Throughout the first half, the Manchester United players played a little depressed, and stepped into the green field with high spirits, but the opponent insisted on using the "bus tactics" to block the 30-meter area of the penalty area impenetrable.

It's just that to the players' surprise, in the dressing room at halftime, Ferguson was not dissatisfied with the team's performance of not scoring an inch in the first half, and did not even criticize the "inaction" of the crowd, which is very different from the old man's previous style.

In fact, Ferguson saw the situation in the first half very clearly, the reason why the scene was deadlocked did not have much to do with his team's performance, it can only be said that the opponent did too thorough defense tactics, and did not give them the opportunity to create a threat at all, the entire penalty area is full of defenders, which can be called a city wall, in this situation, it is indeed very difficult to score goals.

After encouraging his disciples a few words, Ferguson made some adjustments to the team's lineup, of course, it was about offensive adjustments, and the best way to break the dense defensive tactics was naturally free kicks and long-range shots, but Newcastle paid attention to the movements at their feet, easily did not foul, even if they couldn't avoid it, they would also pay attention to the place of the foul, so Manchester United did not get many opportunities for set-pieces in the first half.

Another effective way is to break through, break the surface with points, tear the defense line with sharp breakthroughs, and even cause chaos on the opponent's defense line, so that there will also be a chance to win in chaos. Ferguson is not worried about this, Van Bizhuang and Kaka are both players with strong breakthrough and individual combat ability, and as long as they strengthen this in the second half, they can also cause problems for the opponent.

The old man replaced Rooney with Berbatov, who is strong in impact, but the breakthrough technique in a small area is inevitably rough, which is also a common problem of English players, and Rooney is too far behind Van Bizhuang and Owen in this point.

However, it is enough to have Van Bizhuang and Kaka on the field, and it is obviously impossible to send Owen if he wants to stir up trouble in the opponent's penalty area, Manchester United needs a tough standing center forward who can play the ball to his teammates, so Ferguson immediately replaced Berbatov, who has excellent ability to grab points.

That's not all, Ferguson also replaced Nani with O'Shea and replaced a wing-back with a defender, which is a signal to strengthen the defense, but in fact, O'Shea will replace Ferdinand as the team's central defender after coming on the field, and Ferdinand is pushed up front.

Using a defender to play a striker, this seems a bit ingenious, even weird, but in fact, in today's football, this "alternative" use of players is endless, for example, Arsenal's captain Vermaelen, because he is very good at scoring with headers, known as "defenders with knives", sometimes when the game is unfavorable, Wenger will push him up the front line and let him fight for the top.

Another example is Barcelona's central defender Pique, the tall Pique is a good player in the backline, but occasionally makes a cameo as a midfielder or center forward, and the effect is not bad, not only can use the height advantage to compete for the top to make the ball for teammates, but also can complete the goal by himself.

Ferguson was also "inspired" by these examples, and simply pushed Ferdinand, who is good at fighting for the top in the team, to the front, and only Berbatov is the pure center forward in the Manchester United team, and Ferguson thinks that the Bulgarian alone is easy to be overwhelmed by Newcastle's iron bucket formation, so he also got Ferdinand up, sharing the pressure while hoping that the other party can create opportunities for his teammates.

But in this way, Fan Bizhuang's position is about to retreat, but it doesn't matter, Fan Bizhuang is a full-back, almost all positions in the front court can be played, and even retreat can get more opportunities to get the ball, and Fan Bizhuang, who rushes up with the ball, is obviously more aggressive.

"In the second half, I played on the two wings, and when I got the ball, I passed it into the penalty area, and Dimita and Leo were responsible for grabbing the point. Your task is to grab the point and make the ball for your teammate. Of course, you can also choose to shoot yourself if you have the chance. Do you understand? ”

Alex Ferguson gave the second-half battle order.

It's simple, it's straightforward, and the players all nod their heads in understanding.

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Fifteen minutes later, the two teams were back on the field.

Compared with Manchester United's personnel and squad adjustments, Newcastle's side has not changed in the slightest, in the first half they used crowd tactics to suppress Manchester United very aggrieved, which proved to be a very successful strategy, since it was successful, so naturally there is no need to change.

But soon, Newcastle felt the pressure from their opponents.

United were still the main attackers, and unlike in the first half, United reduced the number of ground passes and more moved the ball to both flanks and then directly into the box.

This is a very "brainless" cross tactics, quite a bit of retro meaning, after all, English football has always been a long pass in history, the rhythm is very fast, the technology is very rough, with the development of modern football, the Premier League gradually follows the trend, the players' small skills and transmission ability to enhance a lot, after all, always let the football fly around in the air, although direct, the rhythm is fast, but how much lacks a trace of beauty.

