I am the king of football

Chapter 411 Layout
When Manchester United's starting lineup was announced, some of the players sitting in the audience were happy while others were worried.

The players who finally got the chance to enter the starting lineup are happy. For them, gaining the favor of the head coach in such a crucial battle means that they will most likely return to the ranks of regular starters next.

As for those who are worried, they are naturally the players who cannot start for the team again in this game due to various reasons. Van Persie and Scholes are fine, as they have been informed of their physical condition by their team doctors. As veterans with rich combat experience, they adjusted their mentality quickly.

It was not so easy for the two young players Phil Jones and Maguire to accept it. Although Ferguson had a private conversation with them and told them that he would not let them continue to start due to their physical conditions, they still felt a little unwilling.

It is normal for young players to be eager to play, which is nothing strange. After confirming that he could only sit on the bench and wait for his chance, Maguire put his hand on Qin Hu beside him and gave him his blessing.

"Come on Qin, lead the team into the semi-finals."

"A must~"

Qin Hu responded to his friend with a smile, then raised his head to look at the man standing in front of the tactical board who was emphasizing the tactical arrangements for tomorrow's game for the last time. No matter how many times, he would get excited when he heard his name appear in the starting list.

That night, the Manchester United team, playing at home, was spared the pain of a long journey. After Ferguson finished his final talk, everyone quickly dispersed and went home to rest.

Lin Lan also rushed back from London. When Qin Hu returned home after the group dismissed, he had already prepared a large and sumptuous dinner for him. However, considering that Qin Hu had a competition the next day, the food on the table was still very light.

The two sat at the dinner table and chatted with smiles about the interesting things in their lives. Qin Hu, who did not have the opportunity to go to college, learned a lot of interesting things about school through Lin Lan, and Lin Lan also learned a lot of interesting stories about the players' daily training life.

This Champions League semi-final was held at the Theatre of Dreams. As Manchester United's most sought-after star, Qin Hu had the right to get several box tickets. However, Li Xiang and Qin Jun were busy with football school matters and could not make it in time. They sent a message to Qin Hu saying that they would watch the game on TV.

Therefore, in this game, Lin Lan might be the only one who would cheer for him in the box. Qin Hu simply contacted Maguire directly and arranged for Lin Lan and Maguire's girlfriend Hawkins to sit in the diehard stands to watch the game together.

Although the box is quite private, it is still not as good as the tens of thousands of people cheering together in the stands. Moreover, Hawkins is Maguire's childhood sweetheart. Like his boyfriend, she is a very reliable woman, and she and Lin Lan can take care of each other.

Speaking of which, Kane and Maguire, the two good friends Qin Hu made in Hull City, are not people who are surrounded by gossips. They are all quite loyal in their relationships. It can only be said that birds of a feather flock together.

Early in the morning of the next day, although the game was scheduled to be held at 7 o'clock that evening, Qin Hu still set out early for his own training ground. Lin Lan was dropped off at a cafe near the Dream Theater in his sports car, and she would enter the venue in advance when the game was about to begin.

On the training ground, everyone was very motivated without Ferguson saying much. Having come to Manchester United, none of them had not experienced many ups and downs. However, in this game, the Red Devils' attacking midfielder Shinji Kagawa was still a little nervous during training.

Passing, dribbling and organizing the attack, it seems that Shinji Kagawa performed well in each item, but I always felt that he was a little too nervous today.

"Relax and just kick as you do in daily training." "Hi!"

Ferguson on the sidelines also noticed it, but there was no good solution at the moment. The midfielder was obviously under some psychological pressure because he had not appeared in a key battle for a long time.

The players themselves need to deal with this situation, and the head coach is only responsible for selecting players based on the players' daily training status.

Of course, if you perform extremely poorly due to excessive psychological pressure after you appear on stage, the consequences are not difficult to imagine.

On the last day of training at Manchester United's own training base, the entire Malaga team also appeared on the training ground provided by Manchester City.

Schuster and his disciples have been in preparation since arriving in Manchester. The coach who is good at ideological work for the players and mobilizing the team's atmosphere has already ignited the fighting spirit of the entire team.

Losing 0-1 at home left this desperate team with no way out, so in terms of lineup, Schuster changed the previous defense-oriented layout at home and directly deployed a 442 formation.

It is still the same group of starting players, but the young Isco was directly placed in the shadow striker position. After the first round of the game, Schuster believed that putting the young player closer to the goal would pose a greater threat.

As for the other striker, it is naturally Malaga's main striker Baptista. Although this player is much weaker than Qin Hu in all aspects, he is indeed the best they can choose.

And after being suppressed by Qin Hu's goal in the first round, Baptista has been training and preparing for the game with a strong temper. Schuster can clearly feel the inner strength of this player. Maybe he can really bring him some surprises?
In terms of the midfield arrangement, Schuster directly arranged a parallel four-man midfield, with Dudala on the wing, Camacho and Turalan in the middle, and Joaquin on the right. In the two-man group in the middle, Camacho was responsible for attack and Turalan was responsible for defense.

This arrangement was indeed somewhat unstable against Manchester United's strong midfield, but considering that Malaga's goal from the beginning was to score a goal to reverse the game, Schuster had to take the risk.

The four defenders Antunes, Sanchez, Demichelis and Gamez are the most stable defense of Malaga now. No matter how they perform against Manchester United's forward line, they cannot be changed. As for the goalkeeper, it is still the iron Caballero.

Since the fact that Manchester United's team doctor had found Ferguson was top secret, Schuster did not know that some of their opponents' main players had problems, so he was under considerable pressure.

Since stepping onto the grass of Manchester City's training ground, Malaga has never stopped its tactical drills. They conducted a series of simulations based on Manchester United's performance in the first round and the tactical play of various competitions in recent times, and finally came to a conclusion - if you want to win, you must be willing to take risks.

Time passed by minute by minute, the sun rose in the east and set in the west, and soon it was dusk. The two buses officially rushed from their respective bases to Old Trafford Stadium.

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