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Chapter 727 The Mythical Battle of Gunners Begins
(Fourth change, asking for a monthly ticket)

Trafford Park (Trafford Park) is next to the M62 highway in Manchester. This is a relatively empty shopping park. The famous European Dream Theater Old Trafford Stadium is in the center of Trafford Park.Today, both the stands inside the stadium and the park outside the stadium were filled with fans in red.Because one of the Premier League's most heavyweight contests is being held here.

At 5:15, players from both sides came out of the locker room at Old Trafford. Arsenal wore dark blue away game uniforms today, while Manchester United still wore their traditional red, one red and one blue, with sharp contrast, just like Gunpowder and sea water.

The moment the players came out, cheers and cheers resounded like sparks hitting the earth.The audience held up colorful scarves and sang the team song, which was full of grand picture tension.The entire Old Trafford stadium turned into a sea of ​​red, red, pink, bright red, deep red, purple, all kinds of dazzling.The fans on both sides seemed to be concentrating their strength on their throats and shouting with all their strength. The loud ears were almost deafened and they couldn't hear the sound clearly.With such shouts, the sky seemed to be shaken down.Manchester United fans chanted the names of each player, cheering them on.And he booed his opponent vigorously, trying to scare the opponent so that his legs were weak and his heart was weak before the game started, so he couldn't play his own level.

When the players on both sides exchanged team flags and emblems, Su Dong hurriedly introduced the starting lineup he just got to the fans.

"The game is about to start, now let's take a look at the lineups of both sides so that we can appreciate the game more easily. Manchester United played a traditional 4-4-2 formation today: due to the injury of the number one goalkeeper Van der Sar, 12-Foster is playing now. Foster is 26 years old this year. He is a dexterous goalkeeper. He has good jumping ability and is good at dealing with high-altitude balls. But he still lacks the experience necessary for a goalkeeper and is extremely capable against offense. Strong arsenal, I don't know what kind of answer he can hand in today.

The four defenders are 22-O'Shea, 6-Brown, 15-Vidic, 3-Evra. Because Ferdinand has not recovered from his injury, there is no surprise in this lineup. The general defense needs to be stable, and there will be no What an accident.

The four midfielders are 25-Valencia, 24-Fletcher, 16-Carrick, 17-Nani, there is a position that needs to be explained, Valencia, before the game, many people thought they joined in the summer Ecuador midfielder Valencia will not play in such a big game, and Park Ji-sung is more likely to appear in Valencia's position, because Manchester United's left will encounter the powerful World Footballer of the Year Li Huan.But now it seems that Sir Alex Ferguson does not intend to purely defend.

Forwards also have doubts. No. 10 Rooney and No. 11 Giggs. Rooney is the candidate pushed by Sir Alex Ferguson to replace Ronaldo. Although Rooney is a bit worse than Ronaldo's header at the center, he runs more aggressively. The ground counter-grab ability is very strong, and it is difficult for the gunner to launch a quick counterattack in front of him.

The position of controversy is Ryan Giggs. Is the veteran a midfielder or a striker? If it is a midfielder, although the veteran's experience and ability to pass the last pass are better than Anderson's, Arsenal's attack power is strong. Manchester United needs With aggressive movement and physicality against Arsenal, Giggs was a bit too old for Anderson.If you let Giggs play as a striker and stand among the front guards, obviously you can't play the role of Giggs. It seems that Giggs' position today is likely to be a shadow striker.

Arsenal's formation today is different from the previous ones, probably due to Fabregas' absence, today they played a (4-3-3) attacking formation,

There is no change in the position of the goalkeeper. Almunia is a well-deserved and undoubted starter. Among the four goalkeepers, he is the oldest and has the most experience in goalkeeping.

Four defenders No. 13 World Footballer Li Huan, 10-Gara, 5-Vermaelen, 22-Clichy, this is also a fixed combination of the last four victories, although there is only one game without conceding a goal, but their attacking power But it is even stronger, and it can be said that its flaws cannot conceal its advantages.

The three midfielders are No. 8 Nasri and No. 17-Alexander.Song, 2-Diaby, two defensive midfielders plus one forward midfielder, the midfield control ability and technical content of these three players have directly dropped by half, but the interception ability has improved a lot.

The three forwards are 7-Eboue, 9-Eduardo, and 11-Van Persie. Eboue is undoubtedly a winger. In fact, his position has always been closer to the midfield, and neither Eduardo nor Van Persie is a winger. The players on the road, it seems that the two of them should be in the middle, and the other side is handed over to Li Huan.In addition, due to Cesc Fabregas' injury today, Van Persie wore the captain's armband for the first time in such a major game.

