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Although he had expected this, when he saw Sylvester being so easily seduced out of the penalty area by Mendieta and others, giving Klose the opportunity to challenge Van der Sar at close range, the grumpy Ferguson still I couldn't help but curse out.
Among the central defenders currently available in Manchester United, whether it is Sylvester, Wes Brown or Ferdinand, they all have a common problem: insufficient concentration on the court. Over the years, the highlights of their defensive mistakes and even conceding goals due to distraction or slippage during the game can even be summarized in the length of a movie!
World class from the neck down, Husky from the neck up, refers to players like Sylvester and Brown. As for Ferdinand, he is obviously several levels higher than these two in terms of football intelligence, technology and awareness. Even if there is a problem in the game, most of the time he can make up for it with his outstanding physical fitness, which is why he is not defeated. Excluded from the ranks of first-class central defenders.
With his outstanding performance since joining Manchester United, Van der Sar has returned to the ranks of top goalkeepers, and even has a faint demeanor that becomes more and more demonic as he gets older. However, when he encounters a cheating teammate like Sylvester, who sometimes short-circuits his brain, and Tottenham Hotspur. As Europe's top offensive line, the Dutch have no way to keep the door open.
Therefore, the overall level of Manchester United at this time is actually quite far behind those of the top teams. Being able to rank third in the league is partly because a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The strength gap between Premier League teams is still relatively obvious. As the former Premier League hegemon, Manchester United can still maintain a decent ranking due to its foundation in the past few years. On the other hand, it is because of Ferguson's superb team management skills and his continuous absorption and integration of new tactics and new ideas that Manchester United has not widened the gap with the top teams in terms of tactical play.
Whether it was the arrangement of letting Rooney switch to playing as a virtual left winger, or using targeted training to enrich and strengthen Joaquin's cutting ability and scoring methods, it was Ferguson who combined the ideas of English football and Manchester United after being exposed to new ideas from the European continent. changes in actual circumstances.
Needless to say, Rooney, who was active in defense and running during this period and was extremely talented, need not say much. If Joaquin, who just joined Manchester United at the beginning of the season, still has the common problems of a traditional winger, then the Joaquin who has been trained by Ferguson for most of the season has some shadows of Ronaldo in his previous life - except for the outstanding bottom line. In the bottom pass, the winger from Andalucia has also made great progress in grasping opportunities such as inside shots and running without the ball. He no longer seems to be stubbornly clinging to the wing breakthrough.
If it weren't for the fact that the left back and central defender have never found a suitable candidate, his own defense is thundering from time to time, and Manchester United unfortunately suffered a large number of injuries at the beginning of the season, Ferguson has every chance to hand over a better job this season. Transcript!
Compared with Rooney and Joaquin, who have made significant progress and performed well in this game against Tottenham, Ruud van Nistelrooy, as a traditional center, seems to be somewhat incompatible with Manchester United's tactical system at this time - with Ferguson's The offensive end pays more and more attention to running without the ball and passing and cutting. The importance of the "king of the small penalty area" in Manchester United, who is accustomed to staying in the penalty area and looking for scoring opportunities instead of creating space for his teammates, has begun to decline!
Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo, Crespo, Thomason... In recent years, this group of centers are in their prime and are good at attacking in the penalty area, but their defensive enthusiasm and ability to run without the ball are average. The fact that his status in the team has been gradually weakened or even become a marginal player is enough to prove the fact that with the changes in tactical trends, the traditional shooting center is gradually declining!
His status within the team declined, and he refused to take the initiative to adapt to new tactics. It is foreseeable that if Ruud van Nistelrooy continues to show his disregard for Ferguson, then it is probably only a matter of time before he is kicked out by Sir Alex Ferguson.
As strong as Stam, after angering Ferguson, he was quickly dealt with at a "drop price" to Lazio, not to mention Ruud van Nistelrooy, who is no longer important?
It is precisely because of Ruud van Nistelrooy's stubbornness and brain short-circuiting that although Rooney and Joaquin have made great progress and caused some trouble for Tottenham's defense during the game, it is difficult for them to pose a sufficient threat to the goal guarded by Cech. . After all, players who can dodge and maneuver in the face of multiple double-teams, complete breakthrough passes or score goals in a small space are rare in the entire international football world, and Rooney and Joaquin are obviously not among them. As the center forward, Ruud van Nistelrooy squatted in the penalty area and could not come out. No matter how powerful Rooney and Joaquin's impact was, they could not fight their way through the dense crowd in the penalty area!
Ferguson was naturally quite annoyed by this situation, but this was obviously not the best time to deal with Ruud van Nistelrooy. Therefore, Sir Alex Ferguson could only suppress his temper for the time being and wait until the summer transfer window opened to deal with what had become a thorn in the locker room. and a burdensome Dutch center.
Back to the game, Rooney and Joaquin are no fools. After several unsuccessful attempts, the two noticed that the Dutchman was not in the right mood and decisively changed their play to a tactic of passing the ball from the wing and leaving the scoring task to Van Nistelrooy alone. And this change in Manchester United's offensive end is exactly what Tottenham wants!
You know, Evra and Stephen Karl are not too slow and can keep up with Rooney and Joaquin; the central defender combination of Ledley King and Phil Neville can be used as a single arrow, but their minds are full of problems. Ruud, who scores all his own goals and has no intention of paying attention to his teammates' movements, is more than enough.
Manchester United's offense came to a standstill due to Ruud van Nistelrooy. On the other hand, for Tottenham, Mendieta has exerted great power in the tactical system he is good at. The former best midfielder in Europe used his tireless running and passing to turn Manchester United's defense upside down: Carrick's speed is not good and the defensive area is not enough. Although Park Ji-sung can run, his defensive positioning sense is really average, haha Greaves is unable to defeat four hands with two fists, and there is no way to completely stop Davis and directly attack his own back line!
Under the ebb and flow of one another, Tottenham, whose defense pressure dropped sharply, launched an even more fierce offensive in the following time!
In the 37th minute of the game, Mendieta once again broke into the left rib of Manchester United's penalty area and sent a low pass. Klose took a few steps to get rid of Sylvester, who was out of position on defense, and then scored 12 yards in front of the goal. The low shot was successful, rewriting the score to 2-0!
In the injury time of the second half, Alonso, who came on as a substitute, seized the opportunity of Manchester United to press the empty defense across the board to launch a long pass counterattack. Mendieta, who received the pass, did not take credit for it. After attracting Van der Sar's attention, he passed it to Larsson, who was in a better position. Three to zero!
In the end, with Mendieta's hat-trick of assists and Ruud van Nistelrooy's "excellent" performance as a super undercover, Tottenham defeated Manchester United without any blood at White Hart Lane and took a very solid step towards the goal of three consecutive Premier League titles. !
