When Xia Xing came off the bench, Pei Lan on the side was still muttering a little.

"He said he had seen the problems with Stoke City, and it was really fake......

Mourinho's eyes were determined: "Xia never says big things, I believe him." ”

Unexpectedly, Xia Xing created a wonderful assist with his first pass on the field!

A pass that crossed half the pitch and found Anthony Martial in front of him!

In this goal, the pass accounts for more than half of the credit!

At this time, Perrin was stupid: "This kind of pass can be ......"

And Mourinho couldn't stop nodding.

Very good, very good!

In fact, the words he said before Xia Xing's debut, Mourinho's heart moved at that time.

This young man has good skills and a great sense of the big picture, but it's hard to say how good he is at the game.

Let him play and see?

In fact, Mourinho has seen the loopholes of the other side.

Between the left-back and the left-center-back, the frequency of the two tackles is inconsistent, and sometimes there are a few holes.

But it's too hard to catch this loophole.

On the one hand, they don't have many holes, after all, Manchester United's attack is not very strong.

On the other hand, this fleeting time is too difficult to grasp.

Even if you can catch it, it's hard to pass it on.

Anthony Martial's running has become the easiest part.

After all, the ball passes, he runs over, and does it in one go, which is the basic quality of a striker.

It's this pass, it's too difficult.

In particular, Xia Xing's position is still on the left, farther away from Martial, and it is more difficult to pass.

Therefore, Mourinho's firm words about Xia Xing's vow are not very sure.

And at this moment, he was completely convinced.

This young man, awesome!

At this moment, Mourinho suddenly remembered the substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during the Ferguson era.

He was once the strongest player on the bench at Manchester United.

Maybe his technique isn't the best, but his insight into the pitch is absolutely top-notch.

Able to quickly identify the opponent's vulnerabilities and then make targeted actions to kill them after coming off the bench.

And today's Xia Xing is the same.

This wonderful assist made Manchester United's scene turn around in an instant.

Although it was only an equalizer, Xia Xing's play gave the opponent great confidence!

The core of our organization is here!

With xia, we will win!

It was the 60th minute of the game, and there was still half an hour left before the end of the game.

The Reds began to fire on fire, launching a swift attack into Stoke's half.

Especially Xia Xing, his physical advantages are very obvious.

Facing a team like Stoke City, Xia Xing has no intention of fighting with them at all.

Just fight the body, that is, dry raw!

Several body collisions in a row made Stoke City very unbearable.

Xia Xing, Fellaini, and Herrera are all fierce types.

Under Xia Xing's defensive organization, Stoke City's offense suffered setbacks one after another.

Although Manchester United also fought fiercely just now, it lacked integrity, and the midfielders did not have much defensive focus.

And now, Xia Xing has killed Shaqiri and cut off Stoke City's best passing point in one fell swoop.

Fellaini, on the other hand, followed Arnautovic closely and stared at the Stoke City No.10.

In this way, the high and fast on the front line are instantly dumbfounded.

Stoke City's attack was fruitless, and their defensive pressure suddenly came up.

Every time Xia Xing broke the ball, he directly launched a counterattack!

A sprint along the left flank that makes Stoke City unbearable!

Luke Shaw, who was in a mediocre state in the first half, also gave full play to his ability to assist, and cooperated with Xia Xing tacitly!

Two consecutive two-one-one, both of which made Stoke City's defense very embarrassed!

In the 71st minute of the game, Xia Xing sprinted with the ball again!

Suddenly split the ball on the line of the penalty area and hand it to Luke Shaw who cut in forward!

Luke Shaw sprints quickly and bursts in the box!

The ball was just a little off, just a little bit!

Although no goals were scored, United's attack continued.

This time it was an attack from the right, a combination between Herrera and Jesse Lingard.

Lingard's shot was also rubbed by the goalkeeper's fingertips and almost broke the goal.

After a continuous onslaught, the Stoke City defense was crumbling.

However, they held on steadily, did not concede a goal, and maintained a 1-1 draw.

Before Xia Xing came off the bench, they thought they could fight for three points in this game.

After coming off the bench in the summer, they only wanted to try to take a point away from Old Trafford, and it was good.

Speaking of which, Stoke City have done a really good job defensively.

Except for the defender's coordination mistake just now, there are no big defensive holes.

Several times of assisting in defense and supplemental defense, they all accurately jammed Manchester United's passing position, making Xia Xing a little helpless.

On the left side, after defending Shaqiri, Xia Xing was also involved, affecting the offensive efficiency.

The left-leaning of many players in Stoke City has put a lot of pressure on Xia Xing.

And Anthony Martial on the front line is not a center forward after all, his ability to shoot the ball is average, and he received two passes from Xia Xing in a row, which were wasted.

Now Xia Xing misses the feeling of having a center forward in the front court.

Previously Robin van Persie, now Ibrahimovic, having a world-class centre-forward is the equivalent of having a great fulcrum.

Anthony Martial is clearly not able to do that now.

In that case, do it yourself!

By this time, the game had reached the 85th minute, and both sides made several substitutions.

Stoke City made substitutions in the opposite position, all in defensive positions.

It is clear that they want to hold on to the draw.

On United's side, Jose Mourinho replaced Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini with Marcus Rashford and Mkhitaryan.

Two players with strong breakthrough ability come on the pitch to try to create chances.

In fact, Mourinho also knows that it is better to change a center forward.

However, the team's two centre-forwards, Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney, were both physically exhausted and couldn't even run after playing away from home two days ago, and didn't even make the 18-man squad for this game.

The two wide players did create a lot of chances after they came on the pitch.

But as soon as you get close to the penalty area, you will be suppressed by Stoke City's defense.

Bucket formation, specializing in this kind of technical winger.

By this time it was 88 minutes and the ball was back in midfield.

Rashford returned the pass, handed it to Xia Xing behind him, and then quickly cut forward.

However, this time Xia Xing did not pass the ball forward.

He controlled it a little and suddenly accelerated diagonally!

Go straight to the middle of the penalty area and accelerate!

Two Stoke City defenders close the door quickly!

But how can they keep it closed?

Xia Xing directly crashed into the defense, and this time he stepped forward decisively, resolutely, and violently!

This attack broke Stoke City's midfield system!

By the time the defender grabs it, it's too late!

Because Xia Xing didn't give them a chance!

38 meters away from the goal, Xia Xing decisively shot with his feet!

You know, one of the best ways to break down a dense defense is to shoot from a distance!

This long-range shot is powerful, like a flying fire meteor, straight into the upper right corner of the goal!

It's so fast, so powerful, that even the camera can't keep up with the view!

The Stoke City goalkeeper reached out to defend, but only felt a gust of wind!

Insert the ball into the net!

"The ball is in!

"2 to 1!

"Manchester United scored the winner!

"Xia became the savior of Manchester United!

"His brilliant long-range shot is a perfect interpretation of the aesthetics of violence!

"Wonderful!"

(End of chapter)