Chapter Ninety-Three: The Law (3.3 Guarantee 1)
Chapter Ninety-Three: The Law
The fans of both teams are hostile to each other, but not the players are like this, especially Shaq and Jonny? Hausen, Ben? Parker, Tevez and others will talk and reminisce when they meet together, and just two years ago, they were still fighting side by side, staging the "Quadruple Crown" miracle for the "Young Guard".
This summer, Manchester United's board of directors revamped the North Stand at Old Trafford, which has not yet been completed, reducing the number of Old Trafford stadiums to more than 69,000, but still full.
What's more, in a match like today's between Manchester United and Leeds United, although the players are just an ordinary strong conversation, the fans feel that there is another kind of passion when they fight against mortal enemies.
In this game, Simon? Grayson's starting lineup has changed a bit, Gareth? Bale was on the left wing, Nani started in place of Juan Mata, and the Portuguese was still a bit better than Juan Mata, but he didn't know that it was because of Shaq's team-mate bonus that Nani became the dominant man on the right.
In midfield, Simon? Grayson once again used the combination of Rooney, Ganso, and Krisetig, this inverted triangle midfield combination is more inclined to technology, Flanei is full of momentum but the technical aspect is a little worse, especially in terms of awareness, and the Italian defender Krisetig is not a star and a half, after all, this is from Serie A, and Flanei's football culture is still a lot worse, at present, Krisetig is almost completely better than Flaney in passing, assists, and his appearance can make Manchester United's midfield control a lot stronger.
At the back, Rivero replaced Subotic, and the talented Uruguayan centre-back is not only younger, but he is definitely a little better than Subotic, providing more strength in defense every game. And most importantly...... Subotic is 26 years old, Papadopoulos is only 23 years old, and Rivero is only 19 years old, and Manchester United's future centre-back combination will have to be Papadopoulos and Rivero.
Despite the pre-match press conference, Simon? Grayson has repeatedly stressed that this lineup is not the main lineup he had in mind. Manchester United don't have a regular substitution, they just use the most suitable players for different games.
But that's not how the media interprets Simon? Grayson's, the outside world unanimously agreed, even if Manchester United's starting line-up is not Simon? Grayson's main lineup is already Manchester United's strongest squad at present, after all, ...... Playing Leeds United, 'Brutal Simon' has too many reasons why he can't lose at Old Trafford.
Bielsa "The Madman" made another surprise move today, instead of defending at Old Trafford, he used a rather crazy 3-4-3 formation. Up front, Tevez, Oliveira, and Pivkowski came on together, while the midfield four consisted of Wijnaldum, Hamshik, and Phil? Jones, Jonny? Hausen is made up of a four, with a back three of Kjaer, Boyata and Cameroonian Jean, who was bought from Fiorentina for £15.5 million this season.
As soon as Bielsa's starting lineup was announced, it made English football exclaim, and finally a team dared to stand up and play against Manchester United!
But all the same, everyone is looking forward to seeing how Bielsa died!
Dead...... How miserable!
But what left everyone speechless was that. When it came to the game, the 3-4-3 tactics of the "Young Guards" were not at all what they thought they would be. Pivkowski and Tevez have a lot of space on the wings, and the two of them often drop back like wing-backs and can help Leeds United's midfield to control, and the four midfielders except for Phil? Jones is a full-fledged midfielder, but the other three are often rushing up from behind to participate in the attack.
The tactics of the "madman" make the onlookers look at it with such a magnificent feeling as if they are conducting a symphony one after another!
New tactics for Leeds United. Manchester United, playing at home, looked very uncomfortable, and were suppressed by Leeds United in the early stages of the game, and here ...... But Old Trafford!
Two minutes later, Leeds United won a free-kick in front of the goal, and Oliveira sent the ball to the right. The central defender Boyata, who was suddenly inserted in the back row, received the ball and opened fire in front of the penalty area on the right side of Manchester United!
With a "bang", the ball flew straight to Manchester United's goal, but fortunately, De Gea was in excellent condition, and his position was very reasonable, and he blocked the ball with both palms and held it in his hand.
Boyata's shot didn't go in, but it opened the curtain on the battle between the two sides on the pitch, and the two teams fired back and forth frequently, with Leeds United creating five shots in 30 minutes of play and Manchester United creating seven, but neither side could find the back of the net.
