Chapter 657: The Unstoppable Su Dong
"Well done, Leo!"
Ferguson clapped loudly and cheered on the sidelines.
For this game, he and the Manchester United players spent a lot of effort. Whether it was offense or defense, they put in a lot of effort and specifically studied how to defend and freeze Su Dong.
He almost simulated the entire ninety minutes of the game, focusing on figuring out how to freeze Su Dong.
The conclusion is very simple. Don't give him space, especially don't defend Su Dong alone, because no one can defend him one-on-one, and even two-on-one is not safe enough, so Manchester United's defense just now was a three-man encirclement.
The surroundings almost cut off all of Su Dong's passing routes, which led to the effect just now.
It was like a pocket that trapped Su Dong and made him unable to move.
To achieve this, when Su Dong gets the ball, a pocket should be formed to trap him immediately, but at the same time the overall formation and defense should be kept stable, which requires the players to run more.
The more the players run, the more physical energy they consume, so Ferguson decided to tighten the defense, reduce the players' running distance, and at the same time compress the space for Su Dong and Bayern players to get the ball, so as to keep the overall defensive formation as meticulous as possible.
It can be said that Manchester United's first defense was successful.
As long as the team plays normally and plays according to the current rhythm and mode, I believe Manchester United is likely to become the first team to successfully freeze Su Dong! And everyone knows that as long as Su Dong is frozen, Bayern's offensive threat will be weakened by half.
Robben and Ribery?
The number of goals they score in a season is less than a fraction of Su Dong's, there is no comparison.
"Leo, move forward a little bit, it's better to push him to the sidelines, don't give him free kick opportunities in too good positions, and reduce fouls." Ferguson was a little worried, so he ran to the sidelines and shouted at Ferdinand.
Ferdinand raised his hand high to indicate that he heard it.
Su Dong is also an expert at direct free kicks, especially in the past two years, he has frequently scored those difficult direct free kicks that can be called world-class goals. Therefore, it is quite dangerous to give Bayern free kick opportunities in front of the penalty area.
But Ferguson was still not reassured, and reminded Anderson and Fletcher, telling them to keep their positions and not rush to steal the ball easily.
Anderson was too close just now, fortunately he returned to defense immediately, otherwise, Su Dong could have turned around to protect the ball instead of going it alone.
The former threat has not been eliminated yet, and it is even possible that it will be defeated by Bayern's second wave of attack.
…………
…………
Bayern has a lot of experience and its players are very patient.
Although the previous attack failed, the Bundesliga giants quickly reorganized another attack.
Ribery tried to dribble the ball through on the left, but was knocked out of bounds by O'Shea.
Marcelo quickly ran to the sidelines, picked up the ball, wiped it clean with his jersey, and quickly threw it to Ribery in front of him.
Ribery attracted O'Shea's attention with the ball, but he was not sure of the breakthrough and knocked the ball back to Marcelo.
The Brazilian left-back stopped the ball and moved inside, saw Su Dong's position, and immediately made a horizontal pass.
Su Dong ran from the top of the arc to the left, and Marcelo's cross pass reached him just before Anderson got into position.
He stopped the ball directly into the penalty area with his left foot, then Su Dong turned around and moved his body quickly to the right, colliding heavily with Ferdinand who was rushing over.
Both of them were tall and strong, and this powerful collision made each of them take a small step back.
But Su Dong intercepted the ball with his right foot, adjusted it with his left foot, and without waiting for Ferdinand to rush over again, he shot directly with his left foot.
It was a hasty left-foot shot with a small angle, and with Ferdinand's blocking, Van der Sar on the left side of the post almost blocked all of Su Dong's shooting angles, but Su Dong's shot was too powerful.
Although Su Dong's leg swing was not big and his shooting was very quick, his leg was strong and his shot was very powerful. Van der Sar failed to hold the ball and it slipped out of his hands. This was also within Su Dong's expectations, as he stepped forward to take another shot immediately.
Ferdinand reacted quickly, rushed forward again, and pushed Su Dong with his shoulder, buying precious time for Van der Sar, who stood up and hugged the ball again.
When Su Dong rushed to Van der Sar, the ball was already in the Dutch goalkeeper's arms.
Just that little bit!
Su Dong roared in frustration.
…
“It was a very threatening attack.”
"In about five minutes, Bayern organized two threatening attacks, both targeting Su Dong."
"We can clearly see that Manchester United defended Su Dong very well. They were not even confident in one-on-one situations. They often played two-on-one, and sometimes even three-on-one. Ferdinand followed Su Dong closely."
"Sometimes, the attention from defensive players just proves Su Dong's strength level."
"Let me ask you, in today's world of football, how many forwards can Manchester United and Ferguson pay so much attention to and use two or three defensive players to defend them?"
…
Knowing that Manchester United had arranged tight defense on this side, Su Dong immediately adjusted his attack direction.
Ferdinand was in good form tonight and changed the direction of attack, targeting Vidic.
Play on the right! As the offensive core of the frontcourt, Su Dong changed his position, and his teammates around him also made adjustments.
