Red Rebels

The attitude of the new Manchester United in the second half was obviously somewhat beyond Rochdale's expectations.

You know, last season in the Northwest Division 2, the new Manchester United was famous for their offensive football and set a scoring record in England's 10th tier. At that time, the new Manchester United also did not give up their offense.

In the few warm-up games before the start of this season, the new Manchester United also played offensive football. Although it is the kind of hard bridge and hard horse power offensive football, their game style is still very unrestrained.

Now it is suddenly recycled, which is indeed a bit unexpected.

But this does not mean that the new Manchester United's defensive ability is not good.

Abidal, Paulson, Evra, Stasson, these are the future Premier League, and even European and world-class defensive stars, although they are still young and their strength cannot be compared with the next few years, but their The opponent is also not a strong European team such as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Once such a player configuration is firmly established, it will be quite difficult to blow up the new Manchester United's defense with Rochdale's not outstanding offensive power.

In the 55th minute of the second half, Bruce replaced Gareth Turner with Distin, partnered with Eric Abidal as a central defender, and replaced Olic with Crouch. The game did not show much strength.

Darren Lyons replaced Alexander Hleb. The Belarusian has good running position and speed on the field, but there are not many opportunities to perform. After all, there are still big problems in the cooperation between him and his teammates, and He still can't speak English, which is also a big problem.

It seems that they want to take advantage of the new Manchester United to suddenly launch an attack. From the 55th minute, Rochdale's offensive began to become violent, and because the new Manchester United adopted a recovery defense, Rochdale unknowingly, on behalf of Rochdale Paul's defense was forced to move forward, leaving room for the new Manchester United to counterattack.

In the 73rd minute, after several offensive failures, Rochdale once again attacked the new Manchester United. The right midfielder dribbled the ball to face Evra. , so he appeared early in the defensive position where he should appear.

Rochdale's right forward is taller and stronger than the skinny Evra. He wanted to lean on Evra with his body, but unexpectedly, Evra relied on his more flexible body to avoid the opponent. , Stretch out your foot and poke the ball out, then quickly dribble the ball along the left.

When approaching the center line, Evra made a direct pass to Krzynovic on the left. The latter took advantage of the opportunity to pass the opponent's right back, came to the corner of the penalty area, and rushed to the center before Rochdale's central defender.

The Danish teenager Poulsen rushed to the team and shot a ground-breaking long-range shot. The muffled sound of his kicking the ball could be heard at the scene, and then the ball was seen to shoot directly at the opponent's goal like a cannonball.

Rochdale's goalkeeper faced a sudden long shot from outside the penalty area and was immediately stunned. He didn't even have time to make a save and could only watch the ball go into the net.

2:1! The new United scored a goal with a quick counter-attack after surviving a tough defense at the start of the second half.

Although this goal was scored by Paulson who was inserted in the back row, but during the whole process of scoring, Zikic's move to the right side of the penalty area attracted Rochdale's defensive attention. This caused Rochdale's defense near the front of the penalty area to have a loophole, and Kzhinovic's distribution was just right.

It can be said that this wonderful goal is not just the credit of the scorer and the assister. Zikic, Crouch and others also played a very important role in this attack.

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After scoring a goal, Bruce kept calling the players on the field to pay attention.

Then the continuous or recycled gestures signaled the players to concentrate and don't be careless. After all, the opponent is a professional team from England C. Carelessness means failure!

The action of replacing Juninho with Paulson in the middle of the midfield is obvious. This is not only reflected in the goal, but also the thickness of the defense in the middle.

Paulson's tenacious style, his running on the field and his fierce defensive style injected blood and fierceness into the midfield of the new Manchester United, and Karl Makinson is also a player who runs well. The midfield has built a barrier for the new Manchester United, and they can be seen almost everywhere.

When Rochdale attacks the left of the new Manchester United, Paulson will appear next to Evra to help the latter defend. At this time, Makinson must occupy the center; when Rochdale attacks the right of the new Manchester United, Karl Makinson would run to help Stasson, while Paulson would run back into the middle to take up position.

Although this is only the first time they played together, the partners of the two players seem to have a tacit understanding, not at all like a partner who cooperated for the first time.

