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Chapter 92 Balance and Progress 1
Entering February, the UEFA Champions League knockout round will also take place.However, before facing AC Milan, Manchester United still has two league games to play, the home game against Portsmouth and the away game against Aston Villa. Especially the latter has become the biggest danger to the semi-finals outside of Manchester City.

Although Portsmouth has basically fallen this year, relegation will be their only way if there is no accident, but such a team is easy to hurt, they are dying, and Liverpool fell to them in the first half Underfoot, Ferguson dared not relax easily, not to mention that if the Punk Legion really wanted to go ashore, it would only be four minutes away, God knows what would go wrong.

During the rest period of nearly a week before, Manchester United smoothly integrated David Silva and Grafite into the team. He also stated at the coaching meeting that even if Rooney is not in good shape, he has to go down.

There is nothing to say about the midfielder. If you still feel that there are not enough opportunities, it is not a problem with your own thinking.

Naturally, the arrival of Silva will take at least half of the positions, and after the last game against Arsenal, the fans have accepted these two seemingly low-key rookies. Of course, dissatisfaction is inevitable , Many fans are worried that neither of these two people can participate in the European Champions Cup, whether such a deal is worth it.

There are many worried fans, and there are also many fans who are happy, and many fans have already seen that Ferguson's changes in the midfield have confirmed Mike's status. Although the playing time cannot be guaranteed by the main force, but Two games and one start are basically qualitative.

Old Trafford on the weekend was full of fans dressed in red. The bright red of blood made Manchester, which was still cold and raging, seem to heat up.

Perhaps it was because of Manchester United's big away victory over Portsmouth last time, many fans who did not buy package tickets also came here temporarily.Of course, there is also the idea of ​​seeing newcomers nearby.

The Punks are not shy about the hustle and bustle of Old Trafford, they seem to have more passion here than at their park, and of course if you come here expecting to score points, confidence often wins Too timid, more and more teams in England have their eyes on Old Trafford. Although Manchester United has an outstanding record here, there are no shortage of teams eager to upset here.

The main goalkeeper James has not recovered from his knee injury. This season has basically been reimbursed, and if there is no miracle, his playing career in the England national team has come to an end. Green, Thirteen, Hart, Foster and the market have 'God With Robinson's level performance, it is basically impossible for the 39-year-old James to re-enter Capello's vision, unless the Italian wants to try a young goalkeeper coach.

Today's Portsmouth starting goalkeeper is the young Canadian goalkeeper Begovic, who can overwhelm the Finnish goalkeeper Niemi to take the starting position is not something young can evaluate.

On the right side of the back line is the former Liverpool defender Finnan, the three central defenders composed of Kabul, Ben Haim and captain Mokona in the middle, and Hedason on the left.

In the midfield, Richard Hughes occupies the midfielder position, Boateng, Bel Haji and Yebuda are in the front.

Picquione came forward alone, and the former Arsenal striker Kanu was obviously dead.

Obviously a defensive lineup, obviously two of the four in the midfield are defensive, plus five defenders, this formation against Manchester United is obviously seeking nothing but merit.

For Manchester United, Thirteen continued to start. Ferguson rotated a lot at the back line. The two brothers Fabio and Rafael were on the left and the right. The central defender Vidic put on the captain's armband and partnered with Evans.

Mike and Ryan Giggs take turns to rest, David Silva naturally occupies a starting position. If there is no accident, Ferguson will use him for a long time in the league. In this game, he replaced Ryan Giggs on the left, and the right is still Silva Rencia, Scholes and Carrick in the middle are evenly matched.

Irving and Rooney are still the first strikers. After the perfect debut, Grafite still sat on the bench. It’s not that Ferguson didn’t want to use him, it’s just that everything should be done step by step. Fite played for ten minutes and basically did nothing except for the goal. Although Ferguson was very excited at the time, he naturally found out the situation after the game. Obviously Grafite has not fully adapted to the situation of Manchester United. The ball relies only on the instinct of a striker.

