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

Chapter 373 What?There is actually a team stronger than the league with nine victories?
Eindhoven, Philips Stadium, October 2023, 10.

33000 people vs. 2000 people, this is the comparison of the fans on the scene of the host and the guest.

2.12 million euros vs. 9.3 million euros, this is a comparison of the total value of the first team of the two sides.

1.3 million euros vs. 5.9 million euros, this is a comparison of the starting prices of the two sides.

In addition, there is a series of technical statistics.

Possession of the ball 46% vs. 54%;

13 to 19 shots;

4 to 6 shots on target;

Passing 484 to 532;

The final score was 1-1.

In other words, in an away game except for the number of spectators behind, Manchester United was tied by Eindhoven when they were ahead in almost all other objective and subjective factors.

Manchester United scored a goal in the 12th minute of the first half. B Fei took a corner kick. Casemiro grabbed the first point with a header but went straight up and down. In the next two points, both sides failed to hit the goal. The fall to the ground caused chaos in the penalty area.

In the end Sancho took advantage of the chaos and scored the goal.

However, a goal from a set kick caused a chaotic battle and could not represent Manchester United's offensive downturn.

Since Kwa was sent back to Manchester for inspection, it will take time to confirm the inspection report, and the team needs to rush to Eindhoven non-stop, so Kwa did not start with the team.

Ten Hag sent a combination of Sancho and Anthony on the wing, with Rashford in the center.

But it is clear that Sancho, who has proven embarrassing on the left flank countless times in previous seasons, has once again shown a "normal" level.

Regular disappointing level.

The ability to advance in depth is average, the breakthrough is 0, and the ability to get rid of after cutting inside is low. Whether it is a through pass or a direct attack on the goal, the performance is not visible.

The worst thing is not being active.

Compared with Anthony on the other side, although it is not much better, the enthusiasm of the Brazilian compasses on the field is really high. When it is time to return to the defense, it can retreat all the way to the edge of the penalty area. The counterattack never stays strong jogging.

Not only was he crippled on the left and unable to attack effectively, but it was precisely because of Sancho's careless crossing error when he retreated to receive the ball for the first time in the 49th minute of the second half that Eindhoven midfielder Gus Thiel intercepted the ball. Launch a counterattack.

First, he cooperated with the right winger John Bakayoko to kick the wall back and forth and moved to the center, and then sent a precise slash through, hitting Varane behind him, and sent it to the left winger Harvey Simmons who inserted into the penalty area.

Harvey Simmons took a few steps towards the near post, without greed, a concise cross in the middle, followed by the main striker Luke de Jong to score.

The entire counterattack route was clear and concise. Although this was the only major mistake made by Manchester United and the only truly threatening attack by Eindhoven, it still allowed Van Nistelrooy to get the desired 1 point.

After the game, Ten Hag couldn't hide his disappointment. It wasn't that he was disappointed with the team's overall performance, but that there were a few players who really disappointed him, and Sancho was the first to bear the brunt.

Van Nistelrooy was very satisfied with his team's performance, and even shouted at the press conference that if he was lucky, he could win.

Bayern in the same group had already won Lazio 3-1 at home in an earlier game. In this way, Bayern ranked first in the group with 7 points, followed by Manchester United with 1 points, Eindhoven ranked third with 5 points, and Lazio ranked first with 2 points. 3 point bottom.

In theory, none of the four teams has been judged for the final outcome, but the situation is basically clear.

In this game, he failed to win or keep a clean sheet. Chen Xiaoliang only got 1 skill point (62 → 63) from his pitiful appearance.

Quandu rushed back to Manchester the next day to prepare for the league game that will start on Sunday afternoon after 3 days.

Ten Hahe found Chen Xiaoliang specifically during the training break and asked his opinion on two things.

The first thing is naturally rotation, because according to the routine test results of the club's sports science director, Chen Xiaoliang's physical condition has been in "excellent", but whether it is a former professional player or a head coach who has coached for many years, in Ten Hahe And the eyes of the coaching staff are incredible.

They even once thought that the data of the testing team was wrong, but after reviewing it, it was clear that the other players were high and low, and they were absolutely accurate.

And looking at Chen Xiaoliang's past game records in Rome, Mourinho will more or less give him some rotations, so Ten Hag simply asked Chen Xiaoliang directly about his physical condition, fatigue and other aspects.

Chen Xiaoliang thought to himself, this is not the case. It used to be necessary to use the physical recovery card to restore physical strength, but now it will automatically restore to full capacity once a day...

Damn I can get tired...

He told Ten Hag very firmly that his physical strength has always been like this, and he almost never feels tired.

