green showman

Chapter 969 Salah, who just arrived
Newcastle United is the most unique club in the Premier League. They have the most loyal but also the most impatient fans in the Premier League, the most unreliable club executives in the Premier League, and a club chairman who will definitely choose the wrong one if it is a multiple-choice question. .

Before Chelsea's rise, Newcastle United was the most famous nerve knife in the Premier League. They could beat championship-level teams abruptly, and they could also lose to the deputy squad leader by a big score.

After the sacking of Alan Pardew, the longest-tenured manager in the past decade, Newcastle United have been slipping into the abyss this season.

But Manchester United played very uncomfortable in this game. Although McLaren had long been reduced to a laughing stock, his tactical thinking was very correct. He allowed Newcastle United's "hard" feature to be released to the greatest extent.

"Salah conceded the ball again!" Zhan Jun shook his head and sighed, "The Egyptian winger cut inside and tried to pass Tiot, but was cut off by the midfielder of Côte d'Ivoire."

Fortunately, Newcastle United's counterattack failed this time, and Kanter quickly pressed forward and counterattacked to destroy the ball out of the sideline.

Sun Wu pulled Salah up, frowned and said: "You don't need to open up the horizontal space, but you don't have to go inside and use your speed to get rid of him."

Salah explained bitterly, "In Serie A, this should be a foul."

"But this is the Premier League." Sun Wu squeezed Salah's shoulder hard, "Your foot is very stable and you can carry him."

But 5 minutes later, Salah was intercepted by Tiot again. The Egyptian, who had not yet completed his transformation, had not had time to adapt to Manchester United's game intensity in the Premier League.

In Chelsea, both Mourinho and Conte put great emphasis on defense. The defensive system they built requires the joint efforts of everyone, so opponents facing the Blues often do not take the initiative to choose hand-to-hand combat.

But Manchester United is different. After Pochettino and Sun Wu's training, today's Red Devils are better at technology and smooth cooperation, so today Newcastle United chose hand-to-hand combat in the midfield.

Salah did not have enough psychological expectations for this, and was frequently brought down by the opponent. With this level of physical confrontation, whether he commits a foul or not mainly depends on the scale of the referee on duty in the Premier League. Today, the referee's scale is obviously very loose.

This time, Salah immediately jumped up to fight back after losing the ball, with a good attitude...but the ball has been passed by Tiot.

Applause erupted from the stands at St. James' Park. The most popular player of Newcastle United, Sissoko, threw off Herrera from the center with a powerful explosive force, and passed Kante with a forced breakthrough.

"It's dangerous... oh, Sun Wu's foot... so cruel!"

Sun Wu, who was chasing back at high speed, shoveled Sissoko away with a flying shovel from the side. The tall French midfielder flew out like a heavy truck out of control, knocking over Lucas who was defending.

Regarding Sissoko's breakthrough, Sun Wu made a special explanation before the game. Although the absolute speed is not fast, but the explosive power is good, the speed is overwhelming, and the dribbling accuracy is also very good. This is the best for Newcastle United in the midfield. Threats.

The key is that Sissoko's breakthrough is not the kind of one-sidedness, he will divide the ball at the right time, and the Dutch midfielder Wijnaldum, who is in the midfield, is Newcastle's top scorer this season and has scored 10 goals. ball up.

Sun Wu is very aware of Wijnaldum's ability. This is a very comprehensive midfielder. The defensive midfielder, central midfielder, and front midfielder can even play as a winger. important part of.

Sun Wu ignored the yellow card shown to him by the referee from behind, and ran straight over to find Salah, "Did you see it? You need to fall to the ground at this level!"

The corner of Salah's mouth twitched, "But..."

"You are very stable in the game, and you are not afraid of physical confrontation at all. You use your speed to break through them first, and then show your skills and cut inside..."

"Uh, to this extent..." Salah's eyes were complicated.

"What's the matter?" Sun Wu frowned and glanced back, several Newcastle United players had come to find trouble, and the stretcher team on the sidelines had entered the field, carrying Sissoko out...

Sun Wu looked up at the stands, tsk tsk, a few shirtless fans were waving their fists and trying to climb into the stadium, and a large number of policemen with their shields had already blocked them. It really deserves to be the stadium with the most riots by fans in the Premier League.

However, Sun Wu was not affected, but his mood improved a lot. Tsk tsk, Sissoko is off, Newcastle United is basically hopeless in this game, and there is only one Wijnaldum left to support the overall situation.

"Just now I was saying that the score is still 70-0 after 0 minutes. The coaches of both sides can consider substitutions. Now Newcastle has to make substitutions first..." Zhan Jun smiled, "Manchester United also made substitutions, Sun Wu Yongbo Nado Silva replaced Salah."

"Salah's performance is very average, and he has shown good form a few times, but in general he has not yet integrated into Manchester United's tactical system." Zhang Lu commented: "The number of goals conceded is a bit too much, no wonder Conte refused to let him play."

