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Chapter 100 Hard Thick Toffee

After the away victory over Milan, Ferguson was quite satisfied with the overall performance of the team.After returning to Manchester, only recovery training was carried out for two consecutive days.

Until the weekend, the Premier League restarts.

Manchester United's away game at Liverpool's Goodison Park is against Everton, who have had a poor record this year.

The place where Rooney became famous, but this time, Ferguson didn't take him back to his natal family at all.

In this game, Ferguson will rotate all ten players except thirteen, to rest assured of the depth of his bench, and also to try to see what kind of game a different group of players can play. The reason for putting it in the eyes.

Indeed, if it weren't for Moyes' contribution to Everton in the past few years, maybe the position of the head coach would not be guaranteed.

However, in the Premier League, no matter which team it is, it is tough, especially a team with a long history like Everton. It has been accumulated over several generations, and will not give up the team just because of one or two losses.

Although Ferguson seems to be a bit complacent with such a rotation, it cannot be said that his approach is wrong. Moreover, Manchester United is now leading the Premier League standings, and they can be regarded as having more money, and they are not afraid of anything.

Ferguson lined up at the back, Rafael, Brown, Evans and Evra with the armband.

In midfield, Mike and Carrick are centered, Welbeck is placed on the right and David Silva on the left.

On the forward line, Grafit brought the French teenager Aubertin.

It seems that the old brings the new, but in fact, apart from Brown, Grafett has played more games, and this Grafett is also just a newcomer to Manchester United. In such a situation, let alone rely on veterans. They're just a group of recruits who are waiting to be adjusted, but they're just divided into young and old.

On Everton's side, Moyes let go of the Australian Neil during the winter break, so Gary Neville's younger brother, the former Manchester United defender Phil Neville, was discharged in the defense, and then Hiber Te, Heitinga and Bynes, the goalkeeper is Howard, the American who was given up by Ferguson.

Osman, Cahill, Fellaini, and Arteta are in the midfield, and Beckham's teammate Donovan, who came from the United States during the winter break, is on the front line. world cup.The other is Saha, another former Manchester United man.

Not long after the game started, Manchester United felt the tenacity of the Toffees. Evans and Saha had no choice but to bring down each other when they fought hard at the front of the penalty area. Everton got an excellent free kick in the frontcourt.

Although the free kick taken by the young teenager Arteta bypassed Manchester United's human wall, the arc was too large and went directly in front of Thirteen, and Thirteen easily took the ball.

After Thirteen firmly held the ball, he ran two quick steps and drove the football to the frontcourt.

The flight direction of the football is naturally Mike, the partner has been used to it for many years, and Mike naturally responded and took the ball easily.

"Oh, Moyes didn't arrange to do this defense." A middle-aged man wearing an Everton jersey in the stands sighed a little, as if he was no longer optimistic about the ball.

"Yeah! We fans all know this is happening! It seems that Moyes should really take a break. I'm afraid his control over the team is not as good as before!" A fan beside him also sighed, and even With some complaints.

"Look again, haven't we survived a lot of difficulties in these years! We can't do it this year, we have next year, we are not afraid of losing, but we are afraid that we can't afford to lose. What's more, we just have nothing to lose now, but we haven't lost anything, right? Is it?" A female fan looked sensible.

"Alas..." The lament has actually spread to almost half of the stands, because not only is there no defense in front of Mike, but Manchester United has formed a four-on-three situation throughout the half.

During the attack just now, two defenders went up. If the midfielder hadn’t held back and didn’t go up, Everton would have only two defenders left to face Mike, Grafite, Welbeck, Obertin four.

When Mike got the ball, he had already come halfway, Fellaini had already retreated to the side to hold Welbeck, and Graffit and Obertin were surrounded by Hibbert and Neville. In this way, Mike said that it was empty. Not too much.

In such a situation, Mike decisively dribbled the ball straight down, forcing Hibbert in front to come up.

