Newcastle were the first to serve.

In the face of a strong Manchester United team, Newcastle adopted a defensive counter-attacking tactic, with only striker Carroll pressing forward in front of him to contain Manchester United's central defenders, and almost no one else passed the center circle.

Manchester United played at home, and the strength was significantly stronger than the opponent, and the opening double striker and two wing-backs quickly advanced the defenders of the Magpies.

Newcastle were not prepared to play possession in front of Manchester United, and when the opposition pressed over and saw that there was no safe line to pass, the defender immediately kicked the ball forward.

The ball was grabbed by Nemanja Vidic, who wore the captain's armband, and headed it to Paul Scholes, who was in charge of playmaking.

Scholes was quick to handle the ball and quickly passed it to Valencia on the wing before the Magpies could get on the board.

Valencia passed to Hernandez, who picked up the side, and went down quickly.

But Hernandez and Valencia did not form a tacit understanding, pulled the ball and turned around to dribble horizontally, turned around and saw Gao Xiaodong step forward, so he passed the ball horizontally to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong stepped forward quickly and resolutely, the defender had already put the shovel over, and Gao Xiaodong still ignored the kick and pulled it over.

The ball hit the defender and was blocked, and Gao Xiaodong also fell at the edge of the penalty area.

There was applause in the stands, Premier League fans like tough guys the most, Gao Xiaodong's shot was an action made against the defender who put the shovel, not to mention whether the shot was reasonable or unreasonable, at least this courage deserves applause and encouragement.

With the ball still in United's hands, Paul Scholes split again and Nani was cool after breaking down the flank, smashing a cross to Berbatov in the middle.

Berbatov didn't get his hands on the ball, but he shook the defender and the ball flew past the box.

Valencia stopped the ball on the side chest, the Magpies defender pasted it, Rafael had already set the edge, Valencia went through, Rafael crossed the bottom.

Berbatov was a step slower and the ball was cleared out of the box by a defender.

United's wide tactics played well, with Nani and Valencia both able to use the width of the pitch to get the ball out, but Newcastle also knew that they couldn't play an attacking game and put their defensive focus on inside and outside their box.

Berbatov is tall, but he likes to play with his feet, not a monster like Drogba, the little pea Hernandez is picking up leaks by Berbatov's side, Berbatov can't grab the landing point, and he can't play a role.

On-site commentator Martin sighed: "Actually, it's best to go to Rooney, but recently Rooney has been caught in the prostitution door and transfer door, Sir Alex Ferguson did not let him start in order to protect him, but if he can't open the situation for a long time, it is estimated that Rooney will play in the second half." ”

Manchester United dominated the game, but Newcastle had just been promoted to the Premier League, and the momentum was high, and the players were all in line to defend, and United were able to get shots in succession, but they were never able to find the back of the net.

Gao Xiaodong's task today is very simple, he is mainly the front door and retreat to defend.

Due to Newcastle's limited attack power, Gao Xiaodong is basically an activity in the opponent's 30-meter area, of course, when the opponent occasionally counterattacks, Scholes can't keep up, so he can only chase Gao Xiaodong.

With Manchester United's attacking power, with Dimitar Berbatov and Hernandez attracting the attention of opponents, Gao Xiaodong is likely to score.

But after 30 minutes of play, Gao Xiaodong didn't even get a few chances to shoot, and even if he did, he was extremely uncomfortable to shoot, and it was good to be able to touch the ball, and there was no accuracy at all.

In these 30 minutes of battle, Gao Xiaodong felt the difference between Manchester United and Inter, Inter Milan did not have many rounds of attack, but every key pass was very accurate, and the striker was very comfortable when he got the opportunity to shoot, and it was easy to score.

But Manchester United is not, Manchester United is an impact style of play, wide open and close, the last pass is not accurate, the number of wins is pursued, the more passes, the more opportunities there are natural goals.

In addition, Nani likes to pass too late, and sometimes when he passes the ball, the opponent's defender is already in position, and the attacker's shooting is invisibly more difficult.

This is Manchester United's style of play, Gao Xiaodong can't change it, he can only strengthen his running in the front court and increase the number of shots.

