Football King Bale

On the first day of 2011, the 21st round of the Premier League 2010-2011 season started in full swing. At noon, the first game of this round started at the Hawthorn Stadium. The Red Devils, the Premier League hegemons who have remained unbeaten so far this season and lead the standings with a huge advantage of 14 points, challenged the newly promoted West Bromwich Albion.

This game is the 110th league meeting between the two clubs. Against the Knickerbockers, the Red Devils' historical record does not have a clear advantage. Previously, they only had a slight advantage with losses.

However, in recent years, as the Red Devils' hegemony in England has become stronger and stronger, their record against West Brom has become more and more obvious.

In fact, since March 31, 1984, Manchester United has not lost to West Brom in the past 13 league games, and has maintained a winning record in the past 6 league visits to the Hawthorn Stadium. West Brom's recent state is also nearly 10 times worse. They lost 7 games in just one league round.

In this campaign, O'Shea, Scholes and Nani were absent due to injuries, and Van der Sar was also exempted from the game due to a cold, so Kuszak got a chance to play, and Owen also entered the substitute list after fully recovering from injury; For Brown, Hala and Tamas were both punished and suspended, but Brent returned to the starting lineup after his suspension expired.

Because Sir Alex Ferguson just celebrated his 69th birthday yesterday, the Manchester United soldiers hope to give him a belated gift, which is a victory against West Bromwich Albion.

Therefore, after the game started, even though it was an away game, Manchester United still played very proactively, and the Manchester United people also seemed to have good luck. They broke through West Brom's gate in just 124 seconds of the opening game and got off to a fantastic start.

At that time, Evra received a pass from Berbatov and broke away from the left wing. Bell stepped in and passed directly. Rooney bounced the ball from 7 meters above the head and hit the lower left corner of the goal.

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The little fat man who scored the goal was so happy that Bale, who was about to provide him with an assist, picked him up and spun around in circles a few times, then ran wildly to the corner flag area to celebrate.

It's hard to blame Rooney for losing his composure. It's true that his recent form is really bad. His long-term goal drought, coupled with the early transfer farce, put him under huge pressure.

Due to the detailed division, the data "backlogged" on Xiaopang before the goal was immediately exposed.

Calculated in official games, this goal is Rooney's first goal in the past 6 games, and it is also the third club goal this season. It is also the second time he scored in the Premier League 126 days later.

However, because the previous two club goals this season were scored through penalty kicks, this goal is also Rooney's second open-field goal while wearing the Red Devils jersey after his confrontation with Bayern Munich at the end of March last year. It lasted 1,418 minutes, and the interval between goals in sports matches in the Premier League reached 286 days.

Such a record is really embarrassing for a little fat guy who aspires to be the top forward in the world and wants to get the highest salary in football.

Fortunately, everything took a major turn for the better on the first day of 2011. Another 124-second blitz was also the club's fastest goal in the Premier League since Manchester United's clash with Wigan in January 2009. Of course, it was for the team two years ago. It was also Xiaopang who scored early.

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Although they are a newly promoted team, West Brom is also a team with aspirations. Even if they face the Premier League hegemon Manchester United, they will not be willing to fail, let alone surrender because they conceded a goal early.

Of course, this has a lot to do with West Brom's current situation, which is not very good.

Although they had a good start at the beginning of the season, as the season progressed, West Brom's disadvantages as a newly promoted team became apparent. Their slightly weaker strength was not enough to keep them in the Premier League standings for a long time. upstream.

Before the start of this game, West Brom played 19 Premier League games, with only 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. Together with Everton, Newcastle, Liverpool and other three teams, West Brom had 22 points, but because of a net loss of -9 It has won the fewest goals, ranking 14th in the standings, only 4 points above the relegation zone, and is in danger of falling into the relegation zone at any time.

Therefore, after conceding the goal, West Brom stepped up their offensive, hoping to equalize the score in the shortest time.

Although Odemwingi and Mulumbu's shots from the front of the penalty area were blocked, the home team's offense soon paid off. In the 14th minute, Brent made a long pass. Vidic failed to clear the ball with a header under the pressure of Odemwingie. Morrison volleyed the ball with his right foot from 21 meters away and sent the ball into the upper left corner of the goal to equalize the score. .

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Playing at home, the home team, which was waiting to work, showed a significantly better competitive state than the visiting team Manchester United. After equalizing the score, they were not satisfied. Instead, they played better and better, suppressing Manchester United on the scene. In the first 20 minutes, West Brom's ball possession rate reached 60%.

