Once, Ferguson described Inzaghi by saying that he was a player born on the offside line.
It was a way of describing the Italian striker's outstanding off-the-ball movement.
In recent years, as Inzaghi grew older, whenever the media and fans evaluated the off-the-ball movement of active players, the first person who usually came to mind was Yang Yang.
Many even believed that Yang Yang's off-the-ball movement was the secret behind his endless goalscoring.
Yang Yang himself understood this deeply. He knew that for an attacking player, off-the-ball movement was crucial. It could even be said to determine the key to whether a team's attack succeeded or failed.
It was just like the opening of this Champions League Final.
When the ball was in Valdes's hands and Yang Yang was moving backward, he was facing Barcelona's goal. He was not only keeping a close eye on Valdes's movements, but also using Super Training Ground's God's Perspective to observe everything happening around him.
He was the first to judge that Valdes would throw the ball to Alves, so he immediately charged toward Alves.
Yang Yang moved very quickly, and Alves had dropped quite deep at the time. Yang Yang was therefore certain that Alves had only two choices: either launch the ball forward, which might surrender possession, or pass it back to goalkeeper Valdes.
To some extent, Yang Yang hoped that he would pass it back, so he deliberately held something in reserve.
The Brazilian right-back really did choose to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper, because that was Barcelona's footballing philosophy: never give up possession lightly.
When he saw Alves pass the ball back, Yang Yang had just rushed to the corner of the penalty area. He immediately changed direction, sprinted back into the box, and went straight for Valdes,