172 Last Stand

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There is a very extreme scenario in the stands at the Camp Nou, that is, the fans of Manchester United and Barcelona are always full of high desires, and then the disappointment after premature ejaculation, and then the disappointment, and then the disappointment.

It's a lot like the situation on the pitch!

Manchester United launched a counterattack from the beginning of the second half, but Kaiserslautern firmly controlled the midfield and did not retreat, but the three lines remained compact, especially in the midfield, Nedved, Ballack, Gattuso, Veron, the four players completely divided Manchester United's midfield four.

This is a hard-fought defensive style, which was also used by Bayern in this final in the previous life, and under the guidance of Effenberg, Bayern's midfield completely crushed Manchester United without Keane and Scholes.

Now, although Keane and Scholes are playing, Kaiserslautern has three tough guys, Nedved, Ballack and Gattuso, coupled with the uniform style of play of the whole team, Manchester United has no advantage in the midfield.

As for the black wind and double evil in front, everyone knows that the three defenders restrain the double forwards!

One of the most important reasons for the fall of the three-back system is the advent of the single striker, when the opponent uses a single striker, the use of the three-back tactic is indeed wasteful, but now, the back three is still very useful.

Ferguson didn't know when he walked out of the dugout, and from time to time he would yell at the players on the field, and behind him, the players on the bench took care of the warm-up, obviously realizing that he had to make adjustments.

"The situation on the field is dangerous right now!" McLaren frowned and reminded.

Although Kaiserslautern is a single striker, in fact, Denilson and Deisler are very close to the attack, "that is, the defense comes back in a timely manner, and can form a protection and help defense in the midfield."

This is something that United lack, because neither York nor Cole can do that.

The midfield was evenly matched, but Kaiserslautern seemed to be more patient and slower after the goal, while United were a little impatient to pick up the tempo.

Don't underestimate this kind of rhythm contest, the English team has suffered an unknown amount of loss in this area.

Manchester United is relatively good, but against Kaiserslautern, it is still a little inferior.

However, if you want to change the midfield, there is no guarantee that Kaiserslautern will not take advantage of the situation, and then Manchester United may have to revert to the same side as before the start of the game.

A football game is like a scale, one side goes down a little bit, the other side has to pull up a little bit, if Manchester United are overwhelmed by Kaiserslautern again, the game is over!

The situation is that Ferguson wants to change the situation, but he can't find where to change!

Because no matter where you change, it can change the situation of the whole team and break the equilibrium that has been maintained on the field for so long.

It's a gamble, the bet wins, Manchester United reverses, the bet loses, and any score can come out!

McClaren's heart trembled a little, because the thought of being the manager of Manchester United to make such a crucial decision at such a critical time made his heart empty.

But when he looked at Ferguson, the latter had a grim look on his face, but his eyes were calm.

"If you want to be a great manager, Steve, you can't be disturbed and panicked at any time, because you have to understand that standing here, the players on the pitch are staring at you, the players on the bench are also looking at your back, and when you panic, they are messed up!"

Ferguson's words calmed McLaren suddenly.

"It's not like we've had a tougher game than we have now, but we've all survived!" Ferguson said with a fierce face, as if he was also using this sentence to cheer himself up.

Prior to this final, "Ferguson's Manchester United had been unbeaten in 20 games, winning 12 and drawing eight, and the record was not impressive.

Especially in the game with Juventus, after falling behind 2:0, he beat Juventus with a single anvil, and beat the opponent with an aggregate score to enter the final, this kind of game is simply unimaginable.

If you want to talk about tragedy and passivity, the game against Juventus is definitely worse and more passive than it is now! ,

"yes, we even survived that game, what else is there to be afraid of?" McLaren also felt hot in his heart.

"Let Ole warm up!" Ferguson commanded

He has lost faith in Andy Cole, who has done nothing in the game, and now there must be someone to step up and link the midfield and the front line, and the only one in the United team who can do this is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Yang Cheng in the distance saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer walking to the sidelines, waiting for the opportunity to make a dead-ball substitution, and he still had some advantage in his heart for this gold medal substitute, especially in his previous life, Bayern was destroyed after he came on the field.

"Ferguson used him, presumably to strengthen the forward ability of the midfield!" Paul Beyer analyzed.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a well-rounded player who can play wide or central, pass the ball or shoot on his own, and can be said to be a typical jack-of-all-trades player, but what is even more commendable is that he can shine in any position.

When a player's football IQ is high enough, he can do it like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer!

Yang Cheng thought about it, but decided to wait first, "Let's see!" ”

However, he soon discovered that after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came on the pitch, his position often retreated, and he took on the role of the back row in the midfield position, while Scholes's position was basically the same as Keane's, and the four players in the midfield were standing in parallel.

The change made a big difference to the game, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer coming on and creating a chance very quickly, and it was a striking run.

Denilson won the ball on the left, but Keane, who was in place, stabbed diagonally and used a vicious tackle to knock the Brazilian to the ground.

