Fang Jue's established tactic is that Aston Villa will focus on attack in this game.

His offense doesn't mean weakening the defence.

Fang Jue is well aware of the importance of away goals for the visiting team, and he will do everything he can to avoid Manchester United scoring away goals.

And Aston Villa's attacking tactics are very hard and aggressive.

Its purpose is only one, to use the attack to suppress Manchester United, and to provide protection for the defensive line with attack to attack.

Aston Villa's attack was already very threatening and very sharp.

In this game, Fang Jue lined up the back three of Ballack, Clement and Stroman in the midfield.

This ensured Aston Villa's defensive rigidity in midfield and ferocity up front.

This is a big headache for Manchester United.

Ferguson soon discovered that United's established tactics of attacking early play were largely difficult to organise an effective attack in the face of Aston Villa's hard-hitting midfield.

Aston Villa's midfield interception was ferocious, even loud, and United lacked the necessary preparation for it.

All of a sudden, there were frequent scenes of people on the pitch turning their backs, and Manchester United, who lacked preparation, was a little scrambling.

Manchester United midfielders such as Michael Carrick and Park Ji-sung and even Ryan Giggs are completely mired in hand-to-hand combat with Aston Villa.

Aston Villa's tactics were very simple, with a back three tearing apart United's midfield and doing their best to protect Deisler, while Ronaldo and Gareth Bale roamed up front, ready to strike at any moment.

Aston Villa soon seized on a mistake from United in the chaos and launched a counter-attack.

This is Park Ji-sung's grappling with Clement, who was forced to transfer football to Ryan Giggs.

The Welsh veteran was just about to receive the ball when he was surrounded by Stroman and Milner, who opted to pass back to Fabio before the ball was tackled by Ballack in the middle of the game.

Aston Villa quickly counter-attacked.

Ballack found Deisler with a through ball, and the Aston Villa captain drew the ball to the defence of a number of United players before suddenly splitting sides.

After Gareth Bell got the ball, he took two steps sideways and fired a powerful long-range shot directly from outside the penalty area.

The shot was powerful and fast, and Van der Sar did not dare to hold the ball and chose to play the ball outward.

Ronaldo, who was ambushed in the box, got the ball in front of Ferdinand, he first avoided Ferdinand is a robbery with a smash, and then split the ball to the right.

Aston Villa's right-back Cuellar fired a low shot.

Football hits the net!

"Cuellar! Cuellar! Nice shot! Aston Villa's attack was very aggressive, with their right-backs rushing into the box and firing before Patrice Evra did! ”

When Cuellar kicked the ball into the goal, there was a huge cheer at the Villa Park stadium.

The cheers were so loud that they could be felt even outside the stadium, like a volcanic eruption.

"One to zero! Aston Villa are 1-0 ahead of Manchester United, and they are the first to go by the next goal! ”

Ferguson was furious on the sidelines, and he was very, very unhappy with the team's defence.

Cuellar was completely leaking.

"We're pressing too high." Mike. Phelan persuaded.

Ferguson snorted and didn't say anything.

Naturally, he knew why.

Manchester United's tactics are to press out and attack, especially relying on two wings, especially Evra's left side is the focus, which makes Evra frequently press out, this time it was Aston Villa who hit the space behind Evra.

The ensuing game fell into a state of anxiety.

Aston Villa stepped up their grip in midfield.

Clement even brought down Ryan Giggs and Valencia twice in a row within five minutes.

The referee, Willy Caballo, decided that Clement had not committed a foul when he brought down Ryan Giggs, and the second time it was found to be a foul, and verbally warned Clement.

Ferguson was angry and asked the fourth official on the sidelines, "Is that guy merciful because Clement is his countryman?" ”

This is a very serious accusation, and the fourth official kept a straight face and asked Ferguson to calm down before speaking, otherwise he would have recorded it, and such an accusation would cause an uproar.

"He's confused, don't mind." Mike. Phelan dragged Ferguson back.

"Who do you say is old and confused?" Ferguson, who wanted to save face, returned to his seat and slammed at Phelan.

The latter bears it silently, the old man always wants to vent, he can only vent on him, can he really let Ferguson go to the referee?

Forty-one minutes into the game, the referee finally pulled out the cards, and it was a tactical foul by Stroman who tackled Rooney.

Seeing this on the sidelines, Fang Jue called out Clement's name and made a gesture.

Aston Villa's 'violent' interceptions immediately vanished, and one by one they became noticeable.

On the contrary, on the side of Manchester United, the fire aroused by Aston Villa began to explode.

For the remaining five or six minutes of the first half, United players fouled Aston Villa in quick succession.

Referee Caballo's tolerance arrived at MAX and began to play in a frenzied mode.

