N-A-A Chapter 223
Chapter 223
The first time, the second time.
Chapter 219 Iron Mountain! Watch me defend the Red Devils No. 7 alone!
Even though Januzai’s operation of taking the ball to the front of the goal was a bit unique.
But at least he completed the first shot of the game.
The fans at Old Trafford immediately gave warm applause.
Januzai did not think there was anything wrong with his handling of the ball, and did not even raise his hand to signal his teammates. He just sighed and ran back.
When he passed Ling Feng, he even raised his chin to Ling Feng provocatively.
Seeing this, Ling Feng couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows.
Yo?
This kid seems to have some opinions about me?
Of course Ling Feng didn’t know that Januzai not only had a problem with him, but was extremely dissatisfied with him!
Especially in the selection of the Golden Boy Award, he ranked only fourth.
In Januzai’s view, as a supernova of the Premier League giant Manchester United, it was okay for him to rank lower than Sterling, who almost won the Premier League championship last season.
But you, Ling Feng, a player of a newly promoted Premier League team, how can you win the Golden Boy Award? !
And why can you get so much praise? !
As for Ling Feng’s explosive performance, in Januzai’s view, if Manchester United can make him the core of the team and let him have more ball possession, he can also play beautiful personal data!
So, for Januzai, this game is an opportunity!
An opportunity to defeat Ling Feng head-on!
He wants to prove to everyone that he is no worse than Ling Feng!
Of course, even if he knew Januzai’s inner thoughts, Ling Feng would just laugh it off.
This kind of player is a typical person with a strong addiction to being a loser.
He was so hyped up by the media that he didn’t know how much he weighed.
To be honest, he didn’t take Januzai seriously at all.
There are many players in Manchester United who can threaten Leicester City’s goal, and the four superstars in the front court all have personal abilities that flash with inspiration.
Only Januzai is the player who doesn’t need to be cared about the most.
Because players who don’t use their brains when playing football are destined to be insignificant!
Speaking of which, Manchester United, which is in its revival period, is somewhat similar to the current Leicester City.
Both have outstanding offensive players in the front court, who can play swift and sharp offensives;
Both have average strength in the back court, and their defense is not reassuring enough.
The tactical thinking of the two coaches is also to eat according to the dishes, and formulate appropriate formations and playing styles through the cards in their hands.
Both sides are teams with strong offense and weak defense.
Therefore, the two teams did not try anything, and they chose to attack tacitly at the beginning!
In fact, in Ling Feng’s opinion, Manchester United’s offensive tactics have hardly changed from the tactics in the first round.
Rooney still retreated to receive the ball and organized, and then used Di Maria’s dribbling ability to move forward.
Finally, he sent a fatal pass to Van Persie and Falcao to finish.
The only change is on the defensive end!
This time, Van Gaal did not arrange specific players to closely guard Ling Feng.
Perhaps this move did not work well in the last match;
Or maybe he felt that this move would only leave gaps in the entire tight formation and disrupt the entire defensive structure.
So this time, the Dutch coach, who is recognized as a “tactical master”, chose to use zone defense to deal with Ling Feng’s threat.
Once Leicester City has the ball, Manchester United’s frontcourt players will quickly retreat, and the entire formation will become 442.
Rooney retreated to the midfield and formed a double midfield with Blind.
Then the two wingers who were recovered were brought to the middle as much as possible, compressing the space in the middle and forcing him to pass the ball to both sides.
Instead of letting Ling Feng, who was the most threatening, take the ball to organize and break through, they might as well give up the space on the wing and let Mahrez and Lingard get more opportunities.
This was also the way Van Gaal came up with to restrict Ling Feng after losing the first round!
If Ling Feng changed his position, the same principle would apply, that is, to pile up more defensive players near his area and use the local advantage of numbers to squeeze Ling Feng’s space to play.
As long as Ling Feng had no way to play, Leicester City’s entire attack would be limited no matter how sharp it was!
This was the lesser of two evils!
Next, as long as Ling Feng took the ball in the middle, there would be two or three Manchester United players in red standing around him.
They did not press forward, but stood several meters apart, faintly forming a fan-shaped encirclement to isolate him from the forwards
Vardy’s passing route.
As for Lingard and Mahrez on both sides, they got more space to get the ball.