It is precisely because of the partnership of Paulson and Makinson that the rocker of the new Manchester United is straightened. Rochdale's offense has failed again and again, and the counterattack of the new Manchester United has become more and more powerful. .

In the 81st minute, Makinson intercepted the ball in the middle and passed it to Darren Lyons on the right. The latter raised his head slightly and immediately passed a long pass to the penalty area with his big foot. .

Rochdale's goalkeeper had already stood in position, facing Zikic's header with both hands, and lifted the ball over the crossbar, corner kick!

Darren Lyons came to the left corner, Abidal, Distin, Makinson, Zikic, Crouch, Stasson and several new Manchester United players gathered in the opponent's penalty area in.

Sitting in the stands, Xiao Yu burst out laughing when he saw that the opponent's penalty area was crowded with players.

You know, the players of the new Manchester United are generally over 1.85 meters tall, and the shortest is Abidal, who is 1.86 meters tall. He looks taller than the tallest central defender of the opponent, and Abidal is also Stronger, so when preparing to take a corner kick, the opponent's central defender kept pulling him, but he still couldn't pull him.

It is estimated that Rochdale's head coach should be very worried now! Xiao Yu thought cheerfully in his heart.

Darren Lyons' corner was fired high, arcing and falling behind.

Zikic has already occupied the position of the back point. His height of more than 2 meters gives him an advantage in heading the ball, but because the opponent's central defender blocks him, it is not feasible to attack the goal. So he ferried to the front point.

Abidal, who had just attracted the opponent's central defender to run to the outside of the penalty area when Darren Lyons served the ball, suddenly turned around at this time, facing Zikic's header, diving to the top!

The ball went in!

There was an explosion in the stands, and all the new Manchester United fans stood up, waving and cheering towards Abidal who was running on the field.

Last season, Bruce's leading defense brought countless joys to the fans. This season, Bruce has decided to leave the court. The newly joined Abidal has proved his ability in just three warm-up games, and is still here. Scored a goal in a game against a third team.

"Eric! Eric!"

The players in the stands first cheered chaotically, and then shouted Abidal's name in an orderly manner. The latter also ran to the new Manchester United fans stand and waved at the fans.

He is 20 years old this year and has only played for a semi-professional team near Lyon. However, no matter in terms of club hardware facilities or club ambitions, the Ducheret team cannot compete with the new Manchester United.

This is like the promise that the new Manchester United made to Abidal when they found him. The new Manchester United has fanatical fans and a generous financial budget, but more importantly, the club has great plans and amazing ambitions. These are not what the Ducherey team can give him at all.

Although he has only been in Manchester for a short time now, Abidal is satisfied with his transfer.

After celebrating the goal with the fans, Abidal walked back, hugging and shaking hands with his opponents constantly along the way, especially Zikic, who assisted him, and the two hugged tightly for a while, which provoked the audience in the stands The fans once again responded with warm applause and cheers.

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Two goals in advance, but two goals in a row, this made Rochdale's head coach start to want a draw, so he replaced the striker with a defender, and then began to make a large number of substitutions in the midfield.

There is a tacit understanding. As soon as the opponent changes, Bruce also changes. First, Roy Williams is replaced by Evra, then Kevin Evan is replaced by Stasson, and Danny Collins is replaced by Danny Collins. Abidal scored the equalizer and Stephen Smith came on to replace Karl Makinson.

Substantial substitutions made the game enter garbage time. Everyone can see that this will become a draw. Both sides played good goals for 45 minutes. In this game, both sides also exposed a lot. The problem.

Especially for the new Manchester United, in this game, the defensive problem on the left is very big, but the bigger trouble is in the middle.

Paulson played very well, and his partner with Makinson is also very tacit. On the other hand, Juninho, the Brazilian international who has just arrived, played very badly. Just like his other Brazilian predecessors, he did not adapt to the playing style of the English league Similarly, people worry that his transfer will also end in failure.

However, should we let the big-name Juninho play, or should we use the more ideal Paulson?

This is obviously a question that Bruce must consider after this game.

As for the striker, the competition between Zikic and Jonathan Maiten has obviously come to an end. Regardless of whether the former has scored or not, the help to the team is very obvious. The top scorer in the second division, but that is in the amateur league, but this season, the new Manchester United is going to compete in the national league.

Sometimes, professional football is so cruel!

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