Star Card System

Many young fans are not familiar with Jagielka, but many old fans know him quite well.

As early as 2008, Jagielka was selected for the England national team and made his national team debut.

You know, he had just joined Everton for one season at that time.

The team at that time had a number of world-class central defenders such as John Terry, Ferdinand, and Campbell.

Despite this, Jagielka was still called up by the national team and became the team's substitute central defender.

In more than 10 years of service, no matter how the national team changed, he was almost always selected and became a regular in the national team.

When he retired from the national team in 2016, he had a total of 40 appearances and scored 3 goals.

For a substitute central defender, this data is quite good.

In England's talented lineup, Jagielka has always been an important role player.

Now, even though he is 38 years old, he is still at ease facing young juniors such as Rashford and Greenwood!

The whistle sounded at the end of the first half, and neither side scored a goal.

Manchester United had many opportunities, but under Jagielka's organization and defense, all of them were resolved invisibly.

Sheffield United also had several good counterattack opportunities, and Maguire also performed very well, destroying all the attacks.

Facing the national team predecessors, Maguire also performed very well in this game.

However, for Manchester United now, the delay in scoring is the biggest trouble.

In the first half, Xia Xing kept feeding the strikers, but still to no avail.

Like the last game against Tottenham, the boys still didn't find their form.

The long lack of official games made it difficult for these young people to quickly enter the fast-paced game.

At the critical moment, Xia Xing stood up again.

In the 58th minute of the game, Manchester United's long attack was fruitless, and the ball frequently looked for Xia Xing again.

And the defense around Xia Xing was as tight as ever.

But this time, they were careless.

Defending Xia Xing, who organized the pass for a long time, made the Sheffield United players forget Xia Xing's sharp breakthrough.

At this moment, the moment Xia Xing received the ball, he suddenly accelerated and sprinted!

Directly tear open the central defense!

The two defensive players were stunned for a moment, and Xia Xing rushed straight over!

Xia Xing in the middle was unstoppable, like a steel needle inserted into the Sheffield United defense!

The defense led by Jagielka was also in chaos!

They were originally 3VS3 defending the Manchester United front trident, and now Xia Xing suddenly moved forward, forming a 4 vs 3 situation!

The goal was in danger!

Facing a difficult moment, Jagielka sprinted up quickly!

At this moment, his speed reached the upper limit and he decisively shoveled!

Even if he might get a card, he still tried his best to stop Xia Xing's progress!

But he still didn't do it.

Facing Jagielka's tackle, Xia Xing easily swiped sideways, changed direction, and directly shook off the Sheffield United captain.

Although the opponent was in good spirits, he was still powerless in the face of Xia Xing's world-class speed.

Shake off Jagielka, Xia Xing decisively sprinted!

The two defenders next to him were restrained by Rashford and Greenwood, and they were unable to make up for the defense!

Xia Xing rushed into the penalty area and shot!

The ball blasted into the net!

1-0!

Manchester United finally broke the deadlock!

This goal was not easy!

The excited Manchester United players rushed to Xia Xing and hugged their captain tightly!

Great, we finally scored a goal!

It was not easy!

At this time, Jagielka slowly got up from the ground with a bad look on his face.

It was his responsibility to lose the ball just now.

If he hadn't failed to defend Xia Xing, the ball would not have been lost.

But Xia Xing's speed was too fast, and he couldn't keep up at all...

Seeing the captain's bad face, the two midfielders also took the initiative to apologize.

"Sorry, captain, it was our defensive mistake just now. If..."

"No, it's not your fault. I failed to hold the last line of defense. It's my fault."

"We will never let Xia pass through us again in a while!"

The two midfielders gritted their teeth.

The game resumed, and the two men's defense against Xia Xing became more stringent.

And the downward force was heavier.

This made Xia Xing very unhappy.

But it is understandable.

Technically, they cannot win, and they cannot compete in speed, so they can only use this kind of rough foul to deal with it.

This is also a very common situation when Xia Xing played in the Championship before.

Xia Xing also tried his best to protect himself and not get hurt.

Even if he didn't go up, could the team not score?

Impossible!

In the 72nd minute of the game, Xia Xing got the ball in the middle.

Two opponent midfielders rushed up again to entangle, and Xia Xing did not stick to the ball too much, but knocked it horizontally to the right!

Looking for Wan Bissaka!

After passing the ball, Xia Xing sprinted quickly!

The two midfielders were shocked again, and they went straight to their bodies and stuck to Xia Xing!

Even if you are strong, we will stop you from moving forward even if we pull your jersey!

Wan Bissaka's back pass was indeed for Xia Xing.

And Xia Xing was indeed affected by the opponent's defense.

However, seeing that Wan Bissaka did not stop and was still accelerating, Xia Xing was very relieved.

This young man is good!

Thinking in his heart, he has already kicked!

Pass to the right front again!

Find Wan-Bissaka!

Wan-Bissaka received the ball on the right side of the penalty area and made a low cross!

This time the ball was extremely fast and went straight to the middle of the penalty area!

Jagielka closely guarded Martial, but unexpectedly, Greenwood at the front point kicked the ball first and the ball was poked into the net!

2-0!

Manchester United scored a goal!

Wonderful!

The excited Manchester United players hugged happily again!

Although this goal was assisted by Wan Bissaka and scored by Greenwood, Xia Xing's transition pass was very crucial!

Wonderful!

With two goals in hand, Manchester United felt more at ease.

The opponent Sheffield United was a little anxious.

They had to seize the time to attack.

In the next period of time, they obviously invested more troops in the offense.

Even during the fast break, the two midfielders who were specifically guarding Xia Xing could free up one person to attack forward.

But because of this, they also gave Manchester United more opportunities for quick counterattacks.

You know, this is also what Manchester United wants to see!

As long as the opponent presses out, it will be easy!

In the 79th minute of the game, Sheffield United striker McGoldrick whispered on the penalty area line, which was calmly resolved by De Gea.

After the save, he kicked the ball forward!

Ighalo, the center forward who came on as a substitute, took the ball with his back to the goal and passed it diagonally to the right!

He still looked for Wan Bissaka who was running forward!

The English right back was very active in assisting in this game!

He sprinted quickly and passed the ball before the baseline!

The ball was shoveled out of the baseline by Jagielka in the backcourt!

Sheffield United escaped!

However, they were still in danger from Manchester United's corner kick.

Xia Xing stood in the corner flag area, looking at his teammates in the penalty area.

He waved his hand and kicked the ball to the middle!

Ighalo, the center forward who came on as a substitute, was the most active as a fulcrum!

He jumped up at the front point and headed the ball!

He didn't touch it!

But even so, he still attracted enough defensive main forces!

The real attacking point suddenly came out at the back point!

It was Maguire!

He jumped high, overpowered Jagielka, and headed the ball into the goal!

The ball was smashed into the net!

3-0!

Manchester United scored another goal!

The outstanding junior defeated the senior and won the game! (End of this chapter)