Chapter 432 Half-time Championship, Defensive Problem
Completing the [Premier League Four Assists] and [IFFHS Playmaker of the Year] achievements one after another allowed Ling Feng to gain six free attribute points.
Ling Feng did not hesitate at all and spent four of the points to fully maximize his [Endurance] which already reached 95.
Then the remaining two points were added to [Flexibility], making it just reach 80!
The better the body flexibility, the easier it is for players to perform various difficult movements.
The reason why Ibrahimovic, who is more than 1.9 meters tall, can often perform various stunning goal-breaking moves such as "Scorpion Tail Swing" and "Upside Down Golden Hook" on the court is largely because he is a black belt master in karate!
Years of martial arts training have made his body more flexible than most players in football.
In the last round of the league, after witnessing Ibrahimovic scoring a goal with a flying kick, Ling Feng immediately found Ibrahimovic the next day and asked him to introduce him to a reliable karate teacher.
In addition to learning karate to improve his body flexibility and prepare for the future upside down golden hook, Ling Feng also wants to improve his fighting ability in case of emergencies.
Although guns are prohibited in the UK, and I also have a professional bodyguard team composed of retired special forces, I have safety guarantee whether at home or out.
However, in Ling Feng's opinion, there will always be times when he travels alone or is alone with his girlfriend.
Once you encounter any gangsters or dangers, you can protect yourself.
Of course, in that case, running is definitely the best option.
With his speed, just as the gangster was about to take action, he ran ten meters away in one stride.
The gangster can’t even smell his car exhaust!
Regarding Ling Feng's request, Ibrahimovic looked like "you finally figured it out" and introduced Ling Feng to a karate master.
In this way, Ling Feng’s personal team also has a special member
After the bloodbath of Sunderland on Boxing Day, on the last day of 2016, Manchester United welcomed Here comes the last game of the first half:
At home against newly promoted Mildersbrough, who are at the bottom of the league!
Facing the relegation team Middlesbrough, which had drawn with Manchester City and Arsenal this season, Mourinho did not dare to make large-scale rotations for fear of capsizing in the gutter.
In the end, under the loud singing of Old Trafford, the twin stars of Ling Feng and Rashford shined, passing shots to each other, helping the team securely win the last victory in 2016!
With the end of the 19th round of the league, half of the Premier League has passed!
Without any suspense, the "Red Devils" Manchester United won the first half of the season with 17 wins, one draw and one loss in nineteen games, accumulating 52 points!
And ranked second is the "Blue Army" Chelsea with 15 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in 19 games, with 47 points!
From being 14th in the same period last season to being second in the league today, Chelsea has experienced a rollercoaster year.
After taking over the Blues, Conte was not optimistic for a time.
However, after losing to two championship rivals, Liverpool and Arsenal, Conte showed the decisiveness of a head coach and resolutely changed the formation 343.
Then, there was a 12-game winning streak that broke the team's record!
It is precisely this wave of winning streak that prevents Chelsea from being distanced by Manchester United, who are all over the place. They stubbornly follow the Red Devils and put pressure on them.
It is worth mentioning that Conte's three-back formation not only gave Chelsea a new lease of life and returned to the Premier League title race.
It also allowed the Premier League to see the many advantages of the three-back formation, expanded the horizons of Premier League coaches, and inspired countless coaches to explore new tactics.
It is no exaggeration to say that Conte is the ambassador for the promotion of the three-back tactical formation in today's football!
The third place is the "Red Jun" Liverpool with 13 wins from 19 games, three draws and three losses, with 42 points.
The fourth place is 12 wins from 19 games. With three draws and four losses, he accumulated 39 points. With a goal difference advantage, he beat the city rival Tottenham with the same score, and was most suitable for the fourth-placed team-"Gunner" Arsenal!
Arsenal: You are the most suitable for No. 4, and your whole family is No. 4!
Sixth is the "Blue Moon" Manchester City led by Guardiola. After nineteen rounds, they only had 11 wins, three draws and five losses.
For most Manchester City fans who have high hopes for them, this half-time record is really unsatisfactory.
Obviously, Guagua, who is used to playing at full level whether in La Liga or the Bundesliga, is still adapting to the rhythm of the Premier League and understanding the team's lineup.
Especially when choosing his favorite starting eleven, Guagua fell into difficulty in choosing.
