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Chapter 93 Balance and Progress 2
"My request is to defend, no matter what method you use as long as you don't concede the ball!" On the other side of the lounge, Grant's face was cold, as if he didn't ask for his request.

"Of course, if the damn goalkeeper makes a mistake, I don't mind if you make a few!" Anyway, the ultimate goal of a player on the football field is to attack.

We all know that offense is the best defense, but you can't attack blindly. Grant is relatively calm in this regard. He knows very well that if Manchester United's defense line does not make mistakes, the current team's offensive power is not very hopeful. Here he glanced at Kanu, who was sitting on the sofa with a calm expression. This African man with a rough look is now weathered and looks a little haggard.

"Prepare well, keep your body warm and don't freeze your hands and feet after going out!" After saying this, Grant sighed and looked at the tactical board in his hand.

Without confidence, how to go ashore!
After the start of the second half of the game, Manchester United's midfielders were indeed a lot more active, but they were active and did not represent a threat. Their long-range passes and shots were all in vain.

If you look at the first six and 10 minutes of the game, Portsmouth's response was undoubtedly successful.

However, the football field does not continue unchanged, and unexpected things are sometimes unavoidable.

After Valencia received the pass from Scholes, he went down the right. When Hredason thought he was going to make a pass from the bottom, he suddenly dunked the ball and swiped his left foot to the left quickly. There is a body distance between them.

Hedason hesitated for a while without fouling, and Valencia had already entered the penalty area.

Rooney and Owen knocked on the door from left to right.

Looking up the situation down the middle, Valencia pushed the ball down the middle before Hredasson returned.

The football ran to Irving's feet.

Despite being pushed and pulled by Mokona, Irving stuck out his right foot and knocked the football.

The ball is fast, and Valencia seems to want Irving to leak the ball to Rooney, but he can touch it when he is standing in front. It is reasonable for a striker to play at this time.

The football changes direction and enters the penalty area.

Begovic hadn't been able to strike because he was too far away from the ball. At this time, seeing the football leaning towards the goal, he quickly reached out and seemed to want to shoot the ball.

However, he may not have expected the speed of the ball, and his palm failed to hit it firmly, and he stabbed towards the back point.

Kabul, who was defending Scholes, opened his hands to block Scholes' forward thrust. Scholes also gave him a strong thrust. Both bodies were a little staggered, and the football quickly moved towards the goal. Coming in their direction, Scholes, who was originally behind, suddenly retreated, and Kabul's unsteady feet also fell back.

Scholes, who got out of the way, also tilted his body to see the football was about to fly, and stretched out his left foot as if to block it, but Kabul, who fell down, caught a glimpse of the bad instinct and raised his foot to kick the ball, and the football snapped right in the middle His toes turned and flew into the goal.

"GOALLLLLLLL, Scholes, Paul Scholes!"

"Glory, Glory, MANUnited..." Cheers, singing, and shouts were heard endlessly, and Old Trafford was boiling.

The referee counted the goal on Scholes' head almost without thinking. He stood on the edge of the penalty area and didn't even see how the goal was scored!Since Scholes is celebrating, it is his entry!

So much so that even the Portsmouth players thought it was Scholes who entered, leaving Kabul with a blank mind and collapsed to the ground, unwilling to stand up for a long time.

The referee didn't see it, but the camera wouldn't let him go.Only he himself knows the misery, and no one comforts him, because his teammates don't know it's his fault.

"This ball is very lucky!" After the slow-motion playback, Tony shrugged, but of course Ferguson ignored him!
It was luck indeed, that area didn't belong to Scholes originally, God knows why he got entangled with Kabul at that time and forced the other party into an own goal.

Thirteen in the backcourt doesn't care how the goal is scored, just be happy. It's just that Scholes, who hasn't been able to play for a long time, has such a performance. It seems that Manchester United's midfielder is still hard to say?Rotation seems to be king at this point.

