young footballer

Chapter 413

On July 2017, 7, at 21:21 local time, there were no lights in the NRG Stadium in Houston.

The more than 7W fans present held their mobile phones high. In the dark, the brightly lit screens were like solar panels in the space city.

Suddenly, a light came out and searched continuously in the stadium.

Finally, the lights stopped.

Everyone can see, under the lights, four football referees in yellow jerseys, holding a ball in their hands, are walking from the corner of the field to the center of the field.

Another beam of light came on, illuminating the sides of these referees.

Manchester United players in red jerseys follow to the referee's left, while Manchester City players in blue jerseys follow to the referee's right.

There are more and more light beams, and everyone on the two teams is illuminated in front of the fans.

Amidst the huge shouts of the fans, the lighting of the entire stadium was slowly restored, and the two teams, Manchester United and Manchester City, had already lined up near the halfway line under the guidance of the referee.

The fans bought into this novel way of playing, cheering one after another.

Of course, more importantly, the scene is already broadcasting the starting of the two teams.

Unlike the previous games, neither Mourinho nor Guardiola wanted to give up easily in this overseas Manchester derby, and both sides basically formed the strongest lineup.

For Manchester United, take a 3-6-1 formation, goalkeeper De Gea, left back Blind, right back Valencia, center back Lindelof, in the midfielder position, Ye Tian, ​​Herrera, Marty Qi, midfielder Lingard, Mata, Mkhitaryan, center Rashford.

In fact, this lineup is not much different from the 4-2-3-1 lineup they played last season, in the midfield position, and there is one less defender. Obviously, among the three midfielders, Ye Tian should return withdraw.

But in last season's 4-2-3-1 formation, Ye Tian was the core of the offense no matter whether he was in the defensive midfielder position or the forward midfielder position, and Manchester United has become accustomed to playing like this.

It can be seen from this that in this game, Ye Tian may become a character who must do his best on both offense and defense.

Of course, the appearances of Matic and Lindelof have also attracted much attention.

Because in the previous two warm-up matches, the opponents were not strong, and the two were not tested.

And in this game, Mourinho let them start together, apparently with some consideration.

On Manchester City's side, 4-2-3-1, the goalkeeper is new aid Ederson, and on the back line, Walker, who transferred from Tottenham for 7 million euros on July 14, reported directly and got the chance to start. Neil took Adarabioyu's central defender combination recommended by Manchester City's youth training, left back Fernandinho, double midfielder Yaya Toure and De Bruyne, one defense and one attack, Sterling, Roberts and youth The training product Foden has three midfielders and Aguero has a single striker.

Regarding Guardiola's move to use two youth players in the lineup, Mourinho was furious after getting the match list to stimulate his players: "They look down on us!"

then……

When the game started, the Manchester United generals were significantly more excited.

They changed the jogging game of the previous two warm-up games. After the opening, every player swung their thighs and ran on the field.

Running fast, the ball also runs fast, the advantage is that it can shorten the reaction time of the opponent, the disadvantage is that the turnover rate will increase when handling the ball at high speed.

Of course, the error rate will decrease with the improvement of tacit understanding and technology.

As for Manchester United's players on the field, except for Matic and Lindelof, the others have played together for a season, and the tacit understanding between them is very good. As for skills, Ye Tian plays with them every day. Moreover, each of them is worth millions, without any skills, it is unreasonable.

So, after Manchester United kicked off, they kicked the ball into the air.

But Manchester City is not vegetarian.

After the initial discomfort, they quickly recovered.

Under Guardiola's training, the team's offensive coordination has also been very skilled. They can find the opponent's loopholes through multiple passes, and they can also tear apart the opponent's defense with a few kicks.

In the 3rd minute, they made five passes from the backcourt and hit behind Lindelof.

Fortunately, Ye Tian's return to defense was extremely fast. Before Aguero touched the ball, Ye Tian gave the ball to De Gea first, resolving the danger.

Lindelof is a little... ashamed.

This was originally his job.

Unexpectedly, the team ran back and snatched his business.

Ye Tian patted his butt and shouted: "Come on! Aguero is not easy to deal with!"

This is already venting dissatisfaction.

Lindelof immediately roared: "Whew!!"

His eyes also became firmer.

Ye Tian ran forward, and De Gea had already thrown the ball to Valencia on the right, and started to attack.

Valencia kicked the ball back to Ye Tian. Ye Tian took a few steps and kicked the ball to Herrera in the middle.

