It stands to reason that based on the principle of defensive matchup, George Wood's defensive object should be Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes, and the person facing him is also this "ginger head".

Wood glanced at Cristiano Ronaldo.

In this game, Dunn did not ask Wood to go to man-to-man defense Ronaldo, but put Wood on the right side. If Ronaldo gets the ball, Wood can go to support the defense. Because he studied Ronaldo's performance this season and found that it is unrealistic to have the only defensive midfielder in a team to target Ronaldo. Ronaldo is not fixed on a certain wing. His position is very flexible. He can score so many goals, but he can't just play on a certain wing.

Before the game, he was lined up on the wing. Once the game started, his position became much more flexible. It can be on the left, or on the right, and even...become a well-known center!

Ronaldo has indeed scored a lot of goals this season, but he has scored as a midfielder and played as a center. He hasn't experienced it once. Not only that, Wayne Rooney, who was supposed to be Manchester United's center forward, turned out to be on the side... in this game.

Scholes did not choose to fight with George Wood. Although Wood had announced his withdrawal from the national team when he entered the England team, he was quite clear about the ability of this junior. He passed the football to Rooney on the side.

As the striker of Manchester United, Rooney played a full-back in this game, making everyone unable to understand.

Even the commentator kept asking: "What does Ferguson think? Pull Rooney out of the penalty area, who is suitable for center, far from the goal of Nottingham Forest. But let Ronaldo, who was originally a winger, be a center. Being caught in the middle by the tall guards of the Forest team, he can't fully display his advantages and technical characteristics."

Before this, Manchester United had never had such a change, perhaps in training, but never appeared in the game.

Seeing Rooney taking the ball, Dunn took his eyes off the court and turned to Ferguson. Sir Alex is directing the game from the sidelines. It's not practical to come out to command now, so he just stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets and watched.

Regarding this personnel adjustment... what does he think?

Dunn wondered in his heart.

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In this game, Nottingham Forest ranked their best at 442, goalkeeper Van der Sar. From left to right on the back line are Gareth Bale, Pepe, Pique, and Rafinha. From left to right, the midfielders are Ribery, Van der Vaart, George Wood and Beckham. Van Nistelrooy and Arshavin partnered on the front line.

Almost considered the strongest lineup.

Manchester United uses 451.

The goalkeeper is young Ben Foster. From left to right on the back line are Evra, Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Brown. There is a difference between the midfielder and the lineup that Dunn is familiar with.

The left side of the midfield that originally belonged to Giggs or Park Ji-sung was occupied by Wayne Rooney. Both Giggs and Park Ji-sung did not get a chance to start today, and Park Ji-sung did not even make the big list.

Carrick and Scholes are in parallel positions, but there is also a defensive midfielder O'Shea behind them. O'Shea was originally a defender, but his defensive ability is better than Carrick and Scholes. Ferguson placed him behind the two and in front of the central defender. That meant it was obvious—helping the defense. , Blocking the forest team's offense.

Hargreaves appeared on the right. This is an all-around player who can play any position in the midfield. The most important thing is that based on a certain defensive ability, his offensive ability is not weak.

This is the configuration of Manchester United's midfield, and the only well-deserved striker is Cristiano Ronaldo.

For the audience, this is really a strange array. Those who should play center should not play center, those who should play wing forward should not play wing forward, and those who should play guard should not play guard...Is Ferguson confused by pressure?

Dunn obviously doesn't think so.

Who is Alex Ferguson? He survived the thrilling scenes of the 1999 Champions League final. As for the decisive battle for a league champion?

So Ferguson must have his reason for this arrangement.

As a central defender, it makes sense for O'Shea to play as a midfielder, because Ferguson hopes to increase the defensive power in the midfield so as not to let the Forest team fight back. Since Roy Keane left, Ferguson has never been able to find a world-class midfielder with both offense and defense like the Irishman. Carrick came under the title of "Kean successor", but he is better at making a midfield dispatch that controls the rhythm, and his defense is far worse than that.

So, what exactly is the switch of Rooney and Ronaldo...

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Dunn pondered this skill to himself, Rooney had already started to break through with the ball on the wing.

Rafinha's defense is not as good as his offense, so he has a hard time facing Rooney. Beckham ran back from the front and unceremoniously hooked Rooney at the back.

There was a boo in the stands, and it is gratifying that it has not reached the point of overwhelming. Explain that although there are people who hate Beckham, not everyone. This is the time Beckham destroyed Manchester United’s offense after all. Even those Manchester United fans who don’t hate him can’t stand up and applaud the saboteurs because their offense was destroyed...

Those boos reached Beckham's ears, and he heard them clearly, but his face was as usual, and he didn't even look at the stands.

The referee sentenced Nottingham Forest for a foul, Rafinha retreated to the wall, and Beckham stood in front of the ball and Rooney, blocking him from taking the free kick quickly. At the same time, he also took time to turn his head back to signal his teammates to speed up the defense in the penalty area.

Rooney stood up from the ground, he looked at Beckham standing in front of him. When Beckham left Manchester United, he was still in Everton. He moved to Manchester United after the 2004 European Championship in Portugal. He has not been a teammate with this person for a day, but he played with the England team. Experience, but he also had a small conflict with Beckham in the game.

Other times... he has many impressions of this person, the captain of England, the star of Real Madrid, the big star across the business world... Wait, these impressions are the only ones that he wears Manchester United. That shadow.

Ronaldo ran over to take over Rooney to take a free kick. Beckham still stood in front of the ball and did not give way, so Manchester United’s No. 7 signaled to the referee, is it a violation of Beckham to do so?

