Chapter 226 The roaring Red Devils hurricane!
Deafening cheers rang out again at Old Trafford, and the LED screen beside the court flickered for a few seconds before switching to a photo of Chu Feng with his arms folded across his chest.
Only 54 seconds after the start of the game, Manchester United took the lead in breaking Lyon's goal.
At this time, Zhan Jun was still introducing the starting lineups of both sides. Listening to the noise coming from the headphones, he couldn't help but stop his commentary.
After watching the replay of the goal, he said in surprise: "Ashley Young broke through from the wing, made a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and Chu Feng followed up with a long shot that went straight into the blind corner!"
"So this is why Mourinho let Xiaochu start as a central midfielder."
Zhan Jun subconsciously began to imagine.
In fact, this was just a helpless move by Mourinho, because Pogba and Kovacic had a confrontation in yesterday's training, and both of them suffered varying degrees of strains.
Manchester United can't find a more suitable substitute for the time being.
Zhan Jun praised Mourinho for a while and continued to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams. "Manchester United still arranged 4-2-3-1 in this game. We can see a very interesting picture, that is, Manchester United's frontcourt formed a straight of 7, 8, 9, and 10."
"As for Lyon, they lined up in a 4-3-3 formation. Their average age is no more than 25 years old, so they are more appropriately called a youth team than Manchester United."
"Notable among them is Depay, a brilliant striker from the Netherlands who played for United for 18 months between 2015 and 2017."
"Manchester United sold Depay to Lyon for a low price of 15 million euros. Less than two years later, Depay's value has soared to 60 million euros."
"It was Mourinho who sealed the deal."
"But I don't think Mourinho will regret it, after all, he has a more efficient striker."
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The camera returns to the green field and the game has resumed.
As if frightened by Manchester United's terrifying scoring speed, Lyon players were in a slump. Their quick attack, which they were usually best at, became a mess, and they even made frequent low-level passing errors.
Lyon head coach Genesio quickly waved his hand, signaling the Lyon players to compress their formation and stabilize the backcourt defense first.
If we concede another goal, the consequences will be disastrous.
The situation gradually became stable, and Mourinho no longer let the whole team press forward to fight against Lyon as he did before.
You must know that before entering the Christmas schedule, Manchester United already had four or five sick players, so Manchester United must win at the lowest cost, including but not limited to today's game.
This has become Mourinho's tactical approach this season.
As for the outside world's criticism that Manchester United's games are unsightly and that his own tactics are utilitarian and negative, he doesn't care.
Moreover, Manchester United fans have been hungry for so many years, and they cannot be satisfied by one or two championships. Before that, there will not be too much pressure from public opinion.
When the game reached the 20th minute, Wan Bissaka accurately shoveled the ball away from Depay's feet, and then passed it directly to Matic in the midfield.
After several passes, the football arrived at Chu Feng's feet.
He subconsciously touched the ball continuously to find space to break through, which resulted in him missing the best time to pass the ball and being intercepted by Diop and Denayer.
Fortunately, Herrera predicted Lyon's passing route and moved in advance to intercept the ball halfway.
Otherwise, Lyon's quick counterattack is likely to create a threat.
Mourinho couldn't help but frown, but then relaxed his brows, thinking that he was too demanding on Chu Feng.
The rapid development of modern industrial level has affected the tactical thinking of modern football. People began to send players to specific positions according to their specialties.
People are increasingly trying to clarify the concept of the role of each tactical position, which has led to the increasing content of each tactical position.
In the field of big data analysis, there is such a "seven-bucket model" that divides football players into seven categories: center back, full back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, creator, dribbler and finisher.
These seven roles also have corresponding sub-roles.
For example, forwards include "guerrilla forward" (roaming the wing and crossing), "progressive forward" (retreating and passing), "target forward" (strong in aerial confrontation and holding the ball in the frontcourt) and "poaching forward" (staying in the center and looking for shooting opportunities).
Of course, this does not mean that the players' positions are locked. On the contrary, the players' tactical positions will change with age, training and learning.
But it requires a lot of experience.
Chu Feng has only been in the Premier League for more than a year, and he has already changed from a left winger to a center forward.
If you want him to change his mindset and become an organizing midfielder, it is not as simple as “one plus one equals two”.
Chu Feng also discovered his own problem, because he had played as a center forward before and was used to looking for opportunities to break through after receiving the ball.
But it is not suitable for an organizing midfielder because it will slow down the offensive rhythm.
