Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 362 Enzo: Unstoppable, Really Unstoppable...

In Rome last season, the quick counterattack composed of Chen Xiaoliang, Kwa, Sesco and Dybala can be called the winning trick all the way to the Champions League and even the final championship.

The division of labor between the four is also very clear. Kwa cuts inside on the left, Dybala passes and cuts on the right, Cesko holds back in the middle, and Chen Xiaoliang is mainly responsible for advancing.

But now at Manchester United, this combination has changed again. Dybala is no longer, and instead joined the extraordinary Rashford.

The 18-year-old Rashford made his debut in Manchester United's first team in 2016 and scored twice. Although he has played for so many seasons, the 25-year-old is entering the golden age of his career.

It's a pity that the era he lives in is already a struggling period after Manchester United's glory. He has won the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League. He still lacks the most important Premier League and Champions League titles, and it seems a bit out of reach.

But now it's different, the team has new players, a new owner, and the global scouting network is being reorganized. In addition, the new season has started well, and everything seems to be developing towards a resurgence.

But Rashford knows that the road has to be taken step by step. He won the league runner-up twice before, and what he ushered in later was not to go further, but to fall again...

When Chen Xiaoliang came to the team, he also discovered that the foundation of the club is still there, but the mentality of the winners in the hearts of the players needs to be re-established. Manchester United is not Rome. Burden and fight is the spirit of a game.

And Manchester United is the kind of club that can be ridiculed by hostile fans online for days after a mistake concedes a goal, and countless people want them to win every game, and countless people want them to lose.

Except for De Gea, the current group of players have never experienced the era under Sir Alex Ferguson, and they have never experienced the feeling that Manchester United will still win today, regardless of whether it is themselves or their opponents.

Even if I fall behind, I feel that I can come back. If the first half fails, then the second half, and if the second half fails, then there will be stoppage time.

Of course, this kind of mentality is by no means built overnight, and sadly, the next-door neighbor seems to have it in the league already.

Also troubled by this is Chelsea, who are opposite Manchester United at this time.

But unlike Ten Hag this season, Pochettino is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

At the end of last season, the team achieved a brilliant record of 2 draws and 9 losses under the brilliant operation of the famous coach Lampard, and finally ranked 13th in the league. Excessive interference in the daily management of the team has set Pochettino's season goals of reaching the top four and entering the Champions League, which gives Pochettino considerable flexibility.

The idea he instilled in the team is that the team has fallen to the bottom last season, and no matter how bad it is, it cannot be worse than last season. Any improvement this season is progress, and the outside world will not give the team too much expectation. and stress.

After Xia Chuangyitong cleared up the redundant staff on a large scale, all those who did not meet the tactical requirements and abilities were eliminated, which also gave the remaining players and new players a chance to prove themselves.

In the absence of pressure and layman's interference, this group of young men showed extra motivation. Therefore, facing the current backwardness, except for Enzo who was a little disappointed, the rest of the players did not fall into a negative state.

"Beep!" The referee Atwell whistled, and the game continued.

After 10 minutes, Thuram on the right still used his outstanding physical fitness to frequently catch the ball and one-on-one with Timber, while Leo on the left also discovered Wan Bissaka's weakness.

This guy is very capable of one-on-one defense, but when faced with the cooperation of many people in the area, and when he needs to make up defense and change positions, his weakness of brain is not very bright.

He will stare at the ball more often. Once there are 1-2 teammates nearby to cooperate with him, whether it is a two-pass or a three-person short pass and penetration, he will mobilize Wan Bisaka's defensive goal a little bit. Will lose sight of one another.

Leo thought about it, and his smile grew stronger, and he felt that he was a genius, and he had discovered this kind of thing.

So after asking for the ball from the midfielder, he would take the initiative to call Mount, Cucurella and others to come and cooperate with him.

Mount and others, as well as Pochettino on the sidelines, just shook their heads...Even though it was repeatedly emphasized before the game, this guy had to play for more than 20 minutes before he realized it.

