I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Chapter 177: Growing up Lu Xiaopang

In the forty-third minute of the first half, Ibrahimovic retraced to catch the ball. After a straight pass, Rooney quickly threw off Kolarov and intervened. The offside succeeded. He took the ball all the way and rushed into the penalty area, passing goalkeeper Bula. After Wo, when preparing to kick the ball, Manchester City defender Otamendi quickly used his body to block.

At this time, there was an obvious open movement of his hand, which caused Rooney to hit his hand with a shot, ejecting the bottom line.

Rooney quickly appealed to the referee, thinking it was a deliberate handball, and Otamendi's hand was obviously opened.

"If his hand doesn't open, my shot will go in!" Rooney said very positively.

But the referee on duty rejected Rooney's appeal, thinking that his sentence was not wrong, which made Rooney feel very depressed and turned around and walked back.

As Otamendi passed by him, he patted Rooney on the shoulder lightly. Obviously, the Manchester City centre-back also feels very guilty. Regardless of whether it was intentional or unintentional, his arm was indeed open just now.

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"It was an unquestionable handball!"

During the intermission, in the home team's locker room, Ye Su replayed a slow-motion replay to all the players.

Handball, this is absolutely no problem. Although it is not clear whether it is intentional or unintentional, it is indeed a handball.

"But there is no way. We need to forget this misjudgment and concentrate on the second half of the game."

After fighting for forty-five minutes, the players obviously felt very tired, and the strength of the opponent Manchester City was not weak at all.

Guardiola spent more than 300 million euros in signings in the summer, and the players they bought are all very strong. That is to say, some players have not yet fully integrated into the Manchester City team, which has resulted in Manchester City not reaching its best form.

"As I told you before the game, Manchester City's defensive problems are mainly concentrated in the midfielder's position."

Ye Su drew a large strip of area at the front of Manchester City's penalty area on the tactical board. Goalkeeper Bravo, the back line is Sania, Otamendi, Stones and Kolarov, the midfield is David Silva, Fernandinho and Pogba, the front field is trident It's Sterling, Ishinacho and Nolito.

In this game, Manchester City's ace striker, Argentine Aguero suspended, which had some impact on Manchester City's offense.

"Frankly speaking, I was not satisfied with the performance in the first half. Our start was not smooth. We were supposed to have the initiative, but Manchester City took the lead. Then we failed to complete the pre-match well. deploy."

Ye Su pushed the pawns representing Manchester United players on the tactical board.

"As we said before the game, pulling Manchester City's midfielder from the wings and ribs. They often have only one Fernandinho in this area. As long as we pull him away, we will have a chance to insert players in the back. ."

What Ye Su said is not only the two ribs of Rooney and Vardy, but also the team's midway.

De Bruyne and Mata are both good at back-in and long shots.

Ye Su knows the passing ability of David Silva, the core of Manchester City's offensive organization, but for his defense, he thinks that whether it is De Bruyne or Mata, he has the ability to make a gap from him.

The only trouble is the Brazilian iron waist Fernandinho, he is like a god, standing at the front of Manchester City's penalty area, it is difficult to break through him.

But one person cannot cover all of them. Fernandinho can hardly stabilize the midfield without Yaya Toure. This is why Manchester City has conceded every game since this season. Key factors.

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"Let me come!" Rooney took the initiative to stand up and said.

Everyone suddenly looked at him one after another, and their eyes showed admiration.

Facing opponents like Manchester City, being able to stand up at this time shows Rooney's courage and responsibility.

With such a captain, who is not convinced?

"I'm responsible for dribbling the ball, attracting defensive attention, and other people are responsible for running the gap." Rooney said.

In many cases, the core players of the team are not just scoring goals, they have to take on more. In particular, the core players are often the targets of the opponent's focus.

Looking at the current Manchester United team, players who can have Rooney's comprehensive ability can be said to be unique.

Mata's dribbling is good, but his body is too thin, and he lacks confrontation. Vardy on the left is indeed good in speed and explosiveness, but his dribbling ability is not so good.

Ibrahimovic's various abilities are relatively strong, but he is the bridgehead of Manchester United in this game. The team needs him to top the Manchester City penalty area to put pressure on Manchester City's defense.

As for De Bruyne, the position is back, not as easy to attract defensive attention as Rooney.

On the bench, there are many players who can dribble the ball, but they are sure to dribble the ball and then pass the ball after attracting defensive attention. There really is no one. Even Bruno Fernandez is a genius who is favored by everyone. , There is currently no way to do this.

