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Chapter 333 The Contrast
"After Ferguson retired, Manchester United fell into a trough. This situation can always happen in football. Although we have not performed well in the past few years, the previous 20 years have been brilliant. Now, I see Manchester United, which is better than ours. It was even more brilliant back then! I believe in Mourinho!"

That was the response of former Manchester United player and heartthrob David Beckham when he was asked his opinion of the current Premier League leaders in a recent interview.

Although it seems that there are still some problems within Manchester United that have not been resolved, their results are obvious to all.

Maintaining an unbeaten record puts them 2 points away from No.8 Liverpool.

All the Premier League teams are watching, who can stop Manchester United!
Will the answer be the Hammers?

The Hammers, who played away, knocked on the door of Manchester United in the second minute.

That was the goal after Payet lobbed from United's ribs and then their lone striker Sakho completed the goal.

Obviously, Manchester United's defense made mistakes.

However, making mistakes is not terrible, as long as you can make up for them in time.

Under the leadership of Pogba, Manchester United counterattacked frantically.

But... the effect is not very good.

Their advancement speed is too slow, and, too obvious passing, it is easy for the Hammers to predict the ball path and intercept or target defense.

Pogba also seems to be looking for some changes, he is a little less sticky to the ball than usual, and he has not been trying to excel.

But he still likes to play on the left.

When the left cannot be opened, when Herrera points his finger to the right in the middle, Pogba still has to make some fuss on the left.

Continuous passing, did not find a gap.

So, he knocked on the door suddenly.

The shot is powerful, but moving to the football field would be better because the shot is high and high.

In the first half, Manchester United fell behind visiting West Ham United 0-1 at home.

In the second half, Mourinho made an adjustment and Mkhitaryan came on.

In this game, in order to find a suitable partner for Pogba, Mourinho also brought Schweinsteiger, who was sent to U23 training.

In the second half, Manchester United continued to attack their opponents violently.

Lingard, Rooney, and Pogba kept shooting inside and outside the penalty area.

But still failed to complete the break.

Mourinho was warned by the fourth official because he kicked the water bottle angrily on the sidelines.

Manchester United's unremitting attack, in the 72nd minute, received the effect.

This is Pogba's pass in the 30-meter area. Martial plugged the ball forward and sent the ball into the goal to equalize the score.

The two celebrated wildly.

This goal greatly boosted Pogba's confidence.

Subsequently, he continued to launch various forms of attack.

But always at the last moment, a little lacking.

In the 85th minute of the game, Mourinho made another substitution.

Ye Tian and Feng Xian went up together.

Then, when Ye Tian touched the ball for the first time on the field, the hammers did not step forward to press down. Ye Tian pretended to use his hands for a while. A diagonal hang.

Fengxian in the penalty area ran after the ball, jumped up, and shook his head.

Manchester United won the game 2-1 and scored another 3 points.

Mourinho was still very happy and hugged Pogba who was off the field, but when Ye Tian and Ibrahimovic were off the field, instead of hugging them, he kicked their butts with his feet!
The comparison of closeness is still obvious.

To be honest, Pogba's statistics in this game are not ugly.

75 touches, 88% pass success rate, 2 threatened passes, 3 shots on goal and 1 on goal, 2 tackles, 4 interceptions, 2 fouls, 5 violations, 1 assist.

Only, it didn't lead to victory.

Excluding Ye Tian and Ibrahimovic's shot, Manchester United had 17 shots, 8 shots on target, 68% of the ball possession, and 612 passes, while the opponent had 6 shots, 2 shots on target, and 32% of the possession. Ball rate, 282 passes...

All the statistics are oppressive, but the score is tied.

efficiency……

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The second game, December 12st, is still at Old Trafford, still with the Hammers.

Before the start of the game, all fans and players mourned the air crash on November 11.

Seventy-one people were killed in the crash, including 71 players from the Brazilian Serie A team Chapecoense.

The Brazilian Serie A team Chapecoense, which is performing a fairy tale of rapid rise, has suffered a heavy blow. Obviously, their rise this season will come to an abrupt end.

And Manchester United people who have had the same experience as them can understand their pain better!

On the outer wall of the South Stand of the Old Trafford Stadium, there is a non-moving clock called the Munich Clock. Its time always points to February 1958, 2. It was the Munich Air Disaster, and the surviving Bobby- Charlton called that day hell.In the snow in Munich, the plane failed to take off, broke in two after overrunning the runway and exploded.

Seven Manchester United players were killed on the spot, while England's future champion and promising Duncan Edwards was seriously injured and ultimately failed to escape the clutches of death.Coach Busby also almost stopped breathing at one point, but he survived tenaciously in the end.Every time he said a name to his wife, his wife would cry and shake her head or nod to tell him the life and death of the player. This pain was even more unbearable than death.Manchester United lost almost all of its backbone, assistant coach Jimmy Murphy took on the reconstruction work, and Busby told him to keep the Manchester United flag flying.

But Manchester United never stopped.

Five years after the Munich air disaster, Manchester United won the FA Cup and won the team's first trophy since the Munich air disaster.Bobby Charlton, George Best and Dennis Law formed the famous "Manchester United Trinity" in Europe. These three Mr. Golden Ball led the rise of Manchester United.

In 1965, they regained the league title, in 1967 they won the league title again, until they reached the top of Europe in 1968—10 years after the Munich air crash, Busby finally realized his European dream.

Busby lifted the Champions League aloft eight times, each time calling out the name of a player who died in the Munich air disaster.Bobby Charlton and other players cut their fingers one after another, dripped blood into the Champions Cup, and dripped on the court to comfort those lost souls.After the Munich air crash, Manchester United rejected the alms of fate, but swallowed blood and tears, and rebuilt their own dynasty with their own hands.