But at this moment, Manchester United has completely become a "rough" team, after getting the ball, it is to play to the side, and then cross the bottom.

In fact, in the second half of the first half, Manchester United also tried more tactics of side crosses, but whether it was Rooney or Fan Bizhuang, in the face of the home team defenders who were full of people, they did not have much advantage in height.

Suffice it to say, United's crosses in the first half were unsuccessful.

But after substitution adjustments, the same tactics have achieved different results.

Dimitar Berbatov and Rio Ferdinand were like two nails in the box, constantly putting pressure on the home defenders with their strong bodies and heights. Although not every time they succeed in fighting for the first point, they can create a lot of chaos in the penalty area if they fight once.

That's it, the most headache for the home team defenders is that Fan Bizhuang who is hiding behind Berbatov and Ferdinand, with the cover of the two, Fan Bizhuang has withdrawn from the front line, but it is more powerful, swimming around like a fish, as long as his teammates grab the first point and point the ball down, Fan Bizhuang will always appear in the most suitable position unexpectedly, either hitting the goal, or cutting inside, which makes Manchester United's offensive more and more threatening, although so far no goal has been scored, But Newcastle's goal was already in a precarious situation.

Coupled with Kaka's occasional forward insertions and heavy bombardments, forcing the home team's goal to be put to a tougher test, Harper has become the busiest man on the pitch.

Watching his goal under siege by Manchester United again and again, Magpies manager Alain. Pardu looked at it from the sidelines, but he didn't expect that Manchester United, who was "suffocated" in the first half, had no choice, but after a small personnel adjustment, it would occupy such a big advantage.

He saw very clearly that if the situation is allowed to deteriorate, it will not be too far off for his team to be breached.

Pardue kept pacing around, but for a while he couldn't think of a good way, the team's own strength is not as good as Manchester United, and it is a risky move to give up the initiative on the field, if you play well, the players will play more and more confidently, and if you mess up, it will hurt morale.

Obviously, Newcastle's defense did a good job in the first half, and the home team players didn't feel anything, and at the moment the goal was frequently threatened, so it was natural that the more they played, the less morale they played.

But for the team to reverse the pre-game strategy and switch to attacking and competing with Manchester United, Pardew does not have the confidence or the courage.

He could only yell anxiously on the sidelines, while making various gestures, either to motivate or to instruct the team to grit their teeth and persevere, but the actual effect was very average.

"Ferguson's team seems to have found a good way to deal with the opposition's bus tactics! Manchester United's offensive is becoming more and more threatening! ”

"Newcastle are running out of action...... Leo, Ferdinand! Once again, he grabbed the first point, flicked his header at goal, and the ball went just wide of the post...... Manchester United's defenders have performed amazingly after being pushed up front, is it possible that Ferdinand is born with the attributes of a central striker? ”

"Dimitov! Bulgarian header ferry...... Fan followed up with a shot! Oooo ”

Kaka rushed up with the ball and the Brazilian started to try more from distance...... A long-range shot from 28 yards out...... It's a shame that the ball is slightly over the crossbar! ”

In the midst of such a dense and powerful attacking frenzy, Newcastle's defence finally had problems, and the way the goal was conceded left all the home fans speechless.

In the 71st minute, the climax of Manchester United's continuous attack went through two shots, and after being blocked twice, the football fell to the periphery of the penalty area again, and Fan Bizhuang was keen to hit the landing point, but did not choose to hit the goal, but did not hesitate to hoist the ball into the penalty area.

Dimitar Berbatov and Zai were tangling with the opposing defenders, while Rio Ferdinand jumped high and was about to head the ball as it fell. Argentine central defender Coloccini jumped up almost at the same time, although he was five centimeters shorter than Ferdinand, but in this confrontation, Colocini was the last to come first, and he was the first to reach the football.

But in the process of competing with Ferdinand, Coloccini made a mistake, originally he wanted to push the ball out, but there was some deviation from the prediction, the football smashed on his head, from the top to rubbing, the football under the back of his head, it actually drew a strange arc, straight towards the lower right corner of the goal.

Harper's quick reaction didn't help, his teammate's "Infernal Affairs" caught him off guard, he turned around and tried to wave, but only to give up - the ball went around him, smashed to the ground, and slowly bounced into the goal.

The buzz at St James' Park was a stagnant and the United players were the first to react, with Rio Ferdinand glancing at the ball in goal, raising his hands and running in celebration.