Chapter 167: Equalizing this thing, I'm familiar with it
Many people in the Manchester United squad are very unfamiliar with the UEFA Super Cup, but Dai Zhiqiang is very familiar with it, especially against Real Madrid - last season's UEFA Super Cup, it was he who led Villarreal to overturn the careless Galaxy battleship and won the only championship trophy for the Yellow Submarine last season.
This year's UEFA Super Cup was held in Macedonia for the first time, and this was the 11th meeting between the two teams in history, with Real Madrid winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 2 in the previous 10 games, with a goal difference of 20 to 16.
Real Madrid have made five appearances in the UEFA Super Cup, with 3 wins and 2 defeats, while Manchester United have won 1-2 in 3 appearances, and the only time they won the trophy was in 1991.
Jose Mourinho is the first manager in history to take three different teams to the UEFA Super Cup, but has lost his last two games – Porto 2003 and Chelsea 2013.
For Real Madrid, Bale and Benzema partnered Real Madrid in attack, with Cristiano Ronaldo coming to the bench and Luka Modric, Isco and Kroos in midfield.
As for Manchester United, it is natural that Dai Zhiwei, who must score in every warm-up game before, and Matic and Lindelof, who are also new signings, also start.
The captains of both sides picked the side, Ramos chose to kick off first after guessing the victory, and with the referee's whistle, Dai Zhiwei's first official game after joining Manchester United officially began.
Benzema pushed the ball to Isco, who crossed diagonally to Bale and then both ran into the front court.
Bale was about to take a few steps with the ball when the United defenders were already rushing over, and Bale didn't want to entangle with him, so he passed to Luka Modric, the midfield commander of the current Galactic.
In the first 10 minutes, both sides played very friendly, and no matter how important the UEFA Super Cup was touted, it was just a slightly more important warm-up game in the eyes of the big clubs, and it was just a little more important than the Community Shield in the Premier League.
The stars of both teams showed their abilities to the fullest, and the game was very good.
However, the friendly start lasted only 10 minutes, and after Mourinho signalled that there was no need to test again, the battle on the pitch began to heat up, and now is not the time to be polite.
In the twenty-second minute of the first half, Pogba had just received Herrera's pass, and before he could start the speed, Casemiro had already run to his side like the wind, staring at his ankle with open hands.
Pogba pulled the ball with his left foot and tried to pass, but the Brazilian midfielder was unmoved.
Pogba protected the ball, looked up at his team-mate's position, took the ball to the left, quickly pulled it back to the right, and forced past Casemiro.
Unexpectedly, Casemiro quickly turned and blocked in front of Pogba, and the ball jumped out of Pogba's feet, but he himself was blocked by the Brazilian midfielder.
"It's this cowardice again!" Dai Zhiwei scolded in the front court, Pogba is indeed a very good midfielder, but he is too sticky to the ball, and Manchester United's offensive rhythm is so slow that he often slows down for one reason or another.
In some ways, Pogba is somewhat similar to the Argentine midfield maestro Riquelme of the past.
However, Riquelme can't play fast, it's a matter of style of play; Pogba doesn't want to play fast, he likes to control the ball at his feet, it's a matter of attitude, the two are completely different.
In the final analysis, there are no players at Manchester United who can contain Pogba - during the Juventus period, both Pirlo and Buffon were able to easily clean up Pogba; In France, Pogba is even less of the team's top name.
Casemiro quickly passed the ball to Kroos who ran over, and turned to run through the field after Kroos who received the ball.
Bale, who had been on the verge of Casemiro's steal and was on the verge of running into the opponent's penalty area, was already on the verge of Kroos' pass, followed by Herrera.
Bale looked at the positions of Isco and Benzema, and before Herrera could get closer, the ball was already flying off the ground and towards Benzema in the box.
Karima Benzemacca was in front of Victor Lindelof and unloaded the ball before Bale ran up again.
Herrera followed Bale closely, and Bale was quite threatening when he entered the box, and Benzema looked at Bale with the ball and passed it out with his feet.
Lindelof rushed to the ground and made a cross-tackle, but the ball was not passed to Bale, but to Carvajal who was cut in diagonally.
