I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Chapter 28: Atypical Double Red Society

   Ye Su did not expect that his first double red club coaching Manchester United would come under such circumstances.

   At 8 o'clock in the morning on August 5th, Beijing time, the second International Champions Cup final kicked off at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The two clubs have a total of 190 matches in the history of the match. Manchester United has the upper hand with 75 wins, 51 losses and 64 losses. Last season, Liverpool won 1-0 at Anfield Stadium and then 3-0 at Old Trafford Stadium. The bloodbath of Manchester United, a double feud, avenged the double feud of Manchester United the previous season, but in the League Cup match, Manchester United won 1-0.

   In this International Champions Cup, both teams performed extremely strongly. Manchester United has won three consecutive group matches, beating Roma, Inter Milan and Real Madrid in a row to advance to the final round. Although Liverpool failed to advance to the final round in advance, they had 2 wins and 1 tie. After Manchester City and Olympiacos had a tie in advance, they were the first to get the right to advance, which is considered to be a half-round advancement to the final.

   For the Double Reds, no one from Manchester United or Liverpool would not pay attention to it, even if this is just a warm-up match, not even a formal match.

In this game, Liverpool coach Rogers sent a semi-main lineup, Scotter partnered Nicolas Nicolas as the central defender, Gerrard played in the midfield, new aids Lambert, Coutinho and Sterling formed the trident, Stu Rich, new aid Markovic and Lallana and other players missed due to illness, and another new aid Emre Kan was on standby.

   In terms of Manchester United, Ye Su did not dare to let go for the first time in his career to coach the Double Reds, and he discharged the strongest team in his mind. Spain’s goalkeeper De Gea guarded the goal, and the four defenders were a combination of Valencia, Van Dijk, Maguire and Ashley Young. In the midfield, Kanter and Carrick partnered with the midfielder. In front of them is an avant-garde line composed of Vardy, Mata and Bruno Fernandez. Rooney, wearing the captain's armband, is the single arrow.

   However, after the start of the game, Manchester United's formation was more like 433. Vardy and Bruno Fernandez were both very forward, completely wingers.

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   Although the United States is the football desert of the Western world, it has many large stadiums. It's like the Michigan Stadium where Manchester United played Real Madrid last time. It has a capacity of 110,000 people and can be called a super giant.

   In addition to the Michigan Stadium, there are five stadiums in the United States with a capacity of more than 100,000 people. As for stadiums with a capacity of more than 80,000, there are as many as 20.

  Compared with these super giants, Miami’s Sun Life Stadium, which accommodates 76,500 people, has 500 more people than Manchester United’s home stadium, Old Trafford, but it seems inconspicuous.

   However, this stadium has been the venue for the International Champions Cup final for two consecutive years.

   A year ago, Real Madrid defeated the Blues Chelsea 3-1 here and won the first International Champions Cup.

   Now, Manchester United will compete with rival Liverpool for the second International Champions Cup.

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   Although it was a warm-up match, both sides played very seriously, playing as a formal match. But it is precisely because both sides are too serious, the fluency of the game is not so high.

   Especially a few new players who joined the team, even seemed a little nervous. In this case, the player is likely to make mistakes.

   In the 9th minute of the game, Bruno Fernandez, who was the right midfielder, or right winger, made a mistake. At that time, Liverpool received a free kick in the front court. Facing the free kick taken by Gerrard, Fernandez, who actively returned to the defense, made a header and inadvertently turned into an own pass, giving Liverpool midfielder Henderson a header from close range. opportunity. Fortunately, facing this unexpected pass, Henderson was obviously insufficiently prepared and slightly higher than the crossbar.

   Although the goal was not scored, it still scared the Manchester United players.

   Manchester United, which had a bad start, soon suffered another blow. In the 10th minute of the game, the team's starting right back Valencia was injured in a confrontation with a Liverpool player and could not hold on to the game. Ye Su had to replace him with Smalling.

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   These two incidents caused some impact on the Manchester United players and also led to the subsequent loss of Manchester United.

   In the 14th minute, Maguire fouled Sterling. The referee pointed to the 12-yard point. Gerrard took a penalty kick to trick De Gea into the lower left corner. Liverpool led Manchester United 1-0.

   The loss of the ball woke up Manchester United, and the players performed much more normal in the subsequent games than before.

   In the 19th minute, Manchester United ushered in the first shot of the game. Rooney took a pass from Mata and kicked it 25 yards away from the goal, but the Liverpool defender blocked the shot and blocked the baseline.

   The game entered a stalemate, and the two sides were playing very fiercely.