The three defenders had no choice but to press forward, at least not allowing the opponent to attack into the penalty area.

Seeing the opponent press up, Mike still didn't pass. Even Ferguson felt that it was too much, the opportunity was fleeting!

Hibbert really let Grafite go, Mike made a gesture to pass behind him, and Neville, who was defending Obertin on the other side, was worth moving to the middle.

At this moment, Mike's kicked foot jumped up from the floor and swiped directly to the edge of the football. When Hibbert kicked out, he pushed the ball to the left.

The football fell to Obertin's feet, and Obertin, who had excellent skills, received the football easily. When Neville turned back to chase, he dunked and pulled the football and passed it to Grafite.

Faced with such an opportunity, the Brazilian shot decisively. Although Howard saved it, the football still crossed the goal line.

"Beep..." The referee's whistle sounded, and Grafite, who had already rushed to Obertin and embraced him, was depressed when he saw the referee's gesture. The goal was invalid, and he turned to look at the linesman.

"How could it be offside? It was a good goal." Ferguson complained towards the fourth official.

However, the TV footage showed that Graffit had already activated when Obertain smashed the ball, and when he passed the ball, he was already offside, and it was still a body distance.

"Damn, defend!" The sigh here is not over yet, and the situation on the field has changed again.

Howard kicked the goal kick and flew directly to Manchester United's backcourt. The Australian player Cahill, who had already returned to the midfield, quickly turned around and took the football.

At this time, a counterattack was formed, and those Everton players who had not fully returned to their positions immediately joined the attack.

Cahill was not as lucky as Mike, and there was another Carrick in front of him.

He decisively passed the ball to Ousmane, who passed the ball again in front of David Silva. Quite sophisticated, he didn't give Evra a chance to defend at all, and even raised his arm while the referee didn't see it, and gave Manchester United's captain an elbow.

The French defender raised his head and paused unconsciously under his feet. By the time he returned his attention to the field, Arteta had already passed the football.

The football found Saha accurately, Evans defended against him, and Saha stepped sideways into the penalty area after a touch of his feet.

He quickly moved diagonally to the right, opened the distance with Evra, and then shot decisively. Thirteen short body jumped forward decisively, and the football heading for the upper corner of the goal was pushed out of the baseline by him.

However, the ensuing game was not as intense as people imagined. The two sides suddenly reached a stalemate, and the football was transferred to the midfield to compete.

The first half ended in such a confrontation.

Ferguson didn't know what to say. Originally, he didn't take this game seriously, and he didn't think he had to win. He just hoped to take this opportunity to try to let a few young people take the burden and let Will Baker played on the right, also hoping to find a suitable substitute for Valencia in terms of offense.

Unexpectedly, Everton is still as tough as ever, and it is not restricted in the middle and lower reaches. Their midfielder can even suppress Manchester United's young midfielder.

That Arteta's strength is indeed exciting, maybe Xia Tian can consider it, and of course it is limited to consideration.

"Your performance is good, but after playing like this, I still hope to win. Everton is tougher than I thought. Their midfield is indeed not worse than ours. But, who are we, Manchester United, I am for the championship And Sai, don’t tell me that I’m leading the standings now, everything is false, and it’s useless if I can’t persist until the last game.”

"Our team does not have an absolute starter. From this year's games, you should have seen it. Which one of you has less playing time? Welbeck, do you have less? Yes, you haven't played a few league games, but Is the League Cup really bad? Which teams play and how many are not their main force!"

"Now is the time to show your ability. If you want to prove that you are not just a substitute, it is not my arrangement on the court, but your contribution to the team. You get three points."

Ferguson said so, but he is not sure how much he can really do, but he secretly decided in his heart that he will not make substitutions in the second half, unless someone is injured, otherwise, even if he loses, he will not change. If they win, these people will naturally have fewer chances to play in the future, and if they lose, they won't feel too much dissatisfaction when they play as substitutes.

