I'm the Red Devil's savior

Chapter 180 Lessons
Between the last international match day and the next international match day, Manchester United will usher in a devil's schedule. The Red Devils, who are fighting in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup, will play 22 games in 7 days, a full week of double matches.And this Manchester Derby with Manchester City happened to be the first of them.

After beating their formidable cross-city rivals, there was good news from Wales a day later as Swansea drew 2-2 at home to Chelsea.

In this way, after 3 rounds of entanglement, Manchester City and Chelsea finally failed to bite Manchester United, and Manchester United won the opportunity to lead the standings alone.

However, the next schedule will be a huge test for Manchester United, because they will usher in three consecutive away. On the evening of the 14th local time, they will be a guest in Belgium to challenge the Bruges.

For Manchester United, this team, which is second only to Anderlecht in the historical record of the Ligue [-], is very strange, because the two sides have no record of playing against each other before.

However, for the powerful Manchester United, this is nothing, because in the face of absolute strength advantages, other factors are not decisive.

Because they only fought Manchester City for 10 minutes last weekend, the physical condition of Manchester United's main lineup was not very good, so Ye Su made a comprehensive adjustment to Manchester United's starting lineup.The 11 players who started the game against Manchester City either stayed at the Carrington base to recuperate and recover, or sat on the bench.And the 11 players who started, all of them did not start in the Manchester Derby.

Goalkeeper Romero, Ashley Young, Koulibaly, Smalling and Valencia in defense, Fellaini and Phil Jones partner in midfield, Bruno Fernandez as midfielder, Martial, Harry · Kane and Rashford form a striker trident.

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This game is the wonder boy Rashford's Champions League debut, and it is the first game.Ye Su couldn't understand why he wanted to push him to be this year's Golden Boy Award.

The kid Rashford is really good, helping Manchester United break the goal of the home team Brugge in the 5th minute.

Manchester United threw the ball into the penalty area. The Brugge goalkeeper Butler and the defender failed to clear the siege. Rashford swept the ball into the empty goal, 0:1!

Rashford made a good start to his Champions League experience with a blitzed goal shortly after the opening of his Champions League debut.

Manchester United, which made a fantastic start, did not give Bruges a chance and scored goals one after another.

In the 27th minute, Simmons brought down Martial in the backcourt, and was shown the first yellow card of the game by the referee, and at the same time awarded Manchester United a free kick in an excellent position.

Because free-kick masters including Rooney, Mata, and De Bruyne are not present, Bruno Fernandez is Manchester United's first set-kick shooter.He directly hit the goal with a free kick from 24 yards away, the ball flew into the upper left corner of the gate, and the score on the field became 0:2!

At the end of the first half, the away Red Devils Manchester United led by two goals.

Changing sides to fight again, the lagging home team took the lead in launching an offensive, hoping to score.But in the face of the extremely fast Manchester United midfielder, Bruges, who were attacking with all their strength, quickly tasted the bitter fruit.

In the 61st minute, Manchester United stole the ball in the backcourt, and then played a wave of high-quality quick counterattacks.Martial broke into the penalty area of ​​Bruges single-handedly. Bruges goalkeeper Butler threw Martial down when he attacked. The referee sentenced him to death. He gave Butler a yellow card and awarded Manchester United a penalty.

Bruno Fernandez made a penalty kick and the score was rewritten to 0:3 again!

This is the Portuguese midfielder's first brace in the Champions League!He had scored twice in the Europa League before. It was the third round of the Europa League group stage two years ago, in Manchester United's home game against Tripolis.

At the end of the game, Manchester United beat Club Brugge 3-0 away, leading the Group G standings.

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Back in the Premier League, Manchester United is a guest at Watford.Manchester United's main lineup, which was rested in the Champions League in the middle of the week, played against the Hornets in the Premier League. What Ye Su had planned was a simple game, but it turned into a hard battle.