Rooney can do it.

"Then I will pull in front." Ibrahimovic also took the initiative to undertake the task.

"Otamendi's state is not very good in this game, pay attention to his point." Rooney reminded the Swedish center.

Just now when he was anti-offside, he had already noticed Otamendi's state.

Last summer, after the Argentine central defender transferred from Valencia to Manchester City at a sky-high price of 45 million euros, Otamendi was once known as the world's top central defender, but his performance in Manchester City last season was very mediocre.

In fact, Manchester City’s defense was not very stable last season, conceding 43 goals in 38 league rounds throughout the season, conceding far more goals than the top four teams.

It can be said that Manchester City missed the Champions League seat last season, and the unstable defense is the biggest reason.

After confirming the information with his teammates, Rooney turned his head to look at De Bruyne and Mata, and said: "Please pay attention to running the gap, I will pass the ball to you."

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"Manchester United still passed the ball to the right. Give it to Rooney!"

"Rooney started quickly, spiked and changed direction, cut inward!"

"Pretty!"

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Beep!

With the referee's whistle, Kolarov got up from the grass, panting.

Rooney was still lying beside him, uninjured, but he looked excited.

Damn little fat guy!

Kolarov cursed in his heart, and slowly backed away.

At the last moment of the first half, Rooney suddenly crossed the penalty area against offside and even passed goalkeeper Bravo. Had it not been for the last moment, Otamendi blocked his shot with his body and a suspected handball defense, then Manchester United would have scored.

This time, a serious mistake caused Kolarov and Otamendi to be severely criticized by Guardiola during the intermission. It was obvious that Gu Bald could not accept such a mistake in the team's defense.

Kolarov was also suffocating in his heart.

After changing sides in the second half, less than two minutes after the start, he saw Rooney getting a one-on-one opportunity and suddenly smashed the ball inside. He was anxious and fouled immediately.

The referee quickly ran over, held up a yellow card towards Kolarov, and gave him a warning.

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The Manchester City left back slowly backed away, but his eyes couldn't help but looked at Rooney, who was pulled up from the ground by Kyle Walker, with emotion in his heart.

When Kolarov just moved to Manchester City, in 2010, Rooney was at his peak. In the second round of the Manchester City Derby that season, Kolarov witnessed Rooney's shocking barb at Old Trafford.

Since then, Rooney's condition has deteriorated day by day. Kolarov believes that Rooney, who is similar to his age, has entered a period of decline.

But I didn’t expect that after the Oriental came to Old Trafford, the little fat man in front of him seemed to have a second spring, and his state was fully recovered. He became a man alongside Messi and Ronaldo, and he is even expected to compete this year. Golden Globe Awards.

In this game tonight, this little fat man also performed quite bravely, and his state is obviously very good. He kept running throughout the game and kept looking for opportunities, which made Kolarov, who was defending him, feel extremely difficult.

That feeling is not like defending a veteran who is about to turn 31, but more like defending a top European winger.

Even Manchester United's geniuses like Rashford and Martial, or Vardy, who was in his prime, failed to bring such tremendous pressure to Kolarov.

Although he also had a childhood with Rooney and was only less than a month younger, as far as football players are concerned, the professional life of a defender is generally longer than that of a striker. You can often see old defenders in their 30s playing on the court, but can you see how many old forwards in their 30s are racing on the green field?

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Guardiola kept calling for the players to line up from the sidelines.

What Manchester United got was a set-piece opportunity on the right side of the front court ~ www.wuxiahere.com ~ This position is quite threatening.

Kolarov had obviously lost his position just now and was forced to foul.

Guardiola really can't complain about his left back. He believes that in this defense, the left back really did his best.

It can only be said that the sudden start of Rooney's dribble just now, and the subsequent change of direction of the spike, is really too fast!

"This kid is so old and demon!" Guardiola shook his head and sighed.

For Rooney, Guardiola is naturally very clear, because his universe team is rising on the bones of Manchester United, standing on the top of the world.

In the past few years, with the decline of Manchester United, Rooney’s performance has also been worse than every day. Guardiola thought that this young man had already lost sight of everyone, but he did not expect that in the past two years he seemed to be suddenly awakened. , Quickly made up for his own shortcomings and deficiencies, and at the same time constantly improved his advantages, whether it was a dribbling assault or the change of inward cut just now, it left a very deep impression on people.

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