"Gary, what do you think about this goal?"

In the media box in the stands, Carragher was looking at Big Neville with a wicked smile.

In the opening stages of today's game, Manchester United seemed to take the initiative on the pitch, frequently attacking from the back of Hamburg.

Hamburg, on the other hand, did not offer their usual high pressing, but instead stepped back a little to seek stability.

It looked like Hamburg was a little timid at the prestigious Old Trafford, and they didn't dare to press it out.

So on the Sky Sports broadcast bench, Gary Neville also had the upper hand at the beginning.

He was proud of the spring breeze and pointed out the country:

"What did I just say? Pan Yi is hard-mouthed. At Old Trafford, there's no such thing as a good game! ”

"What happened to knocking out Manchester City? How can Manchester City have Champions League DNA? But Manchester United have! Manchester United will play their best in the Champions League! ”

'You see, how well Valencia's cross was...... It's a pity that Rooney couldn't get it. It's okay, kick it in next time! ”

"Look again, Ashley Young crosses again......"

But what happened next was a pass from De Bruyne, a header from Jamie Vardy, and an inverted triangle pass from Salah to De Bruyne's shot.

Now it's Carragle's turn.

As a Liverpool legend, he would have liked to see Manchester United deflated.

Now that Neville has his mouth shut when he sees Manchester United concede a goal, he is of course even more happy.

So he asked Neville this sentence in a weird way:

"Gary, what do you think of this goal?"

Neville's eyes looked at the field for a while, and then at the goal replay on the screen in front of him, and he couldn't hold back a word for a long time.

"I see, Moyes was calculated by Pan Yi again in this game, and you were also deceived by the first ten minutes." Carragher said with a smile.

"Liar? Lie to what? Neville finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You see, Moyes put Valencia on the front line today, in fact, it is a bit of a change of attack and defense at any time, and if the situation is not right, Valencia will be put on the defensive line." Carragher pointed to the field:

"But Pan Yi seems to have seen Moyes's intentions, so he let the players retreat and lure Manchester United to attack."

'You can also see that the players at Manchester United started the game really positively, they started at a very fast pace, the players pressed a lot and the two full-backs were even on the wing.

"But their attack was thunderous and rainy, and when they got to the front, there was nothing else to do but cross. And Pan Yi was also prepared for this, so that Manchester United's many attacks were in vain. ”

Then ten minutes later, Hamburg started to fight back. The free-kick that created the goal was to take advantage of the gap that Manchester United had pressed so hard that Casemiro drove straight into the ball and Fellaini had no choice but to bring him down. ”

"And so the goal was ......"

In fact, for Pan Yi's thoughts, Carragher guessed half right.

Pan Yi's opening to let Hamburg stabilize his position and not rush to attack does look like a trick to lure the enemy, but it is more correct to say that it should just be to explore the truth and reality.

After all, Moyes's infrequently used formation is still quite bluffing!

It's a pity that it was only bluffed for ten minutes at most, and then it was completely revealed.

And for Carragher's statement, Neville obviously disagrees with it either.

He retorted: "Are you the roundworm in Pan Yi's stomach? You know what he thinks? It's all nonsense...... I see, it was just an accident, an accident from a set-piece! Judging from the situation in the first ten minutes, Manchester United will still pull back the game and then equalize the score! ”

“…… I appreciate your blind confidence. Carragher said.

Neville snorted, "The main thing is that what you said is too suspenseful." Pan Yi is so young, as if he has been a coach for decades, can he calculate everything so clearly? He's so good, why is he still coaching in a small team like Hamburg? ”

Carragher shrugged: "Who knows?" Maybe when his contract with Hamburg expires this season, he will go to a big club. ”

Neville sneered: "Hehe, what if he loses to Manchester United tonight? Will anyone else invite him? I still believe that Manchester United will beat Hamburg! ”

Carragher pouted: "You wait and see, Hamburg will score goals later." ”

"Why?"

"Just by Manchester United's performances in the previous games against Manchester City and Liverpool. When they fall behind, they will panic, and their tactical thinking will start to be unified, and then they will ......"

Neville waved his hand frantically: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" ”

……

on the field.

United's style of play hasn't changed, it's still the same as it was at the start.

Now that they are behind at home, Moyes will have to continue to use more aggressive attacking tactics to try and recover the score quickly.

But the Manchester United players soon discovered that they were a bit overwhelmed by Hamburg.

