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Chapter 546 Belgium's Away Game
Chapter 546 Belgium's Away Game
Chapter 126 The Away Game in Belgium
The Champions League game against Gent is Manchester United's first Champions League knockout game in these two seasons.For a club like Manchester United, it would be embarrassing if they didn't make it to the knockout stages of the Champions League, or were eliminated in the round of [-].After all, they invest so much every season.
Ghent is a dark horse in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season. In the group stage, they overwhelmed the two major teams Valencia and Lyon, and joined Zenit St. Petersburg as the second in the group to advance.At present, Gent is also at the top of the league standings.
Gent's UEFA Champions League qualifying can be described as quite thrilling.Among them, their head coach Van Heisebroek played a vital role. In the group stage, Ghent only scored one point against Lyon, Valencia, and Zenit St. Petersburg.However, after Van Heisebroek thoroughly studied his opponents, Ghent defeated them all in the second match against these three teams, and they were very close to the top sixteen.
Van Heisebroek is regarded as the coach with the most tactical ideas in Belgium. He pays attention to various details, carefully studies each opponent and is very flexible in the deployment of tactics and game plans.
In fact, Ghent was a dark horse last season. Under the leadership of Van Heisebroek, Ghent defeated the Belgian giants Bruges, Anderlecht, and Standard Liege, breaking the Belgian first division. The troika of the first-tier league has monopolized the Belgian top league championship, and won the club's first domestic top league championship in five years!
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"This team's combat effectiveness at home is quite strong, and we cannot take it lightly." In the tactical meeting before the game, Ancelotti was analyzing the Ghent team to the players.
The team came to the Belgian city the day before the game.
If you mentioned Ghent before you met the Ghent team, the first thing you might think of is not Ghent's football, but the city's buildings full of European medieval style.The city where the Scheldt River and the Rhine River meet has a large number of rich ancient buildings and is a tourist city full of rich medieval flavor.
When Manchester United's players entered the urban area of Ghent by bus, they felt as if they were in medieval Europe. The players frequently took pictures with their cameras outside the window.The streets are bustling with tourists, injecting a different kind of vitality into this beautiful ancient city.
Of course, the players of Manchester United did not come here to travel. The scenery along the way is just an adjustment of the away trip. The real key is to beat the opponent in football.
Just three days ago, Manchester United lost to Sunderland in an away game. The team had no time to make any adjustments, so they came to Belgium the day before the start of the game.There is one game for three days, the time is too tight, and there are many things that are too late to make targeted training.
Fortunately, Manchester United is the stronger side in terms of strength. They only need to play out what they are good at to ensure that they can defeat their opponents.
Due to the dense schedule and away games, winning this game in an affordable way is the primary goal set by Ancelotti.
First of all, of course, we have to win, but we can't let the team consume too much.How to achieve this goal?
Ancelotti still focused on Li Qingshan.
There is no doubt that if you want to defeat your opponent with the least cost, passing the ball to the penalty area and letting Li Qingshan compete with the opponent's defender for a header is a good way.Although everyone knows that Li Qingshan's header is good, Ghent will definitely make targeted deployments on this point, but as long as Manchester United can continue to create opportunities for crosses, it will be too difficult for the opponent to prevent the impact of Li Qingshan for the entire game up.
And if you want to play the power of Li Qingshan's header, of course you need to arrange a few helpers for Li Qingshan, otherwise, if Li Qingshan is only one point in the penalty area, it will be much easier for the opponent to defend-one defense and one I can't defend you, then What about my multiple players defense?
Therefore, Ancelotti arranged for Rooney to start in this game, and Di Maria also entered the penalty area to help Li Qingshan attract the defense of the opponent's defender. As for the work of crossing, it is more handed over to the two full-backs Finish.
Ancelotti's goal in this game is to defeat the opponent at the lowest possible cost while not conceding a goal.And if they win away, Manchester United will basically enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League with one foot.
Li Qingshan is also very happy with the arrangement of the head coach. After all, he still likes to take on more offensive responsibilities, so that there will be more goals.
"Leave it to me, boss!"
Due to the poor soundproof environment of the visiting team's locker room and the huge noise made by the fans in the stands, Li Qingshan had to shout out to let his teammates hear him clearly.
Ghent's home stadium is the Gelenko Arena, which can accommodate 2 spectators, although it cannot be compared with Old Trafford.But the momentum created by the [-] people crowding the stands is still very shocking.
Compared to the visiting team's locker room, which has poor sound insulation and is relatively close to the stands.Conditions in the home team's dressing room were much better.Even if the fans in the stands made a wave of cheers and noise, the players in Gent closed the doors and windows of the locker room, basically blocking out these sounds.
The different conditions in the locker rooms of the host and the guest can be regarded as some tricks to deal with and interfere with the visiting team.This thing is not new, many teams will use their own tricks to deal with the players of the visiting team.
Van Heisebrouck seized the last minute before the start of the game, and then emphasized various details of the game to the players in Ghent.
Defense is what Van Heisebrouck emphasized the most. Although this is Ghent's home court, Van Heisebrouck also knows that with Ghent's strength, facing a strong opponent like Manchester United, even at home, they will be passive most of the time. defensive.Therefore, the key for Ghent is not to lose the ball, especially not to lose the ball at home, even if it is a [-]-[-] draw at home, in the second round, Ghent will have a chance to advance.But if Manchester United gets an away goal, then the probability of Gent wanting to make a comeback at Old Trafford is too low.
The focus of defense, of course, is Li Qingshan.
Speaking of which, Li Qingshan's characteristics have long been thoroughly studied by various coaches, such as header, long-range shots, mid-range grabbing points, and strong body.Although Li Qingshan has made great progress in other aspects this season, what he relies on most is his header.
This is a somewhat traditional center forward. It seems that it does not match the requirements of a modern center forward, but Li Qingshan can score goals.As long as you can score goals, who cares what your style is.
As long as you can score goals, don't use your head, even your butt is fine.
And to defend the header, it is natural to put two central defenders with good headers in the penalty area.This alone is not enough. The key to defending Li Qingshan is not to give Manchester United too many chances to pass from the wing, so the players on the wing can't give Manchester United too much space.
Van Heisebrouck has done his homework for this game.Now that Ghent has reached the top [-] of the Champions League as a dark horse, although everyone is not optimistic that they can break through Manchester United, Ghent himself cannot admit defeat in advance before the game is played.
In football, anything can happen.But if you admit defeat in advance, there is only one possibility left.
(End of this chapter)