The second half restarted, and Ferguson clearly asked his players to consciously step up the battle for midfield at half-time.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes have all dropped back to defend in midfield, keeping a distance from Keane and Bart to limit the Red Rebels' midfield press.

The midfield of David Beckham and Essien is undoubtedly thin compared to Bart and Keane, but the strength of the Red Rebels' defense lies in their counter-attacking in front, which is very similar to Xiao Yu's Barcelona in his previous life.

Theoretically, this is an all-out attack, but in practice it is different from the all-attack and all-defense theory in Dutch history.

As a semi-professional, Xiao Yu can't see through the difference, but from the feeling point of view, he feels that the tactics of the Red Rebels are more oppressive than Barcelona in the previous life, but the skills are not as delicate as Barcelona, but the running and passing cooperation of the players on the field are more.

When he was still in League One, some experts pointed out in the media that if you want to restrict the Red Rebels, you must control the area and separate the running and contact of the Red Rebels players, because their running distances are between 10 meters and 15 meters, and some are even within 10 meters, which makes their passing errors very rare, and it is unrealistic to expect them to make mistakes.

But so far, no team has been able to isolate the links between Red Rebels players.

Why?

Looking at the data in the first half, the Red Rebels ran the most in the whole game was Beckham, who ran an astonishing 8.3 kilometers in the half, which is definitely a surprising statistic, but it also reflects another point, that is, compared to his teammates, Beckham's running is ineffective.

How to improve effective running, reduce ineffective running, and distribute physical energy more reasonably, this is also the next small stove that the coaching staff will give Beckham.

In addition to Beckham, Essien also ran a distance of nearly 7 kilometers, which also played a role in attack and defense, and the other players, even the goalkeeper Cech, who seemed to run the least in the first half, also ran 4.1 kilometers, so you can imagine how long other players, whether they are forwards or defenders, have run distances.

Being able to run is a typical characteristic of Red Rebels players, but it is not a blind and savage run, but a smart run, interspersed back and forth, threading needles and threads, advancing in tandem when attacking, and cutting off the passing and contact of opposing players when defending.

If you want to limit the running of the Red Rebels, you have to run more than the Red Rebels, and you have to be the kind of limit to the running space of the Red Rebels with a lot of ineffective runs, so that the running distance is longer.

It turns out that you can't do that unless you turn the starting 11 into a track team!

Of course, the tactics of the Red Rebels do not mean that they are invincible, and they will definitely be defeated sooner or later, but it is certainly not Manchester United now!

…………………… Facing Manchester United, which claims to be the best at running without the ball, the Red Rebels' running without the ball almost completely overwhelmed the opponent, coupled with the smooth passing and receiving cooperation, made Manchester United completely at a disadvantage and exhausted!

On several occasions, United controlled the ball through stubborn scrambles, only to find that the routes around the ball were tightly controlled, and then the ball was either broken or mishandled, especially in the heart of the Red Rebels.

But on the other hand, the Red Rebels, the frontcourt magic quartet is getting better and better, whether it is Xiao Xiaoluo on the left or Palacio on the right, almost beating Manchester United's two wings into a sieve.

However, Manchester United are not a fuel-efficient lamp, the defense is very tenacious, and Howard has just recently moved to Manchester United, and the freshness has made him very excited in the game, saving the Red Rebels on several occasions.

But once Ferdinand was restrained by Drogba, Sylvester became a cup on the table at Manchester United!

In the 67th minute of the second half, Kaka forced a breakthrough in the middle, distributed the ball to the right side, and handed it to Palacio, who took advantage of the situation past Fuqiong, who also had the same cup, and after entering the penalty area, faced the goalkeeper's block, and knocked back to Kaka.

As soon as Kaka received the ball, Sylvester bumped into him in an unreasonable manner and knocked him out of the box with the ball.

The referee blew the whistle and showed a yellow card to Silvestre, signalling that it was a penalty.

Ferdinand was furious and chased after the referee to get an explanation, believing that his team-mate was a beautiful tackle and not a foul at all, but the referee apparently dismissed his argument and warned that if he did so, he would be charged with the referee.

Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, sighed to himself when he saw Ferdinand like this, he knew that the time bomb was about to explode, so he looked at the bench behind him and asked O'Shea to warm up.

Rio Ferdinand is undoubtedly England's best centre-back, but his temper and his frequent avoidance in the game are a source of headaches, while Terry and Curtis are young in the Red Rebels' squad, but their characteristics are very admirable.

Terry is very calm, especially in the past few years under the tutelage of Mourinho, he has performed very steadily as a lagging central defender, while Curtis is passionate, although he will make a little mistake from time to time, but he is still very young, and he has reliable teammates around him to support, making his performance more and more excellent.

If you don't get rid of this problem, Leo is afraid that he will be surpassed by these two players!

Ferguson thought to himself.

