Chapter 18: The Red Devils

On 17 August, the 2013-2014 Premier League season will officially begin, can Jose Mourinho, who returns to the Premier League, lead the Blues back to the title shield with Lord Frederick retiring? Will Blackburn Rovers be able to win the title again? Will David Moyes' Red Devils remain competitive to claim the manager's first league title? Or the Gunners, who have missed the championship for 8 years, won the championship in an upset? Or......

After Jose Mourinho's first time in charge, the Premier League has achieved a four-legged victory, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers battling for the title shield, and this time after the "Magic Bird" took charge of the Blues, the Premier League is fortunate to return to the era of the four-man hegemony, but the Gunners have been replaced by Manchester City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Young coach David Moyes took over the Red Devils Manchester United under the strong recommendation of Lord Fro, but after all, he was too young and did not lead the team to win the championship, so his personality charm was relatively weak, resulting in his poor operation in the transfer market, first rubbing shoulders with Spanish midfielder Thiago, and then the acquisition of Xiaofa also failed, and he could only buy Moyes's old club midfielder Fellaini instead.

After Paul Scholes, the Red Devils' midfield lacks a core of organisation and tempo, and Fellaini is the most suitable candidate at the moment, but it is clearly less popular than Thiago and Cesc Fabregas, and the Red Devils' slow movement, which is believed to be the main reason why the bookmaker ranks its odds to win the title behind Blackburn, Manchester City and Chelsea, but it is only 0.25 higher than the latter two at 3.25, and Manchester United should also be one of the strong contenders for the league title this season.

Last season, Mancini failed to lead the team and failed to even win the FA Cup, so in the new season, Manchester City turned to hire Pellegrini, who had coached Real Madrid, as the new manager, and introduced Sevilla's top scorer Negredo and the main winger Keylor Navas after his appointment. This is believed to be the main reason why the bookmaker is offering the same 3.25 odds to win the title as Chelsea, with the only problem being that Manuel Pellegrini has also never won the league title, which would be the team's biggest disadvantage against Manchester United and Chelsea.

Chelsea's biggest takeaway this season has been the return of championship coach Jose Mourinho, whose experience and ability to coach the team speak for themselves, as well as the support of the senior squad, while the Magic Bird has also made a certain change to be less aggressive, helping to ease the hostile atmosphere within the team.

After Mourinho took office, there has not been much movement in terms of recruitment. The team's possible problem at the moment is that the main central defender David Luiz is poached by Barcelona, and how to keep the latter will be an issue that Mourinho will need to work on. With the current composition of the Blues' squad, there is almost no weakness, but with the help of Mourinho, it is believed that this is the main reason why it is favored by bookmakers. Jose Mourinho, who has made a noticeable change in the new season, could win another league title shield for the Blues.

Including Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham, among which the Gunners who are once again thundering in the transfer market are favored by bookmakers, only giving 10 odds to win the title, while Liverpool and Tottenham, which were named by Mourinho as potential dark horses to win the championship, have odds of 29 and 34 respectively, I believe this difference is still because of the manager.

Arsenal originally claimed that they would definitely be able to get Real Madrid striker Higuain in the transfer market, but in the end the latter went to Napoli, and then made a funny offer to Liverpool striker Suarez, not to mention whether the "Su Shen" style would be accepted by Wenger, and his offer alone is enough to see that Wenger does not want to strengthen the squad very much, because he has introduced the young French striker Sanogo for free.

However, it is undeniable that the Gunners have a thin squad compared to Manchester City and Chelsea, and Arsenal could have lost Champions League qualification for the first time under Arsene Wenger had it not been for Tottenham's own mistakes last season. This is believed to be the main reason why the bookmaker is giving them significantly higher odds to win the Champions League than the last four, so the Gunners can still compete for a maximum of one Champions League place in the new season.

