Chapter 386 I am here just to win the championship!
“Wow!”
“Ibrahimovic! Scored twice!”
“It is still the team that provides him with assists No. 7, Ling~~~Feng!"
"In just the first game, the two frontcourt duo with the largest age difference in the Premier League showed surprising results. The chemical reaction jointly produced three goals! ”
The first half was not over yet. Manchester United ended the suspense of the game early with Ling Feng's one shot and three passes.
After one to four, Manchester United's offensive rhythm suddenly slowed down a lot.
Even in the possession round, Ling Feng, as the initiator of the attack, did not rush to advance into Bournemouth's hinterland, but fell from the outside.
After all, this is their home court, and my wife and children are watching from the stands.
In addition, Manchester United and Bournemouth have no old grudges between the two clubs, so there is no need to beat them to death in the first half.
In this way, the referee did not give any stoppage time and directly blew the whistle to end the first half.
When the Manchester United players returned to the locker room, Mourinho's attitude was also very satisfied:
"Well done, guys!"
"I'm very satisfied. Your performance on the court!”
“In the second half, I hope you can continue!”
After praising him, Mourinho looked at Martial, who was bowing his head silently, and then said in French:
"Anthony (Martial), you should go more behind the defender on the wing. Intervene, or get close to the center, and play some passing and cutting cooperation with Ling."
Although it has been a year since he joined Manchester United, Martial's English is still at the stage where he can only listen but not speak.
Fortunately, Mourinho is a translator and is proficient in multiple languages.
Faced with Mourinho's instructions, Martial just nodded to express his understanding.
However, even if he ostensibly agreed to Mourinho's instructions.
But after returning to the court in the second half, Martial's desire to advance and the frequency of responses did not improve much.
He is still waiting to catch the ball and is not willing to run without the ball.
And he can only ask Ling Feng for the ball.
His attitude made Mourinho frown on the sidelines.
However, seeing that the team was already leading by three goals, Ling Feng passed the ball to Martial more than in the first half, allowing him to show off his footwork and breakthrough skills on the left wing.
Although I have only been on the team for less than a week.
But through observations in training and games, he quickly gained a preliminary understanding of Martial's playing style.
The offensive method that Martial is good at is to take the ball at his feet, then break through from the wing and complete the shot.
As last year's European golden boy, Martial definitely has the ability and potential to become Manchester United's breakthrough point on the wing.
However, he needs more ball at his feet to create a threat.
And he is too independent and wants to express himself on the court.
But his foot skills have not reached the world-class level of Hazard, nor does he have the team awareness of Hazard to break through and distribute the ball.
Therefore, with the tacit cooperation of Ibrahimovic, Rooney, and Ling Feng, Martial, who takes the ball with his head on the wing, seems very out of place.
Originally, Ling Feng hoped to build a good relationship with Martial by feeding the ball.
It also made the arrogant Martial understand who is the real talker in this Manchester United!
He Ling Feng can pass the ball to whomever he wants, and assist whoever he wants to assist!
However, as Martial gets the ball more often, Manchester United's offense becomes less threatening.
As soon as the Bournemouth players saw Martial take the ball, they knew that he would definitely dribble the ball himself and would never pass it to his teammates.
This makes defense easier!
Seeing this, Mourinho on the sidelines was not used to Martial and couldn't help shouting on the sidelines:
"Anthony! Pass the ball!"
"Ling is free! ”
“Two over one!”
However, Martial on the court turned a deaf ear.
Once again, after seeing Martial not passing the ball to his teammate in space after the breakthrough, but choosing to force a shot on the defensive player, Mourinho really couldn't stand it anymore!
He turned around directly, came to the bench, and pointed at the young Rashford:
"Marcus, go warm up!"
< br>In the 65th minute of the game, Mourinho replaced Martial with Rashford!
When he saw that the substitution card held by the fourth official on the sidelines was his own number, Martial was stunned.
"Replace me?"
He had just found the footwork to make breakthroughs, and the head coach replaced him first? !
This made Martial, who already had no good impression of Mourinho, even more convinced that the Portuguese was definitely targeting him!
When he came off the field, he didn't make a gesture for the fans to applaud. He just put on a bad face, walked to the sidelines, touched Rashford casually, and went straight to the bench.
