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Seeing that the referee indicated that the goal was valid, Tony excitedly waved his fist, smiled and hugged Drogba who stepped forward to congratulate him, and then ran arm-in-arm with the Ivorian to the stands where Tottenham fans gathered to celebrate the goal. ball!
Although Tony and Drogba are direct competitors in the Tottenham team, this does not mean that the two have to be sworn enemies when they get along. In fact, Tony and Drogba's personal relationship can be said to be quite good. The two often visit each other's home after training. Therefore, after Toni scored, Drogba would be the first to come forward to congratulate him, which is naturally reasonable.
"Damn, I was too careless!" At the same time, when he saw the ball shot by Tony flying into the gate guarded by Howard and rubbing fiercely with the net, the angry Ferguson slammed the water bottle in his hand. On the ground. For this reason, Sir Alex also received a warning from the fourth official: "I didn't expect George to find another way. Instead of thinking about how to strengthen the defense against Ruud (Ruud) and the others, he directly asked Roy (Keane) and Darren (Fletcher) presses and cuts off the connection between the frontcourt players and the midfielders in that way!”
At this time, Ferguson couldn't help but regret. If one of Veron or Beckham could have been retained last summer, Manchester United would not have been interrupted by Drogba just now, let alone Tottenham who would have taken this opportunity to break through. The goal.
However, although he regretted letting go of Veron and Beckham before, it was naturally impossible for a tough man like Ferguson to admit this mistake. What's more, in Sir Alex Ferguson's opinion, instead of having time to regret this, it is better to seize the time and see if he can find a way to crack Tottenham's trick.
However, Ferguson thought about it for a while and was unable to come up with a countermeasure before the game restarted. He could only arrange for Saha, Joaquin, Giggs and others to retreat more to the midfield or even their own positions in the subsequent time. By receiving the ball in the first half, Keane and Fletcher can get more ball points, thereby reducing the chance of being intercepted directly by Tottenham in their own half, and strengthening the relationship between the team and the midfielder. Contact - Although after sending away Beckham and Veron last summer, Ferguson introduced fresh blood such as Kleberson, Joaquin, and Saha from the transfer market, but after Nicky Butt and Roy Keane, When the players are one year older, Manchester United's bench depth is no longer what it used to be. This resulted in Sir Alex Ferguson having to face the dilemma of having no one available and could only make adjustments to the team at the tactical level.
Although Ferguson still holds the good card of Scholes, Sir Alex Ferguson has not forgotten that Manchester United will have a head-to-head confrontation with its old rival Arsenal a week later. Therefore, in order to ensure that the players have sufficient physical fitness to compete against Arsenal next weekend, Ferguson does not plan to send Scholes in this game prematurely. In this way, the choices that Sir Alex can make at this time are naturally limited.
Despite this, the effect of Ferguson's adjustments can still be said to be immediate. The frequent dropbacks of Saha, Giggs and others greatly relieved the pressure on Roy Keane and Fletcher, allowing the two people who were struggling with Drogba to get more ball points, making Manchester United The midfield and backcourt have stabilized again.
However, as a result, Saha and others had to launch attacks away from Tottenham's penalty area, which resulted in Manchester United's offensive threat being greatly weakened. After all, offense sometimes relies on suddenness. Manchester United players launch the offensive from such a long position. Even if Tottenham's reaction is slow, they still have enough time to set up a good defense.
Among them, the one whose threat coefficient has dropped most obviously is Louis Saha. Although the Frenchman has extremely comprehensive abilities and almost no shortcomings. He has also performed extremely well at Fulham and Manchester United this season, but he has never been considered by experts and fans to have the hope of becoming a top striker. , is only seen as a good partner for Van Nistelrooy on the front line. This undoubtedly illustrates a problem, that is, although Saha is close to or reaching a quasi-first-class level in these aspects, and even combined, he can actually reach the top level in none of them!
Therefore, in a sense, Saha's omnipotence also represents omnipotence. Especially in the absence of an outstanding strength, although Saha could use his experience advantage and comprehensive ability to make the opponent Vermaelen extremely embarrassed in the first half, he still couldn't completely defeat the Belgian. Not an easy task.
Let’s look at those top forwards who are recognized by people. Although they are not as comprehensive in ability as Saha, there are more or less things that they are not good at, such as Ronaldo’s header, Henry’s grabbing, and Inzaghi’s dribbling. But in the fields they are good at, these people are the best. Saha, who does not have such a strong point, can only be considered to be infinitely close to a first-class forward, but he will never truly reach this level.
