Under normal circumstances, looking at a player's enthusiasm on the court, you can see a lot of data.

For example, the running distance.

After more than half an hour of the start of the game, Vidal, the one who runs the most distance in Manchester City. You can see the Chileans in both defense and offense. Of course, this is also the characteristic of the Chileans, actively running and fighting. The one who runs the least distance is Adriano, who is the starting striker of Manchester City in this game.

So, does this prove that Adriano is the lazy player among Manchester City's starters? The answer is no.

Adriano has indeed had a bad record in the past, but even at that time, he probably could not have faced passively on such occasions. Therefore, the reason can only come from two aspects, one is the position relationship. As a single striker, Adriano has so far taken care of all three Manchester City's shots since the start of the game. Of course, this cannot explain his running distance, but explains his position limitations. The other aspect is from head coach Lin Sen.

"Arrectly arrange physical strength and try long shots more often."

This is what Linson explained to Adriano before the game.

The first half of the sentence makes Adriano almost become the Manchester United forward "Xiasha Brother" Berbatov sitting on the bench in this game, and the second half of the sentence makes Manchester City's only three shots come from long shots.

For Linson, who emphasized that he had started building the first line of defense from the front line, such Adriano is very rare. And because it is rare, Ferguson, who has been dreaming about Manchester City in the past week, naturally saw it, but he didn't care about it because he was not worried about Adriano at all.

This is not because Ferguson despises Adriano. After all, it was Adriano's long-range shot that kicked Mourinho's Real Madrid out of the Champions League. The reason why Ferguson is not worried is because he has enough confidence in his defense, or to put it simply, the Manchester United team on the court, what he most feels most comfortable with is his central defender partner.

Ferdinand Garvedic, even if he looks at the world football world, how many forwards can make this pair afraid?

Compared to Adriano, Ferguson was more worried about his two wings.

Some things can be compensated, and fighting spirit is one of them. As long as there are suitable conditions, some things cannot be compensated, such as talent, and there is no luck in this.

Although hard work and talent seem to be inherently opposite in many stories, what about the facts? This is never opposite. On the football field, there are many inspirational dramas where ordinary players with their own efforts ultimately win a place for themselves, but there is never a lack of talented players with their own efforts to create records.

Valencia and Park Ji-sung, against Bell and Robben.

Ferguson never underestimates himself. But not underestimating himself does not mean being arrogant. Compared with the combination of Manchester City, the advantages and disadvantages are very obvious, and this advantage and disadvantage is precisely a relationship that can be compensated and irreparable. The biggest advantage of Manchester United's wing combination is that it is impeccable to fighting spirit. Manchester City's wing combination. Simply put, it is more prominent in personal abilities.

If such an advantage or disadvantage is just an ordinary game, Ferguson doesn't think the opponent will have any advantages.

Unfortunately, this is the Champions League final.

As I just said, fighting spirit can be compensated as long as there are suitable conditions, such as this final. But talent is irreparable. For a simple comparison, Robben can run all over the field like Park Ji-sung, and Bale can also play as a full-back like Valencia, but Park Ji-sung will never think Robben treats extraordinary people as drinking boiled water. Even Valencia, who has good speed, cannot compete with Bale in this category.

This is the difference, this is what Ferguson is worried about.

It is precisely because of this concern that Ferguson did not let Berbatov start in this game, but instead chose to capture the "Little Pea" Hernandez, who has excellent ability to capture fighter jets, to partner with Rooney. In this game, he wanted a terminator more than a frontcourt fulcrum, especially when the wing may not be able to gain an advantage.

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Watch, listen, and discuss.

Sitting in a somewhat unfamiliar studio, Gary Neville, hosts Gith and Sun Hai, looked at the big screen, listened to the commentary of Martin Taylor and Andy Gray, discussed the tactics of the two teams and the performance of the players, and watched the first half.

There were occasional waves throughout the first half, but overall, the waves were calm.

It's like the current studio atmosphere.

"Okay, the first half is over. What do you think of both of you?" Entering the intermission, Gis made a single shot and threw the problem to the two people.

This time, both Gary Neville and Sun Hai had a particularly consistent view on the first half: in the first half, both sides won and lost each other, but overall, both sides did not perform well on the offensive end.

