213 De Gea at the back
The most impactful impact of the first round of the intense new Premier League season on Manchester United's new signings is not Tang Hong, let alone Van Persie, who has been working hard in the Premier League, but Shinji Kagawa.
Ferguson's introduction of Shinji Kagawa was naturally intended to bolster United's midfield control and improve attacking creativity, but Shinji Kagawa looked a little helpless in the opening ten minutes, because the Premier League's defensive model emphasizes active pressing and physical confrontation, which is in stark contrast to the Bundesliga.
And adapted to the Bundesliga, Kagawa Shinji still needs to adapt to time in the Premier League, and at the same time, Manchester United's forward offensive is faster and simpler in terms of play, and lacks delicate, fast and continuous small cooperation, which also makes Kagawa Shinji lonely, if Scholes can be five or six years younger, then his forward pressure may be able to spark with Kagawa Shinji, but now Scholes has greatly reduced the offensive tendency of the forward, and at the same time, today's back is also mainly defensive.
Manchester United can't do anything with Everton's midfield today, Phil Neville is still down, he is too old to stay at the back and defend and convert too much, but Fellaini's big body in the midfield control is not as good as Manchester United's midfielders can shake, Gibson from the sidelines, always able to easily form a threat through Manchester United's midfield.
In the 14th minute of the game, Fellaini resisted Scholes's pressing with his body in front of the center circle, turned the ball to Gibson, Shinji Kagawa chased back and Gibson split the ball, and Osman stepped down the ball in front of Evra on the right side and crossed the ball to the middle of the goal.
If it weren't for De Gea's wonderful leg stretching out to block the ball on the goal line, Manchester United would have conceded the goal first!
It is unclear whether Manchester United are picturesque up front, but De Gea at the back has already begun to show signs of it.
'A world-class block from David De Gea denied Jelavic's shot!
Manchester United's backline today is really not reassuring! ”
In the 18th minute of the game, Tang Hong took the initiative to retreat to meet the midfield, and Shinji Kagawa knocked the ball back to Scholes under the pressure of Gibson, who decisively sent the ball to Tang Hong's side with a diagonal pass.
Tang Hong, who took the initiative to respond, stopped the buckle to buckle Fellaini, who assisted in the defense, and quickly cut the ball inside and found that Hibbert and Phil Neville quickly formed a pinch to block his way, Van Persie took the initiative to drive the defense line to move when he responded, and Tang Hong saw this and directly picked the ball to the right in front of the penalty area.
Welbeck saw the football flying, stopped the ball with his chest and shot in front of the penalty area with his feet!
Once again, the football flew into the stands.
Tang Hong's action in the penalty area came to an abrupt halt again, and his expression was a little helpless.
Why is this cumming again?
Oh my God, how confident you are in your marksmanship!
Or is it simply brainless and doesn't know how to cooperate again?
If you play like this, what does Manchester United want Van Persie, a pillar center forward as the fulcrum, and other attacking players to play long-range shots?
Two minutes later, Baynes went down the left and knocked the ball back diagonally, and Gibson took the initiative to pick up the ball in the middle of the box.
Fellaini, who stepped in from behind, followed up with a header!
The ball flew straight to the top right of the middle of the goal, and De Gea made another brilliant save to lift the ball over the crossbar with one palm!
'The combination of Carrick and Nemanja Vidic gave Everton a lot of time today and it was clear that United couldn't stop Everton from finishing in the box!
De Gea can make one, two, three, or even five saves, but will he be able to keep his opponent's shots out consistently? ”
Ferguson couldn't help but walk to the sidelines to start supervising the game, no need to shout, no need to have exaggerated body movements, just stand on the sidelines, the players on the field of Manchester United feel the invisible pressure as long as they see it!
Stimulate them must improve performance!
In the 23rd minute of the game, Rooney received a short pass from Shinji Kagawa in the front, Shinji Kagawa ran forward, but the speed was not fast enough, which made Rooney decisively choose to cross the ball diagonally to the left wing to find Tang Hong when facing Phil Neville.
Tang Hong quickly ran to the inside to answer, and Hibbert also hurriedly ran to block his inside line, but just when the two were about to meet, Tang Hong didn't touch the ball and stopped and retreated to the outside line!
Hibbert hurriedly braked, but the football had already rolled over, Tang Hong overtook from the outside to the edge of the penalty area, looked at the situation on the road and then sent the ball into the penalty area.
Van Persie took the initiative to respond, Tang Hong immediately turned to run to the left in front of the penalty area, and if Van Persie turned the ball back, then he would go into range and shoot dangerously.
But Van Persie took a step forward after receiving the ball and shot from a small angle!
The football was blocked by the tackle of Jagielka, who followed the defense, and the bottom line was blocked!
Tang Hong ran two steps and could only stop, and when he walked to get ready for a corner, he turned back to Van Persie and shouted: "Can you see my running position and try to pass the ball to me?" ”
Van Persie heard it, but didn't respond.
