Grass roots glory

Chapter 954
Manchester United's starting lineup has already highlighted Van Gaal's attitude. Today is to lock down Liverpool's midfield, especially for Gerrard. Lenny and Herrera emphasized: "Don't think that we have an advantage in the number of midfielders, or that it is easy to be taller than the opponent. Don't underestimate Steven Gerrard's experience. To deal with such a person, only Follow him every second, like you guys treat Zhou in training... Ander, this is your specialty, show your skills."

Herrera couldn't believe it. He looked around and made sure that the head coach had entrusted him with this task.

Van Gaal was a little upset: "What's the matter? Didn't hear it or didn't want to?"

"No, no, I can do it, sir, believe me, I can!"

Herrera quickly promised, and then Van Gaal nodded lightly: "What I want is your consistent attitude, how did you perform in the first two games, how did you defend those superstars in Bilbao, this time I will give you your skills." I'll take it out, don't discount it!"

As for Fellaini, his task is a bit heavier, and he has to assist Zhou Tiancheng on both offensive and defensive ends.

Van Gaal took a risky move. Herrera's most outstanding performance in Athletic Bilbao is his defense like brown sugar, marking Iniesta and Modric, who are small and flexible midfielders. The effect is really good, but after all, this is the Premier League, and the style is completely different from La Liga. Herrera marks Gerrard, whether it works or not is another matter.

Both Zhou Tiancheng and Rooney came up to appease Herrera, and Rooney joked: "Ander, hey, you are miserable, where did you offend this lunatic? Young people play football honestly, don't cause trouble, he is The manager, the boss, it's not easy against you, like it is now."

"Little Fatty, don't scare people." Zhou Tiancheng patted Rooney with a smile, then turned his head and said to Herrera, "Ander, he scares you, don't listen to him, I have seen people who are more famous than powerful There are so many chickens, do you think Gerald can be stronger than me?"

Herrera shook his head subconsciously. He had never fought against Gerrard, but he was well aware of Zhou Tiancheng's ability, so he had only one thought - luckily he was not an opponent.

"Look, how good your vision is... This is it, you see, you can do this with me on the training ground, so show up with this strength and do your best. I'm still here, I won't It really doesn't care about defense."

Both Zhou Tiancheng and Van Gaal knew that Herrera was the only uncertain factor in the lineup, and his strengths were as prominent as his weaknesses.As for Fellaini, there is nothing to say. He is not a rookie anymore, and the three B2B midfielders cover the midfield horizontally. Everyone's defensive area is reduced, which is even less difficult for Fellaini.

……

At Old Trafford, the only sign that can distinguish the fans of the two sides can only be the huge team flags of Manchester United and Liverpool in front of the stands.

They are all the same red, and the team anthems of Manchester United and Liverpool are sung in the stadium, and they are all the same passionate melody.

It's just that at a glance, several Liverpool team flags are still surrounded by four Manchester United stands.

When the referee Michael Oliver led the players from both sides into the field, there was a tsunami of shouts, and it was difficult for the players on the field to distinguish the enemy from the enemy. With Old Trafford as the center, the shouts could be heard several kilometers away .

Zhou Tiancheng's house was just opposite the stadium. Chu Yunling worked for a long time and finally put the little lucky star to sleep. She was just about to take a rest, but she forgot to close the window, and a clear noise came in, and the little guy was thrown into bed again. Waking up, crying and calling for her mother to hug her, Chu Yunling felt like she was going to collapse, but this is her own child, what do you expect him to understand when he is less than two years old?
Chu Yunling hugged him, and suddenly thought of a way to turn on the TV and tune to Sky Sports. She could only comfort her son like this: "Little Lucky Star, don't cry, don't cry, be good, let's watch daddy, watch daddy's game, kick Qiuqiu, like it or not, don’t you like playing it the most? See how Dad plays.”

The camera happened to point at Zhou Tiancheng, Chu Yunling quickly turned her son's head to the TV, the little guy looked at his father, stopped crying immediately, stretched out a little finger, and kept pointing.

At this time, Carragher was commenting on Manchester United's midfield combination and Zhou Tiancheng in the commentary booth.

"The combination of these midfielders is really tall, height is only one aspect, and the presence of the midfielder is destined to be difficult for Liverpool to seize the initiative today. The only advantage is that Gerrard has a wealth of experience against Manchester United. , avoiding the midfield is the best policy."

Anyone can see that Arsenal and Chelsea have set the best example. Gerrard has been staring at Zhou Tiancheng, his face is calm, but there is a strong aggressiveness deep in his eyes.

So what about age?How about being the soul of the team?This kind of confrontation does not distinguish between ages. Even if Gerrard has already passed his thirties, he can still talk about being a teenager. Facing an opponent like Zhou Tiancheng, Gerrard is ready to show his sharpness.

After getting the ball in midfield, he stared at Zhou Tiancheng's position, but he soon found that the first one he faced was not Zhou Tiancheng.Herrera clung close.

Looking at the young face with no impression at all, Gerrard calmly pulled the ball sideways, he was very confident to keep Herrera behind - I'm afraid it's not too simple, everyone wants to come and fight Let me compete?
Gerrard felt that the young man should have a long memory, but he didn't expect that he separated the ball with his legs, and Herrera simply brought the ball down with him.

The referee Michael Oliver took a serious look and raised his hands. Gerrard didn't hear the whistle and raised his hands in puzzlement.

"Oh, Herrera didn't give face when he came up, and brought down Gerrard! It's still a familiar scene, destined to be a familiar rhythm, the double red meeting, a hot start!" Zhan Jun's opening sentence was impartial, even It was the leader of Liverpool who got kicked, and he couldn't tell that he was a Liverpool fan.

Carragher is still a little worse. It may be that he has too much affection for Liverpool. Seeing that the referee did not express it, he still felt unfair: "Although Michael Oliver is the first whistle in the Premier League after Howard Webber, this The penalty is not in line with his reputation. Although Ander Herrera touched the ball, Gerrard is at risk of injury. If the scale is the same as that of Zhou, then Gerrard's ability is not enough to be treated reasonably. Protection? At least a yellow card is not too much."

And that's just the beginning.

Gerald got kicked, but after all, it was nothing serious, but he also started to pay attention, as expected, he was the same height, not only Zhou Tiancheng was a ruthless person.

He has stepped up his movement in midfield, which is no longer his forte, but now he's playing the way he played at the age of 24.When receiving the ball, he used the change of body weight and rhythm to shake Herrera away.

Gerrard had just breathed a sigh of relief, but Fellaini rushed over from the other side to shine the slider on his feet.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, Gerrard fell to the ground twice.

Before he could even meet Zhou Tiancheng, he was kicked twice.

Zhou Tian wanted to come up to say hello, so he should not be too ruthless, lest the gain outweigh the loss.But before he could speak, the two came up to give him high fives first.

Zhou Tiancheng could only respond in the same way.

"Hahaha, the two generals beside Zhou Tiancheng, Herrera and Fellaini, it seems that Gerrard will suffer a lot today, and it will not be easy to meet Zhou Tiancheng face to face."

Zhan Jun's words hit the nail on the head, just right.

(End of this chapter)