Football’s First Defender

As a guest of Liverpool, in the case of such a poor performance in the first half of the game, the team under his command only ended up 50-50 against Liverpool, which made Manchester United coach Van Gaal very annoyed.

He reprimanded the players at halftime. For Van Gaal, his current results are not too good. If he wants to live a good life, he still needs the support of his peers.

And the best stepping stone is Rogers, who has gradually lost control of this Liverpool team.

Therefore, in this home game, when Van Gaal set goals before the game, he must win it. No matter what, he must win this important double red meeting.

"As soon as the second half started, Van Gaal, who was clearly dissatisfied with the team's performance, immediately made substitution adjustments."

"Ashley Young replaced Memphis Depay who struggled offensively in the first half."

For Van Gaal, this double red meeting at home must take advantage of Liverpool's illness and kill Liverpool.

A draw is definitely not enough for Manchester United.

And Ashley Young, who came off the bench, just played in the second half of the game and brought huge changes to Manchester United's offensive end.

In the 47th minute of the second half, Manchester United played a very subtle teamwork in the frontcourt.

As Herrera moved forward in the midfield, facing the Liverpool defender's grab, he kicked the ball with the outside of his instep. Before Liverpool's defense came up, he passed the ball to the retreating Fellaini.

Fellaini leaned on Milner's defense and continued to pass the ball to Ashley Young on the left without stopping the ball.

And Professor Yang was on the left, and after receiving the ball, he directly faced Liverpool full-back Klein's defense.

At this time, there is enough space on the left side to allow the two to have a 1-on-1 duel.

And Professor Yang, facing Klein's defense, did not directly explode the speed, but used the normal dribbling speed to keep advancing normally to force Klein to make a defensive move. Professor Yang's best choice is to speed up. For a pass from the bottom, it is still necessary to cut across the middle to make further offensive plans.

However, Klein did not rashly choose to grab at this time, but followed Ashley Young's footsteps and kept retreating.

Today's offensive space is still too large, and the defensive position of his teammates behind him is too far away. Klein knows that if he fails to steal the ball, there will be too much room for Ashley Young to handle the ball. Conducive to the overall defense after Liverpool.

But keep retreating and retreating to the vicinity of the big penalty area. At that time, the space for bottoming and horizontal incision will become smaller, and the distance of teammates' supplementary defense will be shorter, so they can help themselves better. At that time, it is suitable Klein made his own defensive operation.

In the process of fighting wits and courage, Ashley Yang, who is more experienced, is the first to strike.

Just before Klein was about to go up to grab, Ashley Yang had already stepped up and went straight to the bottom.

Klein's explosive power is not bad. Seeing that Ashley Yang wanted to pass from the bottom, he kicked his legs on the ground and exploded with his fastest speed.

It's just that Ashley Young is an old fritter on the court. Facing Klein's faster speed, Ashley Young forced an emergency stop, and his right ankle flicked when he touched the ball, and the ball swayed horizontally. Dial, just pass through Klein's "small gate" and dial into the restricted area.

Ashley Young suddenly changed his offensive method and chose to enter the penalty area horizontally, which really caught Klein by surprise.

And the ball passed through the "wicket". Seeing that Ashley Young could finish the ball pass and rush directly into the penalty area, due to the inertia of his body, Klein, who was unable to complete the defensive position change in time, could only choose to directly pass Ah with both hands. Shili Yang tugged down.

Although Ashley Young fell into the penalty area with all his strength, the referee, the young Oliver, was not blind at this time, and clearly indicated that it was just a free kick from the left near the penalty area one meter away.

However, Klein's foul this time still received a yellow card because he obviously blocked Ashley Young's excellent offensive opportunity.

In this free kick near the left side of the penalty area, Mata and Ashley Young both stood in front of the ball.

Mata's left foot can pass the ball to create a threat, and Ashley Young's right foot also has room to hit the goal.

"approach!"

"Ashley Yang, feint!"

"Mata!"

"A straight pass on the ground and the ball into the penalty area."

"Blind following up from outside the penalty area!"

"A volley and hit the goal!"

"Goal! Blind!"

"The game just started in the second half, and Blind opened the scoring for the team."

This is a long-planned free kick tactic.

Except for Fellaini standing in front of the goal and interfering with the goalkeeper's line of sight, all the players fighting for the spot were lined up on the line of the penalty area.

Following the referee's whistle and Ashley Young's run-up, four Manchester United players scattered towards Liverpool's small penalty area.

Some rushed to the front point quickly, some went directly to the door in the middle, and some outflanked the rear point.

In an instant, Liverpool's defensive formation had to spread out, staring at the four threatening points.

However, counting Fellaini, Ashley Young and Mata, these seven people are not the protagonists of Manchester United's attack this time. The protagonists are the four players standing behind the penalty area line. Linde.

After the 4 "screeners" attracted the full attention of the Liverpool defenders, Blind moved forward from a position farther from the center, and when he reached the line of the penalty area, Mata's fast pass was passed.

All Blind needs to do is to round his thigh and hit the goal directly.

Even in the position of the back line, Blind's footwork as a Dutch international is still outstanding. This kick was not interfered by the defender. It was heavy and the angle was tricky. He volleyed vigorously and hit the goal. Mignolet in front of the goal didn't react and the ball flew into the goal.

1-0, Manchester United took the lead in the Theater of Dreams with Blind's goal.

And Ashley Young, who came off the bench, wasn't done yet.

Just 1 minute after scoring the goal, it was Ashley Young who broke through on the left.

This time, due to other teammates lapping, Ashley Young successfully got rid of the defense and completed a horizontal inward cut.

Before the big penalty area, before Yang Feng's block came up, Ashley Yang completed a long shot and hit the goal.

Fortunately, this time Mignolet made a save in front of the goal. Although Ashley Young's shot was a little fluttering, causing Mignolet to drop his hands, but fortunately Mignolet's second reaction was quick and he directly Grabbed the ball and did not further threaten the opponent.

But regardless of this, Van Gaal's substitution was indeed a remarkable result. The game situation in the opening 5 minutes of the second half was far better than that of the first half.

Ashley Young, who has been underestimated on the left, squeezed Di Maria away and Memphis Depay off the bench. Professor Yang is still able to give his best in every appearance, Become Manchester United's absolute thigh...