In this kind of fast-paced and high-intensity confrontation game, handling the ball is almost the first reaction, the space for thinking does not exist, and the observation is only a short time.
Tang Hong's corner kick was well placed, and Rooney nodded the ball high from behind the penalty area.
Everton were quick again, but this time Phil Neville's long ball was cleared by Nemanja Vidic's header in the box.
Valencia launched a quick attack on the right, and after colliding with Rooney in midfield, he drove all the way to the dangerous area of the attack, and played a short pass to the feet of Welbeck under the defense of Baynes, who failed to break into the box and fell in the box while being cut off by Distin.
He was asking the referee for a penalty, but even his United team-mates thought it was a bit ridiculous.
Tang Hong was convinced, he could see that his two teammates on the front line only had the goal in their eyes, and he regarded the opportunity as a forbidden one, and would never give it to others!
In the 34th minute of the game, Tang Hong took the initiative to come to the middle from the side to solve the dilemma of Shinji Kagawa being forced to grab the ball without a point, when Phil Neville forced from behind, Tang Hong faked the reverse cut and pulled the ball to complete the change, and when the ball hit the left side of the penalty area, in the face of Hibbert's help defense, he faked a shot and really buckled into the middle of the penalty area, Van Persie ran diagonally into the left rib of the penalty area, which led to Jagielka's follow-up defense, and Distin came to the middle to defend Tang Hong.
Tang Hong calmly crossed the ball diagonally to the right rib of the penalty area, and Welbeck cut inside and got a great opportunity!
But at this time, Distin gave up Tang Hong and turned around to try to block Welbeck, Tang Hong continued to insert in the middle of the goal and was already unmarked, but he saw Welbeck forcibly kick the goal, the football flew straight to the near corner of the goal, and the football was directly saved by goalkeeper Howard!
Tang Hong instantly petrified in place, and then waved his hands to Welbeck's feet.
Why not pass the ball?
Why not pass the ball?
Why the fuck doesn't pass?
Welbeck raised his hand to Tang Hong, as if he was sorry.
Tang Hong felt that his mentality was about to explode!
What is there to be sorry for?
They want to score goals, it's for the team, it's for the fans, it's not for themselves!
Such a good opportunity was wasted like this, and he played a goalkeeper The first criterion of defense is to defend the near corner of the block, and I am sure that I am really confident and sure before shooting?
Manchester United's corner kick was cleared by Fellaini's header in the middle of the box, Jelavic rushed out of the box and flicked the ball over to the wing, Baines stepped forward quickly, slammed the ball forward before Scholes made a tackle, and then ran wildly to the front!
Manchester United's corner kick attack suddenly turned into an Everton counter-attack!
Baines saw Valencia run back after half-time, so he knocked the ball across the middle, followed up by Gibson to meet the ball and send a diagonal pass to the ground, Baines accelerated to cut inside and blocked Valencia on the outside.
Carrick and Patrice Evra had to put together the last defence to fend off Baines' onslaught, but they saw Baines cross diagonally to the right side of the box at the edge of the box.
Osman sprinted all the way up, smashed into the penalty area, took the ball past Evra's side and fired a volley!
The ball is running like thunder in the far corner of the goal!
De Gea couldn't save this time!
A deafening cheer rang out at Goodison Park!
The Toffee fans were ecstatic, and Osman and his teammates rushed to the sidelines to celebrate!
The Manchester United squad were expressionless, as if they didn't know how to deal with such a situation.
Ferguson even looked cold and sharp, expressing his dissatisfaction with the team.
"Osman shoots hard! Everton scored the Red Devils with a counter-attack and now they have a one-goal lead over Manchester United!
Manchester United's defence was still in trouble today, and when you see Michael Carrick starting to play at the back and there is no defensive midfielder who can intercept the opposition, you know that the United defence will concede goals sooner or later!
But for the Red Devils, it's not a few goals conceded, it's how many goals they can score.
So far, we've seen the most active player up front with new signing Tang Hong, who has threatened the ball on a number of occasions and created plenty of chances, but there is still a problem with him being that he has barely interacted with his team-mates up front.
It seems that Manchester United still need to run in!
There is still plenty of time to play and maybe United will be able to get back on the scoresheet soon after they adjust. ”
The pace of action became more up-to-date after the kick-off, while Everton stepped up defensively, as the first half drew to a close.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Rooney attracted firepower in the middle of the penalty area and passed the ball horizontally, Tang Hong passed the ball into the penalty area under the attack of Hibbert and Gibson, and quickly inserted the ball after the ball.
He ran out of position again, but Van Persie pulled the ball and turned sideways and fired with his unpopular right foot, only to be blocked by Distin.
Tang Hong didn't react in words and deeds to express dissatisfaction or doubt, he now wants to calm himself down and clear his mind and understand the situation!