Football: The strongest center in history

Chapter 659 Formation Transformation

On 18 July, Manchester United played the first match of the International Champions Cup, facing América Mexican from Mexico.

The game was played at Century Connect Field in Seattle.

It was originally built to host football games, but could also host football events, and was shared by NFL team Seattle Seahawks and LS’s Seattle Sounders.

Although Mexican America is the team of Millikian’s southern neighbor Mexico, Manchester United fans in red shirts make up the vast majority of the stadium.

After all, Millikan is a country with an English-speaking cultural circle, and Mexico’s Spanish-Latin cultural circle is not a road.

Manchester United, as an English giant, is very well-known and influential in Milliken.

Therefore, Millikan people who like to watch various sports matches, even for such a warm-up cup match, is quite popular, especially when the side of the game is still the famous Manchester United, there are many Millikan masters helping the old and young with hamburger fries wearing Manchester United shirts and Seattle Seahawks caps into the stadium, as if to participate in a grand party.

Manchester United’s overall reputation as a team is undoubted, but in the past two years, Manchester United’s stars have dimmed a lot.

Not to mention Real Madrid, where every position is a big star, even teams such as Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United’s squad is not luxurious compared to them.

Fortunately, with the arrival of Ronaldo, at least Manchester United has a star who can withstand the scene.

When Ronado walked into the football stadium converted from a rugby stadium with the ball queue, many Chinese fans who came to the stadium began to chant Ronaldo’s name, and under their leadership, the lively Milicans also began to chant.

Without a doubt, Ronaldo is the most cheered player on the course.

América Mexico is a big team in the Americas, but of course they don’t have enough to see against Manchester United.

Because it is a warm-up game, there are no restrictions on substitutions, so Moyes can also make full use of this game to experiment with different formations and tactical plays.

Moyes was first lined up in a 4231 formation.

The goalkeeper is undoubtedly David De Gea, with right-back letting Valencia play at the back, the centre-back pair David Moyes using Phil Jones and Rojo’s partner, and the left-back being new signing Blind.

The two backs are Cramer’s partner Ander Herrera, with Ashley Young on the left and Mata on the right, and Shinji Kagawa in the front line.

Center Ronaldo.

The 4231 lineup relies heavily on the dominance of the center, and at this point, there is no doubt that Ronaldo can do well.

In the first half, Ronaldo scored with two headers, Ashley Young and Mata, one left and one right crossed to assist Ronaldo’s goal.

In terms of offensive performance in the first half, Moyes was still satisfied, but defensively, it gave Moyes a headache.

Despite the first half of the game, Manchester United, with a combination of far stronger than their opponents, has always put Mexican America in the penalty area.

But América Mexico had just two counter-attacking chances in the first half before taking advantage of a header error by Phil Jones.

The opponent hit directly behind the two central defenders and used the speed to storm the defensive area defended by Phil Jones, leaving the England international a bit busy.

The tall Phil Jones is not very good at defending this kind of behind-the-scenes ball.

It looks like he’s going to put some pressure on Edwardwood’s side and have to bring in a centre-back who can put him at ease to guard the defence.

However, what reassures Moyes is that Ronaldo is still in very good form, and as long as Ronado is not injured, Moyes is sure to wrestle with other strong teams.

In the second half, Moyes made a big substitution.

Reserve goalkeeper Johnstone was given a chance to play, and almost all of the players on the back line were replaced.

In the central defender combination, Phil Jones played with young player Blackett.

In the back combination, Fellaini came on and replaced Herrera, while new signing Cramer, Moyes obviously gave him more opportunities to adapt.

There were not many personnel changes up front, Nani came on to replace Kagawa, Mata played in the forward position, and Nani played as a right winger.

In terms of formation, the system of 4231 is still maintained.

Nani doesn’t play the ball in the same way as Juan Mata, and after he came on, United began to have more crosses from the right flank.

Most of the team was replaced, but United’s attacking power was not reduced, and the second half did not start, Ronaldo received a cross from Nani’s flat ball from the right and protected the ball in the box, and then accurately sent the ball to the feet of Ashley Young who inserted forward, and Ashley Young pushed it into the net with a left foot.

Not long after this goal, Ronaldo once again assisted his team-mate, Ashley Young crossed high from the left, Ronaldo nodded a little further and Mata scored in the open position.

Two goals in the first half and two assists in the second half.

Moyes couldn’t help but applaud Ronaldo’s performance off the court.

And the Manchester United fans in the stands are obviously very cool.

Moyes then continued to make substitutions, with Michael Carrick coming on and replacing Juan Mata, who had just scored. Subsequently, United’s formation on the pitch also changed.

Carrick formed a back three with Fellaini and Kramer, while Nani and Ashley Young moved slightly to the middle.

4321, Christmas tree formation.

Both Ashley Young and Nani have a good ability to break through and carry the ball, combined with striker Ronaldo’s intimidating ability to the goal.

This gives two full-backs on the wing plenty of room to plug in assists.

United scored again after the change of formation, Nani dribbled the ball forward in the middle, and as Ronaldo and Ashley Young held back most of the opponent’s defensive energy, Nani was given the opportunity to fill up his foot shot outside the box.

Nani shoots from distance!

Just before the end, Ashley Young crossed from the wing and Ronaldo scored another header to score a hat-trick in his first game for United’s first team.

Manchester United’s first warm-up game of the new season was beaten 6-0 and the hearty attack made Manchester United fans excited.

Moyes didn’t feel much joy, it was just an ordinary warm-up game for him, and América Mexico was really too weak compared to Manchester United.

This score is not enough to say anything.

The International Champions Cup is a very intensive schedule, and since there are no substitutions, such a dense schedule does not put any pressure on the team.

Manchester United’s second international championship game will require moving east of Milliken to San Jose, south of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, to face Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes at the Amia Stadium.

Moyes experimented with more formations and personnel combinations in this game, but what didn’t change was that Ronaldo still played the whole game.

In this way, Moyes declared to the team: Ronaldo is the absolute core of the main player on the field!

The other Manchester United players have no problem with this, and they have enough strength to occupy the main position of the only central striker.

In this match, Little Pea Hernandez got a chance to play.

Around Ronaldo, Hernandez looked like a fish.

With his ghostly movement and ability to take chances, Hernandez scored two goals in the first half to give his team a 2-0 lead.

However, after a change of team in the second half, Hernandez was substituted.

Ronaldo snatched a spot in the box in the second half as United won 3-0 in the second warm-up game.

With two consecutive wins in their respective matches, the Manchester United players are in a pretty good mood.

But Moyes understands that neither opponent is strong, and neither victory is very valuable.

The real test for Manchester United is the next two warm-up games.

They played against Barcelona on July 26 and Paris Saint-Germain on July 30.