i don't want to be king

Chapter 924 The Real Manchester United

In the locker room, Mourinho is personally analyzing and arranging.

The teenager McTominay, who came on as a substitute for the injured Pogba, sat in the corner and bowed his head.

In my impression, there is also the logo of the magic bird on the tactical board. After Pogba left the field, Liverpool's three extremely threatening attacks were all on his side of the defense zone!
It is obvious that Uncle Klopp believes that McTominay has become the weakest link in Manchester United's midfield defense, and he is bound to launch a more intense targeted attack in the second half!
The magic bird stopped, and McTominay seemed to have a premonition that the magic bird's verbal storm would soon come to his head, just like he did to Mkhitaryan or Pogba, or any player who played poorly. !
A hand was on his shoulder, and McTominay jerked—

He immediately heard a familiar voice, it was Captain Li Liang!

Li Liang saw that the magic bird nodded to him again. It was the Portuguese himself who had just told himself to see what happened to McTominay after speaking.

Li Liang said: "Scott, look up, you did a great job!

Without your help, we could not have maintained this score until now! "

McTominay was taken aback, and raised his head suddenly——

He saw his captain smile.

Li Liang then said loudly: "When I was your age...

Ugh, I've only seen Liverpool on TV! "

Everyone laughed in unison, and even Pogba, who had already put on his slippers, stood up grinning: "Scott, don't compare yourself to a genius like Lee——

Look at me, everyone knows my story—

At your age I can't even play first-team games, if I faced terrible Liverpool like you at that time, I'm afraid I'd cry before I meet Sir Alex Ferguson! "

Speaking of Pogba making an exaggerated movement of wiping tears, Ibrahimovic on the side smiled and hugged the Frenchman's neck, and Pogba made a gesture of "crying" in Ibrahimovic's arms——

The locker room was quiet for a few seconds, and then there was a burst of good-natured laughter and applause. This was the first time that everyone heard the French laugh at themselves about the past they were least willing to face!

Li Liang turned his gaze to Ibrahimovic and Pogba who were still hugging each other, and some to the magic bird standing there in a daze——

Pogba turned his head and pointed at McTominay: "Scott, in the future you will definitely become the captain of Manchester United like Lee and become a part of Manchester United history!

So please believe me!
You are the man chosen by God, you are definitely not a softie! "

McTominay couldn't help but stand up and stride towards Pogba to give Pogba a loud high five, and then everyone opened their arms to him!
Until everyone strode out of the locker room with their heads held high, Faria was still reminiscing about what happened just now: "...Jose, I seem to have returned to the Meazza Stadium (Inter Milan Stadium) just now..."

Mourinho tidied up his coat and walked out: "...Me too!"

……

Henry was still analyzing the first half of the game: "...At least judging from the first goal, Li's performance is absolutely phenomenal!
I've scored corners in official games too, but frankly I wouldn't have dared to try that at this level..."

Neville added: "Lee tried the same thing against Leicester in the first half of the season, but he didn't score directly that time."

Carragher shook his head and sighed: "What else can I say?
If it's a defensive error, blame us for not having a 12th man at the front post..."

In the studio of Seven Star Sports, Lu Yue was also explaining Manchester United's two goals to the replay: "It is not the first time for Li Liang to directly convert a corner kick into a goal. He did it in Monaco last season. But it was Manchester City who suffered at the time!

In the words of the Internet, this is simply a "dimensionality reduction blow"!

But here I want to focus on Rashford's goal——

Thanks to the director for helping us make this clip, let’s see, the positions of Manchester United’s forwards when Li Liang first touched the ball—”

As he said that, Lu Yue gestured to the screen: "As you can see, if you pass the ball at this time, there is no good opportunity for direct attack.

In fact, the defender in front of Li Liang was still far away at that time. With his ability, he could choose to advance directly. It is estimated that most attackers would choose to dribble forward under the same situation——

But Li Liang chose the horizontal belt!
......"

In the stands of Old Trafford, Ferguson happened to be explaining the ball to Charlton and the two disciples of "Class of 92", Beckham and Butt.

He gestured and said: "Space, Li probably saw the changing trend of the space between himself and Liverpool's goal at the first time..."

Even Guardiola, who was on the other side of the stand, was also analyzing his assistant Arteta: "...if Lee grabs the ball and goes straight forward, then Liverpool's midfielders will concentrate on his side. Cous (Rashford) can only pull the side symbolically, and Romelu (Lukaku) has to re-run to try to help Li lead the defense.

Of course, this is also the most common offensive routine..."

Seeing the players on both sides re-enter the field amidst huge applause and cheers, Wenger finally said to Boulder: "This is the most remarkable quality in Lee——

Not only can he lead the offense on the field, he can make accurate judgments and actively break the balance, he can also create the space for offense on his own!

——Whether it's for himself or to help teammates 40 yards away! "

The game restarted in the second half, and neither side made any adjustments, and it was still the lineup at the end of the half.

After the intermission, Liverpool's tactics became more clear, and they still forcibly concentrated their offensive on the right side where McTominay, Sanchez and Valencia were located.

To the surprise of Uncle Zha and other professionals in the stands, the Manchester United players showed more active running than in the first half!
As long as it does not affect the overall formation, every Manchester United player is running and fighting selflessly, and there is an extremely tacit understanding in supporting McTominay!
And McTominay himself seems to have been greatly encouraged, obviously different from the first half!
Great Neville shouted in surprise: "In the 54th minute, McTominay once again won a one-on-one with Alex (Chamberlain) in midfield!"

Henry also said in surprise: "What kind of magic did Jose (Mourinho) cast on this little guy in the locker room?!

This doesn't look like a 21-year-old young player, he looks as calm as a 31-year-old veteran! "

Uncle Zha frowned on the sidelines, seeing that McTominay couldn't open a gap in McTominay after many attempts, and his tactical arrangement was still ineffective, so he finally called out captain Milner on the field.

After the start of the next round, everyone saw that Liverpool resumed the offensive tactics at the beginning of the game, and finally stopped the attack on the right.

Ferguson was a little excited, and said to Charlton on the side: "This is what I want to see the most. They don't want to bully any of our young people!"

Charlton also smiled: "They are becoming more and more like the real Manchester United!"

(End of this chapter)