The battle for the ball between Manchester United and Wolves was mainly carried out in the midfield area.

In the process of attacking in the frontcourt, Manchester United's attacking style was eye-catching. Wei Le found that Mourinho adopted an attacking style of the wing forwards to draw inward, mainly creating a numerical advantage in the middle.

Juan Mata was standing on the right winger in the starting lineup, but in fact, when the attack developed to the frontcourt, his position often appeared closer to the middle. Instead, it was the right back Damian who quickly moved forward from the right side and assumed the responsibility of the winger.

Therefore, Wei Le's defensive strategy for this game was to shrink the width of the back line, release two wingers, and let two wingers - or a winger and a full-back cross.

There is already a midfielder, in this game it is Van der Beck, who will continue to defend Mata in the defensive stage.

In this game, Mata launched attacks in the ribs as always, but he felt that there were more people defending him in this game. In addition, Damian is not Valencia after all, and does not have the offensive ability of Valencia. Damian often cannot shoulder the responsibility of waiting for opportunities to cross the ball.

Ibrahimovic took on more offensive responsibilities, and his presence once again proved to everyone the outstanding role of a mobile center forward in the team.

In the fifth minute, Rojo passed the ball horizontally to Pogba, who moved forward and passed it diagonally to Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic took the ball out in the fight on the left, faced the goal, and raised his foot to shoot!

De Paul was so scared that he directly put down the shovel, but Ibrahimovic was just faking a shot. What he really had to do was to pass the ball horizontally to Pogba near the center.

Pogba, with white hair, saw that the Wolves players were far away from him, so he decided to take a long shot!

"Pogba's attempt! His long shot - too straight! Martinez punched it out with one punch. Martinez didn't even need to move for this ball, he just needed to stretch out his hand to hit the ball out."

Pogba's shot was powerful and hit the right spot, which was also very threatening, but it was too straight. Pogba hugged his head and rubbed his white hair in pain. Ibrahimovic didn't feel any regret at all.

Ibrahimovic gave Pogba a thumbs up, "It's not a big problem, there are still many opportunities."

There are still many opportunities, this sentence is not false.

Wolves launched a counterattack against Manchester United in about 15 minutes, but when almost all Wolves' offensive players went deep into the enemy camp, Rodri's cross pass was intercepted by Ibrahimovic with a kick.

Afterwards, with Ibrahimovic's pace, Manchester United flew on both wings, Rashford, Mata and Ibrahimovic himself, three sharp swords pierced into the Wolves' half.

The three players could not be allowed to advance to the danger zone. Coady and Ruben Dias were in a situation of fighting with fewer players. Coady was forced to knock down Ibrahimovic about 30 meters away from the goal.

This time, Ibrahimovic did not lose his temper because Coady rashly blocked this opportunity. Seeing the referee gave Coady a yellow card, Ibrahimovic turned around and stared at the goal.

"Ibrahimovic, the Swedish star is staring at the goal 28 meters away from him." Martin Taylor's voice came from the TV, and both Wolves fans and Manchester United fans stared at the screen intently.

"The ball is still too far from the goal. For most players, this is not a distance that can be shot directly. But it's Ibrahimovic standing in front of the ball, so everything is different."

Ibrahimovic was ready to shoot, and Wolves also arranged a four-man wall and sent a player to lie under the wall to prevent Ibrahimovic from cutting the ball on the ground.

Pogba and Ibrahimovic stood next to the ball.

"I'll take the penalty." Ibrahimovic pushed Pogba away.

"I know, I can fake a move to cover you."

Ibrahimovic didn't appreciate it, he said, "Zlatan doesn't need a cover."

Ibrahimovic said so, Pogba could only shrug and step back. Ibrahimovic took a deep breath and waited for the referee's whistle.

One step, two steps, Ibrahimovic took a big step and kicked the ball!

"Ibrahimovic's shot!!!"

Ibrahimovic kicked the lower middle part of the ball, and Martinez saw the ball fly high and fly towards the goal on his side. So Martinez dived to save the ball and rushed to where he thought the ball was.

He was about to catch the ball!

But the ball fell slightly in front of him!

It's broken!

Ibrahimovic's shot did not fly in a straight line to the goal, but fell a little, presenting a parabola., fell into the lower left corner of the goal!

Martinez flew over the ball, and he watched the football draw an arc and slide under his armpit.

Just a little bit!

He looked back in surprise and saw that the football that flashed by had bounced in the net, and even forgot to roll to release the force, and fell heavily on the grass.

Just... lost the ball?

Is this a world-class free kick?

Ibrahimovic shouted, and his tall body rushed to the sidelines. He spread his arms and roared at the stands! Martinez lay on the ground and saw Ibrahimovic's back.

"The ball went in!!! Ibrahimovic scored with a free kick! His shot drew an arc, bypassed the Wolves' wall, bypassed Martinez's defense, and flew into the goal!"

"The score has become 1-0, Manchester United is now leading, and the total score is now 1-2, and Manchester United and Wolves are now one goal apart!"

The ball was lost.

The moment Wei Le saw Ibrahimovic shoot, he felt that the ball was going to go in. And the result was not unexpected. Ibrahimovic still has a say in long-distance shooting.

In any case, if this ball is to be held accountable, the direct responsibility lies with Coady's foul. But Coady's foul was also forced, and he was timely enough.

The problem is that after Wolves pressed forward, they were counterattacked by Manchester United, forcing Coady to foul.

Wei Le glanced at Mourinho on the other side, and Mourinho was still celebrating excitedly with his assistants.

"They think we are a strong team. They played very patiently in this game." Wei Le and Celars whispered.

Celars nodded, "Then how do we play?"

"We have been playing steadily. No matter what, we still have to attack." After that, Wei Le walked forward and shouted to the players to boost everyone's morale - after all, this is at Old Trafford, Manchester United's home court, and it is normal to lose only one goal.

"There is no problem with playing like this. We still have to attack, but we can't leave two or three people in the backcourt like we did just now." Wei Le pulled Rodrigo over and gave him a lecture, "You, Rodrigo (De Paul) and Van der Beck, at least one of you should stay in the backcourt, and at least stay in the midfield line."

"Let Doherty and Godfrey pay attention to each other's positions. If one goes up, the other should not go up."

Rodri nodded frequently.

"We still have to look for opportunities to attack, and if there is a chance, we have to try to score another goal. A two-goal advantage is not safe in itself, let alone a one-goal advantage."

Rodri ran back to the court with Wei Le's reminder, and Haaland was already in position. After the referee confirmed that all Manchester United players had returned to their half, he blew the whistle to allow the game to be restarted.

"20 minutes, the game continues!"

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