One goal behind, Portsmouth has no way to retreat, almost without much thought, they put Kanu on the field, replacing Bell Haji, Grant still dare not let go of the defense easily, if Manchester United succeeds If one is scored, the game is basically over.

It's just that Kanu, who is out of shape, has nothing to do with Evans, who is almost defending him.

No.70 minutes, Gravet replaced Rooney.Sir Alex Rooney has started to think about Rooney's physical strength. Rooney has to play in the next game against Villa, and the Champions League cannot be given up, so he can rest for a while, but he has not scored in two games. The shooter After this round on the list, I'm afraid Defoe will surpass him again.

Then Mike replaced David Silva. The Spaniard's performance today was quite satisfactory, without too outstanding passing, and there were no mistakes. However, considering that he has not fully adapted to the harsh environment in England, he did not have the dexterity against Arsenal. Teammates pull, naturally there will be no amazing performance.

But Mike is now quite a bit of a midfielder. Last time he was a defensive midfielder, and this time he went to the left again.Ferguson's idea is really not so easy to guess. Fortunately, Mike's personal ability is good, no matter what position he can top.

After Mike came on the field, he took over Scholes' scheduling work. The latter began to parallel Carrick, assisting the defense. More and more people came up from Portsmouth. Mike's few passes in the frontcourt were all Caught the point, but the connection with Grafite is still a little rusty, the Brazilian didn't get in after the pass, and he ran past the pass.

In contrast, Irving received a few passes, but he didn't know the reason why he couldn't score. Even his one-handed stab shot made Begovic miraculously sit under his butt.

I don't know if it is the psychological burden caused by the loss of the single-handed ball in the last game.

Desperate Portsmouth got their chance just before stoppage time when Richard Hughes tackled a pass from the back to Boateng, who quickly crossed the halfway line after receiving the ball, while Portsmouth's backcourt The players pressed heavily, and in less than ten seconds, Manchester United had already hoarded nearly eighteen players.

The situation suddenly became chaotic, and at this moment, after a two-for-one cooperation with Ye Buda, Boateng made a cross.

The football flew into the Manchester United penalty area with a slight arc.

The chaotic penalty area made Shisan feel a little nervous. Several Portsmouth players who had not participated in the attack before suddenly pressed over, and Manchester United's defenders instantly became a mess.

Except for the two central defenders who were asked to defend Kanu and Dindani closely, no one else knew whether to make up or block.

The short Dindani jumped up as if trying to compete for the top, while Vidic leaned forward slightly, trying to hold the opponent down.

However, Dindani, who seemed to be jumping, just tiptoed and suddenly turned around Vidic and ran towards the door.

Vidic was a little dazed, but his feet were not slow, he turned around and stopped in front of Dindani. Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind blowing by his ears.

Turning my head sharply to look forward, I don't know when the football has returned.

The football was not won by Dindani, but it was too late for Vidic to go up to make up for it. At this time, it was Dindani who stopped him in turn.

"It's going to happen!" Ferguson's heart was beating violently, and as far as he could see, Portsmouth coach Grant had already raised his fists and prepared to celebrate.

The "snap" is almost a foot-to-foot impact.

Mokena shot from the corner of the small penalty area, and after passing through Thirteen's armpit, he barely hit the back of Evans' leg.

The Northern Ireland defender saved Manchester United this time and also saved Thirteen.

The football is kicked off the touchline by Fabio.

"Crack!" Thirteen didn't say anything but just gave Evans a high-five. Don't say thank you, just remember it in your heart.

Portsmouth's chance was gone, and their pressure across the board also paid the price. After Mike received the ball from Scholes from the backcourt in the middle, he pulled the ball and turned around and took two steps to pass Owen.In an almost single-handed situation, facing the attacking Begovic, Owen suddenly split the ball to the middle, and Grafite, who quickly got rid of the defender, completed his second goal for Manchester United.

The decline in the Bundesliga for nearly half a year seems to have been wiped out in England.

The red Old Trafford was on fire, and the questions from reporters at the press conference were still poignant.

