Chapter 208: Carrying the Team Forward 1

A three-game winless run has not dampened the enthusiasm of the Red Devils fans, with the Old Trafford stadium still packed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The referee blew the whistle, and Manchester United's home match against Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round of the Premier League officially began.

Manchester United's starting line-up has been tweaked compared to the Manchester derby.

Against Manchester City, Ferguson lined up in a 4222 formation, and although it worked well, most of the attack was launched from the flanks. That being the case, there is no need for Ferguson to bother with that effort, and directly discharged the 433 formation.

Up front, King Dong was in the middle, with Nani and Ryan Giggs on either flank. In midfield, Hargreaves and Michael Carrick are paired in a back two, forming a three-man midfield system with Paul Scholes. At the back, there were no changes from the previous game, with Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand partnering in central defence, with Patrice Evra and Brown on either flank.

Yu Liang, who started the last game, sat on the bench, and Ferguson clearly trusted the latter more than midfield maestro Paul Scholes.

As soon as the game began, Tottenham Hotspur, who were the first to kick off, came up and created a dangerous situation for Manchester United.

Dimitar Berbatov, the Bulgarian striker, also had an ambiguous affair with Manchester United after Wayne Rooney's injury. But in the end, Manchester United brought in Tevez and gave up on Berbatov.

Perhaps it is because of this that Berbatov wants to show his quality in front of Manchester United. After receiving the ball at the edge of the penalty area and dribbling to attract a number of Manchester United players to defend, he passed Robbie Keane with a clever backheel, and the latter's powerful long-range shot from the edge of the box smashed into the crossbar and bounced, shocking the Manchester United people into a cold sweat.

Manchester United, who were expecting three points, then launched a counterattack. In the 7th minute, after pulling the Tottenham defense through continuous passes, Carrick penetrated the Tottenham defense with a straight kick in the middle, and King Dong got a single chance against offside.

"Whew!"

In the face of the attacking goalkeeper, King Dong adjusted his breathing, raised his right foot to make a push to deceive the goalkeeper's center of gravity, and then shot the ball with a button, and the football flew directly into the goal after passing the goalkeeper's body.

โ€œgoal๏ผโ€

The Old Trafford stadium was boiling in an instant, and all the fans chanted in unison.

After scoring the goal, King Dong rushed to the sideline and knelt down to celebrate, then picked up his shorts and patted his thick thighs.

King Dong's celebratory action caused the rotten girls in the stands to scream again and again. It's a pity that King Dong is no longer the fifth diamond king, after more than half a year of good performance, Lele has completely forgiven King Dong, and even Lele's parents are relieved, and their wedding will be held as scheduled.

King Dong's goal gave United a fantastic start to the season, but it was short-lived, as Tottenham equalised after 15 minutes.

Hargreaves made a mistake in the return pass, and Berbatov burst into the box after a steal and fired a low shot into the net to make it 1-1.

King Dong scored in the seventh minute, leaving fans cheering, who thought the team would take advantage of the win and extend the score, as they did last season. And Manchester United did just that, and they performed well, frequently threatening the door of Tottenham, but you can't stand the back line to give big gifts!

So when Hargreaves made a mistake and Berbatov scored, the United fans chuckled inwardly, is it another winless game?

The fans immediately let out bursts of boos, hoping to drive away the inexplicable uneasiness in their hearts.

Not only the fans, but even the players began to feel uneasy, and their uneasiness was directly reflected in the subsequent games, with frequent mistakes in the midfield burying the rest of the first half. 1-1, the first half of the draw between the two sides ended.

After a fifteen-minute break, the players from both sides returned to the pitch.

Yu Liang and Tevez immediately came to the sidelines after they were dressed.

"Manchester United made two substitutions at once, and it seems that Ferguson was very unhappy with the performance of the team in the first half!"

Ferguson was unhappy with his team's first-half performance, especially Hargreaves' mistake in returning the pass. At half-time, a furious Ferguson scolded Hargreaves in the dressing room. and replaced him with Yu Liang.

It's inevitable that players will make mistakes in the game, but Ferguson's reaction was a bit unusual. However, the players also understand Ferguson's feelings, although he is the king of Manchester United, he has made a lot of promises in the club, and there is no danger of being sacked. But the pressure of a winning streak is invisible.

While replacing Hargreaves, Ferguson also replaced the in-form Paul Scholes and replaced Tevez and returned to the 442 formation.

However, this adjustment did not work very well, and after the kick-off in the centre circle, Carrick's long pass to Nani was broken, putting United on the extremely passive side. Tottenham's successive attacks kept United at bay in the half. If it weren't Old Trafford, no one would even believe it was Manchester United in the red shirt.

Although it was very embarrassing from the field, Manchester United's defense was still relatively solid, and did not give Tottenham Hotspur many absolute chances, they were more able to play long-range shots on the perimeter, and the threat was not very great. Even so, it still made the fans in the stands worry.

"One summer went on, Manchester United seemed to be Manchester City, and I was really curious to see what was going on!"

Looking at such a scene, the narrator was also surprised.

When has the Red Devils ever been so cowardly?

And the Tottenham fans who came with the team, getting more and more excited in the stands, they seemed to see another victory.

After Berbatov received a direct pass from Huddlestone and burst into the penalty area, the Spurs fans in white shirts cheered enthusiastically in the stands.

In the face of Van der Sar, Berbatov continued to sway left and right, and his upper limbs were constantly swinging, making it difficult for people to judge Berbatov's next move. The experienced Van der Sar did not follow Berbatov's feints to move his body, but slowly approached Berbatov while stretching his arms as much as he could to expand the defensive area.

For the tall Berbatov, it was very difficult to make such a feint. Especially when he saw that Van der Sar was unmoved, he immediately frowned. Every striker with a single knife wants to shake the goalkeeper. But now Berbatov was only thinking about how to get the ball into the back of the net, because his shaking failed.

After knocking the ball with his right foot, and after a slight adjustment, Berbatov directly lifted his right foot, and the whole person's center of gravity began to lean forward.

"Shoot!"

Van der Sar made a sideways pounce towards his left side.

But it wasn't until he pounced that Van der Sar realized he had been fooled.

Centroid Berbatov struggled to dunk the ball, then lifted the outside of his foot and skipped over Van der Sar in front of him. After landing, Berbatov, who faced the empty goal, did not shoot directly, but adjusted his pace before starting to shoot.

But by this time it was too late.

The figure that came at a gallop and shoveled directly towards the football at Berbatov's feet.

When Berbatov hit the goal, the ball smashed and bounced off the rushing figure.

The stadium immediately boiled, with roars of excitement and sighs of regret.

After blocking Berbatov's shot, Yu Liang got up and chased after the football. Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, he stretched out his foot and picked it over the head of the defender, while one sideways walked around the defender in front of him. When facing the second defender, Yu Liang rubbed the outside of his left foot with the instep, and the football rolled directly under the crotch of the defender. After catching up with the football, Yu Liang pulled his left foot, knocked his heel, led horizontally with his right foot, and continued to move forward with the ball after avoiding the opponent's tackle...... (To be continued.) )