Football King Bale

The outside world also had mixed reviews of Manchester United's game.

There is no doubt that Manchester United performed best in the first round among the powerful teams. Liverpool and Tottenham who played before them both lost, and Arsenal only achieved a draw. Chelsea and Manchester City, who played subsequently, both won, but Chelsea defeated underdog Wigan Athletic 2:0, and Manchester City had a very difficult time winning against newly promoted Southampton.

Blue Moon, who played more than two hours later than Manchester United, originally wanted to get a good start to the new season, especially when their opponent was a newly promoted team, but Blue Moon almost capsized in the gutter. Manchester City, which was trailing 1:2 during the game, finally reversed and won with the goals of Dzeko and Nasri. However, the team's top forward Aguero was seriously injured during the game and may be absent for a long time.

Manchester City had a bad start. Argentine star Aguero was tackled by an opponent and injured his knee in just 8 minutes. After limping to the sidelines, he was eventually carried out of the stadium on a stretcher for examination. After the game, Spanish media once reported that Aguero would be absent for 6 months due to a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee.

However, the attitude of Manchester City coach Mancini and Manchester City officials is to wait and see for two days before making a final conclusion. Aguero himself spoke out: "After the diagnosis and preliminary examination at the hospital, I did not suffer a serious injury, but my knee suffered a violent impact. Tomorrow my medical staff will check My injury will be assessed to determine the approximate time it will take for me to recover."

Facing weak opponents, Aguero's injury and retirement will have little impact on the team's offensive power. But originally there was no suspense in the game, but due to defensive problems in the midfield and backfield, it became extremely difficult for Manchester City to win. Although Manchester City scored a single goal from Tevez in the first half, Southampton took advantage of the mistakes of Manchester City's defense to score two goals in the second half to take the lead. Fortunately, center Dzeko, who came on as a substitute for Aguero, equalized the score with a wonderful backheel pass from Yaya Toure, and then Nasri scored the winner.

Manchester City coach Mancini said when talking about this thrilling game: "I hope this is the last time we play such a game. Such ups and downs happened two or three times last season, but the difference today is This is just our first game and I believe we will get into shape as quickly as possible in the following games.”

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Compared with the struggles of several major competitors, Manchester United, which won 5-0 at halftime in the away game, undoubtedly performed the best. But in the face of such a game where the overall situation was decided, Manchester United played with their hearts in the second half, which made the hearts of Sir Alex and the three thousand Red Devils fans who came to Liverpool with the team quite tortured.

It can be said that in this game where both sides played half a good game, Manchester United only won one more Bell than Everton. It was precisely because Manchester United had Bell and seized almost every opportunity in the first half that they won this victory.

Based on Manchester United's poor performance in the second half, it is not impossible for them to lose to Everton.

The entire Manchester United team, except for Bell's amazing performance, the performance of the rest of the team is really not good. This was especially obvious in the second half when Bell was replaced at midfield.

In the absence of Bell, Manchester United almost completely lost control of the situation, and was actually held in the half-court by Everton for almost 20 minutes!

If Everton players hadn't been so poor at grasping the situation, Manchester United would probably have set one of the most embarrassing records in Premier League history: leading by 5 goals at halftime, their opponents scored N goals in the second half to equalize or reverse the situation. !

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After the game, except for Bale, almost every Manchester United player received some criticism.

Among them, captain Vidic received the most criticism. As for the two new players, Modric received mixed praise. In the first half, Modric performed fairly well, but in the second half, he also followed the whole team. The team went into sleepwalking. However, when Van Persie came on to replace Bale, he did not pose a sufficient threat to Everton's goal, and did not reflect his ability to achieve the Premier League Silver Boot last season.

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From the beginning of the new season, Manchester United's schedule has been very intensive.

Because we are going to participate in the European Super Cup at the end of the month, the third round of the Premier League has been moved to mid-week between the first and second rounds. The opponent was Southampton, who had just embarrassed their city rivals at the Etihad Stadium!

This game will take place on August 22, GMT, which is 7:45 pm on Wednesday. It is only 72 hours away from Manchester United's first game!

Because there is a game on Wednesday, the training sessions on Monday and Tuesday are mainly targeted tactical drills.

Two days passed quickly.

According to Manchester United's practice, the team still checks into the hotel the night before the game.

Bell is no longer the inexperienced boy he was back then. He has already taken care of things and doesn't need to go home again.

