Chapter 405: I'll Tell You a Story
The stats don't lie, as United have won every game Vardy has played this season, even if it's just as a substitute or as a half-time substitute.
Jamie Vardy's only two league appearances have seen United draw one and lose one.
Doesn't that tell the story?
While this cannot be blamed alone, there is no doubt that Jamie Vardy was a key figure in United's success.
Everton once suffered from "Vardy dependence", after all, Everton except Vardy, there is no decent star who can turn the tide by himself, and without Vardy's explosive point, Everton's natural results will not go up.
What I didn't expect is that Manchester United, a super giant, can actually suffer from "Vardy dependence", which is really incredible.
Manchester United has superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney who have already moved towards the top stars, as well as a number of first-class stars to assist, which should have been crushed by God all the way.
But the problem is that a team can't win forever, even if it has a super team that the world envies.
Chelsea were so strong last season, but in the Premier League, there are still a few draws and a few defeats!
The Red Devils, who have been strong this season, are not invincible.
Coincidentally, Vardy didn't play in the two games that Manchester United was weak, so everyone naturally thinks about it.
In fact, what Vardy can really bring to the table is efficiency, which no other striker can do.
Vardy was able to score the most goals with the fewest shots on goal, and that's what Vardy really is.
If Vardy is on the pitch in this game, then Manchester United's more than 20 shots on goal can't go for nothing, and Vardy is by no means a spitter who wastes his chances!
The outside world's interpretation of this is that Manchester United is missing a super scorer who leads the scorer list with 12 goals, and it is normal for the goal efficiency to decline.
Of course, with a draw, United still lead the table, and the Reds have not let that position go by the way from the first round onwards.
The draw put pressure on Manchester United, so the next Champions League group stage game against Copenhagen became a place for Manchester United to vent their emotions.
Vardy, who had been holding back for several days, was like an old man who had just undergone prostate surgery, and the smooth feeling was simply refreshing.
In the first attack, Jamie Vardy blasted the opponent's goal open with a textbook-like in-cut shot, and at this time, many fans had not even had time to enter the field.
Five minutes later, Jamie Vardy was back in the picture, and this time, he set up Cristiano Ronaldo with a breakaway goal.
With a two-goal lead in less than ten minutes, there was no doubt that a carnage was on the horizon.
Copenhagen is about to cry, who are we going to provoke?
You can't hold your breath in the league and run to the Champions League, right?
It's inhumane, you know?
But the problem is that the crazy Manchester United don't care what Copenhagen thinks, just like a tiger doesn't care what the rabbit who is about to be its dinner thinks!
A real massacre, a physical and psychological massacre, and Manchester United really broke Copenhagen.
Jamie Vardy scored a hat-trick in the first half, while Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo also contributed to the goal of five goals in the half, almost creating the largest margin in the Champions League half.
Although Manchester United fans knew that Manchester United would win this game, they never imagined that a massacre would come, and they were about to go crazy.
Fortunately, the Copenhagen coach was still lying in the hospital after being shot in the head by the ball in the last game, otherwise if he commanded this game on the sidelines, he would have suffered a direct cerebral hemorrhage.
In the end, the unreasonable Manchester United beat Copenhagen by eight goals at home, and the bloody score stimulated everyone's eyes.
After the game, Copenhagen's assistant coach was on the verge of tears at the press conference, for Copenhagen, Manchester United is simply the big devil, the big devil who eats people without blinking.
It's not terrible to defeat an opponent, it's terrible to cry the opponent, to defeat the opponent together in mind and body, so that the opponent can no longer lift the will to resist, and can't help but cry sadly.
Apparently Manchester United did that today!
Jamie Vardy said he was delighted that he had already taken his Champions League tally to seven after his senior in the game, which is a desperate number.
I'm afraid that after the group stage, Vardy will already be able to defend the Champions League Golden Boot in advance!
Unlike the last round of league draws, the media immediately changed their tone and began to praise Manchester United, and the praise made Vardy look blushing.
The media have always been this virtue, and they are always in the opposite direction of your arrow.
However, at this time, Portsmouth is very happy, fortunately there is a Champions League group stage between the two rounds of the Premier League, otherwise if Portsmouth directly faces Manchester United, which is angry and has no place to vent, I am afraid that this bloodbath will happen to Portsmouth!
It's just that what Portsmouth didn't expect was that Manchester United, who couldn't get enough of it, still didn't let them go, and Portsmouth still didn't survive.
