I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Chapter 31: First game of the season

   At 19:45 on August 16, Beijing time, the 2014-2015 season of the English Premier League kicked off.

   In the pre-season series of warm-up matches, Ye Su led the Red Devils to a complete victory in eight games. As the first battle of the Premier League in the new season, Manchester United has also ushered in the club's 40th consecutive top league season. After experiencing the nightmare of last season, the Red Devils are looking forward to a fresh start.

Ye Su knows the importance of this game, no matter how dazzling Manchester United's record in the pre-season warm-up match, once the game loses, then he will definitely face overwhelming criticism, so he ranked the strongest he can discharge line-up.

   During the pre-season warm-up match, Manchester United added a number of wounded, including Valencia, Carrick, Evans and Kyle Walker who was injured before joining the team. The former Tottenham right-back had undergone surgery after joining Manchester United and is still in recovery. It is expected to resume training in early September. If you really want to participate in the competition, you may have to wait until the end of September and the beginning of October.

   In the first game of the new season, Manchester United’s starting goalkeeper was not surprisingly de Gea. The center back is two new aids Van Dyck and Maguire, Valencia is injured, Kyle Walker is not yet healed, the right back is played by Smalling, and the left back is played by Ashley Young.

   In the double defensive midfielder, Kanter occupies a position, Carrick is injured, and Ye Su makes Phil Jones partner with the Frenchman.

  The frontcourt personnel are the most complete in Manchester United. Ye Su let Mata serve as the front midfielder, the wings are played by Vardy and Bruno Fernandez, and Rooney is alone at the forefront.

   Because of the shortage of defense personnel, Ye Su urgently promoted the teenager Blackett from the youth team into the first team. In addition, Fletcher, Cleverly, Shinji Kagawa, Nani, Hernandez, and De Bruyne, who had only joined the previous two days, were sitting on the bench.

   Tintin, who only arrived in Manchester on Thursday, has only been training with the team for two days. Ye Su did not arrange for him to start.

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   At the beginning of the first half, Manchester United had a clear advantage in possession of the ball, and when attacking, they focused more on the right side of Bruno Fernandez. However, in the first 10 minutes, Manchester United could not penetrate Swansea's defense.

   Valdy and Bruno Fernandez, the two new Manchester United players, seem to be a little uncomfortable with the rhythm of the Premier League game. This is the direct reason that Manchester United had no possession of the ball in the first 10 minutes, but could not form a threatening attack.

   The first shot from both sides on the field came in the 11th minute and was completed by the visiting team Swansea. However, Si Gudson's shot was weak and was easily confiscated by De Gea.

   Manchester United also completed the first shot, which was a long shot by the new captain Rooney from outside the penalty area. Lu Xiaopang's shot was worse than Sigurdsson's shot. The Icelandic midfielder's shot actually hit the target, but Lu Xiaopang's shot was far away from the target.

   During Rooney's shot, Vardy, who was actively advancing, almost touched the ball, but in the end he still missed a miss, allowing Rooney's shot to miss the goal.

   Manchester United's first threatening shot was still completed by Rooney. In the 16th minute of the game, Lu Xiaopang got rid of the defense before the penalty area and then took a shot again, but it was still blocked by the Swansea defender in time.

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   Although the scene was a little flat, the home fans were very strong, cheering for the team with applause and singing all the time.

   The scene that took place in the 24th minute of the match made Ye Su's heart startled. At that time, Bruno Fernandez dribbled the ball through the right flank. The Swansea defender Nathan Dyer, who was passed by him, was a little annoyed and shoveled him from the side.

   Bruno Fernandez was shoveled to the ground, unable to get up for a long time. Of course Phil Jones next to him would not give up, and he had to go to the Jamaican to make a theory, but he was stopped by Rooney, who arrived in time.

   The referee gave Nathan Dyer a yellow card, and Bruno Fernandez got up and walked a few steps after some treatment by the team doctor. It seemed that there was no serious problem.

   The slow motion shows that Bruno Fernandez should have noticed Nathan Dyer’s flying shovel and jumped up to hide. Otherwise, this foot will definitely be shoveled firmly on his ankle.

  Yesu is very annoyed. Bruno Fernandez is very optimistic. If he is shoveled and scrapped in the first game of the new season, he will suffer a big loss. Therefore, he stopped sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai on the coach's bench and walked to the sidelines to protest to the fourth official.

   A flying shovel like Nathan Dyer, even if he was sent off by a direct red card, is not an exaggeration!

In the face of Ye Su’s protests and the boos of more than 70,000 home team fans at Old Trafford, the fourth official also felt a little pressure, but he could only try to appease Ye Su and said he would show his protest to the Lord The referee conveyed.