Keane picked up the ball and passed it directly to David Beckham, who played diagonally to Paul Scholes, who took the ball directly to Kaiserslautern defenders, and at this time, he was only in front of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Dwight York, two close and one away.

Under normal circumstances, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should have dropped back to pick up Paul Scholes, right?" but he was smart enough to go straight to the Kaiserslautern backline.

The problem is, Kyle, who was in charge of defending him, immediately followed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but Dwight York suddenly ran back from the front, and at this time York and Solskjaer formed a very threatening penalty area to run against the side.

Yang Cheng was almost taken aback in this game, because he was very slippery, what was going to happen next.

York ran to the spot left by Kyle's retreat and Scholes' ball immediately came to his feet, and with a turn, he fired a powerful volley straight into the edge of the box.

The shot came so quickly and suddenly that all the Kaiserslautern defenders couldn't react.

Fortunately, "Reynke's performance is solid, although his goalkeeper skills are not very skilled, but he has a good reaction and is very focused, he is the kind of player with medium talent, but he is very hardworking, so Yang Cheng has always trusted him, and he has never changed the goalkeeper.

At the crucial moment, Reynke made a sudden one-touch shot and blocked the ball.

The entire Camp Nou stands let out a cry of surprise and a sigh, but soon, a red figure appeared in the middle of the box, it was the ghostly Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The latter appeared in the most critical position, and the skill foot was about to shoot angrily.

Luckily, Kaiserslautern had a player as smart as him in the backline, and that was Thomas Link, who fell straight to the ground and touched the ball off the line to form a corner.

Yang Cheng was taken aback by these two crises in a row.

Although the Black Wind duo just now occupies the title of Europe's top striker combination, Yang Cheng paid attention to it, "but the team did a good job in this regard, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's appearance immediately brought about a change.

Why?

"He's so smart!" Yang Cheng shook his head and sighed.

Only really smart people can do this kind of thing in a split second, which makes people have no time to react.

After all, the football field is changing rapidly, and almost all the reactions of the players are instinctive, so the mistakes that Gendo usually does not usually make are "stimulated by a sudden incident, and they can occur." ,

That's why football stadiums are filled with so many unpredictable animals!

Yang Cheng has always been looking for movement, and there is no shortage of running in his team, but compared to the likes of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Kaiserslautern's running is still a bit different.

Kaiserslautern's running is dominated by triangles, supplemented by large diamonds, but it lacks the suddenness of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's full of changes and changes of tactics, especially the sudden counter-run of two or three players together, which is surprising.

Beckham came to the corner and there was chaos in the Kaiserslautern box.

Yang Cheng remembered that Bayern Munich had conceded two goals in his previous life, so he paid great attention to it this time.

The left-hand corner was a straight shot, but Scholes slid the ball back to Ryan Giggs on the left, who adjusted and slotted in another back-post cross.

Lucio was solid this time, jumping up in time to clear the ball with a header to defuse a crisis.

Yang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, immediately came to the sidelines, and made explanations and adjustments to Kyle and Link and others.

"Sebastian is on the sidelines, he is on the ground, he covers the area, he defends Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Thomas and Lucio are behind, pay attention to their counter-runs, shout more and cooperate more, understand?"

His instructions were quickly transferred to the pitch and immediately put into practice.

Within minutes, the ball was at the feet of Paul Scholes again, and the situation was still the same in United's front, with York up front and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a little behind, forming a trio of threes.

Almost as soon as Paul Scholes touched the ball, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer drilled into the Kaiserslautern box again, and York still retreated, and the two formed a counter-run link again.

But this time, Kyle was solid in his position and controlled York, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who rushed forward behind him, went straight into the box.

Paul Scholes didn't have any distractions, 'just a ball over the top and ready to find Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The hearts of all Kaiserslautern fans are hanging, and if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gets the ball at this time, it will be a one-on-one knife!

But in the crucial moment, Lucio appeared in time to clear the ball with a header "to break another attack by Manchester United."

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer rushed to the goal, and shrugged his shoulders at Scholes behind him helplessly, saying that their plan had been recognized!

“…。 Manchester United's running is really tedious and complicated, and you must study it if you have the opportunity! Yang Cheng scolded indignantly.

Paul Baier was very surprised, but at the same time, he also admired, because just now in that game, he made a reaction, "is how to freeze York's retreat to get the ball, but Yang Cheng thought more deeply than him, he directly thought of another possibility, that is, once York was restricted, Scholes directly overheaded the ball to find Ole Gunnar Solskjaer."

I have to say that if there is no Yang Cheng's timely adjustment this time, it is estimated that Manchester United's counter-running cooperation will be effective, and everyone can see that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a single knife to take the ball in the penalty area.

Thinking of this, Paul Bayer couldn't help but admire Yang Cheng even more, after all, Manchester United's anti-running routine was tempered after years of precipitation, but Yang Cheng's freezing and response was a sudden move.

