Soccer Super Marksman

The other two opponents are the Swiss Super League champion Thun, and the Czech Football League champion Sparta Prague.

With UEFA advocating "poverty alleviation" in the Champions League, the competitiveness of the Champions League group stage has become more and more polarized. It is common for strong teams to guarantee the top 16. Manchester United looks similar this season. After all, under the current Champions League draw system, if you want to create Super Group of Death is too difficult.

"The Times" conducted a preview of the UEFA Champions League season after the results of the UEFA Champions League draw. The favorites to win the championship are still the traditional giants, while Manchester Media City believes that there are only a few teams that are really likely to win the championship. These teams all have elite player groups.

The Premier League BIG4 group naturally has the possibility of winning the championship, and the probability is not low.

Strong teams from other leagues, Manchester Media City made a general inventory.

The first to bear the brunt is the northern trio from Serie A.

, Cutrone, Bonaventure-Tula and Kalinic and other world-class stars are the most popular to win the championship, not one of them, but the most popular to win the championship!It was just an accident to hate Istanbul last season, and it does not mean that AC Milan's strength has declined.

Juventus: The Bianconeri has top players such as Dybala, Cuadrado, and Sandro. The overall strength of Juventus is also a powerful force that cannot be ignored in European football.

Inter Milan: Icardi, Perisic, Candreva, Brozovic and other elite teams are among the weakest teams in Serie A.But looking at European football, the resources owned by Inter Milan are definitely top-notch!
The La Liga duo are still the favorites to win the championship.

Real Madrid: Although Danilo and Morata are gone, the Galaxy Battleship still has Ronaldo, Kroos, Benzema and Gareth Bale and other superstars who can decide the game on their own!

Barcelona: Barcelona, ​​led by Messi, the strongest contemporary superstar in European football, is definitely one of the favorites to win the championship.Messi's superb performances on the field time and time again eclipse the stars around him.But this does not mean that stars such as Edulofeu and Suarez are not strong enough, it's just that Messi is too good!
Among the participating teams in Germany, only Bayern Munich still maintains the traditional impression of having a chance to win the championship. If clubs such as Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 can aspire to the championship, it must be a miracle that shocked the world.

even so.Bayern Munich's competitiveness among the top European groups has declined significantly. Bayern Munich's lineup has not changed significantly this season. The main striker is still the combination of Lewandowski + Robben + Ribéry.At the same time, the Bayern Munich club announced the signing of center Wagner from Hoffenheim as Lewand's substitute.In terms of midfield, as early as the beginning of the year, Bayern announced the signing of Niklas Süle and Sebastian Rudy from Hoffenheim 1899.Their arrival has also enhanced the strength of Bayern Munich's lineup.

As for the least competitive among the five major leagues, because the national policy suppresses the "elitism" Ligue [-], Lyon is not considered to be the favorite to win the championship. Others such as Monaco and Lille needless to say, the Portuguese Super League and the Eredivisie. The competitiveness of the league is also declining, and it is a recognized fact that the bottom-of-the-line league is about to become a talent training base for the top league.

The new season of the UEFA Champions League kicks off. Teams, individuals, and elite groups are competing against each other. After nine months, who can stand on top of all the heroes in the world?

At the beginning of the new season, Cui Zhen got a satisfying relaxation and recovery during the FIFA match day, which is a kind of spiritual release and a real combination of work and rest.

Manchester United did not make any more signings before the transfer window closed. The club's finances were tight, and in the last two or three days at the end of August, there would be no players that Manchester United could look up to. Every game seems to have hidden dangers before the game, which is questioned and speculated by the outside world.

It also gave many opponents the ambition to kill the king when they faced Manchester United!

On September 9, the fifth round of the Premier League kicked off, and Manchester United challenged Middlesbrough as a guest.

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, and Cui Zhen walked into the stadium full of fighting spirit.

"Welcome to the Riverside Stadium to watch the fifth round of the Premier League this season. The defending champion Manchester United is away to face Middlesbrough at home. It made the situation worse. However, Mourinho has always believed that the team can move forward firmly in the face of difficulties. His confidence is not without support. As long as Lukaku and Cui Zhen remain healthy, no one will doubt that Manchester United will really fail! The difference! However, in the fiercely competitive Premier League, will Manchester United make more mistakes than their opponents, which will lead to the failure of defending the title at the end of the season?

alright!Let's take a look at the starting rosters of both sides.

Middlesbrough start 442.
Goalkeeper: Randolph.

Defenders: Gibson, Fabio, Ayala, Christie.