As time went by, Chu Feng found a way to take shortcuts while trying to adapt to his new role.
That is to use yourself as a fulcrum forward.
It has to be said that it did achieve good results, but not long after, Chu Feng discovered new problems.
In the 31st minute of the game, Ashley Young made a long diagonal pass from his own backcourt, Chu Feng held up Diop and headed the ball, creating an excellent one-on-one opportunity for Lukaku.
What was the result? Facing Marcelo who was rushing towards him from the side, Lukaku tried to shoot the ball into the lower right corner with his right foot, but his right foot ability was almost zero.
"ah?"
"Is Lukaku clearing the ball for Lyon? He is less than ten meters away from the goal, but he is still far away from the goal frame?"
"This is truly a broken leg!"
Zhan Jun couldn't help but complain a few words.
Zhang Lu next to him laughed twice: "The head coach of the Belgian national team, Martinez, said in an interview that it is normal that Lukaku can't use his right foot, because Maradona was not good at his right foot either."
The live broadcast room suddenly became cheerful.
Seeing Lukaku's guilty look and the sweat on his forehead, Chu Feng swallowed the criticism that was about to come out of his mouth and comforted him helplessly: "It's okay, there will be another chance next time."
He knew that Lukaku would inevitably be very anxious due to the recent sharp reduction in playing time.
But sometimes the more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes.
Lukaku glanced at the coaching bench casually and found that Mourinho was not too angry, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
37th minute of the game.
Lyon gradually got into the game and began to increase the intensity of the attack, with Chu Feng as the main attacking point, who started to pass the ball backwards from the midfield and backcourt.
After all, compared with Pogba and Kovacic, Chu Feng's defensive level is much inferior.
Herrera could only step forward to support Chu Feng.
But just as he moved forward, a gap appeared in Manchester United's complete diagonal fan-shaped defense, and Denayer took the opportunity to tear through Manchester United's two lines of defense with a straight pass.
This pass seemed to be completed inadvertently, but it directly broke Manchester United's frontcourt blockade.
So, when Ndombele received the pass, there was a piece of open space in front of him, facing Manchester United's last line of defense.
Lyon's simultaneous forward runs left Maguire and David Luiz unable to cope with the situation, and they could only mark the nearest attacking players. Seeing this, Ndombele made a lob pass to the left side of the small penalty area.
The football flew over David Luiz's head and fell near the running Depay.
The former Manchester United player used all his strength to kick the ball hard with his left foot in mid-air. He wanted to use the goal to wash away the stain of being abandoned by Manchester United.
It's also revenge!
De Gea started moving before Ndombele passed the ball, and the moment Depay took a shooting stance, he simultaneously entered blocking mode!
Lift the knee closest to the door post to 90 degrees, then quickly close the gap between the legs, keep the chest flat, and swing the arms low.
When viewed from behind, it looks like the letter "K"!
This blocking technique used in futsal can maximize the goalkeeper's coverage area!
"Beautiful! De Gea!"
Maguire saw De Gea use his legs to block the ball out of the baseline, and excitedly rushed over to give De Gea a hug.
De Gea coughed twice, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"A good goalkeeper must not only give his all like other players on the field, but also help the team in difficult times!"
This is a sentence once said by the Black Spider Yassin, and De Gea regards it as his professional motto.
Manchester United players also expressed their admiration.
Although as modern goalkeepers go, Alisson and Ederson are more like perfect examples because they can take on greater responsibility when in possession of the ball.
But goal-line technology is the foundation of a goalkeeper.
If you can't even do the most basic save, you will just become a ridiculous "shooting king".
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Depay looked at the cheerful atmosphere of Manchester United players and walked quickly to the corner area in silence.
Among all the clubs in the current top five leagues, basically no one can gain air superiority against Manchester United. After all, Maguire, David Luiz, Matic and others are all over 185cm tall.
Manchester Flying United's nickname is not for nothing! Maguire beat Lyon captain Fekir to grab a point and passed the ball to Herrera outside the penalty area.
At the same time, all Manchester United players launched a charge! Along with the deafening sound at Old Trafford, a red mudslide seemed to appear on the green field! "Scatter!"
"Everyone, scatter!"
While Chu Feng was running at full speed, he did not forget to remind his teammates.
Lyon's young players also spared no effort to return to defense.
The beauty of teamwork in football was perfectly demonstrated at this moment, as the two teams were competing to see who could get into position faster!
Lukaku gritted his teeth and rushed towards Lyon. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Chu Feng.