Of course, the same view on the first half does not mean that the two people have the same outlook for the second half.

Gary Neville believes that the outcome is still unpredictable. He undoubtedly hopes that Manchester United will win, but it has always been two different things to hope who wins and who will win. He hopes that Manchester United will win, but whether Manchester United is really the side with a greater chance of winning as the odds shows is another thing. Sun Hai, who looks very humble, has a bold outlook this time. He believes that the initiative is on Manchester City's side.

The reason given by Sun Hai is very simple, but it is also very realistic, that is: the thickness of the bench.

When it comes to bench thickness, many people will think that this factor has a higher impact on the season than on a single game, because the length of the season will ensure the team's physical fitness, and at the same time minimize the risk of injury affecting the team's strength. However, this does not mean that this factor has no impact on a single game.

In order to prove his point of view, Sun Hai gave two names, one was the starter in this game, but in general, Adriano, who is not the absolute main player this season, was him who determined the quarterfinals of Manchester City against Real Madrid. The other name was Reus. In the away game against Barcelona, ​​it was his appearance that determined everything.

First, Real Madrid, then Barcelona, ​​who can guarantee that Manchester United will not be the next one?

The thickness of the bench is more important for the season, and for a single game, it is more important to quality.

Look at the players sitting on the bench in Manchester City: Falcao, Di Maria, Reus...

When the game enters the second half, when the string in the hearts of the players on both sides is already tense by the tense atmosphere, the surface is calm and the turbulent lake surface is, and some stones may be calm, but some stones may be thrown into it, which may cause storms.

It should be said that Sun Hai’s view itself is not wrong.

The thickness of the bench is indeed a major advantage for Manchester City. This advantage is achieved by Manchester City itself and also caused by Manchester United itself. Manchester City, which is not short of money, and Lin Sen's plug-in, how can the bench not be thick? Manchester United's media often describe their lineup as having a full patch to demonstrate Ferguson's skills, but from another perspective, this also illustrates the disadvantages of Manchester United's current lineup.

But Sun Hai forgot one thing, that is, football games are never regular.

The second half of the game changed sides and did not see personnel adjustments or tactical changes. Everything seemed to be just a continuation of the first half, but the mentality was completely different.

Manchester City, who accompanied the opponent to play Tai Chi for halftime, took the lead in carrying the cannon, and then, with just one shell, it scared all Manchester United fans into a cold sweat.

In the 47th minute, Adriano did not try to continue to break forward thirty meters in front of the goal thirty meters away from David Silva. Instead, he adjusted his posture slightly and fired a long-range shot. He shot with a strong and powerful shot on the leg of Vidic, who pushed Adriano out of the penalty area several times in the first half, turning into a refraction that almost made Van der Sar lose his soul. He almost gave up resistance.

But the ball just stepped out of the door in a terrible way.

When he saw the ball rolling out of bounds rather than the ball net, Lin Sen subconsciously made a "screaming" posture on his face with both hands. Ferguson, who was still sitting on the coach's seat, seemed calm, but perhaps he forgot that his chewing gum completely stopped at that moment.

"So close! It's a pity!" Andy Gray exclaimed. From his perspective, he was even ready to shout "goal". "Adriano's shot hit Vidic's leg and changed direction. Van der Sar is powerless. Unfortunately, he finally slipped out and Manchester United escaped!"

"Manchester United's defense line needs to be paid attention to. Adriano's several shots in the first half did miss the goal a lot, but this does not mean that they can relax their guard against him. Carrick was too careless in the shot just now. He should have interfered with Adriano at the first time."

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Lin Sen was a little regretful, no, very regretful.

Adriano's shot just now seemed to be the goddess of luck suddenly descending on Manchester City and suddenly flew away. If Manchester City can score this goal, then Manchester City will be much easier for the next game, because then Manchester United will have to attack, and the leading Manchester City can completely fight the opponent's counterattack.

But, the reality is not if...

Linson chose to start Adriano in this game, rather than Falcao. In fact, the former's long-range shooting ability accounted for a large part of the reason.

Many situations are expected against Manchester United, including the most likely stalemate. To crack this situation, apart from set pieces, long-range shooting is also a means. Of course, this is not all the reasons.
Chapter completed!