167 Retaliation

After the resumption of the second half, the new Manchester United completely surpassed Brighton in terms of momentum, especially the power of the players on the pitch, coupled with the pressure created by the fans from the stands, so that the new Manchester United completely suppressed Brighton on the field.

However, after dominating the field advantage, the new Manchester United performance in attack was chaotic, and the players cooperated a lot on the field, but because Brighton shrank deeply, it became the new Manchester United who were scoreless.

Mourinho only sneered when he saw this, because he now has a goal in hand, and even if there is no winner in the entire second half, then the final winner is the new Manchester United.

Of course, he wasn't going to settle for a 1-0, so he sent Palacio and Wright Phillips, who were on the bench, out to warm up, and he was waiting for a change.

"We can see that the new Manchester United lost the sharpness of the first half after dominating the field, which has something to do with Brighton's tight defence, but also has something to do with the lack of the means to open up the situation on the pitch." Scarlett felt that the scene was a little dull and spoke her opinion.

"That's right, once you encounter this kind of team that is very defensively dead, the new Manchester United obviously don't have much to do, their centre-forward Kitson is very good, but he is very well targeted, Brighton's strategy is obviously to make sure they don't concede goals first, and then look for opportunities to counterattack." Taylor answered.

"Do you think this strategy works?" Scarlett asked.

Taylor smiled, "So far it has worked, you can see that the momentum of the new Manchester United in the last period of the first half, if Brighton did not make immediate adjustments, maybe this game will end in a heavy defeat, but after the half-time pause, coupled with Brighton's conscious retreat, the new Manchester United offensive was immediately contained." ”

"But even so, Brighton's counter-attack can't be played, according to the data we have got, in the second half 20 minutes, the new Manchester United had 79% possession, Brighton only 21% is less, the number of shots, the new Manchester United is 12, 3 shots on target, Brighton did not have a single shot, they even only entered the heart of the new United once, but they failed to create a threat."

"Yes, the stats do reflect the situation on the pitch, but you should also see why the shooting efficiency of the new Manchester United has suddenly decreased so much? It is because Brighton is full of people in the penalty area, and they can only create a threat through frequent long-range shots, which causes the shooting efficiency to be reduced and the momentum is not scored. ”

"So, this game is going to go on like this?"

Taylor smiled and shook his head, "No, the new Manchester United has a goal in hand, Brighton will definitely not be willing to lose, they will want to fight back, and the new Manchester United wants to increase the victory and lay the foundation for the victory, although the two sides are very dull, but they both want to score, so there will definitely be a turnaround in this game." ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the new Manchester United side immediately took the lead in making substitutions.

Mourinho replaced Kitson with Palacio and Malouda with Wright Phillips, making two substitutions in one go, and it was clear that Mourinho wanted to make a change in the situation.

'But it's a bit unconscionable, Kitson is the new Manchester United centre-forward and can play a bit in the box, and with Palacio, he can stand up to the big guys at Brighton?' Taylor was skeptical of Mourinho's substitution.

In fact, the vast majority of fans are puzzled by the replacement of Kitson, because Kitson performed well in this game, although he did not score, but still played a bridgehead role in the opponent's penalty area, and replace him, what does the new Manchester United plan to do?

The answer was soon revealed.

In the 28th minute of the second half, Hleb stopped the ball on the right, cleverly flashed one of the opposing defenders, cut into the penalty area, and knocked back to the retreating Palacio, who passed behind him, Hleb appeared in that position just right, but his shot was blocked by the opponent's central defender.

"It's beautiful, it's a beautiful small-scale combination, and there are such small and skilled players in the new Manchester United squad." Even the well-informed Taylor couldn't help but praise Palacio and Hleb for their cooperation.

But soon, Palacio moved to the left and made a one-two with Wright Phillips, who also had great skills, who went down the edge of the box and then knocked back, and De Rossi, who was inserted in the back row, grabbed the goal before the opposing defender, but was saved by the Brighton goalkeeper, a corner!

"We can see that after Palacio went up, the new Manchester United began to abandon the previous kind of hard bridge and hard horse attack, and began to look for small areas of cooperation, which must have been a big surprise to Brighton, especially Palacio, whose skills are hard to see in the English league, which reminds me of Middlesbrough's big Juninho, who is also the kind of player who is particularly good at small skills."

Most people think that crosses from the wings and long-range shots are the best tools to break down dense defences, but in reality, individual breakthroughs and small areas can be more effective, as the opposition will not dare to foul easily, especially when they are pressed near the penalty area.

