green showman

Chapter 923 The Protagonist
April 8, Old Trafford.

Sun Wu, standing at the front of the player tunnel, chatted with the Tottenham players next door, shook hands with Pochettino, who came out early, and lightly punched Miguel who was joking.

In Sun Wu's eyes, Tottenham and Manchester United, at least this season, the two teams are too closely related.

Pochettino switched from Manchester United to Tottenham. He took away Lukaku and Januzaj at the same time, while Fellaini was purged from Manchester United to Tottenham by Pochettino.

Conversely, there is Alderweireld, who was Pochettino's most trusted defender, but now he has become the darling of Dream Theater fans, but the Belgian is absent due to injury.

Of course, Harry Kane cannot be forgotten. Although he has not yet scored his first goal for Manchester United, he still made his debut today.

By the way, there is also Mata, who joined Manchester United last season in Yuan Shikong, but under Sun Wu's refusal, Chelsea sold him to Tottenham.

Uh, at the end of the count, Sun Wu counted himself. He also transferred from Tottenham to Manchester United.

"Okay, it's time."

The on-duty referee Clattenburg took the lead out of the player channel holding the ball, flanked by captains Sun Wu and Lloris.

They were greeted with thunderous applause. Although the record of one draw and one loss was unsatisfactory, Manchester United fans did not complain.

Pochettino, who entered the field early, was quite complicated. There was no such warm applause when he entered the field just now...Obviously, the fans know who brought Manchester United back to the top.

Since Sun Wu landed in the Bundesliga, he has become the team's ace within a few games in Wolfsburg, and the ace is often the last one to play.

After that, Schalke 04 and Tottenham were all like this, but since last season, Sun Wu, who took over Ferdinand's captain's armband, was the first to play, and Griezmann was the last to play.

However, today Griezmann was placed on the bench because of a minor injury in yesterday's training. The last one to walk out of the player channel today was Van Dijk.

Compared with Sun Wu, Van Dijk's growth experience is more bumpy, although he has not suffered such serious injuries.

At the age of 15, Van Dijk was still working as a dishwasher in a restaurant, earning only a few pounds a day.

At the age of 16, Van Dijk, who was only 163cm tall, was playing right back and was given up by the William II youth academy because his speed was too slow.

But the 22-year-old Van Dijk became the best central defender in the Soviet Super League. The 24-year-old Van Dijk came to Old Trafford and was the last to walk out of the player tunnel.

Van Dijk glanced at Sun Wu who was walking in the forefront. It was the Chinese coach and captain who told himself that he would be the protagonist in this game.

"Clattenburg blew the whistle to start the game, and Manchester United kicked off first." Zhan Jun asked with great interest: "Pochettino returned to the Theater of Dreams soon after leaving Manchester United, and he still faced his former favorite player and player. Assistant Sun Wu, what do Director Zhang think?"

"Hey, it's hard to say. Pochettino and Sun Wu know each other very well." Zhang Lu said with a smile: "And Januzaj and Lukaku, who were taken away by Pochettino, both started... Ball!"

Pochettino chose to press in a high position at the beginning, which was expected by Sun Wu, but the inexperienced Lucas crossed too lightly and was intercepted by Januzaj.

But Van Dijk accelerated and hit the Belgian winger from the side, and then quickly poked the ball out of the baseline.

"Beautiful defense." Mortensen exclaimed, "Although there were low-level mistakes in the first round of the league, Van Dijk played strong and stable in the next three games, and Best dug out another treasure!"

Sun Wu gave a thumbs up to Van Dijk who was directing everyone to defend the corner kick. With Kante and Van Dijk behind him, he really felt very safe!

"Lucas, don't worry, there's Van Dijk!" Sun Wu yelled at Lucas.

After saying this, Sun Wu didn't even enter the penalty area. After running a few steps towards the corner flag area, he suddenly turned around and ran when Eriksson took a corner kick.

"Corner...it's Van Dijk again!"

"Van Dijk overpowers Fellaini with a header to clear... oh, it's Manchester United's counterattack!"

As soon as the camera turned, Sun Wu, who received a through pass from Bernardo Silva after finishing the ball, had already crossed the middle circle!

