to pass, Sylvester simply chose to dribble the ball forward and prepare to break through along the side!
However, Garcia is not a soft persimmon. He is the kind of midfielder who will foul you if you don't mess with him. What's more, Sylvester breaks through the wing so unscrupulously. After seeing Sylvester start, Garcia immediately rushed out of the thorn and flew into a tackle!
Before Sylvester could react, he saw a figure wearing a white jersey rushing from the side with great momentum, and then a huge impact force hit his body, shoveling him and the ball out of the sideline!
Garcia's tackle was quite fierce, and he didn't even hold back his body. He flew out of the sideline with Sylvester and the ball. First, the ball hit the billboard on the side of the court, and then the ones that hit Sylvester and Garcia...
The stands were quiet for a second, then a huge boo sounded from the stands. Countless Manchester United fans were jumping and cursing, countless middle fingers stretched out from the stands, and countless swear words poured down from the stands!
Faced with such an angry fan mood, Garcia remained calm and quickly got up from the ground, then walked back to the stadium.
"The red card sent that bastard off!"
"Murderer!"
Amid the huge scolding of Manchester United fans, the referee ran over, but he did not show Garcia even a yellow card or give Manchester United a free kick. Instead, he just warned Garcia and then gave Manchester United a front-court out-of-bounds ball.
He saw clearly that although Garcia's tackle was very fierce, he first accurately tackled the ball and brought Sylvester down after the ball flew out of the sideline. Strictly speaking, this is indeed not a foul, but Garcia's moves are a bit big, so the referee warned him a few words.
Boos were everywhere, and Ferguson even roared furiously on the sidelines. In addition to being good at playing psychological warfare before the game, this old man was also good at using various penalty points to put pressure on the referee in the middle of the game. This was originally one of the essential qualities of a head coach.
Jose slapped off the court: "Pablo, good!"
Jose's shout immediately caused even louder booing among Manchester United fans, but Jose didn't care. If Manchester United players could lose their calm mind, that would be beneficial to Mallorca.
Manchester United players argued a few times, and when they saw the referee's attitude was very firm, they gave up. At this time, Sylvester also stood up. Garcia just took him down. The way he fell down looked scary, but in fact it was nothing serious.
However, after this, the game on the court began to become more intense.
Although Manchester United players knew that Garcia's tackle was just to prove that Mallorca had the momentum to defend at all costs, as the home team, naturally, they could not easily let the opponent show off their strength at home.
This kind of thing that stands out for the team is naturally indispensable. A few minutes later, he knocked down Ronaldo, who was dribbling the ball with his shoulder in the midfield, and knocked Ronaldo away two meters away from the lawn. Carazze, who was in a hot temper, immediately rushed up to question Kean, and then was quickly stopped by Bart, who came to help. The two sides tangled in the midfield for a while, and then separated under the interference of the referee.
The two card-eating kings immediately showed their attitudes when the fouls at the beginning - in this game, no one would let offensive players pass through their defensive areas at will!
This is also a test. After these two demonstrations, those who were excited to see the full martial arts show up were disappointed, because in the following time, the game began to enter the normal track.
Manchester United has an advantage in offense, launching an attack in the middle, spreading its wings to attack, and completing the attack in the middle - middle, outside, and middle, this is their usual offensive rhythm, while Mallorca's offense seems relatively simple. After getting the ball, it passes it to three offensive players in the frontcourt to complete the attack.
Mallorca has disadvantages in the situation, but Jose is not too worried. He can't be anxious when fighting away games. Only by grinding and grinding the home team loses patience can the away team have more advantages. At the same time, even if he loses the goal first in the away game in the first round, there is nothing to worry about, because as long as one goal is scored, the away team can gain a considerable advantage.
Giggs got the ball on the left, and after running, he threw away Campano and received a pass from Bart, and then he began to break through on the wing.
Campano followed Giggs tightly. The first step he failed to keep up with Giggs, which made him fail to play any role in Giggs' dribbling. However, Jose reminded him before the game that when facing Giggs, he should cut off his inward cutting route. Don't think about cutting off the opponent's ball. Not being able to break through by him is the greatest success.
Faced with such a defensive player who does not seek merit but does not seek to be wrong, Giggs did not have a good method. After breaking through to the bottom line, he passed the ball to the middle. Fanny scored a header, but he pushed the ball high under the interference of Nadal.
A few minutes later, Van Nie completed another shot. Under Van Biten's close-fitting defense, he still shot. Franco stood well and held the ball firmly in his arms.
"Beckham is a little quiet..." Jose thought to himself that during this period, Manchester United's main attack was initiated by the left, and Giggs seemed very active. In addition to breaking through on the left, he also continued to come to the middle to participate in the attack. Van Nie's shot just now was also passed by him, and Van Nie also got a lot of balls. As the only forward in the forward, he had completed two shots within ten minutes, which seemed extremely active.
"Are the main attackers in the early stages Giggs and Van Nie? Or do you want our defense to focus on them and then let Beckham and Scholes complete the attack? The silence of these two people is a bit abnormal." Jose thought secretly in his heart.
Chapter completed!