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   Manchester United won a free kick from the front right. According to the pre-match arrangement, the free kick in this position was taken by Mata.

   Ye Su quickly switched the free kick card to Mata.

   Mata's free kick is very good, plus the effect of the free kick card, his free kick is very threatening. Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski didn't dare to neglect, so he flew the ball out with his fists.

   Ye Su was a little sorry that such a high-quality free kick was actually thrown out. It seems that the Arsenal substitute goalkeeper, who moved to Swansea in the summer, still has a few brushes.

   Ye Su is regretting that the team missed the chance to score a goal. The next scene made his heart start.

   Fabianski hit the ball so far that it almost fell into the middle circle. There is a blank area, and neither player is there.

   In the next moment, several players on both sides ran to the landing point, hoping to control the ball first.

   In the chaos, it was the Swansea player who rushed to the landing first and kicked the ball forward.

   Now, it's the Manchester United players' turn to panic. Because of the free kick attack just now, Manchester United's high points, including Van Dijk and Maguire, went to the front court, ready to header.

   Now, the attack is cleared by the Swansea goalkeeper, forming a quick counterattack, which makes Manchester United's defense very uncomfortable. Van Dijk and Maguire are tall players, but they have a fatal weakness, that is, their speed is not fast.

   At this time, only Kanter and Ashley Young remained behind to defend.

   Seeing the Swansea player pass the ball to the side, Ashley Young had to go to the side to defend the breakthrough of the Swansea player, so that only Kanter was left in the center defense.

  Rudridge was very thief. He saw Ashley Young coming to defend him. Kanter, who stayed in the middle, was short, so he chose to pass a high ball.

   At this moment, Kanter felt very bitter. He had to face the offense of the two opponents Bernie and Sigurdson. He was already incapable of attacking. In addition, the opponent bullied his height.

   However, in the face of this situation, he had no choice but to take a step forward, wanting to take advantage of his position and intercept the pass first.

   However, in the contest with Bernie, he was at a disadvantage in terms of height and size, and he failed to compete. Bernie gave the header to Si Gudson.

   Although Kanter failed to compete for the top, he still slightly delayed Swansea's quick counterattack. In this process, the Manchester United players who rushed back to defend finally followed.

   Bruno Fernandez retired. When Mata took a free kick, he had just returned to the field with the referee's permission. Before he could enter the offense, he had to retreat quickly to help the team defend.

   Facing the entanglement of Bruno Fernandez, Si Gudson did not choose to be reckless, but passed the ball to the side of the Korean who came up to meet the Korean Ji Chengyong.

   After Sending Chengyong got the ball, he saw that Manchester United's two central defenders had returned to the penalty area. He knew that no more adjustments could be made, otherwise he would have no chance when Manchester United's defense was in place. Therefore, he decisively kicked off at the edge of the penalty area, and sent the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal with a low shot from his left foot. Swansea took a 1-0 lead and the South Korean international also scored the first goal of the new season.

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This goal took place in the 28th minute of the first half~www.wuxiahere.com~ All Manchester United were not prepared for this goal, because before that, they have always been in the upper hand and Swansea did not pose any threats. Sexual shot.

   After the game restarted, Manchester United stepped up their offense. Now there are 17 or 18 minutes before the end of the first half. If the score can be equalized before the end of the half, it will be of great help to the team's tactical choices in the second half.

   However, Swansea chose to retreat at this time, leaving only one or two people in the frontcourt to contain Manchester United's defense and wait for an opportunity to fight Manchester United's counterattack.

   In the face of Swansea, which has a dominant defensive number, Manchester United's offensive effect is not good. In the attack of more than ten minutes, they are in a good position and not score. Whether it was Rooney's long shot or Vardy's shot in the penalty area, they were blocked by Swansea players one by one.

   Because Bruno Fernandez was injured, the referee gave 3 minutes of stoppage time in the first half. However, until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Manchester United still failed to equalize the score.

   Ye Su did not wait until the first half of the whistle was over, so he went back to the locker room.

   He has to think about the tactical arrangements for the second half. He must win the first game of the season. Otherwise, both he and the team will face tremendous pressure.

   This will have a great impact on this young Manchester United team.

   Throughout the intermission, various media commented on the first half of the game.

   It is true that from a statistical point of view, Manchester United is fully dominant. However, Manchester United's offense always feels that it lacks a little meaning. It gives people a feeling that I can't get in.

   On the contrary, the visiting team, Swansea, who played defensive counterattacks, caused more threats than Manchester United. They also scored goals and took the initiative on the court.

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