There is a dream called football

Chapter 474 A Different Start

Old Trafford.

A group of photojournalists gathered in front of Grant, and the old man put his arms around his chest and allowed everyone to take pictures. No matter what, he is now the head of Chelsea, so this kind of momentum is very important.

Everyone was surprised when they got Chelsea's starting lineup. They thought that Grant would copy Mourinho's lineup, but what he didn't expect was that Grant made a large adjustment, and many of the main players were not on.

This was a bit unexpected. The old Israeli man either wanted to win by surprise, or he really wanted to die.

When Ferguson got the opponent's starting list, his heart skipped a beat.

The goalkeeper is Petr Cech, there is no doubt about it.

At the back was Ferreira, John Terry, Ashley Cole and the other centre-back was the Israeli - Ben Haim.

It's really a fellow countryman seeing a fellow countryman, with tears in his eyes.

The two defensive midfielders are Essien and Makelele. There is no suspense. Grant placed Joe Cole and Malouda on the two wings, with Shevchenko at the top, and Pizarro, who was transferred from Bayern Munich, as the front midfielder.

Pizarro's impact is obviously not as good as Lampard's, but his ability to hold the ball is super, especially the ability to protect the ball in front of the penalty area. That's because Pizarro is a striker, and he was transformed into a number nine and a half under Grant.

Seeing his lineup, Grant's heart was pounding. He felt very excited. He had always wanted to do this, but it was impossible to achieve all of this with Mourinho. The Portuguese was too strong to listen to him, so he was very excited. Grant just wanted to see if his ideas could be put into practice.

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But after the game started, Grant was quickly beaten back to reality. Manchester United used a strong attack to flatten Chelsea's midfield.

The commentator Martin Taylor laughed and said: "Grant is too naive. You don't use Ballack and Lampard in this kind of game, and you send such a childish midfielder. The consequences are very bad. There will be no good results in the old Trafford and Manchester United."

This is like Chelsea in the Sarri era. Many fans scolded Conte for being conservative, but when Sarri was about to indulge, Manchester City beat him 6-0. As a result, the fans missed Conte again. It seems that sometimes being conservative is not a bad thing.

Grant's palms were sweating, because these players are capable, but lack the experience of the first team, so the lack of self-confidence is a very important link.

But after being beaten for 10 minutes, Chelsea slowly recovered, and Ferguson vaguely found that the opponent's Ben Haim was not bad.

I thought this was the opponent's weakest point, and I could penetrate Chelsea's defense from Ben Haim, because Carvalho, who is usually standing in this position, is as stable as a mountain, and what is Ben Haim?
Ferguson hadn't even noticed him before, but at least in this game, Ben Haim didn't let his fellow Israelis down.

Because of his strong strength, Li Qiao's offense at Manchester United will be relatively simple. He will send a curved ball forward, and then Rooney will compete with the opponent's defender. This is basically the most common tactic for Manchester United.

But such a simple tactic is a nightmare for the opposing defender, because Rooney's impact is really too strong.

Li Qiao aimed at the penalty area, and Rooney had already suppressed Ben Haim. Everything was so perfect. Li Qiao sent a kick into the penalty area. At this moment, Chelsea's defense line was tense. The linesman did not raise the flag. Obviously, the ball was not offside, and Rooney went forward very violently. The ball was entirely up to Ben Haim.

The Israelis stood still, ready to block Rooney's line, but how could a striker like Rooney be so easily blocked? Rooney forced his way through, while Ben Haim didn't dare to make moves in the penalty area.

Because it will be very bad if you encounter a stricter referee when you make an action at this time. If you say it is a penalty kick, it is a penalty kick.

Everything seems impossible to change, Rooney will definitely score, but maybe the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

At this moment, Ben Haim stretched out his foot in front of Rooney. This was a critical moment, because if Ben Haim stretched out his foot and touched Rooney's leg instead of a football, then the penalty kick was missed.

But at this moment, Ben Haim really touched the ball first, and he kicked the ball out of the baseline first.

Manchester United fans can see it clearly and feel very sorry.

And Terry reached out and pulled Ben Haim up, and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, you really dare to make moves."

"Haha, I was very courageous just now, but now that I think about it, I'm scared."

Because Ben Haim knew in retrospect that it was actually a little bit worse. Maybe if Rooney was a bit more thief and he touched the ball first, it would be Ben Haim who was unlucky.

Gradually, Ferguson discovered that Chelsea's bus-positioning tactics in the past few years were not practiced in vain, but basically integrated into his own soul. The more passive the scene was, the calmer Chelsea would be, thanks to Mourinho's training.

Therefore, Manchester United still did not score under the absolute advantage, which shows that Chelsea's defense is indeed strong.

When Chelsea's defense showed enough strength, they also began to gradually get the ball in the frontcourt.

Pizarro got the ball, Carrick went up to grab it, but Pizarro slid out of the way very easily, and immediately completed the split.

This made Ferguson's eyes shine, this is a player who can play with his brain.

Li Qiao knew that later Pizarro played until he was 40 years old, and he became more and more demonic as he got older.

And as expected, Manchester United soon tasted the power of this demon knife.

The ball was on the wing, and Malouda sent it in first, but Shevchenko missed it, but after Ferdinand headed the ball, it landed at Malouda's feet. The Frenchman sent the ball a second time, this time to Pizarro in front of the penalty area.

Pizarro swung his legs to make a shot, and O'Shea pounced on it. The kick was about to be broken, but Pizarro was Pizarro. His first shot was a feint, not a real shot. His second shot was a real shot. And Pizarro's shot was a clever shot, not powerful, but the angle was very deadly.

Faced with such a shot, Van der Sar was also surprised. He moved his feet, jumped up and stretched out his right hand to pounce, but Pizarro's shot flew towards the upper corner of the goal as if calculated.

As the ball slowly flew towards the goal, Old Trafford seemed to be quiet for a second, and Ferguson also clenched his hand.

(End of this chapter)