Chapter 115 He Is Everywhere

December 9, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey.

"Dong, you need to run more and try to give Rooney more shooting space."

"Ronaldo, reduce dribbling in the midfield and increase the attack speed, but near the penalty area, you can show off your flirtatious work."

"..."

In this game, Dong Fangzhuo was positioned as a winger by Ferguson, mainly to pave the way for Rooney's goal.

In the away game against Fenerbahce, Manchester United only needs a draw to ensure that they will qualify as the first in the group. Even if Lyon in the same group wins the last Sparta Prague at home, they can only rank second in the group Two, unless Manchester United lose this game.

Judging from the odds given by the spinach company before the game, it is almost impossible for Manchester United to lose away. The spinach company is optimistic about Manchester United scoring away.

Even if Fenerbahce wins Manchester United, they will not be able to qualify for the Champions League group. Even if they add three points to them, they will not be able to catch up with Manchester United and Lyon. But the difference between them and Sparta Prague at the bottom of the group is only three points. If they lose to Manchester United at home and Sparta Prague wins Lyon away, they will not even qualify for the Europa League. Sparta Prague counterattack.

So Fenerbahce actually needs at least a draw.

The best result is naturally a tie.

But the two sides don't know how to play tacitly, so naturally they can only play the main force. Ferguson made another adjustment in the starting lineup. This adjustment can be said to be completely different from before.

In training before, he had been trying to change the traditional 442 to 433 formation, but he hadn't put it into action, and this time he really put the 433 formation into the game.

It was a great disadvantage for Dong Fangzhuo, because he played the left winger position instead of the center. Somewhat like the position Smith played before, in the 442 formation, although Smith is theoretically a full-back, he appears more as a winger. Now Dong Fangzhuo has also been forcibly transformed by Ferguson.

Of course, Dong Fangzhuo's left winger is just a cover. Unlike Smith, he is not fixed in that position. In fact, there are still Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo in front, but he needs to be often pulled to the side. The most important guy in this formation is actually Ronaldo. Ferguson changed this formation because he wanted to fully liberate Ronaldo. He discovered a long time ago that the closer Ronaldo is to the goal, the greater the threat.

This also triggered a change in the midfield. In the midfield position, Ferguson ranked Fletcher, Kleberson and Scholes this time. Fletcher is right, Scholes is center and Kleberson is left. This is definitely a bold evolution.

"This formation change is very dangerous. After all, it has never been used in actual combat." Lineker expressed his concern, "Sergeant is a bold man. To change formation in such an important game is to lose the first three boys." Of course, Giggs is sitting on the bench, and once he finds that the change is not working, he will immediately change back to the original formation."

"Ferguson also seems to have reached some kind of agreement with Van Nistelrooy. He called Van Nistelrooy back and did not let him go on vacation like Smith did. Van Nistelrooy is still sitting on the bench. It seems that his expression is much calmer today. You know Van Nistelrooy is currently the top scorer in the Champions League, Ferguson can't really ditch him."

Although Dong Fangzhuo's position is somewhat disadvantaged, he is also very flexible. He can pull to the side or to the middle, and he can switch positions with Ronaldo if necessary. This is a brand new position. But for Dong Fangzhuo, it is also full of challenges, because his shortcomings are too obvious. His skills are not enough at his feet, and his breakthrough ability is weak. The shortcomings are exposed.

Rooney, of course, is the one who benefits the most. He is in the middle, so all the offensive points come to him, especially the interaction with Ronaldo. They can cooperate with each other at a high level.

Of course, Dong Fangzhuo is not without benefits,

Although he lost more opportunities to get close to the goal and created space for Rooney, this thing is relative. Rooney and Ronaldo attracted most of the firepower. Ronaldo's long pass connection, at least in training, the effect is good.

At the beginning, Rooney looked very excited. You must know that Rooney's debut game on behalf of Manchester United was against Fenerbahce at home. Rooney scored a hat-trick. Now in the away game, Rooney naturally wants to continue to play the heroic state of the first round.

It’s just that he has become a thorn in the side of the Fenerbahce players now, and Rooney will definitely not humiliate them again, so after the opening, Rooney was closely watched by the opponent’s two middays. Rooney basically has no chance to get the ball. He was flanked by two central defenders, which is definitely a supreme honor.

On the contrary, Dong Fangzhuo was on the left, but he was defended by the opponent's right back, without the pressure of Rooney in the middle. But when the ball reached his feet, he basically passed the ball to his teammates immediately, and he chose to advance without the ball. He always believes that technological breakthroughs are always the second option.

