Chapter 185 The Straw Rope on the Crab

What do you say about Dida, the goalkeeper?

Dong Fangzhuo has actually done a little research on Dida. Dida is tall, has a long wingspan, quick reactions, strong concentration, and excellent goal-line skills. His limited range of movement is his shortcoming, but he has excellent positioning, fighting skills and physical fitness. Coordination more than makes up for this weakness.

There's also a bit of...a neurotic player, a player with very distinct advantages and disadvantages.

Dida is strong in goal-line skills. It can even be said that Dida's goal-line skills are not even inferior to Buffon. In addition, Dida also has a strong point of saving penalty kicks, which is also a quality that a wealthy goalkeeper must be favored for.

So at this time, Dong Fangzhuo compared Dida to a dog trying to bite a bone, which is actually very appropriate.

Dida is so fierce!

There were also exclamations and sighs in the stands, expressing their disbelief at Dida's performance.

"Dida can save this ball..."

"Did this guy take expired chun pills?"

"This is much better than Carroll. If compared with Howard, Howard can retire."

Manchester United fans are even a little envious of the Milan goalkeeper.

However, this kind of thinking is contradictory. Weak teams only go out as goalkeepers. It is best for strong teams to have goalkeepers who are passers-by, so as not to face too many tests.

This time, Nesta was finally moved. He felt a chill in his back. Finally, Dong Fangzhuo got rid of him once, almost causing Milan to lose the ball.

If this little guy gets this ball in, I don’t know what tomorrow’s newspapers will write about him. God, the little guy is so cunning!

He walked up to Dida, gave Dida a high five, touched Dida's head, and expressed his sincere gratitude to him. Without Dida, everything would be over.

Dida was about to throw the ball to Cafu, but Cafu did not dare to rush forward rashly this time. He just passed the ball forward and the ball fell to Pirlo's feet.

It seems that every time there is a danger in front of Milan's goal, Milan's attacking group will send a wave of attacks to Manchester United, and this time is no exception.

In the 67th minute, Rui Costa stopped the ball and changed his line to avoid Ferdinand, and volleyed with his right foot from 28 meters in front of the goal.

In the 68th minute,

Seedorf made a back-up knock at the front of the penalty area. Crespo's right-footed volley from 13 meters away from the door on the right side was blocked by Brown.

After being continuously pressed by Milan, at this time, Ferguson finally made substitution adjustments. Fletcher came off and Giggs came on.

Rooney goes off, Ruud van Nistelrooy comes on!

"Is this going to be a change of formation 442? But will the effect be good?"

"Ferguson wants to play 442 again. If Ruud van Nistelrooy comes on, he must keep Rooney on the field, because Rooney can play as the second striker. Although he is not in good shooting form, he can play Ruud van Nistelrooy. Dong should be replaced, but Dong is in good condition. Good thing, Rooney is the only choice. But Ruud and Dong don’t get along well."

"I can't understand!"

"Aren't you playing well now?"

As expected, Ferguson changed to 442, switching to the team's most familiar formation. Ruud Ruud and Dong Fangzhuo formed a double forward, with Giggs on the left, Ronaldo on the right, and Scholes and Keane in the middle.

It depends on whether Ruud van Nistelrooy and Dong Fangzhuo can create sparks. It is actually a bit risky for Ferguson to do this.

Although Dong Fangzhuo performed well in the front, he can't stand alone after all. If Ruud van Nistelrooy comes up to share a central defender with him, there may be more scoring opportunities. Although there may not be any sparks between the two, working alone may be a good idea. Good choice?

However, Ferguson ignored a problem. Having more forwards does not necessarily mean that there are more chances to score, because first of all, it is necessary to ensure that the shells can be transported into the opponent's penalty area, and it is the midfielders who transport the shells.

The midfielder must have an advantage!

Does Manchester United have it?

Seeing that Ferguson made drastic adjustments, Ancelotti actually still stayed on the Diaoyutai and refused to change!

His Christmas tree formation is so awesome, no matter how you play, he just won't move. As long as Milan's midfielder is better than Manchester United's midfielder, then he can continue to play like this.

Therefore, Ferguson asked Ruud van Nistelrooy to come up and add a striker, which made Manchester United's midfield even more difficult to pass.

Manchester United had little possession of the ball.

Because of this, Milan continued to get more opportunities.

In the 74th minute, Rui Costa volleyed with his right foot from his right rib 28 meters away from the goal and missed the left goal post. In the 75th minute, AC Milan almost broke the deadlock. Seedorf passed the ball. Kaká dribbled the ball from the left and suddenly passed straight. Crespo stopped the ball and got out of the way of Brown. He volleyed the ball with his left foot 15 meters in front of the goal. Fly out close to the upper left corner of the goal.

"It's over, it's over, Ferguson is going to trick Manchester United!" Lineker was very anxious at this time.

The day before, Wenger had trapped himself, causing Arsenal to lose 1:3 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Will Ferguson make the same mistake again today?

Sure enough, under Milan's increasing offensive, Manchester United's backcourt gradually couldn't hold it anymore.

In the 78th minute, Rui Costa cooperated with Kaka and handed it to the left. Seedorf stopped the ball and moved aside Scholes, volleying with his right foot 26 meters in front of the goal. Carroll leaned over and hugged him. The ball was released and Crespo shot a right-footed shot into the net from 7 meters in front of the goal. AC Milan led 1-0.

"Oh, God, what a tragedy!"

"..."

There were sighs in the Old Trafford stadium. No matter how you look at it, this conceded goal was caused by Ferguson himself.

"well……"

At this time, Ancelotti finally made some moves, but it was just a substitution adjustment. The veteran Costacurta, who had played on the sidelines for half of the game, replaced Cafu, who had been devastated by Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo, and brought in Anbu Rossini replaced Pirlo, and finally Serginho replaced Kaká.

Maybe Ancelotti thought the game ended 1:0...

Ferguson also used up his third substitution quota and replaced Gary Neville with Sylvester. This substitution seemed to be of no use?

What's the point of changing defenders when they're already lagging behind?

Ruud Ruud expressionlessly kicked the ball to Dong Fangzhuo, and then ran up silently. Dong Fangzhuo did not bury his head and rushed to the left.

There is not much time left for Manchester United. The two of them need to score goals for the team. If they cannot score, will Manchester United still have a chance when they go to the San Siro Stadium?

No!

Costacurta! As Dong Fangzhuo ran, he stared at Costacurta who had just come up.

38-year-old Costacurta!

If I can't kill him, my life will be in vain...

This is Manchester United's greatest hope, and there are only ten minutes left for him...

Costacurta is one of the representatives of Italian football defensive culture. His career almost coincides with the period when Berlusconi was in charge of Milan. He has witnessed every detail of the establishment, decline and revival of the Milan dynasty in the past 20 years.

As a central defender, Costacurta's physical condition is very ordinary, and his turning speed has been criticized for many years. Facing various types of forwards, he purely relies on his superb defensive skills to maintain a high level for a long time. It can be said that Costacurta himself is a textbook of defensive skills, condensing the defensive awareness accumulated in Italian football for decades.

But Ancelotti, do you dare to let him play right back?

You are like the straw rope on the legendary crab. When you are surrounded by good teammates, you look good, but when your teammates are cheating, you cannot play a big role...