沃特福德上赛季表现不错，作为升班马的他们最终排名英超第13，轻松保级。本赛季前4轮，1胜1平2负的他们排名英超第10。

However, with the strength of such a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, it is difficult to compare with Manchester United, which is playing with all the main players.But football games are always full of mysteries. The Hornet stung Manchester United, almost letting Ye Su taste the taste of the first defeat of the new season early.

At the Vicarage Road Stadium, everything initially looked to be going the way Ye Su had predicted.

In the 10th minute of the game, Vardy's cooperation with Mata on the left caused a foul by Watford, and even allowed the fouled Watford player to receive a yellow card, and Manchester United got a frontcourt positioning ball chance.

Mata took the set kick and hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Watford defender Proldo, who had been marking Rooney, missed a man. Rooney quickly stepped in and grabbed the spot, and scored with a header from close range. , opened the scoring for Manchester United.

15 minutes later, Manchester United scored another goal, this time it was Ibrahimovic who made the contribution.He was in the small box, almost juggling the jump ball, and then easily scored the ball.

Less than half an hour into the game, Manchester United had already led by two goals. The Manchester United players seemed to see the five-game winning streak in the opening season of the Premier League beckoning to them.

The hero of the goal, Ibrahimovic, rushed to the sidelines quickly, celebrating and cheering his goal.

The Manchester United players rushed to Ibrahimovic's side one after another, celebrating unscrupulously towards the fans and the camera.

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Just when the Manchester United people were excited, the situation suddenly changed.

In the 34th minute, Watford crossed the penalty area with a free kick. The first point was cleared by Manchester United players. Vardy took the ball from the left. A strong inverted triangle pass back to the middle, Capoue plugged in, and scored with a volley near the penalty spot, Watford pulled back a victory!
For Watford's goal, Manchester United was very angry, because Bristol's attack was an obvious foul, and the referee should stop the game, and then this goal would not have happened.

While the Watford team celebrated their goal, Ye Su complained to the fourth official.But this is destined to have no results. In the era without VAR, such a goal cannot be recovered.

What made Ye Su even more angry was that Vardy was soon unable to continue the game due to injury and made a gesture of substitution.After Ye Su secretly greeted the eighteenth generation of his ancestors who were on duty as the referee, he had no choice but to replace Vardy with Rashford.

After halftime, the away Manchester United led 2:1.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United quickly extended their lead to two goals again.

In the 62nd minute, the Manchester United midfielder intercepted a diagonal pass to Ibrahimovic on the left. Ibrahimovic pushed the ball to the goal. The ball hit Britos' shoulder, and Rashford stabbed the goal from close range.

Manchester United 3:1 Watford!

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If the two-goal lead in the first half hour of the first half made the Manchester United players not completely relaxed, then the goal at this time made the Manchester United players on the field completely relieved.

With less than half an hour left in the game, it is impossible for Watford to turn upside down!

But what happened next gave the proud Manchester United players a taste of what it means to be bitter.

In the 83rd minute, Amrabat took the ball in from the right and passed it obliquely to Pereira who was in the middle. Ford completely tied the score at 2:3.

Seeing the hope of an equalizer, the Watford people immediately launched a frenzied attack. The Hornets in the Premier League originally played rough football. At this moment, they seemed to be red-eyed and swarmed around Manchester United players like crazy.From time to time, people turned their backs on their backs, and the referee's whistle sounded frequently.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Ye Su began to make personnel adjustments, replaced Mata with Fellaini, strengthened the defense, and replaced Rooney, who was about to be exhausted, with Lingard, hoping to maintain the lead until the end of the game.

However, Ye Su's idea failed after all, because Manchester United made a stupid mistake at the last minute.

In the 93rd minute, Fellaini fouled in the penalty area, Suniga won a penalty, Deeney made it overnight, Watford 3:3 Manchester United!

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Rooney sat on the bench, covered his mouth, and looked at the pitch in disbelief.He saw with his own eyes how his group of teammates, who were still full of confidence just now, were punched and lying on the ground by this group of grassroots from Watford in just ten minutes.

