Chapter 349: Half Time Ends
In the 34th minute of the game, Fernando Torres, the Spanish 'golden boy' who made his debut for Manchester City, scored the ball into the Manchester United goal to help the team lead Manchester United 1-0.
After 30 minutes of battle, Manchester City took the lead.
A lot of people were taken aback!
Especially those Manchester United support media, they think that Manchester City must have a downward trend this season, and Manchester United has a complete squad and regrouped, it will definitely be better, but they did not expect that after 30 minutes, Manchester United did not play the advantage, but Manchester City suppressed and scored a goal.
The result was unexpected.
Don't...... Will Manchester City suppress Manchester United this season?
Quite a few people think.
Among them, there are also many Manchester United fans, who hope that Manchester United can boost their morale and return to the strong 'Premier League hegemony', but so far in the game, they have not seen this, but Manchester City has performed quite well.
Some pessimistic fans are feeling a little hopeless.
The media commentators were excitedly reporting on the goal.
"Torres! Torres! He scored a goal on his first appearance for Manchester City! ”
"It's worth noting that this was his first shot of the game! Scoring on goal with the first shot is incredible! But it's true! In the previous game, Torres was like 'invisible' and couldn't see him at all, but the Spanish 'golden boy' only needs to appear at the critical moment, and finding opportunities to score the ball is the most important mission of the striker! ”
"Torres! Torres! He's off to a great start at City! ”
The reports of the various commentators are aimed at Torres!
In the summer transfer, Torres is one of the most heavyweight transfers in Europe, and the only ones who can compare him to him are Robben and Anelka.
Within the Premier League, Robben moved from Chelsea to Real Madrid, leaving the Premier League for the Spanish league, while Anelka moved from Manchester City to Chelsea. It is an internal transfer of the Premier League, and only Torres came to Manchester City from Atletico Madrid and belongs to the players who joined the Premier League, so Torres's transfer has attracted much attention, and at the same time, many media and fans have also paid attention to Torres' performance.
Right now. In just his first Community Shield game for Manchester City, Fernando Torres started and scored a goal with his first shot on goal, which is something to be reckoned with.
So after Manchester City took the lead, almost all the commentators were talking about Torres -
"The Spanish golden boy Torres, proved his strength with a shot!"
"39 million euros, it's not expensive!"
"Wan Sheng has proven his vision once again! Torres, a genius enough to replace Anelka! ”
"For the new season, Manchester City have Torres. The front line is worry-free! ”
"Fernando Torres scored Manchester United with his first kick! He's off to a great start at Manchester City! ”
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In the constant reporting, Fernando Torres is also feeling excited.
In fact, when he chose to join Manchester City, he was also very apprehensive, the main thing is not the team, but the environment of the Premier League, many Spanish players are difficult to adapt to the environment of the Premier League, because the Premier League is too confrontational.
Coming to the Premier League was Torres' choice. Even if he doesn't join Manchester City, he will join Liverpool. In short, he will definitely play for a team in the Premier League.
This choice is actually a bit helpless, because there are only two clubs that are interested in him - Manchester City and Liverpool, and he chose Manchester City.
Although many people have heard that the Manchester City manager is very good at developing young players, he has never experienced it and can only try to do as well as he can.
Preparing for training. Wan Sheng has only one requirement for him - to train his body.
Training physical confrontation is surprising for Torres, and Atletico Madrid doesn't have similar training, and even the vast majority of teams in Europe don't.
At least Torres hadn't heard of it. But Manchester City has this kind of training, it's like fitness-like training, at first he didn't agree with it, but after a while, he felt the effect of the training.
So in training, he also worked a lot harder.
For more than ten days, it is difficult to improve too much in physical confrontation, but Torres is not afraid of confrontation, at least mentally, when it comes to the game, the only thing he feels is that he is standing in front of him and being defended very tightly, and it is difficult to receive passes from teammates.
At the same time, he is also well aware that as a striker, it is enough to seize one chance.
Finally he waited for his chance and scored the goal.
In the eyes of many, this was an opportunity to perform suddenly, but Torres believes that it is the result of his own efforts!
A sudden performance, and an effort to win, give a completely different feeling, the latter is obviously more exciting than the former.
So Torres was quite excited after the goal, and he ran to the assist Morris as soon as possible and hugged him.
