I am the king of football

Chapter 256 Change of formation
In the end, Manchester United's set-piece attack was ineffective. After Qin Hu failed to block the ball, Galatasaray goalkeeper Muslera rushed out and confiscated the ball.

As he threw the ball directly to his own wing, a new round of ball control and passing began.

Compared with Manchester United, the home team's ball control ability and overall midfield quality are definitely insufficient. They also understand that it is difficult for them to control the ball for a long time, so they behave very calmly when controlling the ball.

Whenever Manchester United's double-teaming and cooperation were about to steal the ball, the player in control of the ball would actively seek a foul or kick the ball into the opponent's body and bounce it out of the baseline for a sideline ball.

In a nutshell, you can forget about controlling the ball.

This strategy can be said to be extremely disgusting, and it also makes the game very ugly.

The referee kept blowing the whistle, sometimes it was a sideline ball, sometimes it was a foul, and sometimes a Galatasaray player just fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

The fans watching the game also frowned. They didn't pay attention to this match just to watch such an ugly game.

However, no matter how disgusting and ugly it was, the home team's style of play was still very successful. In the entire first half of the game, Manchester United did not launch many successful attacks.

Although he kept the ball under his feet, Shinji Kagawa's ability to pass the ball threateningly was greatly reduced due to constant harassment and strong confrontation. For a while, Qin Hu and Rooney hardly touched the ball.

The only few threatening attacks were opportunities that these two warriors snatched from their opponents by relying on their strong bodies.

Unfortunately, Qin Hu was guarded by at least three opposing players, and Rooney was not much better off. As a famous Manchester United star, the opponents took good care of him.

A series of tackles and strong fouls made Rooney's temper escalate. Soon he became irrational and started to confront the opposing players. Such confrontations naturally would not result in any goals.

When the first half ended, Galatasaray's defensive players in the midfield and backcourt were all panting, and Manchester United players were not much better. Their offensive players in the midfield and frontcourt were all in a mess, and Qin Hu and Rooney had all kinds of stains visible to the naked eye.

Of course, the tactics adopted by the home team did not come without a price. In the first half of the game, they received two yellow cards and three verbal warnings, and almost all of the main defensive players committed fouls.

How to judge the strength of both teams through a bus attack and defense battle? In addition to goals, the number of fouls committed by the defending side is a very objective basis.

Because if the two teams are of similar strength, then if the defending team concentrates all their strength on defending in their own half, they can steal the ball from the opponent through cooperation and effective pressing without committing fouls.

Only when the offensive force of the attacking side is too strong and some attacks cannot be defended without fouls, will the number of fouls naturally increase.

After all, football is a philosophy of sport, and many aspects cannot be accomplished simply by relying on ideals and passion.

In the Manchester United locker room, after all the players arrived, Ferguson calmly pulled over the tactical board, which was covered with the stamps of his players.

"We changed our strategy in the second half."

Scholes was pushed forward directly, and then Rooney's position was moved to the right and Shinji Kagawa was moved to the left.

"Change to 433, with Scholes playing as attacking midfielder, Shinji Kagawa and Rooney as left and right wingers, and create more opportunities through the flanks~" Ferguson, who stood on the sidelines and never stopped observing the opponent's playing style, saw the strength of the opponent's defensive players through the half-time game. If their two defensive midfielders and two central defenders were able to do their best to jointly defend against Manchester United's two forwards, then their full-backs would not be so reliable.

In the first half, the team created good attacking opportunities through a few rare attempts from the flanks by Ashley Young and Nani. There was no time to change the formation.

"The opponent's defense is very tough, I don't think I need to say more about this. Cherish every chance to shoot. As long as we can score the first goal, everything will be solved."

"Understood, Boss!"

"have a rest."

The short halftime break passed quickly. In the second half of the game, players from both teams, who had rested for a while, walked out of the player tunnel again in high spirits.

After the first half, the home team's fans had accepted the team's ideas.

Since it is almost difficult to compete with Manchester United for the first place in the group, at least we can take a piece of meat from the opponent. In this way, at least the points are now the same as ours. Cluj, which ranks behind us only because of the goal difference, will inevitably double the pressure because of this point.

After figuring it out, at the start of the second half, the home fans, who had not cheered loudly before because their team's playing style was too ugly, finally started cheering loudly again.

This shout inspired Galatasaray, and they defended even more vigorously. Even the long pass attack that Manchester United launched unexpectedly in the second half was ruthlessly destroyed by Qin Hu.

"Qin Hu was a bit embarrassed in this game. The opponent concentrated almost all of its defensive strength on him. This is really difficult to deal with."

Zhan Jun couldn't help but complain. He and the fans felt frustrated watching this game, especially since the opponent was not clean most of the time. If Qin Hu hadn't glared at him fiercely several times, the stains on his body would be more than just stains.

Afterwards, the second half of the game entered a bus and bus breaking drill. After Manchester United changed its formation, they put more and more power into the attack, but the opponent's defensive intensity was still quite high.

In this situation, even if they went to the two wing lanes, not many attacks could be launched, but overall it was much better than the first half, at least for Qin Hu.

"The left and right wingers, Shinji Kagawa and Rooney, began to help Qin Hu share the defensive attention. The Galata players who were huddled in front and behind their own penalty area had to disperse."

If Manchester United were allowed to fly on both wings, the consequences would be self-evident. The high-altitude ball bombing alone would be enough to cause Galata trouble.

After all, all attention has been focused on Qin Hu. Scholes and Nani, who kept making runs, also have excellent footwork. As long as Qin Hu can pass the ball to him, he doesn't need to shoot. The two long-range shooters can teach the home team's goalkeeper a good lesson.

As a result, when the opponent kept moving out to defend the left and right flanks, Qin Hu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt that the opportunity was gradually emerging.

For a moment, Qin Hu began to pull back slightly and let his two teammates continue to take the ball and try to go to the bottom, which gave the Galatasaray defenders the illusion that Qin Hu might sprint and head the ball.

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