For the Watford players who don't reason with the Manchester United players at all, it really looks like a group of lunatics. They kept hitting the Manchester United players with their bodies, knocking these expensive gentlemen down on the trampled ground. On the muddy ground, then grabbed the ball and attacked Manchester United's goal.

Ye Su stood in the coach's command area, looking blankly at the field.

He could clearly feel that the Manchester United players, who were still full of confidence just now, had been completely broken in the last ten minutes.

Ye Su thought of a word after punching the old master to death.

He should be aware of this danger as soon as possible, and should change his tactics decisively after Vardy was injured in the first half, and at the same time let the players be mentally prepared to fight hand-to-hand with these gangsters.

But he didn't.

But now is obviously not the time to denounce the opponent for not practicing martial arts and to pursue responsibility. The most important thing now is how to stop the decline, not only for tonight's battle, but also for the upcoming games.

Because Ye Su can imagine that after seeing Watford's approach to Manchester United, other teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League will definitely follow suit and use this unreasonable and tough confrontation to deal with Manchester United.

This Manchester United team has indeed gone too smoothly in the past two years, and the players have been too comfortable, even forgetting that they are in the Premier League, which pays great attention to physical confrontation.

But let this group of proud Manchester United players have a long memory, let them always remember in their hearts, this is the Premier League with fierce confrontation, this is the Premier League with a jungle of muscles, Manchester United can stand at the top of the Premier League, never just It is the technical and tactical advantages, not the care of the referee, but the bloody spirit of daring to face all challenges and confront any harsh competition environment.

The season has only just begun, and the upcoming schedule is still very long. The 2 points lost is not a big deal, let alone they are still in the lead now.

In this round of the game, Chelsea, the Blues at the Stamford Bridge Stadium, lost. They were defeated by Uncle Slag's Liverpool 2:1. Conte suffered his first defeat since landing in the Premier League.

In this way, they are still 3 points behind the tied Manchester United.

Guardiola, on the other hand, quickly adjusted after losing to Yesu and led the team to sweep Bournemouth 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium, biting Manchester United tightly by 1 point.

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In the locker room of the visiting team, Ye Su severely criticized all the players, and asked them to keep today's almost humiliating scene firmly in their hearts, remember that this is the Premier League!
At this time, Ye Su had established absolute authority in the Manchester United formation. He was qualified to turn on the hair dryer to world-class stars including Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Ye Su especially criticized Fellaini. The foul he sent a penalty kick at the end was actually completely avoidable if he could stay focused at all times.

At that time, he was distracted and failed to be in place in time, which caused the opponent to get the ball before him.Then he shot out in a panic, brought down the opponent, gave the opponent a penalty kick, and also made Manchester United lose the 3 points they got.

At the same time, Ye Su announced that the team will not have a holiday after returning to Manchester, and all players will practice extra.On the one hand, it is to prepare for the third round of the League Cup in the middle of the week, and it is also a punishment for the players' poor performance in this game.

For these players, uniform softness is not enough. When the conditions are met, a big stick and a carrot are a good way to ensure that the team always maintains the desire to fight.

However, when Ye Su appeared in the post-match press conference, his performance was completely different.He first denounced the rough behavior of his opponent Watford.

In this game, Watford players often showed that they were not playing football at all, but wanted to kick people.

This situation was especially prominent after Vardy left the field due to injury.

Perhaps this is a special arrangement made by their head coach, aiming at the fear of injury of the big stars of Manchester United, so as to scare them from confrontation, so as to benefit Watford.

Later, Ye Su criticized the referee on duty, thinking that he was too weak and indulged Watford.If he can be more decisive, there will be no yellow cards flying all over the sky in this game.

In this game, although the players on both sides did not get a red card, the referee took out 11 yellow cards in one breath, of which 7 were given to the home team Watford and 4 were given to Manchester United players.

Ye Su also mentioned Vardy's injury. He said that it is not yet possible to determine the extent of Vardy's injury. Vardy has been sent back to Manchester as soon as possible, but the result will not be known until the subsequent comprehensive inspection.

(End of this chapter)