I am the king of football

Chapter 400 Coming and Going
"Malaga's full force pressed forward very quickly and they gave United little time to adjust after kick-off."

Zhan Jun's voice became urgent shortly after the whistle sounded. Looking at the two teams colliding on the field, Malaga's 4231 formation was changed directly to 4213 by Manchester United, who often changed their formation. Isco and Joaquin were on Baptista's left and right respectively, and Duda stayed alone in the attacking midfielder position.

This directly led to the fact that right after the kick-off, except for Qin Hu who still ran to the opponent's half to put pressure on him, the three Rooneys behind him and the combination of Scholes and Xiao Congming in the defensive midfield all became quite nervous.

"The two sides launched a fierce confrontation in the heart of Manchester United's midfield. The ball came out! Isco, who came to the left winger position, is more threatening than when he was in the attacking midfielder position!"

A midfielder who is good at breakthroughs and dribbling is often a jack of all trades. However, for young people, it is definitely easier to concentrate on doing one thing well than to take every aspect into consideration.

In the 49th minute of the game, Isco got rid of Evra's interference on the left and made a cross, and the ball flew straight into the penalty area.

"Baptista! He jumped high and headed the ball. He accelerated into the penalty area and finally showed his amazing impact."

This time, the inexperienced Maguire failed to step out in time. When Baptista headed the ball half a head higher than him, the young defender could only turn his head and hope for his own goalkeeper.

"De Gea! He jumped and caught the ball that was about to fly into the lower right corner of the goal!!! Beautiful save!"

So the next moment, Zhan Jun's voice rang out again at several decibels higher. When people saw De Gea save the ball into the penalty area like an unshakable wall, the Manchester United fans at the scene cheered again.

“There was not even a corner kick given to the opponent. The ball was cleared directly by Rafael on the left, and Malaga’s first threatening attack in the second half was blocked.”

"Come on, fight them!"

Standing up, De Gea cheered his defensive teammates with full energy. Phil Jones and Maguire nodded repeatedly in response to their goalkeeper's call.

It was four minutes later when Malaga regained the ball through half-day pressure in the midfield. The Manchester United players, who were caught off guard by their direct attack at the beginning of the game, had gradually gotten into the game again.

As a result, Malaga's attack began to be seriously hindered again.

"The defensive cooperation between Cleverley and Evra is very effective. Isco's breakthrough ability is outstanding, but he has lost the ball more than once in the joint pressing of these two players. If we only rely on him, the chances on the wing will be greatly reduced."

Ten minutes into the game, Manchester United had found a way to defend Isco. Although the young man had delicate skills, he was by no means a superstar. Evra and others who had experience in defending several Real Madrid wingers were no pushovers, and soon the golden boy's path as Malaga's left-wing explosive point was blocked.

In this situation, fortunately, Joaquin on the right side of the home team is also a top winger. As Duda began to frequently pass the ball to the right, Joaquin also began to run up and down his own wing to try to create opportunities.

There are opportunities. Manchester United's two wing defenders are adhering to the principle of strictly guarding against cuts inside rather than crosses. This allows the two Malaga wingers to choose to kick long passes to find gaps in the penalty area after seeing that the breakthrough has failed.

For a moment, Baptista became the busiest person on the field. He either kept sprinting inside from outside the penalty area and jumping high to head the ball, or simply jumped up and competed for the header in the penalty area.

Unfortunately, under De Gea's command and shouting, even Maguire, the youngest player in Manchester United's defense in this game, defended well and successfully interfered with the opponent's headers several times afterwards.

After the 60th minute of the game, Malaga's fierce attack after the opening not only failed to bring a goal but also caused great consumption in the team's midfield and frontcourt. When the home team's rhythm was interrupted due to the continuous fierce attack and began to breathe, Scholes, who was good at catching the rhythm change, received the ball from the team's defender again and directly made a long pass to announce the beginning of Manchester United's counterattack.

"Carrick received the ball in the middle circle and dribbled past Camacho. The midfielder had been waiting for quite a long time. He carried the ball forward and obviously would not pass it away if no one came to meet him."

In the 63rd minute of the game, Carrick dribbled the ball directly into the opponent's midfield. After Qin Hudu pulled to the left, the midfielder had considerable autonomy.

"The ball was passed to the left side. Qin Hu moved sideways to block Demichelis next to him and directly passed the ball back!"

"Shu~"

The ball instantly appeared behind Turan, who was in front of Carrick when he passed the ball. As a midfielder who had cooperated with Qin Hu countless times, Carrick naturally appeared in front of the ball.

"Oh!"

"After a one-two pass, Carrick shot directly at the goal with a long shot!!!"

The shot was so powerful and came so suddenly that Caballero, who was standing in front of the goal, did not make any saving action at the first moment. Fortunately, because the force applied was too great, Carrick's shot was ultimately not blocked.

"What a pity, the ball hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line. If it was Qin Hu who played the game, he would have scored!"

This was a very good opportunity. Zhan Jun's tone was full of regret. After being suppressed by Malaga for more than ten minutes, if Manchester United could directly counterattack and score a goal, it would cause a great blow to the opponent.

However, this was just the prelude to the Red Devils' attack. The sudden force at the moment when the opponent was taking a breath was not just for this one kick.

When the ball was kicked to the midfield by Caballero, Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt used very fierce pressing actions and regained possession of the ball in just three minutes.

Carrick then continued to organize the game. He still gave the ball to Qin Hu first, but when Qin Hu received the ball, he chose to actively approach Demichelis and collided with him fiercely before passing the ball.

This allowed Rooney and Van Persie, who would join Manchester United in attack, to constantly get good opportunities to get the ball. The two top strikers began to wreak havoc on both flanks of Malaga.

If Demichelis had not constantly directed the team's defense to move and respond, Malaga's goal might have been lost with just two strong players.

In this state of constantly facing Qin Hu's confrontation from all directions and having to constantly command the back line, the over 30-year-old Demichelis was visibly consuming his energy.

When the time reached seventy-five minutes, the defender's movement frequency finally began to decrease.

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