Chapter 57: Death Match (Part II)

Ferguson's trust was eventually rewarded, but not by Gibson and O'Shea.

Hydward looked at De Gea who was raising his arms and shouting a little stunned, his young and handsome face and eyes turned into two hooks, his mouth was wide open like an angry lion, and his male charm was fully embodied, very beautiful and noble.

David De Gea, who joined Atletico's academy at the age of 10, has been playing for the first team since the age of 19, and Ferguson spent close to £19 million to acquire the talented goalkeeper this summer.

It's just that the young man who came here as Van der Sar's successor had difficulties from the start, his English was not good, and it was difficult to communicate with his teammates. De Gea has a good personality and likes to make friends, but when Giggs or Rooney greet him with "Morning Mastdor", he can only clumsily reply "Morning Mister". The weather in England is not as sunny as in Spain, with rainy days all year round, including accommodation and a series of problems such as bank account opening, and the economic company cannot help him to clean up everything around him. These are small things that have nothing to do with the game on the field, endlessly, and then upset people.

With such a high value and such a big club, De Gea is still so young and living alone abroad. Fear has; No, there is also a fierce competitive environment, how can it be so easy to gain a foothold in a giant like Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson had a motto: "Bitterness comes with it", and this optimistic attitude has been throughout his two or three decades as a coach. He taught De Gea this philosophy of life as well, took care of all the clutter around him, and then urged the young man to learn English. The media began to question that when the old guy spent so much money to buy a backup goalkeeper, Ferguson treated them as a fart according to his old habits. When the media began to question De Gea's talent, all the old man could see was the young man's progress and the speed of his reflexes.

It's like that world-class save just now, from the selection of positions to the strength of the legs to the shape of the hands.

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Lawrence, who shot the goal, covered his head in frustration, what a good opportunity!

It's just that there are obviously not many opportunities left for him to sigh, and Ferguson's control of the situation on the pitch is beyond Heideward's expectations. Just such a threatening shot made the old man break out in a cold sweat, and this instantaneous feeling of the pitch is his instinct as a coach. Less than 50 minutes into the second half, he had already patted his subordinate Michael Carrick on the shoulder and asked him to warm up.

How ageing are the Manchester United players today? Since joining Tottenham in 06, Carrick is 30 years old. Ferguson is making changes, as he has done countless times, Van der Sar has retired; Scholes also retired.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, Jiang Tou is only free up for young players because of his own injury, and Paul should come back early next year. How good are the old folks in the class of 92? If Hydward had to choose, he would rather face Wayne Rooney than see Paul Scholes, who is already 37 years old.

In the 51st minute, Michael Carrick came on to replace the mediocre O'Shea.

It was a shot in the arm for United's midfielders to improve their passing performance. In the Championship, Birmingham's midfield core Chris Burke had already made Portsmouth suffer, so when Carrick just came on, Jonathan began to carry out Hydward's second order - to keep an eye on the Englishman!

It only took four minutes for Jonathan to block Carrick's path with an indomitable presence. Michael, who was just facing away from him, suddenly flicked the outside of his right foot to the inside, then stepped on the ball and turned around in one go, easily avoiding his frontal block.

Jonathan grabbed it too fiercely, and such a big inertia couldn't stop the car at all, so he rushed straight forward.

The only consolation was that Pierce acted as a protector this time around, choking United's forward line with great speed. A smart person talks to a smart person, is used to thinking from the opponent's point of view, such a player may not be very good at defensive skills, but as long as he is willing to work hard, he will not be too bad.

Pierce is different from Ricardo, who plays purely on the Brazilian's instinctive talents, and his ghostly passes are purely instinctive. Pierce is the kind of player who really plays with his brain, is good at thinking, and is diligent in thinking. He is constantly observing every minute on the field, and his head is like a probe, constantly recording the movements of his own players, as well as the movements of the opposing players. So he can detect Jonathan's mistakes at the first time and limit the opponent's space to hold the ball at the first time.

Carrick wasn't as strong in the muscular Premier League, but he wasn't skinny either, and the age of 30 was the last period of a footballer's prime. He began to use his arms to push the man next to him, adjusting his steps as far as he could. Michael noticed that his brother next to him was sweating a lot, and there were droplets of water from his forehead to his back.

Pierce gasped as he tried to take a deep breath when he could hear the creaking sound of his injured knee. His physical strength began to fail, and his weak upper body and faintly tingling knees all reminded Pierce that you are old! Can't run! Especially today, when he has just come out of the shadow of injury, can he still withstand the confrontation of a large amount of exercise?

He gritted his teeth and stretched out his arm in front of Carrick!

"Jonathan! Come back soon! Pierce could only pray that his partner would get up and come over to help him.

Carrick could feel the relentless fighting spirit of the veteran next to him, and he was squeezing every inch of muscle strength out of his body. The same fighting spirit, Michael has seen in his team-mates Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, a mental force that can be feared.

His blood was ignited in collision after collision, and there was a brief pause on his right foot, and Carrick was not chasing that perfect rhythm of possession. He noticed that Fernandes, the little pea at the far end, was running, and the big guy on the opposite side, Haim, although focused, couldn't stop the overly agile Manchester United striker. As long as he can pass it, he could probably get a goal!

Carrick's half-step pause kept Pierce from keeping up with the momentary change of pace, and he had the slightest space to handle the ball. As an attacking core and a master passer, Michael ditched the top of his foot and used a less accurate but more subtle way - toe.

It's just that half a second later, the touch of the ball he imagined didn't come, and the kick was empty? Or is it sabotage? That guy named Jonathan chased back so fast!

Pierce looked at his teammate who fell to the ground and tackled, showing a surprised expression. Instead of his partner Jonathan, he was looking at centre-back Margery, who cut forward from the centre-back position and cut into midfield to complete a disrupt.

When did it appear? It's a miracle from heaven!