Chapter 650 Don’t give him any chance!

Pellegrini saw the dilemma faced by Yarmolenko below. Yarmolenko was the spearhead of the team's offense. If he was entangled by Bruno, West Ham United's offense would be paralyzed by half.

The head coach of West Ham United thought about it and made corresponding adjustments. He moved Yarmolenko to the front line and West Ham United changed to 433.

Now Bruno is at a loss. He can't change his position to defender just to defend Yarmolenko, right?

It’s not that he can’t play as a center back, but if he retreats to play as a defender, who will organize the attack?

Of course, there is no problem with his physical fitness, which is enough to support him to run from one penalty area to another, but how to calculate the wasted time?

Missing an opportunity to attack is a serious mistake in war, and the same is true in a football match.

Do we need to stop the ball in front and wait for him to run up from the backcourt before attacking? This is obviously not possible.

Seeing Yarmolenko hiding between Luke Shaw and Van Dijk, Bruno was at a loss.

It now seems that there is only one way to solve the problem, and that is to attack and score goals.

Use more goals to bring a sense of security to Manchester United!

Having made up his mind, Bruno turned and moved forward, trying to organize an attack.

He wanted to change the score before West Ham United scored.

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West Ham United completed another attack. This time Yarmolenko received a pass from Anderson in the penalty area and got a great chance. Unfortunately, Yarmolenko did not expect that the ball would pass so easily in front of three defenders and Arnautovic. No one touched the ball, allowing him to take advantage.

Without sufficient mental preparation, Yarmolenko was also unprepared with his feet. He stretched his feet a little slowly and his center of gravity was unstable, so he shot the ball directly into an empty goal.

"Oh my! This is an opportunity that is harder to miss than to score! Yarmolenko actually missed the shot!" The commentator who supports West Ham United said with regret.

The commentator who supported Manchester United breathed a sigh of relief and said with lingering fear: "It was a close call... It was a close call... Manchester United almost fell behind! We can't let West Ham United score! West Ham United has been very aggressive in attacking recently. If I were Mourinho, I would have the team strengthen its defense..."

If it was Mourinho in the past, he would definitely make such a decision, after all, the reputation of Mourinho's bus is there. This is not only because Mourinho's team is good at defense, but also because when the team is in a passive situation, Mourinho's first thought is defense.

But after taking over Manchester United, Mourinho gradually made many changes, and even became completely different from the impression people had of Mourinho.

For example, this time, Mourinho’s decision was to attack!

Attack against attack, it depends on who scores first!

This is a very bold approach, but it is also the one most commonly used by Manchester United.

What they are most confident about is offense.

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When Noble saw Bruno, he was wondering whether he should continue to follow the new World Footballer of the Year.

Head coach Pellegrini gave instructions to Yarmolenko but said nothing to him.

What should he do? Continue to follow Bruno? But Bruno obviously has no effect. He is more like a spectator in this game, a supporting role with no importance.

As if to prompt him to make up his mind, Mgundogan stood up, received passes from his teammates many times, and moved in the area between the back line and the forward line.

Bruno directed his teammates to pass the ball to Gundogan, while he stood by and watched, at most acting as a wall for Gundogan.

Gundogan has also played as an attacking midfielder and has some ability in passing threatening balls.

Bruno was closely watched by the opponent, and Manchester United still had Gundogan. If things didn't work out, there was a full-time attacking midfielder Mata sitting on the bench. Mourinho was not afraid.

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After Gundogan passed the ball to Harry Kane to create a one-on-one opportunity, Noble decisively left Bruno, who seemed to be doing nothing, and rushed towards Gundogan.

Gundogan didn't expect Noble's sudden return and lost the ball. West Ham took this opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Of course, the ball was intercepted by Kante before it reached Yarmolenko's feet.

Kante, who intercepted the ball, did not pass it to Bruno, but passed it to Luke Shaw who was playing on the wing, and Luke Shaw then passed the ball to Gundogan.

Gundogan moved from the defensive midfielder position to the forward line to provide support, and it seemed that he was really going to change to play as an attacking midfielder.

Noble followed up to defend Gundogan, and Bruno was left unguarded for a while.

Gundogan stopped the ball and attracted the attention of the West Ham United players. He did not pass the ball forward, even though Harry Kane raised his hand to ask for the ball, he did not pass the ball to Luke Shaw who had already advanced and Rashford on the other side.

Surrounded by Noble and Obiang, he suddenly knocked the football behind him with his heel!