Neville sat on the bench and looked at Gao Xiaodong, who was flying up and down left and right like a small motor, and said to Giggs: "This kid, he plays any position decently, and now he plays in B2B midfield, and he looks no worse than Fletcher and Carrick." ”

Giggs fiddled with his phone and said: "This kind of jack-of-all-trades player is the most difficult to arrange, but the position is not fixed will also affect his status." ”

Neville sighed: "It turned out that he also talked to the head of the head why Mourinho, who had the most rigorous tactics, gave the role of a free man in the high front, and now it seems that it is indeed the most suitable for him." ”

When Neville and Giggs talked, they didn't notice that Fletcher and Carrick's faces were not good-looking, because Gao Xiaodong and Scholes started together, and the two of them were squeezed to the bench, if Gao Xiaodong really played well in this position, I am afraid that Carrick and Fletcher will be pressed on the bench by Gao Xiaodong.

Especially Fletcher, he is Ferguson's Scottish countryman, and one of Ferguson's favorite players, now captain Neville is retiring, Ferdinand and Vidic are competing for the captaincy, in fact, Fletcher also wants to fight, but Ferguson prefers that the captain can encourage his teammates on the pitch for a long time, if Fletcher can't get the main position, the captain doesn't have to think about it.

Valencia, the right-back who started today, was pressed to the bench by Gao Xiaodong in the Community Shield, this time Gao Xiaodong played the central midfield, and Valencia got the chance to start.

Valencia cherished this opportunity, he desperately passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, even if the pass was very reluctant, he also gave the ball to Gao Xiaodong, hoping that Gao Xiaodong could play well in the position of central midfielder, so that Gao Xiaodong would not come to grab his position.

Here, Valencia made every effort to make the ball for Gao Xiaodong in the starting position, and although Nani played a bit alone, his agent Mendes told him before the game that Nani must pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong more to help Gao Xiaodong gain a foothold in Manchester United, so Nani didn't dare not pass.

So there was such a situation on the field, Valencia and Nani flew on both wings, but after the bottom cross, almost only Gao Xiaodong was found, and Berbatov and Hernandez became a front to attract the defence.

Live narrator Martin. Taylor has been explaining for decades, and he rarely sees this situation, he can't help but say: "What is the situation? Although Gao Xiaodong is a transfer of 80 million, he is a newcomer after all, Valencia and Nani have passed the ball to him, and he has only been in the company for a few days, is his status higher than Berbatov?"

In the 32nd minute of the game, Scholes went straight to Berbatov and was stealed by Argentine defender Koloccini.

Colocini quickly passed to compatriot Gutierrez, Gutiérrez took the ball and turned around, but he was tall and turned slowly, Gao Xiaodong arrived quickly and stretched out his foot to steal the ball.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the opponent's defensive line, Gao Xiaodong did not stick to the ball, and directly divided the side to Valencia, and quickly stepped forward.

Valencia used his speed to break through the bottom and pass to the penalty area to find Gao Xiaodong's forward line.

Gao Xiaodong plugged in extremely quickly, and the two defenders came up to block and pull and were thrown away by him.

Inserted into the small penalty area, Gao Xiaodong wanted to head to the near corner, but goalkeeper Harper was moving to the left, Gao Xiaodong jumped up, met the ball with a lion and shook his head, and the ball changed direction and flew to the upper right corner of the goal.

The header is the most difficult to defend, in addition to the distance, but also because the angle is difficult to judge, Harper is moving, Gao Xiaodong shook his head, he knew that it was not good, quickly braked, wanted to turn over and pounce, but where was it still too late, the ball swept past the Newcastle defenders who were desperately jumping, and flew into the net.

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Gao Xiaodong made his first Premier League appearance for Manchester United and scored his first goal of the new season for Manchester United.

The old man seemed to have a hunch, and after Gao Xiaodong scored a goal, he waved his arms and rushed out of the coach's seat, "Okay! Good job!"

Although the players on the bench had their own thoughts, they all rushed out to cheer when they saw the goal.

More than 70,000 United fans came to the stands, most of whom wanted to see the performance of their most valuable player in history, and Gao Xiaodong's goal quickly ignited the enthusiasm of the fans, who jumped up with excitement and cheered and applauded Old Trafford.

“goalgoalgoal…… High High ...... Manchester United opened the scoring!1:0!Gao's seventh goal in the last three games, the third goal of the official game!Great goalscoring talent!Now Manchester United fans should be half relieved, judging from the performance in the first 30 minutes, Gao alone did the work of Fletcher and Rooney. ”