Leo is really lazy, but Leo who concentrates on his favorite offense is also really fierce.

In the 26th minute, Leo got the ball from the left rib, Cucurella inserted from the left, Leo gave him the ball and "sent" Wan Bissaka to him.

After Cucurella received the ball, he chose to dribble the ball back a little distance to Wan Bissaka, and then suddenly kicked his left foot and passed it to Osmeen who retreated slightly in the penalty area.

Osimhen took off at the junction of Lindelof and Casemiro, swung the ball with a header, and instead of choosing to attack the goal directly, he gave the ball to Leo who had already inserted diagonally from the left!
Only when Lindelof saw the trajectory of the ball did he realize that someone had slipped behind him, and it was too late to turn around.

I saw Leo, who unloaded the ball lightly with his left foot, took two steps and came to the left corner of the small penalty area. De Gea had already moved over, and Osmeen and Thuram were also heading towards the goal, ready to respond at any time Leo's cross.

But Leo didn't want to pass the ball. He had one thing on his mind tonight, throwing back the title of one head and two arms to Chen Xiaoliang.

He pulled up with his left foot, slammed the bottom of the ball, and hit the upper corner of the goal!
De Gea reached out subconsciously, the tip of his left finger touched the bottom of the ball, and lifted the ball up a little.

"Boom!"

The ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced back!

Zhan Jun: "In front of the goal... shoot again!"

"There is still a chance! De Gea!"

"Osmeen!"

"The new monster of the Blues' striker! This goal has been scored!"

Zhang Lu: "Hey, De Gea really can't do anything about this ball. He even made two saves, but he couldn't save the third one."

Zhan Jun: "Let's watch the replay together!"

"As Zhang Zhi said, De Gea stretched out his hand for the first goal, and Leo's shot from a small angle, which was close at hand, changed direction and hit the crossbar, and bounced to the right side of the small penalty area!"

"Thuram followed up with a header, and Lima, who was back on defense, stretched his legs and slowed down the speed. De Gea made a second save and blocked the ball again. Osimhen, who followed in the middle, did not miss the goal. Taking the opportunity to pick up the leak, he stabbed and shot, and finally pierced through De Gea's ten fingers!"

"Chelsea, make it 27-1 in the 1th minute!"

Zhang Lu: "Manchester United is still playing too conservatively, and Lindelof, I think he is still suitable for mopping up and filling in. It is very difficult for him to play one-on-one with a center like Osmeen, or to help defend Leo. It's hard for him to be a big wide player."

Zhan Jun: "Ten Hag said that he has nothing to do. Only three days later, there will be a Champions League group match against Bayern Munich in the middle of the week! The team must rotate, otherwise it will not be able to continue to cope with such high-intensity schedule pressure in a healthy manner."

On the field, facing the Chelsea players who surrounded Osimhen who ran to the sidelines and knelt to celebrate, Casemiro took the initiative to take the responsibility, covered his mouth and talked with Lindelof, saying that he should retreat a little more, Then I will help him defend in the penalty area more frequently.

Since Chen Xiaoliang came to Manchester United, he has always admired Casemiro, not only because of the honors he has won in the past, but also because of mistakes or obvious flaws on the court, he will discuss them very seriously with the players involved. It doesn't matter whether that person came later than himself or has been on the team for many years.

But this kind of discussion is not a quarrel, nor is it to distinguish who is right and who is wrong. Every time he expresses his opinion, he will put away his serious expression, give the other party a hug and attach his iconic smiling face.

Chen Xiaoliang walked over at this time, photographed the two of them at the same time, looked at Lindelof and Casemiro successively and said:

"When you are under siege, you should retreat more."

"Just go back and help him defend, I will fill your position, don't worry."

After finishing speaking, Chen Xiaoliang spread out his hands, palms facing upwards, the two nodded, and each stretched out a hand to pat his palms.

Cesco tees off and the game continues.

Chen Xiaoliang keeps pressing forward, and gradually adjusts the positions of Casemiro and Fred through passing the ball to ensure that there are enough people in the midfield to cooperate with passing and receiving.