"Sir Ferguson, why didn't Grafite start? Judging by his state, if he is given enough time in this game, he can definitely perform a hat-trick and even score more goals!" Gloomy Grant.

"We have our own arrangements. Every player is on the field to win the game. As for the starting lineup you mentioned, it depends on the needs of the team and the state of training. The hat trick you mentioned is even more nonsense. Let’s talk about the past tense that didn’t happen. It only exists in conjecture. Whether it’s [-]-[-], [-]-[-], or even [-]-[-] goals, the result is always only three points. I don’t know where your so-called more goals come from. Speaking of which, don’t you think that no Premier League team can defend?” Of course, when answering this question, Ferguson obviously filtered out the guy named Defoe, who scored five goals in a single game last year.

"Then what do you think about the fact that the strikers were unable to score goals in this game? Didn't you consider replacing Grafitt when you didn't score?"

"Then is it because you can't accept my interview, your boss will consider trying someone else, and won't give you a chance?" The old man was a little angry, "The next one! If the reporters are all concerned about this issue, Why do you have to be a reporter to take the coaching certification test! The instructors will teach these things!"

"Excuse me, is your goal this season the league championship?" A reporter who didn't look young asked this question that made people curl their lips.

"Champion? We seem to be fighting for the championship every season, don't we?" Ferguson felt a little funny, and his angry face turned slightly better.

"But from the few games I've watched, you're obviously no longer in poor form and stability! Especially on the forward line!" The reporter quickly replied!
"How many games have you watched? Our striker is terrible?" Sir Alex suddenly discovered that there are many funny things happening around him in this world!

"Not much, I basically read it last month!" The reporter looked like I knew it well.

"Oh, don't you know that we are now No.1 in the league, Rooney is No.1 in the scorer list, and our team is the team with the fewest goals conceded in the entire Premier League?" Ferguson looked at the reporter with a smile on his face.

However, what he didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, the entire scene was erupted with discussions, instead of the laughter he expected.

When we took a closer look at the standings, in the current standings, Manchester United has opened a seven-point gap with No.2 Chelsea, followed by Arsenal who are eight points behind and one game less. Manchester City.

Looking back at the data at this time, people suddenly found that Manchester United, which seemed unstable and unsmooth, had not lost any games at all. They had been unbeaten in 23 consecutive league games. After the first 25 rounds, Manchester United had 21 wins and 3 draws. With a strong result of 1 loss, the points have reached 66 points. With [-] rounds left in the league, it seems that it is not impossible to hit [-] points.

What everyone can't understand is why Manchester United, which is not well received in almost every game, has achieved such amazing results.

In contrast, in other European leagues, only the two rival teams in La Liga have similar results at this time, and they are still a few games away. In such a comparison, the seemingly unbearable Manchester United seems to be second to none in the whole of Europe.

Many so-called professional reporters who do data analysis feel like they ate flies. This seems to completely subvert their habit.

The press conference was in vain, and the reporters were too shocked. The problem was not with the coaches and players of the team, but with their own vision. Their so-called professionalism seemed to be worthless at this time. Many people who wanted to toss The reporters under the old man blushed a little.

"I wish you success in defending your title this season!" Grant and Sir Alex turned around and left after saying such a sentence. After losing the game, his team was one step closer to relegation. Although he said congratulations, but The loneliness and bitterness in his tone was only borne by himself.

"Thank you!" I wanted to say, 'I wish you success in relegation! ' Ferguson was a little speechless, because even he himself didn't think Portsmouth could escape this disaster.

Perhaps many teams are already thinking about Newcastle, because if nothing else, the Magpies will return strongly.

Whether Portsmouth, a hard bone, can struggle through is basically no longer considered.

"I hope they can succeed in relegation!" Scholes, who attended the press conference with Ferguson, shrugged and muttered.

"I hope! They can be regarded as a respectable team, what a pity!" There was no sense of sadness, just a simple sigh!

(End of this chapter)