But expectations still exist. He naturally hopes to win the game, even if he is not very confident in his heart. After all, these people on the field not only lack experience, but also lack a lot in cooperation.

The situation after the start of the second half proved all this.

Everton scored first.

After the start of the second half, Everton launched a tough offensive posture. Moyes' approach is that even if he loses, he cannot lose his momentum, but if he wins, the overall momentum of the team will rise, at least in terms of confidence. To a level never seen this season.

After several consecutive unsuccessful attacks, Everton got another chance. After Arteta cooperated with Cahill in the middle, he made a diagonal pass to Saha in the upper left corner of the Manchester United penalty area.

Evra and Evans switched positions, but when the Frenchman posted his compatriot, Saha knocked the ball back.

Evans, who was empty in front of him, decisively approached Arteta. However, the young Arteta did have some skills. Facing Evans, he took a decisive step forward and blocked Evans with his shoulder.

Then easily make the ball to the American forward Donovan on the other side.

After coming to the UK, Donovan only scored two goals. Although he is in good physical condition, it is a bit difficult to quench his thirst for Everton, which is relatively difficult today.

This time, after getting the ball, there happened to be an empty space next to him, so he took a light step forward without much thought, and then shot the ball facing the football with a sense of desperation.

Thirteen, who was attacking, already knew it was going to be bad when the Americans got the ball. It was Brown's position. This veteran from right back looked really old now, and he decided to fill in the center and missed Donovan.

It was a bit late when he attacked.

Already half down on the ground, Thirteen turned his body sideways, and raised his left hand slightly when he saw the football flying towards him.

The violent friction from the fingers made his heart move, and when he wanted to stretch out a little more, his body couldn't help him.

Although the football was changed and flew upwards, the refraction was not too much.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL, Donovan!" The commentator at Goodison Park has not shouted so happily for a long time.

When Shisan fell to the ground and turned around, what he saw was the football hitting the crossbar and hitting the net.

"Heh!" Vigorously kicking the football towards the midfield, after conceding the goal, Thirteen didn't know whether to curse or what to do!
He is used to shouting in the backcourt, pointing out the problems of his teammates' positioning, but he is unwilling to shirk responsibility after conceding a goal, saying that he is not thick-skinned enough, or that he is kind-hearted, none of these can change the fact of conceding a goal .

After the game restarted, Manchester United didn't seem to have found the feeling yet, and the offense and defense were even worse than before.

Everton did not give up the opportunity to take the opportunity to strike, and launched continuous attacks, which was bound to drag Manchester United to death.

The game time gradually passed, and Manchester United still didn't find the feeling.

Cahill passed the ball to the frontcourt, and it was Arteta again, but this time his self-confidence was a bit too much, and he shot long shots from outside the penalty area, but he failed to use his strength.

Almost the same scene as the first half, Thirteen Bigfoot kicked the football straight to Mike, but this time it was not a four-on-two, because Everton's defenders rarely played again.

However, the same offensive power invested by Manchester United has also increased.

The two halves were almost [-]-[-].

After Mike passed the ball to Obertin, the latter quickly passed the ball back.

After taking the ball, Mike faced Hibbert, who was pounced on him again, and made the same movement of pushing him behind. Hibbert hesitated for a while and then made a move. However, passing the ball is not complicated for Mike. Things can be pushed or picked.

But this time he chose to pick the ball.

Graffit, on the penalty area line, easily unloaded the ball sideways, and scored obliquely into the penalty area, widening the distance between him and Howard. The American goalkeeper had no choice but to abandon the goal and go out.

Just when he was about to fall to the ground to seal the goal, Grafite made a decisive pass. The football flew in front of Hibbert who was chasing back, followed by Obertin with a header, and the football went straight into the empty goal.

Manchester United recovered a life from the death line, but Everton's performance also really blocked Manchester United's progress.No matter what the ranking, they are still the hard sticky taffy.

PS: Why are all pig feet pig brains?Stupid as a pig.Standing on the archway, standing on the archway, is this a pig's foot?
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