From the man behind the football king to the football king.

"It was only four minutes into the game! Manchester United took the lead! What a textbook fast break!"

"This is the way Manchester United is best at scoring goals! Fast passing, fast movement, and a rhythm that the opponent can't even imagine. The opponent can only be led by their noses and there is no way!"

"Valencia! He scored his first goal of the season! In such an important game!"

"A goal in the first four minutes is a perfect start for Manchester United! The game will then be dragged into their most familiar rhythm! And Roma is facing a dilemma!"

The commentators roared.

When he saw Cancelo break into the penalty area, Di Francesco stood up from his seat in shock, and then he saw the ball conceded by his team.

For this conceded goal, he attributed the reason to the players who had just started the game and were not focused enough.

But no matter what the reason is, if you lose the ball, you lose the ball. Now they are behind. How to play the game?

Roma's players were also at a loss.

The game had just begun. Only Alisson, who saved the ball, and Gonalons, who made a header, had ever touched the football. All the other Roma players had not even touched the football and fell behind.

This was truly an unexpected situation for them.

Others ran to the linesman and protested to them that Cancelo was already offside when he received the ball, so it should have been offside and Valencia's goal did not count.

The linesman shook his head, indicating that he saw clearly that the ball was not offside, and the cooperation between Bruno and Cancelo was very beautiful.

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Just as the big screen at the scene was replaying the goal, the Roma players raised their heads to look for evidence, but there was silence.

They saw slow motion of Cancelo and Bruno passing and running. The TV broadcast agency even freeze-framed the moment Bruno passed the ball. The freeze-frame showed clearly that at the moment Bruno passed the ball, Cancelo was still in front of Roma's defense, and the person behind him was Fazi. O, Jesus and Bruno Perez.

It can be said that except for Kolarov, Roma's entire defense line fell behind. How could it be offside?

Under the continuous impact of Manchester United, Roma's defense could not keep up with the rhythm, and was penetrated by Bruno's pass and Cancelo's forward penetration.

"The Roma players are still protesting that Cancelo was offside, but the TV replay clearly told us that the ball was not offside, not at all!"

The Roma players had nothing to say and had no choice but to accept the fact that the opponent scored a goal in the first four minutes and fell behind.

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Unlike the frustration of the Roma players, the Manchester United players were very excited, even a little ecstatic.

A goal was saved at the beginning of the game. This was the best start of all!

After taking the lead, the game can be played very calmly, and they can drag the game into a familiar rhythm and track. In particular, Mourinho's team is best at defensive counterattacks, which is even more beneficial to them.

After celebrating the goal wildly, the Manchester United players ran back and prepared for the game.

At this time, nearly six minutes of game time had passed, and the celebration of the Manchester United players lasted for more than a minute.

Before the game, Di Francesco did not ignore Bruno, so he arranged for Stroman and Gonalons to deal with Bruno. Who would have thought that even so, Bruno still instigated Manchester United's threatening attacks twice, and also caused Scored a goal.

In every attack, Bruno is the key figure.

It seems that Di Francesconi's containment strategy has no effect on Bruno.

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After the restart, Roma took advantage of their possession and looked to push forward.

But they soon discovered the problem. Every player on Manchester United's field, including forwards Harry Kane, Rashford and Mbappe, seemed to have turned into a defender.

They began to press Roma's players on the ball from the forward line. Even if Roma's defenders were forced to pass the football back to the goalkeeper, they were like hyenas, chasing after them.

Not only in the forwards, but also in the midfield, Manchester United's pressure on Roma players who have the ball is everywhere. Not to mention the two midfielders Bruno and Kante, they specialize in doing this kind of thing in defense. of.

Manchester United's defense started from the opponent's penalty area, which made Roma players very uncomfortable. As long as any player has the ball, he will be worried about the Manchester United player who is stabbing him diagonally.

In order to grab the ball, they did not hesitate to foul, especially the forwards and midfielders, because they were relatively advanced when defending. Even if they committed a foul, they would only blow the whistle and not give a card, so Harry Kane was very willing to foul.

Fouls frequently interrupted Roma's offensive rhythm, making them uncomfortable to play and unable to get into the state.

Especially Nainggolan, as Roma's offensive engine, has received special attention from Manchester United players. Kanter and Bruno took turns pressing him closely.