"Paul, give the ball to David as much as possible so that he can get familiar with the Premier League environment as soon as possible." Before playing, Ferguson told Scholes that Ferguson planned to use a few weak teams to adapt the Spaniard to the Premier League. In the face of Portsmouth, which is almost an iron barrel, the increasingly old Scholes has less imagination in breaking the defense, and his role is more to stabilize the midfield.

It's just that in the face of Portsmouth's obviously inferior midfielder, Manchester United should be able to handle it with ease.

At the beginning of the game, it was not Manchester United who made the first effort. Of course, this is not the reason why the Manchester United players underestimated the enemy, but Portsmouth obviously did not intend to attack with all their strength.

Boateng obviously hasn't found a way to deal with Shisan. He suffered a lot from Shisan's hand in the last match, but he doesn't have a long memory. After the opening, there is a distance of about 35 meters from the goal near the right sideline. He took a long shot. , The football is running towards the goal, and its strength and speed are not weak. Unfortunately, facing such a situation, there is no fancy shot. Although Shisan is not well prepared, he still holds the ball with both palms and quickly Jump to remove the slowing football.

Ferguson, who was sitting on the sofa, turned his head sideways to Grant, who had been standing on the sidelines, feeling a little slandered in his heart, timid before the fight, so the head coach seemed to be no better than Hart.

Of course, Ferguson's thinking was a bit too much. If the head coach of the vice squad leader faced the league leader, wouldn't he still have to attack if he didn't play like this?The brain is not burned out.

Manchester United had organized an attack on the field. Although Ferguson said that he would give the ball to Silva, Scholes was not blind.

After stabilizing the football, it was assigned to Valencia on the right.

Hedason quickly pressed forward to block Valencia, but Ecuador did not slow down at all, pushing the football forward, and the opponent pushed his shoulders and quickly chased to the baseline.

The speed and physical advantages are obvious at this time.

However, "You have a good idea, I have a wall ladder", Hedason obviously got the instruction before the game, his feet were slow and injured, but he was not slow. After pulling and pushing, Valencia staggered and ran away A few steps and fell to the ground.

The football is rolling towards the bottom line without slowing down.

"Foul! This is a foul." The fans on the corner side roared, but the referee on duty didn't seem to care about the momentum of Old Trafford, the goal kick.

"Shit!" It's a pity that swear words keep coming and going, but the game can't be changed with just a few words.Ferguson is rock-solid on the couch.

Portsmouth's attack was barely formed, and Carrick had already made a successful tackle, straight to Se Scholes.

Manchester United organized the attack again, this time the football was handed over to Silva. This was the first time the Spaniard touched the ball at Old Trafford (did not touch the ball during the warm-up), and there was dense applause on the pitch. Obviously, his arrival is still very satisfying to the fans, but Manchester United is not popular enough, and did not hold a pre-match fan meeting like Real Madrid, otherwise it is not a problem to make a small fortune. Of course, David Scheer Va is not that big, at least not yet. He may be more vigorous than Cesc Fabregas in the Spanish national team, but in the UK, his popularity has yet to accumulate.

Silva is no stranger to pulling from the left side to the bottom, but he overestimated the bounce of Rooney and Owen, and the football quickly flew across the penalty area and flew to the right.

Valencia, who was plugged in, grabbed the football, but failed to stop, and was cleared by Mokona, who was helping to defend.

The players of Manchester United are still killing time in running-in and looking for opportunities. There have been nearly six shots in the past half an hour, but only Rooney's long-range shot hit the goal frame. Canadian goalkeeper Begovic hardly did anything. By moving, the ball was reported steadily. In comparison, the seemingly leisurely Thirteen had already made three more regular saves.

Although Portsmouth's long-range shot is not a big threat, this kind of shot without pain or urgency wears down the goalkeeper's patience. Fault Thirteen has a strong self-discipline ability. The group of guys got it.