Every time Ten Hahe talks with Chen Xiaoliang, he has to correct his mentality, that is, don't use inertial thinking to regard the player in front of him as a young player who is only 19 years old, but a player who has led the team to win the Triple Crown, A top star with very mature knowledge and thinking.

Especially when there will be a series of tough battles after the end of the welfare schedule, he especially needs the team's number one star to maintain continuous motivation.

After the first thing is confirmed, the second thing is how to solve the problems of players like Sancho and Maguire.

One of them has a weekly salary of 35 pounds, and the other has a weekly salary of 20 pounds. With the current state of performance, although they really want to sell, there are many clubs that are willing to buy, but 100% of them will be greatly reduced. Obviously The two refused to accept it and still wanted to save their careers.

In terms of spiritual shaping, Ten Hag has seen the rumored core factor in the change of the Roma locker room from chaotic downturn to unanimity. He wants to ask the team captain if there is a good way.

This is probably the biggest problem Chen Xiaoliang has encountered in his career...

In fact, Ten Hag mentioned not only these two people, but also Braden Williams, McTominay, etc. The sluggish performance is like a vicious circle, which hurts the players' self-confidence and teammates' trust. , will only make the next on-court performance worse.

Chen Xiaoliang: "Coach, I know what you think, but we usually practice extra, and the people who come here take the initiative to participate. To do anything, including professional players, you have to have a strong inner active pursuit to be able to do things. Do it."

Ten Hahe didn't think that Chen Xiaoliang's extra training team would be more effective than regular training. He just hoped that Chen Xiaoliang's strong competitive spirit and appeal could play a positive role in those players and help them get out of the predicament to a certain extent. Only a temporary recovery in performance will also help the team improve its strength and increase the possibility of a sale in the transfer window.

Seeing that Chen Xiaoliang had already guessed his intentions, he also said bluntly: "Maybe they didn't come to you, but they were just ashamed to express it? As the captain, you can take the initiative."

Chen Xiaoliang laughed: "Okay, I'll find them after practice in the afternoon."

Sure enough, after training in the afternoon, Chen Xiaoliang called Maguire, Sancho, McTominay and Williams over to participate together on the grounds that there was a shortage of people for additional training.

The four people have different moods, but seeing such a strong captain make an appointment, they dare not refuse.

With so many people joining at once, everyone simply kicked off a 5-on-5 offensive and defensive drill in the restricted area.

After two days of training, the third day was about to stop training to prepare for the competition. Ten Hahe came again to ask Chen Xiaoliang what he thought of them.

Chen Xiaoliang didn't beat around the bush either.

He told Ten Hag that Sancho's psychology has been greatly hit. In this case, the more he is allowed to start and the stronger the opponent is, the worse his performance will be and the worse his mental state will be. It is difficult to save him at the club level. After all, Manchester United is not a team like Dortmund. In order to make stars and sell money, they can properly develop tactics around a certain player and help him collect statistics. Manchester United's top priority It's the race result.

If you want to save him, you have to sell him, go to a mid-upstream team, play the main force of the iron, and then gradually regain your confidence in the game.

Maguire and McTominay's inner desires are still very strong, but because of their personalities and the current embarrassing situation in the team, they are not too active in communication, so they are a little discouraged, but they are positively motivated and properly motivated. Under the arrangement of training and tactical positions, the two can help the team play a positive role.

And Maguire also began to prepare to lose weight because Kwa, who was checked and confirmed to be healthy during the extra training, frequently swayed his feet, and began to prepare to lose weight and strengthen his ability to turn around and return to defense.

As for Williams, although he is a product of the team's youth training, his ability is really limited, so it is recommended to sell him.

Seeing that Chen Xiaoliang's summary was straightforward, Ten Hag didn't say much, and went to discuss it with Van der Sar that night.

To put it bluntly, Chen Xiaoliang's words coincided with his.

The next morning, before the game against Brentford, Manchester United officially announced a transfer notice. Luke Thomas, a member of the England U21 team of Leicester City, confirmed that he would transfer in the winter window. Manchester United, the transfer fee is 4500 million pounds.

The football director Mutaf also told Williams that the team has begun to find him a home, which may be sold or rented out.

On the other hand, the 15-year-old Ibragimov, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Although he was abused by Lima and Timber in the extra training, he still went forward bravely. After stealing the ball, he repeatedly challenged his appearance.

The feeling of returning to Old Trafford is good, but the physical strength of the players is still very tired.

Three days of training brought 12 points of training value (103→115). Although the positional attributes of the right winger still cannot be improved, the training and additional training in the past two months have yielded results.

With the addition of [Passive Skill: Double the speed of establishing a tacit connection with teammates], the tacit understanding between Chen Xiaoliang, Rashford, and Ganacho is already at full value. Although Casemiro occasionally comes to participate when he is physically strong Once, but by virtue of starting together with Chen Xiaoliang in almost every game, he also rose to the dark green of LV3, which is only 1 level away from the full value.

