Chapter 85: The Order of Nirvana

As he prepares for the Community Shield, Simon? Grayson gave his team an order to win, a small Community Shield is nothing for Manchester United, but it itself is related to whether Manchester United's "Quadruple Crown" can become "Five Crowns", "Six Crowns", or even the unprecedented "Seven Crowns", this honor can only be achieved by English teams, and teams in other leagues will only win all the trophies at most.

And most importantly, after last season, Manchester City's manager Manuel Pellegrini has left, and his replacement is a Jean Simon Anderson. Someone Grayson didn't think of...... Van Gaal!

Louis van Gaal replaced Simon last season? Grayson coached Leeds United, and as a result, he brought a "quadruple winner" team to the middle of the table, and was sacked at the halfway point.

Even though he never said anything, Simon? Grayson actually still has some resentment towards Van Gaal, and anyone who sees his hard work being ruined by another person will not be in a good mood.

Besides, the Community Shield is the first official game of the new season, Simon? Grayson also hopes to get off to a good start and boost the team's morale as soon as possible.

The Community Shield match between Manchester United and Manchester City hasn't started yet, and English football is already starting to hype. The relationship between Grayson and Van Gaal, the relationship between Manchester United and Manchester City, not long after the end of last season, the alternative Manchester derby in the Champions League final that made the whole Manchester City boil, etc., there are really too many entangled grievances and hatreds between the "Red Devils" and "Blue Moon".

When predicting the outcome of the two teams before the game, the English media were unanimously optimistic about the "Red Devils", for the simple reason that last season's invincible Manchester United team was after a summer. Not only has the main framework not wavered, but it has also spent £105 million to bring in five players, Bale, Mata, Rivero, Krisetig and Westdom, which has further strengthened the team.

On Manchester City's side, the old Dutch van Gaal seems to have been limited after taking office, and so far he has only spent 1.4 million pounds from Feyenoord in the Netherlands to buy the 17-year-old Dutch left winger Leon? Hawkestra, but is this little guy really what Manchester City need?

Louis van Gaal didn't waste money when he was at the helm of Leeds United last summer. spent 160 million pounds on the transfer market, if it weren't for the transfer fees for the sale of Shaq and Red, Leeds United's finances might have gone bankrupt all of a sudden, but even so, Leeds United has begun to be overwhelmed by the team's huge wage expenditure and is unable to supplement it in the transfer market.

Van Gaal's old man doesn't spend money indiscriminately, which seems to be abnormal!

Could it be ...... Is Louis van Gaal just an option for Manchester City's transition period?

Otherwise, with Manchester City's financial resources, they will never have a summer without a big move so far!

In the past few years, Manchester City has made a lot of money in the transfer market, but this season seems to be very quiet. It's a bit curious to see what changes are hidden behind such an abnormality, at least ...... A Champions League runners-up will never satisfy Mansour.

After Van Gaal took charge of Manchester City, his performance in the warm-up games was not very good, winning and losing half of the six warm-up games, and among the six opponents, except for Bayer Leverkusen, who lost 1:3 at home, was considered a strong team, the others were some weak teams, and the state of the "Blue Moon" before the start of the new season was very worrying.

August 9th. Wembley Stadium, which can only accommodate 90,000 spectators, was flooded with 90,000 people, and the entire stadium was packed. The Manchester City derby, the main theme of English football last season, was staged at the beginning of this season, which is really much expected by fans.

And this 2015~2016 season of English football's opening battle, did capture the hearts of fans from the game before it started, Manchester City's starting lineup is still nothing to watch, but Manchester United is different.

Simon? Grayson's team, although tactically unchanged, are still in the same 4-3-3 formation. However, there have been quite a few changes in the arrangement of troops.

Gareth? Bale in Jose? Angel gave up the No. 3 shirt and replaced Di Maria in the left winger position, not Jose? Angel didn't fight Bale, it's just that the Spanish left-back doesn't care about the shirt number, and Bale prefers the number 3 shirt. So the Spaniard gave Bale, this season he will wear Manchester United's No. 11 shirt to play left-back, and Shaq wears No. 5, Bale wears No. 3 in front of the team, "Little Fat" wears No. 9 shirt but appears in the midfield, Manchester United's shirt number now really has nothing to do with the position played.

In addition to Bale, nineteen-year-old Uruguayan talented centre-back Hernan? Rivero replaced Subotic in the number 15 shirt and formed a starting centre-back combination with Papadopoulos.

