Chapter 198: The Bus
Newcastle United's St James' Park has a capacity of nearly 53,000 people, and the number of United fans in attendance is only a fraction of the number of fans, but the huge noise they have created is a little beyond the reach of the home fans.
The mentality and emotions of the fans of the two teams are completely different, one is desireless, and the other is excited, so when the players on both sides enter the field, most of the home team fans stand up and clap their hands and cheer twice, while the away team fans are standing in their seats, shouting and screaming in unison, and they are always continuous.
Newcastle boss Allan. Although Pardew said before the game that his team would go all out, the team's fans obviously did not intend to go all out, which is a very unnecessary thing, it is best to win, it doesn't matter if you can't win, this is a dispensable mentality.
On the contrary, the high-spirited Manchester United fans, although not numerous, have made it almost their home stadium, with red slogans and flags constantly rolling in all sides of the stadium stands.
The emotions of the fans are excited and anticipating, and the Manchester United players on the field are also excited.
As the undisputed Premier League hegemon, Manchester United's trophy room has no shortage of trophies, but no one would dismiss the number of trophies they have won.
It's a sign of honour, a sign of the value of the players and a reward for their hard work throughout the season.
To put it more plainly, being able to win the top league championship and achieve the treble is also a great increase in their own value, and the value of the champion members is obviously much higher than that of ordinary players!
Therefore, for this game, for the early locking of the league title, the Manchester United players are also extremely eager to do so.
Fan Bizhuang stood in the middle of the court, thought about it, waved his hand, and gathered all his teammates together.
At this time, he is also faintly excited in his heart, even if he has won the La Liga championship and the World Cup, but he is still full of expectations for the top league championship, no one will think that he has more championship glory, not to mention, to be able to join the Premier League in the first season, with the team to win three championship trophies, or even more, this is not a huge glory?
Although even if this game cannot be won, the final ownership of the league championship is unlikely to have too many accidents, but if you don't get it, you can't let go of the tense heartstrings for a day, not to mention that the opportunity to lock the league championship in advance is just around the corner, Fan Bizhuang naturally has no reason to give up!
"Guys, listen to me!"
The teammates gathered around Fan Bizhuang, everyone had a more or less excited and excited look on their faces, Fan Bizhuang nodded, stretched out his right hand, and put it in the air in vain, "I only have one sentence, and that is...... Let's win the game and get to the top of the league! Remember, we are the champions! We are...... The king of the league! Victory! Victory!! Victory!!! ”
Kaka put his right hand on the back of Fan Bizhuang's hand, followed by Rooney, Carrick...... Everyone's hands were on the same page.
"Victory! Victory!! Victory!!! ”
"We will win! We will be the champions!! We are...... The king of the league! ”
Everyone was shouting loudly, and everyone's face was determined!
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At seven o'clock, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.
The first kick-off was the home team Newcastle.
Alan. When Pardew faced the media before the game, he said that his team would go all out to prevent Manchester United from winning the championship in advance on their turf, but in fact, Pardew is not stupid, the current Manchester United and the current Newcastle are completely two different levels of teams, even Liverpool, Chelsea and other giants cannot beat Manchester United, let alone the promoted team under his command that has just been promoted from the second league.
The slogan can be shouted in a chic and domineering manner, but if you really want to go head-to-head with Manchester United, it is that you can't recognize yourself, and you don't know whether you are dead or alive. Anyway, dragging the pace of Manchester United is not necessarily to beat the opponent, even if it is a draw, it is an acceptable result, so Pardew chose the strategy of not being able to defend it, he just wants to put a bus on his own turf, his idea is that the team that fights to attack me is not as good as you, but the whole team is stubborn, and there is always a chance to remain undefeated.
When Newcastle's starting line-up came out, there was a burst of buzz from the scene, and the visiting fans unceremoniously booed and ridiculed, and even the home commentators were a little embarrassed.
Parde's formation is 4-5-1, which is actually not much wrong, there is no shortage of examples of midfielders in football, but Pardew is obviously very thorough in defense, not to mention four defenders, five midfielders, three of which are defensive midfielders, the remaining two are offensive and defensive midfielders, and the only remaining striker is Magpies captain Alain. Smith – Smith is a midfielder and center-forward, to be exact, a shadow striker, but for most of the games he has played this season, he has played as a defender.
So, if you really want to talk about it, Newcastle are a complete striker today.