Carvajal pulled the ball a little bit, shook off the chasing Smarin, and knocked the ball back into the middle.
At this time, Casemiro, who was running at high speed, did not look at the goal, and catching up with the ball was a powerful shot.
Although De Gea had already turned his attention to Casemiro, he could not do anything about the powerful shot from close range, and watched as the ball, which was like a detached cannonball, rushed into the goal behind him at great speed.
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal! The ball is in! The on-site commentator was calm for almost half an hour, and then finally became excited.
The Real Madrid fans watched Casemiro running towards them feverishly, shouting his name!
The goal was Casemiro's eighth goal for Real Madrid, the last two of which came in the Champions League final and the UEFA Super Cup, and he also became one of the seventh killers in Real Madrid's history to score in two consecutive European finals.
The last Brazilian player to score in the UEFA Super Cup was Carlos in 2002.
Carvajal has seven assists in all competitions so far in 2017, second only to Marcelo with 11 assists among La Liga defenders.
In the past 22 times, the side that scored first in the UEFA Super Cup has won 17 times - however, Real Madrid also scored first last season, but Dai Zhiwei led Villarreal to complete a big comeback and lost almost the title!
The Reds then laid siege in the final 10 minutes of the first half, but it didn't work out well –
In the 37th minute, Dai Zhiwei stopped the ball in front of the penalty area and knocked it horizontally, and Pogba's shot from the left rib of the penalty area was blocked by Carvajal.
In the 43rd minute, Manchester United took a corner kick, Dai Zhiwei carried away his old enemy Ramos and rushed to the top with a header, but unfortunately he was a little short after all, and the header was interfered with by Ramos, and the ball was easily obtained by Navas.
Jose Mourinho didn't emphasise much tactics at half-time, only replacing Lingard, who had been indifferent in the first half, with Marcus Rashford.
After the start of the second half, the two sides played a little tepid after the opening.
Manchester United's backfield sideline ball, Valencia threw the ball into the field, Matic got the ball for the first time, observed the front, but suddenly a powerful long pass.
Taller?
Judging from the live TV footage, this kick seems to be the power of Matic's long pass, the football pass is too high, and some of it has to be passed directly into the arms of the opposing defender.
But the picture seen by the fans at the scene was completely different - Dai Zhiwei swooped down during the run, jumped high, and unloaded the football with his forehead.
The vertical distance between Dai Zhiwei's bounce feet and the ground is at least 1.2 meters, and with his height, it means that he can almost use his forehead to reach a regular basketball hoop!
"Oh my God!"
But this surprise is just the beginning, from this moment on Dai Zhiwei will set off a whirlwind of the Red Devils!
Dai Zhiwei did not choose to pass the ball after unloading the football, but took the ball in the direction of Real Madrid's goal.
When Real Madrid's two major midfielders, Modric and Kroos, ran over, just as they were about to close the door, Dai Zhiwei took the first step to open the ball, and then crashed through the gap between the two!
Yes, it was extremely violent and collided, and even Modric wanted to use his arm to block Dai Zhiwei's breakthrough, but Dai Zhiwei fell to the ground lightly and slid out of the way.
If you want to talk about Casemiro, Dai Zhiwei will be a little hesitant, but as far as Modric and Kroos are concerned, he is not scared at all!
Easily breaking through the defense of the two, Dai Zhiwei continued to run towards the penalty area with the ball.
Real Madrid's two defenders, Ramos and Raphael Varane, did not dare to make the mistake of two teammates again, and cautiously approached Dai Zhiwei and blocked the route of Dai Zhiwei's pass.
Unlike Manchester United players who only see Dai Zhiwei's game style from the news and videos, Ramos and Varane, the first central defender combination in La Liga, have been ravaged too many times by Dai Zhiwei in the game, and they know their horror!
Pass?
In Dai Zhiwei's opinion, both of his teammates may not be able to complete the shooting action, but waste an offensive opportunity.
When it comes to passing high balls, Rashford's position is clearly not dominant, and Mkhitaryan's shooting skills are not so good.
So what will Dai Zhiwei, who was evaluated by "Dai Hei" as a "lone wolf" in this case, do?
There is no doubt that it is a burst shot!