After that, the other players arrived to congratulate Fernando Torres on his first goal, and the Manchester City players on the pitch burst into laughter.
Wan Sheng looked at this scene and felt a little touched.
He's been through a lot of experience in a couple of years, and he's not so excited, but it's still a good feeling to be ahead of Manchester United.
At this time, he unconsciously looked at the Manchester United coach's box.
Ferguson was sitting there, his face very gloomy, as if he was unhappy with the performance of the players on the field.
So Wan Sheng's grin became even bigger.
It's a good feeling that if your opponent is in a bad mood, it's just like your own success.
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The City fans in the stands were shouting and celebrating the team's goal.
For them, there is nothing more joyful than the team being ahead of Manchester United!
The Community Shield is nothing, it's more important to beat Manchester United!
So when celebrating, they did not forget to look at Manchester United fans, and made all kinds of provocative actions, Manchester United fans were already very depressed, and then saw the other party's provocation, they immediately became angry, and soon the stands were chaotic, if it were not for the security and police to maintain order, maybe the two sides could have a thousands of people VS thousands of people, modern large-scale 'group fight'.
In the press gallery.
Lots of media reporters. They were all surprised that Manchester City scored first, and what surprised them even more was Manchester City's performance, they didn't have any signs of losing morale at all, but this Manchester City team looked stronger than last season.
Back last season, Manchester City and Manchester United played each other. It's still very dangerous, and winning depends on hard work and luck.
Now this goal can be said to be 'above board'.
The two teams fought for more than 30 minutes, and the midfield scramble was very intense, but Manchester United obviously couldn't keep up with the physical fitness, and the weak play was suppressed by Manchester City.
"It's totally physical suppression! It is directly related to the preparation situation! A professional football analyst said.
That's how the game is.
Manchester United and Manchester City were evenly matched at the beginning, and neither team was able to take advantage of it, but it was just from the beginning. Manchester United played a little weak, which is directly related to fitness, and it can be seen that Manchester City is relatively much better, and they still insist on the same attack, which is why Manchester United is suppressed.
However, Manchester United's preparation time is not short!
United began preparations in mid-July, about a week before Manchester City. Theoretically, an extra week of preparation time. With two more warm-up games, United should be in better shape than Manchester City.
It is clear that Manchester City's preparation is better, as can be seen from the adaptation of new players to tactics and physical reserves.
So, how did Manchester City do it?
How can they use the shorter time to prepare more than Manchester United?
The reporters were incredible.
They suddenly thought of Diamares, before the game. Diamares said that he was the reincarnation of Apollo, which is certainly impossible. But maybe he, or the young Chinese, will really cast some magic to allow Manchester City to complete more adequate preparations in less time?
"Don't overthink it. This kind of ghost can't be trusted! Some shook their heads.
What they don't know is that this is actually the true idea that is close to the truth.
Soon they attributed the reason to Wan Sheng, the most reasonable explanation is that Wan Sheng is an expert in kinematics, which no one can deny, since he is a top sports expert, he can naturally think of the most scientific and efficient way to train the team.
As a result, Manchester City has done a better job of preparing than Manchester United.
This view is supported by most people, and at the same time, many people are surprised by Wansheng's ability.
At the beginning, when Wansheng published the research paper, there were still many people who dismissed, thinking that a football coach to study kinesiology was completely 'not doing his job', but if that kind of research can help directly help the team to conduct more reasonable and effective training, then it is not 'not doing business', but very, very necessary!
"Wan Sheng beat Manchester United with his athletic expertise!" Many media reporters thought of the headline of the post-match report.
Of course, if Manchester City win.
There are also a lot of Manchester United supporting media who are not reconciled, they don't think about how to report after the game, they just hope that Manchester United can cheer up.
It's not even half time before the game!
"There's still plenty of time, it's just a goal behind, Manchester United must chase it back!"
They gritted their teeth and thought.
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City's celebrations were soon over.
The Manchester City players ran back to their own half, only Torres was still excited, did not run back, he stood in front of the camera lens, and shouted into the camera, "England, remember me, I'm coming!" ”
At this time, Manchester Sports Channel commentator Peter Lott is introducing him to the fans, "Fernando Torres, the biggest transfer of Manchester City in the summer, 39 million euros, he has set a record transfer value in Manchester City's football history. Known as the 'Golden Boy' by Spanish fans, he has the same title as Michael Owen, who is just over 23 years old this year, and has already performed well in La Liga, the European Championship, and replaced Raul Gonzalez as the leading striker of the Spanish national team. ”
"Torres's biggest characteristic is that he is very technically good and very calm in front of goal, which helps him to score more goals!"
