Seeing Li Ang get up and walk around the sidelines, the Inter Milan players immediately received the signal.
After Li Ang finally decided on the tactics to adopt in this game, he repeatedly instilled the tactical details into the minds of the players.
"After the first half of the game starts, stabilize the position and don't rush to attack. There is only one goal, and that is not to concede the ball.
"It's best if we can give Manchester United the feeling that we are playing conservatively!
"At the right time, start to go on the offense and launch an attack on Manchester United's goal to give them a lot of pressure!
"At a certain time, catch Manchester United off guard!"
As for when was the right time, it was up to Li Ang to make the judgment and give the signal.
Clearly, Li Ang thought that now was the right time!
At this time on the field, Inter Milan tried to press forward after a series of passes in the midfield. However, after half of the field, Manchester United immediately came to press. Ferguson's tactics were very direct. He did not give Inter Milan the opportunity to easily pass and cooperate in their own half of the field.
Seeing this, the Inter Milan players did not choose to press forward. Instead, they chose to pass back.
Modric passed back to Carlos.
Carlos continued to pass back. After Samuels got the ball, he dribbled two steps forward. The football was at Carlos's feet again.
Everything looked the same as before. Inter Milan's players passed the ball more in their own half of the field. They prioritized stability and not making mistakes.
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Carlos dribbled the ball forward.
At the top of the arc in the center circle, he passed the football to Modric.
In this position, Modric could calmly take the ball. The Manchester United players did not come up to intercept or interfere.
Of course, if Modric dribbled the ball close to the penalty area, he was bound to be tightly guarded by Manchester United's defenders.
Modric was the hub of Inter Milan's midfield. It could be said that he was Inter Milan's midfield metronome. Inter Milan's offense started from him. Not only that, Modric also controlled the rhythm of Inter Milan's offense. When the team launched an attack, whether it was a quick attack or a slow organization of the pass and penetration, all these were controlled by Modric according to the situation on the field.
It could be said that Modric was the most important part of Li Ang's tactics!
Of course, Modric was so important. Once he was restricted, the latter would not play well and Inter Milan would be in trouble.
However, Modric had a good partner, Carlos. With Carlos by his side, Modric could fully display his offensive talents.
The famous Italian coach, Sacchi, praised Li Ang's team. He thought that Li Ang had played the characteristics of Carlos and Modric to the extreme. The combination of these two players was simply wonderful.
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When Modric received the ball, he observed the situation in front of him. He saw Diego Milito suddenly cut forward.
Gap!
Carrick, who was beside Diego Milito, was out of touch at this moment!
Modric immediately passed the football out!
Long pass!
"Gap!" Ferrari shouted.
"Ferdinand!" Lineker shouted.
Modric's field of vision was very wide. Carrick was indeed unable to follow Diego Milito closely at that moment. However, Ferdinand was very experienced. When Diego Milito ran into position, he acutely came up to fill in Carrick's position. At the same time, he directly headed the football back.
The football was in the air.
Hargreaves wanted to control the football. He saw Cristiano Ronaldo running into position. However, the next second, the England national footballer felt a wall squeezing over.
Adriano's strong body leaned over, and at the same time that Hargreaves staggered, he stuck in front of him and snatched the football.
"Idiot!" Ferguson scolded unhappily on the side of the field.
Hargreaves was not smart enough just now. If it were Cristiano Ronaldo, he would have fallen to the ground and won a free kick. This was not diving because Adriano did have the suspicion of a foul at that moment. He was just using the rules reasonably.
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Adriano headed the football back. After David Silva got the ball, he chose to continue to pass the ball back. Modric came up to receive.
Li Ang sat in the technical area and glanced at Manchester United's technical area. It seemed that the old Scottish man did not realize anything.
Ferguson did not smell anything. Modric's sudden long pass to attack was nothing. It was a normal routine. Previously, Inter Milan had tried to directly use long passes to find the back of Manchester United's defenders.
Therefore, the old Sir Alex did not feel that there was any change in Inter Milan.
Modric took the ball.
This time, Modric did not continue to pass the ball back. At the same time, Manchester United did not realize this. Modric's choice of position when he went up to receive was very deliberate.
Leaning to the left, it even somewhat squeezed Mata's space to move.
The Manchester United players remembered Ferguson's instructions to cut off Modric's contact with the players in front of him. Therefore, when they saw Modric deliberately approaching Mata, they immediately reacted. The result was that Manchester United's defensive center of gravity immediately tilted to this side.
Sure enough, Modric saw that there was not a good route for the ball in front of him. He made a gesture to come up to receive.
Mata immediately ran back, ready to help Modric. Manchester United's midfielder, Owen Hargreaves, followed by him.
Modric saw Hargreaves, who was following behind Juan Mata, did not really pass the football over. Instead, he suddenly dribbled the ball forward!
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Modric suddenly accelerated and dribbled the ball. He brushed past his teammate, Mata, who came to receive him.
This surprised Hargreaves. He hurriedly dropped Mata and turned to pounce on Modric.
And Modric was waiting for this. After watching Hargreaves leave Mata, he swept his right foot and passed the football to Mata, who was diagonally behind him!
This time, Modric successfully dribbled Hargreaves away.
Carrick was shocked when he saw this and pounced on Mata.
Mata's reaction was very fast. He did not stop the ball, but took the opportunity to send the football forward!
When Carrick wanted to turn around to intercept, he saw someone cutting in from his side at high speed!
It was Evra!
Inter Milan's left back, who had been steadily defending the half of the field since the start of the game, suddenly rushed forward crazily!
This scene shocked the commentator in the commentator's box, and they were all energized.
The full back pressing forward had a special meaning in a football game. It often symbolized the release of the team's aggressiveness: the offense pressing forward!
"Damn it!" In Manchester United's technical area, Ferguson suddenly stood up. The old man cursed. The old man finally smelled a hint of conspiracy.
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