Manchester United are playing much better after taking the lead, plus this is their home turf.

Panathinaikos was mentally unprepared to play at Old Trafford, and he couldn't let go of his hands and feet, as if he had been knocked out of his soul.

It may be an exaggeration, but it is true that Panathinaikos did not regroup after conceding the goal and still can't find form.

Schum, who was no longer seated at the Diaoyu Tai, jumped up from the dugout in shock at the loss of the ball and did not go back, standing on the sidelines, staring anxiously at the center of the pitch, closely watching the situation of the game.

He kept shouting the names of the players on the pitch, reminding them to pay attention to the defense and let the front recycle and recycle a little more. Narrowing the space for United players to move around and putting midfielders into the penalty area to avoid numerical disadvantage and ensure that every United player has two Panathinaikos players next to them.

That's all he can do now.

Counterattack? Don't think about it first, let's not say that Manchester United's strength is much stronger than Panathinaikos, plus after Manchester United takes the lead, in the almost crazy voices at home, the momentum is in full swing, and Panathinaikos is in a slump. In the case of one or the other, if Panathinaikos pressed out to attack, he was afraid that Manchester United would seize the opportunity to counterattack - he had studied, and Manchester United's counterattack was also sharp.

Schumm is well aware that a big club like Manchester United has a lot of star players. These super players will be extremely sharp when they fight back.

In fact, on the planet, the best on counter-attacking are the big teams.

When the time comes, conceding a goal, the game is basically nothing.

So now the goal is to keep that score at the end of the first half. Of course, if there is a really good chance, he doesn't mind equalising before half-time.

Panathinaikos' defensive strategy of compressing space did cause a bit of a problem for United.

But it doesn't matter, Manchester United have a way to break down this dense defence. That's excellent personal skill and tacit cooperation, as well as the power of being quite unreasonable!

There is no shortage of outstanding individual skills such as Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs, as for the tacit cooperation, although many new members have been added to the team, but after two months of running-in, it is not a problem.

As for the unreasonable power, it is more special, it belongs to only one person - Drogba.

"Didier, Didier, Diddy—Eddy!! Long shot! Pretty! Nicopolidis made a barely saved, and he probably intended to hold it directly......"

Panathinaikos goalkeeper Antonios. Nicopolidis when Drogba shoots from distance. He really planned to hold the football directly, but when the football flew over, his intuition strongly told him - hit it! Hit it out!

So he changed his posture in a hurry, from holding the ball to attacking with two fists!

The football was knocked straight off the sideline by him, and the lack of a corner kick drew praise from the Greek commentator.

But when Nicopolidis got up from the ground, he shook his hand vigorously - the soccer ball hit his hand, and it hurt his wrist far beyond his imagination.

This was the first time Nicopolidis had faced Drogba, and all he knew about Drogba had come from some written materials and videos.

But as a goalkeeper. It's better to get first-hand information, and first-hand information, of course, is to use your own body to feel the power of the other party!

The conclusion of the feeling is - what a fierce force!

Panathinaikos shrank their defence, but they struggled to defend. Because Ferguson then made the same adjustment - you want to create a numerical advantage in the local area by shrinking the defence? Then I'll follow up! He waved his hand. The premise of Manchester United's front is to support the forward line, so that it is equal in numbers.

What if Panathinaikos strikes back? That's what Keane and Ronaldinho are responsible for.

It looks crazy and risky. In the unlikely event that Keane and Ronaldinho are not able to stop it, the opposing counter-attack could be directed at the back line or even directly at the goalkeeper.

But that's the style of Alex Ferguson and Manchester United. Race. You have to take some risks. If the team on its home turf and against Greece would not dare to take such a risk, then it would be better to be a shrunken turtle forever.

If you want to win, you have to press, you have to attack!

And it's not a rush to press. Ferguson could spot that Panathinaikos was not in good form and they seemed to be softened by the huge boos and shouts at Old Trafford. This is Manchester United's chance, we have to seize it, then use it, and beat the opponent to death without mercy!

"Press! Press on! The old man in his sixties shouted passionately from the sidelines.

