Saturday night

Reebok Stadium

The sixth round of the Premier League between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United kicked off with a lot of anticipation.

The attention of this game could not be compared to that of the Double Red Club, but due to Chelsea's defeat, the attention of Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United increased dramatically.

The Reebok Stadium can only accommodate 28,000 fans, but there are no less than 4,000 South Korean and Chinese fans in the stands, most of them South Korean fans, who want to witness the Korean derby between Park Ji-sung and Lee Qinglong.

However, to the sadness of South Korean fans, Park Ji-sung was on the bench, and they could only focus on the Asian derby between Gao Xiaodong and Lee Qinglong.

Before the battle between Chelsea and Manchester City, Ferguson had planned to put Scholes on the bench and let Gao Xiaodong lead the team to face Bolton, but seeing Chelsea lose, Ferguson immediately changed his mind and let Scholes play, with Gao Xiaodong, to go all out at Reebok Stadium.

After the opening kick-off, Manchester United won five in a row and launched a fierce attack on the home team Bolton.

Bolton changed managers in the middle of last season, and the new coach Owen Coyle led the team to relegation and won the trust of the team, this season, Bolton did not make any big moves in the transfer market, and spent 1.6 million pounds to sign left-back Marcos Alonso from Real Madrid, and exempted two veterans Martin Petrov and Blake, Petrov is an instant force, Marcos and Blake are substitutes.

In the face of the menacing Manchester United, Koyle was very pragmatic and put on a defensive counterattack to maneuver with Manchester United.

Bolton Wanderers play very hard and concisely, preferring to fight hand-to-hand with opponents, not entangled with opponents in midfield, and all players take the ball and kick the opponent's backline.

Bolton's style of play makes Manchester United very uncomfortable, because their strongest midfield combination Gao Xiaodong and Scholes were caught by five or six opponents in the attack, and it has completely become a decoration in defense, as long as Gao Xiaodong dares to attack, there is no time to return to the defense, no matter how fast Gao Xiaodong's speed is, it is impossible to be faster than Bolton's long pass.

The game played 10 minutes, and the game was almost always played on the front of the two penalty areas, Manchester United only had a random shot from Gao Xiaodong, and Bolton did not even have a shot on goal.

In the 11th minute, Paul Scholes' through ball was cut off and Bolton defender Wright kicked forward, and their two strikers, Davies and Elmand, rushed towards the United defenders like two mad dogs to fight for the spot.

Davies and Elmand's height does not have an advantage over United's two centre-backs, Nemanja Vidic and Evans, but they have a good sense of landing, run fast, and are not afraid of injury, no matter how much the opponent rushes at them, they dare to hit the opponent with their head.

Vidic didn't have much to do with the barefoot player who wasn't afraid to wear shoes, and he barely managed to push the ball off the touchline in a scramble with Elmande.

Bolton's throw-in was fast, Muemba threw the ball vigorously towards the edge of the box, Davies and Elmande attracted the attention of defenders, central midfielder Holden did not touch the ball in the head-to-head battle with Gao Xiaodong, and South Korean winger Lee Qinglong suddenly hit the middle of the box and volleyed into the left side of the goal.

The shot was very sudden, and the centre-back Evans subconsciously stretched out his foot to block, and the ball flew off the bottom line against the post.

Evans broke out in a cold sweat after blocking it, if he blocked an own goal, he would be the sinner of Manchester United.

Bolton got the opportunity to get a corner, Manchester United fans are also a little frightened, the opponent's header ability is very strong, the impact is fierce, Manchester United is not the best combination of central defenders, in case the opponent catches the opportunity, Manchester United will not be able to play in the back.

Both of Bolton's centre-backs came to the United penalty area to fight for a header, Petrov headed a corner and the box was flipped on their backs, with the ball falling into the six-yard box under the scramble of Nemanja Vidic and Elmand.

Evans scrambled to reach out to get the ball out of the line, but Bolton centre-back Wright was quicker to react and swing his leg first to keep the ball in the back of the net.

The ball was too close to goal and before Van der Sar could make a move, the ball rolled into the net.

1:0

Bolton centre-back Wright opened the scoring for Bolton from a corner.

"Ahh

"Entered!"

"Entered!"

The Bolton fans jumped to their feet and shouted at the pitch, screaming at the pitch that almost topped the pitch.

"Li Qinglong!"

"Li Qinglong!"

South Korean fans were even more excited, banging their seats frantically and chanting Lee Qinglong's name.

Although this goal has nothing to do with Li Qinglong, the corner kick that led to this goal was made by Li Qinglong, and South Korean fans believe that Li Qinglong contributed to this goal.

Manchester United fans were stunned, since the start of the season, Manchester United have played smoothly, regardless of the strong and weak teams, Manchester United not only won but also completely dominated the field, never played a game like today...... Awkward.

Manchester United's central midfielders have Gao Xiaodong and Scholes, both offensive and defensive, intercepting and running are very good, full-backs have Nani and Giggs, and it turns out that there is Valencia, and the opponent is tired and can't defend.

But today's Bolton style of play is very different, it is completely a British long pass rush, dense defense at the back, anyone who grabs the ball will hit Manchester United's backline, and then the midfielders chase desperately, not entangled with Manchester United in the midfield at all, Manchester United can only rely on Vidic and Evans in their own backline to single out Elmand and Davies.

Two defenders against two forwards, even if Elmand and Davies do not enter the stream, the defenders are also very uncomfortable, not to mention that Elmand and Davies are not weak, Manchester United's back line did not give Bolton a chance to shoot in the first ten minutes, but Bolton's every impact was thrilling, and finally in the 11th minute, Bolton grabbed a shot to complete the goal.

Sky Sports commentator Martin analyzed: "Manchester United can't attack like this today, they must leave a back in front of the backline, Bolton's attack is too simple, a long pass is played, Gao Xiaodong has no time to return to defense, it is better to leave Scholes in front, Gao Xiaodong chooses the opportunity to attack." Or when Gao Xiaodong inserts an assist, the fullback or full-back stays behind to make up for the defense. Now Manchester United's full-back Nani is pressed higher than Gao Xiaodong, Ryan Giggs does not have the physical strength and speed to defend, Evra is stronger in attack than defending, O'Shea went to the middle, and there is no speed to return to the wing, which is a problem for Ferguson. ”

Ferguson has also noticed this problem for a long time, Bolton has always been this style, Ferguson knows very well that the chances of Gao Xiaodong pressing in front of him today are actually less than in the previous games, but Bolton is in good shape today, with accurate long passes and excellent forwards' headers, so it has caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United.

However, Ferguson can't let Gao Xiaodong stay in the back position to defend, because Scholes is not a power type, and he was left alone in Bolton's half, with today's referee's decision, Scholes can be robbed by Bolton to doubt his life.

But Nani and Giggs can't make up behind Gao Xiaodong, they don't have this defensive ability, but there is no way to change people at this time, how to deal with the opponent's attack mode?

Ferguson is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, he thought about it for a while, and immediately made adjustments, Scholes and Gao Xiaodong changed positions, ginger retreated to the back position to defend, and Gao Xiaodong went to the front court to organize the attack.

Gao Xiaodong has a strong body to protect the ball forward, and there is speed to make up for the defense back, while Scholes's defense is not as good as Gao Xiaodong's, but Bolton's attack power is also limited, and he is behind as a ball point, Vidic and Evans are much easier to play.

Ferguson's on-the-spot response was very beautiful, after Gao Xiaodong and Scholes reversed their positions, Bolton's long pass was immediately dumb, but Manchester United's attack did not drop too much, and the initiative on the field soon returned to Manchester United's side.