Chapter 81: Study your opponent's vulnerabilities
"Hey! Come on! ”
After Ronaldo left, Sun Jihai came over and patted him on the shoulder.
"See you on the field!"
Dong Fangzhuo nodded, and just turned around, but collided with a black guy.
The head is pointy and the chin is pointed, which is one of the few Manchester City players that Dong Fangzhuo can recognize.
French prodigy Nicolas Anelka, who wandered to Manchester City.
The guy walked a little hastily, as if to catch up with the starters......
This guy can't think like a normal person, you never know what he's thinking.
Dong Fangzhuo had recognized several familiar players before, and even after so many years, he was still impressed.
For example, David James, McMallaman, and Fowler, the three former Liverpool 'hot men', they all coincidentally play for Manchester City.
The reason why they are called hot men, but their off-field life when they played for Liverpool was very sassy......
Of course, now that they are all old, they naturally have less of that commotion. With the exception of James, who continued to be an evergreen in football, everyone else retired in later years.
If you look at the current Manchester City team later, it is actually very star-studded, although they did not get the desired results.
What's more, their manager's name is Keegan, who was also a great player when he was a player, and Liverpool's former banner figure.
It's just that Keegan's current players, although they are all famous, are not so powerful, and the main reason is that many players are too old.
At the backline like the one he is fielding now, right centre-back Sommel and left-back Margaret Thatcher are both over 30 years old.
In midfield, left midfielder Bosvelt and left midfielder Sinclair are also over 30 years old.
Up front, Fowler is just a few months away from turning 30.
Sun Jihai is actually the fourth youngest player in Manchester City's starting line-up, midfielder Barton is the youngest at 22 years old, followed by 23-year-old Wright, 25-year-old Anelka, and 26-year-old Sun Jihai.
The combination of old and new players like Keegan is actually very reasonable, and it may work well with experienced players and young players who are as fierce as tigers.
They were also featured on the bench, with McMaraman and Vassell, as well as Andy Cole, one of the former Manchester United Darker duo.
It's as if Keegan is like a soccer star stamp collector......
Manchester United's side is not so particular, as long as there are no injured main players, then all starts.
As soon as Dong Fangzhuo walked out of the players' tunnel, the Chinese fans immediately screamed his name. The small white stands became the most active fan base.
It's not the first time I've seen it at Old Trafford, but today was particularly pleasant.
But such cheers are not enough to change the fact that Dong Fangzhuo is going to sit on the bench.
The camera focused on Dong Fangzhuo, and a long close-up came.
In the camera, he is smiling, seemingly unaffected by the substitution, and keeps chatting with his teammate Fletcher.
The same young Fletcher, who has a similar smell to him, may be due to personality, these two people always show a little more fierce and brave than other players when they are on the field, and naturally they have a common topic off the field.
The fates of the two men are somewhat similar, with Fletcher seen as a potential successor to Keane, and Ferguson is gradually polishing him into a midfielder. But at present, it can only be used as a regular substitute and semi-main force.
Dong Fangzhuo must support Manchester United, but he also doesn't want his big brother Sun Jihai to be abruptly stopped by Ryan Giggs on the left.
Coupled with the fact that the active Rooney always goes to the left wing to cooperate with Ryan Giggs, Sun Jihai's defensive task is actually quite difficult.
Thankfully, with the blazing speed of Wright in front of him, he shared the pressure of the defence, and Giggs was unable to open a path on the left as he wanted.
At least in terms of card strength, this Manchester City team is not necessarily much worse than Manchester United. Especially up front, Rooney and Saha are a similar threat to Manchester City as Anelka and Fowler are to Manchester United.
Both sides have been cautious.
Sun Jihai is bold, it is in such a heavyweight game, in the limited offensive space, he dares to boldly press the attack, whether it is with midfielder Barton, or with fullback Wright Jr., he can rub out the spark of attack.
Surprisingly, the first attack initiator of the Manchester City team was him, after receiving Sun Jihai's pass, Barton quickly stuffed the ball to Wright Jr., Wright Jr. rushed to the bottom line, and passed the ball back to Sun Jihai, Sun Jihai directly got up to 45 degrees to cross to find Anelka, but unfortunately Anelka did not correct the ball, and the ball was finally cleared by Ferdinand.
At this time, Old Trafford gave applause, and Dong Fangzhuo also applauded.
It's just that he gave this applause to Sun Jihai.
This is Sun Jihai's performance on behalf of Chinese players in the Premier League, and Dong Fangzhuo admires Sun Jihai from the bottom of his heart.
It is very remarkable to be able to play normally in such a game, Sun Jihai can still press up to complete the pass, just rush to this point, Dong Fangzhuo feels that he should study hard.
Of course, even sitting on the bench, Dong Fangzhuo did not give up thinking about how to crack the door of the Manchester City team.
Considering the age structure of the Manchester City team, Dong believes that Manchester United should focus on the right side of the attack, because the left side of the Manchester City team is indeed older.
Bosvelt and Sinclair's left middle is a good starting point.
It's a good fit for Cristiano Ronaldo.
If Cristiano Ronaldo can break through the midfield of these two men, then there is a good chance that he will create goals for his team-mates.
It's up to Rooney and Saha to move the two strikers.
Anyway, if it were him, he would definitely find Sommel, or run to the right side to cooperate with Ronaldo and finish off the opponent's left-back Thatcher.
Of course, he was thinking from the point of view of coming on as a substitute, and now that the game has only just begun, the difference in age and fitness cannot be highlighted at all.
It is said that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the rotten ship still has three catties of nails, and the Manchester City team's defense is not so easy to penetrate.
Of course, Manchester United's backline is not idle, facing the Liverpool god Fowler and the French talent Anelka, Ferdinand actually played quite painfully.
Sometimes, as a substitute off the field, you have your own advantages, you can have a lot of time to observe the opponent, maybe you can use your observed and physical advantages to create opportunities to shoot after coming on the field, especially when the opponent's fitness is declining.
The Old Trafford fans sang and chanted, but they never waited for their first goal.
'The longer the draw drags on, the more dangerous it becomes, and now Manchester United prefer to open the scoring rather than wait passively, but often when the game is in a stalemate, they can't come up with a good solution......
The Sky Sports commentator began to express concern again......