294 New Generation Best
Stamford Bridge experienced a storm at the end of last year.
It was thought that the team led the team to a miraculous victory last season and that Di Matteo would be the team's true destiny, able to lead the team to a new era when the old and the new are ushering in, but the reigning champions of the Champions League Chelsea were eliminated at the end of the group stage to create a humiliating record, and the dismal record of more than a month without a win in the league directly caused Chelsea to fall out of the championship race.
Not even Chelsea supporters can continue to support Di Matteo.
Last season's Champions League title was really cool, but you can't continue to be cool after a cool summer, right?
Their great glory will be remembered in their hearts, and now Di Matteo can only be worshipped in memory, and as for the Chelsea position, it is still a different one.
As a result, the Chelsea hierarchy were under pressure to sack Di Matteo, but it was not easy to find a suitable manager to take over midway through the season, and Chelsea's next move was to bring in former Reds boss Rafael Benitez.
Benitez's ability cannot be said to be absolutely top-notch, after all, from Valencia to Liverpool, his achievements are more concentrated in the first five or six years of the early 21st century, and there are not many achievements in the future.
Rafael Benitez's biggest challenge at Stamford Bridge is the dressing room and the fans.
As a former Reds manager, he was not absolutely supported by the dressing room, and the Blues fans were disgusted and resisted from the outset.
However, since Benitez is taking money to do things, of course, he will not be perfunctory, and he has a good record of leading the team seriously, and he has passed a hurdle to enter the round of 16 in the Europa League round of 32, and at the same time has stabilized the third place in the league and has not fallen behind, and now he is leading the team to visit Old Trafford, I am afraid that the treatment will not be good, and even some sympathy.
Before the start of the game, Red Devils fans did not like Benitez because of the identity of the opponent's former Red Army manager, and Chelsea fans did not support him because of this, as we all know, Manchester United and Liverpool are mortal enemies, and Chelsea and Liverpool have no historical grudges, but in the history of Mourinho's rise to Chelsea, the narrow encounter with Liverpool in the Champions League became the biggest attraction at that time, and the two teams also formed a bond due to the controversy of the game, the final result, etc.
The FA Cup quarter-finals were played at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils' main force is at its best.
Chelsea, however, had reservations, and perhaps Benitez did not expect Manchester United to go all out for the FA Cup!
Manchester United started 433.
Goalkeeper: David De Gea.
Defenders: Valencia, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra.
Midfielders: Cleverley, Shinji Kagawa, Carrick.
Forwards: Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Tang Hong.
Nemanja Vidic, Phil Jones, Rafael and other players rotated.
Chelsea started 433.
Goalkeeper: Cech.
Defenders: Azpilicueta, Cahill, Luiz, Ashley Cole.
Midfielders: Ramires, Mata, Lampard.
Forwards: Oscar, Demba Ba, Moses.
Mikel, Torres, Eden Hazard, Branislav Ivanovic and others were on the bench.
Ferguson sat in the dugout munching gum and was expecting a win at home to Chelsea because of the Premier League schedule.
In the penultimate round of the season, Manchester United will host Chelsea, who have beaten Chelsea twice this season, once away in the league and once in the Carabao Cup.
When the penultimate round of the league could turn into a title race for Manchester United this season, the Reds will need nothing more courage than confidence.
When the game started, Chelsea were attacking quickly on the road.
Frank Lampard, who was already a veteran, played well in midfield, with Juan Mata organising the delivery of shells after combing the midfield, and Moses and Oscar being efficient in breaking down the wings, but the quality of the final pass and the final shot was a bit poor.
Manchester United have eased the pressure in the early stages of the game and are improving their form.
In the 14th minute of the game, Shinji Kagawa received Cleverley's pass and the retreating Rooney hit the wall to dodge Ramirez's counter-steal interception, and then sent the ball to the side with a diagonal pass.
Tang Hong cut inside to lead Cesar Azpilicueta to reclaim the middle, but he didn't touch the ball when the ball rolled and continued to run inside.
Cesar Azpilicueta made a quick stop to break the ball, but he missed the chance to get up and watched the ball roll off the touchline.
Patrice Evra cut in at high speed to cross the ball into the box on the flank, and Azpilicueta turned to intercept it too late.
Tang Hong cut into the left rib of the penalty area and crossed directly, and Cahill immediately stepped forward and raised his leg to block his cross.
Van Persie, who flanked from the right side of the penalty area and into the middle of the goal, had a mixed mentality.
After seeing Tang Hong's fake fax buckle to get rid of Cahill, Van Persie said to himself: Sure enough, I knew he wouldn't pass it!
After the Champions League match, Tang Hong's remarks in an interview were scoffed by Van Persie.
In his eyes, Tang Hong is a selfish ghost.
It's just that Tang Hong's ability to score goals is extraordinary, and he also accepted his fate.