Looking at Rooney and Blind who were eyeing him in front, and Vardy who was tightly pressed by Rojo, Ling Feng did not hesitate and directly passed the ball to Mahrez on the right!
After the latter got the ball, he saw that there was only one defender, Luke Shaw, on the wing, and decisively chose to advance with the ball.
“Mahrez is looking for opportunities on the wing, there is a lot of space!”
“The one defending him is Luke Shaw!”
After transferring to Manchester United for 30 million pounds in the summer window, Luke Shaw did not get Van Gaal’s trust.
So far this season, he has not played much in the league and can only be a substitute for Rafael.
This also prevented him from continuing the hot state of last season.
However, he is young and strong, with strong speed and burst, and his defensive ability is the best in this line of defense.
As long as he is on the court, the defense on the left is guaranteed.
You know, at this moment, Luke Shaw is a talented full-back who was selected into the best team of the Premier League season at the age of 18!
Facing Mahrez’s light and flexible rhythm changes, he stuck in his position and didn’t let the opponent find a chance to break through.
Finding that the blond guy in front of him was a bit difficult, Mahrez did not directly break through, but chose to pass the ball back to the defensive midfielder Cambiasso.
After a few passes in the midfield, the ball came to Lingard’s feet on the left.
However, whether it was speed or confrontation, Lingard couldn’t take advantage of Valencia!
Moreover, “Wa Bushe”, who was transformed from a winger to a full-back, was very familiar with the winger’s passing routine.
He directly squeezed his body and grabbed the ball at Lingard’s feet.
Then he dribbled the ball forward for more than ten meters and passed it to Rooney in the middle with a diagonal pass.
Rooney passed it straight into the penalty area.
However, the force was a little too strong, and Schmeichel, who attacked decisively, directly confiscated it.
The two sides had a very fast rhythm in the first 20 minutes of the game, with both sides attacking and defending.
The scene was very exciting.
However, as the game progressed, Pearson on the sidelines also realized that Ling Feng was targeted by the opponent.
However, he did not have a good way to deal with it, and could only pin his hopes on Ling Feng.
And Ling Feng on the field, of course, also found that there were a lot of people in the middle of Manchester United today.
But he did not have any good solution for the time being.
There were too many people in the middle, and there was not much space for him to pass or break through.
If he forced it, it would only increase the chance of losing the ball.
And he could only trust Lingard and Mahrez and give the ball to them to play!
When Leicester City’s offense was in trouble, Manchester United repeatedly threatened the goal guarded by Schmeichel!
After half a season of running-in, the four superstars in the frontcourt finally had some tacit understanding.
Even though Van Persie and Falcao were in a slump, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.
As long as they run in the frontcourt, they can attract Leicester City’s defenders to move, thus creating space and opportunities for their teammates.
In the 15th minute of the game, through the cross-running and pulling of the two forwards, Rooney, who dribbled the ball to the outside of the penalty area, got the space to shoot.
The Red Devils and the captain of the Three Lions did not hesitate and completed a long shot of good quality!
Fortunately, Schmeichel reacted in time, flew sideways and blocked the ball out of the baseline.
This was also Manchester United’s second shot that hit the goal in this game!
Three minutes later, Di Maria advanced on the left, and after a fried meatball passed Cambiasso, he killed to the rib space, and then sent a diagonal pass with his left foot, hanging the ball to the back of the goal.
Van Persie, who inserted from behind, did not wait for the ball to land, and volleyed directly!
Unfortunately, Van Persie, who has been plagued by injuries this season, is no longer the “Flying Dutchman” who contributed to the diving goal at the World Cup last year.
His physical condition has declined significantly, resulting in a worse feeling of foot than before.
The hitting position of this volley was not very straight, and it hit the goal post and hit the side net!
This shot turned the cheers of more than 60,000 Red Devils fans at the scene into a series of lamentations full of regret.
And Van Persie also held his head with both hands in disbelief, and then raised his thumbs to give Di Maria in the distance the first praise of the day.
“What a pity!”
“From this angle, I thought the ball went in!”
“However, Manchester United, playing at home, seems to have found the feeling of attacking”
Manchester United’s offensive, wave after wave, posed a lot of threats to Leicester City.
In just 20 minutes, five shots were completed!
However, the real goal range
, there were only Rooney’s long shot and Falcao’s shot in front of the goal.