Although today's game is over, the team will face the British Championship team Blackburn at home in 4 days, ushering in the third round of the League Cup, but the opponent's strength is relatively weak, and Ten Hag is already ready for a comprehensive rotation. It is equivalent to the main force will have a week of recovery time, and then usher in the Manchester Derby.

So tonight he still deployed the main force.

But Brentford did not appear to admit defeat at all. A fixed 5-3-2 formation when facing strong teams fully embodies the philosophy of not needing scenes but only efficiency.

The two teams played against each other twice last season, and both sides won at home. At that time, in Ten Hag's second Premier League match, Brentford beat Manchester United 4-0 at home, which shocked them. Everyone's jaws also made Ten Hag's dismissal odds suddenly increase to the top three of all Premier League coaches after only coaching two official games.

Danish coach Thomas Frank rejected Tottenham's coaching invitation three times. He still chose to stay this season and continue to build his own "little bee". The team is currently ranked 11th this season without spending much money. Meet outside expectations.

Kwa returned to the starting lineup and once again formed a striker combination with Sesco and Rashford, with Chen Xiaoliang behind them.

Casemiro and B Fei are active in the midfielder position, with Luke Shaw and Dalot on the left and right.

Now when encountering a team with a greater threat from the side, Ten Hag will send Wan Bisaka, and when facing the mid-lower team, Dalot, who has better offensive ability, will serve as the starter.

The central defender combination is Lima and Lindelof.

Goalkeeper De Gea.

In this game, facing Brentford's eight-man retreating dense defensive formation, Manchester United seemed to have returned to the Moyes era. In the "foot pass" game, he just blindly kicked the ball high. The three-dimensional level of this cross is very rich.

When Chen Xiaoliang pulls to the right to make a pass, not only Rashford will retract, but B Fee and the full-back Luke Shaw on the other side will also press up to participate in the attack.

After the breakthrough, the cross pass, the inverted triangle, and the low flat ball, these changing routines are caught in the middle of the high ball, making Brentford hard to defend.

This is because although their three central defenders in this field, the captain Pontus Jansen is 196 tall, the left central defender Aitan Pinnock is 194 tall, and the right central defender Mathias Jorgensen is 189 tall, they seem to be strong in air defense. Yes, but all three have a huge weakness, that is, slow turning and poor explosiveness. In short, it is three weakened versions of Maguire gathered in the penalty area.

Once the width of the pitch is widened and a pass is made from both sides, the only remaining two full-backs, Rico Henry and Aaron Hickey, can only pounce to the outside, unable to help sweep the ground in the penalty area. Ball with two penalties.

In addition, even if the three high-ranking men get together, once the attacking team presses up, the three central defenders can only defend one by one. Therefore, the fulcrum Cesko only needs to win one-on-one in the top battle to form an attack. Or create a second attack opportunity for teammates.

Who is the person in the world who will send him a biography the most?

Don't even think about it, it's naturally Chen Xiaoliang.

Although the pass attribute is still less than 18, but with the tacit understanding bonus, the two people's grasp of the timing and placement of the pass can be said to be connected.

In the 28th minute, after receiving the ball on the right side, Chen Xiaoliang suddenly started from the forbidden state, made a two-step burst to open the space, and sent a pass to the penalty area for the third time, this time it was a very fast half-high ball, Sesco After a sudden jump around the front, the header flicked back, rubbing the ball from the front point to the back point.

Brentford's biggest transfer in the summer window of the season-the former Leicester City goalkeeper Schmeichel, who was bought from Nice in Ligue [-] and returned to the Premier League, knew that once the ball flew to the back point, he would definitely It was too late to rush over to make a save, so he jumped directly on the goal line and reached out to touch the ball when it passed in front of him.

But after all, he is about to be 37 years old. Brentford coach Thomas Frank bought him to play a key role as a veteran in important games. Not fully touched, the ball was not hit outside the penalty area, but changed slightly and flew to the left of the penalty spot.

Casemiro, who was ambushing nearby, had the quickest reaction. He jumped up and rushed to the top. The Danish midfielder Jensen who defended him was 180 tall, but only 68 kg. It was obviously too late to interfere with the strong Casemiro.

Little Schmeichel, who just fell forward, just watched the ball hang into the goal he was guarding.

Manchester United 1 to 0!

But just when the fans and players were about to celebrate the score, Casemiro fell to the ground and called the team doctor to enter the field in pain.

It turned out that after he rushed forward, when he fell, his calf touched the ass of Brentford captain Pontus Janssen who was defending Rashford.