This season's Golden Boot definitely belongs to Tang Hong.
If people have the ability, they must be allowed to be willful!
Tang Hong shot directly on the spot after deducting Cahill!
A low shot blasted the ball into the far corner of the goal, but the angle from which the ball eventually flew was not tricky.
Cech could barely block the ball in a horizontal pounce, not to mention a save, the ball was too fast!
The football that had just been blocked was sent into the goal by Van Persie with a follow-up shot in the small penalty area!
Manchester United take the lead at home!
Van Persie ran to celebrate.
Tang Hong slowly walked towards him.
Fleet Street, to discuss the relationship between Tang Hong and Van Persie, is already fried cold rice, and there is little market attention.
Even Manchester United fans are used to the two strikers playing their own games and scoring goals anyway.
The season has come to an end, Manchester United has scored a lot of goals, but Van Persie and Tang Hong have not assisted each other once!
This is a rare statistic in the world.
Just looking at the data, not looking at their play, you can imagine that the two behind so many goals of Manchester United have not worked together directly!
Coaches in Alex Ferguson's time didn't look much at match data to analyse team performance.
In fact, he couldn't find a single game this season that United hadn't won because of a forward problem.
Maybe Pep Guardiola or Jose Mourinho will inevitably call Tang Hong and Van Persie together to have a good talk, and then try to solve the problem.
Ferguson doesn't think so, he doesn't think there's a problem.
Chelsea conceded first and Manchester United scored seemingly easily.
Benitez stood on the sidelines and was quite helpless, although it was Van Persie who scored the goal, but Tang Hong cooperated with his teammates on the left side to break through the defense, and the key shot in the penalty area to create a shooting threat was definitely the initiator of this goal.
As a hot super striker in the Premier League, if it weren't for Tang Hong's dislike of playing in front of the media and his short time in the Premier League, he would have replaced Gareth Bale and Wayne Rooney as the most watched stars in the Premier League.
But no matter how low-key he is, after Manchester United eliminated Real Madrid, Tang Hong's popularity has skyrocketed, and even entering the 23-man shortlist for the annual Ballon d'Or has been confirmed.
Benitez was helpless.
Look at Chelsea's Oscar, Hazard, who spent more money than Manchester United, but the combined contribution of the two is not as much as Tang Hong!
That's the gap.
It's useless to say anything now, Benitez is not signing a formal contract anyway, and it is a bit difficult to become a regular.
Do your best and let God do your best.
Chelsea actively strengthened the offensive after conceding the goal, advancing from the back to the front or playing well, Lampard, Mata, and Ramirez in the midfield can really stabilize the field, but the core problem is still the striker!
Oscar and Moses did well in the rush, but their finishing abilities were infuriating.
Demba Ba didn't have many chances under Rio Ferdinand and Evans defensively, after all, he only came to the team in the winter window.
In the 24th minute of the game, Manchester United launched a fast attack at the back.
Valencia's long pass from the back found Van Persie on the flank, who headed in from Ashley Cole to the middle.
Frank Lampard's age, with Ramirez centred on Tang Hong's side, led to Wayne Rooney gaining easy possession of the ball in the middle of the pack and pushing into the edge of the Chelsea penalty area.
When David Luiz came in front of Rooney to intercept it, Rooney sent the ball to the penalty spot with a diagonal pass.
Cahill was just about to step forward to clear the siege, but saw Tang Hong passing by the building in front of him.
He stretched out his leg to intercept and was dodged by Tang Hong after jumping off the ball.
Cech attacked decisively, Tang Hong immediately made a gesture and shot at the goal, Cech fell to the ground to save the blocking angle, but he didn't expect Tang Hong to be a feint!
As Tang Hong continued to slide the ball diagonally past the front of Cech's blockade, he pushed the ball into the near corner of the goal from a near-zero angle.
The ball rolled into the goal against the inside of the right post!
After completing the goal, Tang Hong trotted to the sidelines, smiled and danced a samba to celebrate the goal!
The cheers at Old Trafford rang out in the sky!
There are already Red Devils fans in the stands who have made a bow to Tang Hong!
Ferguson also got up from the coach's seat and applauded, and with a smile on his face, it was easy for the outside world to see his love for Tang Hong.
Fleet Street seems to have failed to find a better word to praise Tang Hong after scoring against Real Madrid four times.
So began the fancy touting.
Compare Tang Hong to the best player in Manchester United's history, a new generation of Best!
Or maybe he's as popular as Duncan Edwards.
For a 19-year-old to be able to play in the Premier League and Champions League, even if he doesn't score again until the end of the season, he has been a striker of his age group in England's history.
As for his popularity at Manchester United, Red Devils fans naturally love his performances on the pitch, and as for his life, they know almost nothing.
That's a good thing.
It's like Paul Scholes rarely gives interviews and doesn't know what his private life is, but such players are low-key and focused on football.