Chapter 419 Burnley: Chelsea did that, why was I the one injured?
“The game is over!”
“Manchester United defeated Manchester City at home again!”
“Jesse Lingard scored the only goal in the game Score a goal and become a hero at Old Trafford! ”
“The Red Devils advance to the quarterfinals of the League Cup”
Under the premise that Manchester City voluntarily gave up the League Cup and sent a large number of substitutes and young players from the youth team, Manchester United, which also rotated, relied on Lin Huang's winning goal to defeat its rival in the same city for the second time!
For Manchester United, which has ambitious goals, the League Cup is a useless competition.
It is enough to let the rotation lineup and the youth team players find their form and accumulate experience.
If you can advance, advance, if you are eliminated, you will be knocked down.
Anyway, their substitute depth is average.
And two days later, back in the league, Manchester United struck again!
Mourinho vented all his anger at losing to the Blue Bridge on the unlucky Burnley.
Five to one!
The Red Wine Legion was mercilessly stabbed with five shocking holes by the trident in the hands of the red devil, and the red blood flowed all over the ground.
In this game, Ibrahimovic completed what he had accomplished in First Premier League hat-trick!
Thus becoming the first player to score in double figures in the league this season!
In addition to the most dazzling Ibrahimovic, Ling Feng contributed two passes and one shot, and Martial also broke his goal drought.
"Why is it that the Blues ended your winning streak, but we were the ones injured?! Why!"
Burnley, with blood splattered on the floor, asked.
The Red Devil just glanced condescendingly, and then said coldly:
"Who told you to fight back!"
As time enters November, before you know it, ten rounds of the Premier League have been played, and a quarter of the schedule has passed.
Some media also rated the performance of the 20 teams at the beginning of the season and the performance of their new players.
The one with the best rating, and the only one that has reached Grade A, is naturally the "Red Devils" Manchester United, who have nine wins and one loss in ten games.
What amazed the media and fans was the huge change in the team's appearance and combat effectiveness!
The first is game performance.
Although they were defeated by Leicester City in the Community Shield and missed the first championship of the season.
However, after Ling Feng quit, Mourinho quickly established the football icon as the core of the team and built the team around him.
The Premier League started with an astonishing eight-game winning streak!
Mourinho's tactical play did not show the "bus tactics" and "ugly football" that everyone said before the start of the season. Instead, under Ling Feng's organization and scheduling, the team played A completely different football than last season!
Not only can you win, but it also looks good!
This also refreshes the public's stereotype of Mourinho.
It turns out that Mourinho, who started out as a defensive counterattacker, can also play beautiful offensive football!
However, many football experts and insiders can see that the reason why Manchester United has suddenly changed is entirely because of Ling Feng's existence!
Ling Feng was given sufficient tactical freedom and trust, and Ling Feng used his extraordinary creativity to drive the team's offense!
Compared to Rooney, Ling Feng is actually Manchester United's current on-field leader.
As an excellent leader, the most basic role is to make teammates stronger.
At least for now, Manchester United's frontcourt offense is full of life under his leadership!
Although Martial's performance and status have declined significantly compared to last season.
However, whether it is Lingard, Rashford, Herrera, Luke Shaw and other young people in the team, they are all more integrated into the team's tactics under the influence of Ling Feng The system has shown a good upward momentum.
After taking stock of the team's game performance, it's the new players' turn to adapt.
Manchester United spent the most on signings in the summer window, totaling 180 million euros.
The four major signings of Ling Feng, Ibrahimovic, Kante, and Bailly were plug-and-play. After joining, they immediately became an indispensable main force in Manchester United, and also established the Red Devils' team in the new era. Central axis!
The frontcourt trident formed by Lingfeng, Ibrahimovic, and Rooney also reminds people of the trident formed by Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Tevez!
Of course, compared to the old Red Devils Trident, which was strong in running ability, could run in and out, and could pass and shoot, the combination of the new Trident has more unique characteristics and a clearer division of labor:
Rooney is responsible for interspersing and pulling, and hitting the starting point;
Ling Feng is responsible for organizing and dispatching, sending a fatal pass;
Ibrahimovic is responsible for the frontcourt support, finishing in front of the goal!