'Ryan Giggs cut in quickly on the left, Scholes passed the ball over the top, Lucio burst out of the box and headed the ball clear, Gattuso got the ball and immediately passed it to Veron, Kaiserslautern counter-attacked......"

After some changes after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's arrival, Kaiserslautengen was about to stabilize the situation again under the chairmanship of Yang Cheng, which also made Ferguson feel very depressed in front of the home team's dugout in the distance.

"It seems that this kid has really studied our game seriously!"

Having not studied United's game routine, it is simply impossible to make such an adjustment in an instant, and freeze United's counter-run so quickly.

You know, there are many teams that have died in Manchester United's anti-running routine, including Juventus, including Barcelona, Inter Milan, etc., they all fell in this goal, and only Kaiserslautern withstood it.

"It's 75 minutes and there are only 15 minutes left in the game, but on the field it is still Kaiserslautern firmly in control of the situation, and the United seem to want to fight back, but it has no effect, Kaiserslautern has a solid defense, a sharp counterattack, and a few threats!" ,

"Oh, Deisler relied on his individual ability on the right side to form a breakthrough, beautiful, passed, passed, Deisler advanced quickly on the right side, his side was gone, he looked like he wanted to ......cut inside,"

"Ronnie Johansen came over to block, and behind him was Wertbrown, who was chasing back, but Deisler made a feint to pretend to go down, deceived Ronnie, Johansen, and passed the ball to the middle."

"Ballack, Ballack plugged in the back row, straight up and shot from a distance!"

"Bang." , everyone in the audience listened to it slipperily.

"It's a pity, I hit the crossbar!" The on-site commentators regretted that although Kaiserslautern was steady, once he seized the opportunity to counterattack, he immediately formed a very dangerous shot.

Ferguson's brows finally furrowed, and he who originally seemed to be very calm began to lose his breath somewhat, especially when he saw Kaiserslautern's counterattack almost create a goal.

'Sheringham came out, he seemed to want to come off the bench, could it be that Ferguson had to make the last touch?"

In the first minute, Sheringham was substituted for Ryan Giggs, who had been taken care of by Gattuso throughout the game, and it was clear that Ferguson's intention was to continue to strengthen the attack up front.

Yang Cheng also made an immediate substitution, which was his first substitution of the game, and he replaced Gattuso, who had performed well throughout the game, with Salihamidzic.

After Giggs went off, Gattuso continued to stay on the field is not obvious, and after he left the field, Yang Cheng let Nedved, Veron and Ballack form a midfield defense area in front of the defensive line, closely cooperate with the back line, and the left and right wings are handed over to Salihamidzic and Deisler, and Denilson goes to the front line to cooperate with Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Kaiserslautern's tactics turned into effects immediately!

There were substitutions on both sides and it started to be a bit chaotic, but Gen settled down and created chances.

In the 79th minute, Kaiserslautern successfully broke the ball in the middle of the field, and Veron directly made a precise diagonal long pass to find Salihamidzic on the left.

Gary, Neville stepped forward "Salihamidzic was in front of an undefended area, and I saw the angel wing dribbling along the left flank and breaking through all the way, while the entire Manchester United back line was in a mess and constantly retreating quickly.

After Salihamidzic entered the heart of Manchester United, he immediately made an inward cut to attract Ronnie Johansen, and Denilson cut into the position of Ronnie and Johansen, and Salihamidzic immediately passed the ball to Denilson's feet.

I saw the Brazilian cut straight into the Manchester United penalty area from behind, picked up the ball and accelerated together, directly past the attacking Schmeichel, who even wanted to hook Denelson when he fell to the ground, because he knew that behind him was an empty goal.

However, the Brazilian seemed to have anticipated his thoughts, and after avoiding it, he accelerated to catch up with the ball and directly into the empty net.

It wasn't until the ball had crossed the goal line that Stamm, who had been drawn to the right by Ruud van Nistelrooy, came back in time but couldn't prevent Denilson from scoring.

In an instant, Kaiserslautern's goal completely ignited the stands of the entire Camp Nou, especially at the last and most critical moment, Kaiserslautern's counterattack directly achieved a fatal blow, and the two-goal lead also completely tilted the balance of the game in Kaiserslautern's infinite tilt.

The players were extremely excited on the pitch, especially Denilson, who scored the goal, and even ran all the way to the stands of Kaiserslautern fans and made a fist-clenching movement.

Turning around, one by one Kaiserslautern players came up to him and hugged the Brazilian tightly.

"0:2, Kaiserslautern doubled the score!"

"Manchester United seem to have lost control of the game, both on the pitch and in terms of morale!"

Keane angrily kicked the football that came to his feet, and he couldn't wait to rush up and kill these bastards directly!

But so what?

They lost!

But Yang Cheng doesn't think so, because he knows that Manchester United is such a magical team that can turn defeat into victory even if it goes to the last second, and he can't give Manchester United such a chance! . )