In the 11th round of the English Premier League, Manchester United hosted Portsmouth, and the Red Devils, who won the Champions League, defeated Portsmouth's stubborn counterattack and easily won a victory.
Jamie Vardy contributed a pass and a shot, Rooney scored twice, Ronaldo also scored, and the trident was full of firepower, and they joined forces to create another tragedy.
Portsmouth really wanted to find a place to cry quietly for a while, not without reporting, the time had not come, and before Bai was happy!
In the 12th round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged Blackburn away from home.
The opponent's stubborn attempts at home also caused a lot of problems for United, who won the game with a hard-fought run after paying the price of Alan Smith and Patrice Evra's injuries, with substitute Park Ji-sung scoring the winner for the Red Devils and Jamie Vardy providing the assist for the bat.
It was Jamie Vardy's first appearance this season without scoring, but a lot of credit goes to him for United's victory.
On November 18, in the 13th round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged Sheffield United away, and Manchester United did not withstand too many tests in this game, easily defeating the opponent, but Park Ji-sung, who started the game, was also injured in the second half and was forced to go off, becoming the third player injured in the midfield of Manchester United in a short period of time.
Although it was a victory, the price was a bit too great!
No one expected that the shortage of midfield personnel would suddenly come!
Fletcher is still recovering from an injury, he injured Alan Smith in the last game, Park Ji-sung retired again in this game, and the three generals can't wait to run to the hospital to fight the landlord!
What now?
Originally, Manchester United's midfield reserves were quite sufficient, but now there is only Carrick left, can he support Manchester United's midfield alone?
What's even more disturbing is that Manchester United will meet the challenge of the Blues at home in the next league game, and Manchester United, who has no midfield, must not be crushed by Chelsea?
There was no way, Ferguson had to change back to the 442 formation, Scholes and Carrick played in central midfield, Vardy played as a left wing-back, and Saha partnered Rooney in the attack, which can be regarded as the best solution!
Of course, Manchester United is not without other midfielders, but both Miller and Jones are not up to the task, and they can be rotated normally, but if they appear in the big battle with Chelsea, it must be the point where the Blues burst out!
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With the advent of the big game and the incomplete squad of the team, the atmosphere in the Manchester United team is a bit stagnant, and even if Manchester United are now leading the table, Chelsea still put a lot of pressure on them.
Chelsea are currently three points behind Manchester United and sit second in the table, and although their performance is not as good as last season, their reputation is still not to be underestimated.
Chelsea's squad has undergone a luxurious upgrade this season, with many believing that once these players are fully integrated into Chelsea's tactics, the Blues will immediately improve by leaps and bounds and will be stronger than last season.
Manchester United wants to regain lost ground in the Premier League, then the biggest opponent is Chelsea, and the two-legged battle between the two teams is the epitome of the battle for supremacy between the two teams throughout the season, which can explain a lot to a certain extent.
Vardy didn't like the atmosphere very much, he was overly dignified and felt oppressed, and even Ferguson seemed to have a little less smile.
Do you want to tease yourself to adjust the atmosphere?
Well, I've already resigned myself to my fate, who made myself a tease!
So the night before, Vardy secretly approached the team's nutritionist and made him a small request - some rice porridge for lunch the next day.
The dietitian didn't know what Vardy was going to do, but cooking porridge with rice, although not a standard meal, was at least better than a lot of junk food, and he thought Vardy had a bad appetite lately!
So the dietitian agreed to Vardy's request, and preparing one is also a preparation, just let the whole team drink a little porridge, anyway, rice can provide enough B vitamins, so it should be changed to taste!
So the next day, in the canteen of the training base, a large bucket of white porridge appeared.
After the players finished the morning's training, they came to the canteen to eat in twos and threes, and it was very unusual to see white porridge, which is not common.
So everyone who was interested in it had a bowl, and after eating the staple food, they also drank a bowl of porridge, and they all felt very good.
Especially Rooney and Ronaldo, these two goods were naughty for another night, which was not enough.
"Jamie, why don't you drink porridge?" Rooney was drinking the porridge beautifully, but found that Vardy didn't seem to be interested in the porridge at all, so he asked curiously.
Vardy smiled, stood up, clapped his hands, and caught everyone's attention.
"Anyway, it's boring, I'll tell you a story!" Vardy said loudly.
The United players don't know what Vardy wants to do, but since he wants to tell a story, then tell it and use it as background music for dinner.
Of course, be mindful that what if Vardy is telling a joke and letting them spray rice?