Mike Phelan hugged Salah, who was off the field, and whispered a few words of comfort, and Fletcher on the bench threw his coat over.

"Bernardo." Sun Wu made a gesture, and the latter nodded yes.

Next, Tiot, the Ivorian midfielder who has performed the best so far in this game, was completely dizzy. This powerful midfielder has a very strong sweeping ability and is very good at using his body, but Sun Wu and Bernardo Silva The transposition confuses him.

In the 76th minute, Sun Wu took the ball from the right, cut in with his left foot to find Tiot, and Bernardo Silva made a detour from the middle to the outside.

Faced with Sun Wu's pass fake, Tiot hesitated a little, Sun Wu immediately stepped on the ball to speed up the inside cut, and then fell to the ground before Tiot to pass the outside line with his left foot.

Bernardo Silva slammed the ball into the small penalty area with ease, made a cross with his right foot, but smashed the ball to get rid of the Italian defender Thornton, and then passed the shot from a small angle with his left foot.

It's hard to say whether this kick is a pass or a shot, but it is quite powerful. Newcastle goalkeeper Krul barely made a pounce, and Griezmann made a supplementary shot and succeeded.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKOOOOOOOOALAAL!"

"Griezmann broke the deadlock and over an hour of Newcastle United's efforts came to naught."

"The assist from Bernardo Silva, lol, the winning assist in just a few minutes."

Following Mortensen's ridicule, the live broadcaster gave a close-up of Salah on the bench. The Egyptian's eyes were a little dull, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"This goal... finally scored. Manchester United finally broke the deadlock. This is Griezmann's 12th goal in the league this season." Zhang Lu breathed a sigh of relief, "The record of 18 consecutive victories is close at hand, and there are 15 minutes left. about."

"Tie 18 consecutive victories, but want to create a historical record of 19 consecutive victories..." Zhan Jun said with a smile: "Manchester United's opponent in the next round of the league is Liverpool."

"Shuanghonghui, what a coincidence!"

Sun Wu on the field had no time to think about the next double red meeting. When Griezmann celebrated the goal, he ran to the sidelines.

After 1 minute, Manchester United used up the remaining two substitutions.

Harry Kane replaced Falcao, who had failed to score in the starting line-up, and then Luke Shaw replaced starting midfielder Herrera.

"Manchester United has changed again." Zhan Jun took a closer look with interest, "This is 343... Coleman and Luke Shaw form the wings, Lucas, Van Dijk and Phil Jones form the three central defenders, Kan It's a bit dangerous for Sun Wu to press forward...it's a bit dangerous."

But Zhan Jun was slapped in the face as soon as he said this. This is not a danger, but a risk.

What risk?

Of course it's a risk.

The so-called risk may lose money, but it may also make a larger income than expected.

McAllen loudly commanded Newcastle United to press forward from the sidelines, and he was unwilling to lose three points like this.

But what he didn't expect was that Sun Wu chose to change the formation to 343, greatly increasing the position in front of the formation to press down. Newcastle United's backcourt was in chaos, and there was no possibility of organization at all.

Although Bernardo Silva and Luke Shaw, who had just played, received yellow cards successively, the effect was very good.

In the 81st minute, Coleman intercepted the ball with Bernardo Silva on the right side of the front court.

Bernardo Silva took the ball and cut diagonally all the way, Coleman advanced at high speed on the right, and Sun Wu ran out of the void on the left.

But this time the Portuguese deftly passed Tiot, and then sent an exquisite pass.

"Silva... oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

"Griezmann...no! It's Luke Shaw...a cross!"

"Best...is this a foul...a penalty?"

"Oh, Harry Kane from the back point sent the ball into the empty goal!"

"Di..."

"Although Sun Wu was pulled down, the goal was effective." Zhan Jun: "Harry Kane scored as soon as he came on the field... Haha, the camera was given to Falcao again."

Sun Wu, who was pulled down by Coloccini, didn't touch the ball a single time in this attack, but actually played a key role.

It was Sun Wu who quickly approached and ran out of the open space after stealing the ball, and Tiot was suddenly caught by Bernardo Silva under fear.

It was Sun Wu who quickly advanced into the penalty area to attract the attention of the Newcastle defender, and Harry Kane, who was behind, could easily complete the goal without any difficulty.

Mike Phelan on the sidelines was caressing the No. 7 pawn on the tactical board. Best may be the one with the strongest tactical execution ability in the team.

In the formation of four defenders, Sun Wu rarely enters the penalty area, but in the formation of three central defenders, because of the lack of a central partner, Sun Wu needs to enter the penalty area frequently. Obviously, Sun Wu's running position just now fully demonstrated this point .

Sun Wu knows better than anyone what to do under what circumstances.

At 0 to 1, the Newcastle players still had some fighting spirit, but at 0 to 2, there is basically no hope.