In particular, Ling Feng and Ibrahimovic accounted for almost 80% of the team's goals, and they are also the pair that produced the most goals in the Premier League.
Compared to the dazzling Ling Feng and Ibrahimovic, Rooney's personal performance and data are relatively average.
Even so, as the team captain, Rooney, with the "assistance" of Ling Feng, has improved significantly compared to last season.
That's enough!
. . .
Just after October, and entering November, Manchester United ushered in the second leg of the Champions League group stage against Barcelona at the Theater of Dreams.
This is the second confrontation between the two teams in half a month!
However, compared to the last time they played against each other, outside predictions and the mentality of both sides have changed significantly.
The media's pre-match predictions, which were unanimously optimistic about Barcelona in the first round, have also become 50-50.
Some people think that Manchester United, which has not lost at home this season, can maintain a draw at home and compete for victory;
Some people think that the upset in the first round will make Barcelona look at Manchester United again and show their best. state!
It is worth mentioning that after being upset at home, head coach Enrique suffered tremendous pressure from public opinion.
Especially before this game, Bartomeu called him privately and told him not to lose again!
As a result, he and the Barcelona generals, including the MSN team, attached great importance to this game and wanted to take revenge!
He also formulated a more detailed tactical plan for the first round.
However, Pique's injury still left Barcelona without a reliable player on the back line.
Although Pique was absent due to injury and was not included in the squad.
However, he still came to Manchester with the team.
Since he had already seen the fighting power of Ling Feng Manchester United in the first round at Camp Nou, Pique did not dare to issue any provocative words before the game even if he still harbored a grudge.
I just posted photos and words like "Go Barcelona" on my social media account.
This also disappointed some media who are not afraid of big things.
However, the progress of the game exceeded everyone's expectations.
Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of home team fans at Old Trafford, Manchester United, who took the initiative, was the first to concede the goal!
As soon as Barcelona came up, they showed terrifying offensive firepower.
Pressing Manchester United into frantic friction in the half, using various passes and cuts to constantly threaten the home team's goal. In the 17th minute of the first half of the game, Barcelona made an overhead long pass from the backcourt. Smalling jumped up, but he made a mistake in judgment.
Just rub the ball back!
Suarez, who had just escaped Bailly's entanglement, rushed forward with a strong sense of smell and just got the ball.
And in the next one-on-one confrontation with De Gea, he calmly shot and hit the upper right corner of the goal, kicking off the scoring of the game!
This goal is similar to the first goal scored by Lingfeng in the first round at Camp Nou.
The difference is that that goal was Ibrahimovic's header, but this goal was Smalling's mistake!
There is nothing you can do if your opponent scores a goal.
However, if one of your own makes a mistake and concedes the ball, it will have an even greater impact on the team's morale.
When Mourinho saw this scene on the sidelines, his expression suddenly darkened.
Although Manchester United is currently the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League.
However, the defense is not as impregnable as imagined.
If it weren't for Kanter and Herrera's sweeping interceptions in the midfield, this defense would have been hit by opponents at least a few more times per game.
Especially the combination of Smalling and Bailly always gives people an unsound feeling.
Bailey has outstanding awareness of the upper hand and possesses both strength and speed.
But he always likes to rely on his body flexibility to make some unconventional defensive moves, which has a higher potential risk of injury.
Although Smalling is tall, he has strong confrontation ability.
However, there is a problem with the judgment of high-altitude balls. Occasionally, I am not concentrated enough and my mind wanders.
In the opinion of Mourinho, who has coached many super central defender combinations, Manchester United's main central defender pairing is still a little bit awkward.
Perhaps, he should give Rojo, Blind, Jones and others more opportunities.
After Smalling's mistake, Barcelona, which was leading away from home, was even more excited and more excited. Get into the zone quickly.
In contrast, in this game, Ibrahimovic and Rooney were in average condition.
In addition, the opponent targeted Ling Feng and pulled "Little Ma", who has the strongest defensive ability, into the defensive midfielder position, and worked with Busquets to limit the Red Devils No. 7 who descended from heaven in the first round.
