Ferguson Showed Scolari How To Play Soccer
by Indonewyork.
Did you catch the Manchester
United v Chelsea game? I did, and the only thing I can tell
you is, Manchester United are genuine contender for the title,
and they have sent that message across the Premier League.
Who would have thought that
Chelsea would get slaughtered like that at Old Trafford? well,
bookies did favor United above Chelsea, but they would not
have expected that kind of score line, neither did I or most
footy lovers, heck, even United hardcore fans would not have
expected them to win by 3-0. But they did, not only they won
by 3-0, but also showing Chelsea how to play soccer. Chelsea's
fearsome Didier Drogba and the league's top scorer Nicolas
Anelka never had a clear chance to score, thanks to the superb
play by Nemanja Mr. Mean Face Vidic and a calm play by
his young padawan Johnny Evans.
But at the heart of United's
heartbeat was Ryan Giggs. At 36, people would not expect too
much from Giggs anymore, let alone starting againts a team
like Chelsea when United have players like Michael Carrick and
Anderson at their disposals. But Giggs showed everybody why he
is the only player in the league with 10 premier league medals
around his neck. His passing, marking and ability to read the
game were magnificent.
Ferguson's decision to start
with Giggs and Fletcher raised eyebrows. Fans were surprised
to see Carrick and Anderson were benched for a big game like
this, but that decision paid off. Ballack's inability to mark
Giggs' left foot opened up so much space at United's left
side, allowing Ronaldo and Evra to exploit the space they
needed and to deliver crosses from United's left flank.
It's not like Chelsea haven't
been warned, before Vidic scored United's first goal, they
were lucky enough to have escaped Ronaldo's goal from the
corner. It was a trained set piece, and should have been
allowed, tv replays suggest the same, but Chelsea players
didn't seem like to have taken that warning, and United were
not to be denied twice. This time, a flick from Berbatov to
Vidic resulted to an unstoppable header from the Serbian rock.
That one goal changed the course of the game, which made
Chelsea had to come out in search for two goals to catch the
league leaders, Liverpool.
Whatever the team talk Big Phil
delivered at half time team talk, it didn't work. Poor
Bosingwa kept getting exploited by Ronaldo and Evra, which
resulted in United's second goal. Although there is a luck
element in that goal, as confessed by Rooney himself, that he
didn't actually see where the ball was dropping as his view
was blocked by Berbatov.
United's third goal also came
from a set piece, again from United's left flank, this time,
Berbatov showed a great awareness as he cut Ronaldo's free
kick and smashed the ball in the back of the net and left Petr
Cech, Chelsea's best player, with no chance.
After the game, Fergie said at
the press conference that Benitez is angry and 'disturbed', is
this another mind games from this old master? Looking at the
table, United have the chance to top the table come Saturday
if they win against Wigan and Bolton, before Liverpool host
Everton on Monday. Benitez won't like this, he won't like it
lot.
My guts tell me, if United top
the table before February, they will be very difficult to
stop. What do you think?
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Fergie menunjukkan Scolari Cara Bermain
Sepakbola
oleh Indonewyork,
Apakah kamu menonton partai MU
lawan Chelsea? gue nonton, dan astu hal yang bisa gue katakan
sekarang. MU bener-bener penantang untuk gelar juara tahun ini,
dan mereka telah mengirim pesan yang jelas ke seluruh tim di
liga Inggris.
Siapa yang bakal menyangka
kalau Chelsea bakal dibantai seperti itu di Old Trafford?
memang para bandar taruhan menjagokan MU di atas Chelsea di
partai ini, tapi mereka juga tidak menyangka kalau skor akhir
bakal mencolok seperti itu, tidak saya, tidak para fans
sepakbola, bahkan para fans setia MU juga gak bakal bermimpi
MU bakal bisa membantai Chelsea 3-0.
MU tidak hanya menang 3-0, tapi mereka juga mengajarkan
Chelsea bagaimana cara bermain sepakbola. Didier Drogba yang
sangat ditakuti para bek dan Anelka yang saat ini memimpin
daftar pencetak goal dibuat tak berkutik oleh tuan bertampang
dingin Nemanja Vidic dan murid seperguruannya Johnny Evans.
Namun yang menjadi nyawa
permainan MU kemaren malam sebenarnya Ryan Giggs. Di umur 36,
tak banyak orang yang berharap banyak lagi dari Giggs, apalagi
menjadi starter di pertandingan sebesar ini, di saat MU
memiliki pemain tengah seperti Michael Carrick atau Anderson.
Namun Giggs menunjukkan kenapa dia satu-satunya pemain yang
memiliki 10 medali liga inggris di lehernya dengan umpan-umpan,
penjagaan dan kemampuan membaca pertandingan yang akurat.
Keputusan Fergie untuk
menurunkan Giggs dan Fletcher sejak awal membuat orang-orang
terbelalak. Para fans terkejut melihat Scholes dan Carrick
hanya ada di bangku cadangan untuk partai sebesar ini. Namun
opah Fergie lebih pintar dari kita semua, termasuk Scolari.
Ketidakmampuan Ballack menjaga kaki kiri Giggs menciptakan
ruang di sisi kanan pertahanan Chelsea yang dieksploitasi oleh
Ronaldo dan Evra untuk mengirim umpan-umpan matang ke para
penyerang MU.
Bukannya Chelsea tidak dapat
peringatan sama sekali. Sebelum Vidic mencetak gol dari
corner, mereka sudah beruntung bahwa gol Ronaldo dari corner
dianulir. Tapi sepertinya mereka tidak belajar dari situ,
sepak pojok berikutnya membuahkan gol dari tandukan Vidic yang
tidak bisa dihentikan oleh Cech. Gol inilah yang membuat
pertandingan ini menjadi terbuka, karena Chelsea harus
mencetak minimal 2 gol untuk mengejar Liverpool.
Gol kedua MU juga dari sisi
kanan pertahanan Chelsea, Bosingwa yang dipermainkan Ronaldo
tidak melihat Evra sudah datang ke sayap kiri dan menerima
bola dari Ronaldo dan mengirimnya langsung ke para penyerang
yang langsung disontek oleh Rooney dan menjadi gol.
Gol ketiga MU kembali dari set
piece, juga dari sisi kanan pertahanan Chelsea, kali ini
Berbatov menunjukkan konsentrasi yang luar biasa dengan
menyambar tendangan bebas kencang dari Ronaldo dan menembak
dengan keras ke gawang Cech.
Setelah pertandingan selesai,
di konferensi pers, Fergie mengatakan bahwa Benitez itu
pemarah dan 'terganggu'. Apakah ini salah satu perang urat
saraf dari opah Fergie lagi? menilik tabel klasemen, MU akan
memimpin klasemen sabtu ini bila menang dari Wigan dan Bolton
hari rabu dan sabtu ini, sebelum Liverpool menjamu Everton
hari senin. Benitez tidak akan menyukai ini.
Anda bisa menyaksikan partai
MU lawan Wigan dan Bolton lawan MU disini.
Perasaanku mengatakan bila MU
memimpin klasemen sebelum February, mereka akan sangat sulit
dihentikan. Bagaimana menurut pendapatmu?
Cuplikan pertandingan dan gol
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