Tottenham did not expect the opponent's counterattack to pass the half-court so easily. Left back Rose chased back at high speed, and midfielder Dembele retreated step by step.

But Sun Wu suddenly slammed on the brakes and turned around. Rose's expression changed as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief. He saw Sun Wu's heel hit the ball hard.

"Sun Wu slowed down... heels... Mane!"

"Mane got the one-handed goal!"

"No problem, a diagonal shot from the far corner, the goal is scored!"

"As soon as Sun Wu returns, Manchester United can play such a pleasing and efficient offense. This is Sun Wu's first assist in the league this season." Zhan Jun waved his hand, "It looks very easy, Dembele didn't expect Sun Wu Wu's way of passing the ball."

Mane pointed at Sun Wu and rushed over to throw him down. In the third round of the league, he finally found the feeling of last season.

Bernardo Silva, who sent Sun Wu a through pass, also patted Sun Wu's head excitedly. The Portuguese midfielder with a high football intelligence discovered countless possibilities at that moment. Thomas Muller, the main player of the season, is a completely different type, and he can form a closer interspersed movement cooperation with Sun Wu.

The live broadcast found Pochettino, who was expressionless on the sidelines. After the opening, he quickly succeeded in a high position. Everything was planned, but he did not expect that Manchester United's counterattack would collapse the defense, which made Pochettino extremely frustrated.

By returning to the defense, Pochettino also discovered the key point. Ali, who was originally arranged on the periphery, failed to follow Sun Wu, but in fact Ali did not make a mistake.

Sun Wu made an early run, and he started the ball before it even flew into the box... as if he knew the corner would be cleared.

When the ball that was cleared by Van Dijk flew to the middle circle, Ali could not catch up. Sun Wu happened to get the ball between Ali and Dembele. He gave it to Bernardo Silva immediately, and then It's a matter of course.

Pochettino's eyes fell on Van Dijk, well, he secretly used means to poach Lukaku and Januzaj, and Best is not a good bird...

After conceding the ball, Tottenham continued to press at a high position, but Sun Wu retreated deeply. Through passing and cutting the ball, he smoothly poured the ball up in the midfield, and deliberately increased the lateral running. Once Fellaini and Dembé Lai's two defensive midfielders had a gap in the protection of the ribs, and Sun Wu immediately sent a through ball.

"Why didn't everyone hear of Van Dijk before this!" Mortensen roared excitedly: "It is said that the Netherlands has fallen, but they now have Van Dijk... Oh, look, short pass, long pass The biography is excellent!"

"Mane cross, damn Harry Kane, he wasted a great opportunity to expand the score!"

"Best can dig out valuable players like Van Dijk, but also bought a mediocre striker like Harry Kane... 20 goals, I think the most is 2 goals!"

Sun Wu didn't go to comfort Harry Kane again, you will believe it next year.

Pochettino's training effect on Tottenham seems to be very general. The frontcourt attack is a bit chaotic, Eriksson's running position is a bit rigid, Ali is difficult to get in touch with the center on the left, and Lukaku frequently pulls out of the penalty area. El Jones followed closely.

After withstood Tottenham's counterattack, Sun Wu slowly started to position himself, and the continuous pass cooperation between him and Bernardo Silva was as smooth as flowing water.

In the 35th minute, Bernardo Silva made a cross from the right rib and entered the penalty area. Sun Wu in the middle picked up the pass immediately. Vertonghen and Dembele turned back to chase the B seat before they could block the pass. .

But the next moment, the ball flew to the left side of the penalty area.

"Oh, Best's No Look Pass!"

"Lucas... Kane Kane Kane, you can't get in like this!"

Harry Kane held his head in despair, and Lucas, who missed the first assist in his career, was also regretful.

Sun Wu grinned, he didn't expect that he couldn't score like this, it was almost an empty goal, but Harry Kane kicked the ball on Lloris' shoulder.

But in the next corner kick, Van Dijk once again became the protagonist.

For the first goal, he overwhelmed Fellaini to become the starting point of the attack.

For the second goal, he overwhelmed Fellaini and swung the ball into the dead corner!
"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"New aid Van Dijk scored his first goal after coming to Manchester United. As long as he doesn't make mistakes in returning passes, he must be the MWP of this game!"

(End of this chapter)