Of course, apart from using pulling methods to force Ling Feng down, these two brothers did not impose much restrictions on Ling Feng
At the 42nd minute of the game , Ling Feng relied on his amazing personal explosive power to force a breakthrough with the ball in the middle.
Maggie Ma, who already had a yellow card on his back, did not dare to reach out anymore. He could only watch the black-haired young man in a red jersey, like a tornado, run over Busquets, and then Complete a kick!
This explosive kick directly drew a strange arc in the air, first left and then right, piercing Ter Stegen's fingers again!
One to one!
However, just when the Manchester United generals thought that the first half would end in a draw, just two minutes later, Messi, the king of Barcelona, also responded!
“Messi gets the ball!”
“Start, feint, and pass one person!”
“Wow! Pass the second person!”< br>
“Cut inside and shoot!”
In a flash, Messi followed the "Messi Corridor", dribbling the ball past three people, and used a low shot to once again complete the lead in the score!
In just five minutes, Ling Feng and Messi scored two goals that completely demonstrated their super personal abilities, making the audience in the stands and in front of the TV couldn't help but cheer!
No matter what the final result of the game is, these two wonderful goals are worth the price of admission!
Not long after the second half started, Neymar also played beautifully with Suarez and Messi in the frontcourt, broke into the penalty area, and scored with a push shot.
After the score expanded to 1 to 3, Manchester United was not discouraged, and Mourinho was not very excited either. He just continued to calmly encourage his disciples to press forward.
Or perhaps, he had anticipated such a situation.
After all, the opponent is Barcelona, which is not that easy to play
Subsequently, when the game reached the 68th minute, Lingard made a breakthrough on the right and created a Corner kick.
Ling Feng once again used his unique "Ling style arc" to assist Bailly and score a goal, bringing the score gap back to one goal.
As the game came to an end, Barcelona continued to attack, but was intercepted by Kante, leading to a quick counterattack.
Unfortunately, Rashford's shot did not send the ball into the goal, but was saved by Ter Stegen.
In this way, this wonderful offensive battle ended with Barcelona defeating Manchester United 3-2 in an away game.
Judging from the process and results of this game, this score is reasonable.
Manchester United, which has not reached the knockout rounds of the Champions League for a long time, is still some distance away from Barcelona.
The players' hard power and competition performance are not as good as those of Barcelona who reached the top of Europe two years ago.
When both sides have superstars who can change the situation of the battle on their own, the performance of other teammates becomes the key to victory or defeat.
Compared to the downturn at Camp Nou, Messi’s teammates are very good this time!
The winning rate between Ling Feng and Messi has also changed from 100% to 50%!
Both Manchester United players such as Ling Feng, head coach Mourinho, and the fans can accept this result.
It is already very good to be able to use this lineup that cannot be called a top-notch lineup to play well with Barcelona, which has exploded with the MSN combination.
After the Champions League match against Barcelona, Manchester United rested for a few days and then came to the coast of Wales to usher in the eleventh round of the league.
Facing Swansea, known as "Little Barcelona", Manchester United still managed it easily.
Red Devils: Tsk, the real Barcelona lost to me, how can you, a little Barcelona in the Premier League, make a difference? !
After defeating Swansea in the away game, the Premier League finally ushered in a short international match day.
However, for Manchester United, whose starting lineup is basically all international players, only a few players who are not selected for the national team's friendly match squad can enjoy the holiday.
However, if these players were given a choice, they would rather not go on vacation and hope to be called up by the national team.
As a member of the Three Lions, Ling Feng did not immediately report to the St. George's Park base due to personal matters. Instead, he requested a few days of leave from head coach Hodgson.
As the young player with the highest commercial value in British and even European football, he has more than 20 commercial endorsement contracts.
From high-end fashion brands, clothing, watches, to daily necessities, sunglasses, luggage, food, etc., he has endorsed almost every part of his body!
According to preliminary statistics, his annual income from endorsement fees alone can reach 18 million euros!
Coupled with Manchester United's annual salary of 18 million euros, he has become one of the top ten highest-paid players in football.
Second only to Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar!
(End of this chapter)