The rain is falling and the small snowflakes are gently drifting, and there are two strange weather conditions in the sky.

Soon, the turf was soaked.

Ferguson tightened his voluminous neckline, walked to the command area and shouted a few times, then retracted into the dugout.

Playing in such special weather, the quality of the game will definitely be greatly reduced.

Every player wants to avoid injury, so they play carefully. It's not that they're afraid, it's just a natural reflex.

Manchester United are aiming for three points, while Portsmouth only want to fight for a draw.

Unequal goals make the difference in tactics.

Since Manchester United wanted to win the game, they had to step up their attack. Slippery turf limits the quality and speed of their attack.

The ball was moving forward in central midfield at first, but as soon as the Portsmouth players pressed on, the United players struggled to operate.

In order to better control the quality of the passes, United can only rely on short passes, and the players are very close to each other.

Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were on the wings, could not pull the edges, and the field was slippery, so they could not play their speed advantage at all, so they had to play positional battles with their teammates.

Portsmouth, who were stationed at the back and shrunk defensively, played even more simply.

Against a Manchester United team that has no speed and technical superiority, at least they won't panic and scramble.

Boss Redknapp braved the rain and snow to stand in the command area, constantly driving his players to keep the formation tighter and closer to the United players.

This further compresses the passing space of the United players, forcing them to speed up the pass, and the speed increases, and the passing will naturally lead to more mistakes.

In many cases, before the two sides have even gone toe-to-toe, there have been passing errors, and people have frequently fallen on the turf.

Wayne Rooney and Smith, who started the game, played hard, but their efforts did not lead to goals.

No player can show his superiority in such exceptional weather.

The two men frequently crossed positions up front, trying to get rid of the entanglement of the Portsmouth defenders.

But this move is useless, after all, the opponent's defense has contracted too tightly. The surroundings are full of people, how they run, there is still only so much space.

What's more, Manchester United's midfield is not moving fast, and often when they run to their positions, the ball still doesn't reach their feet.

The diligent Smith even began to complain to his teammates.

Every time he missed a chance to catch the ball, he couldn't help but wave his hand and complain......

The mood is obviously a little impatient.

However, why is it against Ronaldo every time? Every time he switched positions with Rooney on the right side, he was always unhappy with Ronaldo's passes......

It was a hard and boring game, stale, dry but unable to reach the climax.

Seeing that they couldn't get the ball in front of them effectively, Keane and Paul Scholes in the middle tried to shoot from distance, trying to cause some surprises on the slippery field.

Paul Scholes struck two cold arrows in quick succession from outside the box, but the Portsmouth goalkeeper's attention was focused and he didn't let him go.

Rooney also saw such an opportunity and deliberately pulled back to keep in touch with Scholes.

The shooting opportunities also came out, in order to seize the opportunity to shoot, he was one after another, and immediately started shooting without making any unnecessary adjustments, what he wanted was fast.

But they still couldn't penetrate the Portsmouth gate, and soon Portsmouth made defensive adjustments, preventing Rooney from easily retreating, and plugging such a long-range hole.

The game fell silent again, and it was stalemate again.

This tug-of-war continued throughout the half, and at the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0.

It seems that first of all, ensuring that they do not lose has become the most basic requirement of the managers of both sides.

In the dressing room, Ferguson did not have the habit of blowing and frenzy, and treated differently from game to game.

Instead, there is a serious emphasis on defensive attention and offensive patience.

Only by playing more patiently than your opponent can you take advantage of the limited opportunities.

But in attack, he still made timely adjustments. Dong Fangzhuo had already taken off his thick coat and started warming up on the sidelines.

Because the weather is special and very cold, if the warm-up time is short, the game will be very urgent, and it is easy to increase the chance of injury, so Dong Fangzhuo's warm-up time is relatively long, and after nearly 15 minutes, the lord pushed him onto the court and replaced Smith, who was naturally too anxious.

There was a sparse applause in the stands, but this applause will definitely not be given to Smith, who ended up sullen, but Dong Fangzhuo, who has just appeared on the stage.

No matter where he goes, Dong Fangzhuo will always meet a small group of Chinese fans, and the one who gives him applause now.

There are many Chinese studying at the University of Portsmouth.

After Dong Fangzhuo came on the field, he was adjusted to the right side, not the left side that he was used to playing before.

Ferguson has already done this in recent training, because Dong Fangzhuo and Ronaldo obviously have a tacit understanding than others, and he was stupid not to put them together.

What's more, the cooperation between Rooney and Scholes and Giggs is obviously higher than Dong Fangzhuo, and this arrangement is very reasonable.

But Portsmouth manager Redknapp is not a rookie manager in the Premier League, he is not the oldest manager in England, and even Ferguson is a few years older than him, but he is the oldest manager in England.

He's been playing in England for decades, so he's able to make adjustments to any tactical move.

After seeing Ferguson make adjustments, his adjustments followed.

As soon as Dong Fangzhuo came on the field, someone next to him stuck up and pressed him closely.

Wipe!

So seriously!

Dong Fangzhuo felt a trace of murderous aura instantly coming behind him.

This is not something that is often encountered in the Premier League, and he is not a big star, so he needs to be treated like this?

Little did he know that since the game against Arsenal, he had become very familiar with the managers of various Premier League clubs.

It seems that he is very inconspicuous in the tactics of Manchester United, but he can always score for Manchester United on many occasions, what is the difference between such a guy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the past?

It doesn't seem to be outstanding, it's not important at all, it's not conspicuous, but it's often the guy who changes the game.

Even Ferguson frowned slightly, this move of the old Redknapp was a big surprise, and he actually sent someone to defend Dong?

It's not easy to play......

But Dong Fangzhuo didn't have time to think about it, Ronaldo's pass came instantly.

He could only find a way to get rid of the other party's entanglement, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as he received the ball, the other party immediately gave him a dismount......