I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

At 19:45 on August 16, Beijing time, the 2014-2015 season of the English Premier League kicked off.

In the warm-up matches of the pre-season series, Ye Su led the Red Devils to win all eight games. As the first battle of the Premier League in the new season, Manchester United also ushered in the club's 40th consecutive top league season. After experiencing a nightmare last season, the Red Devils are looking forward to a new start.

Ye Su knew the importance of this game. No matter how brilliant Manchester United's record in the pre-season warm-up match was, if he lost this game, he would definitely face overwhelming criticism, so he ranked the strongest he could. line-up.

During the pre-season warm-up match, Manchester United added many injuries to the team, including Valencia, Carrick, Evans and Kyle Walker who was injured before joining the team. The former Tottenham right-back underwent surgery after joining Manchester United and is still recovering. It is expected to resume training in early September, and it may take until the end of September and early October to actually participate in the competition.

In the first game of the new season, Manchester United's starting goalkeeper is no surprise to be served by De Gea. The central defenders are two new aids Van Dijk and Maguire, Valencia is injured, Kyle Walker has not recovered from his injury, the right back is played by Smalling, and the left back is played by Ashley Young.

In the double defensive midfielder, Kanter occupied a position, Carrick was injured, and Yesu let Phil Jones partner with the Frenchman.

The frontcourt personnel are considered the most complete in Manchester United's formation. Yesu let Mata serve as the midfielder, Vardy and Bruno Fernandez served as the wings, and Rooney was at the front alone.

Due to the shortage of defensive personnel, Ye Su urgently promoted the young player Blackett from the youth team to the first team. In addition, Fletcher, Cleverley, Shinji Kagawa, Nani, Hernandez, and De Bruyne, who joined only two days ago, were also sitting on the bench.

Ding Ding, who just arrived in Manchester on Thursday, has only practiced with the team for two days. Ye Su did not arrange for him to start.

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At the beginning of the first half, Manchester United had a clear advantage in possession of the ball, and they were more inclined to Bruno Fernandez's right wing when attacking. However, in the first 10 minutes, Manchester United could not penetrate Swansea's defense.

Vardy and Bruno Fernandez, the two new Manchester United aids, seem to be a little out of tune with the rhythm of the Premier League game. This is the direct reason why Manchester United had possession of the ball in the first 10 minutes but was unable to form any threatening offense.

The first shot from both sides on the field came in the 11th minute, and it was done by the visiting team Swansea. However, Sigurdsson's shot was weak and was easily confiscated by De Gea.

Manchester United immediately completed the first shot, which was a long-range shot from outside the penalty area by new captain Wayne Rooney. Lu Xiaopang's shot was even worse than Sigurdsson's. The Icelandic midfielder's shot still hit the target, but Lu Xiaopang's shot was far away from the target.

In the process of Rooney's shot, Vardy, who was actively advancing, almost touched the ball, but in the end he missed it, and Rooney's shot missed the goal.

Manchester United's first threatening shot was still completed by Wayne Rooney. In the 16th minute of the game, Lu Xiaopang got rid of the defense in front of the penalty area and shot again, but was still blocked by the Swansea defenders in time.

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Although the scene was a bit dull, the home fans were very strong, cheering for the team with applause and singing.

What happened in the 24th minute of the game made Ye Su's heart ache. At that time, Bruno Fernandez broke through with the ball on the right. The Swansea defender Nathan Dyer, who was passed by him, was a little annoyed and gave him a flying shovel from the rear.

Bruno Fernandez was shoveled to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. Of course Phil Jones next to him refused to give up, and was about to go to the Jamaican to make an argument, but was stopped by Rooney who arrived in time.

The referee gave Nathan Dyer a yellow card, and Bruno Fernandez got up and walked a few steps after being treated by the team doctor, and he seemed to be fine.

The slow motion shows that Bruno Fernandez should have noticed Nathan Dyer's flying shovel and jumped up to hide. Otherwise, this foot would definitely shovel firmly on his ankle.

Yesu was very annoyed. Bruno Fernandez was his favorite. If he was scrapped in the first game of the new season, he would suffer a lot. So, he stopped sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai on the coaching bench, and went to the sidelines to protest to the fourth official.

For a flying shovel like Nathan Dyer, it is not an exaggeration to be sent off with a direct red card!

Facing Ye Su's protest and the boos of more than 70,000 home team fans at Old Trafford, the fourth official also felt a little pressure, but he could only try his best to appease Ye Su, expressing that he would send his protest to the home team. The referee conveyed.