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Where's Gerson? The Brazilian genius was in a bad state today. It was obvious from the beginning of the game. When the team lost the ball, even Nainggolan returned to the penalty area to defend, but the Brazilian was nowhere to be seen.

During the offense, his rhythm was obviously slow. As soon as the football came to his feet, the offensive speed was slowed down. Then the Manchester United players pressed forward again, and as soon as they pressed, the ball was lost.

Even neutral commentators could only shake their heads when talking about Gerson's performance.

Gerson, who is in normal condition, is one of the very threatening sources of Roma's offense, but now he has become the source of Manchester United's offense.

On several occasions, the ball was taken away from Gerson by Manchester United players, who then took advantage of the situation and launched an attack.

Nainggolan was jointly suppressed by Kanter and Bruno, and spent more time on defense.

Manchester United's offensive is so fierce, wave after wave, whether it is in the center or on the wing, they all have one characteristic: fast!

Manchester United's speed made Roma players very uncomfortable. They are always exhausted by the opponent's rapid impact. It seems that their defense line has no structure at all. They were completely overwhelmed by Manchester United's fast break. If Jesus and Fazio hadn't played well, they would have been defeated. The goal has been penetrated many times.

The personal speed of Mbappe, Rashford, Valencia and Cancelo is not slow. Coupled with the driving force of Bruno and Gundogan's fast passing, it is like giving wings to Manchester United that is running at high speed. They can fly as soon as they take off!

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"Manchester United's quick counterattack! Kante passes the ball to Bruno! Bruno dribbles the ball diagonally... There is a big space on the right! Diagonal pass, beautiful! Mbappe cuts in at high speed and he receives the ball... This At that time, there was space on the left side of Manchester United! Pass! Rashford received the ball and passed... He appeared in the most appropriate position! "

"Another fast break opportunity for Manchester United! Cancelo cut in at high speed from the wing, and Bruno passed the ball through. Cancelo used his speed to eat Bruno Perez alive!"

"Bruno dribbled the ball in the middle! Stroman pressed forward, and he made a one-two with Harry Kane who was retreating, and got rid of Stroman..."

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There are many scenes like this, and Manchester United is still playing faster and faster.

Di Francesco originally thought that it was normal for Manchester United to have a boost in morale after taking the lead, and it was normal for their offensive to be fast and violent. As long as he remained unchanged in response to changes and survived this period, it would be an opportunity to counterattack.

Then Roma would regain control of the game, as they often do.

Unexpectedly, Manchester United's offensive wave showed no sign of retreating once it started, one wave after another.

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At the fifteenth minute of the game, the score was still 1:0. Manchester United, playing at home, was in the lead. And judging from the scene, Roma had no way to equalize the score, but its own defense might continue to concede goals.

Di Francesco arranged for Stroman and Gonalons to work together to contain Bruno. In addition to Stroman still working hard as always, Gonalons was completely unable to guard against Bruno. In front of his passing and dribbling, it seemed that At a loss: He doesn't know whether Bruno will pass, dribble, or shoot next.

When he thought Bruno would continue to break through, Bruno passed the ball. When he thought Bruno would pass the ball and blocked the passing route, Bruno made a slight adjustment and broke through. When he thought Bruno could neither pass nor break through, he shot.

A Bruno makes him very embarrassed, and he has to be distracted to defend other Manchester United players.

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After all, Stroman is experienced. When he saw that Bruno was becoming more and more unstoppable, he simply fouled and used fouls to curb Bruno's performance, just like Manchester United used fouls to disrupt Roma's offensive rhythm.

At the same time, his foul is also a sign of dissatisfaction with his team's performance. You know, Stroman's character has always been low-key and introverted, and he is a typical "good boy". Now his mentality has been broken. You can imagine how dissatisfied he is with the performance of the Roma team.

His team was weak offensively and defensively, and he was so frustrated by being beaten by Manchester United. He had nowhere to vent his anger but only Bruno.

Roma finally got a corner kick, but it was directly hugged by Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea. De Gea launched a fast break and quickly threw the football to Bruno outside the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, Bruno turned around and walked forward, only to be pushed to the ground by Strowman.

A tactical foul gave teammates time to return to defense. This was a very smart foul.

However, such fouls can only reflect Roma's current predicament from another aspect. Facing Manchester United's rapid attack, apart from committing fouls, they seem to have no choice but to rely on the performance of Jesus, Fazio, and Alisson. .