Although Manchester United is not known for its ball possession style of play, as the Premier League hegemon, their ball possession rate in the Premier League is not low. Especially this season, Manchester United's strength is not only reflected in points or goals, but also in its control of the situation. In the previous 19 Premier League games, Manchester United's average ball possession rate per game was as high as 61%, ranking first in the Premier League, even surpassing Arsenal, which is known for its technical style of play.

In these 20 minutes, Manchester United's possession of the ball was actually reduced to only 40%. It can be seen that the Knickerbockers performed really well during this period.

West Brom, who controlled the situation, almost took the lead in the 25th minute. Dorrance received a long pass and was brought down by Neville in the penalty area. However, referee Foy signaled that the game should continue. From the TV replays, this penalty was questionable. .

After that, Manchester United's offense was still weak, while West Brom clearly had the advantage in terms of momentum. It wasn't until halftime that Rooney completed Manchester United's second shot. The disjointed midfield allowed West Brom to not only equalize the score but also take advantage of the situation.

In the end, Manchester United was lucky enough to enter the halftime break with a 1:1 draw.

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Throughout the first half, apart from their unsatisfactory performance in the first few minutes of the game, the performance of Manchester United players was also unsatisfactory for the next nearly forty minutes. Even Bell, although he played very hard and ran freely on the court, but when the team was in a downturn, he could not stand alone and did not create any good opportunities.

At the end of the half, all media were not satisfied with Manchester United's performance in the first half. An ESPN reporter joked: "Ferguson needs to use a 'hairdryer' to wake up his disciples during the halftime break, except for Bale and Rooney."

Unexpectedly, Ferdinand actually took the lead in sending a penalty kick in the second half. Fortunately, Odem Wingi entertained the Red Devils generously and escaped.

In the second half of the game, Manchester United's possession time increased significantly, but they still had no chance to kick off the ball in the first 10 minutes. On the contrary, the home team West Brom almost exceeded the score again.

In the 53rd minute, Sharner took advantage of a corner kick to grab a point. Fortunately, his header ended up slightly wide of the post.

Seeing that there was no good change in the performance of Manchester United players on the field, Ferguson couldn't sit still and decided to make personnel adjustments.

In the 61st minute, Ferguson made two substitutions in a row, sending Hernandez and Gibson out to replace the mediocre Berbatov and Anderson.

However, before Ferguson's personnel adjustments took effect, Manchester United gave away a penalty kick. In the 62nd minute, Thomas broke into the penalty area and was knocked down by Ferdinand. Referee Foy did not hesitate to award West Brom a penalty this time.

This penalty made everyone at Manchester United nervous for a moment: Could it be that the team's first defeat of the season was going to happen in this game? Will the team's undefeated streak end at this game?

Amid the nervousness and worries of the Manchester United players, Odemwingie, who took the penalty kick for West Brom, deceived Kuszczak and unexpectedly missed the goal!

Manchester United escaped disaster again.

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This penalty kick really woke up the Manchester United players, because they really felt that the team's unbeaten record was only two or three inches away from being broken!

Manchester United, who were just waking up from a dream, burst out with their terrible energy, suppressing West Brom, who was still evenly matched with Manchester United, in their own half, and basically couldn't even get the ball past half-time.

However, West Brom's thinking changed quickly. They realized that it was no longer realistic to pursue victory in the game, and immediately changed their goal to securing a point.

Subsequently, West Brom continued to tighten their defensive posture and did not give Manchester United the slightest chance.

Bell, who was eager to score goals, was very motivated, especially after the game entered the 70th minute. After he activated the possession time of the experience card used in this game, he was revived with full health and caused too much trouble for West Brom in the frontcourt. .

What followed was West Brom's ever-present defense against him.

For a super offensive player who scored 65 goals in one year and also provided 20 assists, no amount of defensive attention is too much!

In order to give a perfect birthday gift to the coach of the team who admires him, Bell also worked hard, on the right, in the center, on the left... In order to get rid of West Brom's defensive players, he kept changing his area of ​​activity.

Manchester United firmly controls the initiative on the field, and everyone is working hard to find goals.

It's not just Bale who wants to give Sir Alex Ferguson a win as a birthday present, but so does the rest of the Manchester United players.

But Manchester United always seems to be a little short of scoring.

West Brom obviously has no intention of fulfilling Manchester United's wish to score and win the game, and has always firmly restricted the performance of Manchester United's offensive line players, and Bell is the object of their special care. This makes Bell feel very depressed, but at the same time But he had to remind himself again and again that he must stay calm.

Not only were the West Brom players tenacious in defense, nor were the Manchester United players unlucky in scoring, even the referee was on the opposite side of Manchester United. In the 74th minute, Fabio, who had just come on as a substitute, made a pass from the right. The ball hit Dorrance's arm in the West Brom penalty area and bounced out of the baseline, but the referee Foy refused to award a penalty kick.

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