Manchester United's attack was blocked again, and Portsmouth counterattacked.

Manchester United's midfielders tend to be defensive. Thinking about it, it is true. The previous few times they returned to defense, but unfortunately they have not yet set up their posture, and others have already shot.

Except for Scholes who spared no effort to catch up, the three of Mike were not in a hurry, and they were in a leisurely state. Fortunately, Ferguson's eyes were all on the backcourt, otherwise they would definitely miss the fruit.

What is compared on the football field is experience, and what is also fought is endurance.

There is a saying that is used a lot in football games, that is, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. Not all teams are waiting for a disaster, but many teams can bear it and wait for the opportunity.

And Portsmouth waited for such an opportunity. When the football was approaching the penalty area, people seemed to suddenly realize that Portsmouth had already played three-on-three in the frontcourt.

The Fabio brothers attacked and defended, but Vidic and Evans failed to go up.

The football was handed over to Yebuda. Although the Algerian midfielder did not make a statement, he did a good job at his feet. The football was under his control, and Evans, who stepped forward to defend him, did not dare to move.

Just when Scholes was about to catch up, Yebuda suddenly pushed the ball with his left foot and passed the ball into the penalty area. .

Vidic is also not slow, and when he realized that he could not grab the ball, he quickly crossed and blocked Picquioni's running route.

"Oh..." Piquioni didn't bother, and slammed the football hard to change direction. Although this made his own footsteps not smooth, he shook Vidic away and shot open.

"Damn" Thirteen cursed like this, but his pace was not slow. When Piquioni abruptly got out of the way, his heart sank sharply, and he didn't care if Vidic could chase him back. Go to football.

The striker of the small team never desires more, shoots when the opportunity comes, and does not adjust at all. But has fallen.

"Crack" the slightly flying football flew towards the near corner of the goal, and Thirteen, who was thrown out, quickly fell to the ground, even slightly flying into the air with a thrust from his feet, stretched out his hands straight, and patted the football on the flight path of the football abruptly down.

The football is flying this way.

Fabio's big foot almost didn't even bother to kick the football over the touchline.

At this time Thirteen had just got up and prepared for the second defense.

But Piquioni, who was in the penalty area, was holding his ankle and seemed to be in pain.

The medical staff quickly lifted him out of the baseline, but his ankle was swollen like a bun. The preliminary detection of a sprained ankle revealed that the game was aborted.

Grant thought about it for a while and finally replaced Kanu with Dindani. This guy caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United last time.

"This, don't blame me!" Shisan felt lingering fear, and the anger that was about to reprimand his teammates died down.

"None of your business! Keep your own door!" Vidic heard his words and patted him on the shoulder.

The game restarted. Portsmouth failed to attack and defended deeper. Both Valencia's bottom and Silva's cross were blocked. Rooney frequently retreated to get the ball, but Owen was I haven't touched football for most of the day.

The first half of the game ended almost in an offensive and defensive drill. Manchester United needed to make some adjustments. Portsmouth only needed to implement the defense, so it is not impossible to take a point at Old Trafford.

"In terms of offense in the first half, I still did a good job, although I didn't score any goals." Ferguson opened the game like this, which made Silva blush a little. Looking at the old man, it is obvious that there will be nothing good after raising first and then lowering.

"But do you all think that others will not attack?" These words are still restrained, it seems that the old man is not angry enough!
"It's like taking a walk while defending. If you can't attack by yourself, do you still want to wait for someone to stab you from behind?" It should be Tony who made the small report. He is obviously complaining for his disciples. Respond in a timely manner, otherwise it would be a conceded goal. Not only will the bonus be gone, but the statistics will also not look good. Allowing Portsmouth to score a goal is completely different from being scored by Liverpool.

"Opportunities are won by ourselves. There is no tenacious defense, only a weak offense. In the second half, we were like this..."

(End of this chapter)