Ronaldinho and Keane are both on the verge of reaching each other's 30-meter line, but what about Panathinaikos? With the exception of one striker, almost all of them were withdrawn in order to survive the first half of a few dozen minutes.

Drogba didn't stay in the innermost part of the box all the time – it was full of people now, he couldn't get any chances if he didn't get out inside, his team-mates couldn't even get the ball through, so he withdrew. His partners Ruper van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie are more flexible, with the three constantly switching positions, covering each other and playing each other. This makes it very difficult for Panathinaikos to defend.

Drogba may not have the same skill at his feet as Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie, but he has a lot of power, and in the box, his power is better than his technique.

Look at this ball: Van Persie broke through and gave the football to Drogba, Drogba stepped on the ball with his foot, and the opposing defender Gumas wanted to rush up to break the ball, but Drogba pouted his ass to block the Greek, followed him to shoot, but it was still interfered with by Kylzakos and the shot missed.

Although the football did not go in, it showed the important role of Drogba's tall center forward in the box - such a center forward who can't knock down, if he gets the ball in the box, what can he do other than let him shoot or foul him?

Just because Drogba didn't kick the football in this time doesn't mean he won't be able to play it next time, and if he doesn't score next time, it doesn't mean that he won't score every time.

If you always let him do that, he will always find a goal.

However, Panathinaikos can't do anything now, and they will be desperate to prevent United from scoring again. One goal behind and you still have to fight in the second half, two goals behind, or in someone's home stadium, this game can't be played.

Panathinaikos was reluctant to allow United to score again, and the Reds preferred a two-goal lead.

Ronaldinho swooped in from outside the box and the ball was beautifully saved by Nicopolidis to give United a corner.

United's two tall centre-backs, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, both rushed forward from the back to head the corner.

Today, Manchester United is full of people on the field, with 11 starters, all of whom are more than 1.8 meters tall. So, when you take a corner, it's definitely the most dangerous time for Panathinaikos.

In addition to captain Keane and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, as well as Ryan Giggs, who went to serve a corner, the rest of Drogba, Van Persie, Ruud van Nistelroo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and others are in the box. Ronaldinho was up front, but he was only a pretend, and he was never a scorer from United's corners.

Brown and Ruud van Nistelrooy were in front, close to goal, and Drogba was on the line of the penalty area, his head bowed and his hands raised, looking very low-key.

But everyone knows that he will always be the most important person in United's corner tactics, because his header is so good!

Nikopolidis also pointed at Drogba and shouted: "Attention! Watch out for their number nine! Don't let him rush in! ”

Drogba couldn't understand English, but he didn't need to understand it at this point, and he rolled his eyes. I'm so low-key, don't hold on to me, okay......

But he did not flinch, and stood where he was. Hearing the goalkeeper's words, Kirzakos immediately dropped Co Brown and ran to defend Drogba. As the only person in the Panathinaikos team who can get closest to the opposition in terms of weight and height, how can he not stand up? Schum's assessment of Drogba's header was: "No matter how far he is, he can't let him head the ball without interference!" ”

Drogba didn't even look at Kirzakos, he just stared at Giggs, who ran to the free throw.

Van Persie stood in front of him, as if he was about to nod the ball backwards from the front, he was 1.86 meters tall and his heading skills were barely good.

But it was just a pretense, and when Giggs was standing in the corner flag area and raised his arms, Van Persie suddenly ran straight to Giggs!

That's what it means to play tactical corners!

Panathinaikos' defenders did not dare to slack off, guarding the front point of the midfielder Angelos. Basinas chased after Van Persie's ass.

That's when Giggs kicked the ball out!

It's not a boccia ball on turf, and it's certainly not for Van Persie. The ball arced and flew straight to the goal!

Almost at the same time, Drogba, who was standing on the line of the big penalty area, leaned back and shook his back, deceiving Kirzakos, who had been staring at him, stunned.

Immediately after Drogba, he rushed out like an arrow, straight to the front point!

No one could have imagined that Drogba and others on the line of the big penalty area did not rush directly to the goal to fight for the top when they served, but to grab the front point!

Nicopolidis and the rest of the Panathinaikos players focused on the middle, but Drogba slapped the front line! (To be continued.) )