Chapter 7: First goal on the debut

The long-awaited official premiere of the new season of the "Red Devils" has finally arrived......

Old Trafford on 16 August was packed, and it was a real pack, with 75,797 spectators actually going into the stadium.

Simon? After Grayson entered the stadium first, he was taken aback by the hot scene, although he had already been mentally prepared, and he already knew that coaching a giant team would be different, but he still didn't expect that the attendance rate of Old Trafford would be so high, and it was really full!

"Shh――――――――h

"Simon! Simon! Simon! ”

Two voices suddenly rang out in the Old Trafford stadium, shrill boos and cheers, two completely different voices actually appeared at the same time!

Simon? Grayson listened to the two voices, and he knew what the boos were about, because of his ruthless purge of United's old courtiers, and that the ones who called his name were his supporters of reform.

"Hehehehehe......"

Simon? Grayson smiled, then stood at the door of the players' tunnel and raised his right hand and waved to the fans in all directions: Look, one day, I will make you all cheer for me! There will come a time!

When will those opponents in United's hardcore cheer for themselves, Simon? Grayson didn't know, but he did know that his team didn't play well in the first half, and it could even be said that ...... Bad!

Simon? Grayson was unhappy with his team's performance, not because the new "Red Devils" did not show their quality and the team did not concede a goal, but because in the first half of the game, Manchester United played in a hot game, but never knocked on the opponent's goal. And...... The most important thing is that the players don't show enough chemistry with each other.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United, playing at home, showed their strength and took the initiative to attack promoted Maswansea......

At the 2nd minute, the ball was brought to the front by "Little Fat" Rooney, and then passed the ball back to Di Maria, although the cross of "Angel" was sent to the Swansea City penalty area. But he couldn't let the follow-up Van Persie touch the ball, and the ball was in Simon? Grayson seems that Van Persie will have better space to attack if Wayne Rooney can cross directly.

A minute later, Nani fed a pass to Shaq, but he underestimated Shaq's speed and passed the ball behind Shaq, who was already activated......

At five minutes, Van Persie played the ball for Shaq, but the timing was not very good. Shaq fired from distance from three of Swansea's defenders, only to get the ball around them and deflect wide.

At the 8th minute, Rooney made a two-on-two with Shaq in front, but "Little Fat" first stopped with his foot when he passed the ball back, and then when he forced the ball to Shaq, the ball was cut off by the opponent before it could reach Shaq's feet.

On the 10th minute, after Wayne Rooney drew the ball to his opponent, Shaq had flashed to the left side of the arc of the penalty area. As a result, "Little Fat" handed the ball to Nani on the right side......

Something like this happened countless times in the first half, and Simon? Grayson himself can't even remember. Anyway, although Manchester United's attack is quite fierce, the players are fighting alone, and there is no tacit understanding between each other at all, and Shaq's four long-range shots were also completed under bad chances, and did not bring any threat to Swansea.

Thankfully, United's new defence is still ferocious. Jose? Angel and Van der Wiel did not have too many assists, but did their job steadily, Subotic used to be just an empty bar, and his performance in marking and stealing was average, but this weakness was made up by Papadopoulos. The Greek defender, who is only 1.82 meters tall, used his flexible body to create a mobile defensive line around Subotich, forcing opponents to have no chance to try to break through Subotic's attack.

So a very solid backline in the eyes of people...... Born!

"Incredible, Simon? It took Grayson less than three months to build such a solid backline, it's hard to imagine that he was a manager who took attack as his life when he was at Leeds United, and his ability to adjust the team's defense I think is on top of the attack, and now we are very solid defensively, but the attack is a bit chaotic. Wayne, Robin, and Shaq all have great individual qualities, but they can't form an organic whole right now, and let's see how our team performs in the second half. ”

Simon? Grayson made a substitution at half-time, and he used Ashley? Young came on for Robin van Persie, the Dutchman who also wanted to play the ball for Shaq, but he was no longer a good winger, and the few passes he gave to Shaq did not pose a threat.

And then Simon? Grayson gave his team more tactical instructions, he drew a few 'X's near the top of the arc of the opponent's penalty area, and then said: "Wayne, Ashley, Di Maria, Nani, when you pass the ball to the middle, pass the ball into this area, and Shaq will be here to pick it up." Also, Ganso, you should also pay attention to whether there is any availability in the area when organizing the team's attack, and if there is, pass the ball directly over! Do you understand? ”

Manchester United's stars nodded silently, of course they understood, the team's manager was going to completely hand over the fate of the team to Shaq, he no longer trusted others, and pointed to Shaq to score in the game.