With such a platoon, even a fool knows what Padu's idea is.
This is a bit disgraceful, and it's nothing to focus on defense, but it's really rare to do it like this, and there is no lower limit like this.
"Manchester United is a very strong team, they have Van Van, Kaka, Wayne in their squad. Superstars like Wayne Rooney can easily destroy any team's defense...... However, it is clear that Coach Pardew also has his own considerations, and it is not wrong for Coach Pardue to be conservative in the face of strong opponents......"
The home team commentator on the comment bench looked embarrassed to "wash the floor" for the team's head coach, but obviously couldn't arrange it after a few words, so he quickly diverted his attention and said, "The game is on!" Let's take a look at what's going on inside...... It's no secret that United now have a huge lead in the table and could lift the league title five games ahead of schedule after this game......
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Ferguson stood on the sidelines, his face a little unpleasant. Coaches all over the world hate nothing more than their opponents "swinging the bus", because breaking down dense defence is a recognized problem in today's football. This season, Manchester United has faced many defensive-oriented opponents, but like Newcastle in this game, it is clear that they want to use the number of people to surround the half, which really disgusted Ferguson.
"Bastard!"
Ferguson snorted viciously, then sat back in the dugout with a blushing face.
In the face of the opponent's rogue tactics, Ferguson also has nothing to say, there is really nothing to say, the opponent is clearly about to put the bus, then Manchester United can only attack with all its might, just look at the last Manchester United's spear, or Newcastle's turtle shell is thick.
The Manchester United players on the field were also a little dumbfounded, obviously shocked by the "shamelessness" of their opponents. Especially after seeing the kick-off, the home team players made an inverted foot pass in the midfield, without any intention of moving forward, and they were a little "dumbfounded".
However, the Manchester United players did not pay too much attention to it, the opponent did not have a "lower limit", but this is also very good, the opponent took the initiative to give up the attack, and gave up the initiative, then Manchester United does not need to be polite, there are only two words: attack!
Almost out of the nest, the United players ran and scramble on the pitch, using their aggressive movement to disrupt the opposition's passing coordination.
The ball soon changed hands, Manchester United was very resolute to launch an attack on the spot, in the third minute, the football passed through the midfield with three passes and two downs, but if you want to continue to go deeper, it will be difficult, the home team has piled up too many defensive forces in the backfield, almost every area is heavily defended, and it is difficult for Manchester United to pass through penetration to burn the fire to the sensitive area of Newcastle.
Kaka, who was cruising on the wing, originally wanted to continue forward, but two defenders were in front of him, and in desperation, Kaka had to transfer the football to Fan Bizhuang in the middle, who received the ball and turned to shake off a defender, and then encountered the same problem as Kaka, two Newcastle players surrounded one left and one right, no way, Fan Bizhuang could only transfer the ball.
After successive shifts, United finally completed the shot, Van Bizhuang played the ball to the left wing, Nani barely got up from the bottom line to cross, the football was cleared out of the box, and the following central midfielder Carrick shot head-on, but under the interference of the opposing defender, the football went straight to the anti-aircraft gun.
“MD!”
Carrick kicked the turf with his foot in hatred.
Not only him, but many teammates are resentful and helpless. Newcastle have piled up too many defenders at the back, their attacking attack is so small, and it is too difficult to complete a quality and threatening attack in such a tight space and under pressure from the opposition.
In the next ten minutes, although Manchester United actively attacked, but there was really no way to take Newcastle's "turtle shell", in the end, Manchester United simply gave up the penetration of the ground pass, but chose a more simple and direct cross tactics, the forwards ran in the penalty area, teammates are the opportunity to get up and pass the ball, whether it is the side or the middle, as long as the ball is sent into the penalty area as long as it is free, let teammates and the other party to compete for the top.
This tactic is indeed a bit too direct and simple, and the effect is very average, and it is a bit of luck to successfully create a threatening attack in the box full of defenders.
However, there is no way out of the question, and United can only hope that they can create chaos in the home team's penalty area in this way, so as to win in chaos.
But the score did not change until the first half, and both sides returned to the halftime dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline.
Before leaving, Padu's face was relaxed, and it was clear that he was extremely happy with the process of the game and the score so far.
Although it is obscene.. It's a little shameless, but seeing Manchester United deflated, I still feel very happy, and being able to make the league overlord uncomfortable can be regarded as an alternative success!