Pontus Jansen, who had his back turned to Casemiro, didn't know what happened, he just felt his butt being hit hard, and when he looked back, Casemiro was already screaming in pain.

Slow motion replay, it turned out that Casemiro's right leg lost balance after the collision, and the shape of the foot also changed. After landing on the outside of the foot, the ankle twisted heavily.

This is especially common in football and basketball, especially in basketball games. Even players with low levels of sportsmanship have consciously used stepping methods to "cripple" the opponent's main players.

Obviously, Pontus Janssen was unintentional, and Casemiro was desperate to score.

After the stretcher carried him off the field, Ten Hag and the Manchester United players who had been beaming just now were in no mood to celebrate.

Last season, after Casemiro was unable to play several times due to various reasons, everyone knew how important he was to this team, including the newcomer Chen Xiaoliang, who also knew that if it wasn't for Fat Tiger who took on a lot of It is impossible for him to have so many opportunities to overwhelm the offense this season.

Fred came on and the game continued.

Taking advantage of the confusion of Manchester United's army, the little bee also played a few waves of decent attacks.

In the 31st minute, Onieka dribbled the ball forward in a counterattack on the right, all the way to the right side of the penalty area and crossed the middle.

The main striker Ivan Toni who kept up with him pushed directly from the penalty area line. The ball was higher than the crossbar, which did not test De Gea.

In the 43rd minute, Ivan Tonilla received the ball from the side and then directly cut in and shot the ball. The ball did not hit too fast and was directly hugged by De Gea.

In the 56th minute of the second half, Chen Xiaoliang received a pass from Kwa who broke into the penalty area from the left. When he attracted two people to rush to him to block the pass, Cesko's header was saved by Schmeichel Jr.

In the 71st minute, Chen Xiaoliang pushed the ball forward from the midfield and got caught in a three-person double-team 2 meters outside the top of the arc. He pushed lightly to the front right and sent the ball to Rush who quickly slanted into the penalty area from the right. Ford, who shot obliquely at a 45-degree angle, was again saved by Schmeichel Jr. from the baseline.

Although the score is leading, the inability to score no matter how many attacks makes the team a little irritated.

After all, the tactics have been kicked out, and the defense line has been penetrated, but either the shot is not accurate enough, or it was saved by the younger Schmeichel who kicked more and more bravely.

If you count Casemiro's injury and leaving the field, and it is very likely that he will be injured for a period of time, then only scoring one goal in this game seems a bit "losing".

Fortunately, the unexpected created a pleasant surprise.

With his physical strength declining, facing Brentford's gambling-like final counterattack, Fred, who was called "unpredictable" by the fans, stepped forward.

Chen Xiaoliang received an inverted triangle pass from Kwa on the penalty area line on the right side of the top of the arc. Facing the blockade of two people, he flicked his right foot to the left and passed it to Fred, who was unguarded on the other side of the top of the arc. The Brazilian midfielder swung his left foot and shot a burst.

The ball... I don't know how it was played, but the speed was extremely fast, so fast that Aaron Hickey, the right back who was defending against Kwa, hadn't figured out why the ball hit him who was standing outside the goal frame. Just hit him on the head, and then refracted into the goal...

Schmeichel was stunned, and Aaron Hickey fell to the ground in pain with his head in his arms...

Manchester United's teammates were stunned for half a second and then raised their arms to celebrate, but they still had an unkind smile on their faces when they ran towards Fred.

What's interesting is that the ball was officially counted in Fred's name by the Premier League... and also added an assist to Chen Xiaoliang...

Are you convinced?Can't accept it...

As for whether to serve Red or Fred, then the beholder will see the benevolence, and the wise will see the wisdom.

In the end, 2-0, Manchester United achieved the feat of 9 consecutive victories at the beginning of the league season at home.

However, a week later, the real test is coming. Manchester City, which defeated the last runner-up Arsenal by 2 goals at the Emirates Stadium, has also achieved 8 consecutive victories, and continues to rank second in the standings with 8 wins and 1 tie.

But in these 9 games, Manchester City drew Newcastle in the away game, abused Tottenham and Chelsea at home, defeated Arsenal in the away game, beat Aston Villa coached by Emery, and achieved a goal in the Champions League group stage. Three consecutive victories, 1 to 2 victory over Inter Milan away.

Therefore, although Manchester United ranks first in the standings, in the Premier League and Champions League championship odds, Manchester City is strongly ranked first, and Manchester United can only be ranked behind.

On the one hand is the Red Devils, who have won the middle and lower reaches of last season and achieved 9 consecutive victories, and on the other hand is the Blue Moon, who is strong no matter who they play.

Coupled with Chen Xiaoliang and Haaland's two-hero battle established in the Champions League final last season, whether the sky in Manchester, and even the whole of England, is red or blue will be announced next week.

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