However, Mourinho did not let him go, but hugged his shoulders and said in a deep voice:
"Anthony, didn't you hear me telling you to pass the ball?"
Facing the serious Mourinho, Martial was also a little scared and quickly shook his head and pointed to his ear. Explained:
“Boss, it was very noisy on the field, I didn’t hear you calling me”
This answer did not satisfy Mourinho.
However, considering that he is now leading by a big score, and his every move is being watched by the media, there is no need to provide on-site guidance to the players on the sidelines.
If I had grabbed Martial to chat for a while on the sidelines, the media would have produced a news article the next day saying "Mourinho was dissatisfied with the performance of the demon star, and the two had a fierce quarrel on the sidelines!"!
If there is anything that needs improvement, we can definitely talk about it on the training ground.
He is not that bald Spanish guy, who always likes to point fingers at players from the sidelines all the time
Thoughts flashed through his mind, Mourinho's face softened slightly, and he patted Martial. Shoulder:
“Well, good job, go and rest.”
Martial was relieved and walked quickly back to the bench.
At the same time, the situation on the field also changed with the substitutions.
After Rashford came on as a substitute, Manchester United's frontcourt offense returned to smoothness again.
Compared to Martial, the fledgling Rashford is more active in running without the ball.
Moreover, he is more willing to use his speed to attack behind the defender. After all, throughout the European Cup, he watched Ling Feng's games up close on the court and on the bench.
He also knows very well that as long as he drives forward or runs out of space, Ling Feng will pass the ball!
It was this attitude towards the game that got him the cake-feeding treatment from Ling Feng!
Only eight minutes after coming on as a substitute, Ling Feng sent a scalpel-like through ball to help Rashford get a solo opportunity.
Facing the goalkeeper, Rashford, who entered the left side of the penalty area, calmly pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal!
"Marcus~~~Rashford!"
"This young Red Devil player who emerged last season scored his own goal account in the first league game of the new season!"< br>
“The one who provided him with assists was No. 7 Ling Feng!”
“This super No. 7 completed an astonishing four assists in his Red Devils debut. ! "
This goal also made Martial on the bench feel helpless.
With his football intelligence, he would never fail to see that this goal fully reflects the tacit understanding of the two in passing and running.
Looking at Rashford, who was smiling and high-fiving Ling Feng, Martial suddenly felt a sense of crisis arise.
In terms of status in the team, he is definitely not as good as Ling Feng.
Even though he is a super star who spent 36 million pounds to buy the club, he was also the team's key player last season.
However, Ling Feng is the club’s biggest player who spent a record transfer fee in football!
The transfer fee is more than twice his!
Moreover, it is the core of the team appointed by head coach Mourinho and Ferguson.
In terms of bloodline, he is not as good as the younger Rashford, who was born in Carrington.
Moreover, Ling Feng and Rashford are teammates in the national team!
He also had a hunch that if he did not perform well, Mourinho would definitely not let him continue to start!
Thinking of this, he felt even more confused and didn't know what to do
At the same time, Manchester United continued to control the situation on the field until the last second of the game.
In the end, with the referee's long whistle, the score of the game was fixed at one to five!
Manchester United started this league season with a big win!
As the game ended, Ling Feng, who completed one shot and four passes in his debut, clearly became the most handsome boy in the game.
In an interview after the game, when faced with reporters’ questions about season goals, Ling Feng, who won the best of the match, faced the camera without hesitation and said bluntly:
“I am here just to help. Manchester United won the championship!”
This very domineering statement also became a hot search on major social media and the Internet in a short period of time!
With a huge victory over Bournemouth in the first round, everyone at Manchester United felt that the team was obviously different from last season.
Whether it is the mental outlook or the team's tactics, there have been obvious changes that can be seen with the naked eye.
For the club and fans, the performance of the four new players Ibrahimovic, Ling Feng, Kante, and Bailly in their league debut is really exciting!
Compared to the drowsy hypnotic football last season, Mourinho showed the team's unparalleled offensive firepower in the first league game he led the Red Devils!
Ling Feng, who broke the transfer fee record, directly revitalized the frontcourt offense, allowing them to see the possibility that Manchester United can also play beautiful football.