   In the 24th minute, Kelly made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Coutinho's 20-yard volley was saved by De Gea. In the 27th minute, Rooney hit the wall with a 25-yard free kick.

   In the 34th minute, Sterling fell in the penalty area and the referee signaled that there was no penalty. The slow motion playback showed that there was indeed slight physical contact between the two sides, but it was not enough to make Sterling fall to the ground.

   However, this penalty made the Liverpool fans on the scene very dissatisfied and booed. Manchester United fans think that Sterling flops, and when Sterling subsequently catches the ball, he will boo.

   In the 43rd minute, there was a scene that caught Manchester United off guard.

   Manchester United played a fairly smooth attack, intending to take advantage of the final moment before the end of the first half to tie the score.

After a continuous pass, Vardy crossed the ball from Mata on the left side of the penalty area, because the Liverpool player failed to put Vardy in the first time, which gave him a chance to start, and Vardy did not hesitate to start. Long shot.

   But this shot was blocked by the Liverpool defender, and the Liverpool player who cleared the ball kicked the ball very far, directly past the midfield, and landed behind Manchester United's defense.

   Liverpool counterattacked quickly, Coutinho made a long pass and found Sterling on the left. The Liverpool teenager dribbled the ball inside. When he was close to the penalty zone line, facing the quick retreat of Manchester United players, he decided to shoot, but the ball still failed to pass De Gea's ten fingers.

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   Although Manchester United made some mistakes in the first half of the game, Ye Su did not make changes in personnel.

   After the game started, Liverpool took the lead again.

   In the 48th minute, Gerrard steals a diagonal pass from the frontcourt, but Lambert's 18-yard low shot is weak and weak. De Gea confiscated it.

   Two minutes later, Coutinho went straight, and Sterling took a shot from the left before the penalty point and was blocked by the defender.

   Manchester United immediately returned the color, scoring two goals in three minutes, reversing the score on the field.

   In the 55th minute, Bruno Fernandez made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Rooney shot the far corner into the net. Manchester United equalized the score, 1:1!

   In the 57th minute, Bruno Fernandez crossed again from the left side of the penalty area. Mata shot 18 yards away from the goal. The ball was refracted into the net after it hit the defensive player, rewriting the score on the court to 2:1.

   Liverpool made personnel adjustments, Rogers replaced three in a row, Lucas, Emre Kan and Iby replaced Joe Allen, Gerrard and Lambert respectively.

   However, Liverpool’s substitutions have not yet seen the effect, on the contrary, Manchester United almost expanded the score on the field again.

In the 64th minute, Bruno Fernandez made a lob from the right side of the frontcourt. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the court. Rooney made a supplementary shot into the net. The referee once determined that the goal was valid. After communicating with the linesman, It was ruled that the ball went out of the baseline first and the goal was invalid.

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  Yesu immediately made personnel adjustments. Shinji Kagawa, Nani and Lingard replaced Mata, Bruno Fernandez and Carrick respectively. U U Reading www.uukanshu.com

   Liverpool also continued to make substitution adjustments. Rogers successively replaced Sako with Touré and Patterson replaced Coutinho.

   The game was still very anxious. Although Liverpool were reversed, they were only one goal behind. As long as they can score a goal, they can tie the score.

   International Champions Cup matches are different. If the two sides play a tie in regular time, there will be no extra time, but a penalty shoot-out.

   After all, it's just a warm-up match. Everyone's purpose is to train troops. There is no need to have a system that consumes a lot of energy such as overtime.

   If Liverpool can equalize, they will have a penalty shootout with Manchester United. They still have a great chance to beat Manchester United and win this championship trophy.

   However, this is a chance for Manchester United to fight back.

   In the 88th minute, Manchester United made a quick counterattack. Ashley Young made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Shinji Kagawa made the ball. Lingard volleyed 18 yards into the lower right corner, 3:1!

   This was a goal that locked the result of the game. Liverpool saw that the situation was gone, and in the next few minutes of the game, there was no more shopping with Manchester United.

   In the end, Manchester United reversed Liverpool 3-1, and Ye Su also led Manchester United to win the first championship trophy since coaching the team, which was a surprise.

   And, during this period, whether it was Ye Su, the new coach, or the few lesser-known new players introduced by Ye Su, they all showed a good state, but it made Ye Su's criticism less.

   Next, Manchester United’s summer warm-up matches will continue, but they are all separate warm-up matches, no longer a series like the International Champions Cup.

   Also, the main focus of the team will be on the Premier League opener on August 16.

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