Hamburg's players were much more aggressive in their runs and scrambles than they were before the goal was scored, with United's attacks often being disrupted as they could only hit the edge of the Hamburg penalty area, and the ball changed hands.

And Hamburg's counter-attack after getting the ball was very fast, which made the Manchester United defenders tired.

In the 20th minute, it was another Manchester United attack to the front.

After a couple of passes down the middle, Fletcher shifted the ball to the right and handed it to Phil Jones on the wing.

Jones went straight with a big-footed cross into the box.

Rudiger scrambled to the spot, headed past Welbeck and headed the ball out of the box.

At this time, Salah, who retreated to participate in the defense, got the ball.

He took a few steps forward with the ball before handing it to Kevin De Bruyne and continuing forward along the flank.

At this time, Vardy in the middle and Son Xingmin on the left were also quickly inserting forward, forming a three-arrow momentum.

This made the United players nervous and desperately chased back to the defence.

De Bruyne, on the other hand, shook off Fellaini with a change of direction and continued to dribble forward with the ball, quickly advancing to near the halfway line.

Before the opposing Carrick came to block, De Bruyne gave a diagonal pass to Son Heung-min, who was already in place on the left.

The Korean star continued to dribble forward, and he sprinted faster!

At this time, Vardy in the middle and Salah on the right have also rushed up, ready to meet Son Xingmin.

For United, Rio Ferdinand was close to Jamie Vardy, while Nemanja Vidic was guarding against Salah.

Even Jones rushed back, ready to shovel Son Heung-min.

But at this time, Sun Xingmin suddenly made a sudden stop, and flashed a passing space.

He sent a powerful cross into the box with his right foot!

The ball flew past Jamie Vardy and Rio Ferdinand to the back post.

At this point, Salah suddenly accelerated, went around from behind Vidic to in front of him, and then fired a left-footed shot into the United goal.

David De Gea couldn't prevent Mohamed Salah from opening the scoring despite a cross-diving prune.

“Goallllllllllllllllllllllll！！！！！！！”

"In the 21st minute, Hamburg scored again!"

"A very quick counterattack! From getting the ball to scoring the goal, it only passed through the feet of three people, and it took less than ten seconds in total! ”

"This is also a very classic counterattack for Hamburg! Salah handed the ball to De Bruyne and plugged in, De Bruyne moved to the left, and then it was Son Heung-min's pass, Salah's shot! ”

"The whole goal went smoothly and beautifully! The handling of all the players was reasonable and very fast! ”

"Now the score is 0-2 and Manchester United are two goals behind at home! They seem to be a little stunned! ”

The Hamburg players were already hugging each other to celebrate the team's goal, while Pan Yi on the sidelines applauded his disciples.

And in the shot, Moyes's face is even more gloomy.

He didn't expect today's game to be so tough.

He even had a hint of regret.

If he hadn't been carried away by the last two league victories, and if he had resolutely defended as he had thought at the beginning, would it be where it is today?

But there is no regret in the world to take the medicine.

He's a professional manager, he's a manager at Manchester United, he's two goals down at home and he's got to figure out how to fix it.

But......

What can he do now???

'In the opening 20 minutes or so, Manchester United conceded two goals in a row, which was a really heavy blow for the Red Devils who played at Old Trafford.

'Hamburg have picked up a noticeable pace in the last 10 minutes and the United players are clearly a bit out of pace.

"In contrast to the running of these young players in Hamburg, Manchester United is like a rusty classic car, which can't be driven at all......"

"In the pre-match interview, Pan Yi kept saying that Manchester United is very easy to deal with, and many people feel that such remarks are too arrogant."

But it only took him 20 minutes to prove that what he said seemed right. Manchester United is indeed so vulnerable in front of Hamburg......"

……

Sky Sports media booth.

Carragher looked at Neville: "What do you say now?" ”

Neville: "...... Manchester United will have incredible resilience and energy to fight back when they are behind, especially under the Champions League. Have you forgotten how we came back from defeat to Bayern in 1999? ”

Carragher: "But then we had David Beckham, and even the crosses were much more accurate than they are now. And the breakthrough of the peak Ryan Giggs is also extremely sharp, which is like now, only crosses, blind crosses......"

Neville: "People change, but the spirit of Manchester United will never change!" Just wait and see, Manchester United will soon be fighting back! ”

……

After 30 minutes, United once again organized an attack.

This time it was to play on the right side of Valencia.