Looking at Shaq, Manchester United's stars are all a little uncomfortable, they are all Manchester United's "old ministers", without Giggs, Ferdinand, Carrick, Fletcher and others, they are the longest working for the "Red Devils" group of people, but now ...... Instead, they're going to put the fate of their team in the hands of the newcomer Shaq!?

Shaq is very capable of being personal, but Simon? Grayson made it clear to the players that the person he trusted the most was Shaq...... That's a bit of a stretch, isn't it!?

Manchester United's stars are either angry or secretly worried, but they can't do anything about Simon? Grayson's tactical instructions retorted, who let Manchester United be so lackluster in attack in the first half!?

But...... That's fine!

Shaq, let's see how strong you really are, the fate of the team is in your hands, and we'll wait to see how perverted you really are!

The second half of the game began. Di Maria sent a cross from the left, but his pass was not well controlled, and the ball fell near the penalty spot in the Swansea penalty area...... Really average.

But it was such an unreliable pass, but Shaq who rushed in from outside the penalty area squeezed Swansea's central defender Hamdan out. Headlong the ball towards the Swansea gate!

It's a pity that Shaq's header has good speed and power, but the angle is too right, Swansea's goalkeeper No. 13 Stephen? Henderson jumped up and lifted the ball out of the measure with one hand!

"Oops! What a pity! Shaq's header kung fu is really powerful, and this header is quite domineering! ”

On 47 minutes, the Red Devils' attack returned, Van der Wiel assisted to the halfway line, and sent the ball to Ashley on the right? At Yang's feet, the latter immediately made a horizontal push. Sent the ball to the right side of the top of the Swansea penalty area!

Shaq pulled out of the opponent's penalty area, stopped with his right foot at the top of the arc with his back to the goal, followed up with his left foot and turned 180 degrees, and "pocketed" the ball in front of him in an instant, and he was already facing the Swansea goal outside the top of the arc at this time!

"Tom!"

Shaq didn't hesitate at all and swung his legs...... Shot!

A heavy cannon blasted, and the ball instantly turned into a cannonball and flew to the left goal!

"Bang!"

Halfway through. Northern Ireland centre-back Clegg in the Swansea penalty area? Kate Carter stretched out his foot to block it, but he didn't stop the ball directly. But he made the ball jump higher and higher, and finally flew over the goal crossbar.

On 51 minutes, Van der Wiel, who had the assist, played a pass to Shaq, who flicked his left leg outside the top of the right arc and shot the ball out with a "bang", but this time he couldn't control it. The ball was hit directly into the anti-aircraft gun.

"Hah! Our team's tactics in the second half have become very concise, but the offensive has become sharper, the whole team is the point of Big Shak, Shaq brand heavy artillery continues to fire, now it depends on how long Swansea can hold on! ”

Manchester United fans have seen it. The team's tactic in the second half was to play Shaq's point, and to use Shaq's long-range shooting ability to force Swansea's goal.

Swansea's manager Adkins also thinks that he is an experienced manager, and he also understands Manchester United's tactics, but he has to think carefully, if he focuses on preventing Shaq, what will Manchester United's tactics become at that time?

Will it take advantage of Rooney's impact on the left or Ashley on the right? Yang's breakthrough and speed?

Just as Adkins hesitated, the situation on the field changed abruptly......

On 57 minutes, United had a chance to counter-attack, Ashley? After Yang picked up the ball near the middle, he didn't stuff the ball directly to Shaq in front of him, but sent the ball directly to the left side of the space with a long pass.

"Little Fat" rushed forward after taking the ball, but met Swansea No. 3 Welsh left-back Nel who ran over to fill in in front of the big penalty area? Taylor, as a result, Rooney rushed too hard, the ball was slightly out of control, but he swept to a red figure that had rushed into the Swansea penalty area.

"Smack!"

Rooney forcibly pushed Nell off with his body? Taylor, then sent a short pass forward with his left foot!

Shaq's pace was fully up, his body flashed in front of the ball, and then he didn't control the ball at all, and directly picked up his left foot and volleyed it......

Rooney passes...... Sark! Sark...... Shoot from a tight angle! Stephen pounced! The ball is in! The ball is in! GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ GOAL！ GOAL！ GOAL！ GOAL！ GOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ ”

“GOALLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

Old Trafford erupts in the field............

I went out at 6:30 in the morning, ran all day, and arrived home at 18 o'clock, and finally got the guarantee update out first, 210 plus more tomorrow, now 219, who still has a ticket? 220, tomorrow 4, 230 will be 5, 240 will be 6! Hey hey~~~~~~~~~~~~ commuter pass, come on! (To be continued......)