In the twelfth minute, Manchester United seized an opportunity and launched a quick counterattack. Although they failed to create a threat, they also won a corner kick opportunity.
However, this corner kick still failed to create a threat.
When Anderson kicked the ball into the penalty area, Lucio headed the ball out, and Modric cushioned the ball and sent it directly to the right.
Su Dong stopped the ball sideways and moved forward, then accelerated to catch up, dribbled the ball across the center line and moved forward.
Manchester United's defense was constantly retreating, especially Fletcher, who followed Su Dong closely.
As soon as he reached the 30-meter area of Manchester United, Fletcher entangled Su Dong.
Su Dong was absolutely confident in his own strength, and with an emergency stop, Fletcher almost pounced on him.
Just as Fletcher was trying to steady himself, Su Dong suddenly made a Marseille turn, pulling the ball directly from the outside to bypass Fletcher, leaving the Manchester United midfield empty-handed.
“Nice Marseille turn!!!”
“Su Dong’s performance was very exciting.”
"We really couldn't believe that Su Dong, who is 1.95 meters tall, could move so lightly and so quickly on the court."
After shaking off Fletcher, Su Dong drove straight along the right side with the ball. On the right side of the penalty area, Su Dong attracted the attention of the defensive player and passed the ball across the middle to Robben.
But when Robben stopped the ball, he accidentally stopped it too far, and Carrick got close to him and intercepted the ball.
A beautiful counterattack was lost just like that! Robben was also very depressed, grabbing his bald head with both hands and shaking his head at Su Dong.
He wanted to stop directly into the penalty area, but he didn't expect Carrick to return to defense so promptly.
Su Dong raised his right hand high, signaling to Robben that it was okay.
This is the nature of football: attacking is more difficult than defending.
…
The game goes on.
Manchester United continued to defend and counterattack, while Bayern kept trying and probing.
Ferguson used Carrick, Fletcher and Anderson to form the midfield tonight. The former was responsible for standing back, while the two behind were responsible for running, covering and pressing, which also caused considerable trouble to Bayern's midfield.
In the final analysis, Bayern's passing and controlling the ball is not as adept as Barcelona and Arsenal, who are able to outwit their opponents with a quick pass. The German team really does not have the genes in this area.
But Bayern still firmly controlled the situation on the field and kept trying for opportunities.
Sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right.
But Manchester United's defense tonight was also very targeted, especially against Bayern's two flanks. Basically, the strategy adopted was to force them on both sides. Rooney and Tevez also actively returned to defense, leaving Rooney alone in front to prepare for a counterattack.
It can be said that Manchester United really went all out tonight, no matter how shameless they were, they just wanted to win! It is not difficult to see from this point how much Ferguson is eager for this season's Champions League.
The League Cup is in hand, and the Premier League is also in our grasp. If we can also win the Champions League, it will be another treble!
There have been rumors that the reason Ferguson has been reluctant to retire is that he wants to realize his dream of winning the Treble again.
This season is undoubtedly a great opportunity.
Because of this, everyone at Manchester United is very attentive and no one dares to be careless.
…
Although Lahm seized the opportunity and decisively stepped forward to assist, Bayern's attack on the right was once again curbed.
Lahm passed the ball back to Robben on the right side of the penalty area. As soon as the Dutchman stopped the ball, Fletcher and Rooney came up, forcing Robben to quickly pass the ball diagonally back to the middle for Modric to reorganize the game.
As soon as Modric stopped the ball, Fletcher abandoned Robben and rushed towards him.
The Croatian midfielder took a step diagonally towards the middle, saw Su Dong coming out, and immediately passed the ball to him.
Su Dong had his back to the direction of attack, with Vidic behind him.
The Serbian central defender was very strong and he stood firmly behind Su Dong, making it difficult for Su Dong to gain any advantage.
Carrick was in front of the two of them. When he saw Modric pass the ball to Su Dong, he turned around immediately.
As long as Carrick turned around, Su Dong would be attacked from both sides.
Su Dong was well aware of his situation. When he saw the ball coming, he first made a fake move to let Vidic behind him take a step forward. Then he met Modric's pass with his right foot and gently knocked the ball behind him with his heel.
The ball immediately changed its course and passed between Vidic's legs.
Su Dong turned around immediately, squeezed through Vidic's defense, and quickly rushed into the penalty area.
All this happened in the blink of an eye, and no one even saw clearly what was going on.
Only Vidic knew that Su Dong had penetrated his crotch.
But he didn't know how to put it on, so he could only instinctively turn around and follow Su Dong, stretching out his hands and trying to grab Su Dong.
Su Dong is taller than Vidic, but he is more flexible than Vidic in turning. In addition, Vidic was responding passively, so when he turned around, Su Dong had already accelerated.
Although his body was pulled by Vidic, Su Dong still took the lead and caught up with the ball on the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area, and shot directly with his right foot.
The entire process did not give anyone present a chance to breathe or react, so much so that the entire audience burst into screams of panic.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
