Evra stared intently at Qin Xiong, ready to intercept at any time.
Qin Xiong began to cycle less than three meters in front of him.
The dazzling dribbling made Evra waver. When he was only one meter away from Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong completed two cycling moves. Then, when Evra was ready to go forward to intercept, without waiting for Qin Xiong to take the initiative to change direction, Qin Xiong's next move was a flower-inserting kick to change direction!
Evra's foot that was about to intercept missed!
Qin Xiong's right foot kicked the ball to the inside line from the back of his left foot, and his body completed a turn at the same time!
When Evra stabilized his body's center of gravity to make the next start, Qin Xiong had already turned his back to him.
Robben was close to the right side of the front of the penalty area. After Qin Xiong completed the change of direction, he passed the ball to Robben before Scholes could intercept. Robben kicked the ball out and combined with Qin Xiong for a one-two pass against the wall.
Qin Xiong cut into the penalty area, and Vidic immediately retreated to block his horizontal cut.
But at this time, Qin Xiong received the ball with a tight angle kick and blasted out!
Qin Xiong wanted to catch Edwin van der Sar off guard with this ball!
He aimed at the near corner of the goal. Edwin van der Sar did not expect Qin Xiong to shoot at almost 30 degrees. He hurriedly moved to block the near corner of the goal, but the football was as fast as lightning and flew over in the blink of an eye.
There was an uproar.
The football finally hit the side netting, which was less than 30 centimeters away from the goal. If it had been 15 centimeters away, it would have hit the post.
The first threatening shot in the game was completed by Real Madrid!
The two teams began to gradually exert their power, and Manchester United's passing and receiving speed gradually increased.
Ferguson sat in the technical area chewing gum. The Red Devils he created could be said to be a combination of the traditional English style and the modern style of football.
There was not only the wide opening and closing in the English style of football, but also the quick passing and cutting cooperation of a small team that kept pace with the times.
Apart from Arsenal, the other three top powerhouses in England had distinct characteristics in the way they passed and cut to advance.
Some fans would criticize the football in the Premier League for always flying in the sky, but this was directly related to the characteristics of the Premier League.
Their overall ability to resist was strong!
Therefore, it was very common to use high ball passes to advance in the English Premier League. In fact, the most important thing to compete for high balls was not the height and jumping ability of the players, but the position of the players!
If he correctly predicted the landing point of the football and stuck in the position, no matter how tall the opponent was or how strong his jumping ability was, would he be able to go against the human body mechanics and draw an arc in the air to compete for the ball after taking off?
Blocking required physical confrontation. The players, who were used to confrontation in the Premier League, had a certain advantage in blocking and pressing positions. If it was against a Serie A team, it might be fine. After all, Serie A was famous for its defense. However, if it was La Liga, which relied on technical skills, or France Ligue 1, which had a Latin style, it might not be able to compete with the Premier League powerhouses in terms of physical confrontation.
On the other hand, Ferguson's Red Devils would also use mid-long distance high balls as one of their means of passing and cutting to advance, which was very efficient.
The Red Devils' tactics had not changed fundamentally in terms of general strategy. The players looked for gaps to run into position almost instinctively. Making the football move quickly, three passes and two reversals to form a shot had also become a major feature of the Red Devils' offense.
Perhaps no manager in the world could train a team's offense like Ferguson, which seemed simple but was extremely efficient and difficult to imitate at the same time.
Hargreaves, Scholes, and Carrick could safely ensure that the ball was not lost in the middle and backfield!
The most important point in the process of advancing forward in the offensive was Rooney!
As the shadow striker, Rooney's range of activity covered the entire middle and front field. He ran to tear apart the defensive line and his ability to catch gaps was very strong. This could ensure that when Manchester United advanced from the backfield, there would be at least one receiving point in the front field to ensure that the football could be controlled. Then, his handling of the ball would be very crucial.
In the 12th minute of the game, Rooney suddenly retreated in the front field. He ran back to Diarra's front and received Scholes' direct ground pass. He kicked the ball out and passed the ball to Ronaldo, who was cutting inside from the left side.
As long as Ronaldo could receive the ball in place and take advantage of the situation to cut inside, then Ronaldo would directly challenge Real Madrid's defensive line!
At the critical moment, Ramos bravely stepped forward and touched the ball almost at the same time as Ronaldo. Ronaldo's forward momentum was obvious, and Ramos knocked Ronaldo to the ground.
The referee's whistle sounded and ruled that Ramos had fouled. Ramos argued with the referee for a while and then retreated to form a human wall.
Ronaldo stood up from the ground. He naturally came to take the direct free kick.
He had the skill of a tomahawk style free kick to break the goal!
Casillas seriously instructed his teammates to form a human wall. After Ronaldo ran up, he unleashed an earth-shattering shot!
Bang!
The football hit Pepe's shoulder and bounced out of the end line.
The Manchester United players raised their hands to signal for Pepe to handball. This was nonsense. The Manchester United players were just putting pressure on the referee. When they saw that the referee did not say anything, they immediately threw it to the back of their minds.
Scholes' corner kick was kicked out of the sideline by Diarra at the front.
Manchester United continued to control the ball to attack.
During this period, Manchester United, who took the lead in attacking, gradually gained the advantage on the field.
It was not until the 17th minute of the game, after Ronaldo dribbled inside on the left side of the front field to bypass Ramos, he blasted a volley from the left side outside the penalty area. After the football deviated from the goalpost and rolled out of the end line, Real Madrid was able to organize their offense steadily again.
Manchester United's offense at the start of the game was concentrated on the left side of the front field, with Ronaldo as the core of the offense. Real Madrid's offense was also mainly on the right side of the front field, which happened to be the same side as Manchester United's offense.
Ferguson and Bosque, who were sitting in the technical area, battled. The reporters and football critics who watched the game speculated that the two managers had their own motives.
Manchester United might have been influenced by their innate configuration. Without Ryan Giggs on the right side, there was no winger who could bring an impact like Ronaldo. Moreover, Ronaldo had a breakout season this season, so it seemed logical to launch an offense with him as the core of the offense.
Real Madrid's offense might be to suppress the opponent's offense on the left side!
To suppress Evra so that he could not come forward to provide more offensive support to Ronaldo.
On the other hand, it was to weaken Ronaldo's play in the offense.
In the 19th minute of the game, Qin Xiong passed the ball back to Guti's feet in the front field, and Guti kicked the ball out to the side.
Robben suddenly started to break toward the end line after he stopped the ball. He successfully got rid of Evra's entanglement, but he also brought the ball into a dead end. In the end, he could only send out a pass, which was cleared by the Manchester United defender, Vidic.
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