Peter Lott was introducing, but also thinking about Torres's performance, from the opening to the goal, how Torres took the ball, and it was also the first time he got a shot on goal.
As a result, for the first time, he scored the ball into the United goal.
This kind of performance is really quite good, and it is no wonder that Wan Sheng, who has a transfer fee and does not spend much money on people, is willing to let Manchester City Club shell out nearly 40 million euros for him.
After Torres confirmed his move to Manchester City, many media outlets questioned Torres' performance in the Premier League, after all, he is a Spanish player.
Historically, many Spanish players have struggled to adapt to the Premier League, with former Arsenal player Reyes and Liverpool Luis Garcia being the case.
Torres is much more famous, but can he really do it?
Nobody knows.
But with this goal, the doubts will definitely be much less!
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What the media, commentators and football commentators can see, Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson can see too.
So far in the game, United have indeed shown a physical inferiority.
Is it the reason for preparing for war?
Ferguson is not sure, but the facts are in front of us, the team's fitness is indeed a little bit out of pace, and under the same intensity of the game, Manchester City can still hold on, so there is the goal just now.
Ferguson was surprised, he didn't expect to lose here in the first half, but what about the second half? What happens at full-time?
He was still unsure.
At present, the only thing that the old jazz can be sure of is that if they want to win the game, Manchester United can only grit their teeth and continue to fight.
No problem with team tactics!
The fighting spirit is high!
The players on the field played well, too!
Then there is no need to adjust or anything, the game is completely up to persistence and luck.
In football, luck is very important, just like a match on the field, when two teams are evenly matched, it is not certain which team will score.
It's a matter of luck.
Thinking of this, Ferguson couldn't help but look at the Manchester City coach's box again, the Chinese, sitting there very relaxed, as if he had eaten Manchester United.
Seeing this expression, Ferguson felt a wave of anger welling up in his heart.
"You can't make that Chinese proud, you have to win the game!"
He thought to himself.
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The game on the field has restarted.
Manchester City made it clear that they wanted to suppress Manchester United, and they continued to launch a tough offensive and put on a desperate momentum.
Manchester United were not willing to be behind by a goal, they also fought fiercely, trying to turn the situation back, and fought with Manchester City in the front, middle and back.
The two teams fought fiercely, and the game became extremely exciting.
Now at this time, all the players have entered the state of the game, especially the two teams are playing very intensely, the state of each player is not bad, and the wonderful scenes are frequently staged, which dazzles the fans.
Seeing such a wonderful performance, the fans who came to watch the game felt that it was worth the ticket price!
The commentators who broadcast the live game also talked about the game in excited voices.
"Darren Bent, shoot!"
"Ferdinand cleared the ball! Manchester United's counter-attacking ......"
'Morris and Scholes fought down the middle, Scholes got the ball and he passed it to Carrick.
"C-Ronaldo! C-Ronaldo! He runs wild with the ball! Ivan Crewe was left straight behind......"
"Cristiano Ronaldo was tackled, it was Ziegler, very decisive!"
'Man City attacked, Silva ...... Maurice...... Ozil ...... Golden opportunity! Yes! It's a pity that the pass was wrong."
'It was Manchester United's turn and Paul Scholes was tackled in the middle.
"Anti-robbery! Anti-robbery! ”
"Man City are on a fast attack! Golden opportunity! ”
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In the constant reports of the commentators, the game passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the first half was over.
In the ensuing period, Manchester City and Manchester United put on a superb performance, but until the referee blew the final whistle, the game failed to score again.
1:0。
The first half ended with Manchester City taking the lead.
When the whistle was heard, the players of both teams were in no mood to think about the score, and many of them sat directly on the grass out of breath.
The competition is too intense!
This kind of intense competition is also extremely draining on the players' energy, and after only one and a half plays, some players feel a little unsupported, and they are anxious to rest for a while, otherwise they don't know if they can continue to hold on.
Fortunately, the first half was over and they could finally rest. (To be continued.) )