While Ye Tian was catching the ball, Kompany turned sideways from Ye Tian's body, pulled Ye Tian's body with his left hand, and moved his right foot across from the right side of Ye Tian. The ball missed, but he and Ye Tian fell to the ground together. up.

"Doo!" Kompany fouled.

Manchester United free kick.

Matic looked at Kompany who immediately got up and returned to the defense, a little surprised.

is this necessary?

But I recalled Ye Tian's performance in the several matches against Manchester United last season...

It seems that there is a need for this.

Manchester United's attack was delayed.

Ye Tian got up and quickly sent a free kick.

But the opponent has already returned 8 people to their own half.

However, it doesn't matter.

Ye Tian took the ball directly to Mata who was currently on the left.

Under Walker's defense, Mata passed the ball back to the center.

Ye Tian has followed up again.

The two defensive players in the middle did not step forward, but blocked the passing route.

Ye Tian faked left and right, but the opponent didn't respond, so he took a few steps to the left, Walker moved, Ye Tian immediately found Mata again.

Mata dribbles the ball into the penalty area.

Two players stepped forward to block.

Blind stepped forward to respond, Ye Tian was at the top of the arc, Rashford was nailed inside the penalty area, and Lingard was on his right.

Mata tried to break through without success, and immediately returned the ball to Blind, who took the ball and made a pass.

Rashford didn't get the ball and the opponent headed it out.

Ye Tian immediately grabbed the second point.

As soon as De Bruyne arrived at the ball, Ye Tian scooped it up from the side.

De Bruyne fought back on the spot, but Ye Tian had already given the ball back to Herrera.

On the field, 8 people in blue jerseys, two horizontal lines, all pressed out from the penalty area, while Rashford and Lingard are currently in an offside position, but Herrera suddenly made a vertical line on the right side of the small penalty area The position gave an overhead ball.

A red figure passed by two rows of blue figures!

Ye Tian snatched the ball from De Bruyne from outside the penalty area, and even hit a wall with Herrera!
This pass penetrated Manchester City's entire defense!
Ye Tian caught up with the ball in time!
Just like Yu Fei in the national team, he catches the ball without stopping and makes a direct pass!

At this time, both Rashford and Lingard are not offside!
The ball was for Rashford.

Leaning against Kompany to the left, he didn't let the opponent interfere with him, and shot sideways with his right foot from the sixteen-yard line.

If it was the regent, this shot so close at hand would definitely be nothing but sighing at the ball!
But this time, Rashford's opponent is Ederson.

Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson started his career at Ave River Club. During his two years there, he played a total of 35 games and kept 11 clean sheets. opponent.

Especially last season, 27 clean sheets in 18 appearances!
These few data show that this is a terrible goalkeeper!

If Rashford didn't know these statistics before, then after his strong volley from the small penalty area was blocked by the Brazilian goalkeeper, he would definitely face this opponent squarely!

Ederson beautifully blocked Rashford's ball out of the baseline!
Manchester United corner.

Ye Tian took a corner kick.

Without Fellaini, without Ibrahimovic, Manchester United has no absolute high point in the penalty area.

The ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Manchester City again.

This time, Herrera grabbed the spot.

After two adjustments, he volleys vigorously outside the penalty area!
The ball is fast and the angle is average.

But long-range shooting, if you add the angle of pursuit, it will be a world wave.

If Herrera kicks the world wave frequently, he will be among the top stars.

The requirements cannot be that high.

but……

Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson, once again refused to concede a goal!
Herrera's long shot was pushed out of the bottom line by him again.

The fans present were shocked, the Red Devils fans marveled at how strong their cousin's new goalkeeper was, and the Blue Moon fans were pleasantly surprised that they could finally get out of the Regent's control.

In the opening 5 minutes, the two sides played at a high level, the fans were very satisfied, and the neutral fans also feasted their eyes.

Fans shouted the star's name.

"leaf!"

"leaf!"

"Edson!"

"Edson!"

Tens of thousands of people shouted your name in unison. This kind of scene made Lingard especially envious.

However, there is no way, who said that these two are the two most popular at present.

But last season, when he heard the head coach criticize the team's defense, he said that in a team, if the goalkeeper is the one who stands out, it is a great tragedy!

　Dichlorvos: Look at the calorie meter before eating a snack. If the calories are high, it means the snack must be delicious.

　　
　
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