I am the king of football

Chapter 407 Boil the Frog in Warm Water

The chaos on the field was not settled until the referee showed one red card and three yellow cards in succession. The red card was naturally given to Balotelli, who dared to punch in front of 100,000 fans at Wembley Stadium. Such an action did not even result in him being given a red card instead of two yellow cards, but was directly shown a red card by the referee and sent off.

"Such a bad foul will definitely be punished afterwards. It depends on whether Manchester City will stand on the side of the player."

Zhan Jun shook his head and looked at Balotelli, who turned around and walked off the court with an indifferent look on his face after being shown a red card. From becoming famous at a young age to now, Balotelli is already 23 years old, but this guy still looks so childish. He is worthy of being called world-class below the neck and kindergarten-level above the neck by the fans.

In addition to the three yellow cards, one was given to Evra for the foul. The player said there was no problem with this, as he had used a more direct tactical foul to bring down Balotelli.

One of the remaining two photos was given to Scholes, who rushed up to stand up for his teammates in the first moment, and the other was given to Yaya Toure, who rushed over and took action directly. These two big brothers of their respective teams did a good job in standing up for their brothers.

It took a while for those who should have received cards to receive them and those who should have left the field to disappear from the field. After the impulsive brains calmed down, all the players in the Manchester City team put on masks of pain.

"Soon after the second half started, Manchester City had to face a situation of playing with ten players. Pellegrini on the sidelines frowned. Neither side had scored a goal yet, and the Red Devils were about to gain a huge advantage."

Fortunately, Balotelli is only a midfielder of the team, and it is relatively easy to arrange a player to fill this position. After thinking for a while, Pellegrini did not choose to make a substitution immediately, but pulled Aguero to the left forward position.

As a result, Manchester City's formation became 4131, with only Dzeko left in the forward position, while their opponents still maintained a full-strength state of preparation.

"Shhh!!!"

Because it was Evra who committed a foul, Manchester City got an indirect free kick opportunity. When the referee puffed up his cheeks and blew the whistle, Silva kicked the ball into the Manchester United penalty area.

Unfortunately, relying solely on Dzeko to compete for the ball is nothing but a pipe dream. In this game, Phil Jones and Vidic on Manchester United's defensive line are both tall and strong, and they are also very good at defending high balls.

The ball didn't even fall to Dzeko's head before it was headed out by Phil Jones who jumped high. Cleverley, who was in the defensive midfielder position, got the ball and passed it to Scholes on the other side before Aguero could interfere.

As Scholes moved the ball, Manchester United began to control the ball for a long time.

"Being one man short, especially in such a close battle, is fatal to the team that lacks players. Pellegrini obviously understands this. After the game stabilized again, we can see that the Blue Moon has completely launched a defensive counterattack."

Yaya Toure fell back, Nasri, Silva and Aguero locked their own midfield, leaving only Dzeko ready to counterattack at any time after receiving the ball intercepted by the team's defense.

If Manchester United had played with all its players pressing forward, Manchester City might have seized the opportunity to launch a few brilliant counterattacks and make the Blue Moon fans in the stands cheer for a while.

Unfortunately, their opponents were not prepared to give them any chances at all. The positions of Scholes and Cleverley as double defensive midfielders did not change, and the arrangement of three midfielders and one striker did not change. The main thing Manchester United did after the game started was to keep the ball firmly in their own hands.

Constantly passing and pulling, forcing the opponent to follow the ball, this is undoubtedly an open conspiracy - Manchester United wants to exhaust the opponent's physical strength before talking about attacking.

The reason why the overt plot is called an overt plot is that it is inevitable and unstoppable. Manchester City cannot let Manchester United control the ball on the field, otherwise they will be in an absolutely passive position, especially since the opponent always rubs in front of their own threat area. If they don't drive them out, the Blue Moon players will feel uncomfortable. So the two sides soon started a fierce fight for the ball near Manchester City's midfield. Fortunately, there was a red and three yellow pearls in front, and everyone's actions were restrained a lot, which made the referee feel relieved.

"Manchester United were very cautious in their attack attempts in the opponent's midfield. Qin Hu and Van Persie chose to pass the ball back when they were not sure of the ball. It was as if the Red Devils were teasing their opponents."

After watching for a while, Zhan Jun understood Ferguson's idea for this game. He took advantage of the opportunity when one of his opponents was sent off to score all his goals. If this was not the Manchester derby, he might really give it a try.

However, in such a life-and-death battle between mortal enemies, the absence of one person and the aggressiveness will only lead to a fierce counterattack and the unity of the opponents.

Ferguson didn't want the opponent's morale to be boosted by his own pressure, nor did he want the opponent to give up and use ruthless tactics to cripple several of his own players. Otherwise, he would be like a frog in boiling water.

Time passed by minute by minute, and when the game reached the 75th minute, some veteran players of Manchester City, who were one man down, began to have physical problems. Pellegrini looked back at the bench and did not choose to make substitutions. Instead, Manchester United made a quick substitution.

"Hernandez replaced Van Persie, and Fletcher replaced Scholes. Sir Alex Ferguson used up both substitutions. He mainly strengthened the team's midfield."

After the two new players came on the field, they continued with the strategy adopted by their predecessors to harass and dispatch the opponent's players. After another ten minutes, Qin Hu, who had been cruising and observing in the heart of Manchester City's midfield, felt that the time had come.

"~"

When he passed the ball back again, he made a clever gesture to Carrick. Qin Hu passed the ball back and turned around, pretending to press forward slowly as before.

"The game came to the 86th minute, Manchester United had the ball again, and Carrick was controlling the ball in the hinterland of Manchester City's midfield. What kind of pass would he make?"

At this point, even a fool knows that Manchester United is about to explode, but the question is how and what choices Manchester United will make.

"Passed the ball backwards? The ball was passed to Fletcher, who continued to move backwards. Facing Dzeko's pressure, he simply passed the ball to Vidic."

"Oh!"

Just when Zhan Jun was amazed at Manchester United's operation of passing the ball further and further back, Vidic's big kick instantly broke his doubts.

"The ball was kicked out and flew directly over the midfield, landing on Carrick who was pulling to the left!!!"

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