When Su Dong introduced the starting lineup, the game had already started. As the visiting team, Arsenal played unconservatively. They won the first two league games and the two Champions League games. Their morale was high. They wanted to win the Manchester United flag. From the first minute of the game, they showed aggressive morale and launched a fierce attack from both wings.

Manchester United seems to be a little uncomfortable with Arsenal's fast and aggressive wing attack, because in previous games, Arsenal is known for their smooth penetration in the middle. Although the pass is fast, it is like weaving a net. It's a bit lingering, but today's Arsenal is not a typical Arsenal. They play very fast and fiercely. Staying in his defensive area, he also launched an offensive on the left, echoing Li Huanyao.

Just in the 3rd minute of the game, Eboue, who played the position of winger for the first time, played a beautiful attack with Clichy and Van Persie. Clichy passed the ball to Van Persie, and he went to the bottom. Van Persie passed the ball to Clichy. , after Clichy attracted the defense, he handed the ball to Eboue.Eboue bullied Foster as a substitute goalkeeper, and he raised his foot 22 meters from the ribs and hit it. Unfortunately, the ball was a little bit off and hit the side net.Due to the shaking of the net, the fans who were sitting in a bad position thought they had entered, and they all exclaimed.

Two minutes later, Li Huan made another breakthrough on the left. Evra suffered a disadvantage in the fight with Li Huan and was forcibly wiped by Li Huan. Li Huan shoveled the ball to the ground with others, and the ball went out of the sideline.

Li Huan was still lying on the ground, but Fletcher stood up and looked at Li Huan with a cold face. He turned around and left without saying a word. Li Huan is Arsenal's trump card. He once led Hoffenheim to massacre Manchester United three times in a row. , performed two hat-tricks, Fletcher must put pressure on Li Huan today, even if it is intimidation, he must not make Li Huan active.

Seeing that Li Huan was brought down once less than 5 minutes into the game, Wenger stood up, shook his fist, muttered something in French, turned around and sat down again.Ferguson was still eating chewing gum and sitting on the coach's bench with no expression on his dark brown face. He only told Li Huan not to play as easily as before. As for the methods the players used, Ferguson didn't care.

The referee Dean ran over and verbally warned Fletcher and awarded a free kick.Arsenal's players with good headers all stood in the penalty area, ready to compete for the header.But Li Huan passed the ball to the front of the penalty area, looking for Nasri, and Nasri hit the ball vigorously towards the goal.

Foster stretched out his hand to hug the ball, but Nasri's kick was not very powerful, but it had spin. Foster didn't hug it, and the ball rolled out of his arms again. This shocked the fans and the players and coaches of both sides. Ferguson even spit out his chewing gum and stood up, cursing an idiot.However, Foster's judgment on the ball was a bit poor, but his second reaction was quick, and he immediately made another save before getting the ball.

Manchester United really deserves to be the overlord of the Premier League. After 10 minutes, they adapted to the change of Arsenal's attack style after the opening, and strengthened the pressing and physical contact against Arsenal. The two midfielders Carrick and Frye Thor performed quite tenaciously. They covered almost every piece of turf with tireless running, used every part of their body to block Arsenal's passes and shots, and made up for the loopholes left after the wing was broken many times. Keep the goal clean.

The fighting on the court was fierce, and both sides moved relatively vigorously.Whenever the referee did not call an Arsenal player's foul, Manchester United fans began to greet the relatives of the referee's family.As long as the Manchester United players successfully steal, even if it is a violent foul like Fletcher's kick, they will receive applause from the audience. The older middle-aged uncles are still civilized and basically don't make much noise.But many young people basically stood up and cursed FXXKING every two minutes. Of course, there were also collective actions, that is, they adapted songs together to insult their opponents.
After 15 minutes of the game, the two sides were even on the scene. Both sides were attacking and defending each other, and both had chances to shoot, but they couldn't find a way to get the ball into the goal for a while.

In the 23rd minute, Arsenal got their best chance since the start of the game. Li Huan faced Valencia on the wing. Although the Ecuadorian is new to Li Huan, he is no stranger to Li Huan, but his defense is very average, and the South American player Li Huan's habit is to use small moves instead of tackles, but Li Huan's explosive power is like a leopard. Valencia's small moves such as pulling and pushing did not have much impact on Li Huan. Li Huan's movements were too fast, Valencia was not skilled in tackling the ball, and could only watch Li Huan go away.

(End of this chapter)