Although Bell greeted Liu Xian'er when he went out in the morning, after finishing the normal training in the afternoon, Bell still called Liu Xian'er.

After making the call, Bell continued to walk into the training ground for additional practice. He practiced until nightfall, then returned to the locker room to shower and change clothes, and prepare to check into the hotel.

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Since the game time was scheduled at 7:45 in the evening, Bell still had extra training on the morning of the game day.

Letting him leave the hotel to do morning exercises on his own is also a privilege granted to him by the coaching staff, and everyone has become accustomed to it.

Bell bounced the ball and set off from the hotel to a small lake not far from the hotel. After running three times along the lakeside, he ran back to the hotel and entered the hotel's gym.

After returning from the gym, Bell began to go back to his room to take a shower and change clothes. After going out, he went to have breakfast with his teammates.

Over the years, Manchester United has maintained strict discipline, including having meals at the same time on game days, in order to allow players to maintain the best physical condition during the game.

Manchester United set off from the hotel after lunch and lunch break, after the team had fully rested and recharged their batteries.

Southampton is on the south coast of England, 300 kilometers away from Manchester in northwest England. Although the two cities are connected by a highway, the Manchester United team did not take a bus to go there, but chose a chartered flight.

After all, taking a bus for more than three hours is not a good thing for players.

After about forty minutes of flight, the Manchester United team arrived at Southampton Airport. At this time, they would take the team bus to St. Mary's Stadium, the venue of the match. After all, Southampton Airport is still a long way from St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton has a history of more than 1,000 years. It is a prosperous but quiet city. Here, you will not see the hustle and bustle of traffic, nor can you feel the prosperity of feasting and feasting. Just like the ancient walls and the calm sea in the city, it is so quiet. It makes people sigh that the years are quiet, and the quietness makes people become calm and calm.

As one of the UK's most important ports, it is the gateway to the Isle of Wight and the English Channel. On April 10, 1912, the world-famous Titanic set sail from Southampton. Five days later, it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank into the sea. Solent Gap in the English Channel, between the estuaries of Test and Itching. It is located in the center of the south coast of England, with a wide harbor and deep water, with the Isle of Wight as a barrier.

St. Mary's Stadium is a stadium that can accommodate 30,000 people. It is neither too big nor too small. As their first home game back in the Premier League, their opponent was the super-rich Red Devils Manchester United. The St. Mary's Stadium was packed.

When Manchester United entered the stadium for pre-match training, it even aroused cheers from the fans at the scene.

Bale is undoubtedly the most popular player in the Manchester United team and has also become the player shouted out the most by Southampton fans. After all, this is a child who came out of his own youth academy and is also the most accomplished player in Southampton's history, even though he is only 23 years old now!

Bell also expressed his gratitude to the fans of his old club. Although he is no longer the same person today, after all, he walked out of here.

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This game is the 111th main-season meeting between the two clubs. Manchester United had a clear advantage with losses before and has maintained a winning record in the past 6 games. However, the Red Devils have lost 5 of their 13 away games against Southampton in the Premier League era. Fortunately, Manchester United has won 6 games in 7 visits to St. Mary's Stadium and has won 4 games in a row.

This game is also Ferguson's 1,000th league game led by Manchester United. Ferdinand returns from injury to start, and Carrick returns to his familiar defensive midfielder position.

Manchester United's formation for this game is still 433. The goalkeeper is substitute goalkeeper Lindegaard. The four backs are Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra. In the three midfielders, Carrick and Modric are behind. , Sneijder serves as the attacking midfielder, and the three forwards from right to left are Rooney, Robin van Persie and Bell.

In the midfield and frontcourt, this is definitely Manchester United's strongest combination.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United turned the tables and attacked aggressively.

The team's game strategy is exactly the same as when they played Everton before, that is, regardless of the situation, just press on and start.

With their strong midfield and frontcourt, Manchester United quickly overwhelmed Southampton.

In the 12th minute of the game, after receiving a pass from Evra on the left, Bell suddenly threw away the defender, cut all the way to the edge of the penalty area, and passed the ball to Sneijder.

This time, the Dutch midfielder stepped in and pushed the ball directly with his right foot, sending the ball into Southampton's goal.

After scoring, Sneijder was so excited that he hugged Bale. This is two consecutive rounds of league games where he has scored goals. It feels great.

Bell was also very happy and celebrated with him. He was also happy to see Sneijder score. But at the same time, he is also eager to score goals himself.

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