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Manchester United won a free kick on the right side of the front court. According to the pre-match arrangement, the free kick in this position was taken by Mata.

Ye Su quickly switched the free kick card to Mata.

Mata's own free kick is very good, coupled with the effect of the free kick card, the free kick he took is very threatening. Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski did not dare to neglect and hit the ball with both fists.

Ye Su regretted that such a high-quality free kick was saved. It seems that the Arsenal substitute goalkeeper who only moved to Swansea in the summer still has a few brushes.

Ye Su was feeling sorry for the team's missed chance to score goals, but what happened next made his heart twitch.

Fabianski hit the ball so far that it almost fell into the middle circle. It was a blank field with no players on either side.

The next moment, several players from both sides ran towards the landing point, hoping to control the ball first.

In the chaos, the Swansea players rushed to the landing point first and kicked the ball forward.

Now, it was the Manchester United players' turn to panic. Because of the free kick attack just now, Manchester United's high points, including Van Dijk and Maguire, all went to the frontcourt, ready to head the goal.

Now, the attack was cleared by the Swansea goalkeeper, forming a quick counterattack, which made Manchester United's defense very uncomfortable. Both Van Dijk and Maguire are tall players, but they have a fatal weakness, that is, they are not fast.

At this time, only Kanter and Ashley Young stayed behind to defend.

Seeing the Swansea player pass the ball to the wing, Ashley Young had to go to the wing to defend the breakthrough of the Swansea player. In this way, only Kanter was left in the middle defense.

Laudridge, who was on the side, was a thief. Seeing Ashley Young coming to defend him, Kanter, who stayed in the middle, was short, so he chose to pass a high ball.

At this moment, Kanter felt very bitter. He had to face the offense of the two opposing players, Bernie and Sigurdsson.

However, in the face of this situation, he had no choice but to go around, wanting to take advantage of his body position and intercept the pass first.

However, in the contest with Bernie, who was at a disadvantage in height and stature, he failed in the top fight, and Bernie gave the header to Sigurdsson.

Although Kanter failed to compete for the top, he still slightly delayed Swansea's quick counterattack. During this process, the Manchester United players who rushed back to defend finally followed up.

It was Bruno Fernandez who retreated. When Mata took a free kick, he had just returned to the field with the referee's permission. Before he had time to attack, he had to retreat quickly to help the team defend.

Faced with the entanglement of Bruno Fernandez, Sigurdsson did not choose to be reckless, but passed the ball to the Korean Ji Chengyong who came up from the side to meet him.

After Ji Chengyong got the ball, he saw that Manchester United's two central defenders had returned to the penalty area. He knew that he could not make more adjustments, otherwise he would have no chance when Manchester United's defense fell. Therefore, he kicked decisively on the edge of the penalty area and sent the ball into the lower right corner of the goal with a low shot with his left foot. Swansea team led 1:0, and the Korean international also scored the first goal of the new season.

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This goal happened in the 28th minute of the first half.

All Manchester United were not mentally prepared for this conceded goal, because before that, they had always been at an advantage, and Swansea did not form any threatening shots.

After the game restarted, Manchester United stepped up their attack. There are still seventeen or eighteen minutes before the end of the first half. If the score can be equalized before halftime, it will be of great help to the team's tactical choices in the second half.

However, Swansea chose to retreat at this time, leaving only one or two people in the frontcourt to contain Manchester United's defense and wait for an opportunity to fight Manchester United's counterattack.

Facing Swansea, which has a superior defensive number, Manchester United's offensive effect was not good. In the ten minutes of offense, they all gained momentum and failed to score. Whether it was Rooney's long-range shot or Vardy's shot in the penalty area, they were blocked by Swansea players one by one.

The referee gave 3 minutes of stoppage time in the first half because Bruno Fernandes was injured and delayed some time. However, until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Manchester United still failed to equalize the score.

Ye Su didn't wait for the whistle to end in the first half, and went back to the locker room first.

He has to think carefully about the tactical arrangements for the second half. He must win the first game of this season. Otherwise, both he and the team will face tremendous pressure.

This will have a great impact on this young Manchester United team.

Throughout the intermission, various media were commenting on the first half of the game.

It is true that Manchester United is overall dominant in terms of statistics, but Manchester United's offense always feels a little lacking in meaning, giving people a feeling that I can't get in.

On the contrary, the visiting team Swansea, who played defensive counterattack, posed more threats than Manchester United. They also scored goals and took the initiative on the field.