Valencia used his pace to run forward quickly, trying to get all the way to the baseline and then sweep in front of goal to complete the cross.

This should be more efficient than a direct high ball in front of goal, after all, Rooney may not be as good as Van Dijk in the header, but it is still quite good to run and grab points.

But Hamburg didn't seem willing to give him a chance to get on his feet.

As soon as Valencia crossed the halfway line, several Hamburg players circled him.

Robertson was in front of him, blocking his way forward with the ball.

Kante was on his left side, keeping him unable to pass to the middle.

Casemiro, on the other hand, grabbed directly and leaned on Valencia with his body, and then arched his butt and got the ball in his hand.

Valencia was flipped to the ground and shouted to the referee in protest.

But the referee ignored it and signaled for the game to continue.

It's a normal physical confrontation, and of course it doesn't blow.

If this level of confrontation is also blown, then in the Premier League I don't know how many fouls will be blown in a game.

And Casemiro took the ball and passed it directly to De Bruyne, who came to meet in front.

De Bruyne stopped the ball and passed to Jamie Vardy, who in turn passed to Mohamed Salah on the other side, who in turn passed back to De Bruyne.

This continuous one-kick pass is certainly not aimless.

After Valencia conceded the goal, several Manchester United players also immediately launched a counter-attack, wanting to immediately regain the ball and play another counter-attack.

But such a pass cracked Manchester United's counter-attack, and they couldn't touch the ball, so they could only turn around and defend.

At this time, the Manchester United players were running back and the formation was a little loose.

De Bruyne glanced ahead and quickly unleashed a long, low-curling ball over the top that sent the ball directly to the left behind the United defence.

I saw that Son Xingmin was sprinting at the fastest speed and chased the ball before Jones.

"This attack, it feels exactly the same as the last goal! This time there was no offside either, it was a good goal! ”

De Bruyne concocted the same method, and found Son Xingmin on the left with a long pass, is he going to cross the middle again? Vardy and Salah are also in place again! ”

"No, this time Son Xingmin left Jones behind him with a direct trip, and then dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area!"

After Son Heung-min passed Jones, Ferdinand also hurried over to make up for it.

Sun Xingmin, on the other hand, made an emergency stop and changed direction, then pulled his right foot horizontally, and gently kicked the outside instep.

Although it didn't shake Ferdinand away completely, it still gave him enough angle to shoot.

After Sun Xingmin adjusted, he aimed at the goal, and his right foot was directly a curling ball.

The shot came a little suddenly, and the ball was extremely fast and the angle was very tricky.

Manchester United's Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea was okay tonight, and apart from those two goals, he actually saved a couple of dangerous shots from Hamburg.

But this time, Son Heung-min ejaculated too well.

De Gea was still quick to react and made a sideways leap but could not do anything.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！”

"0:3! Manchester United are three goals behind! Hamburg is crazy! ”

"A goal is scored every ten minutes, and now it's 30 minutes, exactly three goals!"

"I'm afraid everyone at Old Trafford today wouldn't have imagined that today's game would be like this, right?"

"Would even the most optimistic Hamburg fan think that Pan Yi's team could beat Manchester United three goals in half an hour? It's still at Manchester United's home turf! ”

"Manchester United's players look a little bit overwhelmed. They certainly didn't expect to play so badly today! ”

'In my opinion, Moyes is to blame for this situation. He changed the formation on the spot, probably wanting to kick Pan Yi by surprise. But the formation has changed, but the style of play has not changed, and the hamburger is not false at all. ”

"Hamburg's style of play is very simple, using the speed of the two wings to break through Manchester United. And in the face of such a style of play, Moyes obviously has no way to deal with it, and just watched his wing being torn apart by the same method again and again. ”

Before the game, Pan Yi thought that Manchester United was very good to play, and many people may not believe it. But judging by the performance in the first half tonight, Hamburg is indeed above Manchester United! And it's the kind that leads a lot! ”

"Whether it's the individual ability of the players or the strategy and tactics of the coach, Hamburg has won the game! Hamburg have scored three goals and United haven't had any real threatening shots so far......

……

In the chairman's stand at Old Trafford, Manchester United's decorated manager Alex Ferguson sat in his seat with a blushing face, his hands trembling slightly.

Sitting next to him is Ed Woodward, the CEO of Manchester United, known as the "Three Virtues".

His face is not very good-looking.

At home, they were 3-0 down before half-time, which is not common even in United's 100-year history.