In half a season, he made a total of 64 changes in the starting lineup, more than any head coach in the Premier League, and 47 more than the league leader Manchester United!
Fortunately, Guagua's Manchester City has been chopping things all the way in the Europa League and has basically no opponents.
In the eyes of many media and fans, even if they cannot win the Premier League championship in the first season.
However, if we can qualify for the Champions League and win the Europa League, it will definitely be an extraordinary achievement!
After half the league, the top six in the standings are still occupied by BIG6.
However, the championship situation has become clearer.
The "Red Devils" Manchester United, which only lost one game in the half, under Mourinho's transformation, have secured the top spot in the league from the first round, showing the domineering attitude of "Who else would be better than me in the Premier League"!
With the outstanding performance of Ling Feng, Ibrahimovic, Kante and other new players, the third-placed Liverpool has opened up a ten-point gap!
In everyone's opinion, the only threat to Manchester United's championship in the second half of the season may be Chelsea, the only "blue team" who fights alone this season!
Especially in the second half of the season when Manchester United begins their Champions League knockout journey and are distracted by the FA Cup and League Cup, Manchester United may fall behind.
At that time, Chelsea, which focuses on the league, will have an opportunity!
The premise is that they must continue to maintain their current hot state and continue to catch up
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As the season passes halfway and the winter window opens, major media have also conducted summary reports for the middle of the season.
The first person to be selected is the "Best Player of the Premier League Half Season"
And there is no suspense about this selection!
All media, whether it is "The Times", "The Guardian", "Daily Mail", "Manchester United", or even "The Sun" which always likes to join in the fun and attract traffic, all believe that the best player in the middle of this season has " Ling Feng, who has titles such as "The Destined Son of the Red Devils", "Owner of the Legendary No. 7 Jersey", and "The First Man in the Premier League"!
The Premier League averages the most dribbles per game!
The Premier League and even the five major leagues create the most opportunities!
After the game, the average rating was as high as 8.2 points, breaking the Sofascore Premier League average rating record!
The most intuitive way to understand how strong this 21-year-old Red Devils superstar is is naturally his personal data.
In just seventeen league appearances, he contributed unprecedented explosive statistics:
Eighteen goals and twenty-two assists!
Average more than two goals per game!
You know, in football, players who can average one goal (goal or assist) per game are basically top players in major leagues, superstars!
However, Ling Feng directly doubled this important criterion for measuring a player's ability.
In short, other superstars have one-to-zero attributes, but he has two-to-zero attributes!
This kind of performance also won the Premier League
“He is the savior of Manchester United!” - Manchester United legend and former captain Gary Neville
“He is the savior of Manchester United!” The best player in the Premier League!" - Arsenal head coach "Professor" Wenger
"He will definitely become the next Mr. Ballon d'Or!" - England star and number one player Lineker< br>
"We did not lose to Manchester United, but to Lingfeng!" - Manchester City coach Guardiola
"He is simply omnipotent!" - Liverpool coach Klopp
When talking about Ling Feng, more than one head coach or player was conquered by his performance and sincerely praised him.
Praise from opponents is the greatest recognition for Ling Feng.
If we talk about last season, he has already shown his strength as a superstar. And this season, after moving to the new team, he immediately showed a dominant performance that was significantly higher than all the players!
Look at Leicester City without Ling Feng, and then look at Manchester United with Ling Feng, it is enough to explain everything!
In addition to being recognized by everyone as the best player of the half-season, Ling Feng was also selected as the best signing of the half-season by major media.
Although players such as Ibrahimovic, Kanter, and Mane are all on the candidate list.
However, considering the impact of players on the team's record, Ling Feng, who scored 40 goals by himself, is definitely the best signing in the Premier League this season!
You know, before the start of the Premier League, most British domestic media and fans believed that Ling Feng's strength and potential, as well as his age advantage, were worthy of Manchester United breaking the historical transfer fee record in football.
However, the media and fans in the other four major leagues except the Premier League feel that Manchester United is just stupid and rich in money, and Ling Feng is not worth so much money.
Moreover, they also believe that being burdened with the title of "football's No. 1 transfer bidder" and a sky-high transfer fee of more than 100 million euros will make this 21-year-old young man feel a lot of pressure. On the contrary, Improper performance.
However, as half a season passed, the entire European football world, and even the world football world, realized that they were wrong!