The referee came up to let Beckham go away, and Beckham slowly retreated back to Rafinia, forming a double wall with him.

Ronaldo made a cross after a run-up, and the football quickly passed the goal, whether it was Pepe, Pique or Van der Sar, and whether it was Rooney, Ferdinand and Vidic, no one touched the ball.

The football flew over the most populated place in the center of the penalty area and flew to the other side.

Hargreaves appeared on the soccer ball and stopped the ball. The forest guards just wanted to collectively press out, they saw Hargreaves get the ball, so they had to stay in front of the goal to defend Manchester United's second attack.

Of course, Hargreaves cannot be allowed to take the ball so easily outside. Someone must be forced to go up. Left back Gareth Bale rushed out and went straight to Hargreaves.

Hargreaves didn't entangle with Bell either, he passed the ball to Scholes, who pulled out to meet him. Scholes decisively took a shot after dribbling laterally. The football did not have time to be confiscated by Van der Sar and was directly blocked in the crowded penalty area.

Unfortunately, the person who blocked this shot was Manchester United's own player-Carrick.

Manchester United fans can only hold their heads in both hands, lamenting the bad luck of this attack.

The football popped up and was taken by the forest team players. Nottingham Forest took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. But their ball was stopped by O'Shea just after halftime. At the same time, Rio Ferdinand and Vidic have both returned to defense at high speed. Ferguson doesn't need to worry about the forest team's quick counterattack, and O'Shea's performance also proves his cleverness in arranging such a man in the midfield.

The Nottingham Forest's quick counterattack did not fought, and in desperation had to continue to retreat.

The more the game went on, the more awkward the players of Nottingham Forest.

The tactics arranged before the game is that Ronaldo is a dangerous man and needs to be focused on guarding, so the two sides have become heavily guarded by the forest team. Rooney is the number two player, and because Rooney as a center likes to retrace the ball, George Wood and the central defenders also need to take care of the center.

But now Rooney and Ronaldo have changed positions, they are a little at a loss.

And the pressure doesn't just come from two dangerous people. More importantly, Ferguson's team adopted an all-attack attitude at home! Even O'Shea had to pass halftime. Manchester United is not an unnamed team, if they want to attack all, it will bring a lot of pressure on the defensive side.

This is the second point that Dunn didn't expect.

He thought that in such a critical game, the old man Ferguson would be a little more prudent and cautious, defending first and then dealing with the Forest team.

I didn't think that this old man hadn't planned this way at all. He was very courageous to let the team attack and crush Nottingham Forest at home.

As for preventing the forest team's counterattack... O'Shea is a gate, but in fact it is more important to rely on their offense to suppress the forest team's offense.

Dunn thought it was the Forest team defensively and counterattack away. Who would have thought that facing such a huge pressure at the beginning of the game?

He couldn't sit still.

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Although Ronaldo is a center, he is not honestly in front of the goal, his position is as flexible as ever. Just closer to the goal than when he was in midfield. With his current state of continuing to score, closer to the goal means closer to the goal.

What's more, Ronaldo has outstanding footwork, he is 1.89 meters tall and his header skills are not bad.

Dunn knew this, and he decided to leave Cristiano Ronaldo out of the penalty area regardless of Rooney.

He walked to the sidelines and signaled loudly to the guards not to let Ronaldo into the penalty area.

Ronaldo also didn't make it, and after receiving a pass from outside the penalty area, he shot a long shot and flew out wiping the goal post. Shocked everyone up and down in Nottingham Forest in a cold sweat.

Dunn found that he was doing useless work. Originally, Ronaldo didn't have to be fixed in the penalty area. Ferguson's arrangement should be based on his continuous scoring state and feeling, thinking that he might also score goals in this game. So let him be at the forward position and it is logical to be closer to the goal. In fact, there are many ways for a good player to score goals, not just to prevent him from entering the penalty area. What's more, Ronaldo used to be a midfielder, and a lot of those 30 goals were scored outside the penalty area... Anyway, he will definitely be able to score.

Right now, Dunn frowned. How to prevent Ronaldo? Make Wood one-on-one? This is not on the wing, but in the middle. At the front of the penalty area, it is impossible for Wood to freeze Ronaldo for ninety minutes without breaking a rule.

This season, Ronaldo has scored six free kicks in various competitions, almost brilliant and beautiful. Dunn was quite impressed with the free kick he scored in the game against Portsmouth.

Even if Ronaldo's frontal midway breakthrough is blocked by a foul, he can still use a free kick to score. Two seasons ago, no one would care about his free kicks. It’s okay if you don’t care now, you will concede goals if you don’t care...

Dunn bit his lip and said nothing.

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The performance of the Forest team players on the field was not satisfactory due to the influence of Manchester United. Under Manchester United's strong offensive, it can only be temporarily out of a completely defensive posture, and there is no time to counterattack.

Manchester United launched a tidal attack on the hinterland of the Forest team with the cheering of the home fans, wave after wave, wave after wave.

Ferguson's meaning is obvious, is to use the home court advantage to try to lock the victory with Dunn's unexpected tactics in the first half, while bringing the game into Manchester United's best rhythm. At that time, as long as a sufficient lead is established and the players are in the state again, how to play the game is not the final decision for Manchester United? Coupled with the deafening cheers at Old Trafford, home court advantage and home court advantage are not just lip service.

Ferguson observed on the sidelines for a while and found that the game was still under his control, so he turned and walked back.

When he turned around, he found Tony Dunn who was standing at the other end seemed very distressed. A faint smile appeared on his face. (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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