Dai Zhiwei slammed on the lawn with his right foot, flicked the ball lightly with his left foot, and followed up with a heavy kick.
The ball suddenly brought out a string of water droplets and flew towards the goal!
Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas was in front of him, and the football had already pierced the air with a hint of fresh wind and rushed into the goal!
Keylor Navas in front of goal did not react at all to this sudden shot, and did not even make a gesture of raising his hand.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa!” The England Sky Sports TV commentator of the game shouted passionately: "Dai Zhiwei's shot! This was Dai Zhiwei's first official game after joining Manchester United, and it was now the 68th minute of the second half, Dai Zhiwei easily got rid of Real Madrid's defense and stood on the line of the penalty area to hit the goal. This powerful shot made Real Madrid's goalkeeper Keylor Navas have no time to react at all! Manchester United has Dai Zhiwei like a cannon with cannonballs. Manchester United is going to be even more terrifying this season! ”
Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas shook the sweat off his head in frustration, walked into the goal, picked up the ball, and drove towards the midfield.
However, these guys who have played with Dai Zhiwei many times still have a hint of joy now, because this demon king has joined Manchester United to scourge the Premier League defenders!
At this time, Dai Zhiwei had already run to the side of the stadium, standing in front of the stands of Manchester United fans, pointing at the fans, while doing his own unique blowgun celebration, while making the cheers of the fans louder, the fans will naturally not hesitate to cheer in the face of their favorite players.
The excited cheers of the fans who watched the Manchester United game were no less than the cheers of the Real Madrid fans when Casemiro opened the score, and even more passionate and passionate!
However, this is Dai Zhiwei, he was invincible in Spain, and after coming to England, he is still unstoppable!
Of course, it will take time to test now, after all, he has not really played against a Premier League team yet.
However, last season's two consecutive hat-tricks against Manchester City have reduced people's doubts about him to a minimum!
The two sides were back on the same page, and the game restarted with a fierce battle, after all, although the UEFA Super Cup was not as important as the other finals, but at this juncture, neither team wanted to give up.
Mourinho first replaced Fellaini with his henchman to increase the team's defensive hardness in midfield.
Zinedine Zidane, on the other hand, replaced Isco and Bale with two future stars, Asensio and Vazquez, to strengthen the team's forward line.
In the 76th minute, Dai Zhiwei took the ball from the right side, Fellaini's header rushed to the top, Ramos collided with him and both fell to the ground, and the team doctors of the two teams came on the field to treat the players, and Fellaini's head bleeding could only be bandaged on the spot.
In the 81st minute, Mkhitaryan went straight to the stopper, and after Dai Zhiwei took away Ramos, Rashford fired a low shot at Navas on the left side of the penalty area, which was saved by the latter and deflected off the line.
Two minutes later, Zidane, who couldn't sit still, could no longer maintain the calm of "Zen" and replaced Benzema with Ronaldo.
"You're finally coming up." Dai Zhiwei declared war on Ronaldo when he passed by him: "If you don't come up again, even if I win, I will have regrets." Now, it's time to fight it out! ”
Ronaldo stared at Dai Zhiwei for a few seconds when he heard this, once he just regarded Dai Zhiwei as an outstanding rising star, but in just one year, the other party has become one of his biggest competitors, and is even recognized by the outside world as the biggest favorite to break his own and Messi's hegemony in football, and the other party's age is 9 years younger than himself - on the green field, this is already a generation gap.
From a junior he once admired to a strong competitor today, Ronaldo feels an endless threat.
Will he be afraid, though?
"Let the horses come!" Ronaldo responded.
"I can't ask for it!" Dai Zhiwei gave a thumbs up.
Dai Zhiwei was particularly active after Ronaldo's debut, constantly running all over the field, Casemiro, who was originally arranged by Zidane to defend Dai Zhiwei, lost some of his claims, and Zidane, who has always liked me, did not expect Mourinho to arrange Dai Zhiwei to play a role that is somewhat like a free man in the frontcourt.
Such an unrestrained Dai Zhiwei is simply uncontrollable by conventional methods!
Zidane glanced at Mourinho opposite with a gloomy face, and cursed in his heart, "The game is difficult!" ”