Midfielders: Clayton, Downing, Leadbeater, Howson.

Forwards: Assombalonga, Bamford.

Manchester United started 451.

Goalkeeper: De Gea.

Defenders: Smalling, Bailly, Luke Shaw, Damian.

Midfielders: Pogba, Fellaini, Lingard, Cui Zhen, Matic.

Forward: Lukaku. "

In addition to the absence of some of the main players due to injuries, after the FIFA game day.Herrera needs to rest, Mourinho just put him on the bench.

The game started. Although Middlesbrough played a 442 formation at home, they were not aggressive at all. Instead, they showed a simple and rough sense of sight in tactics.

Midfielder Leadbeater was on the right, and Downing was on the left. Both wings flew together to deliver shells to the forwards, relying on forwards Assomba Longa and Bamford to carry out high-altitude bombing!
This style of play did not work at first, and Manchester United immediately launched an offensive after getting the opportunity to counterattack.

Cui Zhen can easily push forward in the midfield, and the opponent's double defensive midfielder Howson and Clayton are dragged in front of the back line, which will not hinder Manchester United from advancing in the middle.

It seems that they know that fighting back in the midfield will not cause trouble for Manchester United, but will make the defense short of major generals and expose huge flaws.

Cui Zhen took the initiative to challenge Howson in the 5th minute of the game. Now his advance in the counterattack has an intuitive effect, almost never looking back, all the way forward, overtaking and accelerating, and the attacking effect is very obvious.

It is very easy for Cui Zhen to break through him. As long as he changes direction with acceleration and the combination of man and ball is not a problem, there will be no chance for Haosen to succeed in stealing.

With his rich defensive experience, Howson will not lose his center of gravity even if Cui Chen passes by, but quickly withdraws to block Cui Zhen's pass to his teammates, or defends in the penalty area to let Middlesbrough This is a very smart way to operate the defense system flexibly.

After Cui Zhen made a successful breakthrough to the left, he sent a through ball directly to the outside of his right foot. The football bypassed the back of defender Gibson. Slow, he couldn't push the foot sent by Cui Zhen straight to the ground to clear the siege.

Just when Cui Zhen thought that Lukaku could easily receive the ball and then form a shot, before Lukaku touched the ball, left back Christie blocked the space in front of Lukaku with a shovel and shoveled the ball away!

Middlesbrough defended successfully!
Christie stood up from the ground and clapped hands with Ayala. Middlesbrough's defensive players looked extremely calm. They seemed to have foreseen such a cooperation between Cui Zhen and Lukaku.

It seems that they are very well prepared for this game!

After 3 minutes, Cui Zhen once again stepped on the ball to force the front waistline. After dialing the ball horizontally in front of Howson, he suddenly passed the ball to the counter-cut line, hoping that Matic could cut in from the side to make it in place, but the right back Fabio grabbed the ball. Clear the ball before Matic!
When Cui Zhen was walking back, he carefully recalled the fragment of Middlesbrough's successful defense today.

Obviously the Middlesbrough defenders came prepared!They are not focusing on curbing Cui Zhen's performance, but specifically targeting the passing line between Cui Zhen and his teammates.

In particular, the shrinkage of the full-backs is very frequent. It is probably related to Manchester United's seldom playing wide cross tactics.

Cui Zhen and Lukaku made eye contact, and there seemed to be countless exchanges in silence. The strangest thing was that both of them nodded, as if they really understood what to do without talking.

After another 5 minutes, forward Asombalonga's header in the penalty area was smoothly embraced by De Gea, and Manchester United launched a quick counterattack again.

Lingard passed the ball steadily to Cui Zhen's feet in the midfield.

Cui Zhen did not hesitate to split the ball to Fellaini. Fellaini dashed in from the right, and then crossed the ball to Lukaku from the right. Lukaku directly crossed and passed to the penalty area. zone.

This is the route for Cui Zhen to run forward, but when Lukaku passed the ball, Clayton rushed to the football as if he had foreseen it, and shoveled the ball out of bounds before Cui Zhen touched the ball.

Once again successfully defending Manchester United's counterattack, Middlesbrough players showed a confident brilliance on their faces.

When they looked at Manchester United's attacking group, they all seemed to have a playful provocation in their eyes!
Successive defensive successes represent the correctness of their pre-match tactical deployment. After successful defenses one after another, they are more confident, as if in their eyes, Manchester United is nothing special.

After Cui Zhen saw the change in his opponent's mental temperament, he lowered his head and smiled silently, with a somewhat cruel smile.

Well done Middlesbrough!
However, the game has just begun!