However, Leeds United's brave attack against Manchester United away from home still won them countless applause, especially when they were not weaker than Manchester United on the field, and it made people praise the coaching level of the "madman" Bielsa.
At this time, only a few people in their right minds began to worry more and more about Leeds United, because they believed that if the game continued like this, it would probably soon enter "Manchester United mode".
The Manchester United model is the model of the "Red Devils" who continued to win and replicate success on the pitch last season, or another name for it...... Shaq mode.
When Manchester United plays, they always start with a more casual play, each player will try to show themselves as much as possible, but that's because they don't feel threatened, and once they feel that the opponent might cause problems for them, then the team will naturally go into a different state, a state where all the attack is for Shaq, and the result of them doing so is to win, never have a single accident, this is the "Manchester United model".
The game played 30 minutes, the score on the field was still 0:0, and the "Red Devils" who were fighting at home finally began to adjust their tactics.
When Manchester United put all their goal hopes on Shaq, Manchester United at this time became the "Red Devils" who swept across Europe, and Manchester United at this time ...... And the most terrifying!
Because Shaq is so strong individually, and in this situation, every Manchester United player knows exactly what they have to do, which is to send the ball past when Shaq is running to create chances, which will make the team's tactical thinking unprecedented.
At 33 minutes, left-back Jose? Angel cut in from the left and linked up with Bale and eventually dribbled the ball up the left flank, but instead of shooting himself or stuffing the ball to Bale from the left towards the Leeds United penalty area, he opted for a cross.
"Bang!"
Shaq was outside the arc of the big penalty area facing the goal, and the ball was met with a furious shot!
The ball flew high with a "whew" and finally flew out of the bottom line above the Leeds United goal!
With a wave of his hand, Shaq turned around and ran back, running sixty meters away Jose? Angel was not dissatisfied, turning his head and running hard to his left-back position.
Bale, who was in the penalty area on the left side of Leeds United, was also expressionless, but he sighed helplessly in his heart...... This is Shaq's privilege "the right to fire freely"!
This is the case with Manchester United today, once the team starts to run around Shaq at full strength, even if it wastes a threatening attacking opportunity for Shaq to complete the attack, no one will ever have a problem with this, and no one can have an opinion about it!
Because, this is the right of Shaq as the top scorer who scored 126 goals in 64 games and pushed the team to the throne after throne!
Of course, once in this form, the pressure on Shaq is very high, and he has already started to take on the burden of winning the team and has to go all out to get the goal, but he has never disappointed.
This time...... Of course not!
On 34 minutes, Van der Wiel's cross from the right was headed in by Schak in the middle, but it was ruled out for offside.
With two successive strikes failing to make a difference, it seemed that Leeds United had proved their manager "Madman" Bielsa right in his tactical set-up, but with 38 minutes played, Jose? Angel stepped in from the left side and assisted, Bale who took the ball saw that Shaq in the middle was surrounded by the opponent's three central defenders, and was very smart not to pass the ball directly, but to distribute the ball to the left side, so that the Spanish left-back could calmly complete the cross.
"Bang!"
Jose? Angel played the ball straight to Leeds United's six-yard penalty line in the middle, and the United players only cared about the quality and threat of the cross, and as for whether Shaq could get to the spot, they didn't care, because ...... There's no need for that!
Shaq, who was originally operating on the line of the big penalty area in the middle, was in Jose? Angel rushed up when he crossed the bottom, and when the low, flat and fast pass reached Leeds United's small penalty line in the middle, Shaq also threw Kjaer, Boyata and others away a step away.
"Tom!"
After Shaq's right shoulder was pulled hard by Kjaer, Shaq's body was already out of balance and fell backwards, but his left foot still stuck far away from the ground and stabbed the ball with his toe.
With such a close-range stab, how should Leeds United's German goalkeeper Mark defend it!?
"Ahh
Finding that Shaq's stab shot was close to his right, Mark quickly fell to the right and pounced, but when his body was at a 45-degree angle to the ground, the ball had already drilled under his right hand......
“GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
In the stadium of Old Trafford, there was a huge roar that made the whole stadium tremble! (To be continued......)