Bruno received the ball from Gundogan while running forward. This time he did not simply serve as a transit station. After receiving the ball, he first pretended to take a long shot, tricking the West Ham United defenders into shifting the focus of their defense to the middle. Then he suddenly shook his ankle and passed the ball from the ribs to the West Ham United penalty area!

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"Here it comes! Bruno's straight pass!" The commentator who supports Manchester United shouted excitedly, because he had seen that at the moment Bruno made a straight pass, Manchester United's right winger Rashford suddenly changed direction and cut inside, and he received the ball!

Rashford received the ball unmarked and fired a powerful shot!

Fabianski reacted quickly, returned to defense, then jumped up and blocked the ball with one hand.

This should have been a wonderful save, but after the ball was saved, it did not bounce out of the baseline, nor did it fall at the feet of the West Ham United players, but instead flew towards Rashford for some unknown reason.

Rashford was feeling frustrated because he missed such a good chance, but then he saw the ball flying back to him.

Fabianski, who was lying on the ground, also reacted quickly. When he saw the football flying towards Rashford, he struggled to get up from the ground.

At the same time, Rashford started kicking again!

This could be another shot on goal.

Do not!

Rashford swept the ball horizontally to the middle with his right foot!

The ball passed between Fabianski and West Ham United center back Diop, and Harry Kane, who came in from behind, gently pushed the ball towards him without being marked...

“The ball goes in!!”

"Oh! Oh! The ball goes in! The ball goes in!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!! This is Manchester United's second goal of the game!"

"Who was the biggest contributor? Bruno! It was his sudden pass that gave Rashford this opportunity... West Ham United defended Bruno very strictly throughout the game, but it was at this moment that they relaxed..."

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Harry Kane, who scored the goal, ran towards Rashford who passed the ball to him, and the two of them went to find Bruno, and then hugged together with a group of teammates.

Manchester United players began to celebrate the team's lead, but West Ham United coach Pellegrini was very annoyed. He yelled and lost his temper on the field.

The person who made him unhappy was Noble. He did not give any instructions to Noble to mark Gundogan, but the West Ham United captain made the decision on his own, resulting in Bruno being left unmarked.

Isn't it asking for trouble to let the new World Footballer of the Year be left unmarked?

Pellegrini knew this very well, so he didn't let Noble defend other people. However, he didn't explain this matter clearly to Noble, so Noble had his own ideas...

"Don't give him a chance!" Pellegrini complained to Noble with his hands spread out.

Facing the scolding from the head coach, Noble could only lower his head and remain silent.

He had no way to refute anything. The problem was indeed with him. If he continued to follow Bruno, there would always be someone to defend Gundogan, or the head coach would definitely be able to make corresponding adjustments and would not let Gundogan be left unguarded for a long time...

These things were not something he should worry about.

Now, they are getting their comeuppance.

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Harry Kane's goal gave Manchester United the lead, but it did not cause West Ham United to lose their composure because it was not a big blow.

As long as they score one more goal and tie the score to 2:2, it would be an acceptable result.

Although they cannot end Manchester United's unbeaten record, West Ham United does not have to beat Manchester United.

Of course, they intensified their offensive, but they did not launch a desperate all-out attack. The defense line was still very careful to mark several key figures of Manchester United.

Noble no longer cared about Gundogan and continued to follow Bruno closely, preventing him from passing any threatening balls.

Bruno found that he was having trouble organizing the attack again. Although he knew that Manchester United was still not safe with the current score, he had no other choice.

Now that they have just lost the ball, West Ham United’s counterattack is very fierce, so it is better to avoid their attack.

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In the following time, Manchester United began to shrink its formation and play a defensive counterattack.

Mourinho decided to defend thoroughly for at least five minutes. If they can hold on for these five minutes, West Ham United's morale will drop, and then Manchester United will attack again and fight with West Ham United.

In the last ten minutes of the game, if the score remained at 2:1, West Ham United would inevitably become impatient and start a massive attack, because they only needed one goal to equalize the score.

Ten minutes would be a good time for them. If the time is too long, the chances of being attacked by the opponent will increase greatly, and if the time is too short, they won't have enough time.

Ten minutes is reasonable. In this way, when they press forward in large numbers, Manchester United will retreat appropriately and then start to counterattack using the speed of the two wingers. As long as the sneak attack is successful and another goal is scored, the game will be won.

Of course, if West Ham United is satisfied with the current score, Manchester United can also happily consume the final time and maintain the score of 2:1 until the end of the game.