Chapter 65: Battle against Manchester United (Part 2)
"Eggsy, you wanna play?"
"From now on, when you see through Manchester United's tactics, you will be allowed to play."
Eggsy's first reaction when he heard this was: Sir, are you serious?
Then Eggsy thought, "You're not in a hurry when the game is going so badly?" ... Could it be that you expected this, sir? But, your teammates are playing like this, and you're still calm enough to let me see the tactics?
"If you can't figure out the tactics, it's useless for you to go up there." Mr. Ranieri said it very bluntly, and it was so blunt that Eggsy was stunned for a moment. "No hurry."
ah?
Eggsy really never thought that his football game would become a live reading comprehension and take-away problem-solving. But what can he do?
Let's see! Let's see first and try to find the shortcomings of Manchester United's tactics. Otherwise, it will be just like what Mr. Ranieri said, if we can't see the tactics, it will be useless.
Although Leicester City was under pressure from Manchester United, they have not conceded a goal so far, which shows that their defense is strong enough.
On the other hand, from the beginning, it was Rooney who opened the way and Van Persie made various attacks. Manchester United's attack was very fast. Almost within 2 minutes, after 5 passes, they reached Leicester City's midfield and started to break through.
This is different from the previous Manchester United's attacking style. Rooney and Van Persie's two-line attack, one is a single-player counterattack, the other is a point-grabbing attack. The two have strong individual capabilities. If one of them is taken out alone, he will be a forward or center forward in other teams.
And it's not just the forwards who are good at scoring goals, the midfielders Silks and Gix are also not weak. Even his left and right sides of the back line have the attributes of a knife-wielding defender, and they can get some goal bonuses after a season.
So, with Leicester City's weak attack, they were beaten by Manchester United in their own half. At the end of the game, Leicester City could only park the bus in front of the goal to force Rooney or Van Persie to shoot, and then reshuffle and start the attack.
"Leicester City's performance today was really disappointing." The first half of the game was just Leicester City getting beaten unilaterally, which was actually not satisfying to watch. "Many offensive opportunities were abandoned. It seems that today's lineup and tactical arrangements were not the best."
This statement was already considered polite, because everyone was feeling bored. After all, if a game was played for 12 minutes without a goal, even the most patient person would get bored.
Today, Leicester City's defense line can be said to have transformed into a very elastic spring, which is really flexible. While Rooney is attacking the left side, Van Persie is still playing on the left side. Leicester City's defense line is like a bullied young wife, who has to defend against anyone and has no temper.
It seems that Manchester United's attack is quite successful, but why can't they score a goal?
After observing for a few more minutes, Eggsy felt that the four players in his team's back line were standing in a staggered manner today, with the two in the middle facing forward and the two defenders on the two wings further back.
If Manchester United's Rooney and Van Persie attack from the middle, then the two middle defenders can move back and form a circle with their teammates on both sides.
If the center or backs on either side attack, the two sidebacks will start to move forward and start to press outwards, and even make a dead ball. Then start again, try to kick the ball out again, and form a new offensive trend.
It's just a pity that it wasn't Eggsy who was in charge of connecting the midfield and organizing the attack, otherwise Leicester City would probably have been able to fight Manchester United back and forth at this time and wouldn't have been so controlled by others.
Thinking of this, Eggsy sighed and quickly turned his attention back to his position in Manchester United.
At 15 minutes into the first half, Leicester City's defense was almost like a sieve. But Manchester United's attack continued, starting with the defenders, who destroyed Leicester City's attacking ball in the penalty area and started a defensive counterattack.
The defender served the ball to the midfield, and only Di Maria received the ball and immediately passed it to Herrera in front. At this time, Manchester United's attack had reached the midfield, so Herrera began to dribble and break through, while Rooney and Van Persie started a new round of attack.
It can be said that this kind of attack is very fast and efficient. Almost every time Van Persie or Rooney receives the ball, they rush to the penalty area to prepare for a shot. The attack speed is not fast, but the force is very strong, at least the attack threat is indeed great.
And looking at their offensive state, Eggsy felt that if they were to fight Manchester United to the end, the chances of winning were slim. Thinking of this, Eggsy scratched his head, obviously worried about where to find the problem when Manchester United's tactics were fine.
Mr. Ranieri, who was standing next to him, saw Eggsy scratching his head with both hands. Although he wanted to laugh, he still paid attention to his image and covered his head with his hands. It was obvious that his child did have a headache.
But Mr. Ranieri did not relent, nor did he remind Eggsy, just to see when the child would find out.
Twenty minutes into the first half, Manchester United continued to attack. Eggsy seemed to have found a trick and began to pay attention to Manchester United's attack and every pass again.
"Defender." Eggsy silently read, and found that it was still the Manchester United defender who started to pass the ball. When it reached the midfield, the two midfielders on the left and right immediately held the ball, "Midfield."
The ball was then dribbled for some distance and was intercepted by Leicester City near the midfield before being passed to the feet of the forwards.
