The most low-key superstar

Chapter 150 Manchester United's Dilemma

The Gerland Stadium (Gerland), Lyon's home stadium, was built in 1913 and completed in 1926. It is the brainchild of the famous architect Tony Garnier. Tony Garnier is a native of Lyon. There are 4 representative works, all of which are in Lyon.Over the years, the Gerland Stadium has undergone numerous renovations, most recently for the 1998 World Cup, and it currently seats 41190.Audience capacity: 42000 people, today, there are no empty seats.

The Manchester people, who were full of confidence in the victory, fell into incomparable passivity from the very beginning. The Lyon people used a positive attitude, reasonable tactics, and tireless running to give Manchester United a hard lesson.

The Lyonians are proud of themselves, and have continuously occupied the Ligue [-] championship. Although they have not won the European arena, their strength cannot be underestimated at will.

今天他们的主力阵容尽出：1－库佩，11－格罗索、32－布姆松、29－斯奎拉奇、20－雷维埃，6－卡斯特伦、28－图拉朗、8－儒尼尼奥，14－戈武、10－本泽马、2－克莱克。

The pre-match rumors that Benzema was being targeted by Manchester United did not affect the performance of the Lyon star. On the contrary, just one minute into the game, Benzema kicked off Lyon's offensive prelude with a powerful long-range shot. .

曼联的阵容是：曼联出场阵容(4－5－1)：1－范德萨，3－埃夫拉、15－维迪奇、5－费迪南德、6－布朗，11－吉格斯、8－安德森、19－尼克尔、18－斯科尔斯、7－罗纳尔多，10－鲁尼。

Obviously, Mr. Ferguson attaches great importance to his opponent, and he is not as relaxed as he preached before the game. At least from the perspective of formation, he is quite cautious.

Nickell was instructed not to go too far forward if it wasn't necessary, and Anderson was asked not to break away from the protection of the back line.

And the two full-backs were even ordered to have only one assist forward.

Manchester United was well prepared for difficulties, but still underestimated the opponent's determination.

Benzema's long-range shot was enthusiastically responded by the Lyon fans, with thunderous applause.

However, when Manchester United players have the ball, in addition to being careful of the opponent's unscrupulous press, they also have to endure the curse of the fans from the stands.

"Go back, British pig!"

"Stupid Brit!"

Almost every United player was booed.

It has been nearly 10 minutes since the opening, and Manchester United still cannot break the opponent's continuous siege, and the scene is very difficult.

Nicole's main opponent is Lyon's core midfielder Juninho. This Brazilian player obviously has a lot of research on Nicole. He hardly gives Nicole a chance to get close. He would rather pass the ball back than entangle with Nicole. .

When Nichols got close to him without the ball, Juninho was very smart and gradually retreated. He wanted to pull Nichols out of the defense, causing Manchester United's defense to be incomplete. If it wasn't for Scholes Reminded many times, Nicole was almost fooled.

"Well, Manchester United should be tested a lot today. Today's Lyon team is completely different from the past. They are more energetic and their tactics are very brutal, completely suppressing the characteristics of Manchester United."

"It's not just tactical suppression. The Lyonians' small tactics are also very successful. Their targeted deployment obviously destroyed Manchester United's inherent rhythm. If Lyon can keep the whole game like this, I think Manchester United has no chance of winning." This is England. The TV commentators, they were amazed at the performance of the Frenchman.

However, Mr. Ferguson didn't seem to care about it, and sat there steadily.

In the 6th minute, Govou's shot was blocked by the defender in the chaos in the Manchester United penalty area. Then Juninho took a corner kick and Benzema's header from a small angle was confiscated.

In the 10th minute, Juninho suddenly switched positions with his teammates, got rid of Nicole's position, and then got rid of Anderson's marking and made a diagonal pass from the right. Rio Ferdinand, who was surrounded by no one, made a mistake when he cleared the siege and almost passed the ball Kicking into the back corner of his side made Manchester United fans nervous.

In the 19th minute, Juninho Jr. dribbled the ball in the middle. Facing Nicole's interception, he suddenly changed direction and used the change of rhythm to try to break through Nicole. Constantly disturbing him, just when Nicole saw the opportunity to poke the ball away, the cunning Brazilian fell back with a scream.

Nicole raised his hands high and signaled to the referee that he hadn't done anything. Captain Giggs also ran over and signaled the referee to dive.

But the French fans don't care so much, "Butcher!"

"killer!"

"Red card!" They kept shouting various slogans, giving advice to the referee.

Juninho fell to the ground, covered his face with his hands, and kept rolling around, in great pain, which meant to tell the referee that his face had been attacked.

Maybe the referee didn't see it clearly just now. He pushed away the players from both sides surrounding him, and ran to the sidelines to discuss with the line referee. Obviously, the line referee didn't see any action by Nicole.

In desperation, the referee awarded a free kick and then issued a verbal warning to Nicole.

"Sir, I swear to God, I really didn't touch him at all, he was a flop." Nickel was very wronged, and kept complaining around the referee. At this time, Scholes was in front of the referee. Drag Nicole away.

"Nicole, calm down, don't be fooled by him, just go back later, there is no need to mess with the referee, you can do it, calm down, okay."

"I understand, even he is too shameless." Nicole was still indignant.

"We all know that we will give them a lesson later, well, go back to your position." As a veteran, Scholes played a key role at this time.

Seeing that the referee didn't mean pottery, Juninho knew that he hadn't fooled the referee, so he didn't pretend anymore, jumped up briskly, picked up the ball and prepared to take a free kick.

This free kick from 32 meters away was a direct shot, with no special angle and speed, and it was easily confiscated by Van der Sar.

Since then, Nicole has found Juninho. Whenever he has a chance to get the ball, Nicole will quickly approach him. When he gets the ball, he always makes physical contact fiercely. Juninho failed in the Premier League because he was afraid of physical contact.

And then, he fell to the ground several times without the support of the referee. Every time he fell to the ground, the referee signaled the game to continue, and even gave Juninho a verbal warning again.

Although the referee's penalty was very correct, the boos of the fans were loud, and they hoped to influence the referee's penalty.

During this period, due to Nickel's ruthlessness, which destroyed Lyon's offensive organization, Manchester United finally got a chance to breathe.

In the 27th minute, Rooney missed a strong long-range shot from 30 meters after receiving a cross from Ronaldo. This was Manchester United's first shot of the game.

In the following time, Lyon changed tactics. Juninho retreated very thoroughly. He didn't dare to provoke Nicole again, but his scheduling in the backcourt was also very clear. Benzema and Govou were very good in the frontcourt. His activeness has repeatedly threatened Manchester United's goals.

In the 36th minute, Benzema received a teammate from the front of the penalty area and knocked back from the bottom of the right, and then directly shot a long shot slightly higher than the crossbar.

Seeing this, Nicole had to retreat to increase the depth of the defense. Of course, once Juninho came up, Nicole pounced like a tiger. Although the physical strength was relatively high, Nicole didn't care at all at this time. .

In the first half, Manchester United did not find the feeling of attacking at all and was in a passive defense. Fortunately, the opponent failed to score, but what about the second half?
(End of this chapter)