Chapter 345 Horizontal Knife Immediately
It's scary.
This is Dong Fangzhuo's first reaction, Chelsea's defense is quite three-dimensional, and the defensive level is quite clear. It's not that the four of them were defending him, I mean we were pretty quick to react after Chelsea conceded a goal.
Like just now, he retreated by himself, and he had temporarily gotten rid of the defense of Galla and Terry, and if it was a player from another team defending him, she could have received a pass from Park Ji-sung.
But now it was different, with the Chelsea players preventing that from happening in the first place. Makellele's reaction was quite fast, he had already judged Dong Fangzhuo's movements, and ran in front of him in advance, so that Dong Fangzhuo could not pick up Park Ji-sung.
At the same time, another midfielder, Essien, also followed, bridging the defensive tasks that were originally Galla and Terry. In other words, Jose Mourinho's side are not just playing man-to-man defence, they are also defending in the zone, and they are also playing man-to-man defense in the same time as defending in the zone.
It takes a lot of familiarity and the player's self-initiative is important.
In this way, Dong Fangzhuo found that he had little room to move for the time being, and perhaps what he could do now was to create scoring opportunities and shooting space for his teammates by constantly running in positions.
Dong Fangzhuo understands very well that this is the first time he has faced the strongest defense since landing in the Premier League. At least for the time being, there is no chance.
Not only that, but Rooney and Ronaldo, who were on the two wings, were also quickly contained. The middle and two wings were temporarily blocked by Chelsea, who also began to switch from defence to attack.
In the 8th minute, Lampard made a long pass from the midfield, and Ferdinand misjudged in the penalty area!
This guy has been really a bit of a hanger lately, and it's quite unreliable.
This isn't the first time he's made that kind of misjudgment in a match.
Call!
There was an exclamation from the stands as Rio Ferdinand conceded the ball and Drogba cut in from behind to volley and shoot from eight yards on the left side of the box!
Fortunately, there was also Van der Sar, the experienced Van der Sar reached out and raised his hand directly, blocked the ball and confiscated it.
'What's going on with Rio Ferdinand, he's been a mess in the last few games and United have conceded a couple of goals for that reason. In the last game, he actually made such a mistake, but the team's big win covered up his sluggish form. But this game is different, if Ferdinand makes another mistake like this, he may be a big gift to his opponent. ”
What Lineker can see, can't Ferguson see? Ferguson had already jumped up on the sidelines and shouted a loud reprimand. If it weren't for the fact that he and Nemanja Vidic had worked so well together, Ferguson might have replaced him with Silvestre. But in the face of such a major game, Ferguson still chose a conservative plan, but he didn't expect Ferdinand to scare him again.
It's no wonder that Rio Ferdinand hasn't even been able to make it to the England national team lately.
But you can't have such a hole in the Manchester United team......
Ferdinand's face was covered with sweat, probably all cold sweat, almost cold.
'Just like Ferguson feared before the game, Chelsea were defending at the back, then slotting through a couple of long balls to try to make the opposition defenders miss and then create chances to score, and that's how the thrilling scene came from......
After this thrilling scene, Manchester United's midfielders did not dare to be careless. Like Chelsea's thinking, they have stepped up their frantic pressing, with the two sides basing themselves on a fierce battle in midfield.
Soon, Smith's tackle on Del Horno was verbally warned by referee Bol. Chelsea's Essien also fouled Park Ji-sung viciously, but Bol only verbally warned and did not show yellow cards to both sides, maybe he wanted to play a better game......
The Reds stepped up their pressing in midfield and quickly recovered their inferiority.
In the 12th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through Del Horno on the right and created the first corner of the game for Manchester United.
Rooney went to take a corner kick and went directly to Dong Fangzhuo and Nemanja Vidic. However, with Rio Ferdinand not coming up and Essien and Galla on their side, they had no advantage at all and the ball was cleared by John Terry.
But the ball fell at the feet of Smith, who volleyed directly from the edge of the box, and the ball bounced off Joe Cole's body and flew off the bottom line again.
Manchester United win consecutive corners on the left!
Ferdinand still didn't come up, I don't know if it was Ferguson's tactics, or because he didn't dare to come up.
Rooney took another corner, this time still driving the ball down the middle.
But Dong Fangzhuo and Vidic in the middle still didn't grab the ball, Terry did not lose to Vidic, the two heads collided together, and Galla finally kicked the ball out with the cooperation of Essien to obstruct Dong Fangzhuo.
Neither corner caused problems for the Blues defence.
"China Dong is finally seen dead, he doesn't have any chance in the middle, even if he runs out to pick up his teammates, it is in vain, and the biggest challenge he faced today is to die."
'It used to be Galla and Telly who solved the problem at the back, but now Chelsea have one more Essien and the defence is clearly more solid than before. United's attacking force in the middle became too weak in an instant, and let's not forget that Drogba has not yet joined the defensive battle......"
In the 15th minute, Joe Cole broke through Park Ji-sung on the right and was pulled down by Park Ji-sung to win a free-kick, Duff's free-kick cross was far away, Fletcher made a mistake in marking, but Del Horno's scramble on the left edge of the small box missed the ball, and Chelsea missed a good chance to score.
But Manchester United also missed the opportunity in the 18th minute, Richardson made a long pass in the backfield, Manchester United quickly played a counterattack opportunity, Rooney struggled to recover the ball near the bottom line on the left side and passed back to the middle, Dong Fangzhuo took advantage of the fact that Essien and Makelele did not return to the defense in place, and immediately accelerated the retreat to get rid of Terry and Galla, and shot sideways with his right foot at the top of the penalty area!
Yes, he could only force a sideways shot and didn't even have time to make better adjustments. Because Terry had already tackled his whole body, and if he had any hesitation, the opportunity would run away.
As a result, the ball grazed the right post and went slightly wide......
It's a race of speed, and whoever can run faster than his opponent is likely to get more chances.
While Chelsea's style of play is more mature, Manchester United are clearly quicker.
In the 19th minute, Smith broke the ball up front and fed Rooney, who fired a powerful right-footed shot from 25 yards on the left that went just over the crossbar.
In the 22nd minute, it was Essien's turn to break the ball up front and split the ball to Duff on the left, the Irishman sent in a precise cross, and Drogba's header from eight yards out went wide of the near corner.
In the 25th minute, Chelsea pressed the attack all over the field, but Joe Cole's pass was wrong, and the ball fell to Vidic's feet, Vidic immediately made a long pass at the back, and Dong Fangzhuo finally got the opportunity to sprint!
Once he has the opportunity to rush, he will definitely not hesitate.
Gala and John Terry were beside him, and all three accelerated forward to the left side of the box, and before the ball could hit the ground, the three jumped up almost at the same time.
But Dong Fangzhuo's speed was obviously faster, so he jumped harder.
duang!
Dong Fangzhuo swooped in the air, with one enemy and two! Not at a disadvantage in the slightest.
The next second, Terry almost fell backwards, and then covered his forehead with his hands.
Gala also sat down as she landed.
And when Dong Fangzhuo landed, he stepped on the lawn steadily, like a god!
"Toot!"
Bol's whistle blew and Dong Fangzhuo was immediately punished for a foul......