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Chapter 917 The fattest piece of meat
After more than 20 days of training, Manchester United, who returned to Manchester, played several warm-up matches against Preston, Blackburn and Wigan Athletic.

Generally speaking, the players are in pretty good condition, but there are also shortcomings. The key lies in Harry Kane, the center forward who has been pitted by Sun Wu is a bit uncomfortable with the tactical style.

In the three warm-up matches, Harry Kane only scored one goal, which was a penalty.

However, this is temporary. On the training ground, Sun Wu found that Harry Kane's technical characteristics have almost been finalized. The reason why he is not very suitable is mainly because of the two years in Leicester City.

The middle and lower reaches of the team often have three tricks in their offense and have a very fixed routine pattern, and Leicester City needs Harry Kane to cover Vardy and Mahrez.

On the training ground of Carrington Base.

"Di!"

Rolf blew the whistle to pause, and said to Harry Kane: "You don't need to get the ball with your back...I know it's a counterattack, but even if it's a counterattack, you don't need to get the ball with your back, unless you can't find it immediately Out of the ball point."

Pointing to Herrera, who was following up, and then pointing to Mane and Shaqiri, who had been inserted at high speed on the two wings before, Rolf continued: "Three passing points, so you don't have to stop the ball, which makes the counterattack It's slowed down."

Sun Wu, who came over, wiped the sweat from his brow, "Harry, Manchester United needs a center forward who can score goals and a frontcourt fulcrum, but they don't need a center forward who holds the ball with his back."

"Be more flexible in your running position. You don't necessarily need to stand between the two central defenders. You can pull out or retreat. What you have to do is to make the offense smooth, and then go back into the penalty area to grab points." Sun Wu clapped his hands, "This afternoon, everyone will get their tactical run map."

The newly joined players are a bit ignorant, but the old players are very surprised. In the new season, the coaching staff has higher tactical requirements, and various details have been added. Similar things never happened last season.

After the training, Sun Wu specifically found Harry Kane.

Among the newly joined players, Paval and Fabinho have already talked, Lucas is a guy with a strong heart, Kante, who has climbed up from a low-level league, does not need Sun Wu to take care of him, and Van Dijk is a big man who likes to joke .

Only Harry Kane is worrying. He was abandoned by the Arsenal youth training camp since he was a child, and then grew up in Tottenham Hotspur, but he has never been in the eyes of Guardiola. He became the main force at the beginning of the season two years ago, but he just couldn’t get in The ball, unbearable Tottenham sold it to the British Championship Leicester City.

Having such an experience, Harry Kane's mental state is obviously weaker than that of the original time and space. If there is another scoring drought, I am afraid that he will be devastated... This is what Sun Wu is worried about.

"Harry, do you know Crespo?" Sun Wu sat on the lawn and waved for Kane to sit down too.

"Of course, Argentina's legendary center." Harry Kane asked in surprise: "Why do you ask this?"

"You are very similar."

Harry Kane was even more surprised, eh?Not at all!
"I mean, you all need to accumulate energy before scoring a goal." Sun Wu patted Kane on the shoulder and smiled: "Take it easy."

Harry Kane squeezed out a smile on his face, Sun Wu's consolation did not have any effect, Klose retired, Lukaku left the team, currently Manchester United is only in the center of India, and Rashford has appeared more on the bench on the sidewalk.

On August 8nd, at Wembley Stadium, Manchester United ushered in the first game of the new season, the Community Shield Cup. Their opponent was last season's FA Cup winner Liverpool.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, the players from both sides walked out of the player channel, while Klopp, who had already come out ahead of time, stood on the sidelines with a weird look on his face.

Gerrard has already left the team, and Sun Wu's "old friend" Henderson took over as the captain of the Red Army, and he also has a strange look on his face.

"Jurgen." Sun Wu, wearing the captain's armband, walked to the side, let his teammates behind him play, and he had to complete the routine process of shaking hands with the opposing coach.

Klopp shook Sun Wu's hand hard, "Well, you are always the most special one."

"Maybe I will make a mess, that's Liverpool's chance." Sun Wuyun said calmly.

Klopp didn't say anything else, he turned his head and returned to the coach's seat, thinking about what his old opponent would do in the new season...

Other top leagues have the so-called Super Cup, the duel between the league champion and the cup champion last season, but not in the Premier League, there are only the former Charity Cup and the current Community Shield Cup.

The gold content of this event is very low, even lower than the League Cup. On the one hand, it is because of its strong warm-up nature... six substitutions, no one will believe it is not a warm-up match!

On the other hand, it is the so-called community shield curse. If you win this championship, you may miss the league championship in the new season.

Therefore, most giants regard this event as a semi-formal warm-up match, mainly to run-in the team and train newcomers.

But in recent years, with a large amount of capital invested in the Premier League, the club has given high transfer fees and salaries, and at the same time has higher requirements for coaches and stars. Therefore, the gold content of the Community Shield Cup has not increased, but in the minds of coaches position has risen.

Although he only won one FA Cup after two years in the Premier League, Klopp's position in Liverpool is very stable. He brought the team back to the Champions League and reached the semi-finals last season.

Therefore, Liverpool formed a lineup with a mix of main players and substitutes. Klopp thought that Manchester United would go all out to win this championship, because this championship title is very important to Sun Wu who has just assumed a new role.

But what Klopp didn't expect was that Sun Wu's formation was even looser than his.

Pavard, Van Dijk, Lucas, Fabinho, Kanter, Bernardo Silva, Harry Kane and other new players all started.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Liverpool midfielder Nzonzi made a long-range shot, and Manchester United's substitute goalkeeper Lin Degao actually let the ball into the net from the armpit.

In the 34th minute, Lucas made a pass from the left, Harry Kane nodded and ferryed the ball, Sun Wu made the ball cleverly, and Bernardo Silva's left-footed arc ball spun into the far corner.

During the intermission, Sun Wu replaced himself and Milner played.

Milner and Kanter are not strong in organization, and Sun Wu wants to see Fabinho's ability in scheduling.

However, the second half of the game was fragmented. Both Sun Wu and Klopp kept changing players to observe the players' status and adjust the formation.

In the 75th minute, Klopp replaced Piszczek with a guy who looked like a monkey. This substitution caught Sun Wu's attention.

"What's wrong?" Carrick asked next to him.

"It's all right, that's a nice little guy, it's a pity he's from Liverpool."

Sun Wu mentioned it when chatting with the youth training director last season, and the scouts have also worked hard, but Arnold was born and raised in Merseyside and has been a Liverpool fan since he was a child.

Although it is a bit regretful, Sun Wu does not feel regretful. Although Arnold is good, Pawar is even better.

Three minutes later, Fabinho showed his vision and observation skills. A 3-meter-long long-range pass allowed Pavard to send a precise cross from the right. Shaqiri, who came off the bench, volleyed and scored.

In the next 10 minutes, Liverpool did not press hard to try to equalize the score. In the end, Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-1 to win the Community Shield Cup.

However, Sun Wu's face was very ugly after the game. In the last 10 minutes, Manchester United suffered two injuries. Alderweireld suffered a knee injury and Herrera suffered a thigh muscle strain.

At the press conference after the game, Sun Wu admitted that he signed a short-term coaching contract with Manchester United, but refused to disclose the details.

After more than a month of hype, the media have long confirmed that Sun Wu will become the new head coach of Manchester United. This news did not cause an uproar.

However, the reporters below are all gearing up, they are all ready... Either this is the next Dalglish, or Best will leave the Theater of Dreams tragically, but no matter what, the next season, Manchester United is destined to be The fattest piece of meat in the eyes of reporters.

(End of this chapter)