Chapter 72

The rain was dripping down, the small snowflakes were fluttering gently, and there were two kinds of weird weather in the sky.

Soon, the turf was wet.

Ferguson tightened his wide collar, went to the command area and called a few times, then retracted to the coach's seat.

Playing in such special weather, the quality of the game will definitely be greatly reduced.

Every player wants to avoid injury, so he will play carefully. It's not that they are afraid, it's just a natural conditioned reflex.

United's aim is to take the three points, while Portsmouth only want to fight for a draw.

Unequal goals create tactical differences.

Since Manchester United wanted to win the game, they had to step up their offense. Slippery turf limits their offensive quality and speed.

At the beginning, the ball advanced in an orderly manner in the midfield, but once the Portsmouth players pushed forward, the Manchester United players were not easy to operate.

In order to better control the quality of the pass, Manchester United can only focus on short passes, and the positions between the players are very close.

Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo on the two sides cannot pull the side, and the field is slippery. They can't take advantage of their speed at all, and can only play positional battles with their teammates.

It was even easier for Portsmouth, who stationed troops in the backcourt and shrunk their defense, to play.

Facing a Manchester United team without speed and technical advantages, at least they will not panic and panic.

Coach Redknapp stood in the command area in the rain and snow, constantly driving his players to keep the formation more compact and closer to Manchester United's players.

This further compressed the passing space of Manchester United players, so that they had to speed up the passing speed, and the faster the passing speed, the more passing mistakes would naturally occur.

In many cases, the two sides have not yet fought hand-to-hand, and there have been mistakes in passing, and people frequently fell on the turf.

Rooney and Smith, who started the game, played very hard, but hard work failed to score goals.

No player can show his advantage in such special weather.

The two frequently switched positions in the frontcourt, trying to get rid of the entanglement of the Portsmouth defenders.

But it didn't work,

After all, the opponent's defense has shrunk too tightly. Surrounded by people, no matter how they run, there is only so much space.

What's more, Manchester United's midfield advancement is not fast, and often when they run to their position, the ball is still not delivered to their feet.

The diligent Smith even started to complain to his teammates.

Every time he missed a chance to catch the ball, he couldn't help but wave and complain...

The mood is obviously a little irritable.

But, why is it directed at Ronaldo every time? Every time he and Rooney switched positions to the right, he was always dissatisfied with Ronaldo's pass...

It was a tough and boring game, sticky, dry but unable to achieve the best.

Seeing that they could not pass the ball to the front effectively, Keane and Scholes in the middle tried long shots in an attempt to create some accidents through the slippery field.

Scholes shot cold arrows with two consecutive feet outside the penalty area, but the Portsmouth goalkeeper's attention was quite focused and did not let him succeed.

Rooney also saw such an opportunity, deliberately pulled back, and kept in touch with Scholes.

The shooting opportunity also came out. In order to grab the shooting opportunity, he always took one after another, and immediately shot the goal without making any extra adjustments. What he wanted was to be fast.

But still unable to penetrate the Portsmouth gate, Portsmouth soon made defensive adjustments to prevent Rooney from easily retreating, and blocked such a long-range shooting loophole.

The game fell silent again and became stalemate again.

This tug of war lasted the entire half, and at the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0.

It seems that first of all, ensuring not to lose has become the most basic requirement of the coaches of both sides.

In the locker room, Ferguson didn't habitually blow the wind and get mad, and treated different games differently.

Instead, seriously emphasize defensive focus and offensive patience.

Only by playing more patiently than the opponent can it be possible to seize limited opportunities.

But on offense, he still made timely adjustments. Dong Fangzhuo has already taken off his thick coat and started warming up on the sidelines.

Due to the special weather and the coldness, if the warm-up time is short, it will be very hasty to play and increase the chance of injury. Therefore, Dong Fangzhuo’s warm-up time is relatively long. After nearly 15 minutes, Ferguson pushed him on the field. Naturally, it was Smith who was too anxious.

Sparse applause actually sounded from the stands, but the applause was definitely not for Smith, who was sullen, but for Dong Fangzhuo, who had just appeared on the stage.

No matter where he goes, Dong Fangzhuo will always meet a small group of Chinese fans, and now they are giving him applause.

There are many Chinese studying at the University of Portsmouth.

After Dong Fangzhuo came on the field, he was adjusted to the right side, not the left side he was used to playing before.

Ferguson has already done this in the recent training, because the cooperation between Dong Fangzhuo and Ronaldo is obviously better than others, he is stupid not to put them together.

What's more, Rooney's cooperation with Scholes and Giggs is obviously better than that of Dong Fangzhuo. This arrangement is very reasonable.

But Portsmouth coach Redknapp is not a rookie coach in the Premier League. He is not the oldest coach in England. Even Ferguson is a few years older than him, but he is the oldest in England. coach.

He has been playing in England for decades, so he can make timely adjustments to any tactical troubles.

After seeing Ferguson make adjustments, his adjustments followed suit.

As soon as Dong Fangzhuo came on stage, someone next to him stepped up and pressed him closely.

wipe!

So serious!

Dong Fangzhuo felt a trace of murderous intent coming from behind him instantly.

This is not often encountered in the Premier League. He is not a big-name star, so does he need to be treated like this?

He didn't know that since the battle with Arsenal, he has been very familiar with the head coaches of various clubs in the Premier League.

It seems that he is very inconspicuous in Manchester United's tactics, but he can always score for Manchester United many times. What is the difference between such a guy and the previous Solskjaer?

Seemingly unremarkable, unimportant, and inconspicuous, but often it's the guy who changes the game.

Even Ferguson frowned slightly off the court. The old Redknapp's move was a big surprise. He actually sent someone to defend Dong?

This is not easy to play...

But Dong Fangzhuo didn't have time to think about it, and Ronaldo's pass came in an instant.

He could only think of a way to get rid of the opponent's entanglement, but what he didn't expect was that the moment he caught the ball, the opponent immediately gave him a blow...