Football’s First Defender

If we say that last season, after being appointed as the successor by Ferguson, Moyes felt like an ugly daughter-in-law turned into a wife. In the Premier League, after so many years of struggle at Everton, he has had enough tempering and can finally go to the giants. team, and it is possible that, like Ferguson, he will coach until he retires with a stable job.

But now, less than two months after the start of the new Premier League season, Moyes is under tremendous pressure.

This pressure comes from the record, from the fans, and from the team's management.

Regarding the team's performance this season, after all, Moyes is a newcomer, and Manchester United will not be too strict with him directly leading the team to successfully defend the title.

However, as the most successful giants team in the Premier League era, and the defending champion team this season, even though Manchester United does not have a rigid goal of chasing the championship this season, in the league, it is Manchester United who guarantee the top four and qualify for the Champions League. minimum target.

Participating in the UEFA Champions League is not only a large amount of broadcast fees, but the most important thing is the exposure rate of the "Manchester United" brand.

The income from endorsement advertisements brought about by brand exposure is also a major source of income for Manchester United.

Moreover, although the hard requirement for performance is only the top four qualifications for the Champions League, in order to appease the emotions of the Red Devils fans, Moyes' record in the strong duel that has attracted a lot of attention should not be too ugly.

After all, for a rich team, you can say that the team is not in good shape, and the tactics of the new coach have not been adjusted yet, but you must not use the same excuse every time, and you can’t win against other giants again and again. The game played by the team.

After all, this kind of high-exposure duel between giants will firstly affect the brand value of the team, and secondly, it will also be a stage for fans of the two sides to fight each other. team.

Although the start of the Premier League season is not long now, Manchester United's performance in the record and the strong dialogue makes people unable to be happy.

Especially the defeat in the two games of the Double Red Club and the Manchester Derby is absolutely unacceptable to the Red Devils fans.

Let an old opponent who has been under him for more than 20 years stand up, let a Manchester City who has been a "little brother" in Manchester for many years, the glory of Manchester United, after Ferguson retires, it seems to dissipate very fast, so fast. The fans were caught off guard.

The players are still those players, but the team's record cannot be guaranteed.

For Manchester United this season, the so-called variable may be that the player's age has increased by one year, and the team's coach has been replaced by Moyes.

In the eyes of the fans, these players who won the league championship last season are already the best players in the Premier League, so it can only be the coach's fault, and it can only be a problem with Moyes' tactical system.

There will be a certain crisis in Manchester United's coaching position, which Moyes had expected before, but he did not expect that the pressure would be so great and it would be such a torment.

In Everton, for Moyes, whether it is victory or defeat, it is the normal rhythm of the game in a long season.

Fans will not pursue the results of a game too much. They are happy if they win, but they don’t have to care about losing. As long as the team plays two Merseyside derbies a year and keeps the Premier League qualification, for the fans, Already contented.

However, for Manchester United fans, such low requirements are naturally inappropriate.

What Manchester United needs is victory, continuous victories, good-looking football, and suppression of other giants. What Moyes needs is to maintain the glory of Manchester United, not to make Manchester United an ordinary giant.

Moyes, who is under pressure from many aspects, is no longer able to carefully consider his tactics. The situation has developed to this point. Even if this game is just a League Cup, it should be irrelevant in the third round whether he advances or not. , but because this is another double red meeting, I have to deal with it wholeheartedly.

It can be that the current record has completely put Moyes on the fire.

"Attack! Attack!"

Moyes could only signal the players on the sidelines to continue to strengthen the offense and continue to use a fast-paced offense to open up the game.

Although Manchester United does not have too sophisticated offensive tactics, it has to be said that the simple offensive method means that the players can maximize their personal strength, and they can also create excellent offenses with certain surprises. Chance.

Manchester United, who mainly played on the wing, passed the ball in front of the goal many times in a row, but there was no result. After being cleared by Liverpool players, Manchester United's offensive players began to change their passing routines.

Nani can still use his speed on the wing to get rid of the ball and get the ball space.

But this time, Nani's pass began to exert more force, no longer looking for Van Persie and Rooney who rushed to the center to respond, but began to pass the ball back more vigorously, bypassing Liverpool's dense center defense The area, in the back position, creates murderous intent.

Nani's pass, the ball is extremely fast, and the landing position is on the right side of the penalty area. Liverpool's defensive players are shrinking in the middle. When judging the position of the back point, Jose Enrique wants to move forward If you stop it, you won't be in a hurry anymore.

Giggs was in the penalty area on the right, bowed his bow and set an arrow, and before the ball landed, he volleyed the goal and shot the ball towards the goal.

The quality of the ball was extremely high, that is to say, Mignolet once again showed his value, excellent reflexes, successfully rescued the goal line, blocked the ball from the bottom line, and gave Manchester United a chance for a corner kick.

The defense of set-pieces, after Liverpool's continuous personnel adjustments in the past two seasons, is definitely not Liverpool's strong point now, and of course, it is not much weaker.

There are not many real high-point players in Liverpool, that is, Yang Feng and Skrtel in the central defender, but the rest of the players, the set-piece defense is actually not bad, whether it is Suarez or Sturridge on the front line, or Glenn Johnson and Henderson in the midfield, although Liverpool don't have too many high points, but the players' ability to compete is definitely above the average level.

However, Manchester United's set-piece advantage is too obvious.

If it is said that after the two central defenders of the two sides offset each other's advantages, Fellaini, the high midfielder on Manchester United's side, has a huge header advantage.

He is tall and strong, with good mobility. He also has the foundation of a forward since he was a child. When Fellaini was at Everton, he could often play as a high center forward in the final stage of the game. He bullied the opponent in the set ball Defensive players, don't make it easy.

The corner kick from Giggs flew directly to the back point.

Ferdinand and Vidic rushed forward before the corner kick was issued, and the other smashed with Skrtel in the middle, successfully entangled the positions of the two central defenders of Liverpool.

And Fellaini, who has been on the outside, rushed to the back point like a bulldozer when Giggs was running up. Henderson, who was defending him, couldn't stand Fellaini's forward rush at all.

The two took off together to compete for points, but Fellaini's height has more advantages.

What are you afraid of?

Rogers emphasized the set-piece defense before the game, but there was still a mistake.

In the 11th minute of the game, Manchester United relied on Fellaini to overwhelm Henderson's header from the back point to break the deadlock, and the Old Trafford stadium boiled instantly.

Moyes instantly felt a lot less pressure on his body.