But Sun Wu did not stop and directed Manchester United to continue to exert pressure. In stoppage time, Sun Wu shot a long shot with his left foot from the outside and was saved by the goalkeeper. Harry Kane took the ball on the right side of the penalty area and forcibly turned around and passed it. Griezmann headed the ball Scored twice.

With their outstanding performance in the last 15 minutes, Manchester United defeated Newcastle United 3-0 in the away game, winning 18 consecutive victories, tying the winning streak just created by Manchester City in the first half of the season.

In this regard, the "Manchester Evening News" commented that although, like Manchester City, the last few games were played at the last moment, but Manchester United's performance was convincing, at least not by virtue of the magic of one or two players. Kill, but rely on the overall offense and Best's tactical adjustments.

This evaluation is really not low, because although the "Manchester Evening News" claims to be fair, it has always been slightly biased towards Blue Moon.

In terms of numbers, since Pochettino was sent off in the Champions League final last year, Sun Wu has won a total of four championships as the head coach or temporarily exercised the power of the head coach, the Champions League, the Community Shield Cup, the European Super Cup, the World Club cup.

In addition to tying Manchester City's 18-game winning streak, Lucas, Harry Kane, Kanter, Paval, and Bernardo Silva who were bought by name have all performed well. Sun Wu is now the leader of the entire European football team. Tan's popular fried chicken.

Countless fans of other people are envious of Manchester United. Look at the deal more than two years ago, 7000 million euros bought a world-class midfielder and a world-class head coach. San Dezi is now recognized as no better than his predecessor David Gilson is off.

But at the same time, countless clubs are wary of those Manchester United scouts who peek at their youth training camps. Countless young players are yearning to be named by Sun Wu. surge.

At this time, Sun Wu was standing on the sidelines of the training field, carefully observing Salah's data through the coaching system.

It's really beautiful, except for the weak header, there are basically no obvious shortcomings. Among them, the reaction and explosive power are similar to those of Mane, and they are the top in the team.

Mental strength, decisiveness, teamwork, and physical fitness are also good, and the data of physical balance is the highest in the team.

Therefore, Salah's performance in the last game was more due to his inadaptability to Manchester United's tactics. Too many dribbling and being cut off made him look inferior.

You know, after Fabregas was abandoned by Conte, Chelsea's frontcourt organization was basically completed by the inspiration of the players, so Salah likes to take the ball to break through the ball instead of running.

However, these are minor problems, and Salah's personal technical characteristics have basically been finalized.

"This is your personal running route map." Rolf handed a stack of papers to Salah, "The red line is counterattack, the blue line is positional warfare, and the green line is an on-the-spot attack after a high press."

Flipping through the stack of papers, Salah swallowed. He didn't expect Manchester United's skills and tactics to be so meticulous.

Sun Wu came over and patted the Egyptian on the shoulder, "This is Manchester United, not Manchester City, so the running route is not so rigid. Even if you choose other routes, there is no problem. The key lies in the effect. If the effect is good, everything is OK. It has to be done step by step.”

"Understood." Salah nodded heavily.

In the next three days of training, Sun Wu deliberately allowed Salah to participate more in the offense in every confrontation training, to observe Salah's running route and other habits.

"Di!"

"The winger has the ball with his back?" Rolf looked at Salah with a wry smile, "You have to distribute the ball to Pavard at the first time, instead of playing singles with the ball behind you. It is difficult for you to get rid of Lucas behind you."

Salah is a relatively silent guy. He just nodded without saying a word, thinking that Manchester United does not pay as much attention to players' personal abilities as other teams, which means that they pay more attention to overall tactics.

Five minutes later, there was applause on the training ground, and Salah rarely smiled.

In the attack just now, Kanter intercepted the ball in midfield, and Milner sent a through ball at the first time. Salah showed his unparalleled explosive power, threw away Lucas in an instant, and then overtook Michael Keane from the outside forcibly. After entering the penalty area, he spiked the ball to get rid of Phil Jones, who was defending, and pushed the ball into the far corner lightly.

This kind of long-distance attack and scoring is hard to see in Manchester United today. If Griezmann wants to fight alone, he prefers to start within the 30-meter area, and another Mane who can be compared with Salah is still lying on the hospital bed. .

After training, Sun Wu took Salah to sit in the locker room.

"You are not the substitute I chose for Mane." Sun Wu first set the tone for this conversation.

"Whoever is in good form will play."

"If you are confident, you can choose individual performances, such as post-ups."

Sun Wu was very impressed with Salah's post-up singles, which is difficult to see in other wingers.

After chatting for ten minutes, Salah looked more and more relaxed.

In the end, Sun Wu winked, "You play with Mane, Griezmann, Bernardo Silva, but I hope you don't make it the same as Harry Kane and Falcao."

Salah couldn't help laughing. Today's football generally does not require two center forwards to play at the same time. Harry Kane and Falcao, who is a substitute and who scores goals, has become the most unique landscape in the Premier League this season.

(End of this chapter)