Chapter 500: Onslaught
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The Red Devils Successor
- Light Snow Bamboo
- 1168 characters
- 2021-03-01 12:42:17
On January 28, Old Trafford Stadium ushered in their League Cup semi-final opponent Tottenham.
In the last round, Manchester United took the lead in the away game with a 2-1 score. Pochettino's team is ready for this game, intending to reverse the total score behind at Old Trafford.
In this game, the two sides played their best, the game was open, and it was another passionate game.
Tottenham attacked with all their strength. The goal of this game is simple, to win more goals. And Manchester United is offensive and defensive, with Kanter sitting in the middle of the road, Lampard's offensive line led by the fans at home, also frequently launched offense.
Morris, the commentator for this game, was a bit busy: "Looking at Manchester United's offense, Lampard broke Spurs' midfield defense and made a long-range shot! Throw it straight. "
"Lorry launched a hand-throw attack and the ball was delivered to Dembele's feet. Dembele passed the ball to Shazli, Shazli took the ball forward ... he was intercepted by Kanter!
"Tottenham just launched a counterattack, immediately disrupted by Kanter and broke the ball. Kanter gave the ball to Lampard and Manchester United launched an attack again!"
Taking advantage of a corner kick, Morris temporarily turned off the microphone: "Raman, I think the company should give us both money after the game commentary."
Raman also agreed: "Yeah, the pace of this game is really fast."
Kintag on the sidelines was watching the game anxiously.
At the tactical analysis meeting before this game, Scholes once suggested that currently Manchester United has a goal difference advantage and can play a defensive counterattack, or at least balance offensive and defensive, do not easily press on.
But Kintag offered his opinion on this arrangement. For Tottenham, which is strong and weak, the blind defense will definitely be very passive. Moreover, Manchester United is now just holding a goal difference in their hands, which is not enough to defensively. The biggest problem for Tottenham now is theirs. The back line, so it is difficult for Manchester United to defend Spurs' offense, but it is easier to break the line.
Therefore, at this Old Trafford stadium, Kintag demanded the players' unrelenting all-out attack to get more goals.
In the 17th minute of the game, Kintag's tactical arrangements were effective.
Lampard's transition in the middle, Griezmann pulled to the neutral sideline, he took the ball forward along the bottom line of the small angle, and most of the defensive players in the Spurs penalty area were attracted to the past. Griezmann passed the ball from the crowd to the back spot, Levan volleyed lightly, and the ball hit the net.
1 to 0! Manchester United lead the score!
The Manchester United players are very happy after scoring this goal, they hug together to celebrate, and the trembling cheers of Old Trafford Stadium are extremely exciting.
In the 31st minute of the game, Manchester United got another offensive opportunity.
This time De Blaunet found an opportunity on the right. He broke through two Tottenham defensive players in a row, and then there was a large gap in front of him. Everyone thought that De Braun would bring the ball into the penalty area, but he passed the ball to the penalty area and delivered it to Lan. Pade's feet. Lampard did not expect to get the ball, he paused for a second. But he is a world-class midfielder after all, and the response is fast.
At this time, the two defensive players had blocked Lampard's forward shot and passing line, Lampard shook his ankle, and he passed the ball directly to the left. By this time Griezmann had roamed to the left. He received a pass from Lampard, took only two steps forward, and then shot angrily! The ball hit the goal from Lori's armpit!
2 to 0! Manchester United expanded the score again! Now Manchester United have a total score of 4 to 1 in the two rounds! As long as Manchester United doesn't make a mistake, then they are determined to advance to the League Cup final!
Seeing the team lose two consecutive goals away, Pochettino was really anxious! He responded quickly and was ready to let go!
In the 33rd minute of the game, Pochettino made continuous substitution adjustments. He replaced the two strikers of Soldado and Lamela in one breath, and removed a defender and a midfielder from Facio and Townsend. The team's formation became 3-4-3, and both full-backs Danny Rose and Kyle Walker had strong assists, and the two also frequently plugged in.
Manchester United were a bit uncomfortable with the desperate style of Tottenham. They were caught off guard for a while.
In the 41st minute of the game, Tottenham midfielder Erikson controlled the ball near Manchester United's penalty area, which caused great power for Manchester United. Under the simultaneous defense of Kanter and Smolin, Erikson did not lose ball. He seized a good chance and stuffed the ball into the penalty area from the crowd. Kane received the ball comfortably and calmly pushed it.
2 to 1, Spurs recovered a goal!
Seeing this, Jintaige quickly urged the players to stabilize the scene and retreat appropriately. The two full-backs shouldn't come forward to assist easily too ~ EbookFREE.me ~ stabilize the last few minutes of the first half, and make adjustments after the halftime break.
In the end, Manchester United has almost retired from all lines, holding the score of 2-1 and staying until the end of the first half.
During the intermission, Gintag hurriedly made a tactical change. He replaced right-back Rafael, replaced Phil Jones, and strengthened the wing defense. The left sided is still the same as the previous game. After Shili Yang dragged, Alonso pressed up to play a wing forward.
After the start of the second half, Gingertge found that Spurs had another substitution adjustment. Spurs replaced midfielder Shazli, and then replaced Dell to let Dell play the position of shadow. In this way, Spurs formation. It has become 3-3-4 again, and it is more aggressive.
In the 61st minute of the game, it was the newly replaced Dell who played well. He and Eriksson passed through and eventually scored an arc from Lamela's far corner.
2 to 2, Tottenham equalized the score!
This time Manchester United is a bit dangerous. If Tottenham score another goal, then the total score will be equalized. Now that Tottenham is full of momentum, Manchester United is likely to accidentally overturn.
When the wind fell on Manchester United, they needed a hero.
In the 72nd minute of the game, their heroes appeared.
Lampard shot a long shot at the top of the arc in the penalty area, and opened the door guarded by Lori!
3 to 2! Manchester United once again lead by two goals!
Manchester United players surrounded Lampard, excitedly rushed to the sidelines to celebrate with Jin Taige, and at this time the home fans also saw the dawn of the finals in sight!
This Manchester United goal completely eliminated Tottenham's counterattack. In the last ten minutes, neither side rewritten the score. In the end, Manchester United successfully advanced to the League Cup final with a total score of 5 to 3 in two rounds!