The distance between the two of them was rapidly closing! Then Lukaku could only watch Chu Feng's back getting farther and farther away. You know, he was once called the "Belgian Little Lightning", so the speed difference between the two shouldn't be that big, right?
The ball was passed by Herrera to Mahrez on the right side of the field.
The polo king did not break through the wing or cut inside. Instead, he adjusted his posture and swung his left foot out violently!
Rashford looked at the flight trajectory of the football and yelled at Chu Feng: "Chu, in front of you on the right!"
Chu Feng increased his speed again after hearing this.
Marcelo Antonio has similar technical characteristics to Maguire, with turning and speed being his biggest weaknesses.
As he was about to enter the penalty area, he didn't dare to commit a foul and could only watch the ball and sigh.
Lyon goalkeeper Lopez decisively left the goal. He is the main goalkeeper of the Portugal national team, and the person he admires most among professional players is Cristiano Ronaldo.
So he came up with the idea of revenge for his idol.
Chu Feng took in all of Lopez's movements, and suddenly he decided to take a different approach.
Lift your right foot slightly and place it under the football.
Snap! With a clear and pleasant sound of the ball touching the ball, a rainbow seemed to appear in the Lyon penalty area.
“Hanging shot!”
“Very calm operation!”
"Oh, Lopez must be feeling helpless at this moment. Maybe he's imagining himself as a giraffe, sticking his head out to block the ball."
“But there’s nothing I can do.”
"Congratulations to Manchester United for expanding their lead with a quick counterattack near the end of the first half!"
"The one who scored for Manchester United was Chu Feng!"
"He is simply the most perfect striker in modern football. He meets all my fantasies about football, with a keen sense of smell, a strong body and a calm mentality."
Zhan Jun's excited voice came out.
Although it was just a simple goal, it reflected Chu Feng's wild imagination and allowed people to enjoy the beauty of football.
"Hurricane!"
"Hurricane!"
I don't know who took the lead and shouted a word, and all the Manchester United fans followed suit. In their eyes, Chu Feng was like a hurricane, able to destroy all obstacles on the way forward! Chu Feng's smile became even brighter after hearing this, and he ran to the Sir Alex Ferguson stand, waving his hands up and down.
He signaled the fans to raise their voices! Manchester United fans also showed their respect and shouted in unison! "Hurricane!!!"
The violent sound rang out in Old Trafford, like a hurricane rushing towards the lonely night sky, as if to tear the clouds in the sky apart! The Manchester United players followed closely and praised one after another.
“This goal was so beautiful!”
"Chu? Why did you think of lob shooting?"
"Yes! Shouldn't you use your strength to achieve miracles?"
"Hahaha!"
Chu Feng laughed and replied: "This is the talent of a striker, you definitely don't understand!"
As soon as these words came out, the Manchester United players immediately became dissatisfied and started to rub Chu Feng's hair.
Recently, there has been an unverified rumor within Manchester United that touching Chu Feng's hair can bring good luck.
Chu Feng glanced at everyone unhappily, deliberately frowned and said in a deep voice: "Look at the captain's armband on my arm? You should have the minimum respect for the captain. I'm not an underage child!"
Rashford teased: "All 10 of us on the field are older than you. Ashley Young can be your uncle. It's not easy to act like a captain!"
Ashley Young's smile disappeared instantly. "Do you believe that I can still play for another 10 years? Maybe you will retire earlier than me!"
The Manchester United players laughed again, and it was obvious that no one took it seriously.
The first half of the game ended quickly.
Back in the locker room, Genesio gave a speech that got everyone excited.
Who knew that after the start of the second half, Mourinho unexpectedly replaced Lukaku with McTominay, and the overall formation became 4-3-2-1, and the main tactic was defensive counterattack!
Chu Feng also returned to his familiar position.
All of Genesio's arrangements failed. Lyon is good at pressing in the frontcourt and quick counterattacks, which will have unexpected effects against teams that possess the ball such as Manchester City or Barcelona.
But it didn't have much effect on Manchester United.
71st minute of the game.
Manchester United's defensive counterattack was effective, the ball was quickly transferred to the left, and Rashford passed it diagonally to Chu Feng in the penalty area.
Chu Feng, as a bridgehead, held the defender with his back and passed the ball back. Mahrez shot a beautiful arc with his left foot and broke through Lyon's goal again! In the end, Manchester United won the game 3-0, and there was no more upset in the Champions League!
(End of this chapter)