Fenerbahce at home are not easy to mess with. In order to avenge their 2:6 away loss, they did their best. Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo were always stuck to death by their defenders. Only Ronaldo was still active, and he kept moving closer to the center. , Relying on cooperation with Scholes and Fletcher, he repeatedly tore through Fenerbahce's midfield defense, but when he broke into the front of the penalty area, he couldn't get a kick. The defense was too dense. Not enough, after trying to shoot two feet in front of the penalty area, Ronaldo changed his mind and still sought the cooperation of Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo.

Can't pass the ball.

Only one Ronaldo is far from enough. Fenerbahce defended them tightly, and if Giggs was on the left, maybe the effect would be much better.

But now there are only about ten minutes in the opening game, and it is impossible for Ferguson to make adjustments now. It can only be said that Kleberson and Dong Fangzhuo on the left need to make a fuss about offense.

The right and center were blocked, and Scholes had to try to move the attack to the left.

Knowing that Dong Fangzhuo did not have Giggs' strong breakthrough ability on the left, Scholes still pushed the ball to him.

Dong Fangzhuo was not afraid of breaking through with the ball, but just reduced such entanglements before.

Facing Scholes' oblique plug, Dong Fangzhuo didn't play complicated tricks, just one move——

Running along with the ball, when catching the ball with his left foot, he stepped forward and kicked the ball more than two meters in front, then relying on his powerful explosive power, he instantly got rid of the opponent's entanglement, and when he caught up with the ball again , just cross from the left foot directly.

He doesn't have that many tricks. If he could kill his opponent with one move, he would never use an extra second move.

Not pretty, but functional.

lob!

The ball whizzed up and flew over Fenerbahce's penalty area with a high arc.

It seems that the strength is too great! Everyone thinks so.

All eyes follow the flight path of the ball.

"What a fool to pass the ball."

"Footwork is extremely stinky!"

The pass is actually not passed to the penalty area, but passed through the penalty area, so no one will be optimistic about it.

But the next moment, everyone was dumbfounded!

Dong Fangzhuo's pass was not too big, but a deliberate pass. Because Ronaldo on the right instantly got rid of the entanglement of Fenerbahce's left back and rushed directly. Dong Fangzhuo's over-the-top cross turned out to be purposeful enough, and he was looking for Ronaldo!

The two people formed a good tacit understanding, one on the left and the other on the right, and it was not aimless at all.

Cristiano Ronaldo successfully unloaded the ball, and then when the chasing Fenerbahce left-back arrived, he dunked just right with his right foot, and the left-back went empty.

But at this moment, Dong Fangzhuo had swished and ran back in an inverted triangle on the left! Rooney took two central defenders and pressed them into the small penalty area.

Ronaldo rolled the ball with his left foot to the middle.

At this moment, there was no one following Dong Fangzhuo, and the closest to him were the two midfielders of Fenerbahçe, but no one could keep up with Dong Fangzhuo's pace of shooting.

boom--

His right foot hit the ball accurately, and the ball roared towards the upper left corner of the goal.

But at this time, a central defender who was marking Rooney jumped to the left and flew to block the hole of the gun!

Unfortunately, the ball hit the opponent's left thigh and popped out of the penalty area.

The petite Scholes didn't wait for the ball to land outside the penalty area. He aimed at the timing of the ball's fall and volleyed directly with his left foot. It was a bit like the flying fairy kicked by Qi Zu in 2002.

call--

This time, the ball changed direction and flew to the other side.

It's just that Zizu's shot was suppressed, and Scholes's shot finally spun upwards to the sky. They are both midfield masters, but Scholes is still a bit behind Zidane.

corner kick!

Scholes shook his head, regretted his shot and ran to the corner flag.

Looking up at the penalty area, Manchester United did not invest much offensive power, and only four people were cruising in the penalty area.

He didn't think much, just kicked the ball and went forward.

Dong Fangzhuo struggled in the middle, and instantly got rid of the entanglement, rushed to the front point, aimed at the ball's landing point, and looked back at the moon with one move!

The ball was successfully touched by him to the back point.

Seeing the ball whizzing towards him, Rooney poked his head out with all his strength at the back point, but he was still half a beat too late and missed the ball!

The ball goes over the line...

"Dong is everywhere!"

"It's a pity that these three opportunities..."