Last season, Rodgers pushed for reforms, and technical players such as Joe Allen became the protagonists, but unfortunately the team quickly lost in the competition with the semi-finals, but Rodgers made a change after the halfway point, from radical reforms, to gradually, gradually creating an ideal starting line-up, and the team's results gradually recovered, but unfortunately it was too late to win the Champions League.

Brendan Rodgers continues to push ahead with his progressive reforms in the new season and believes the Reds and Liverpool will be strong contenders for European qualification this season.

It is worth mentioning that in the new season, goal-line technology will be used in the Premier League. As a precursor to the new Premier League season, this weekend's Community Shield will be the first start of goal-line technology in England.

In the 1/8 finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, England was eliminated by Germany 4:1. In the game, Ronaldo's hanging shot clearly crossed the goal line but was ruled invalid by the referee. This goal-line case has given rise to the demand for the introduction of goal-line technology in football stadiums. In April 2011, FIFA finally announced that it would conduct a series of tests on goal-line technology. On 2 July 2012, the Council of FIFA, which sets the rules for football, finally adopted a resolution to introduce goal-line technology in official matches, a leap forward for generations.

On October 23, 2012, FIFA announced that two equipment providers of goal-line technology, "Hawkeye" and "Goal Referee", have officially passed the examination and acceptance, and they have signed a licensing agreement with FIFA. At the Club World Cup in December 2012, goal-line technology was used for the first time in competitive competition. Now, the new season of the Premier League will also officially usher in the high-tech technology of goal-line technology.

One of the solutions to goal-line technology, Hawkeye Technology, started at Arsenal's home stadium at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday morning. The home stadiums of the 20 teams in the Premier League in the new season will be equipped with Eagle Eye equipment one after another. The Hawkeye device will have 14 cameras on the pitch, and as soon as the ball crosses the goal line, the signal of the goal will be transmitted to the referee's watch and headphones within a second. This Sunday, Manchester United and Wigan will play the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, with Hawkeye technology in use for the first time in England.

Commenting on the popularity of Hawkeye technology on the English field, FA secretary general Alex Horn said: "This is one of the biggest changes in the last 150 years since we set the rules of football. Coincidentally, this year marks the 150th anniversary of the FA. The essence of the game is to put the ball into the opponent's goal, and goal-line technology will help the referee make the right decision. ”

Premier League chief executive Richard Skudamore couldn't hide his excitement: "This is an exciting change in world football. Goal-line technology is no longer goal-line technology, but a system that can determine whether a goal is scored or not. ”

The application of goal-line technology in world football is the general trend. However, there are also objections in the industry. Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has expressed his opposition to this high technology a few days ago. UEFA president Michel Platini also has reservations about goal-line technology. In the Champions League and Europa League in the new season, goal-line technology will not be used for the time being.

The Community Shield is between last season's Premier League champions Manchester United and FA Cup winners Blackburn, and it will be the first time that the two new managers have met Moyes and Jurgen Klopp.

Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers have both lined up their current main line-ups, and neither David Moyes nor Jurgen Klopp has seen this game as an ordinary pre-match warm-up cup competition.

Manchester United starting line-up (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: David De Gea

Defenders: Rafael, Smalling, Ferdinand, Patrice Evra

Midfielders: Valencia, Carrick, Fellaini, Ashley Young

Forwards: Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Baines, Phil Jones, Kompany, Branislav Ivanovic

Midfielders: Marcos Alonso, Frank Lampard, J Ronaldo

Forwards: Bale, Suarez, Neymar

Looking at David Moyes, who is no stranger to Manchester United's dugout, there is something strange for both fans, because for more than two decades, that position has belonged to an old man.

After kick-off, Suarez on the Roses' front line, Neymar on the right, and Bale on the left continued to put pressure on Manchester United, while Ronaldo and Alonso behind them were not to be outdone, and began to diligently block Manchester United's players in the front.

This move has achieved good results, the skills of Manchester United players are not delicate, and Moyes requires the team to play with iron and blood, even if Manchester United is a sharp attacking team, it is not so easy to get rid of the opponent's entanglement at the back.

