host must win

Spalletti stood on the sidelines, watching the game intently.

Assistant coach Domenicini held a small notebook full of various notes and said to Spalletti: "Ferguson obviously guessed that we will attack, so even if it is a home game, their start is still the same. Relatively stable. The midfield controlled by Carrick, Fletcher and Yin Jun is still very good. This midfield will definitely not lose to AC Milan, and it can be called the top in the world."

Spalletti kept nodding. He also observed that Manchester United's midfield is very stable and solid.

"Then you can only go to the side, and then turn from the side to the center." Spalletti said.

"That's right." Domenichini agreed.

"Paul!" Spalletti looked at another assistant next to him, "It's almost 10 minutes, do you think we can continue?"

Paul Beltri is the physical coach of Roma. In the past two years, Roma has been able to play well and has frequently performed brilliantly in Serie A, which is inseparable from his physical training.He and Domenicini are Spalletti's most trusted right-hand men.

At the end of the season, Rome's schedule is also very intensive.After a fierce battle with Manchester United at home in the middle of last week, they also played a Serie A game on the weekend.

In other words, today's game, like Roma and Manchester United, is the third game played in six days, which also makes their physical fitness a lot of problems.

Moreover, unlike Manchester United, which leads the Premier League standings with a large advantage and can carry out a relatively large rotation, Roma, which ranks second in the Serie A standings, is playing the role of a chaser.After 31 rounds of Serie A, Roma, which has 65 points, is 15 points behind the leader Inter Milan, leaving almost only theoretical hope of winning.

"I think at least I can last for another 5 minutes, or even 10 minutes." Beltrie said.

Spalletti nodded and turned around, continuing to look at the court.

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Among the targeted tactics he arranged before the game, the two most threatening players for Manchester United are Ronaldo and Yin Jun.One of these two players is a winger and the other is a midfielder.It can be said that these two young people who have just passed their 22nd birthdays are the two best in their age group.

The Portuguese's performance in the first three seasons of joining Manchester United once caused him some doubts.But this season, the talented 22-year-old Portuguese winger has really started to realize his talents.

Ronaldo, who is 1.8 meters tall, is fully qualified as a center forward and has a strong impact.What's even more frightening is that Ronaldo is still very flexible, his skills are quite good, and his tactical role in the frontcourt is becoming more and more obvious, especially his cooperation with Yin Jun and Rooney is becoming more and more tacit.

Not to mention Yin Jun, who is currently No.1 in world football, has outstanding personal abilities and is very comprehensive. He can play any position in the frontcourt and create deadly opportunities from any angle.

Although Spalletti said before the game that he would not deploy targeted defensive tactics against Yin Jun, in fact, everyone knows, how is this possible?If you don't guard Yin Jun, how can you guard Manchester United's offense?
Right back Cassetti, right center back Mexes and right back midfielder De Rossi, these three players are the weapons Spalletti used to limit Yin Jun, and judging from the beginning of the game, all three of them did a good job Yes, Yin Jun was not given a chance.

"Continue to play like this, we can take away at least one point!" Spalletti said confidently.

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Being suppressed in the half court, the scene of Manchester United looked a little embarrassed.

Yin Jun also had to return to his own half to respond frequently, and even helped his teammates defend.

In a defense, the Swedish winger Williamsson dribbled the ball and was intercepted. After Yin Jun quickly caught up with the ball, he avoided Williamsson's counter-grab and took the ball horizontally to the middle.

De Rossi was very close, and immediately leaned over to defend.

When Yin Jun saw De Rossi approaching, he took advantage of the trend and took it to the middle, and forcibly got rid of De Rossi.

After throwing off the two defenders, Yin Jun suddenly changed direction and dribbled the ball towards the goal.But at this time, Pizarro, another Roma midfielder, Mex on the center back, and De Rossi, who had just been thrown away by him, quickly surrounded him and surrounded him in the middle.

This made Yin Jun feel like he was being caught, but he still quickly found a way out of the ball and immediately passed the ball back to the left. It's a pity that Rooney didn't understand his intention and pulled the ball to the side in time.Cassetti quickly returned to defense and cleared the ball directly.

Although Manchester United's attack failed to create a threat, Yin Jun's continuous dribbling breakthrough won a burst of applause from the stands. The Manchester United fans were obviously very satisfied with his performance.

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The continuous acceleration of dribbling breakthroughs and changing directions made Yin Jun a little breathless.When walking back, I was somewhat depressed.

He knew that he was being marked by the Roman team.The defense of the Italian team is really a headache, especially similar to this kind of targeted defense.

In the first round at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Yin Jun was also closely marked by the opponent.But at that time, he came off the bench in the second half, and the opponent's defensive players had already consumed a lot of physical energy, but he appeared as a new force, and his physical energy was obviously at an advantage, and he soon became a hot spot on the court.

Now that the game has just started, the players on both sides are still very physically fit, and he has no advantage.

After he got rid of Williamsson just now, De Rossi's attack was very timely. If he was a second slower, Yin Jun would have been able to change his direction, instead of cutting inward horizontally, he would have gone straight forward diagonally.

Horizontal and oblique penetration will have two completely different effects, and the threats to the opponent's penalty area and goal are at two levels.

I have to say that Rome's defense is really meticulous.

Yin Jun turned his head and glanced at the bald man in front of the visiting coach's bench.Spalletti looked in a good mood, grinning obscenely as he watched his team defuse a United attack.

"He should be able to make it work for his targeted defensive tactics?" Yin Jun thought.

Yin Jun can feel that Roma's defensive focus has always been on himself and Ronaldo, and they are relatively successful, which directly led to Manchester United's passivity after the opening.

How to do?
If you continue to play like this, if the Roma team really scores first, then Manchester United will be passive.

Although the away victory in the first leg gave Manchester United a sufficient advantage, once Roma is allowed to tie the score, Manchester United will definitely encounter another bitter battle.

This is very unfavorable to Manchester United, which has a multi-line battle and a dense schedule.

We must find a way to break through their defense!