Football nukes: a pound buys a club

2017 February 5, Wembley Stadium.

After the players entered the field, Mourinho shook hands with Zhang Chong and said with a smile: "I feel like I haven't seen my wife as many times as I have seen you recently."

Zhang Chong smiled.

In the past month, this is the third time they have played against each other, and there is nothing wrong with saying this.

There is nothing to hide about the lineups of the two sides now, and Zhang Chong has formed his strongest lineup.

Goalkeeper Mendy, defender Klaus, Shik, Maguire, Cheng Sichu lined up, midfielder Kanter and Alli, front four-man Mbappe, Mesias, Gnabry and Chen Ming .

For Manchester United, goalkeeper De Gea, back line Valencia, Bayi, Smalling, Luke Shaw, midfield trio Mkhitaryan, Herrera and Pogba, frontcourt trident Rooney, La Shford and Ibrahimovic.

After a few days of rest, the old men of Manchester United finally breathed a sigh of relief, and this time they can keep all members healthy to play.

Although from the face of the card, Bury is stronger, but Mourinho in the final is not easy to mess with.

So far, he has led the team to play in twelve finals and only lost twice!

And in the finals of the Intercontinental Competition, he maintained a record of victory!

Therefore, Zhang Chong did not dare to be sloppy, and he was more cautious in the arrangement of players before the game, at least not to rush to attack during the opening period.

And Mourinho was even more calm. The first 10 minutes of the game were very flat, and there were no waves.

But there was a turning point in the game at No.20 two minutes!

Ibrahimovic received a pass from Pogba in the frontcourt. He leaned on Maguire and gave the ball to Rooney beside him!

Lu Laopang did not hesitate, and directly kicked a long shot!

The ball was played vigorously, but unfortunately the angle was more positive, and Mendy saved the bottom line.

Mkhitaryan took a corner kick, Ibrahimovic carried Maguire with his body, shook his head and hit the goal, and the football hit the net!

Manchester United lead one to zero!

Even though Big Ibrahimovic is almost 36 years old, his body is still very tough, and even the strong Maguire didn't take advantage of him.

Mourinho calmly made a calm gesture, as if the goal was not his team.

Zhang Chong thought gloomily, damn it, he was pretended by this old boy again!

After conceding the ball, Manchester United began to consciously shrink their formation and slow down the pace of the game.

After all, after leading by one goal, the initiative is in their hands!

Zhang Chong frowned, but he could only start to form the premise and start attacking!

No. In the 208th minute, Mbappe cut inside and was double-teamed by Mkhitaryan and Valencia. He was about to transfer to Mesias, but was stabbed out by Herrera who was entangled with Mesias.

That's right, Herrera became the character who accompanied Mesias to the bathroom again. The task Mourinho gave him was to entangle Mesias in the audience!

Mesias looked uncomfortable under Herrera's death entanglement and basically couldn't get the ball.

Seeing this, Zhang Chong immediately asked Ali to step forward, planning to use Ali's point to replace Mesias' role.

No. In the 307th minute, Gnabry got the ball in the back, and Ali stepped forward and came near the penalty area line to ask for the ball.

Gnabry just wanted to pass to him, but a black man in red over 1.9 meters ran over and blocked the pass line!

Pogba!

In this game, he actually came back to defend!

I think this is Mourinho's arrangement.

In the finals, Pogba is still willing to sacrifice himself occasionally.

Pogba's long legs are very advantageous in defense. Once he retreats back, Manchester United's penalty area is equivalent to having three midfielders. Now their defense is almost airtight.

Zhang Chong didn't expect Pogba to go back and participate in the defense honestly, which made it a little difficult for him.

The first half of the game ended at this time. Generally speaking, it was very dull, but Manchester United gained a one-to-zero lead with a corner kick!

At halftime, Zhang Chong changed his offensive strategy.

He decided to focus his attack on the left flank.

Cheng Sichu pushed forward aggressively, trying to open up space on the left flank.

At the same time, Chen Ming shifted his position to the left, ready to cooperate with them at any time.

Manchester United has Wayne Rooney on the right side of the frontcourt. His explosive power is no longer as good as before, so Cheng Sichu can press the attack.

But the kid on the left was Rashford, he ran so fast, Zhang Chong had to guard against it.

At the beginning of the second half, Mourinho discovered Zhang Chong's plan, so he decisively let Rooney come back to participate in the defense, so that in their defense on the right, at least the number of people will not suffer.

Now, it depends on their personal abilities!

But Zhang Chong still has another reliance.

That is the physical fitness of the Manchester United players after six 10 minutes!

Especially on their right flank, the two starting players are almost 65 years old together, while Mbappe and Cheng Sichu are only in their early forties together.

This accumulated 20-year age difference is no joke!

Sure enough, under the continuous impact from the left, the two old men gradually became powerless.

In 8 minutes, their defense had a hole.

Facing Rooney's defense on the left, Mbappe left him behind with only one acceleration.

Mkhitaryan quickly came over to defend, but Mbappe and Cheng Sichu threw him away after one-two!

Valencia stepped forward to meet Mbappe, while Rooney followed Cheng Sichu who advanced forward, preparing to cut off Mbappe's passing line.

And Mkhitaryan rushed to Mbappe behind him, ready to pinch him.

But how could Rooney's speed keep up with Cheng Sichu!

Mbappe saw the gap at that moment, and directly kicked a small straight ball!

Cheng Sichu rushed over at high speed, took the ball two positions ahead of Rooney, and then went straight to the penalty area!

Bayi had no choice but to abandon Chen Ming first and rush towards Cheng Sichu!

And Smalling immediately came over to defend, keeping an eye on Chen Ming!

But Chen Ming went straight forward, and Cheng Sichu made a cross pass, allowing Chen Ming to catch the ball near the baseline!

At this time, Chen Ming's shooting angle was already very small, and Smalling also followed, trying to trap him in this narrow space!

But Chen Ming directly chose to hit the ball with his heel!

The target was Cheng Sichu who was running towards the restricted area!

Cheng Sichu took advantage of the situation and rushed towards the center of the restricted area!

Bayi was already a beat slower, leaving Cheng Sichu a lot of room to shoot!

Although Cheng Sichu is a left-footed player, his right foot is not a cripple!

He took two steps horizontally and shot directly!

The football sticks to the turf and flies into the goal!

But there is still De Gea in front of the door!

I saw that he had a prediction the moment Cheng Sichu kicked, and he made a side throw and blocked the ball out of the baseline!

Zhang Chong couldn't help kicking the turf regretfully.

This is Bury's best attacking opportunity so far!