Chapter 884 Fighting White Deer Lane Again
After a brief rest on the national team match day, the league started again.
Manchester United teams were sent to the White Hart Lane Stadium to challenge their favorite points-free boy Tottenham.
Tottenham has not beaten Manchester United away for 21 years and has not won for 10 years at home. However, Tottenham's strength was limited and its strength has increased significantly in the past two years, so it is unwilling to be a "score-giving boy" anymore, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for Manchester United to win.
Since Chelsea defeated Blackburn 2-0 in advance, Manchester United must win this game, otherwise the gap between them and Chelsea will narrow to 7 points.
Ferguson also sent all the main players and lined up a 433 attack lineup. Goalkeepers: 1-Vandersa, defenders: 21-Rafael, 5-Ferdinand, 15-Vidic, 3-Evra; forwards: 24-Fletcher, 18-Scholes, 10-Gao Xiaodong; forwards: 17-Nani, 9-Baba, 7-Rooni.
This is the first appearance of the new Golden Globe winner Gao Xiaodong and the first game for Manchester United after captain Gary Neville retired.
Undoubtedly, Gao Xiaodong was questioned in the Golden Globe Awards. He must demonstrate his abilities through the competition and prove that he deserves the Golden Globe.
In order to compete for the position of Manchester United captain, the big men and upstarts of Manchester United are all in high spirits and just want to win Tottenham to show their strength.
Tottenham have star players like Modric, Bale, Van der Fate and Crouch, as well as experienced coaches like Redknapp, but they have never been able to defeat Manchester United. They are also very eager to break the curse of not beating Manchester United at home.
Old coach Redknapp lined up a 4-4-2 formation with balanced offense and defense: Goalkeeper: 1-Gomez: Defender: 32-Ector, 20-Dawson, 12-Gala, 2-Hutton; Forward: 3-Bell, 12-Palacios, 14-Modric, 7-Lennon; Forward: 15-Crouch, 11-Van der Fate.
In the first leg of the match against Manchester United, Tottenham lost 0:3, which was a complete defeat.
Compared with the first round, Redknapp changed three players this time, one was center-back Cable and Dawson, the other was midfielder Genes replaced Palacios; the other was forward Robbie Keane replaced Gao Lao Crouch.
This basically changed a central axis, which shows Redknapp's dissatisfaction with the last round of the game.
Ferguson basically did not make substitutions, only Giggs was replaced by Scholes, and the formation changed from 442 to 433.
Generally speaking, Ferguson would leave a veteran on the court and use their experience to help Gao Xiaodong control the game.
After the game began, Manchester United served first.
The ball was transitioning to Gao Xiaodong's feet. Gao Xiaodong showed strong aggressiveness when he got the ball for the first time. After he passed back, he immediately took the initiative to retreat and asked for the ball. After Raphael gave him the ball, Gao Xiaodong immediately dribbled the ball from the backcourt to the midfield and quickly dribbled.
Although Tottenham's backcourt formation was kept intact, Modric and Palacios in the midfield did not dare to neglect them, and quickly came forward to double-team Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong took the ball and turned around, as if he wanted to pass it to Fletcher. Facing two double-team players, it is safest to pass the ball back to his back midfielder. Of course, Gao Xiaodong can also pass it horizontally to Scholes who came back to pick it up.
However, Gao Xiaodong was very excited today. After he had an illusion of returning the post, Modric and Palacios who were defending the defense began to disperse. He suddenly turned 180 degrees and rushed past the middle between Modric and Palacios as fast as possible.
This attack was very sudden and very risky.
This kind of escape is beautiful, but taking such risks in his half is not cost-effective. Ferguson just watched it, without applause, and his face turned darker.
The fans can't care so much, they just come to watch the game. As long as it looks good, that's fine, and the adventure is even more exciting. Seeing Gao Xiaodong suddenly pretend to get rid of the double teams of the two midfielders, Manchester United fans who came to the White Hart Lane Stadium to cheer in unison.
"Did you see that? After winning the Golden Globe Award, Xiaodong's style of playing became more and more sexy."
"This sexy operation is very beautiful!"
"It seems to be risky, but it is actually very stable because Gao Xiaodong has this strength."
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The three Manchester United strikers in front were all watching Gao Xiaodong and seeing Gao Xiaodong get rid of Tottenham's interception, Rooney, Nani, and Berbatov all began to accelerate their running position and look for opportunities to attack.
After Gao Xiaodong showed off his midfield's breakthrough skills, he did not stick to the ball anymore. He immediately passed it to Berbatov, who was stretching his way to run the ball while running, and he stepped forward and started to turn from a midfield organizer to a terminator.
On Manchester United's forward line, Berbatov is the slowest and his impact is not strong, but what he is best at is not this, but imaginatively making balls and passing balls.
Gao Xiaodong passed the ball over, but Berbatov did not stop the ball. He had known before that he had observed the situation around him and passed the ball to Nani with one kick.
Nani, the dribbling man on the side, did not stick to the ball this time. He took a few steps and saw Gao Xiaodong following him. Regardless of Scholes, who was closer to him, he immediately passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong again.
Gao Xiaodong also has the hope of becoming Manchester United captain now, so Nani naturally has to provide support to Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong held the ball and continued to push forward.
Gao Xiaodong started to flip forward when he just passed the ball. He flipped forward very quickly, and Modric and Palacios had not yet caught up with Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong has entered the 30-meter area and may come to the door at any time.
Tottenham center back Dawson had to head forward and prevent Gao Xiaodong from shooting from a long shot.
Gao Xiaodong drove straight in, and Berbatov blocked Gao Xiaodong's way in the middle. Berbatov immediately ran to the side, giving Gao Xiaodong a space, and at the same time wanted to help Gao Xiaodong take away a defender.
Gao Xiaodong dribbled the ball very quickly, leaving Modric and Palacios behind, and they couldn't catch up even if they tried hard.
At this time, someone must delay Gao Xiaodong's speed. As long as Gao Xiaodong's speed comes down, Modric and Palacios come back and the crisis on the back line will be resolved.
When Berbatov walked towards the side, Tottenham center back did not follow him, Dawson and Gala faced Gao Xiaodong together.
After winning the Golden Ball Award, Gao Xiaodong's pressure on his opponent has also increased significantly compared to before. Whether in the midfield or in the backcourt, there are two players who come to defend to Tottenham. He even prefers to short-term Berbatov, who is slower in short order.
Gao Xiaodong did not show himself blindly. He grasped the rhythm very well. Seeing that Berbatov was empty, he immediately passed the ball to Berbatov.
At this moment, Tottenham's full-back Bale and the full-back were already moving closer to the middle. Bale rushed towards Berbatov as fast as possible, preventing Berbatov from breaking into the penalty area.
Berbatov knew that he was slow and he did not break through to the penalty area. When he saw his opponent coming to pounce on him, he immediately passed it to Rooney.
Rooney was also in an undefensive state at this moment. He received the ball and quickly cut across, breaking into the penalty area line. Without waiting for Gala to block it, he directly shot the near corner.
Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez flew to save, but Rooney's kick was a bit off and the ball hit the side net.
The net was beaten so hard that Tottenham fans screamed, thinking the ball had entered.
Chapter completed!