But this "uncommon" situation has been a regular occurrence for Manchester United this season.

For example, there are a lot of defeats (12 in the end), such as being beaten by two bitter rivals, Liverpool and Manchester City, such as the first defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion......

David Moyes' Manchester United is really disappointing!

And this uncompetitive Moyes was introduced by Ferguson and Woodward themselves.

That's a slap in the face!

In fact, before the start of the game, they had similar thoughts to Moyes.

That is, since this year's league is destined to fail, then perform well in the Champions League.

Manchester United obviously drew a "good signing", after all, among the other seven teams, Hamburg is the only team that is not a giant, and the experience of European competition is not rich enough, so it is relatively easy to deal with.

It's better than drawing teams like Bayern and Real Madrid, right?

But what I didn't expect was that in the first round of the game, at my own doorstep, just after half an hour, I was by Hamburg 0:3.

Woodward can fully imagine how the entire British media will ridicule and ridicule him tomorrow if United do suffer such a heavy defeat, and how he will be ridiculed for signing David Moyes at the time......

"I heard that Pan Yi's contract in Hamburg expires at the end of this season?" Ferguson asked suddenly.

Woodward nodded, "Yes." They have also not started the plan to renew the contract, and I heard that they will wait until the end of the season to see the team's results. ”

"I've also heard that Manchester City and Tottenham are interested in this Pan Yi." Ferguson touched his chin, "They're pretty quick." ”

"Sir, what do you mean ......"

"I think this young coach is really good, and we can try to get in touch with it."

"Oh?" Woodward was a little surprised, but still said, "But I've heard that Pan Yi is very demanding of the team authority he has. At least...... The kind of level you were at when you were in the team. ”

"Haha, this kid is really interesting." Ferguson smiled, "I really didn't expect that he was young and young, and he still had a lot of ideas." ”

"But he's so young, he doesn't have a lot of experience and he doesn't have the DNA of the team......," Woodward said If you rashly give him such a big authority, I'm afraid there will be some troubles. ”

"It's all about talking." Ferguson said: "When I came to Manchester United from Scotland, I didn't have that much authority, I took my time. You can ask him what he means first, can you take it one step at a time, after all, we are Manchester United, the club with the most fans in the world......"

Woodward gestured to the field: "That, Moyes, he ......"

Ferguson shook his head: "If he is eliminated in a heavy defeat today, even if we want to stay, Manchester United fans will not want him." I'll admit that I'm looking away, maybe he's really not for us, or maybe the small and medium-sized teams need him more. ”

Woodward nodded, turned his head to continue watching the game, and said no more.

He understood that Ferguson was right.

David Moyes has had a losing season at Manchester United, with a high risk of missing out on European qualification, and often being beaten by various big teams.

Now against Hamburg, this last straw looks like it can't be grasped, so Moyes definitely can't stay.

If they do force it to stay, maybe the target of the fans will change from Moyes to Woodward himself......

Either way, Moyes has to go.

And in that case, finding a successor is a top priority.

Since Sir Alex Ferguson has taken a fancy to this Pan Yi in Hamburg, Woodward is naturally going to contact him.

But he was actually a little skeptical.

Because Pan Yi is actually quite famous in the coach's "transfer market".

On the one hand, this young coach is becoming increasingly famous in world football due to his outstanding achievements in recent years and the discovery and training of young players;

On the other hand, he is "obsessed" with the management authority of the team, which every club that wants to contact him knows, so he will basically give Pan Yi a satisfactory clause to negotiate.

But Manchester United is such a big club, and it really can't really come up and let a young manager take care of everything without reservation, like Hamburg.

So Manchester United have a disadvantage in this area.

But Woodward also believes that Manchester United's golden sign should be attractive to young people like Pan Yi.

Maybe he has a "child demon dream"?

So, let's talk about it.

……

On the other side of the stands, the Sky Sports media box.

Carragher looked at Neville again: "And now? And how to say? ”

Neville: "Just because you're 3-0 doesn't mean it's over. Have you forgotten that in the 2005 Champions League final, you Liverpool fought hard in the second half in a 0:3 situation and finally won the championship......"

Carragher: "...... Thank you, of course I remember, I was on the field. However, with this current Manchester United team, I don't think there is any energy left, do you really believe that they can get it back? ”

Neville: "Wait and see, Hamburg is about to open champagne at halftime." That's when Manchester United start to fight back! ……”

(End of chapter)