Sunderland's starting right back is number 2 Phil Bardsley.

Bardsley, 25, came from Manchester United's youth training system, and he and Ferguson are both Scottish. Therefore, Bardsley entered Ferguson's vision very early with his outstanding performance and joined Manchester United's first team early.

Bardsley's most impressive performance was his debut for Manchester United when he was 18 years old.

It was an FA Cup knockout match, Manchester United was visiting West Bromwich Albion, Bardsley started the game as a right back, on the same side as right winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

Being able to start and play with so many world-class superstars of Manchester United is definitely a godsend opportunity for the 18-year-old Bardsley. However, this alone cannot be considered awesome.

The result of this game was that Manchester United lost 0:2.

However, what really made Bardsley famous was that five minutes into the game, Bardsley tackled Cristiano Ronaldo from behind as he was running with the ball on the right.

Everyone at the scene was dumbfounded. Even the DJ and commentator didn't know how to describe the scene.

Even novels wouldn't dare to write such a plot.

But it actually happened.

Yes, Bardsley tackled his own teammate.

At that time, Ronaldo got up with a face full of anger and yelled at Bardsley, "Are you sick?" Bardsley said excitedly, "Brother, your step-down turn and breakthrough just now was so beautiful, I couldn't help but tackle you!" In the subsequent interview, the reporter asked Bardsley what he was thinking at the time, whether it was for traffic?

Bardsley answered very seriously that he usually defended Cristiano Ronaldo during training. The two of them played very roughly. Cristiano would make him bleed, and he would also make Cristiano bleed. Because he was too involved in the previous training, he couldn't help but tackle Cristiano when he saw him dribbling the ball on the court...

Since that debut, Bardsley has been loaned out by Ferguson and has rarely had the opportunity to return to Manchester United to play.

In desperation, Bardsley had to transfer to Sunderland.

But Bardsley still believes that he is part of Manchester United's plan, so when Sunderland plays against Manchester United, Bardsley will be particularly excited and will tackle Manchester United players without mercy.

He wanted to let Ferguson see him through such practical actions.

But no matter what, Bardsley is a ruthless guy. His sliding tackle is very fierce and aggressive.

Sunderland's two starting central defenders are: No. 29 "World No. 1 defender's younger brother" Anton Ferdinand and No. 12 "Argentine Flower" Marcos Angeleri.

Anton Ferdinand is 26 years old, 183cm tall and weighs 71kg.

His tackling, speed, confrontation and defensive positioning are still good, but under the halo of his brother Rio Ferdinand, Anton Ferdinand is basically incomparable.

The halo of his brother always hangs over Anton Ferdinand's head.

In addition, Anton Ferdinand also had a very unpleasant experience with Terry - of course, it was not that Terry slept with his girlfriend, but in a certain game, Terry swore at Anton Ferdinand, and Anton Ferdinand sued Terry for discriminatory words, and the two took the lawsuit to court.

After this incident, the two shook hands and made peace.

But this incident shows that Anton Ferdinand is soft on the court, but he is very calculative after leaving the court.

From this point alone, he cannot become a world-class central defender like his brother.

It should be mentioned that his brother Rio Ferdinand transferred from Leeds United to Manchester United. The people of Leeds United scolded his brother so much that he was almost going crazy, but his brother still ate well and slept well, and his football was getting better and better.

Anton Ferdinand is a typical player whose fame is greater than his ability, of course most of this fame is due to his brother.

The other center back is Marcos Angeleri who has the body and looks of a male model.

Marcos Angeleri, 28 years old, is 182cm tall and weighs 68kg. He is the main full-back of Argentina.

But at the same time, Marcos Angeleri can also play as a center back, sweeper, right wing back and so on.

In addition, he is very fast, has good explosiveness, good anticipation, good defensive positioning, and first-class steals.

The only shortcoming is that as a central defender, he has poor confrontation, is not very good at heading, and is often injured.

However, with his experience and popularity, he is qualified to start for Sunderland.

Overall, Sunderland's midfield and frontcourt lineup is still good. The two full-backs are also players from Manchester United, but Sunderland's two central defenders are actually of average level.

Of course, this level is average according to the standards of the Premier League giants. In fact, Sunderland's central defender combination is still far stronger than Southampton's central defender combination.

Sunderland is not without tall central defenders. No. 4 Michael Turner is a central defender with a height of 193cm.

Michael Turner has excellent heading ability, very tenacious defense, and first-class prediction and positioning. Michael Turner is also a key player in Sunderland's promotion from the Championship to the Premier League.

Michael Turner was supposed to start as the central defender in this game, but he injured his ankle in the previous training and his injury has not yet fully recovered, so he can only sit on the bench and watch the game.

Given that both of Sunderland's central defenders are not very tall, Southampton's tactics today are naturally the high ball tactics in the frontcourt.

Finally, Sunderland's starting goalkeeper is number 22, the 22-year-old Belgian goalkeeper, "Minnie" and "God of Mi" Simon Mignolet.

Mignolet's level is a controversial topic.

Mignolet made his debut for Sint-Truiden in the Belgian First Division. During his six years, he played a total of 104 games for Sint-Truiden, 28 of which were shutouts.

In the three years since moving to Sunderland, he played a total of 101 games for Sunderland, keeping 33 clean sheets.

This zero-shutout rate is still quite high.

And he is only 22 years old.

Mignolet is definitely one of the most outstanding young goalkeepers in Europe, and can even suppress Courtois and another young talented goalkeeper, Karius.

After leaving Sunderland, Mignolet moved to Liverpool and has long competed with Karius for the position of first goalkeeper.

Such an unstable playing environment also made Mignolet very uncomfortable, and he often made low-level mistakes in the game.

Of course, no matter how big his mistake is, it is not as big as Karius's.

However, Mignolet was far inferior to his compatriot Courtois in the middle and late stages of his career. When Mignolet was still struggling for a chance to become a starter in Liverpool, Courtois had already joined Real Madrid.

In addition to being a great goalkeeper, Courtois is also great at sleeping with his teammate De Bruyne's girlfriend Caroline.

After the 2.0 version of the "Friend's Wife Gate" was exposed, Caroline, who looks like an old lady, said in an interview that after De Bruyne slept with her best friend, she came up with the idea of ​​​​fraudulently framing De Bruyne.

She also stressed that Courtois is much more powerful than De Bruyne.

How to say it?

When a woman becomes cruel, she is really scary.

When an ugly woman becomes vicious, she is even more damn scary.

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(End of this chapter)