As a result, United drove the ball forward more aggressively, hoping to destroy Blackburn's defence with the impact of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie.

For a while, the football flew back and forth on the field, the pace of the game became faster and faster, and both sides had some chances.

Frank Lampard passed the ball to Suarez and quickly cut forward, after the United back line was taken away by Lampard, Suarez's defense immediately weakened, only to see him make a feint with his back and then quickly turn around, just when the opponent woke up and wanted to block the ground, Suarez smashed the ball again, and a reverse smash shook off the opponent's defense.

"Here!" Ronaldo had already pulled to the right by this time and shouted loudly at Suarez, who had always had excellent passing vision.

The United players immediately kept an eye on Suarez, but Suarez took advantage of his unpreparedness to start and break through the ribs of the box, and Ronaldo's shouts became a distraction.

Ronaldo's shout from the flank caught the attention of the United players, and Suarez took the opportunity to break through beautifully, and the two should have worked together very well.

After breaking into the penalty area, Suarez has directly faced De Gea, at this time, Suarez, who has always liked to exchange the number of shots for goals, will naturally not hesitate, before the opponent's defender comes over, he immediately shot a powerful shot, and bombarded the door of Manchester United at the angle of the small penalty area.

Manchester United's Spanish international De Gea guessed that Suarez would shoot, but before he could react, Suarez's shot had already flown in front of him, and De Gea grabbed his hands in vain, only to catch the air, but watched the football fly into the goal.

“gooooooooooooooooooooal!” Less than 5 minutes into the game, the Roses took the lead with Suarez's goal, and no one would have thought that Blackburn would score so quickly and so easily in this strong conversation!

Even many fans didn't cover their seats under the warm-up, and they stood up again to cheer!

Suarez laughed and ran towards Ronaldo, who was also a little surprised.

However, Arthur was not surprised to sit in front of the TV and watch the game, because since the beginning of this season, "opening xxx, back De Gea" has become the best footnote to describe the Red Devils' defense.

Originally, Suarez wanted to pounce on Ronaldo, but it wasn't until he flew to Ronaldo's body that he found that the Colombian couldn't help him, and both of them fell to the ground.

The Blackburn players who came to celebrate after that all pressed up, and Suarez once again tasted the taste of stacking arhats.

Blackburn Rovers suddenly changed tactics after the goal, Suarez suddenly narrowed the range of his activities, operating in and out of the box, unwilling to leave the box, and the two central defenders of Manchester United had to stay in the box, not daring to take a step.

Frank Lampard and Marcos Alonso, on the other hand, split the ball between sides in midfield, allowing Bale, Neymar and full-backs on either side to look for opportunities to move forward.

After thinking about it, Smalling chose to return to the defense to target Suarez, and the previous goal was that he did not fulfill his responsibility to make up the defense, which gave Suarez a chance to score. Compared to Blackburn's midfield, it is clear that their forward line is more fearsome.

Neymar and Gareth Bale were far behind, breaking through with their team-mates in midfield and in midfield with their team-mates in an attempt to penetrate United's wide defence.

At this moment, Frank Lampard in the middle suddenly stepped forward, Neymar immediately passed the ball to Lampard, Lampard and Bale simply cooperated to shake off the defense of Manchester United midfielder Reid, Manchester United's middle was empty, Lampard immediately slashed the ball towards Manchester United's door.

Smalling immediately abandoned Suarez and pounced on Lampard, who didn't want to get entangled with him and just passed the ball to Suarez. Unexpectedly, Smarin suddenly turned around and rushed in front of Suarez again.

Suarez didn't catch the ball at all, and the arch of his foot was pushed back to Lampard. This time Smarin's reaction exposed the sluggish side, he thought that he would surprise Suarez and panic this time, but Suarez didn't expect Suarez to pass the ball back again.

Frank Lampard received the ball and did not pass it to Suarez, but distributed it to Neymar on the wing.

If you value Suarez, can you ignore others? (To be continued.) )