At the same time, their forward pressure also allows teammates to fill the middle, so he can switch positions with B Fee more frequently in the offense.

Chelsea also began to retreat gradually after the first 30 minutes of heavy pressure and siege, and consciously adjusted their physical strength.

In the 33rd minute, Chen Xiaoliang covered the right side, and B fee moved inward to the middle.

Fred passed to Wan-Bissaka on the right. The latter passed forward and wanted to pass to Chen Xiaoliang. As a result, Kanter shoveled the ball out of bounds when the ball was replaced halfway. Fortunately, Wan-Bissaka reacted quickly and went directly to the ball. Tong Yaolai threw the ball to Chen Xiaoliang in front of him.

After receiving the ball, Chen Xiaoliang flicked the ball to the left and forward to make a gesture of going inside before Kanter came over to double-team.

Cucurella immediately retreated and moved his body to block the line. Chen Xiaoliang immediately dribbled the ball to the right, and once again used his explosive dribble at the bottom of the box to pass.

Cucurella turned around and bumped into Chen Xiaoliang. Although it didn't bump, it made Chen Xiaoliang shake.

Just at this moment, Fofana, who rushed out of the penalty area, snatched the ball out of bounds again before Chen Xiaoliang received the ball he waded out.

Chen Xiaoliang looked up at the penalty area. At this time, Coulibaly and Coleville were in the penalty area. Thuram had retreated to the position of wing back on the other side, and Enzo and Mount formed a de facto duo. The defensive midfielder, even if he just grabbed the ball just now, Enzo is still behind Fofana to fill the position.

Pochettino has worked hard today, one after another, and set up a series of formations for himself on the wing. This is still when Leo is sometimes defensive and sometimes indifferent.

This time, it is not so easy to think about throwing the ball quickly. Kanter and Cucurella, who came back, wrapped Chen Xiaoliang in front of each other. To the B fee who came to meet him.

B Fei kicked a pass to Sesco in the penalty area, with a little strength, but was confiscated by Kepa.

Manchester United's attack came to an abrupt end.

Chen Xiaoliang was prepared before the start of the new season. After he became very popular in Rome, he would be targeted by various coaches when he came to the Premier League, but he did not expect that BIG7 would encounter Pochettino's chain defense in the first game.

If the ball is Dybala, nine times out of ten, he will respond to his left front to contain the opponent's defense, so that even if Fofana rushes out, he will not dare to completely empty the ribs of the penalty area.

The left-footed Dybala can pass from the right with his left foot, or he can cut inside and look for opportunities to hit the goal directly, and he can even penetrate into the penalty area to grab points. This is also the way of today's football meteors. .

But B Fei is different from Dybala. B Fei was originally a guest right winger. His speed and explosive power are relatively average, and his offensive ability from the side is also weaker than that from the front. Ten Hag sent him to play this position today, partly because Rotation, on the one hand, is also to solve the problem of coexistence between him and Chen Xiaoliang.

But this guy has a lot in his heart. As a veteran player, his tactical status and core in the team look like he will soon be replaced by Chen Xiaoliang. ]'s passive skills, but there is still very little interaction with him in training and competitions, and the tacit understanding is very slowly established.

When the right side failed, Chen Xiaoliang had to start activities on the left side. Fortunately, Rashford on this side had already established the most basic orange tacit connection with Chen Xiaoliang after participating in their extra training for a while.

After all, opponents need to adapt to Chen Xiaoliang, and teammates have to gradually adapt to his way of playing.

In the 38th minute, Enzo passed the ball straight to Thuram in front of the right after receiving the ball. Chen Xiaoliang, who was chasing back, shoveled halfway, and the ball rolled to Fred who was defending back. Fred passed it to Casemiro. Fat Hu dribbled the ball forward, encountered Kanter's interception, and he passed the ball to Chen Xiaoliang.

At this time, Enzo was standing in front of Chen Xiaoliang and defending him. The two met each other's eyes, as if they had returned to the lawn of the training field in the Trigolia base in an instant.