"forward."
Eggsy watched intently, muttering something to himself, trying to control the rhythm of Manchester United. Of course, none of this escaped the attention of the people in the Manchester United lounge opposite.
I have said before that it is normal for some people who know lip reading to appear on the field of competition, and it is no exception now. The conversation between Eggsy and Mr. Ranieri has always been in the attention of each other, but there is nothing of great value so they are not paying much attention to it now.
Eggsy scratched his head, thought for a moment, and tilted his head. Then he leaned close to Mr. Ranieri's ear, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered something.
Five minutes later, Leicester City suddenly requested a substitution, the new midfielder was replaced, and the long-awaited Eggsy finally finished warming up and was ready to go on the court.
As soon as Eggsy came on the court, the atmosphere in the whole Leicester City was different.
As soon as Eggsy came up, Vardy and Mahrez came up and high-fived him. Mahrez even said directly: "Son! Dad misses you!"
"roll!"
Eggsy smiled and high-fived him, while he bumped fists with Vardy, turned around to greet Captain Morgan and Drinking Water Brother, and then high-fived Shinji Okazaki.
Leicester City, which had just been beaten to the ground by Manchester United, had a very low morale. Now as soon as Eggsy came up, he gave a few high-fives and greetings, and the whole Leicester City suddenly became full of energy again.
"Eggsy can be said to be the center of Leicester City now." The morale of Leicester City has been boosted by Eggsy's arrival, and this cannot be hidden from anyone. Of course, the host will also make a few jokes: "He is the center of the group's favorite."
"Leicester City is preparing to attack now." The host's teasing was limited. When Leicester City's attack started, he of course started talking about the attack situation. "Captain Kante came up and passed the ball directly to Eggsy. Here it comes! Eggsy made a beautiful breakthrough!"
The reason why it was beautiful was that Eggsy's position was not in the middle like before, this time he was leaning towards the left, which meant that he was also planning to attack Manchester United's right defense line.
It makes sense. With Rooney in Manchester United's midfield and Van Persie on the left, Manchester United's right side is actually the weakest.
But if it were just this point, it wouldn't be too simple.
Manchester United's coach saw Eggsy standing on the left and smiled, obviously not considering Eggsy to be a threat to the right side of their lineup. Because there was no one with strong breakthrough ability on the right side, the coach made other arrangements on the right side.
So from Manchester United's point of view, Eggsy's attack on the right was just falling into their trap!
But will Eggsy be fooled?
Eggsy got the ball and started running forward. When he was about to come into contact with the player on the right after passing the middle and long line, Manchester United's right-back also came forward and several midfielders nearby also started to come over and were about to surround Eggsy.
But the next second, Eggsy accelerated, and then made a long pass while running to Shinji Okazaki who was advancing in the midfield.
"Beautiful! This is a great pass!"
This ball directly broke through Manchester United's blockade, and it was a long pass that directly crossed Manchester United's midfield!
Just because of this goal, the smile on the face of Manchester United coach froze!
You have to know that the trap he set for Leicester City is the midfield ball control area. As long as Eggsy dares to attack from the right, as long as he passes through the midfield, there will be players in front and behind him to trap him in the midfield quagmire and ensure that he cannot get through.
But now... Eggsy actually passed the ball past him with a long pass?! He could actually see through his trap? ?
This 16-year-old young player? ? ? Can he see through his plan? ?
However, the fact is that Eggsy saw through the situation where his own midfield would not stay for a long time and went straight to the second half of Manchester United.
Eggsy just made a jumping pass here, and over there Shinji Okazaki, Vardy and Mahres were in full swing, and all of them started to break through the blockade as if they had discussed it beforehand.
As a result, Manchester United's defense line could only retreat back, and Rooney and Van Persie quickly turned around and began to defend, intending to intercept the ball.
Manchester United's defensive counterattack was completely destroyed, and the offense and defense were directly switched!
The subtlety of this goal lies in the fact that Eggsy seemed to have found Manchester United's weak spot. He used a clever pass to make Manchester United's defense full of loopholes, making it seem effortless for his own players to break through.
Manchester United's defense was very fast, but it was useless. As soon as they caught up with Shinji Okazaki who had the ball, they immediately passed the ball to someone else. After three passes, the ball returned to Eggsy's feet.
At this time, there were two people around Eggsy, Rooney behind him, and a defender in front of him. He seemed to be surrounded, but Eggsy was not panicked at all. He just held the ball with his right foot and then sprinted quickly. The ball seemed to be stuck under his right foot, and he could even roll to avoid the players who were trying to grab the ball!
"Is this... a croquette pass? This is the famous skill of Barcelona's Iniesta!"
The host's exclamation didn't last long, and the next second, Eggsy passed the ball with his heel, and the person holding the ball was Shinji Okazaki who was sprinting towards the goal!
"Okazaki Shinji is completely unguarded!" The host's voice immediately became louder: "He has the ball, cuts in from the right, and shoots--"
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