Therefore, in the eyes of professionals such as Ferguson and George, Saha is definitely a perfect team puzzle piece and can be entrusted with important tasks, but the Frenchman is definitely not suitable to be the core of a top team. Because Saha himself does not have such qualities, forcing the duck to play will only put the team into complete trouble on the offensive end.
If Manchester United now has players like Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo who can cut inside from the wing and hit the penalty area and then score goals, then Saha's comprehensive ability can naturally be maximized. However, it is traditional wingers such as Giggs and Joaquin who currently control the wings of Manchester United. Therefore, forwards like Ruud van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer who are good at shooting and grabbing points in front of the goal are obviously more suitable for the current team. Manchester United. As for an all-around forward like Saha, he can currently only be used to enrich Manchester United's offensive tactics and send more high-quality passes to Ruud van Nistelrooy and others.
Therefore, when the connection between Manchester United's frontcourt and midfield and backcourt was strongly interfered by Tottenham, forcing Saha and other frontcourt players to retreat significantly to support, the Frenchman's tactical role and threat on the offensive end It was also greatly weakened after Ferguson made adjustments!
Although his dribbling skills are excellent, they are not high enough to make Mascherano and others fearful; although his passing vision is better than that of most forwards, it is far inferior to organizational midfielders such as Carrick and Pirlo. The reason why Saha is a huge threat when he withdraws from the penalty area is because his versatility makes it difficult for the opposing defender to defend in a targeted manner and dare not act rashly, because if he makes a mistake in judgment, Saha will have the opportunity to directly attack Tottenham. goal. And when Saha moves too far away from the penalty area and the person defending him is replaced by Mascherano, it will be difficult for the Frenchman to get enough space to display as before - Mascherano is not worried that he will appear. It was a case of misjudgment, because even if Saha passed this level, there would still be Vidic and Vermaelen behind who could step up and wipe his butt.
With Saha's current ability, the Frenchman obviously does not have the ability to continuously break through two defenses with the ball, not to mention that Saha is facing future top defensive players like Mascherano at this time. Often, he just got rid of Mascherano's pressing, and then ran into the defensive trap set by Vidic or Vermaelen, and the offensive momentum he finally created came to an abrupt end.
Seeing that as Saha and others retreated, Manchester United gradually stabilized their position in their own half. George first smiled slightly, then walked slowly to the sidelines and made a gesture to the players, indicating that they should press the entire formation. , continue to put pressure on Manchester United's midfield and backfield!
After receiving George's instructions, Tottenham players did not show any hesitation or questioning attitude. They immediately gradually moved up the formation under Carrick's command. Mascherano even rushed directly through the center circle of the stadium. Continue to harass Saha.
Although George's actions will make Tottenham's defense quite empty, as a result, Manchester United's defensive pressure will also become extremely huge. Especially Fletcher, who had made a mistake before and caused the team to concede a goal. The young midfielder from Scotland was even more nervous at this time, fearing that he would make another mistake on the field and make Manchester United's situation worse. Even worse!
In line with the saying "whatever you fear will come true", Fletcher's worry unfortunately became a reality. In the 63rd minute of the game, Fletcher passed Saha through the middle. However, the latter failed to stop the ball due to Mascherano's entanglement. As a result, Carrick intercepted and stole the ball!
After another successful steal in Manchester United's backcourt, Carrick immediately took the opportunity to launch an offensive. I saw him passing the ball to Ribery who came in from the left. Facing Gary Neville's defense, the latter used his outstanding speed and explosive power to overtake and successfully passed the ball into the penalty area before the latter committed a tactical foul!
Luca Toni, who was standing in the penalty area to receive the ball, tried to swing his head directly towards the goal, but this time it was Wes Brown who won the hand-to-hand battle. Having already secured his position, he didn't give Tony any chance at all. He took the first header and cleared the ball directly out of the penalty area!
However, before Brown could breathe a sigh of relief, a horrifying scene suddenly unfolded in front of the England central defender - it was not his teammate who got the ball outside the penalty area, but Didier. Drogba!
Sylvester, who is 1.83 meters tall and weighs only 83 kilograms, is naturally no match for Drogba, who is 1.89 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms. The Cote d'Ivoire Monster who dribbled the ball into the penalty area simply squeezed and leaned in. Sylvester felt as if he had been hit by a train traveling at full speed. He staggered back several steps, and even It was so deadly that it just blocked Howard's sight!
Seeing the opportunity, Drogba decisively chose to hit the goal. Howard, whose sight was blocked by his teammates, was helpless at this time and could only watch the ball fly into the goal.
Two to zero! Tottenham Hotspur unexpectedly take a two-goal lead over Manchester United at Old Trafford!