One is still Roma's No. 33, and the other is still Roma's No. 24. After almost every training day, they have to fight one-on-one several times in extra training.

Chen Xiaoliang said in his heart: "You have never defeated me, and you will not win today."

Enzo's eyes seemed to be answering: "Even if you can't beat you one-on-one, I will help the team win you today!"

Chen Xiaoliang pushed forward to the right, Enzuo immediately blocked him sideways, and chose to block directly instead of retreating.

Chen Xiaoliang shifted the ball from his right foot to his left foot, taking advantage of the situation to make a breakthrough.

Enzo knew in his heart that this was a fake move!

The body immediately retreated and continued to seal in front of Chen Xiaoliang, but he did not step down to steal the ball, so as not to step on the air.

But there is a kind of sadness in the world, that is, you predicted me, but I predicted your prediction.

Chen Xiaoliang knew that he couldn't make a move, so after catching the ball with his left foot, he passed the ball forward vigorously. Enzo was stunned immediately, showing a little surprised look in his eyes.

What's wrong?Stop playing?Passed the ball?

Chen Xiaoliang flashed across from his right in an instant, leaving behind a slightly smiling but meaningful expression:
No, you forgot how we play.

Enzo immediately chased after him with all his strength. He saw Cesko in the penalty area who retreated to catch the ball!

It's a wall-to-wall match!

Kanter next to him just went to pounce on Casemiro and hasn't returned yet. Enzo knew that if Chen Xiaoliang was allowed to catch the ball at this time, if he didn't stop him, it would probably be to take two steps to adjust, and then a long-range blast. The shot hits the goal directly.

Thinking of this, Enzo posted it even more desperately, just like Chen Xiaoliang used his speed and body to kill him again and again during extra training, and chased him to death again and again.

Cesko is also very familiar with this scene.

Their extra training is not a one-on-one match-up. One-on-one offense and defense are only part of the coordination.

Front and back hitting the wall, two passes and one hitting the wall, crossing the rear fulcrum of the ferry point, the ferry back, and the small-scale passing and cutting cooperation of more than three people are the highlights of the extra training.

As if he didn't need to use his brain and only needed to follow his muscle memory, Sesco gently pushed the ball back to Chen Xiaoliang's front right, so that Enzo who was chasing behind him on the left could not interfere, just like he did countless times in extra training like that.

The three people are too familiar with each other, not to mention the three of them on the field, even Kwa on the sidelines, Dybala and Perrone who are watching the game in front of the TV know that Cesco will definitely pass back like this .

Enzuo knew that if Chen Xiaoliang wanted to hit the goal vigorously, he would definitely swing his shooting leg backwards after adjusting his step. After all, if he wanted to shoot explosively, he needed to prepare with full strength, and the wider the leg swing Only then can he kick faster long shots.

So although he hasn't posted it yet, he just needs to post it to disturb him when Chen Xiaoliang stops swinging his legs!

Kanter, who was behind him, saw that Enzo was struggling to defend alone, so he also ran over to double-team.

Chen Xiaoliang ran forward facing the ball. Just as he was about to catch the ball, he suddenly took a step to the left with his left foot, and his body also leaned to the left.

Enzuo was not afraid of Chen Xiaoliang's shot, but he was afraid that Chen Xiaoliang would continue to move forward with speed. This sudden sway was far beyond his expectations, and made him involuntarily move his center of gravity to the left, so as not to be thrown away by Chen Xiaoliang in an instant.

However, this was just a feint without the ball. After Chen Xiaoliang's body leaned to the left to deceive Enzo, he stepped out with his left foot and kicked the ball with his right foot, and his whole body rushed forward to the right.

This time, the distance between Enzo and him was completely separated, and at this time, there was no guard in front of Chen Xiaoliang!
Fofana, who saw the situation was not good, immediately rushed up from the penalty area line.

Before the game, Pochettino made repeated orders. No one can miss Chen Xiaoliang in this game. The penalty area line runs from left to right. As long as he enters the third offensive area, there must be someone in front of Chen Xiaoliang!