It can be said that the thunder was loud but the rain was small.
The reason for this situation was only because of one person!
That was Januzaj, who was outside the entire frontcourt attack system!
Perhaps he wanted to prove himself too much. Whenever this Belgian prodigy got the ball, he would not play passing and receiving with his teammates except for dribbling with his head down.
Even if his teammates moved, he would not look up to observe.
Until he really couldn’t carry it, he would be forced to look for his teammates and plan to pass the ball out.
However, the best time to pass the ball had been lost at this time.
After several times, other teammates were very disappointed with him.
Even if he ran into an empty space and reached out for the ball, he would no longer pass it to him.
Therefore, most of Manchester United’s offense was concentrated on the left where Di Maria was.
Midfielder Blind got the ball and passed it to Di Maria to advance as soon as possible.
This also made Leicester City’s defense more comfortable.
The only one who can advance in Manchester United is Di Maria.
As long as he is stopped, Manchester United’s attack will basically be paralyzed!
Realizing this, Ling Feng retreated to the midfield to defend, and did not forget to shout to his teammates to surround Di Maria:
“Move the formation!”
“Don’t let him advance easily!”
Looking at Ling Feng who was pressing towards him, Di Maria first looked up and observed Rooney who came to receive the ball.
Found that he was firmly stuck by Drinkwater and it was not easy to pass the ball, Di Maria could only take it to the side.
After taking a few steps, the space was squeezed smaller and smaller by Ling Feng. Seeing that the right back Simpson was also pressing up, he looked up at his teammates in the penalty area again.
Then he pushed his left foot outward, opened up the space, and directly made a 45-degree diagonal pass!
In the penalty area, there are two world-class shooters, Falcao and Van Persie.
As long as they pass the ball near them, they can change the situation on the field!
However, at this time, the air defense capabilities of the two tall central defenders Huth and Morgan were fully demonstrated!
Bang!
Huth, who is 1.9 meters tall, firmly blocked Van Persie, who is 1.88 meters tall behind him, and jumped up slightly, and then threw the ball directly over his head!
Seeing this, the Blue Fox fans in the stands burst into applause!
Although it was only the second time he played for Leicester City.
However, the division of labor between Huth and Morgan was also very clear.
Huth, who was taller, was responsible for intercepting high-altitude balls, while Morgan was responsible for filling in behind him.
The two were experienced and strong, and except for their slow turning speed, they had almost no major shortcomings!
Especially the high-altitude cross, which could not pass their heads at all!
In the 33rd minute of the game, Di Maria, who got the ball on the left again, decided to do it himself!
And the one standing in front of him was Ling Feng, who was also wearing the number 7!
This is a duel between the number 7s of the two teams!
Looking at Ling Feng standing sideways, Di Maria first took a few bicycle steps with his left foot, then lowered his shoulders and shook, trying to adjust Ling Feng’s body center of gravity.
However, after he finished the action, he found that Ling Feng was not fooled at all, but just stared at his feet.
Wow!
This is what I learned from Leo, and it works every time.
But this kid didn’t fall for my fake move?
Was he too slow to react, or was he doing it on purpose?
As his thoughts turned, Di Maria didn’t hesitate and directly made a shot from the outside!
However, he overestimated his speed and underestimated Ling Feng’s speed!
The moment the ball was dribbled out, Di Maria was about to chase, and Ling Feng kicked hard with his right foot.
The next second, the whole person turned into a blue afterimage, and used a move of Iron Mountain Leaning to block Di Maria and the ball before him.
This is why Ling Feng is not fooled!
Because he knew very well that even if he didn’t make any defensive preparations and let Di Maria pass him.
He could also use his speed to get ahead of him and chase back to grab the ball!
He stood still, just to lure his opponent to make soup!
Facing Di Maria’s harassment behind him, Ling Feng directly used [Pull the ball back], pulled the ball back, and knocked it along.
The ball slipped past Di Maria’s left foot silently!
At the same time, Ling Feng also turned around and ran over from his right side to catch up with the ball.
“A beautiful back-to-back dribbling pass!”
“Ling Feng won this duel between the number sevens!”
When Di Maria turned around and wanted to chase back, he was surprised to find that Ling Feng had already rushed out several meters away!
Damn!
What on earth did this kid grow up on?
Why does it feel faster than Gareth and Cristiano? !
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