Kaka was the team's first penalty taker and he was supposed to take the penalty, but just as he was about to step forward, Beckham suddenly pulled him back.

"Let me do it, okay?"

Kaka was a little surprised, he felt the determination in Beckham's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

Beckham hugged one by one, and even Petr Cech at the back came running to support him before going back to the back of the net, with Beckham standing alone in front of the penalty spot against a Howard who had never saved a penalty in the Premier League, and even the Red Rebels had no stats on that.

Howard bent down and stared at Beckham with a look of caution.

All the fans in the stands were silent, they all stared at Beckham, and the live TV camera also stared at Beckham's expression, with a resolute and resolute face.

Run up!

Kickball!

Goal!

The whole action seems to have been stretched dozens of times!

Howard misjudged and pounced in the opposite direction, failing to stop Beckham's gentle push of the ball into the net, leaving him crouched on the grass and pounded the grass.

Although the two goals conceded in this game didn't have much to do with him, he still felt very uncomfortable.

It was his first appearance for United on English soil, but he was conceded twice and could be more as things stand.

Beckham fell to his knees at the penalty spot, tears sliding down his eyes, and then he seemed to notice that the live TV camera was on him, and immediately covered his face and banged his head on the lawn.

Teammates ran over one after another, gathered around him, and in the distance, Manchester United's Keane and other players stood stunned, looking at Beckham, who was crying bitterly, they knew that after this penalty, Beckham would say goodbye to Manchester United!

Looking at the team-mates next to him, without Beckham, Ryan Giggs couldn't break through, Scholes couldn't get in front, Ruud van Nistelrooy lost his due role in the box, and Manchester United had no way to get the ball into the opponent's box.

Yes, the means are lacking!

In the past, Beckham's long pass transfer has always found holes in the face of such a tenacious and solid defence, coupled with Ruud van Nistelrooy's keen sense of smell, which has almost become the supreme killer for Manchester United, while also being able to open up the situation at key moments and share the pressure of his team-mates.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lacks that quality, he's a good striker, but he's not David Beckham!

Once the ball can't get into the opponent's hinterland, then Ruud van Nistelrooy is useless, Scholes can't play a role, Ryan Giggs can't fly, and Keane can't stop a team even if he is tenacious alone.

"Old man, you really miscalculated!" Keane looked at Ferguson, who was sitting on the bench with a gloomy face, and shouted in his heart.

It doesn't matter if you lose Beckham, the key is that the way to lose Beckham is to disgrace Manchester United, plus Ronaldinho went to Barcelona and Hleb refused to go to Old Trafford, which made Manchester United's right side completely collapsed.

The excellent performance in the warm-up games is just an illusion, as Mourinho said, Manchester United is a paper tiger now!

…………………… O'Shea replaced Rio Ferdinand, but he and Silvestre were similarly shaky at centre-back, but if Ferdinand wasn't replaced, Ferguson feared he would get out of control.

Ten minutes later, Ferguson replaced the poor Bart with Jemba, and replaced Diego? Forlan replaced Fuqiong and made changes to the line-up in the hope of turning the tide.

Diego? Forlan, the future European Golden Boot scorer, is even more tragic in Manchester United's performance, only in the 0405 season, after being loaned to La Liga by Manchester United, he made a splash, but now, Ferguson uses him to partner Ruud van Nistelrooy in the front, his performance is also unsatisfactory, he has never been able to adapt to the Premier League.

On the other hand, the Red Rebels managed the situation more smoothly in the following period, and David Beckham also instigated a few good attacking opportunities, but in the end the team was unable to score again.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff immediately turned into a sea of joy, even as many United fans took the initiative to cheer on the Red Rebels, who did deliver a good game and deserved to win.

As Andy? Gray summed up the game by saying that the 2-0 score did not reflect the advantage of the Red Rebels on the field, and if it weren't for the poor opportunity of the players, the Red Rebels could have broken down Manchester United's defence and contributed a big score.

Also Andy? Gray also pointed out the problem of Manchester United, that is, after Beckham's departure, the midfield was unbalanced, which led to Manchester United never finding a way to send the ball into the penalty area, and without the support of the midfield, Ruud van Nistelrooy, no matter how strong, is just a toothless tiger, unable to threaten.

For the Red Rebels, Andy? Gray commented that there is still potential to be tapped into this team, especially David Beckham, who has shown a remarkable transformation in the game, but has clearly not fully settled into his new role.

"The Red Rebels are aiming for relegation this season? If that's the case, then I can only say that the Premier League is too strong, so strong that such a team can only be relegated, I think Mourinho should be more ambitious, fight for some Champions League qualifications, or even the Premier League title, isn't he very ambitious? ”

Andy? Gray would obviously love to see Mourinho shout the same swaggering slogans he had when he first arrived in England!

(To be continued)