The disaster is cruel, but the spirit of Manchester United is not dead.

On May 1949, 5, one of the strongest teams in the history of Italian football, the "Great Torino", which has won 4 consecutive Serie A championships, will always stay on the top of Superga Mountain.This would have been an exciting team, they have Valentino - Mazzola, Loic, Ballarin and other famous stars, once occupied 4 seats in the Italian starting 11.Turin scored more than 10 goals for two consecutive seasons, and scored 100 goals in 1947 games in the 48-40 season, which became an insurmountable peak.Later, Inter Milan, which won two Champions Leagues in a row, won the title of "Great International", but the title grande (great) was used on Turin as early as more than ten years ago.

This was a dominant and revolutionary team, and many teams at the time were eager to invite Torino to play exhibition games.

After the exhibition game with Benfica, the Torino team returned from Lisbon, but suffered sudden disaster.All 18 players on the expedition were killed. Valentino Mazzola, known as one of the best players in Italian history, died in an air crash before he even made it to the international stage.The air crash was not only a serious blow to Turin and the Italian team, but also left deep psychological trauma to the Italians.Because after World War II, that Turin originally symbolized hope and new beginnings.The air crash took away all the key players of the Torino team, and the latecomers listened to their still vivid legends and tried to reproduce the glory of the Red Bulls.

In the early 70s, Turin finally rebuilt a strong team at the championship level. They launched a fierce championship competition with their city rivals Juventus. In the 1975-76 season, the Turin team, which was still significantly behind Juventus at 2/3 of the schedule, staged a Jedi counterattack, including an important Turin derby victory.That season, Torino double-killed the Bianconeri with 2-0 at home and away.Under the leadership of Zaccarelli, Graziani, Pulic and other stars, Turin won the first and only league championship so far after the Superga air crash.

Would Torino have been as successful as Juventus had it not been for the air crash?This is a question that can never be answered.But after experiencing decline and bankruptcy, Turin has now risen again and become a strong team in Serie A.Although unable to regain its former glory, the red bull is still running strong.

"The sky was torn down the middle and a thick fog enveloped Supega."

After commemorating the air crash, the game will continue, and amid the overwhelming calls from Manchester United, they have added one of the reasons why they cannot lose.

In this game, Mourinho was fined by the FA for not being in the coaching area because he kicked a water bottle in the last game, which affected the player's game. He could only direct the game from the stands.

In this game, Mourinho continued to strengthen Pogba's offensive power, and Rooney and Ibrahimovic equipped him.

Ibrahimovic opened the scoring in 94 seconds!Rooney made a direct pass from the center circle, Mkhitaryan made the ball with his left rib heel, and Ibrahimovic pushed into the net from the penalty spot, 1-0.

This is Ibrahimovic's 13th goal in an official game this season!Mkhitaryan assisted for the first time in 9 appearances since joining Manchester United.

Ibrahimovic almost scored twice in the 7th minute. He received a pass from Rooney in the middle and broke into the penalty area. He pushed a shot with his left foot 12 meters in front of the goal and was saved by Adrian. Then he shot again and was blocked. He picked the ball in the chaos Obtained by Adrian.

Antonio made a pass error, Ibrahimovic counterattacked with the ball, the shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Reid, Mkhitaryan handed it to the left side of the penalty area, and Martial's low shot was saved by Adrian.

Unfortunately, these attacks have no direct connection with Pogba.

West Ham tied in the 35th minute!

Obiang made a wide-range shift from the right. Payet volleyed from the left rib to the front of the penalty area, causing De Gea to hold the ball and drop it. Ashley Fletcher succeeded in a left-footed shovel shot 7 meters in front of the goal, 1-1 , This is his first goal in 11 games for the Hammers.

At halftime, Blind replaced Luke Shaw.

The start of the second half of Manchester United was exactly the same as that of the first half. 137 seconds after the kick-off, Valencia passed the ball with his heel on the right sideline. .

In the 57th minute, he almost scored another goal. Ibrahimovic made a direct pass from the middle. Rooney stabbed a pass to the left side of the penalty area. Martial pushed with his left foot 12 meters in front of the goal and was blocked by Adrian!
Martial scored twice in the 62nd minute!

Ibrahimovic went straight from the right rib, Valencia made a low pass from the right side of the penalty area, and Martial, who was unmarked in the middle, pushed the empty goal 7 meters away from the goal, 3 to 1. The last time he scored twice was also against West Ham United (this year May).

After that, Mkhitaryan broke into the penalty area and passed the ball. Ibrahimovic's left shot was saved by Adrian from the far corner.

In the 85th minute of the game, Xiaozhu, who had never had a chance to play, replaced Martial, and Ye Tian replaced Mkhitaryan, who performed well.

The appearance of the two won lasting applause from more than 7 Manchester United fans at the scene.

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Xiaozhu volleyed a pass from the left, and Herrera broke through Obonna from the left side of the penalty area. Ibrahimovic made it 6 meters in front of the goal, 4 to 1!

In the last minute of stoppage time, Ye Tian made a breakthrough in the middle and scored the goal after entering the penalty area. Ibrahimovic pushed a nanny goal in front of the goal and completed a hat trick, 1-5!

In this game, Ye Tian still provided an assist in very little performance time.

And Pogba, in this game, disappeared without a trace.

　Dichlorvos: Why do experts recommend 7 minutes for dinner?Because there are still 3 minutes left for supper.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)