Simon? Grayson, of course, doesn't have a preference for Rivero, there's only one player he really prefers, and it's well known, and that's ...... Sark!

The main reason why Rivero will be in the starting line-up of Manchester United is that the lad has shown better form in training than Subotic, and Simon? Grayson feels that Manchester City's opponent is still very attacking, maybe they have been thinking about their team's back line for a long time, and changing to a central defender who can fight hard may make the opponent face more problems.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City, who took the lead in kick-off, launched an attack, and the two teams knew each other well enough, there was no need to play any tricks, and speaking with strength was the only option.

Nasri's cross from the right was denied by Bale, who had retreated next to him, and City were awarded a corner, but it was ...... Didn't pose a threat.

The two teams that let go of their hands and feet, did the table tennis on the field, the rhythm of attack and defense changed very quickly, but neither side was able to create any good chances, the first official shot of the game was not until 6 minutes into the game, by Manchester City's Douglas? Costa took a free-kick from just outside the box on the left side of the United side, and the ball went straight high.

At the 8th minute, Shaq also came to the goal with a direct free kick from 25 meters away from the goal on the right side of the field, the ball went over the wall and fell sharply, and it rebounded in the small penalty area, but it was blocked by Joe Hart with his left foot.

In the first half, both sides fought fiercely on the pitch, and although each had a few shots on goal, only Manchester United really created a killing chance......

In the 34th minute, Shaq took a free kick outside the big penalty area on the left side of Manchester City, sent the ball directly to the small penalty area on the right side of Manchester City, and secretly volleyed the ball to Manchester City's goal.

At this time, Joe Hart stood on the other side to defend Shaq's free kick, and the Manchester City goal was simply empty for Rooney!

But Rooney's cushion shot tilted the ball a little bit, and the ball finally grazed the right post of Manchester City and flew out of the bottom line!

"Oh――――――"

Rooney, who failed to score this goal, ran out of the bottom line with grinning teeth, and looked up at the sky!

None of the goals were scored...... It seems that I really didn't have any goal luck today!

With a score of 0:0, the two sides entered the halftime break, and when their players returned to the dressing room, Simon? Grayson closed the door with a serious face: "Boys, I ...... you guys for how you did in the first half Very dissatisfied! You're playing in a haphazard way, we've practiced so many tactics in training, think for yourself what you've used in those 45 minutes. I'm not going to make any substitutions, but I'm going to see a real 'Red Devils' in the second half! I've already taught you how to play in training! Don't forget, our fans are looking forward to beating Manchester City's arch-rivals and winning their first trophy of the new season! Alright, rest and get ready for the second half! ”

Simon? Grayson didn't make any changes to the lineup, didn't set up a strategy, just said this, demanded that the team must win, and then pulled the door away.

This approach made the newcomers Bale, Rivero, Mata, Krisetig and others look at each other, but the original Manchester United players were not confused at all, and the captain Rooney stood up and said: "Guys, the boss is very angry now, we played in the first half...... Well, it's not good, everyone played a bit of a mess, but in the second half everyone has to show real skills, Shaq ......"

Rooney turned his head to look at Shaq, who was sitting in the corner and was holding a sports drink, and his expression became serious: "You kid are ready, right?" ”

"Yes!"

Shaq grinned and nodded, and Rooney smiled: "You kid didn't play much in the first half, but now we need to score goals and win, you have to complete your task well!" ”

"No problem! If I hadn't scored in the second half, I'd have eaten the ball for today! ”

"Hahahaha......"

Shaq's answer was not ambiguous at all, always with a confident smile on his face, and then everyone in the room laughed, and Bale and others immediately understood that Manchester United's tactics in the second half were to attack around Shaq, relying on Shaq's personal ability to score goals!

Although it is a bit of an afterthought, Bale and others have further recognized what kind of team Manchester United is through the confidence shown by the team at this time, this is a team with Shaq as the ultimate weapon!

Once Manchester United encounter an opponent who cannot be solved by relying on the overall strength, then they will use the nuclear weapon of Shaq, and Shaq has indeed played the role of the key to opening the door to victory again and again, leading Manchester United to achieve the "Quadruple" last season.

It's just that Bale, Mata, Rivero and others are still a little empty in their hearts, and Shaq did show a good state during the friendly match, but after all, this is an official game, and the opponent is a giant team like Manchester City, can it be said that it is ...... Shaq still has a problem with the ending!? (To be continued......)