Of course, not everyone was happy with the game.
In addition to the media reporters who were slapped in the face, as well as the blackmails of Ling Feng, Mourinho, Ibrahimovic and other players, Martial, who was hailed as the "New Henry" by the media, felt very depressed.
Because, apart from himself, among the four starting frontcourt players in the first round of the league, the other three all scored!
Moreover, Rashford, who replaced himself, also scored!
More importantly, with the joining of Ling Feng, his ball rights have been significantly reduced compared to last season!
This summer, for Martial, can be said to be the most frustrating moment in his career.
At the national team level, although he followed the French team all the way to the finals, they lost to Portugal in the end and missed the championship;
At the club level, I, who was the team's leading scorer and top scorer last season, was treated coldly by the new coach!
First he was asked by Mourinho to give up the No. 9 jersey to Ibrahimovic, and then he found that the newly joined "football standard king" Ling Feng seemed reluctant to pass the number to him during the game. ball.
As everyone knows, Ling Feng hopes to cooperate with him in passing and cutting, or let him penetrate forward, and then send him a through ball to complete the finish.
However, Martial will just stand on the wing and wait for the ball at his feet, and will not take the initiative to get into space.
Since he is unwilling to run without the ball, Ling Feng will naturally not coddle him.
However, this move for the sake of the team is also regarded by Martial as a bad sign of "not passing the ball to himself"!
Actually, Ling Feng wanted to review the game with Martial after the game.
However, when I think about the fact that I have just arrived and have not yet fully established my prestige at Manchester United, plus Martial, a genius who is already very proud, cannot listen to other people's opinions at all.
Furthermore, he is the golden boy, and Martial is also the golden boy. Why should I listen to you? !
In the end, seeing Martial looking like "everyone owes him millions", Ling Feng could only give up the idea.
After winning a good start to the league, the Manchester United players left a commemorative photo in the visiting team's dressing room.
For Ling Feng, although this game was a big victory, it did not mean anything.
After all, Bournemouth ranked 16th in the league last season, and their strength is almost at the mid-to-lower level.
If Manchester United can't easily win against such a team, then there is no need to think about competing for the championship.
In Ling Feng’s opinion, their only competition for the title is the BIG6 team!
However, the league is a long marathon.
In addition to steadily scoring three points when facing weak teams with a large strength gap, when facing the top six teams in the league, a competitive performance is required to win the championship. The key!
The first three rounds of the league schedule are relatively friendly to Manchester United.
The first round was against Bournemouth, the second round was against Southampton, and the third round was against Hull City.
They will not face the Manchester Derby with Manchester City until the fourth round of the league!
That is the first real test for this Manchester United!
However, before that, they need to work on their tactics and players' tacit understanding as soon as possible so that they can be in the best condition to face their rivals in the same city!
. . .
On the night when the game ended, Manchester's local newspaper "Manchester Evening News" published the news on the official website.
The title of the news is:
"New Beckham, welcome to the Theater of Dreams!"
Then, the news cover was a photo of Beckham with his arms raised, juxtaposed with a photo of Ling Feng standing proudly in front of the stands.
Man Wan originally wanted to bring out two handsome guys, Beckham and Ling Feng, to create a wave of popularity.
Unfortunately, this operation was refuted by many Blue Fox and Manchester United fans!
Because, as Ling Feng's fame has grown and his achievements have grown higher and higher, it has been a long time since the media used the nickname "New Beckham" to call Ling Feng.
Moreover, with Ling Feng's current strength, he has completely surpassed Beckham!
You know, Beckham does not have much personal ability to attack the goal independently. In most games, he uses extremely artistic crosses to assist his teammates.
And Ling Feng can not only assist his teammates, but also make the soup himself and complete the finishing blow!
“Ling Feng is Ling Feng, he is unique in the world, not anyone’s substitute!”
“Please, although his idol is Xiaobei, to be honest, Ling’s personal ability , much better than Beckham.”
"First of all, I have been a Manchester United fan for 20 years. I have watched David and Ling play. I think Ling Feng has surpassed David in terms of personal strength except for the honor."
When he saw the comments from fans, Ling Feng also said:
Fans still understand football!
(End of this chapter)