Seeing Fofana rushing forward, Coulibaly, who wanted to rush forward, continued to retreat to mark Sesco, while Enzo and Kanter approached Chen Xiaoliang from behind again.

However, it was too late. Entering the third offensive area and reaching around the top of the arc, Chen Xiaoliang had already entered Chen Xiaoliang's attack range.

And as an all-round midfielder, his offensive method is not only long-range shots.

It's just that the violent long-range shot is too easy to impress, causing opponents to always think that he has a long-range shot.

Chen Xiaoliang raised his leg, and Fofana immediately turned sideways, put his hands on his chest, and blocked Chen Xiaoliang's "shot" with his body.

"It's a pass!"

Enzo wanted to shout in his heart, but he didn't have time to say it, the ball flew out from the inside of Chen Xiaoliang's right foot before he could speak.

Enzuo knew very well that such a leg swing and such a distance were not long-range shots for Chen Xiaoliang.

But his teammates' reactions couldn't keep up with his words, but his words couldn't keep up with his heart!
The ball passed through Fofana's left, and it was a light drop through!
Wearing No. 8, B Fei started from the right side of his ribs, taking advantage of Cucurella's ready-to-retraction stall, and suddenly started, obliquely inserted into the penalty area, and the ball from Chen Xiaoliang also arrived!

B Fei received the ball and faced the goal at 45 degrees on the right side of the penalty area. Kepa moved over immediately!

Zhan Jun: "See how Fee B will deal with it!"

"Kepa chooses to attack!"

"Kick up!"

"It's a pass!"

"The left side of the restricted area!"

"Hit the door!"

"The goal is scored!"

"It's Fred!"

"Scored the first personal goal of the new season!"

Zhang Lu: "He ran the ball like a thief, and the surrounding teammates were marked by Chelsea players, but no one saw him running into the penalty area from behind."

Barrage:

[I never expected, never expected, that Fred won the magic card today]

[Have you ever padded a card in a previous game? 】

[One game of gods, one game of ghosts, another game of gods and ghosts! 】

[B waste can pass the ball single-handedly, it seems that he was woken up by Xiao Liang's scolding]

【Did Xiaoliang yell at him just now? 】

After chatting here, the screen was filled with bullet screens [Chuan! 】

From equalizing to conceding the ball again, Pochettino couldn't sit still.

While the Manchester United players were celebrating, he stepped down from the coach's bench in the stands at Old Trafford, called Kante, and gave him a close-up ear-to-mouth.

After explaining, the honest Kanter ran into the venue, Pochettino turned his head and glanced at Ten Hag, who was celebrating with his fist, feeling a little upset:
"One you, one Guardiola, one Chen Xiaoliang, one Harland, why did these two bald heads buy cheats."

He was not angry for a while. He said at the pre-match press conference that Chen Xiaoliang and Haaland are the same, but the areas where the two create threats are different. If one holds the ball on the edge of the offensive third area, it will attract the other side. Defensive attention from multiple players, and another with the ball in the paint will do the same.

Once they are allowed to attack one-on-one after receiving the ball in their favorite area, the defense will face a huge risk of losing the ball.

It's just that he still didn't say half a sentence in his heart.

Compared with Harland who blocked his throat with a sword in the penalty area, Chen Xiaoliang's super large attack range is more tormenting. As the head coach, he has to arrange many defensive strategies in different situations to restrict Chen Xiaoliang from comfortably holding the ball in the midfield.

Thinking of this, Pochettino waved his hand to encourage Chelsea's players to continue to attack, while thinking to himself: "Fortunately, Mourinho still has a cheat in Paris and won't let him go. It was really lively..."

"Enter the Champions League this year, let's see Burleigh drop him next year?"

He thought of this, and glanced back at Burleigh above the stands behind him.

He didn't know that Burleigh, who failed to buy Chen Xiaoliang in Xia Tian and was upset because he fell behind again, had already started thinking about it.

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