Chapter 37 Who is the Hunter and Who is the Prey
Player tunnel.
Manchester United players hugged Rooney warmly to express their longing for him.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Rooney subconsciously walked to the other side of the passage, but suddenly froze in place, with a complicated expression on his bearded face.
He forgot that he was wearing the blue shirt he wore when he came, not the red shirt he wore when he left.
A few minutes later.
The referee team led the players out of the tunnel.
Manchester United fans rubbed their eyes and seemed to see the fat boy on Merseyside in bright clothes and riding a horse again.
Then there was the warmest applause.
Although there was a lot of trouble over the transfer before, Rooney's contribution to Manchester United is indelible, and everyone has to admit it.
Rooney smiled happily and waved to the fans to express his gratitude.
As Manchester United fans sighed and lamented, they saw the young man in red not far away, and great expectations rose in their hearts.
How far can you go? At this time, in the LeTV Sports live broadcast room, Zhan Jun was doing pre-match science popularization work.
Because there have been a lot of new fans in China recently, they may not know much about the rules of football.
"Good evening, audience friends!"
"Now we are broadcasting the fifth round of the 2017-18 Premier League."
“Manchester United vs Everton!”
"Here are the starting lineups for both teams."
"Manchester United are wearing red jerseys and attacking from left to right. Mourinho is still using 4-2-3-1. Goalkeeper:"
"Our young player Chu Feng made his second start."
"And the team wearing blue jerseys is Everton, Koeman continues to use a three-back formation, with Jagielka, Williams and Keane as the three central defenders."
"Bains and Martina are on the left and right wing, with Schneiderlin and Gueye in the midfield."
"Gilson Sigurdsson and Davies were lurking behind Rooney."
As the game was about to start, the audience enthusiastically discussed the lineups of both teams. - [Football live broadcasts are so advanced now that they can directly show the formation diagram? ] - [New technology, right? ] - [It is said that many people in Everton are former Manchester United players, such as Rooney, Schneiderlin and Keane. ] - [Indeed, Everton is not weak at this point, and there are Pickford, one of the most expensive goalkeepers in football history, and Sigurdsson, the Icelandic sniper. ] - [Alas, Pogba was injured at the critical moment, and I don’t know if we can win. ] - [Fellaini is actually not weak, but he needs someone to assist him and help him open up space. ] - [Yes, his footwork is not very good, but his short passes are okay, and his defensive enthusiasm is much stronger than Pogba. ] - [The game is about to start! ]
In an instant, more than half of the comments in the live broadcast room disappeared, and the fans subconsciously straightened their backs, looking expectantly at the black-haired boy who flashed across the screen.
After Manchester United kicked off, the two teams' formations instantly changed.
Both teams obviously wanted to seize the start, take the initiative into their own hands, and control the tempo of the game.
Under Everton's high-intensity pressing, Manchester United's weakness of lacking Pogba in the middle was fully exposed, and no one could perfectly connect the midfield and frontcourt.
Soon, Schneiderlin predicted Fellaini's passing route in advance, intercepted the ball halfway, and directly passed it to the rib area.
Davis held Matic with his back and passed the ball to his teammate on the side.
"Sigurdsson!"
The Icelandic sniper didn't stop at all and took a long shot from within 30 meters.
Bang! The football flew accurately to the left side of the goal like a bullet shot from a sniper rifle.
De Gea had been prepared for his opponent's sudden attack, and he quickly jumped up to save the ball, knocking it out of the baseline with one hand.
"pretty!"
“Just two minutes into the game, the two teams staged a wonderful offensive and defensive battle!”
“I think this game will be very intense!”
De Gea climbed up and roared, "Pay attention to blocking long shots when defending, and don't give Sigurdsson the opportunity to shoot. I can't save it every time."
He was not blaming his teammates, but was just giving normal communication reminders.
After all, the situation on the court changes rapidly and there are all kinds of noises, so you can only shout at the top of your lungs.
The Manchester United players answered loudly one after another, indicating that they understood.
Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines at this time, raised his eyebrows slightly.
After just a few minutes of play, he had seen that Everton was determined to attack the midfield and prevent Manchester United from advancing and penetrating through the middle.
But I have already prepared countermeasures.
In the coach's seat next door.
Everton head coach Koeman put his hands in his pockets, looking confident.
When he encounters a strong opponent, he is used to using creative tactical design to target him.
Make the opponent irritated and reveal their flaws during the offensive, and finally make them collapse in the war of attrition.
Back then, with this set of tactical theories, he became the only coach in the Champions League who led three different European second-tier league teams (Ajax, Benfica, and PSV Eindhoven) into the quarterfinals in five years, and was nicknamed the "Giant Club Nemesis".
Although Everton was repeatedly beaten at the start of this season, he is confident that he can defeat Mourinho and regain face at Old Trafford.
As he was thinking about his speech for the post-match press conference, the situation on the field changed dramatically.
United again tried to advance through the middle several times.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But under the protection of two defensive midfielders Schneiderlin and Guy, they could only return in vain.
As time passed, Manchester United's overall formation gradually shifted to the left.
At this time, the football came to Chu Feng's feet.
Martina watched the opponent's skillful dribbling and knew that he must not rush to grab the ball rashly, otherwise he might be easily passed by.
So they could only keep retreating and defending.
Seeing that there was no chance of a breakthrough, Chu Feng recalled the tactical task assigned by Mourinho and decisively dribbled the ball diagonally towards the rib area.
Behind him, Ashley Young quickly moved forward.
Martina could only follow up on defense.
Everton's flank area suddenly only had Guy, an excellent defensive midfielder, left.
He cut off Chu Feng's connection with his teammates in the middle lane through his experienced positioning, and seemed to have transformed himself into a patient hunter, quietly waiting for the prey to take the bait.
From God's perspective.
There were slight changes in Everton's defensive shape.
Guy moved forward silently, and Geyer moved backward without making a sound.
Pincer attack!
As long as they can steal the ball in this position, they can make a long pass to Rooney in the frontcourt, creating an excellent counterattack opportunity.
As the distance between each other gets closer.
The two men roared loudly and started to press at the same time.
at the same time.
Due to Gueye's retreat, Matic was left unmarked.
He was like a sharp knife, fiercely inserting into the space created by Chu Feng, which was Everton's fatal weakness! Chu Feng seemed to have expected it, and his ankle trembled like lightning.
With a crisp sound, the football slid out of a strange route and quickly passed by Jagielka's side.
Return?
Everton players were immediately filled with question marks.
Before they could react, Matic passed the ball straight to Lukaku who had started early.
The latter faced Pickford who left the goal and scored with an easy shot into the far corner.
1-0!!!
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