And it’s so wrong!
Ling Feng, who has a big heart, directly turns pressure into motivation, with full firepower!
In the selection of the "Best Half-Time Team", the major media also had differences.
Some people think it’s Manchester United, some people think it’s Chelsea, and some people think it’s Liverpool.
Anyway, the top three teams in the league have all undergone radical changes and all performed impressively.
As the top of the league, Manchester United naturally becomes the focus of the spotlight.
The close media and famous players who always like to press forward began to help Manchester United with suggestions.
For example, introducing a substitute center to enhance the depth of the team's offensive line and giving Ibrahimovic more rest time;
For example, allowing the team's youth training players to play more games Time, cultivating the next generation of Red Devils;
For Manchester United and Mourinho, whether to make signings in the winter window is the primary issue they have to consider at the moment.
Because the team's record was unexpectedly good, Manchester United's senior management was also very happy and felt that Mourinho was the "special one" who could lead Manchester United to rejuvenation
Ever since, Santoku even took the initiative to ask Mourinho which players' names were on the winter window signing list.
As a head coach, Mourinho certainly hopes to have as many capable players as possible.
It would be best to put all three of the strongest players in football today, Ronaldo, Messi and Ling Feng, into one team.
In this way, he can sit firmly on the coaching bench and enjoy the perfect performance of the three of them teaming up to destroy their opponents on the court.
However, a mature team does not have more stars, the better.
Especially a super giant like Manchester United.
There are too many people. In addition to being unable to allocate playing time, even the dining hall cannot seat so many people.
Without being able to play or eat, the stars will become emotional.
Under the rotation tactics, most of the players in Manchester United got the chance to play.
Even "Little Pig" Bastian Schweinsteiger, who had a conflict with Mourinho before the start of the season, also got the opportunity to start in the cup.
However, as Kanter and Herrera develop a tacit understanding, this pair has become Mourinho's most trusted midfield partner this season.
The two played together in fifteen of the nineteen league games.
Other midfielders, such as Fellaini and Carrick, can only sit on the bench and be on call at any time.
For Fellaini, who is approaching 30, and Carrick, who is approaching retirement, the substitute role is not unacceptable.
But it is difficult to accept the French midfielder Schneiderlin who is at the peak of his career.
Schneiderlin has repeatedly put pressure on the club and head coach through his agent, believing that he has no chance to start at Manchester United and hopes to leave.
At the same time, West Brom and Everton are paying attention to Schneiderlin's movements, and both want to buy the frustrated French midfielder from Manchester United to enhance the team's midfield strength. strength.
In this regard, Mourinho maintains a friendly and open attitude.
Anyway, Schneiderlin is not in his game plan, and he is not a very capable player.
Keeping him will only let his emotions affect the current good atmosphere of the team.
It's better to sell it, get some transfer fee back, and then make good use of it in the winter window.
As a result, he has accepted inquiries from West Brom and Everton.
Next, it depends on which company gives more money and where the players are more willing to go.
In addition to Schneiderlin who wants to leave the team, Weinstein implemented Ge's playing time is also very little.
However, Schweinsteiger is not as emotional as Snedlin, but trains diligently and waits for his opportunity to come.
This is why Mourinho took the initiative to apologize to him privately and transferred him back to the first team to participate in training and games
At present, Mourinho is quite satisfied with the team's offense. .
However, the defense is not good enough.
Nineteen league games plus six Champions League games and several games, they only completed four clean sheets.
This is unacceptable for Mourinho, who has always regarded team defense as the core of coaching!
This means that the team's defense still has huge room for improvement.
How to improve the quality of defense is a problem that he and the coaching staff need to improve.
After half a season of running-in, Manchester United's defensive system has been initially established.
However, in Mourinho's view, the existing defensive players cannot meet his requirements.
Especially the central defender!
The central defender is the anchor of a team and the most important position in the defense.
But Bailly, Smalling, Jones, and Rojo are all reckless men.
The only central defender who plays football with his brain is Blind, who makes a temporary guest appearance and has no physical advantage at all.
However, as the team wins one victory after another, the team's defense and defenders also show signs of improvement.
This also made Mourinho hesitate:
Should we keep the current lineup and continue competing in the second half of the season?
Or should Dong Chuanghua spend a lot of money to buy a capable new central defender? !
(End of this chapter)