Of course, the premise is that there are players who are particularly good at this kind of small technique.

'He's from Argentina, Martin, who is said to have played for an Amateur club in Argentina, has Spanish nationality, was brought to England by the new Manchester United, but he is very thin and has been more of a substitute this season, he has only started two games so far, and he has been on the bench for eight games, with two goals and three assists in hand. Scarlett introduces Palacio.

Taylor nodded: "It's really difficult for his body to adapt to the England game, but he cooperates well with his teammates, especially in the small area of the pass, which is very thin and fast, and Brighton can't defend it at all!" ”

Juninho Jr. came to the corner, set up the ball, and when Terry came up in the back, he immediately sent the ball out, and Terry did grab the first point, but it was high.

But at this moment, the referee suddenly blew the whistle.

"Eh, let's see, just now when the corner kick was taken, outside the penalty area, the players of the new Manchester United and Brighton seemed to have clashed, and the live camera turned over, and we saw that Curtis was arguing with the high school striker on the other side, oops, what the hell is going on?" Taylor was a little surprised.

Soon, another set of shots appeared.

"It turns out that when Terry's header went out of bounds just now, Curtis had a bit of a verbal altercation with the opponent's center, and the opponent spat on his chest!" Taylor was a little surprised.

The screen cut back again, and it can be seen that Curtis, who was stopped by his teammates and the referee, still wanted to rush forward and beat the other party hard, while the players of the new Manchester United surrounded the referee to ask for justice.

The referee stopped the opposing striker, held up a yellow card, and then gave him a stern warning, but Curtis broke free from his team-mate's block and rushed up to give him a punch.

Fortunately, little Juninho saw it and immediately carried him to the ground, but Curtis struggled to get up like an angry lion.

The center forward on the other side also seemed to be a little frightened, and retreated as he walked.

Curtis stood up and stretched out his hand to the other party's senior striker, with an angry expression as if to say, you kid be careful for me, I remember you!

The TV screen focused on the look of Brighton's high school striker, a little afraid, obviously calming down, he remembered the tragic situation of his teammates just now, and regretted it in his heart.

Mourinho saw Curtis a little out of control on the sidelines, and secretly complained in his heart, this kid did play very well in this game, super level play, but he already has a yellow card, if he gets a yellow card again because he is not calm, it is not to go straight down, and then the game will not be good.

Boas behind him came over at this time, came to Mourinho's side, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "Stands!" ”

Mourinho immediately looked up at the stands, he was a little strange, but a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately shouted at the field, "Hey, Curtis, do you remember who was in the stands?" ”

Mourinho suddenly shouted, leaving both players on the pitch a little confused, except for Curtis.

He immediately remembered his parents, who had come from London overnight, apparently to watch one of their games, and they would have been disappointed if they had not calmed down and been sent off.

At this time, Mourinho slapped his forehead hard, and then pointed to Brighton's goal, which obviously means, goal, use the goal to avenge their phlegm!

Curtis nodded heavily, and slowly walked back to the vicinity of Terry, "John, wait a minute, there's a corner kick, you have to let me play!" ”

Terry, who was older than Curtis, smiled and nodded, he wouldn't fight for this kind of opportunity!

In fact, Curtis quickly got the opportunity to enter the opponent's penalty area, and coincidentally, it was the opponent's center forward who defended him this time.

Curtis stared at the opponent's high school striker with bad intentions and smiled, laughing so much that the other party's heart was furious, always thinking that Curtis would give him a punch, his mind was in a trance, and at this time, the corner kick sent by Juninho Jr. hit the top of Curtis's head.

The latter jumped high, and Brighton's high school striker didn't even jump, just looked up, and saw Curtis smashing the ball into Brighton's goal, 2:0!

Mourinho was a little surprised to see Curtis score, and after a while, he shook his head and smiled, "This little bastard with amazing luck!" "There is love and hate in my heart.

The inquiring looked at Boas, who shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the stands, this time Mourinho quickly understood what Boas meant, he said, it was Xiao Yu from the stands who reminded Mourinho, and he also knew that Curtis's parents were also on the scene and were sitting next to him.

Mourinho looked at the stands above him and smiled, he felt that he was a boss who knew his players very well.

After leading by two goals, the new Manchester United once again launched a fierce attack on Brighton's defence, especially Curtis, who was more active in the last ten minutes, frequently advancing to the front of the field, creating a very big threat to Brighton's defence.

Finally, in the 89th minute, De Rossi of the new Manchester United pierced the door of Brighton with a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area, 3:0, and the new Manchester United defeated the most difficult opponent this season!

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