In just a few minutes, on Manchester United's side, Park Ji-sung and Carrick ate cards in a row.

……

Fang Jue smiled on the sidelines, Park Ji-sung and Carrick are Manchester United's defensive workhorses, both of whom have yellow cards, which is bound to make Manchester United cringe when defending.

Ferguson is clearly aware of this, too.

The old Scottish man had never seen anything in the world, and immediately realized that he had been deceived.

"Is there any information about the referee Carballo?" Ferguson asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, I'll put you in your room." Mike. Phelan said.

Ferguson frowned, he remembered, he was busy at the time, only looked at the first few lines, and briefly said that the referee blew the penalty relatively loosely, so he didn't care, and he didn't continue to watch.

Now it seems that there must be something in that report that he did not notice.

In the end, at the end of the first half, Aston Villa were 1-0 ahead of Manchester United.

Fang Jue's tactical goal was basically achieved, the team scored, Manchester United's attack was contained, and he was unable to score away goals.

At half-time, Fang Jue first praised the players' performance, and then he reminded the players with a serious expression to be careful of Manchester United's counterattack in the second half.

"It's not safe to be 1-0, and we have to keep attacking in the second half and we have to have at least two balls in our hands to be relatively safe."

'Be careful of the guys at Manchester United counter-attacking because for Manchester United they just need to score an away goal and we will be very passive.

After the start of the second half, Fang Jue was surprised to find that the Manchester United team did not press out to attack, and was not in a hurry, but played in an orderly manner...... Defend and counterattack.

Fang Jue pondered for a while, and then he understood what Ferguson meant.

It is clear that after the tactics of the first half were curbed by Aston Villa, Ferguson decisively changed and abandoned the attacking tactics of the first half, and their aim now is not to concede any more goals.

Even if the game ended 0-1, it would be acceptable for Manchester United, who still have hope of a comeback in the second leg.

In fact, in the first half, Ferguson was hoping to get an away goal.

However, realizing that this tactic did not work as well as it should, but instead exposed the holes in the team's defence, Ferguson calmed down.

1-0, for Aston Villa, is not too satisfactory result, he judged that Aston Villa will continue to attack, then, Manchester United simply play Aston Villa's counterattack.

If they can sneak up and rewrite the score to 1-1, Manchester United will have earned it.

Even with few chances to score, the 0-1 scoreline made the pressure less on United in the second leg and they only needed a 1-0 equaliser on aggregate.

Ferguson sighed, this change, in Ferguson's opinion, is at best a timely stop loss, is a helpless move.

Although he was very unhappy, Ferguson had to admit that his Manchester United is not as good as Aston Villa in terms of strength.

Mainly on the offensive side, Manchester United's attacking ability is not as good as Aston Villa's, otherwise, even if it is not to beat Aston Villa away, Manchester United will at least take the initiative to try for goals, rather than waiting for Aston Villa to make a mistake.

……

"Beautiful long pass!" The narrator shouted.

Ferguson also made a brief adjustment in the second half, arranging for the team to press out again to attack and see the effect.

However, it was immediately counter-attacked by Aston Villa.

Senderos launched a direct long counter-attack, and Deisler received the ball despite Carrick's marking.

Aston Villa used his skills and experience to keep the ball firmly at their feet and wait for their team-mates to step up and pick it up.

Carrick tried hard to break the ball behind his back, but his place was gone, and he would definitely not be able to break the ball unless he fouled it.

However, Carrick already had a yellow card on him, and he did not dare to commit a foul, and once the referee showed him a second yellow card, he would go off the pitch to wash up and sleep.

Deisler passes the ball and the target is Gareth. Bel.

Bale started straight up, changing direction and slowing down twice in a row with the ball, shaking Fabio very embarrassed, and then, in a flash, passed the ball out.

Ronaldo pulled the ball with his left foot and tried to fool Rio Ferdinand, and the United veteran was stunningly rich, with a steady and precise foot, and a direct tackle shoveled the football off the touchline.

……

In the stands of Villa Park, there was a scene of regretful hugging of heads.

This ball, as long as Ronaldo dipped it, went into the penalty area, almost facing the goalkeeper.

"Ferdinand has made a meritorious service!" Lineker complimented, "That's why Ferguson preferred to risk using Rio Ferdinand, who has just recovered from injury, rather than using Evans. ”

"Veterans have a reason to be trusted." Mortenson agrees.

On the sidelines, Ferguson was also shocked, if Ronaldo scored, Aston Villa would lead 2-0, and Manchester United would be very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Rio Ferdinand defended successfully.

After such an experience, Ferguson completely gave up the idea of pressing out to attack, and told the team to play an honest defensive counterattack, defend first, and never concede any more goals.

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